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Bellenden was very active in secular affairs. He was appointed to Charles I's privy council in March 1626 and attended far more sessions than any other Scottish bishop.<ref>Sally Tuckett ''The Scottish Bishops in Government, 1625 – 1638'', in Sharon Adams & Julian Goodare (2014), ''Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions'', The Boydell Press, p. 66</ref> |
Bellenden was very active in secular affairs. He was appointed to Charles I's privy council in March 1626 and attended far more sessions than any other Scottish bishop.<ref>Sally Tuckett ''The Scottish Bishops in Government, 1625 – 1638'', in Sharon Adams & Julian Goodare (2014), ''Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions'', The Boydell Press, p. 66</ref> |
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After holding the [[Dunblane]] bishopric for several decades, on 2 August 1635, he was given the more prestigious [[Bishop of Aberdeen|bishopric of Aberdeen]]. On 13 December 1638, after the anti-[[Episcopacy]] Assembly in [[Glasgow]], described by Spottiswoode as "the wild Assembly", he was deprived of this position and, with many others, excommunicated by the Scottish church. |
After holding the [[Dunblane]] bishopric for several decades, on 2 August 1635, he was given the more prestigious [[Bishop of Aberdeen|bishopric of Aberdeen]]. On 13 December 1638, after the anti-[[Episcopacy]] Assembly in [[Glasgow]], described by Spottiswoode as "the wild Assembly", he was deprived of this position and, with many others, excommunicated by the Scottish church. One contemporary recorded how his lodgings in Old Aberdeen were plundered by Covenanters in 1640 and that Bellenden 'escaping himselfe, he lived quietlie in ane husbandman's house' (possibly in [[Aboyne]]) before moving south to England.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Charles |date=1877 |title=Rehearsal of Events which occurred in the North of Scotland from 1635 to 1645, in Relation to the National Covenant |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society/article/abs/rehearsal-of-events-which-occurred-in-the-north-of-scotland-from-1635-to-1645-in-relation-to-the-national-covenant/E7B787FB477A648DD73B3C28F67A4F58 |journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |language=en |volume=5 |pages=354–358 |doi=10.2307/3677956 |issn=1474-0648}}</ref> In 1642, he was appointed to the parish of [[Porlock]] in county [[Somerset]] (St Dubricius, Porlock, 1642 to 1647). |
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In the 1640s, Bellenden was described as 'ane aged man and of ane good lyfe'.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rogers |first=Charles |date=1877 |title=Rehearsal of Events which occurred in the North of Scotland from 1635 to 1645, in Relation to the National Covenant |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/transactions-of-the-royal-historical-society/article/abs/rehearsal-of-events-which-occurred-in-the-north-of-scotland-from-1635-to-1645-in-relation-to-the-national-covenant/E7B787FB477A648DD73B3C28F67A4F58 |journal=Transactions of the Royal Historical Society |language=en |volume=5 |pages=354–358 |doi=10.2307/3677956 |issn=1474-0648}}</ref> |
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He retired to [[England]], where, in 1642, he was appointed to the parish of [[Porlock]] in county [[Somerset]]. (The Parish of St Dubricius, Porlock, 1642 to 1647) |
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Bishop Adam Bellenden (c. 1569–1647) was a 17th-century Scottish churchman serving the Church of Scotland and rising to be Bishop of Aberdeen.
Life
Bellenden was the son of Sir John Bellenden of Auchnoul, Lord Justice Clerk, and Barbara Kennedy, daughter of Sir Hugh Kennedy of Girvanmains by his spouse Janet Stewart, daughter to John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl.
He graduated from the University of Edinburgh on 1 August 1590, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister on 19 July 1593. In 1608 he was appointed minister of Falkirk, a position he held until 1615.
He was promoted to the bishopric of Dunblane, receiving a Crown provision on 24 September 1615 and was consecrated by April of the following year. Balfour Paul states that he was also appointed, c. 1633, Dean of the Chapel Royal at Stirling Castle, and also held, as a personal right, Kilconquhar, succeeding to it upon the death of his nephew James, which was ratified in parliament in 1629.[1] However, it is evident that Bellenden was appointed Dean of the Chapel Royal much earlier than Balfour Paul stated, as in 1621 the Privy Council of Scotland ordered that the widow of the previous Dean, William Couper, Bishop of Galloway, hand over documents relating to the Chapel Royal to Bellenden, and specifically called Bellenden 'deane of his Majesteis Chaippell'.[2]
Bellenden was very active in secular affairs. He was appointed to Charles I's privy council in March 1626 and attended far more sessions than any other Scottish bishop.[3]
After holding the Dunblane bishopric for several decades, on 2 August 1635, he was given the more prestigious bishopric of Aberdeen. On 13 December 1638, after the anti-Episcopacy Assembly in Glasgow, described by Spottiswoode as "the wild Assembly", he was deprived of this position and, with many others, excommunicated by the Scottish church. One contemporary recorded how his lodgings in Old Aberdeen were plundered by Covenanters in 1640 and that Bellenden 'escaping himselfe, he lived quietlie in ane husbandman's house' (possibly in Aboyne) before moving south to England.[4] In 1642, he was appointed to the parish of Porlock in county Somerset (St Dubricius, Porlock, 1642 to 1647).
In the 1640s, Bellenden was described as 'ane aged man and of ane good lyfe'.[5]
Family
On 17 February 1595, Bellenden married Jean Abercrombie, daughter of Henry Abercrombie, of Kersie House near St. Ninians. Together they had 10 children, three daughters and seven sons, one of whom, David, was ordained and became minister of Kincardine O'Neil.[1]
References
- ^ a b Balfour Paul, Sir James, Lord Lyon King of Arms, The Scots Peerage, Edinburgh, 1905, vol.ii: 66–7
- ^ Mason, David (ed.), The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, volume 12 [1619–1622] (Edinburgh: H.M. General Register House, 1895), pp. 441–2.
- ^ Sally Tuckett The Scottish Bishops in Government, 1625 – 1638, in Sharon Adams & Julian Goodare (2014), Scotland in the Age of Two Revolutions, The Boydell Press, p. 66
- ^ Rogers, Charles (1877). "Rehearsal of Events which occurred in the North of Scotland from 1635 to 1645, in Relation to the National Covenant". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5: 354–358. doi:10.2307/3677956. ISSN 1474-0648.
- ^ Rogers, Charles (1877). "Rehearsal of Events which occurred in the North of Scotland from 1635 to 1645, in Relation to the National Covenant". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5: 354–358. doi:10.2307/3677956. ISSN 1474-0648.
Notes
- Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
- Keith, Robert, editor, An Historical Catalogue of the Scottish Bishops: Down to the Year 1688, by John Spottiswoode, (London, 1924)
- Watt, D.E.R., Fasti Ecclesiae Scotinanae Medii Aevi ad annum 1638, 2nd Draft, (St Andrews, 1969)
- 1647 deaths
- Bishops of Aberdeen
- Bishops of Dunblane
- 17th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1617
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617
- Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630
- Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1628–1633
- Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
- Scottish bishops 1560–1638