Jacques Davy Du Perron
(1556–1618), French cardinal. The son of a Calvinist minister, he became a RC in 1577/8. He helped to instruct Henry IV before his reception into the RC Church (1593) and was sent to Rome to secure ...
John Leslie
(1527–96), Bp. of Ross from 1566. In 1569 he became Mary, Queen of Scots' ambassador to Elizabeth I, but in 1571 he was imprisoned for assisting Mary in her projected marriage to the Duke of Norfolk. ...
Patrick Adamson
(1537–92), Abp. of St Andrews from 1576. He became involved in controversy with the Presbyterian party. He won the support of James VI (I), but his disfavour with the General Assembly increased and ...
Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales after the Reformation
Although there was strong Catholic sentiment in parts of the kingdom, and some notable figures were executed rather than accept the royal supremacy, the majority of the population acquiesced in the ...
