Notes taken down by Thomas Kirkton from the dictates of James Sharp, 1643-1646 1643-1646

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Notes taken down by Thomas Kirkton from the dictates of James Sharp, 1643-1646 1643-1646

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University of St Andrews

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St Leonard's College St Andrews (Scotland) 1512-1747

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Sharp, James 1618-1679

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James Sharp, Thomas Kirkton

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James Sharp (1618-1679) was a Scottish prelate whose political realism saw him shift from moderate Presbyterianism to became a supporter and agent of episcopacy in Scotland. Born at Banff Castle, the son William Sharp, Sheriff Clerk of the county of Banffshire, Sharp studied divinity at King's College, Aberdeen. In 1638, after the signing of the national covenant, he travelled to England in search of preferment there but was back in Scotland by 1642 as a regent at St Andrews Univers...