Records of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews 1413-1953

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Records of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews 1413-1953

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Melville, Andrew, 1545-1622

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St. Mary's College (University of St. Andrews)

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Hamilton, John, 1511?-1571

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St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews

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In February 1538 Archbishop James Beaton (d. 1539) founded 'the College of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary' on the site of the pedagogy of the University of St Andrews. Beaton had petitioned the Papacy for a new college in 1525 and again, successfully, in 1537. The New College was founded as a seminary of secular priests primarily for work in the archdiocese of St Andrews. Archbishop John Hamilton (1511?-1571) secured a fresh authorisation from the Papacy for the reform of...

University of St. Andrews.

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The collection of papyri in the University Library is of some antiquity and unclear provenance. From the guide to the Papyrii collection of the University of St Andrews, 22AD-299AD, (University of St Andrews) The University of St Andrews was the first university in Scotland. In 1410 a school of higher studies was established and on 28 February 1411/12 the society of masters and scholars received formal incorporation through a charter granted by the Bishop, Henry...

Beaton James d. 1539

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Lee, John, 1779-1859

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Lee, John (1779-1859), principal of Edinburgh University, entered Edinburgh University, 1794; MD, 1801; licensed as a preacher, 1807; professor of church history at St Mary's College, St Andrews, 1812-21; minister of the Canongate Church, Edinburgh, 1821; DD, St Andrews, 1821; chaplain-in-ordinary to the king, 1830; principal of Edinburgh University, 1840-59; professor of divinity, 1843-59; especially learned in Scottish literary and ecclesiastical history. From the guide to the Lee ...