Archibald Johnston
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Archibald Johnston, Lord Wariston was a Scottish judge and statesman.
The Signing of the National Covenant. The Victorian painter William Hole places Alexander Henderson (standing on the gravestone) at the centre of events in 1638. Archibald Johnston is on the left.
Assertion of Liberty of Conscience by the Independents of the Westminster Assembly of Divines, 1644
Warriston was hanged at the Mercat Cross in Edinburgh, now marked by these pavement setts.
Covenanters
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Covenanters were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from covenant, a biblical term for a bond or agreement with God.
Greyfriars Kirkyard, where the National Covenant was signed in 1638
John Knox, who founded the reformed Church of Scotland or Kirk
1637 riots over the Book of Common Prayer
Covenanter political leader, the Marquess of Argyll