When and where was John Knox born?
John Knox was born sometime between 1505 and 1515 in Giffordgate, a street in Haddington, East Lothian. His father William Knox worked as a merchant while his mother died when he was still a child.
Questions about John Knox
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What happened to John Knox during the siege of St Andrews in 1547?
On the 31st of July 1547 Protestant garrison including John Knox surrendered and were taken prisoner to row in French galleys. He spent nineteen months in galley-prison before being released in February 1549.
Why did John Knox publish The First Blast of the Trumpet Against the Monstruous Regiment of Women?
John Knox published this pamphlet in mid-1558 to demonstrate how abominable before God is empire or rule of wicked woman traiteresse and bastard targeting Queen Mary I of England and Mary of Guise regent for her daughter Mary Queen of Scots.
How did John Knox influence the Scottish Reformation in 1559?
On the 2nd of May 1559 John Knox proceeded to Dundee where Protestant sympathizers gathered and later preached from the pulpit of St Giles on the 1st of July 1559. By June 1559 Protestant mob incited by him ransacked cathedral destroying interior leaving it source of building material for town.
What was the outcome of the confrontation between John Knox and Mary Queen of Scots in 1563?
During the dramatic interview on the 24th of June 1563 Mary Queen of Scots summoned John Knox to Holyrood hearing preaching against proposed marriage Don Carlos son Philip II Spain. He replied that if monarchs exceeded lawful limits they might be resisted even with force.
When and how did John Knox die and what happened to his grave?
John Knox died at home in Edinburgh on the 24th of November 1572 after inducting successor James Lawson Aberdeen minister St Giles' the 9th of November. After churchyard destruction 1633 precise site grave cannot established.