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James Boyd

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James Boyd

Birth
Scotland
Death
21 Jun 1581
Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland
Burial
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Archbishop of Glasgow and Chancellor of the University of Glasgow from 1572-1581
MR.JAMES BOYD,1STOF TROCHRIG,to whom his father, Adam Boyd of Penkill, conveyed his lands of Trochrig by charter of 28 October 1564 and in which he is styled his second lawful son. He was appointed first Protestant Archbishop of Glasgow in 1572,which he demitted rather than contest opposition and possibly cause a schism.
Archbishop Boyd was buried in the Choir of Glasgow Cathedral and laid in the same sepulchre as Bishop Gavin Dunbar.
Archbishop of Glasgow and Chancellor of the University of Glasgow from 1572-1581
MR.JAMES BOYD,1STOF TROCHRIG,to whom his father, Adam Boyd of Penkill, conveyed his lands of Trochrig by charter of 28 October 1564 and in which he is styled his second lawful son. He was appointed first Protestant Archbishop of Glasgow in 1572,which he demitted rather than contest opposition and possibly cause a schism.
Archbishop Boyd was buried in the Choir of Glasgow Cathedral and laid in the same sepulchre as Bishop Gavin Dunbar.


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