Robert Dick (salt-grieve)

For others named Robert Dick, see Robert Dick (disambiguation).

Robert Dick
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Professionmerchant, salt-grieve
The Scottish Parliament on 8 May 1685, have recorded the following : Our sovereign Lord, considering the obstinacy of the fanatical party who, notwithstanding all the laws formerly made against them, still keep their house and field conventicles, which are the nurseries and rendezvouses of rebellion; therefore His Majesty, with consent of Parliament, ordains that all such persons who shall hereafter preach at such house or field conventicles, also those who shall be present as hearers, shall be punished by death and confiscation of their goods.[1]

Robert Dick of Prestonpans was a 17th-century merchant and inspector of salt works to Lord Carringtoune.[2] He was arrested on 4 September 1676 for attending an open-air service in the Pentland Hills.[3]

  1. ^ Hewison, James King (1908). The Covenanters, a history of the church in Scotland from the Reformation to the Revolution. Vol. 2. Glasgow: J. Smith. pp. 413–454. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  2. ^ Brown, P. Hume (1912). The register of the Privy Council of Scotland (3rd series: vol. 5 1676/1678 ed.). Edinburgh: Published By The Authority Of The Lords Commissioners Of His Majesty's Treasury, Under The Direction Of The Deputy Clerk Register Of Scotland. H.M. General Register House. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
  3. ^ Wodrow, Robert (1828). The history of the sufferings of the church of Scotland from the restoration to the revolution, with an original memoir of the author, extracts from his correspondence, and preliminary dissertation. Glasgow: Blackie, Fullarton & co. p. 482. Retrieved 12 February 2019.