Peter Kid

Not to be confused with Peter Kidd.

Peter Kid
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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]

Peter Kid was a 17th-century Presbyterian minister. He was possibly a native of Fife.[2]

  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. ^ Scott, Hew (1920). Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. Vol. 3. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. pp. 285, 301. Retrieved 18 March 2019.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.