A Great Grievance. Laurence A.B. Whitley

A Great Grievance - Laurence A.B. Whitley


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March onwards, well before the Glasgow Assembly, presentations were, in every case, given exclusively to bishops and archbishops13. By an act of 1617,14 James saw to it that cathedral chapters had their traditional revenues restored, and thus finalized his work on re-establishing episcopacy in the Scottish Church.

      Charles I (1625–1649)

      Another cause of anger among the nobility was what Charles proposed to do about the ownership of former church lands. Many great families had made substantial gains, and, while they were to be allowed to hold on to their acquisitions (at a cost), it was the fate of the properties they had since sold off, which was to give particular affront. The king had seen that the lords continued to exert enormous influence throughout their localities, by the fact that they still remained the feudal superior of any alienated estate. Accordingly, Charles set about “liberating” these feuars, by stripping the nobles of their superiority and vesting it in the Crown instead. The king’s ostensible motive was to free the gentry/heritors from the dominance of the aristocracy, however, the latter saw it as a slight on their social position, as well as an attempt to lessen their power.

      The Revolution of 1637


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