Heriot, Adam
Biography: Of the family of Trabroun, in East Lothian. Inc. St. Leonard's 1543. Became a conventual brother of the Augustinian Order of the Abbey of St Andrews. Student of scholastic theology at St. Leonard's. In 1560 appointed by the General Assembly which met at Edinburgh as the first Protestant Minister to Aberdeen but retained the vicarage of St Andrews till his death in 1574. Died of apoplexy (bleeding in a stroke) 28 Aug 1574.
From Provenance Catalogue: Heriot was born in 1514. He studied scholastic theology at St Andrews, where he became Augustine canon. In 1559 he was converted and came to Aberdeen (St Nicholas) as its first protestant minister in 1560. From 1566-68 he was a member of the assembly. He was partly responsible for the overthrow of Alexander Anderson, 1569. He was well-liked in Aberdeen. He resigned in 1573 and died in 1574. See Keith, Alexander: A thousand years of Aberdeen. Aberdeen, 1972.
Biography Date: 1514-1574
Biography References: Prov. Reg. Notes; CERL; Drummond 301;
Book List
| Owner (other form of name) |
Book Title |
Author |
Publication Place |
Date |
| Heriot, Adam |
De scripturae sanotae authoritate, certitudine, firmitate & absoluta perfectione, deque episcoporum institutione & functione, contra superstitionis tyrannidisque Romanae antistites libri... |
Bullinger, H. |
Zurich |
1544? |
| Heriot, Adam |
Biblia Latina (cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guillelmi Britonis in omnes prologos S. Hieronymii...). |
Nicolaus, of Lyra |
Venice |
1481 |
| Heriot, Adam |
Melliflui devotique doctoris Sancti Bernardi abbatis Clarevallen Cisterciensis ordinis. Opus preclarum suos complectens sermones de tempre: de sanctis: et super... |
Bernard, of Clairvaux, St. |
Paris |
1517 |
| Heriot, Adam |
Tomus tertius continens Collectanea Venerablis Bede Presbyteri in Epistolas diui Pauli apostoli, ex operibus sanctissimi & doctissimi ecclesiae catholicae episcopi... |
Bede,the Venerable, Saint,673-735 |
Paris |
1522 |
| Heriot, Adam |
Eusebii Caesarie[n]sis Episcopi Chronico[n]: quod Hieronymus presbyter diuino eius ingenio Latinum facere curauit & usque in Vale[n]te[m] Caesarem Romano adiecit... |
Eusebius, Bishop of Emesa |
Paris |
1518 |
| Heriot, Adam |
The institution of Christian religion... |
Calvin, J. |
London |
1561 |
| Heriot, Adam |
Divi Ambrosii episcopi Mediolanensis omnia opera accuratissime revisa: atque in tres partes nitidissime excusa. Eiusdam sanctissimi Ambrosii vita: a Paulino... |
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan. |
Basel |
1516 |
| Heriot, Adam |
In Mosis Genesim plenissimi commentarii, in quibus veterum & recentiorum sententiae diligenter expenduntur. |
ed. Musculus, W. |
Basel |
1554 |
| Heriot, Adam |
Sacrorum utriusque Testamenti librorum absolutissimus index, quas concordantias maiores vocant: tu vel maximas appelles, licet. |
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Basel |
1561 |
