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;

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