Andrew Hunter (preacher)

Andrew Hunter , (d. 1638) Scottish minister and political agent.

Andrew Hunter MA was minister of Carnbee and in 1588 Newburn in Fife. He was supporter of the rebel Francis Stewart, 5th Earl of Bothwell , and became his chaplain, which angered King James VI and he was exiled in May 1594. ^[1] Henry Lok informed Sir Robert Cecil of his arrival in London in August. ^[2]

Hunter was an informer for Sir Robert Cecil, offering his opinions on Alexander Dickson , "ane enemie of your stait", and John Wemyss of Logie , "cunning", and sending information on the movements of Jesuits and underground Roman Catholic priests . ^[3] In July 1598 he was in Edinburgh undergoing questioning about his movements and Logie's confession, which appeared to implicate James VI of Scotland as a covert supporter of Catholic causes. ^[4]

Hunter wrote from The Hague to Henry Lok and Cecil in November 1598. He mentioned John Young who served Colonel William Stewart and Alexander Dickson , a "professor of the art of memory", formerly supported by the Earl of Leicester , and now an enemy of England. ^[5]

In August 1599 Hunter was arrested at Great Yarmouth . He was carrying letters from Colonel Edmonds to James VI. ^[6]

He became a military chaplain to the Scottish regiments fighting for the Dutch Revolt , living at Utrecht and The Hague and attended the Synod of Delft in 1622. ^[7] He had a large number of children and a small salary.

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^ John Spottiswood, History of the Church of Scotland , vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1851), p. 448, 454: Alan McDonald, The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625 (Farnham, 1998), p.56.
^ Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marqess of Salisbury at Hatfield , vol. 4 (London, 1892), p. 600.
^ Alexandra Gadja, The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture (Oxford, 2012), p. 186: R. B. Wernham, List and Analysis of State Papers (London, 2000), p. 117.
^ Calendar of State Papers Scotland , vol. 13 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 230, 458.
^ Calendar of State Papers Scotland , vol. 13 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1969), pp. 335-6.
^ Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield , vol. 9 (London, 1902), 319.
^ Keith Sprunger, Dutch Puritanism (Leiden, 1982), 294-5, 262.

[1] John Spottiswood, History of the Church of Scotland , vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1851), p. 448, 454: Alan McDonald, The Jacobean Kirk, 1567-1625 (Farnham, 1998), p.56.

[2] Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marqess of Salisbury at Hatfield , vol. 4 (London, 1892), p. 600.

[3] Alexandra Gadja, The Earl of Essex and Late Elizabethan Political Culture (Oxford, 2012), p. 186: R. B. Wernham, List and Analysis of State Papers (London, 2000), p. 117.

[4] Calendar of State Papers Scotland , vol. 13 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1969), p. 230, 458.

[5] Calendar of State Papers Scotland , vol. 13 part 1 (Edinburgh, 1969), pp. 335-6.

[6] Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Marquess of Salisbury at Hatfield , vol. 9 (London, 1902), 319.

[7] Keith Sprunger, Dutch Puritanism (Leiden, 1982), 294-5, 262.

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