Concerning the Father of William Knox

CONCERNING THE FATHER OF WILLIAM KNOX

In March 1562 John Knox the Reformer addressed the Earl of Bothwell in these words: "Albeit, that to this hour it hath not chaunsed me to speak with your lordship face to face, yet have I borne a good mynd to your house, and have bene sorry at my heart of the trubles that I have heard you to be involved in. For, my lord, my grandfatherm goodsher and father have served your lordships predecessors, and some of thame have died under their standards." Knox Memoirs, p. 59

Genealogical Accounts

1. Reverend Charles Rogers, LL.D., Memoirs of John Knox and of the Knox Family (Grampian Club, London, 1879), 184 pp.