John King (covenanter)

For other people named John King, see John King (disambiguation).

John King
The Netherbow Port
Orders
OrdinationClandestinely at Port of Menteith
Personal details
Died(1679-08-14)14 August 1679
market-cross Edinburgh
DenominationChurch of Scotland

John King was an outlawed minister of the Covenant, chaplain at one time to Lord Cardross, but seized by Claverhouse among the insurgents after the affair at Drumclog. King was taken to Edinburgh along with another preacher named John Kid. They were each subjected to torture, condemned to death, and executed. Following his death King's head and limbs were displayed at the Netherbow Port on Edinburgh's Royal Mile beside James Guthrie's skull.

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