John Brown of Priesthill

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John Brown of Priesthill was a Covenanter farmer in 17th-century Scotland who became a well-known martyr after being executed for his Presbyterian faith during the period of persecution known as the Killing Times.

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Label Occurrences
John Brown of Priesthill canonical 2
John Brown 1

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Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyr ⓘ
Covenanter ⓘ
Scottish farmer ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Muirkirk ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Ayrshire ⓘ
causeOfDeath execution by shooting ⓘ
commemoratedBy Covenanter memorial at Priesthill ⓘ
inscribed gravestone at Priesthill ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Scotland ⓘ
deathDate 1685 ⓘ
deathPlace Priesthill, Ayrshire, Scotland ⓘ
executedFor Presbyterian faith ⓘ
adherence to the Covenants ⓘ
family had children with Isabel Weir ⓘ
fullName John Brown of Priesthill ⓘ
historicalContext The Killing Times in Scotland ⓘ
persecution of Covenanters under Charles II ⓘ
knownFor being a Covenanter martyr ⓘ
refusing to take oaths contrary to the Presbyterian Covenants ⓘ
legacy regarded as an example of steadfast Presbyterian faith ⓘ
remembered in Scottish Presbyterian tradition as the "Christian carrier" ⓘ
mannerOfDeath extrajudicial execution ⓘ
memorializedAs Covenanter martyr in local tradition ⓘ
memorialType martyrs’ monument ⓘ
linked to: Martyrs' Monument
mentionedIn Scottish Covenanter histories ⓘ
biographical accounts of Covenanter martyrs ⓘ
notableEvent execution at his own doorstep in front of his family ⓘ
occupation farmer ⓘ
opponent Royalist authorities of Restoration Scotland ⓘ
placeOfResidence Priesthill, Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland ⓘ
politicalStance opposed to episcopal church government imposed by the Crown ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Presbyterianism ⓘ
religiousBelief adherence to Reformed Presbyterian doctrine ⓘ
religiousMovement Scottish Covenanter movement ⓘ
religiousPractice attendance at conventicles (illegal Presbyterian field meetings) ⓘ
spouse Isabel Weir ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
victimOf religious persecution in Restoration Scotland ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Killing Times → notableVictim → John Brown of Priesthill ⓘ
Crathie Kirk → notableBurialNearby → John Brown ⓘ
linked to: John Brown of Priesthill
John Brown of Priesthill → fullName → John Brown of Priesthill ⓘ