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	George Wishart
		George Wishart was born around 1513, the son of James Wyschart and Elizabeth Learmont.
		George Wishart studied classics at the University of Aberdeen and then worked as a schoolmaster at the Grammar School in Montrose, where the first teaching of Greek in Scottish schools began.
		Wishart went to Edinburgh and preached at Leith where he was seized by the Earl of Bothwell, taken to Edinburgh Castle and then handed over to Cardinal Beaton who brought him back to St. Andrews Castle.
	www.wishart.org /georgewishart.html (610 words)

	George Wishart - LoveToKnow 1911
		In 1J43 he went to Scotland in the train of a Scottish embassy which had come to London to consider the treaty of marriage between Prince Edward and the infant queen of Scots.
		There has been much controversy whether he was the Wishart who in April 1544 approached the English government with a proposal for getting rid of Cardinal Beaton.
		There was another George Wishart, bailie of Dundee, who allied himself with Beaton's murderers; and Sir John Wishart (d.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /George_Wishart (417 words)

	PAW \| George Wishart Creighton '36 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		George, son of Joseph '07 and brother of John '32, died on May 17, 2002, at the U. of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville.
		George's wife, Barbara "Bynnie" Conant, died in 1978, and his brother John died in 1994.
		George is survived by a sister, Jane Creighton Winans, and his three children, Joseph, Barbara Creighton Willis, and Mary Ann Creighton Thierfelder.
	webscript.princeton.edu /~paw/memorials/memdisplay.php?id=1638 (166 words)

	knoxwishart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wishart was burned at the stake in 1546, and shortly afterwards Knox was arrested by the authorities and made a galley slave for 19 months.
		The spot where George Wishart died is marked by the letters GW in cobblestones outside the Castle, and commemorated by a plaque nearby (erected jointly by the St. Andrews Preservation Trust and the Wishart Society).
		Wishart was preaching at Leith where he was seized by the Earl of Bothwell, and taken to Edinburgh Castle where he was handed over to Cardinal Beaton who brought him back to St. Andrews Castle.
	celticcousins.homestead.com /knoxwishart.html (453 words)

	George Wishart
		WISHART, or WISEHEART, GEORGE, a learned divine, and educated writer of the seventeenth century, was of the family of Logy in Forfarshire.
		Having been subsequently detected in a correspondence with the royalists, Wishart was plundered of all his worldly goods, and thrown into a dungeon called the Thieves’ Hole, said to have been the most nauseous part of one of the most nauseous prisons in the world, the old tolbooth of Edinburgh.
		Bishop Wishart died in 1671, when his remains were interred in the abbey church of Holyrood, where a handsome monument, bearing an elaborate panegyrical inscription in Latin to his memory, may yet be seen.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/wishart_george.htm (791 words)

	The Dawning Light: The Reformation in Scotland An Overview of Scottish Presbyterian History - Part One
		Wishart did have his supporters, who were ready to stand with him to get him into the Church, but he refused and said that he would go preach at the market-cross (a cross found in the center of all the marketplaces at this time in the British Isles).
		Wishart called him close and kissed his cheek and said "Lo, here is a token that I forgive thee; do thine office."[23] The fire was set, and the captain of the castle drew close to young Wishart to encourage him.
		At this Wishart spoke "this flame hath scorched my body, yet it hath not daunted my spirit; but he who, from yonder place, beholdeth us with such pride, shall within a few days lie in the same, as ignominiously as he is now seen proudly to rest himself."[24] This he spoke of Cardinal Beaton.
	www.reformed.org /webfiles/antithesis/v1n1/ant_v1n1_dawn.html (2852 words)

	Glimpses bulletin #142: George Wishart, early martyr in Scotland
		George Wishart was a man so full of grace there was none that had come before to whom we could compare him.
		George was now like an outlaw on the run and had to be careful where he went.
		George related how in that time God showed him, "My end is drawing close." He added: "So pray with me that I will not shrink from the test when things really get tough." These words deeply upset John and William, who began weeping themselves.
	chi.gospelcom.net /GLIMPSEF/Glimpses/glmps142.shtml (1888 words)

	MyClan.com : Armigerous Clan Wishart Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		James Wishart of Pitarro was a judge in the reign of James V. His son, George, born around 1513, was to become one of the first Protestant martyrs in Scotland.
		Wishart realised that he was likely to be captured by his enemies and he ordered Knox to leave him with the words, ‘ane is sufficient for a sacrifice’.
		Wishart was quickly freed and became Montrose’s chaplain, accompanying him to the Continent where he joined the household of Elizabeth of Bohemia, the ‘winter Queen’, of King Charles I. He was installed as Bishop of Edinburgh in June 1662.
	www.myclan.com /clans/Wishart_339/default.php (536 words)

	Lowson Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		George Wishart being taken to St Andrews, where he was burnt, and John Knox.
		George Wishart was born near Montrose and was a schoolmaster at the grammar school there, where he incurred a charge heresy.
		One is sufficient for a sacrifice." Convicted of heresy, George Wishart, the most gentle and human of the Scottish Reformers, was burned at the stake in St Andrews on March 1st.
	www.lowson-memorial.org.uk /windows/john_knox.htm (310 words)

	George Wishart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He belonged to a younger branch of the Wisharts of Pitarrow near Montrose.
		He may have have graduated M.A., probably at King's College, Aberdeen, and was certainly a student at the Leuven, from which he graduated in 1531.
		There are plenty of other contenders for the designation, including George Wishart, bailie of Dundee, who allied himself with Beaton's murderers; and Sir John Wishart (d.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Wishart (582 words)

	George Wishart Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		George Wishart was born probably in 1513, in Scotland.
		George attended the University of Leuven, and graduated in 1531.
		On March 1, 1546, Wishart was executed by being burnt alive at the stake at St Andrews.
	www.paralumun.com /famwish.htm (133 words)

	Pilgrim Tours
		Wishart, having a sharp, piercing eye, and seeing the priest as he came from the pulpit, said to him, "My friend, what would you have?" and immediately clapping his hand upon the dagger, took it from him.
		Wishart answered the respective articles with great composure of mind, and in so learned and clear a manner as greatly surprised most of those who were present.
		Wishart to recant; but he was too firmly fixed in his religious principles and too much enlightened with the truth of the Gospel, to be in the least moved.
	www.pilgrimtours.com /church_history/bios/wishart.htm (2725 words)

	First Presbyterian Church - Ft. Collins
		It is called Wishart Hall, and it is named for the bold Scottish preacher, George Wishart, who lived from 1513 to 1546, a mere 33 years.
		Wishart was converted to the ideas of the Reformation in the early 1530’s, ideas like the supreme authority of the Scriptures, salvation by grace through faith, and the sole efficacy of the atonement of our Lord Jesus Christ.
		Wishart was condemned as a heretic by the Catholic authorities in 1538.
	www.firstpresfc.org /SermonDisplay.asp?SermonID=11 (1741 words)

	George Wishart
		Wishart returned to Scotland in July, 1543, in company with the commissioners who had been despatched for the negotiation of the marriage treaty with Henry VIII.
		The authorities having interfered to preserve the peace, Wishart left the town, but not till he had given a public testimony to the friendly nature of his intentions, and the danger that would be incurred by those who refused to hear the truth which he proclaimed.
		But they proceeded with Wishart to Elphinston, where Beaton was; and the preacher, having been sent to the capital, and thence brought back to Hailes, lord Bothwell’s seat, was at last committed to ward in the castle of Edinburgh.
	www.electricscotland.com /history/other/wishart_george1.htm (1666 words)

	George Wishart's through John Knox's eyes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Master George added a word of warning to us that if, after the great visitation of grace comes to our land, the people should prove to be unthankful, then there would be consequences -- fearful and terrible plagues would come.
		George actually said to him how that he praised God that so honorable man as he was the one who came to take him and that he was confident that he would see to it that he would be tried according to law.
		Then George added that he had no illusions and knew full well the corruption of the court and the law but at least he would have the benefit of a public trial rather than being ambushed and killed in secret.
	chi.gospelcom.net /morestories/knox.shtml (2098 words)

	George Wishart - Encyclopedia.com
		Wishart, George, 1513?-1546, Scottish religious reformer, Protestant martyr.
		Wishart's translation of the Helvetic Confession was published posthumously (c.1548).
		Carson Wishart: He was a genius but lets remember its not Best to do it the Georgie way.(Sport)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Wishart.html (353 words)

	Crosswalk.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wishart, accompanied by some honest men, his friends, set forward; but something particular striking his mind by the way, he returned, which they wondering at, asked him the cause; to whom he said, "I will not go; I am forbidden of God; I am assured there is treason.
		Wishart answered the respective articles with great composure of mind, and in so learned and clear a manner as greatly surprised most of those who were present.
		Wishart to recant; but he was too firmly fixed in his religious principles and too much enlightened with the truth of the Gospel, to be in the least moved.
	bible.crosswalk.com /History/AD/FoxsBookofMartyrs/?chapter=15 (3223 words)

	George Wishart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There are penty of other contenders for the designation including George Wishart, bailie of Dundee, who allied himself with Beaton's murderers; and Sir John Wishart (d.
		The Martyrs Memorial at St Andrews, was erected to the honour of George Wishart, Patrick Hamilton,and other martyrs of the Reformation era.
		Wishart, George Wishart, George Wishart, George Wishart, George Wishart, George
	george-wishart.ask.dyndns.dk (551 words)

	Ormiston Castle
		In 1546 both the Protestant reformers George Wishart and John Knox were hospitably entertained and protected by Cockburn and others during Wishart's inflammatory sermons.
		Wishart insisted that they surrender to Hepburn's "protection," on condition that they were not handed over to Beaton.
		Wishart was taken to Beaton and then on to St. Andrews castle, where he was burnt at the stake.
	www.ormiston.com /ormiston/castle.htm (900 words)

	The Scottish Ministers' Hall of Fame
		George was now outlawed and had to be careful where he went.
		George overhearing this told the Laird to open the gates, saying, "the blessed will of my God be done." So they let Bothwell in to arrest him.
		George actually said to him how that he praised God that so honourable man as he was the one who came to take him and that he was confident that he would see to it that he would be tried according to law.
	www.newble.co.uk /hall/wishart/biogknox.html (1923 words)

	Wishart George: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Ruth Wishart of the Glasgow-based Herald taunts Labours "tie straighteners...
		Erskine was a witness at the marriage (1557) of Mary Queen of Scots to Francis II of France and a participant in...
		Beatons relentless persecution of Scottish reformers led to the execution of George Wishart in 1546, and in reprisal the cardinal himself was murdered in his castle two months later...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/wishart_george.jsp (1622 words)

	Scotland's Past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Wishart was born in Angus before moving north to be educated at Aberdeen University.
		Not long after this he was arrested by Bothwell before being tried for heresy by Cardinal Beaton, he was found guilty and burned at St Andrews.
		There is a possibility that Wishart was involved in a plot to have Beaton murdered but this has not been conclusively proved.
	www.scotlandspast.org /wishart.cfm (151 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/George Wishart
		At Ormiston in East Lothian, in December 1545, he was seized by the Earl of Bothwell on the orders of Cardinal Beaton, and transferred by order of the privy council to Edinburgh castle on January 19, 1546.
		Wishart's preaching in 1544–45 helped popularize the teachings of the Calvin and Zwingli in Scotland.
		The Martyrs Memorial at St Andrews was erected to the honour of George Wishart, Patrick Hamilton, and other martyrs of the Reformation era.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/George_Wishart (630 words)

	George Wishart biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		His most important convert and disciple was John Knox, who has left a detailed account of these two years of his life.
		Wishart was burnt for heresy by Cardinal Beaton, March 1, 1546, at St. Andrews.
		Three months later Beaton was murdered, principally in revenge for Wishart's death.
	www.dromo.info /wishartbio.htm (209 words)

	Life of George Wishart
		This page describes an important book entitled "Life of George Wishart the Scottish martyr with his translation of the Helvetian confession and a genealogical history of the family of Wishart", by Rev. Charles Rogers, L.L.D. It was published in 1876 by William Paterson of Princes Street, Edinburgh.
		The first part is a comprehensive account of the life and death of George Wishart, the Protestant martyr.
		The second part is George Wishart's translation into English of the Helvetian Confession, that is the confession of faith of the churches of Switzerland, which was published in London about 1548.
	www.wishart.org /lifeofgeorgewishart.html (361 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Wishart, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		He was the friend and firm supporter of John Knox and George Wishart.
		Death of an art dealer: when a copy of our magazine was found propped next to Joyce Wishart's mutilated body, this horrifying crime hit even closer to home.
		Chief whip; Wishart calls on stars to curb their bad behaviour.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Wishart, (493 words)

	Wishart, George -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		While a teacher of Greek at Montrose, Wishart was accused of heresy and went to Cambridge (1538), where he became acquainted with the Reformer Hugh Latimer, himself later martyred.
		He was influenced by George Wishart, who was burned for heresy in 1546, and the following year Knox became the spokesman for the Reformation in Scotland.
		George was elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077267?tocId=9077267 (771 words)

	Biography of George Wishart (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		George Wishart was related to the lairds of Pitarrow, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and may have been a brother of the justice clerk of James V. In 1532 he graduated from the University of Louvain, first out of 118 determinants.
		When he arrived in Lothian, however, the lairds did not appear, and he was befriended by some of the local gentry and by a certain John Knox, who acted as his bodyguard, carrying a two-handed sword.
		Bothwell pretended that he was taking Wishart into protective custody, but once he had him secure, he turned him over to Cardinal Beaton, who had him carried to St. Andrews, where he was tried, convicted of heresy, strangled, and burned, while Beaton watched from a window of his castle.
	www.tlogical.net /biowishart.htm (468 words)

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