Patrick Scot

For other people named Patrick Scott, see Patrick Scott.

Patrick Scot (fl. 1620) was a Scottish official, tutor and author.

Life

He followed James VI of Scotland to England on his accession in 1603. In June 1618 he was engaged in the work of raising voluntary gifts for the supply of the king's exchequer by threatening persons with prosecutions for usury. Six years later (August 1624) King James I wrote a letter of recommendation on his behalf.

Scot apparently acted as occasional tutor to Prince Charles. In 1623 and 1625 he was in Amsterdam, and observed the separatist churches there.

Works

Scot's position resembled those of Joseph Hall and Thomas Tymme, with emphasis on unity of doctrine. He attacked alchemy, in particular, as example of curiosity, leading to skepticism, leading to a large-scale questioning of orthodoxy.[1] His writings include:

References

Notes

  1. Bruce Janacek. Alchemical Belief: Occultism in the Religious Culture of Early Modern England. Penn State Press. pp. 45–54. ISBN 978-0-271-05014-0. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  2. Stanton J. Linden (8 August 1996). Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration. University Press of Kentucky. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-8131-1968-7. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Scott, Patrick". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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