He was an East Renfrewshire farmer from Lochgoin, who claimed descent from an Albigensian refugee, wrote Lives of the martyrs of Scotland from Patrick Hamilton, the first, to James Renwick, the last, under the title of "Scots Worthies".
He was an East Renfrewshire farmer from Lochgoin, who claimed descent from an Albigensian refugee. He wrote Lives of the martyrs of Scotland from Patrick Hamilton, the first, to James Renwick, the last, under the title of "Scots Worthies".