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The Covenant Document

Signed by the Covenanters

The document was laid out for signing on a gravestone on Feb. 28th 1638 in Grayfriars Church Yard, Edinburgh. First to sign was the Earl of Montrose, later to change sides in 1644. Within a week most parishes, excepting many of the Highland clans, had accepted and given adherance to the harsh disciplines of the Covenant. In essence the covenant was both a political document and a declaration of faith, made up of three Sections.

Part (1) The Kings Confession: Signed by James IV of Scotland (James I of England) in 1581 committing the King to defence of the doctrine of the true, reformed Church of Scotland.

Part (2) This specified the act of parliament establishing the Protestant religion in Scotland.

Part (3) bound by oath all the signatories and members of the reformed Church of Scotland to conserve at all hazard the autonomy of their Church with a form of government sanctioned by "God's Plain Word".
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Visit
The tiny Kincardine port of Inverbervie was the home of Hercules Linton who designed the famous clipper, the Cutty Sark, world beater in the race to bring tea to Britain from the East.

The village had a special gala in his honour on July 10 and visitors will include two Sailing association schooners, the Sir Winston Churchill and the Malcolm Miller, anchored in Inverbervie Bay from noon onwards while the crews attended a party and a variety of events throughout the day.

Also Invited were the Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire and his wife, Lord and Lady Arbuthnott; a great-great-grandson of Linton, Harvey Brettle; and Captain Simon Waite, curator of the Cutty Sark, now in dry dock at Greenwich.

 

 

  

 
 
Facts     William Wallace attacked the nearby Dunnottar Castle, killing nearly all inside.