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Perth Assembly was a book published by the Pilgrims in Leiden in 1619 the year before they departed in the Mayflower for Massachusetts; the book was smuggled into Scotland in wine vats.^[1] King James was offended by the book which was critical of the Five Articles of Perth which had been ratified by the General Assembly in Perth in 1618 and forced the episcopacy form of church governance on Scotland.^[2] The printer was Johannes Sol ("Soule") and the primary publisher was William Brewster who went into hiding in 1619 before departing for Plymouth, as he was under threat of arrest. Other Pilgrims, such as George Soule (presumably the brother of the printer Johannes Sol), were also believed to have been involved in the printing of the book, and the controvery caused them to flee on the Mayflower and disguise their origins.^[3] Sol's apprentice Edward Raban fled to Scotland with Sol's pregnant widow.^[4]

References

^ Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf
^ Stewart, Laura A. M. (2007). "The Political Repercussions of the Five Articles of Perth: A Reassessment of James VI and I's Religious Policies in Scotland". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 38 (4): 1013–1036.
^ Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf
^ Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf

External links

Full copy of the Perth Assembly online

[1] Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf

[2] Stewart, Laura A. M. (2007). "The Political Repercussions of the Five Articles of Perth: A Reassessment of James VI and I's Religious Policies in Scotland". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 38 (4): 1013–1036.

[3] Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf

[4] Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf

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-'''Perth Assembly''' was a book published by the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] in [[Leiden]] in 1619 the year before they departed in the [[Mayflower]] for Massachusetts; the book was smuggled into Scotland in wine vats.<ref>Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf</ref> King James was offended by the book which was critical of the [[Five Articles of Perth]] which had been ratified by the General Assembly in Perth in 1618 and forced the episcopacy form of church governance on Scotland.<ref>Stewart, Laura A. M. (2007). "The Political Repercussions of the Five Articles of Perth: A Reassessment of James VI and I's Religious Policies in Scotland". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 38 (4): 1013–1036.</ref> The printer was Johannes Sol ("Soule") and the primary publisher was [[William Brewster]] who went into hiding in 1619 before departing for Plymouth, as he was under threat of arrest.  Other Pilgrims, such as [[George Soule (Mayflower passenger)|George Soule]] (presumably the brother of the printer Johannes Sol), were also believed to have been involved in the printing of the book, and the controvery caused them to flee on the Mayflower and disguise their origins.<ref>Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf</ref>
+'''Perth Assembly''' was a book published by the [[Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony)|Pilgrims]] in [[Leiden]] in 1619 the year before they departed in the [[Mayflower]] for Massachusetts; the book was smuggled into Scotland in wine vats.<ref>Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf</ref> King James was offended by the book which was critical of the [[Five Articles of Perth]] which had been ratified by the General Assembly in Perth in 1618 and forced the episcopacy form of church governance on Scotland.<ref>Stewart, Laura A. M. (2007). "The Political Repercussions of the Five Articles of Perth: A Reassessment of James VI and I's Religious Policies in Scotland". The Sixteenth Century Journal. 38 (4): 1013–1036.</ref> The printer was Johannes Sol ("Soule") and the primary publisher was [[William Brewster]] who went into hiding in 1619 before departing for Plymouth, as he was under threat of arrest.  Other Pilgrims, such as [[George Soule (Mayflower passenger)|George Soule]] (presumably the brother of the printer Johannes Sol), were also believed to have been involved in the printing of the book, and the controvery caused them to flee on the Mayflower and disguise their origins.<ref>Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf</ref> Sol's apprentice Edward Raban fled to Scotland with Sol's pregnant widow.<ref>Soule Kindred Newsletter, Vol.43 No.4, Autumn 2009, pg 4 https://soulekindred.org/resources/Documents/Newsletters/PDF-Newsletters/Vol.-43-No.-4-Autumn-2009.pdf</ref>
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