Plaque at the Castle

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Plaque at the Castle

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Plaque at the Castle: George Wishart, 1513-1546. A powerful protestant preacher, he was betrayed to Cardinal Beaton. Brought here, put in the sea tower, condemned for heresy and burnt at the stake on 1 March. The lettering G W on the roadway marks where he dies. His friends conspired against the cardinal, and on 26 May gained entry to the castle, killed him and hung his body from the battlements. Then together in the castle they created the first congregation fo the protestant church in Scotland.

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Plaque at the Castle: George Wishart, 1513-1546. A powerful protestant preacher, he was betrayed to Cardinal Beaton. Brought here, put in the sea tower, condemned for heresy and burnt at the stake on 1 March. The lettering G W on the roadway marks where he dies. His friends conspired against the cardinal, and on 26 May gained entry to the castle, killed him and hung his body from the battlements. Then together in the castle they created the first congregation fo the protestant church in Scotland.

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“Plaque at the Castle,” St Andrews Science, accessed November 23, 2024, https://straylight.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/standscience/omeka/items/show/511.