The Lords of the Congregation (Scots: Lairds o the Congregatioun), originally styling themselves the Faithful, were a group of Protestant Scottish nobles...

September, the previous regent, the 2nd Earl of Arran, with the safe return of his son, accepted the leadership of the Lords of the Congregation and established...

with the assent of the Scottish Lords of the Congregation, and the French representatives of King Francis II of France (husband of Mary Queen of Scots)...

Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016. the large Preaching of Knox before the Lords of the Congregation (exh. RA, 1832;...

I of England, the Duke of Norfolk, and the group of Scottish nobles known as the Scottish Lords of the Congregation. The purpose was to agree the terms...

was chosen as one of the lords of the congregation in 1557, and commanded the contingents sent by Forfar and Fife against Elizabeth I of England in 1559...

Erskine of Dun (1509–1591) was a Scottish religious reformer. The son of Sir John Erskine, Laird of Dun, he was educated at King's College, University of Aberdeen...

the teachings of the Protestant reformer, Martin Luther. In 1560, a group of Scottish nobles known as the Lords of the Congregation gained control of...

what was probably the first "godly band" in December 1557, and Argyll soon became one of the leaders of the Lords of the Congregation. Together, Argyll...

Scottish Reformation, Châtellerault joined the Protestant Lords of the Congregation to oppose the regency of Mary of Guise, and lost his French dukedom as...

Kinnaird. In 1550, he accompanied queen Mary of Guise to France. He joined the Protestant Lords of the Congregation in 1560, although he was "a late, reluctant...

Earl of Argyll (c. 1542– October 1584) was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was appointed to the Lord Chancellorship of Scotland. He was the eldest...

was the last of the four regents of Scotland during the minority of James VI. He was in some ways the most successful of the four since he won the civil...

entered the service of Mary of Guise, and was rewarded with important legal appointments. He subsequently joined the Lords of the Congregation, a group of Protestant...

Bishop of Salisbury. The marriage project gained the support of the Protestant Lords of the Congregation. Bishop Jewel remained in favour of the marriage...

The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster...

after the death of Mary of Guise, on behalf of the Lords of the Congregation who reported that the Castle was "more ample by the double than it was of before"...

King of France on 10 July 1559. In 1559 the Lords of the Congregation gained control of most of central Scotland and entered Edinburgh, forcing Mary of Guise...

an alliance with the Scottish Protestants, and forward the cause of the Lords of the Congregation and Duke of Chatelherault. After the English became directly...

involved in the murder of Cardinal Beaton and supported the Lords of the Congregation, though later switched his allegiance to Mary, Queen of Scots. On...

Mary of Guise, queen dowager and Regent of Scotland, against the Protestant Lords of the Congregation. Bothwell and 24 followers took 6000 crowns of English...

the Lords of the Congregation at the Siege of Leith. After the wedding Mary and Francis went first to the Chateau of Villers-Cotterêts. In Paris, the...

the power of the Protestant Lords of the Congregation was rising at the expense of Mary's mother, who maintained effective control only through the use...

during the Scottish Reformation, the leaders of the Protestant nobility, the Lords of the Congregation, asked Knox to write a history of the movement...

George IV at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, 1830 The Preaching of John Knox before the Lords of the Congregation, 1832 Portrait of William IV, 1832 Queen...

Eure, the brother of the Governor of Berwick upon Tweed, in a duel. As a Protestant he was one of the leaders of the Lords of the Congregation in their...

Patrick had a share in the expulsion of the French garrison from Perth. After the Lords of the Congregation left Edinburgh in the spring of 1560, Patrick helped...

thenceforth assumed the name the Lords of the Congregation. In 1559, in consequence of the rigorous proceedings against Protestants by the Queen Regent, he...

Dean of Dunbar. This grant included "8 husbandlands (208 acres) and four 'terras' cottages in the 'villa' of Whittinghame". He joined the Lords of the Congregation...

The Articles of Leith were the terms of truce drawn up between the Protestant Lords of the Congregation and Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland and signed...