On Saturday 12th September, society members and friends will gather at Glasgow Cathedral where The General Assembly was held between 21st November and 20th December 1638, resulting in one of the most explosive political and religious turning points in Scottish history. Glasgow was deliberately chosen over Edinburgh because it was thought the smaller town would keep large-scale riots to a minimum. They were wrong. The atmosphere inside was chaotic with nearly 100 ruling elders and Covenanters carrying weapons.
You are invited to gather at the front door of the Cathedral at 11.30 where a guided tour has been arranged. In addition to the Cathedral visit we will visit St Mungo’s Museum and Provand’s Lordship, both a very short walk within the Cathedral Precinct. Admission to all three venues is free.
For more details, please make contact via: 1st.moms1650@gmail.com
Glasgow Cathedral where the 1st Marquis attended The General Assembly in 1638
The first stone built Glasgow Cathedral was dedicated in the presence of King David I in 1136. The present building was consecrated in 1197. Since that same period the Cathedral has never been unroofed and worship has been carried out within its walls for more than 800 years. The splendid achievements of the architects and builders of those far off days can be studied and admired. Not everything, however, is old and the Cathedral has one of the finest post-war collections of stained glass windows to be found in Britain.
St Mungo, also known as Saint Kentigern, was a 6th century apostle and patron saint of Glasgow. Born around 518AD he founded the city where Glasgow Cathedral now stands.
St Mungo Museum is built on the site of the medieval Bishops’ Castle and is designed in its style. The galleries are full of displays, objects and stunning works of art that explore the importance of religion in peoples’ lives across the world and across time.
The museum is close to the Cathedral.
The Provand’s Lordship of Glasgow is a medieval historic house museum. It is the oldest remaining house in Glasgow, built in 1471. The house is furnished with a collection of seventeenth-century Scottish furniture which gives us an insight into living conditions in the time of the 1st Marquis of Montrose.