- ERSKINE, JOHN, OF DUN
- a Scotch Reformer, supported Knox and Wishart; was several times Moderator of the General Assembly, and assisted in the formation of "The Second Book of Discipline" (1509-1591).
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
ERSKINE, JOHN, OF DUN
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