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Andrew Simson (c.1526–c.1591) was a Scottish minister and schoolmaster. ==Life== Simson studied at St. Salvator's College, St. Andrews, in 1554, and in 1559 at St. Leonard's College. He was schoolmaster of Perth Grammar School between 1550 and 1560, and embraced the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation after reading ''The Book of the Monarchie'' by Sir David Lindsay. In 1562 he became minister of Dunning and Cargill in Perthshire. Simson was transferred to Dunbar on 28 June 1564. There he was also master of the grammar school, and had David Hume among his pupils. He gave up his charge at Dunbar before 11 September 1580, and was admitted to Dalkeith in Midlothian about October 1582, with the added charge of the churches of Lasswade and Glencorse.〔 On 2 November 1584 a summons was issued, in compliance with the Uniformity Act passed by the parliament in August, requiring all ministers south of the Firth of Forth to appear before Patrick Adamson, archbishop of St Andrews, and to sign the obligation prescribed by the act, binding them to acknowledge the spiritual jurisdiction of the crown. Simson, with colleagues, refused to sign. Before 18 December he invented a milder formula of his own which he was permitted to subscribe. His stipend was taken away in 1587 and given to Newbattle Abbey, but it was restored two years later.〔 Simson died in "old age", probably in early 1591.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Simson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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