Margaret Mitchelson
Margaret Mitchelson | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Kingdom of Scotland |
| Occupation | prophet |
| Known for | supporting the Covenanters |
Margaret Mitchelson (fl. 1638 ) was a Scottish prophet. Her father may have been the East Lothian minister of Yester, James Mitchelson.[1]
She came to notice in September 1638 when she claimed that she knew that the National Covenant would triumph over the King's Covenant. She had the support of Henry Rollock minister of Trinity College parish in Edinburgh and the leading covenenter Archibald Johnston of Wariston. She would attract huge crowds who would come to hear and to watch as she underwent fits. It was said that her words were taken down in shorthand and distributed to the crowd.[1]
None of her prophesies appear to have been published. She is not recorded after 1638 but she is credited with improving the morale of the covenanters.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Yeoman, Louise (2020), Langley, Chris R. (ed.), "A Godly Possession? Margaret Mitchelson and the Performance of Covenanted Identity", The National Covenant in Scotland, 1638–1689, Boydell & Brewer, pp. 105–124, ISBN 978-1-78744-830-8, retrieved 2023-03-09
- ^ Stevenson, David (2004-09-23). "Mitchelson [Mitchel], Margaret (fl. 1638), prophetess". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 1 (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/67842. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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