George Hay becomes a priest
George Hay was keen to have a post as a surgeon on a naval ship, but becoming a Catholic barred him from that, but he secured an...
George Hay received into Church
When the Jacobite Army retreated, George Hay parted company with it at Edinburgh before the march north which ended at Culloden. He was...
Bishop George Hay (1729-1811)
In the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829, most of the anti-Catholic Penal Laws were repealed, except the ones related to the Royal...
Henry IX
In addition to the help given to Aquhorties mentioned in the last post, the government also gave pensions to French bishops and priests...
Aquhorties (1799-1829)
The English Establishment was seriously unsettled by the Gordon Riots of 1780 and suspected that the French could have been behind them...
Saint Andrew's Day
A Happy Saint Andrew's Day to all our readers! Saint Andrew, Apostle of the Lord, brother of Saint Peter and Patron of Scotland, was put...