List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation


Two people were executed under heresy laws during the reign of James I. Protestants were then executed during persecutions against Protestant religious reformers for their religious denomination during the reigns of James V and Mary, Queen of Scots. The excesses of this period were recorded in Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
NameNationality/ResidenceDescriptionDate of executionPlace of executionReferences
John ResbyEnglishpriest1407/1422Perth
Pavel Kravař BohemianHussite physician23 July 1433St Andrews
Patrick HamiltonKincavil, West Lothianpriest - precentor of St Andrews Cathedral29 February 1528St Andrews
Henry ForrestLinlithgow, West Lothianmonk - Benedictine1532 or 1533St Andrews
Norman GourlayDollar, Clackmannanshirepriest - Vicar of Dollar26 August 1534Cross of Greenside, near Edinburgh
David StrattonLauriston Castle, Aberdeenshirebrother of the Laird of Lauriston26 August 1534Cross of Greenside, near Edinburgh
Thomas ForretDollar, Clackmannanshirepriest - Vicar of Dollar28 February/1 March 1539Castle Hill, Edinburgh
Duncan SimpsonStirling, Stirlingshirepriest28 February/1 March 1539Castle Hill, Edinburgh
John KeillorStirling, Stirlingshirefriar - Dominican 28 February/1 March 1539Castle Hill, Edinburgh
John BeveridgeStirling, Stirlingshirefriar - Dominican 28 February/1 March 1539Castle Hill, Edinburgh
Robert ForsterStirling, Stirlingshirenotary28 February/1 March 1539Castle Hill, Edinburgh
Jerome RussellTaken at Dumfriesfriar - Franciscan1539Glasgow
Alexander Kennedy"who passed not 18 years of age, one of excellent genius in Scottish poesy"1539Glasgow
William AndersonPerthmaltman1544 Perth
James FinlaysonPerth1544 Perth
James HunterPerthflesher1544 Perth
Robert LambPerthmerchant1544 Perth
James RavelesonPerthskinner1544 Perth
Hellen StirkPerthwife of James Raveleson, skinner1544 Perth
George WishartTaken at Ormiston in East Lothianschoolmaster and itinerant preacher1 March 1546St Andrews
Adam WallaceFayle, Kyle, Ayrshire"simple poor man"1550Edinburgh
Walter MilneLunan, Anguspriest of the parish of LunanApril 1558St Andrews