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Tuesday, February 11, 2020
History from the Bottom Up: Clementina Vane Grierson Rind (1740?-1774) & James Hamlet (1822-?)
There is a serious confusion in this article between 'non-juring' and 'nonconformist' - they are very far from identical, indeed almost opposite. The non-jurors were those members of the Anglican church who felt unable to take the oath to William III and later Queen Anne and George I. Nonconformists were not members of the Anglican church, though Methodists like Wesley did so think of themselves. Non-jurors were under suspicion as Jacobites, supporters of the Stuarts in exile; Nonconformists most certainly did not, they might well lose their freedom to worship in the event of a Stuart restoration. Clementina is a Jacobite name. Vane was simply her mother's maiden name. Oh, and by the way it is "piqued" not peaked!
Thank you for correcting "peaked". You might argue that my interest in Clementina did peak, but piqued is certainly a better verb to use. As to middle name and serious confusion, those are a matter of opinion. I found no proof that "Vane" was her mother's maiden name, but perphaps it was. You are of course correct with regard to the the distinction between 'non-juring' and 'nonconformist', but I don't believe I confused it here.
There is a serious confusion in this article between 'non-juring' and 'nonconformist' - they are very far from identical, indeed almost opposite. The non-jurors were those members of the Anglican church who felt unable to take the oath to William III and later Queen Anne and George I. Nonconformists were not members of the Anglican church, though Methodists like Wesley did so think of themselves. Non-jurors were under suspicion as Jacobites, supporters of the Stuarts in exile; Nonconformists most certainly did not, they might well lose their freedom to worship in the event of a Stuart restoration. Clementina is a Jacobite name. Vane was simply her mother's maiden name. Oh, and by the way it is "piqued" not peaked!
ReplyDeleteThank you for correcting "peaked". You might argue that my interest in Clementina did peak, but piqued is certainly a better verb to use. As to middle name and serious confusion, those are a matter of opinion. I found no proof that "Vane" was her mother's maiden name, but perphaps it was. You are of course correct with regard to the the distinction between 'non-juring' and 'nonconformist', but I don't believe I confused it here.
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