Signet Library displays its copy of the National Covenant of 1638 for Society founded in honour of Jacobean Scottish intellectual.

On Thursday 25th April the Signet Library was honoured by a visit by delegates from the Sir Robert Moray Society. Society members record, celebrate and perpetuate the memory of the Jacobean Scottish intellectual and solder Sir Robert Moray FRS 1609-1673. Sir Robert fought in the Bishops’ Wars and was a pioneer member of the Royal Society. After a tour of the Library, delegates enjoyed an exhibition of Signet Library material relating to the Bishops’ Wars including pamphlet material, royal proclamations, engravings, a copy of the Laudian liturgy of 1637 and the Signet Library’s copy of the National Covenant of 1638. Most notable of the exhibition items was a manuscript diary of one of the framers of the Covenant, Sir Archibald Johnston, describing the events of the Bishops’ Wars at first hand.