Robert Pont
Robert Pont (the abbreviated form of Kylpont or Kynpont) (1529–1606) was a Church of Scotland minister, judge and reformer. He was a church minister and commissioner and a Senator of the College of Justice.
Robert Pont | |
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Memorial at St Cuthbert's | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1524 |
| Died | 8 May 1606 |
| minister of Dunblane | |
| In office 2 July 1562 – 1562 | |
| minister of Dunkeld | |
| In office 1562 – 26 June 1563 | |
| commissioner for Inverness, Moray, and Banff (from 1568 non-Gaelic only from Elgin) | |
| In office 26 June 1563 – 19 March 1574 | |
| Senator in College of Justice | |
| In office 12 January 1572 – 22 May 1584 | |
| St Cuthbert's (Collegiate charge [junior]) | |
| In office 1574 – 29 December 1578 | |
| minister of St Cuthbert's | |
| In office 29 December 1578 – after 17 October 1581 | |
| minister of St Andrews | |
| In office after 17 October 1581 – 1583 | |
| minister of St Cuthbert's | |
| In office 1583 – 15 November 1602 | |
| Bishop/Commissioner of Caithness | |
| In office 1587–1590 | |
| Commissioner of Orkney | |
| In office 1590–1601 | |
| Moderator of the General Assembly (5 times) | |
| In office July 1570 – close | |
| In office August 1575 – close | |
| In office April 1581 – close | |
| In office October 1583 – close | |
| In office March 1596 – close | |
| In office April 1597 – close | |
His translation of the Helvetian Confession was ordered to be printed by the General Assembly. Pont's legal skill allowed him to be made Provost of Trinity College, and through the influence of Morton, but with the consent of the Assembly, he accepted a seat in the Court of Session in 1572. Working for the church he assisted in the preparation of the Second Book of Discipline. He protested so prominently against the Black Acts that he was compelled for a time to take refuge in England. On returning with Angus and other Protestant Lords, he resumed his ministerial duty at St. Cuthbert's. Among other writings, he prepared for the Assembly three sermons against sacrilege and also published also a revised edition of the Psalms, and a Latin treatise on the "Union of the two Kingdoms," in 1604. He died in 1606.