RABAN 400
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In 1639, Edward Raban printed William Guild’s Antidote to Popery.  Guild was one of the great scholars in early seventeenth century Aberdeen and had been appointed as one of the Ministers in 1631.  He was on the periphery of the Aberdeen Doctors and eventually signed the National Covenant but with three qualifications (not rejecting the Articles of Perth, episcopacy, and reserving his duties to the King).  When Dr Leslie was deprived of the role of Principal of King’s, Guild was chosen in his place.  But he too was deprived of office in 1651.  Guild was a great benefactor to the city (most notably around the Trades Hospital), and Guild Street is named in his honour.  Dissatisfied with his treatment by the university, he bequeathed the bulk of his books to the universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. 

​Guild’s strong beliefs are evident in his description on the title page where he states that his polemic was:
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Dr William Guild

Raban had a close association with Dr William Guild (1586-1657) .  He was the son of a wealthy armourer and became Minister of the second charge in 1631.  Guild initially sided with the Aberdeen Doctors and their concerns about the Covenant but eventually signed it with three limitations: he would not condemn the Articles of Perth, he would not condemn episcopal government and he reserved his duty to the King. Guild assisted in purging both St Machar’s Cathedral and King’s College Chapel of ornaments.  He was a benefactor in the city and Guild Street is named after him.  Raban printed works by Guild but the association ran deeper.  In 1653, William Guild was witness at the baptism of Raban’s grandson, William (son of Gavin Milne and Elizabeth Raban).
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Raban 400 is a partnership involving Robert Gordon University, the University of Aberdeen Special Collections, Peacock & the Worm, and Aberdeen City Council Library and Information Service. It has been made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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  • Home
  • Digital Exhibition
    • Who was Edward Raban
    • Raban Revisted
    • Raban's Circle
    • Perth Assembly
    • Arrival in Aberdeen
    • Ornaments and Devices
    • Raban and the Bear
    • The Townes Armes
    • Time of Turmoil
    • Elusive to the end
    • Legacy
    • Raban at St Andrews
    • Theses Philosophicae
    • Poeticall Recreations
    • Raine from the clouds
    • First blast of the trumpet
    • A silver watchbell
    • Prognostications
    • Raban's Psalter
    • Funerals and Epitaphs for Bishop Patrick Forbes
    • Duplyes
    • Solemn League and National Covenant
    • Antidote agaynst Poperie
    • The Old Roman Catholick
  • Events
    • Printing Workshops
  • Printing Workshops
  • Raban Family
  • Up Close Day