When Margaret Ker was born in 1509, in Edinburgh, Scotland, her father, Sir Andrew Kerr, 3rd of Cessford, was 24 and her mother, Agnes Crichton of Sanquhar, was 20. She married Sir John Home of Cowdenknowes in 1528, in Cowdenknowes, Berwickshire, Scotland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 19 August 1568, in Hetton, Northumberland, England, at the age of 59.
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Book of Common Prayer, a product of the English Reformation, was published in 1549 for assistance in the administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the church according to the use of the Church of England. The book outlined morning, evening, and communion prayers and orders for baptism and marriage, thus making England a truly Protestant state.
The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
English and Scottish: variant of Carr .
Hungarian (Kér): from the name of the ancient Hungarian tribe Kér. The tribe settled, after the Magyar conquest of the Carpathian basin in the 9th–10th centuries, in what is now known as Békés County, but King Steven I resettled the tribe in royal estates, far away from their original residence. Thus the 42 villages named after the Kér tribe are scattered around in Hungary.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 寇, see Kou 1.
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