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1600s

Jenny Geddes

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A woman linked to the 1637 prayer-book protest.

Jenny Geddes was a woman in Edinburgh.

In 1637 a new prayer book was read in St Giles church.

Stories say she threw a stool and shouted.

Many people were angry about that book.

We are not sure about every part of the stool story.