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Worn by Alexander Peden

Mask and wig
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This shows the back of the face-mask and wig used by Alexander Peden, a Covenanting minister from Ayrshire. Peden used the face-mask and wig as a disguise when preaching at 'conventicles' - illegal outdoor services.

Most of the hair on the crown is missing although further down it is still thick.

After 4 years' imprisonment on the Bass Rock, Peden was banished into slavery, but escaped before being transported. He went into hiding in Ireland and returned to Scotland in 1685 and died in 1686, aged 60. He was buried in Auchinleck in Ayshire.

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