Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae Vol 2

Excerpt from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol. 2: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland From the Reformation The Synod Records from April 1639 to April 1661, in three volumes, and a volume from July 1690 to October 1707, were destroyed at the burning of the manse of Morebattle, 8th Jan. 1727. The Records are complete from 6th April 1708. Presbytery of Duns [Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, 1581. The Register commences 8th Nov. 1659, and is continued to the present time, with blanks from 24th July 1660 to 7th May 1661, 31st July 1688 to 15th Sept. 1690, 21st Aug. 1733 to 14th April 1735, and 6th Oct. 1749 to 6th March 1770. From 7th Aug. 1690 to 19th Oct. 1698 this Presbytery was united to that of Chirnside. Each Presbytery has a copy of the minutes of this period. The parish of Hilton was in this Presbytery from 22nd Oct. 1707 to 1719.] Abbey St Bathans and Strafontain, or Trefontaine [These two parishes were united soon after the Reformation. Abbey St Bathans is named from its patron, Saint Bathan, second Abbot of Iona. There being a better known church of St Bathan at Yester, this one came to be called Abbey St Bathans, i.e. St Bathans belonging to the Abbey of Dryburgh, which had extensive possessions in the neighbourhood. St Bathan's Well was near the church. Towards the end of the thirteenth century, Ada, Countess of Dunbar, a natural daughter of William the Lion, founded here a priory of Cistercian nuns, dedicated to St Mary. Strafontain, called also Trefontaine, was evidently dedicated to St Fintan. Its two names are formed from his, with the Cymric words Ystred and tref, both meaning hamlet (Ystred Fintain; Tref Fintain). In 1450 Strafontain was made a prebend of the Collegiate Church of St Mary at Dunglass. Near the church of Strafontain was founded in 1218 the hospital of Godscroft.] William Colvill, reader in 1567. Nicol Suddie [Suttie], reader in 1574. Matthew Liddell, reader at Whittingehame and Tynninghame in 1570: min. at Cranshaws in 1572; trans. to Ellem in 1585; trans. and adm. in 1591; on 7th May 1608 he granted a discharge to John Renton of Billie for 34s., being four terms' rent for the Nunmeadow of Billie at St Bathans. - [Reg. Assig.; Milne Home MSS., 189.] George Redpath [Ridpath], M.A. (Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1590); min. of Ellem in 1596; trans. to Bunkle in 1599, but again at Ellem in 1607. He was trans. to this charge by 1624, and died in April 1628, aged about 58. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation. New edition. Revised and continned to the Present Time under the Superintendence of a Commitee appointed by the General Assembly. Volume 5. Synods of fife, and of angus and mearns.

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Excerpt from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Vol. 4: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland From the Reformation Editorial Committee have pleasure in issuing the Fourth Volume of the Fasti. More than half of their work has now been completed. But for unforeseen circumstances, progress would have been speedier. As it is, the unavoidable delay has borne good fruit otherwise, in enabling the Committee to cover a wider field of enquiry, and to expiscate a considerable number of points of biographical difficulty and obscurity. In the first of the Synods contained in Volume Four - that of Argyll - the difficulties have been unusually great. Few of the Separate Registers have been kept with regularity, the blanks in some of the Records extending over a long period of years. In order to supply information not found in these sources, access has been obtained to the Registers and Documents within H.M. General Register House, and to a variety of papers in the possession of private individuals. Many published volumes of Local and Family History have also yielded their quota, and the literature of the tombstones has again served its own useful purpose. Pains have been taken to verify the information given, but, as was said in a former Note, the Volumes - dealing with so vast a mass of names and dates - do not claim to be immaculate. The present Volume, it is hoped, is as free from errors as is possible. The Committee desire to express their thanks to the Clerks of the various Presbyteries, and to the Revs. James King Hewison, D. D., Rothesay; Alexander Matthew Wyllie, Auchtergaven; William Alexander Macfarlane, Dull; Peter Robert Landreth, Perth; and William Wilson, Trossachs; and to Captain Herbert Campbell, for much assistance in the preparation of the work. The Volume has been brought down to the eve of publication. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

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