Fasti ecclesiæ scoticanæ; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation

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by  Scott, Hew, 1791-1872

FASTI ECCLESI^ SCOTICANvE
COMMITTEE, 1936-49
Sir FRANCIS JAMES GRANT, K.C.V.O., Rev. WILLIAM MCCALLUM, D.D., Ma-
LL.D., W.S., Convener and General kerstoun
Editor *Rev. ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, D.D.,
*Rev. WILLIAM BURNETT, B.D., Restalrig Kiltarlity
Rev. ALFRED BROWN, D.D., Maxwell Rev. DAVID JOHN MCLAREN, M.A.,
Rev. THOMAS CALDWELL, D.D., Aberlady Dundurn
*Very Rev. ANDREW JAMES CAMPBELL, Rev. JOHN SCOTT MACNAUGHTON, D.D.,
D.D., Evie Perth
Sir THOMAS CLARK, Bart. *Rev. WILLIAM MCMILLAN, D.D., Dun-
Rev. GEORGE FREDERICK Cox, B.D., fermline
Harray Rev. ANGUS McViCAR, M.A., Southend
*Rev. JAMES TAYLOR Cox, D.D., Dyce *Rev. JOHN MUIRHEAD, B.D., Avendale
Rev. ROBERT MARCUS DICKSON, D.D., *Rev. LouisCARRICK PHILLIPS, D.D., Fala
Lanark *Rev. ALEXANDER MASON SHAND, M.A.,
Rev. WILLIAM MCLAUCHLAN GOLDIE, Bridge ofWeir
T.D., Kilmaronock Rev. JOHN SINCLAIR, B.D., Glasgow
Rev. JOHN ARNOTT HAMILTON, B.D., *Rev. WILLIAM STEPHEN, D.D., Inver-
Ph.D., Newbattle keithing
Rev. Professor GEORGE DAVID HENDER *Rev. ARTHUR POLLOK SYM, D.D., Lillies-
SON, D.D., D.Litt., Aberdeen leaf
Rev. WALTER ROBERTSON HENDERSON, Rev. JAMES PETER WILSON, B.D., St.
B.D., Auchencairn Quivox
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ECCLESLE
FASTI
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
BY
HEW
SCOTT, D.D.
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence ofa
Committee appointedby the GeneralAssembly
VOLUME
VIII
MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH FROM DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF VOLUMES TO
I-VII, 1914-28,
UNION OF THE CHURCHES, 2nd OCTOBER 1929,
AND ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA
1560-1949
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1950
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PrintedinGreatBritainat
THE KYNOCH PRESS
Birmingham
PREFATORY NOTE
DURING the years 1915 to 1928 were published the seven volumes of this
work containing the record ofthe Ministers ofthe Church ofScotland from
1560 to the date ofthe issue ofthe various volumes, viz. I Synods ofLothian
and Tweeddale, 1915; II Merse and Teviotdale, Dumfries and Galloway,
1917; III Glasgow and Ayr, 1920; IV Argyll and Perth and Stirling, 1923;
V Fife and Angus and Mearns, 1925; VI Aberdeen and Moray, 1926; VII
Ross, Sutherland and Caithness; Orkney and Shetland, with Churches Over
seas, also University Principals and Professors in the Faculties of Divinity,
1928.
Towards the end of 1936 the General Administration Committee decided
that a supplementary volume should be issued to complete the Record of
Ministers oftheChurch ofScotland as itexistedbeforethedateoftheUnion
of the Churches on 2nd October 1929 and also to add all the additional
information that had been collected since the above-mentioned volumes
A
were published. sub-committee ofthe Committee on General Administra
tion was formed to which several others were co-opted to carry out the work
Sir Francis J. Grant, K.C.V.O., LL.D., Convener and General Editor.
Since these seven volumes were printed the present Convener, who had
been Joint Editor of the same, has been collecting additional information
and keeping thework up to date, and therefore thefoundationofthepresent
volume existed and was used as a basis on which to work.
Certain records of the immediate Post-Reformation Period which had
not been systematically gone over have now been done so, and many new
names and information as to the Clergy, Readers, and Exhorters previous
to 1600 have been recovered and many blanks filled in. In regard to these
the Committee are indebted to Dr Gordon Donaldson, formerly of the
Historical Department of H.M. Register House, and the late Rev. William
Stephen, D.D., Inverkeithing. For the continuation of the accounts of the
various parishes, presbyteries and synods the Committee have to thank their
various members who undertook this work and particularly to the late Rev.
William Burnett, B.D., for the Presbytery of Edinburgh; the late Rev.
Arthur P. Sym, D.D., for the Synods of Merse, Teviotdale and Dumfries;
the Rev. Walter R. Hendersonforthe Synod ofGalloway; the Rev. James P.
Wilson, B.D., for the Synod ofAyr; the late Rev. Alexander Mason Shand,
M.A., for the Presbytery ofPaisley; the late Rev. John Muirhead, B.D., for
the Presbytery of Hamilton; the Rev. R. Marcus Dickson, D.D., for the
Presbytery ofLanark; the Very Rev. AndrewJames Campbell, D.D., for the
Presbytery of Glasgow; the Rev. William McLauchlan Goldie for the
Presbytery ofDunbarton; the Rev. Angus J. McVicar, M.A., for the Synod
of Argyll; the Rev. John Scott Macnaughton, D.D., for the Presbytery of
Perth; the Rev. DavidJ. Maclaren, M.A., forthePresbyteryofAuchterarder;
the late Rev. William Stephen, D.D., for the Synod of Fife; the late Rev.
James Taylor Cox, D.D., for the Synods of Aberdeen and Moray; the late
Rev. Archibald Macdonald, D.D., for the Synod of Ross and Sutherland;
the Rev. George Frederick Cox, B.D., for the Synod of Orkney, and the
Rev. Professor G. D. Henderson for the University of Aberdeen. The
Clerks to Presbyteries and the Officials of H.M. Register House and the
Ministers Widows Fund and many others have also contributed much new
matter.
The most valuable part of this volume will be the very large additional
information regarding the earlier clergy which has been gathered from many
sources too numerous to mention and involving much research in records.
The volume has further been enriched by a number ofEcclesiological Notes
on parishes by the late Dr William Stephen.
The Editor regrets that ten ofhis valued helpers have passed away since
the volumewas firstundertaken and have not seen theresults oftheirlabours
and that latterly he has had to complete the same alone.
FRANCIS J. GRANT
Convener and GeneralEditor
April 1950
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