Oct. 1596; pres. to Castleton in 1604, which he held in conjunction. In 1605, he was clerk to the Commissioners of the General Assembly, and died Oct. 1606. He marr. Agnes Foulis, who survived him, and had issue-David, served heir 8th July 1607; Alexander; James; Richard; Margaret; Helen; Mary (Acts and Dec., ccxxiii., 352).-[Reg. Assig., Booke of the Kirk, Craufurd's Univ.; Calderwood's Hist.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 313 - de Tut., 110, 111.]

1607 JOHN DUNLOP, M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd Feb. 1602); pres. to the vicarage by James VI. June 1607; died Feb. 1647, aged about 65. He marr. Elizabeth Black, who survived him (alive in 1657), and had issue-Elizabeth (marr., cont. 11th Oct. 1633, John, son of John Mitchell, preacher in London: Reg. of Deeds, dxi., 384); John, min. of East Calder; Alexander; Lucy; Barbara; William; Alison (marr., pro. 26th April 1660, Andrew Cockburn, schoolmaster at Queensferry); Katherine; Ludovic, min. of Skne.-[Reg. Assig. and Pres. (Cant.); St Cuthbert's Sess., Test., and Edin. Reg. (Bapt.).]

1648  DAVID READDIE, son of James R., master of the Grammar School at Dunfermline; educated at the Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1633); adm. in 1648; died Sept. 1662, aged about 50.-[Dalkeith Presb., Colinton Sess., and Test. Reg.; Wodrow's Hist., i.; Reg. Old Dec., 1650.]

1663 JOHN MACMATH, M.A.; coll. 25th March 1663; trans. to Lasswade in 1670.-[Reg. Collat.]

1674  JOHN WILKIE, trans. from Kirknewton, 1674; trans. to Eyemouth in 1677.-[Lanark Presb. Reg., Min. Book Reg. Priv. Seal.]

1683 WILLIAM STEWART, M.A. (Glasgow, 12th July 1667). The collections, 25th Sept. 1687, "were so inconsiderable that the box was not able to maintain the poor"; an assessment was proposed

according to Act of Parliament, which is said to be the earliest instance of a compulsory rate for this purpose. Rabbled at the Revolution. After S.'s rabbling it was found that the communion and baptismal plate was missing; on enquiry, the kirk-session found that it had been conveyed to Lord Lauderdale's house at Thirlstane, whence it was recovered by S.'s successor. He went to Fife, where he lived on the charity of friends. Died about 20th Nov. 1690, having marr. Grizel, daugh. of James Durie of Craigluscar, who survived him (P. C. Acta, 23rd Dec. 1690), and had an only son, Charles.-[Hun. Univ. Glasg., iii.; Sess. Reg.; HS. Acc. of Min., 1689.]

1692 JAMES HART, M.A.; ord. 4th July 1692. In Aug. 1702 he was called to Greyfriars, but "declared his sense of emptiness for so eminent a part, and his unwillingness to undertake it." The Presbytery ordered the call to be transmitted to Ratho and the parishioners to be summoned to answer thereto. At the next meeting the officer reported that on 9th Aug., as he was on his way to cite the heritors, elders, etc., a multitude of women came to him and so threatened him, that he was obliged to leave the place. Strong remonstrances were offered against the translation, but the Presbytery overruled the objections and appointed his admission for 19th Aug. 1702.-[Edin. Reg. (Marr.), Murray's Biog. Annals.]

1703 JOHN GUTHRIE, son and heir of James G., brother of John G., younger of Mongerswood (Ayr Sas., vii., 239); called 30th May, and ord. 16th Aug. 1703. He refused to take the Oath of Abjuration in 1712; died 28th Feb. 1756, in his 83rd year, being a widower, with a daugh. Margaret, and others.

1753 WILLIAM WILKIE, born 5th Oct. 1721, son of James W., Echline; educated at Dalmeny School and

Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by the Presb. of Linlithgow 29th May 1745; called 15th Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor) 17th May 1753. He demitted, 15th, Nov. 1759,