1901 JOHN WALLACE, M.A.; ord. 10th Jan. 1901; trans. 30th Jan. 1908 to Tron, Edinburgh.

1908  JOHNSTON OLIPHANT, born Fraserburgh, 3rd Dec. 1875, son of John O. and Catherine Ann Blow; educated at Rathen School and Aberdeen Univ.; M.A. (1897), B.D. (1900); licen. by Presb. of Deer 26th April 1900; assistant at Inverness; ord. to Midmar 23rd Sept. 1904; trans. and adm. 14th July 1908.

ARMADALE (Q.S.).

[Disjoined from Bathgate and erected into a parish quoad sacra by decreet of Court of Teinds, 15th March 1886.]

1886 ROBERT CAMERON, born Boharin, Banffshire, 22nd April 1845, son of William C. and Ann Grant; educated at Univ. of Aberdeen; licen. by Presb. of Aberlour 21st Jan. 1873; assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh; ord. 5th Oct. 1881; died unmarr. 1st -lay 1909.

1909 JOHN ALEXANDER CALDWELL  DREW, born Newton-Stewart, 3rd July 1877, son of James D., of Craigencallie and Jessie Caldwell Gibson; educated at Moffat, Fettes College, St Peter's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1902), and Edinburgh Univ.; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown June 1905; missionary of the Edin. Univ. Miss. Assoc.; assistant garrison chaplain, Edinburgh; ord. 9th Oct. 1909.

BATHGATE.

[Previous to the Reformation the church belonged to the Abbey of Newbattle. A church built in 1596 was demolished in 1882, on erection of the present edifice.]

1567 JOHN HAMILTON, monk of the Monastery of Paisley, was infeft in the vicarage of Bathgate, 30th March 1567.-[Linlithgow Burgh Rec.]

1567 JOHN GRAY had "the haill vicarage, with the manse and gleib"; pres. by James VI. 26th May 1572; died before 1st May 1574.-[Reg. Min]

1574 ROBERT HODGE, trans. from Torphichen, with Livingston and Torphichen in addition; retrans. to Torphichen after 1580.-[Reg. Assig. and Min., Test. Reg., Wodrow Miscell.]

1576 JOHN HAMILTON, reader (probably above mentioned).

1582 JAMES JOHNSTON, born about 1549, son of Thomas J. in Calder; reader at Torphichen from May 1575 to 1580. - [Wodrow Miscell., Reg. Assig., Test. Reg.]

1588 GILBERT TAILZEOUR [TAYLOR], trans. from Penicuik; adm. 1588; demitted, but reponed by Presb. of Edinburgh, 26th Oct. 1591, and declared eligible for " quhatsomever kirk God sall call, except Bathgate." He continued till after 9th Oct. 1595.-[Reg. Assig., Edin. Presb. Reg.]

1595 GEORGE INGLIS of Balbairdie, son of Thomas I., portioner of Auldliston (Edin. Sas. Sec. Reg., i., 100); M.A. (St Andrews 1592); pres. by Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick (G. R. Inhib, xxi., 277); adm. after 1st April 1595; a member of Assembly 1602; declared 29th Dec. 1613, "that there were certain gysers [guisards] in his parochyne upon the 25th of Dec. in the night, and craived order might be tane with them. The gysers compeirit and offerit themselffis in the will of the Presb. for their offence, who quhairupon ordained them to mak their publick repentance to tak away the sclander the next Sabbothe in their kirk, quhilk they promised to obey." He died 10th March 1617, aged about 45. He marr. Margaret Marjoribanks, who took sasine of lands of Powburn 16th July 1604, and had issue-Thomas, who had precept of Clare constat as heir of his father, 20th Nov. 1617 (Edin. Sas., xviii., 157); George; Mary; Martha; Susanna; Anna (G. R. Inhib., 21st Oct. 1617); Rachel; Marion. -[Act. Rect. Univ. St. And., Reg. Assig., Edin. Presk Reg., Test. Reg., Booke of the Kirk; Linlithgow Sas., ii.]