BORTHWICK, Formerly LOCHERWORTH

[Endowed with prebends belonging to the College Kirk of Crichton, at the instance of James VI., 4th April 1596, and ratified by Parliament, 11th July 1606. The church was dedicated to St Mungo.]

1567 THOMAS CRANSTOUN, adm 1567; trans. To Liberton about Lammas 1569,-[Reg. Min.; Archaeol, Scot., i.; New Stat. Acc.]

1586 JOHN COLDEN, min. in 1586; pres, to Newlands, which was refused, then to Kinross.-[Reg. Assig., New Stat., Acc.]

1584 JAMES HUNTER, M.A.; adm, in 1593; trans. To Skirling 1594. - [Reg. Acc.]

1595 ADAM COLT, called 4th Aug. and adm. 20th Sept 1596; and had a glebe designed; pres by James VI. 11th May 1596; trans. To Inveresk 1597.- [Edin. And Haddington Presb. Regs., Reg. Assig., Crawford’s Univ, Colleg. Ch. Of Mid-Lothian; Sinclair’s Stat. Acc., xiii.]

1598 JOHN MORAY, M.A.; pres.  to the parsonage and vicarage, 15th Dec, and 6th Jan. 1595;  trans. To Second charge,

South Leith, 1603. – [Douglas’s Peer. and Bar., Reg. Assig., Reg., New Stat. Acc.]

1604 PATRICK TURNER, pres. By James VI. 9th March 1604; trans. to Dalkeith in 1629. –[Reg. Assig., Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood’s Hist.; Pitcairn’s Cr. Trails, iii.; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.; New Stat. Acc.]

1630 JAMES PORTEOUS, younger, of Pole. Born 1598; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (24th July 1619); pres. 5th Feb., adm. 2nd, and inst. 15th April 1629; died 7th Nov. 1651. He marr. Christina Douglas (sister of George D., Sheriff-Clerk of Ayr), who survived him, and had issue- Margaret; Christian. James Borthwick in mentioned as his son-in-law, 1652,- [Test. Reg., Tombst., New Stat. Acc.]

1648 ARCHIBALD TURNER, elected by the Presb. from a leet by the Heritors 11th Nov. 1647; adm. (helper) 23rd March 1648; trans. To North Berwick in 1649.-[Baillie’s Lett., Stat. Acc.]

1652 JOHN WEIR, M.A. (Glasgow 1634; ord. To Morton 1638; trans to Carluke 1640; trans to South Leith 1647; called 28th March, trans and adm. 22nd April, and inst. In May 1652; died May 1657, aged about 43. He marr.