1595 ALEXANDER LUMSDEN, M.A.; adm. 1595; trans. to Hutton before 1599. — [Reg. Assig.]

1599 THOMAS BONAR, M.A.; adm. 1599; trans. to Simprin in 1606.—[Reg. Assig.]

1607 JOHN LAUDER, adm. 1607; trans. to Cockburnspath 1608 {Reg. of Deeds, cxcv daugh. of Robert., 220).

DUNBAR.

[Formerly a collegiate church dedicated to St Bey, a female saint of little fame, who is said to have led an anchoretical life on the Great Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde. Founded by Patrick, ninth Earl of Dunbar, in 1342, it was the first College Kirk in Scotland.  Its prebends were Pinkerton, Heatherwick, or Belton, Whittingehame, Pensheil, Duns, Stenton, and Spott.]

1560 JOHN MANDERSTON, perhaps more properly John Home, of the family of Manderston; was canon of the collegiate church at the Reformation. He was one of those appointed by the Archbishop of St Andrews to attend the court on the divorce sued for by Lady Jean Gordon against James, Earl of Bothwell, when Queen Mary was detained at Dunbar.

1563 GEORGE HOME, son of George Home of Broxmouth, "parson of Pincarton," became "rector of Dunbar".

1563 JASPER HOME of Lawfield, "rector of Dunbar."— [Miller's History.]

1564 ANDREW SIMSON, trans. from Dun­ning; adm. in 1564; pres. to the parsonage by James VI. 31st Aug. 1568. He dem. before 11th Sept. 1580, and was trans. to Dalkeith before 1582. The catastrophe known as the Lost Drave of Dunbar occurred during his ministry here: "A fearful judgment of God fell forth at Dunbar about the year 1577, whereof I was an eyewitness. My father, [A.S.] of good memory, being

minister thereof, when going to the church, saw a thousand boats setting their nets on the Sabbath. He weeped, and feared that God would not suffer such contempt.  It being a most calm day as ever was seen at that season— at midnight, when they went forth to draw their nets, the wind arose so fearfully that it drowned eight score and ten boats, so that there was reckoned in the coast side fourteen score of widows " (Session Minutes). —[Reg. Assig., Booke of the Kirk; Zurich Lett., ii.; Wodrow's Annul., Miscell., and Biog., i.; Row's, Calderwood's, and Miller's Hists.; Archoeol. Scot., iv.; St Baldred of the Bass, The Simsons.}

1576 WILLIAM KELLIE, reader.

1582 ALEXANDER HOME of Houndwood and Fairnyside, son of George H. of Broxmouth; pres. by James VI. 13th Sept. 1582; dem. previous to 21st May 1601; styled "parson of Pinkerton" in 1615; died in Dec. 1623. He marr. (1) Feb. 1586, Katherine Simson (died 1615), daugh. of his predecessor); (2) Jean, sister of William Home, who survived him (marr. (2) Patrick Home of Law (G. R. Sas., xviii., 100), and had issue—Alexander; George.— [Row's and Calderwood's Hists., Wodrow MSS.; Melvill's Autob., Miller's Hist.]

1589 JAMES KELLIE, M.A.; adm. (assistant to preceding) 1st April 1589; trans. to Whitekirk in 1592.

1599 JAMES HOME, brother of George H.  of Lawfield (Reg. of Deeds, ccccx., 356); M.A. (St Andrews 1596); adm. 1st June 1599; pres. by James VI. 21st May 1601; he was summoned before the Court of High Commission, 26th June 1620, for not observing the holy days, nor celebrating the Communion according to the directions of the Perth Assembly; died 1st Oct. 1634, and was buried at Tynninghame. He marr.  (1) Mary Lauder, who died 5th May 1614: (2) (cont. 11th April 1615) Elizabeth, daugh. of William Learmonth of Hill (Reg. of Deeds, ccccx vii., 434), who died about 1629 (ib.), and left issue—James, eldest (A. and D; cccclxxi., 312); William; Robert; Henry; Isobel (marr. William Purves);