Hists. Univ. Edin.; Dempsteri Eccl. Hist., ii.; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3557.]

1622 ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, M.A.; formerly Principal of the Univ. of Glasgow; elected by the Town Council 18th Oct. 1622, being at same time Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh. The magistrates having received a communication from James VI. intimating his displeasure at Boyd's continued want of conformity to the "five Articles of Perth," sent for him to their meeting of Council, 31st Jan. 1623, when he demitted both situations, but continued in the city, and countenanced the disaffection of the people against the aforesaid Articles. He was charged to appear before the Privy Council, 23rd June 1624, and this he did, rebutting the charge, and obliging himself to remove instantly with his family to Trochrig, his property in Ayrshire. He was minister at Paisley in 1626.-[Edin. Counc. Reg.; Wodrow's Biog., ii.; Craufurd's and Bower's Univ., i.; Livingston's Charac.; Row's and Calderwood's Hists. vii.; Orig. Lett., ii.; Rivet's Life, Dict. Nat. Biog. ]

1626 JOHN DUNCANSON, app. by the Town Council 16th Aug. 1626.- [Edin. Counc. Reg., xiv., 12.]

1629 [HENRY ROLLOCK, nephew of Robert R., appointed by the Town Council 17th June 1629, but did not accept.]

1630 JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A.; Professor of Divinity in the University 1629; pres. by the Town Council 29th Oct., and adm. 17th Nov. 1630; dem. 28th July 1637, having been elected to the Bishopric of Argyll, of which he was deprived by the Glasgow Assembly 1638. In 1644 he became min. of Lasswade. - [Edin. Counc. Reg.; Row's and Stevenson's Hists. i.]

1644 MUNGO LAW, M.A. (Glasgow 1627); schoolmaster of Kirkcaldy 15th July 1628; tutor to George, Master of Ramsay, 1635; min. of Dysart (Second Charge) 2nd Oct. 1636; elected by the Town

Council 25th Dec. 1643; trans. and adm. 27th March 1644; a member of the Commissions of Assembly 1644-9; acted as an army chaplain, and witnessed the defeat of Argyll's forces at Inverlochy, 2nd Feb. 1645. In 1649 he was nominated by Parliament one of the Commissioners for visiting the Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh. He was in Edinburgh Castle when it was surrendered to Cromwell, 17th Dec. 1650. At Alyth he was taken prisoner, 28th Aug. 1651, and carried off to England; returned to his charge Jan. 1653; died Feb. 1660, aged about 54. He marr. May 1638, Lilias (died Oct. 1658), daugh. of Patrick Turner, min. of Dalkeith, and had issue-Mungo, min. at Perth; John; Katherine; Lilias, died May 1666; Anna (marr. John Liddell, min. of Scone); James; Andrew; David.-[Edin. Counc.,  Dysart Sess., Test., awl Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.); Baillie's Lett., iii.; Acts Parl., vi.; Acts of Ass., Lamont's and Nicoll's Diaries; Bannatyne Miscell., ii.; Guthrie's Mem.; Reg. Sec. Sig., iii.; Edin. Chr Inst., i.; Army Treasurer's Acc., Pardovan's Collec., Muir's Gleanings of Dysart.]

1664 DAVID STIRLING, M.A.; trans. from Foulden; elected by the Town Council 25th May 1664; dem. in 1669; became min. of Cockburnspath in 1671.[Edin. Counc. Reg.; Edin. Sas., xviii., 124.]

1669 ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A.; trans. from Auchinleck; elected by the Town Council 8th May 1669; trans. to the High Kirk Parish in 1672.-[Edin. Counc. Reg.]

1672  ALEXANDER IRVING [IRVINE], born at Aberdeen; M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666); min. of West Kilbride 1669; elected by the Town Council 23rd Aug., trans. and collated 12th Dec. 1672. He was adm. burgess and guild-brother of the city 12th Nov. 1673; dem. at Whitsunday 1674; assistant at Logie-Buchan 1682-5. He marr. 20th Dec. 1672, Grizel Ramsay, and had issue-Andrew, bapt. 8th Jan. 1674; Jean (marr. 1705, James Miller,