Blair Collection > Place names in Strathbogie, with notes historical, antiquarian and descriptive

272 Place Names in Strathbogie.
Speymouth. In the Rental of the prebend-
aries of Moray, 1563, the parsonage of Ryne
is set for 80 merkis to Mr. James Gordon
son of the Erie of Huntly, but Essie is not
mentioned. In the list of Ministers and Reid-
aris, 1576, we have: 'Essie, — Walter Leslie
reidare the haill thrid of the parsonage and vicar-
age of Essie extending to £6 13s. 4d. Scots;
Rhynie, — James Uruell reidare, £1-^ 6s. 8d. Scots,
with the Kirklands.' In 1646, Mr. Geo. Chalmer,
'helper' to Mr. Henrie Ross, Rhynie, complains
to the Presbytery that the parishioners had failed
to pay him according to agreement '4olbs. to
build ane house upon the manse of Essie,' and
the matter was arranged by the retirement of
Mr. Ross under pressure, he having become un-
fit for public work from a cause suggested rather
than expressed. It is said that public worship
ceased in the church of Essie in 1740.
The erection by Bishop Bricius of the church
of Rynyn into a prebend of the Cathedral was
ratified by his successor. Bishop Andrew, 5th
May, 1226, the prebendary being bound to pro-
vide a sub-deacon to serve as his vicar in the
Cathedral Church. Master David Monypenny,
prebendary, 1473- 1489, seems to have preferred
a quiet life in his country parish to residence in
Elgin, and neglecting his Cathedral duties he
was, in 1488, amerced in the seventh part of the
fruits of his benefice.