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October last. He answered that he did but seldome attend on the Presbytery
in regard he was very valetudinarie and was much troubled with an aiking
pain in his thigh ; nevertheless that he did attend the Synod quhich was held at
Glasgow upon the first Tuesday of October last bypast."
4 May 1694. — "The Session, taking to their serious consideration the great
need of an additional number of elders, and haveing for a considerable tyme
conferred about this matter, and also the minister and severall other members
of the Session haveing called upon the name of God for direction thairin, they
did at length pital and condescend upon Thomas Zoull in Edenbellie, and James
Provine in the Windiehill, as elders; and John Bahak, in the Nether Glin, as
a deacon, and desyres the minister to speak to them to that effect betuixt this
and the next session, and likewyse to desyre them to be present thereat." They
accepted office, and "after a tryall of thair knowledge in the principles of
religion," " were solemnly admitted and received in the face of the congregation
after serious prayer for the spirit of their calling unto them, into their respective
offices of elders and deacon."
22 November 1694. — "The Session, finding that the old use and wont in
this paroch anent persons guiltie of fornicatione for the first tyme was to
pay ten merks Scots of penaltie, the man four pounds and the woman four
merks, they doe therefore appoint the samine to be payed by the delinquents
of that nature in all tyme comeing, and the same to be employed in pious
uses."
1 March 1697. — "Delated Alexander Harvie in Williamstone, of the Easter
Glins, for conversing with one commonly called Redhood a charmer, and that
in order to the cure by way of charme of some of his beasts ; appointed to be
summoned to the Session."
10 April 1697. — "Compeired Alexander Harvie, and confessed that he had
conversed with that person commonly called Redhood the charmer, and that
at his desyre he had applyed some things to his horse and said some words
quhen he did it, he is affrayed it was no allowable mean that he made use of
for the recoverie of his horse, acknowledges his sin and is enjoyned to make
profession of his repentance before the congregation on the east end of the
paroch, quhair the scandall is flagrant."
4 June 1697. — "The Paroch was divided into its different districts, and the
elders had everie one of them their proportiones and bounds alloted to them,
viz., to William Ferlie, the Burnbrae, Caldstream, Little Cambuchill, and
the Ibert ; to James Provand, the Wester Spittell, Keirhill, Badendalloch Place,
and the Maines, with Thomas Brown's and the Knowhead; to Thomas Adam,
the Miltoune and the Bent, the Vicar's Bogend, and the Clachan and Pat
Edmonds; to William More, the Park, Dumbrack and the Schian, Hillhead,