Strathendrick, and its inhabitants from early times

INDEX OF MISCELLANEA
409
Collections— for Royal Infirmary, 19 ; undeowd
after Waterloo, 19 ; Bible Society, 19 ; for
soldier in prison, 32; church in Konigsberg, 62;
for slaves in Barbary, 84 ; for public objects, 67,
68, 84, 141.
Committee of King's Bounty, 114, 115.
Committee of War for Stirlingshire in 1646, 358.
" Common Kist," 277.
Conventicles, on Fintry Crags, 13 ; at Duntreath
Castle, 58.
Coroner, office of, 243.
Cotton Industry in Strathendrick, 39, 4S, 250, 261.
Covenant, Solemn League and, 131, 132.
Covenanters, in Strathendrick, 12, 13, 14, 55,
20O, 358 ; their treatment of "curates," S3, 108.
" Curates," treatment of, at Revolution, 83, 108.
Cursing, 5, 11.
Dancing, promiscuous, 45.
Dean of Guild, office of, xxii.
" Disorderly persons," 55.
Dissent, causes of, 37, 39, 42, 96.
Drinking, at time of church service, 4, 5 ; at
"Ostlaries," 8 ; on Sundays, 112. ,
Drymen Coach, xix.
Dundas's Regiment of Scots Dutch, 370.
Elders, neglecting of Presbytery meetings, 4 ;
duties of, 5, 30, 88 ; appointment of, 29.
"Engagement, The," 131, 132.
Episcopacy, re-establishment of, 9, 55, 106 ;
Scottish form of, 10 ; uniformity of service, 12 ;
conforming ministers, 26 ; neglect of Sacrament
of Lord's Supper, 56 ; in the north, 161.
Fairs, Drymen, 91, 92, 93; Glasgow, 131;
Dunbarton, 171 ; Strathendrick, order at, 172.
Family worship, neglect of, 57.
Farming in Strathendrick, 266.
Fasts, observance of, 4 ; on want of unaminity in
parish, 55 ; ordination, 59 ; case of witchcraft,
61 ; for Patronage Act of 1712, 64, 65; Pre-
tender, 65; because of "The Engagement,"
132; prayer for Charles II., 132; rebellion of
1715, 138; of 1745, 144-
Fees, marriage, 84 ; baptism, 84.
Fines, for immorality, 84 ; for debarring clergy-
man for exercise of his ministry, 104 ; use of, 106.
Forth and Clyde Railway, 275.
Free Church, Balfron, 49 ; secession of, 20, 120.
Garrisons of Drumikellie and Cardross, 56 ; in
Buchanan, 114; at Inversnaid, 121.
General Assembly, settlement of ministers and, 34,
35, 42, 47, 146, 147 ; Presbytery of Dunbarton
and, 34.
General Assemblies held at Dundee, 24 ; at Lin-
lithgow, 24, 25.
"Glengyle Contract," 202.
" Gude houssis," 159.
Heritors, disputes with clergy, 3 ; church seats and,
31, 64, 82.
" Highland Libraries," 84.
Highlands and Islands, expedition against, 173.
Immorality, punishment of, 10, 29, 60, 106, 112.
Indentures, a surgeon's, in 1680, 149.
"J°ggs," 5. S3-
Kirk sessions, power of, 1 14,
Kist-waens, 74, 75.
" Kists," stone, 276, 277.
Lairds and clergy, disputes between, 103-105, 109.
Lairs, church, price of, 141.
Land, tenure of, 165, 210, 212, 245.
Leprosy, charity to, 51, 107.
Lint, cultivated in Strathendrick, 45, 142, 268.
Lord's Supper, preparation for, 4, II, 30, 62, 113,
117 ; abuse of " tickets," 4 ; non-observance of,
28, 56 ; "promiscuous invitations to," 57 ;
utensils, 63, 65, 67.
Lying, punishment of, 6, 7-
Manners in church, 28.
Marriage, conditions of proclamations, 7, 8, 60 ;
" penny brydells," 8, 62 ; irregular, 114.
Memoirs and Portraits of One Hundred Glasgow
Men, xxiv.
Mensal Church, a, 73.
Ministers, settlement of, 35, 42 ; presentation and
induction of, 75, 76.
Money, bad, 68, 85.
Monks, treatment of, at Reformation, 2.
Mortcloths, 136, 138 ; price for use of, 136, 138.
Nairns, exemption from mortcloth payment, 137-
140.
Nicknames, 85.
" Northern Champion " coach, xix.
Oaths, buyers', 43 ; constable's, 45 ; chapman's,
45-
Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgotv Gentry,
xxiv.
Ordinations, entertainments at, 18 ; expenses of,
141.
Original Secession, 48.
Parish clerks, election of, 52, 53 ; duties of, 52,
53 ; social position of, 53 ; investment of, 53.
Parish of Strathblane, The, xxiv.
Pasturage, common, 222.
Patronage, popular feeling and, 17, 33, 37; dissent
and, 42, 47.
Penalties, for abuse of communion " tickets," 4 ;
for assault, 1 30, 1 3 1 ; for profanation of Sabbath,
5, 10, 31, 45, 107, 112; for cursing, 5, II ; for
frequenting charmed wells, 5, 6, 31, 107 ; for