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JOHN PATERSOX, ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW, 1702. 165
You write to me of a 100 lib. for each bishop and archbishop here, orderd
by the Queen to be payd to us, and wonders I heard or said nothing of it. I
answer, indeed I heard of it once, but as ane rumor, and did look on it as
such, thinking the Queen wold haue orderd more for the archbishops than for
the other bishops ; but now I find some trueth in it, tho it was never inti-
mated to me by anie concernd, and you will know the trueth from Earl Sea-
field or his servants, who needs must know it.
As for such of our bishops who obstruct and disswade from dutifull ad-
dresses to her Majesty from the episcopall clergy, I know you guess them
exactlie, for I know that neither the bishops of Aberdeen, Murray, or Dum-
blane, are against that seasonable and dutifull designe, and if some two
bishops was not in Edinburgh, I am sure that such addresses had come long
agoe from most off those presbyters who live in and about this citie. But
whatever I say to yow, I know it's safelie lodged, and I will never turn ane
accuser of my brethren, but sail doe all I can to serve and save them, for I
am hopefull that some tyme will convince them off their error, and that if
they haue aide designe to gett the P[rince] of W[ales] included in the royal
succession, they take the worst method in the world for it, by keeping out
from owning and serving the Queen in her reigne. For Gods sake pitie
them, and doe them all the kyndnes in your power against their owne
methods — it's a great charitie. I sail e[n]quire further about what yow write
of ane 100 libs, coming to us bishops and archbishops, and sail aquaint yow of
what I learn, per next ; but I say again, no such order or precept ever came
to my hands, nor wes ever intimated to me.
Be not anxious about the form off anie addresses from our clergy, for if
anie come you sail find them such as will please yow. Addresses are pre-
paring both from presbyters and laicks in severall places of the kingdom,
but letters are written from this place botli to bishops and presbyters in the
You write to me of a 100 lib. for each bishop and archbishop here, orderd
by the Queen to be payd to us, and wonders I heard or said nothing of it. I
answer, indeed I heard of it once, but as ane rumor, and did look on it as
such, thinking the Queen wold haue orderd more for the archbishops than for
the other bishops ; but now I find some trueth in it, tho it was never inti-
mated to me by anie concernd, and you will know the trueth from Earl Sea-
field or his servants, who needs must know it.
As for such of our bishops who obstruct and disswade from dutifull ad-
dresses to her Majesty from the episcopall clergy, I know you guess them
exactlie, for I know that neither the bishops of Aberdeen, Murray, or Dum-
blane, are against that seasonable and dutifull designe, and if some two
bishops was not in Edinburgh, I am sure that such addresses had come long
agoe from most off those presbyters who live in and about this citie. But
whatever I say to yow, I know it's safelie lodged, and I will never turn ane
accuser of my brethren, but sail doe all I can to serve and save them, for I
am hopefull that some tyme will convince them off their error, and that if
they haue aide designe to gett the P[rince] of W[ales] included in the royal
succession, they take the worst method in the world for it, by keeping out
from owning and serving the Queen in her reigne. For Gods sake pitie
them, and doe them all the kyndnes in your power against their owne
methods — it's a great charitie. I sail e[n]quire further about what yow write
of ane 100 libs, coming to us bishops and archbishops, and sail aquaint yow of
what I learn, per next ; but I say again, no such order or precept ever came
to my hands, nor wes ever intimated to me.
Be not anxious about the form off anie addresses from our clergy, for if
anie come you sail find them such as will please yow. Addresses are pre-
paring both from presbyters and laicks in severall places of the kingdom,
but letters are written from this place botli to bishops and presbyters in the
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| Description | Their kindred, country, and correspondence. By William Fraser. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Archibald Constable, 1876. With plates, including portraits and facsimiles, and genealogical tables. 2 volumes: I. History of the earls of Cromartie. Cromartie correspondence, 1662-1705.--II. Cromartie correspondence, 1706-1774. The Cromartie charters, 1257-1499. The Cromartie patents of honour, etc., 1685-1861. Narrative by John, lord Macleod ... Of the insurrection in Scotland in the years 1745-6 ... Narrative by John, lord Macleod of his campaign in the seven years' war in Germany, 1757.--The Grandvale and Cromartie branch. The Royston branch. Baronies and castles inherited and acquired by George, first earl of Cromartie, 1654-1714. History of the family of Mackenzie, by Sir George Mackenzie, first earl of Cromartie. |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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