New Spalding Club > Records of Elgin > No. 36, 1908

l649-] THE CHURCH : KIRK SESSION. 267
September i6th. — Act of Assemblie read. — The Act concerneing
receiueing of engagers and malignants was read.
September i8th. — Gordoun hir ordinance. — Issobell Gordoun being
cited for duelling in a house allone compeired and is ordained ather to
go to service or to go out of the parisch at the next tearme.
September 25th. — Mr. Thomas Law is in Ros at the conventione
of the brethren for taking order with some wnorderlie brethren.
The officers to poynd them that were out of the kirk till the richer
pay 4s. the peace and the poorer pay 2s. the peace.
[Few cases now of going to ward by order of the Session.]
October 14th. — These that travailled one the Lords day out of
Innerness from a marcat [Alexander Petrie and four others] compeired.
They are ordained to sit in the loaft befor the pulpit one the Lords day
and confess their fait in face of congregatioun and pay ilk ane of them
to the poor 40s.
October 21st. — Robert Watsone cited for spying fisch in the water
one the Lords day.
October 26th. — Robert Watsone cited for looking fisch in the water
one the Lords day cleared himselff be his oath.
Robert Gilmichell, cited for leading of corne one the Lords day, is
ordained to confess his fait in face off congregation at the pillar foot.
October 30th. — David Brodie being cited, compeired and confessed
his fait in setting of kaill one the Lords day. He is ordained to go to
the pillar foot the next Lords day and confess his fait in face of the
congregatione.
November 2nd. — Janet Hossack cited for grinding of corne on the
qweirne one the Lords day confessed that hir bairnes did it but not
hirselff. Scho is reffered to farther tryal.
November 4th. — Kirk doors to be holdcii fast. — The Session ordaines
the belman to lok the kirk doores at aught hours at even and to open
them at four hours in the morneing.
November gth. — Man to be cited. — Androw Man delate for biging a
stak on the Lords day and for idolatrie, ordained to be cited.
November nth. — Act anent engagers read the 2 tyme. — Intimatione
was made that all that war in accessioun to the wnlawfull engagement
against England or late insurrection repair to the presbitric and offer
themselves to discipleine conform to the Act of the lait Generall
Assemblie.