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xiii. rental of the Bishoprick f from the original Rental-book, which is still preserved. g
It is much to be regretted that this is of so low a date as 1565 ; and it must be
remembered that long before that time, the Church property had been grievously
dilapidated, and there then existed very palpable motives for understating the
value of the Church benefices, which were heavily taxed for the Crown, and for the
ministers of the Reformed Church.
Xiv. At the end of the volume are placed a few original charters, intended to illustrate
either the antiquities of the district, which forms the subject of the preceding com-
pilation, or of some of the families whose deeds, either of munificent endowment or
of aggression against the Church of Moray, are there recorded.
The Bishoprick of Moray has been more fortunate than the other districts of Scot-
land, in forming the subject of the labours of a diligent and zealous local historian.
Shaw's "HistoryoftheProvinceof Moray,"thoughawkw;.rdlyarranged, anddefective
in many particulars, may yet boast of being the best district history of Scotland. He
derived his information in general from authentic sources ; and, among other mate-
rials, made use of the Chartulary of the Bishoprick. It seems now indeed wonderful
that the access to such sources of knowledge, and the acknowledged care and industry
of the author, did not produce a more learned and satisfactory work. But it must
be remembered that the study of historical antiquities was in his time in its infancy ;
and that, in Scotland, the Reformation produced such a revolution in laws, customs,
manners, and even language, that it is still like venturing to talk in a foreign
tongue, for a Scotchman to enter upon the field of ancient ecclesiastical institutions.
It is to be hoped that the publication of works like the present may tend to remove
this difficulty, without which it is impossible to reach the foundation of local statistics.
This Diocese extended over the shire of Elgin and TOrres, or Moray proper,
Nairnshire, and a large portion of the shires of Inverness and Banff. The Sheriff-
dom of Elgin and Forres, in which the Episcopal See was situate, and which is
properly called Moray, has always been the subject of the warm and exaggerated
f P. 431. fices of the Diocese ; but no rental of a complete
s In the Advoeates' Library, Edinburgh, year, except the one printed in the present vo-
(A.5. 26.) The volurae — a small 4to on paper, lume. On the last leaf is noted — " This Rentall
formerly in the library of Sir James Balfour — " was writtin be maister W m Wysman wicar of
contains many notes of payments, aequittances, " Keith, quhae was the best wryttar within the
and arrears, and accounts of tlie thirds of bene- " bisschopreik of Murray at that tyme."
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xiii. rental of the Bishoprick f from the original Rental-book, which is still preserved. g
It is much to be regretted that this is of so low a date as 1565 ; and it must be
remembered that long before that time, the Church property had been grievously
dilapidated, and there then existed very palpable motives for understating the
value of the Church benefices, which were heavily taxed for the Crown, and for the
ministers of the Reformed Church.
Xiv. At the end of the volume are placed a few original charters, intended to illustrate
either the antiquities of the district, which forms the subject of the preceding com-
pilation, or of some of the families whose deeds, either of munificent endowment or
of aggression against the Church of Moray, are there recorded.
The Bishoprick of Moray has been more fortunate than the other districts of Scot-
land, in forming the subject of the labours of a diligent and zealous local historian.
Shaw's "HistoryoftheProvinceof Moray,"thoughawkw;.rdlyarranged, anddefective
in many particulars, may yet boast of being the best district history of Scotland. He
derived his information in general from authentic sources ; and, among other mate-
rials, made use of the Chartulary of the Bishoprick. It seems now indeed wonderful
that the access to such sources of knowledge, and the acknowledged care and industry
of the author, did not produce a more learned and satisfactory work. But it must
be remembered that the study of historical antiquities was in his time in its infancy ;
and that, in Scotland, the Reformation produced such a revolution in laws, customs,
manners, and even language, that it is still like venturing to talk in a foreign
tongue, for a Scotchman to enter upon the field of ancient ecclesiastical institutions.
It is to be hoped that the publication of works like the present may tend to remove
this difficulty, without which it is impossible to reach the foundation of local statistics.
This Diocese extended over the shire of Elgin and TOrres, or Moray proper,
Nairnshire, and a large portion of the shires of Inverness and Banff. The Sheriff-
dom of Elgin and Forres, in which the Episcopal See was situate, and which is
properly called Moray, has always been the subject of the warm and exaggerated
f P. 431. fices of the Diocese ; but no rental of a complete
s In the Advoeates' Library, Edinburgh, year, except the one printed in the present vo-
(A.5. 26.) The volurae — a small 4to on paper, lume. On the last leaf is noted — " This Rentall
formerly in the library of Sir James Balfour — " was writtin be maister W m Wysman wicar of
contains many notes of payments, aequittances, " Keith, quhae was the best wryttar within the
and arrears, and accounts of tlie thirds of bene- " bisschopreik of Murray at that tyme."
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