Series 4 > Stirling Presbytery Records 1581-1587

STIRLING PRESBYTERY RECORDS 1581-1587 lip
the kirk for playing of dark playis on the Sabboth day thairby
abusing the samin for ministratioun of baptisme and manage with¬
out lauchfull admissioun as at mair lynthe is conteinit in the said
summondis, compeirit the said Johnne Wod and being accusit be
the moderatour for abusing of the Sabboth day in playing of dark
playis thairon, the said Johnne confessit the same and is penitent
thairfoir and ofieris him self in the will of the kirk thairfoir, quha is
ordeinit to mak publict repentence thairfoir in the kirk of Muthill
and confes his fault in presens of the congregatioun immediatelie
eftir the sermond and ordanis the brethrein of Dunblane to try his
habilitie for teiching of ane schulle, and thaireftir to report it to the
brethrein. The said Johnne Broun, being oft tymis callit, compeirit
nocht. Thairfor ordanis him to be summond of new to the effect
foirsaid undir the paine of excommunicatioun.
Excommunicantis in Alvayth: The quhilk day, Robert Mentayth,
minister at Alvayth, reportit to the brethir that he, at thair command,
hade pronuncit the sentence of excommunicatioun lauchfullie
according to the ordur againis William Watt and Jonet Dugy,
incesteus adulteraris, quha as yit schawis na signis of repentence. The
brethrein ordanis him to produce the nixt sessioun the forme of the
sentence pronuncit and of the admonitionis he gave befoir in wret
that the brethrein may advys thairwith.
Sawer and Aitkein pronuncit excommunicat: The samin day, Robert
Mentayth, minister, reportit that forsamekill as in the last sessioun
he was ordeinit to tak diligent tryell of the elderis and deacunis of
the kirk of Alvayth anent Mairtein Sawer, allegit to be excom¬
municat, according to the quhilk command the said Robert hes
upone the xix day of May last bypast examinat the elderis of the said
kirk of the ordur of pronunciatioun of the sentence of excommuni¬
catioun againis Mairtein Sawer, alias Ayckein, and Bessie Gibsone,
adulteraris, quha hes deponit in ane publict sessioun conveinit all in
ane voice that the said Mairtein and Bessie was denuncit excom¬
municat be Alexander Drysdell, reder for the tyme, for thair said
offence and malicius, obstinat disobedience to the voice of the kirk
the speace often yeiris syne or thairby, quhilkis was delatit and gevin
up to the bischop of Dunblane, visitur, in his visitatioun, and also
deponit that the laird of Cars, barroun of the barrony of Alvayth,
made actis in his court that na mane sould hant nor cum in his