Series 3 > Accounts of the collectors of thirds of benefices, 1561-1572

ACCOUNTS OF COLLECTORS
called ‘ Knokandoo ’ (Kirkandro), £2, 13s. 9-|d. ; chap-
lainry of St. Andrew in Elgin cathedral called ‘ Broidland,’
£3, 2s. 2fd. ; chaplainry of Ladyhill called ‘ Pendreth,’
£2, 4s. 5|d. ; chaplainry of St. Katharine, £2, 2d.; chap¬
lainry of Our Lady in St. Giles’s church in Elgin, £2 ;
chaplainry of St. Dutho, £2, 13s. 4d. ; chaplainry of St.
John of Logy, £2, 17s. 9jd. ; chaplainry of Our Lady of
the Grene, £5, 11s. l^d. ; chaplainry of St. Michael in
Inverness, £5, 15s. 6fd. ; chaplainry of St. Katharine,
£6, 13s. 4d. ; chaplainry of the Rude in Invernes,
£5, 15s. 6|d. ; chaplainry of the Lady there, pertaining
to sir David Cuthbert, £8, 17s. 7-gd. ; vicarage of Dyik,
£8, 17s. 9jd.; vicarage of Ryny, £3, 6s. Sd.1; chaplainry
of St. John the Baptist in the parish church of Inverness,
£5, 6s. Sd.1
Archdeaconry of Murray, vacant by decease of sir
Archibald Dumbar, £160 2; common kirk of Alter, per¬
taining in common to the stallers of the cathedral of Elgin,
£20 ; parsonage of Alwy, pertaining in common to the said
stallers, £53, 6s. 8d. ; kirk of Bray a vane, pertaining in
common to the canons of Elgyne, £42 ; kirk of Ferneway,
common to the said canons, £ll, 6s. 8d. ; kirk of Lagane,
common to the said canons, £26, 13s. 4d. ; kirk of Abir-
nethy, common to the said canons, £26, 13s. 4d. ; kirk of
Ardintully, common to the said canons, £16 ; money of
Blackfriars of Elgyne, £61, 6s. 8d. ; money of Blackfriars
of Innernes, £17, 8s. 4d.
Aberdeen and Banff
The following thirds of money:—bishopric of Abirdene,
£275, 12s. 9|d. 3; deanery of Abirdene, £110, 7s. 6|d. ;
1 In 1572 only.
2 The third only of this benefice is charged in 1566, 1568 and 1572.
3 In 1561 this third is stated as £551, 5s. 7d., but in 1562 and later
years it appears as given above. In the account for 1562 it is noted that
‘ the first rentall wes wrang gevin up and the bischop gritelie hurte throw
in the ingeving thairof be his chalmerlane in respect of the coitis of testa-
mentis, deanis visitationis, owir hie prices of salmond, gevin up thairin;
thair is ane new rentall gevin in be the said bischop . . . and the bischop
contented that the superplus be halilie uptakin gif ony be.’