Series 3 > Minutes of the Synod of Argyll, 1639-1651 (1652-1661) > 1639-1651

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SYNOD OF ARGYLL
which before was an impediment to be removed, has appointed
Mr Dugald Darroch, Mr John Stewart, Mr Ewan Cameron
1 to repair to the said kirk of Kilbryde the 2d Wednes¬
day of January next, and there give admission to the said
Mr Alexr to the said charge and care of the ministry, and
the said is appointed to require and payment
of the vaccand stipends both of the kirk of Kilbryde and
Kilmorrich, And for the furtherance of the said admission
it is appointed that an edict be served at the said kirk of
Kilbryde, making intimation of the same that all parties
concerned may be advertised and none pretend ignorance, and
they are to report their dilligence to the next synod.
The assembly considering the lewd life and conversation of
Donald Me Ewan vc Ean duy, lying in uncleanness some¬
times with one and sometimes with others with whom he keeps
cohabitation, Therefore interdicts him of cohabitation and for
what course shall be taken for censuring him ecclesiastically
he is referred and for the civil part of the censure
referrs him to the civil magistrate.
The synod taking to their consideration Mr Patrick
Stewarts complaint against Sir James Stewart, sherrijf of
Boot, who at his own hand meddles with the stipend of Roth-
say, and putts himself without order of law in possession
thereof, Notwithstanding the synod and presbytery did allow
the same to be made use of by the said Mr Patrick, does recom¬
mend him to the civil magistrate and justice and Committee
of Estates, and ordains a letter to be written to them desiring
redress of such injuries as are done and offered both to the
said Mr Patrick and to the presbytery on his behalf
The assembly taking unto their consideration the account
of the whole stipends of the vaccand kirks within the bounds
of the synod, except Sky, conform to the scroll under written
given in by the committee appointed for that effect, viz. :■—
Inverary 40 bolls, ane hundreth mks.
Craignais Ten bolls.
1 The blanks in this and succeeding pages of the minutes of this Synod
seem to indicate words which had become illegible in Duncanson’s manu¬
script by the time the Synod’s transcript was made.