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186 THE SCOTTISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
may safely be identified as Nicol Uddart, Udward, or
Udwart, merchant burgess of Edinburgh.1 Of the other
witnesses, James Speir is designated in the St. Cuthbert’s
voucher as a merchant burgess of Edinburgh, and James
Macmath is probably the merchant whose son Edward
drew up one of the receipts.
After referring to events of 13th January and 6th
February 1622, Calderwood says : ‘ About this time there
was a collection through the countrie for the Kirk of
France. It began in Edinburgh upon the twelf, and
endit upon the twentie-sixt of Februar. The Noncon-
formitanes exceedit all others verie farre in their liberalitie.
The servants, maids and boyes were not behind for their
part, for they contributed foure thousand merks. The
summe of the whole amounted to threttie-five thousand
merks. The ministers were forced to confesse that the
Nonconformitanes were the honestest men in their flockes.’ 2
By Nonconformitanes, Calderwood means those who ob¬
jected to the Five Articles of Perth Assembly, which
had been ratified by Parliament in August 1621. Their
interest in the collection may have been quickened by the
fact that such exiles as Andrew Melville and John Welsh
had found refuge among the Huguenots.
Zachary Boyd, writing to Trochrig in February 1622,
states that ‘ the [presbytery ?] of Edinburgh have been
very liberall in their contributions for the distressed
Presbyterians in France, and even the very servants have
given largely.’3 The liberality of the servants and of the
working classes, as well as those of higher rank, is most
1 Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. xiii. pp. 120, 176, 324.
There was at the same time a Mr. Nathaniel Udwart, son of the deceased
Nicol Udwart, late Provost of Edinburgh. This Nathaniel obtained a
monopoly of soap, but was deprived of it in 1624 {ibid., vol. xii. pp. 106,
516, 519; vol. xiii. pp. 294, 295).
2 Calderwood’s History, Wodrow Society, vol. vii. p. 543.
3 Wodro v’s Collections, vol. ii., part i., p. 167.
may safely be identified as Nicol Uddart, Udward, or
Udwart, merchant burgess of Edinburgh.1 Of the other
witnesses, James Speir is designated in the St. Cuthbert’s
voucher as a merchant burgess of Edinburgh, and James
Macmath is probably the merchant whose son Edward
drew up one of the receipts.
After referring to events of 13th January and 6th
February 1622, Calderwood says : ‘ About this time there
was a collection through the countrie for the Kirk of
France. It began in Edinburgh upon the twelf, and
endit upon the twentie-sixt of Februar. The Noncon-
formitanes exceedit all others verie farre in their liberalitie.
The servants, maids and boyes were not behind for their
part, for they contributed foure thousand merks. The
summe of the whole amounted to threttie-five thousand
merks. The ministers were forced to confesse that the
Nonconformitanes were the honestest men in their flockes.’ 2
By Nonconformitanes, Calderwood means those who ob¬
jected to the Five Articles of Perth Assembly, which
had been ratified by Parliament in August 1621. Their
interest in the collection may have been quickened by the
fact that such exiles as Andrew Melville and John Welsh
had found refuge among the Huguenots.
Zachary Boyd, writing to Trochrig in February 1622,
states that ‘ the [presbytery ?] of Edinburgh have been
very liberall in their contributions for the distressed
Presbyterians in France, and even the very servants have
given largely.’3 The liberality of the servants and of the
working classes, as well as those of higher rank, is most
1 Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, vol. xiii. pp. 120, 176, 324.
There was at the same time a Mr. Nathaniel Udwart, son of the deceased
Nicol Udwart, late Provost of Edinburgh. This Nathaniel obtained a
monopoly of soap, but was deprived of it in 1624 {ibid., vol. xii. pp. 106,
516, 519; vol. xiii. pp. 294, 295).
2 Calderwood’s History, Wodrow Society, vol. vii. p. 543.
3 Wodro v’s Collections, vol. ii., part i., p. 167.
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