Lists of Scottish Presbyterian and Episcopalian ministers.
Scope and Contents
The names are arranged under the presbyteries in each synod. The contents are as follows:
(i) ‘Roll of the names of the Ministers of the kirks of Scotland, who refused to submitt to prelacie, and continued stedfast in owning presbiterian Government after the re-establishment of Episcopacy, An: 1661: 1662`. The presbyteries of Auchterarder and Lerwick are omitted. (Folio 1.)
(ii) `List of Episcopall Ministers in parishes at ye Revolution...` In many cases, the dates of deprivation or death or of some other event are given. The title is in the hand of Robert Wodrow, the historian. (Folio 11.)
(iii) `Ane account of the state of the Church of Scotland this present year 1701 shewing what paroches are planted...` There are a few annotations made after 1708 by Wodrow for the presbytery of Paisley. (Folio 47 verso.)
Dates
- Creation: 1701.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (72 + several blank folios. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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