The Parishes of Renfrewshire with Enumeration District Number. Number Name Number Name Number Name 559 Abbey 565 Houston & Killellan 571 Mearns 560 Cathcart 566 Inchinnan 572 Neilston 561 Eaglesham 567 Inverkip 573 Paisley 562 Eastwood 568 Kilbarchan 574 Port Glasgow 563 Erskine 569 Kilmacolm 575 Renfrew 564 Greenock 570 Lochwinnoch
Old Scottish Money Scottish money was abolished as a circulating currency at the Act of Union in 1707.However, the valued rent of land , and in many places, feu duties and ministers stipends , schoolmaster`s salaries, and other parochial payments were still reckoned by the pound Scots and the merk, or mark, for some considerable […]
Irish Flax Growers List, 1796 The 1796 Flax Growers Bounty List is held in the Linen Hall Library, Belfast which gives the names of farmers in all parishes who were awarded spinning wheels and looms for growing areas of flax. Lists are available for all the counties of Ireland except for Dublin and Wicklow, and […]
Dissenters in Ireland Although Ireland was always numerically dominated by Roman Catholics (about 4/5ths of the population ) there was a substantial and varied Protestant population. Those Protestant groups which refused to conform to the Church of Ireland suffered at various times, like the Catholics, from discriminatory laws and the requirement to pay tithes to […]
Proclamation declaring those persons at Bothwell Brig to be rebels and traitors, and prohibiting having any contact with them. [ Mackenzie, History of Galloway, ii, pt 1. p 231. Note the title Mr usually indicates a minister of the kirk.] Proclamation against rebels, June 16th 1679 Charles, by the grace of God, King of Great […]
Sir JOHN ERSKINE of Dun, Reformer ” second only to Knox” Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 5 p 399 Dun, 1575 Born 1509, son of Sir John E., younger of Dun (descended from a branch of the Erskines of Erskine) who fell at Flodden along with his father, and Margaret, […]
JOHN CARMICHAEL. Firm opponent of the King`s innovations. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) rev 1917, 1920 vol 5 p 208 Kilconquhar, 1603 JOHN CARMICHAEL, son of David C. of Balmedie, and Isobel, daugh. of David Barclay of Collairnie educated at Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (3rd Dec. 1584); adm. to Newburnin 1595; app. one […]
David DICKSON Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, H Scott (1915) vol 1 p 64, St Giles Second charge , 1650 Of Busby, born Glasgow 1583, son of John D., a wealthy merchant of the Trongate,was at first intended for the mercantile profession, but afterwards studied for the Church. After becoming M.A. of Glasgow, he was appointed Regent […]
Urr in the twelfth century From The Parish of Urr by Rev.David Frew (1909) The ancient barony of Urr probably determined the bounds of the parish, when it came to be formed, some time in the twelfth, or early part of the thirteenth century. To that period of religious revival in Scotland, under the […]
Extract from the decree of the Council of Constance against John Wyckcliffe and his works. AD 1415. And this holy synod caused the aforesaid forty-five article, to be examined and oftentimes perused by many most reverend fathers of the church of Rome, cardinals, bishops, abbots, masters of divinity, and doctors of both laws, besides a […]
The Epistle sent by the Bishop of Rome to Richard II, King of England, to persecute John Wickliff’.’ To his most dear son in Christ, Edward*, the illustrious king of England, health, &c. The realm of England, which the most High hath put under your governance, a realm glorious for its power and abundance of […]
The Papal Bull sent to Oxford University directing action against Wyckcliffe. Gregory the Bishop, the Servant of God’s Servants, to his well-beloved Sons, the Chancellor and University of Oxford, in the Diocese of Lincoln, Greeting and Apostolical Benediction, We are constrained both to marvel and lament, that you, who, considering the favours and privileges granted […]
Extracts from The Uniformity Act 1559 (I Eliz. Cap.II ) The following two sections of the Act refer to the requirements made of ministers and the penalties for non compliance. In verbose language ( what we today would call `legalese`) the Act is very rigid and demanding with no variations whatsoever allowed. Even criticism of […]