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nesses, John Greir under the Vod, Thomas Pantonson, 

 I'homas Huntar in Auchenbrak, and George Amulig'ane. 

 19th June, 1542. 



fol. 9] (,^.) 



Memorandum narrating- that Archibald Mcnzics, vicar 

 of Mortoun, dean of Christianity* within the joarts of Nith 

 and Annandale, at the instance of John Dowg-las, rector of 

 the parish church of Kirkbryd, diocese of Glasg^ow, called 

 prebendary of the colleg^e of the B.V.M. of Lincloudane, and 

 along- with him passed to the said church of Kirkbryd, and 

 there the said John Dowglas presented the letters of col- 

 lation and pension of Gawine, archbishop of Glasg-ovv, sig-ned 

 at Edinburg-h, at the Archbishop's residence there on 9th 

 October, 1542, regarding- the rectory and prebend of Kirk- 

 bryd, to the said Archibald in the said church at the hig-h 

 altar, and with becoming- humility requested him to induct 

 and institute him in the said rectory and prebend in 

 fol. 10] terms of the said letters. According-ly, after the 

 letters had been read by the notary, the said Archibald g-ave 

 to the said John real and corporeal possession of the said 

 rectory and prebend, and immediately thereafter passed with 

 the -witnesses underwritten to the glebe and manse, and gave 

 sasine thereof to the said John. Done in the said church 

 and at the said glebe and manse. Witnesses, Edward 

 Menzies of Castlehill, Thomas Sinclar, Leonard Asloane, 

 John Haykat, Thomas Dalzeill, and Sir Walter Fawsyd, 

 vicar pensionary of the said church of Kirkbryd. 



19th October, 1542. 



(18.) 

 Memorandum narrating that John Nicholsoun, burgess 



* The " deoanus Christianitatis " — the Rural dean — was 

 quite distinct from the Dean of the Cathedral and Chapter. He 

 " had a jurisdiction over the clergy of a certain district quite well 

 defined and known as a rural deanery. The Rural dean's jurisdic- 

 tion was made up of a delegation of the general pa.storal authority 

 of the bishop and of the jurisdiction of the archdeacon, which 

 that judge exercised in its highest form in the "curia christiain- 

 tatis " (Cosmo Innes, Lerfiircs <n\ Smfrh Lrgnl .1 iitiiiiiifics. Edin- 

 burgh. 1872. p. 183. 



