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The State of the Kirks within the Presbytery of Kelso, 

 July 1649. Communicated by the Rev. Dr Leishman, 

 Linton Manse, Kelso. 



The original of this paper, endorsed " State of the Kirks 

 within the Presbytery of Kelso," was given to me many 

 years ago by the late Professor William Lee of the University 

 of Glasgow, formerly minister of Roxburgh. In all likeli- 

 hood it belonged to the rich collection made by his father, 

 the Principal of the University of Edinburgh. It is here 

 copied verbatim, except that the many contractions are 

 extended. 



July 1649. 

 The estait and conditione of the Kirks within the bounds 

 of the Presljyterie of Kelso, in Tiviotdaill, as followes. 



1. — The Kirk of Kelso. 

 The Paroche of Kelso, as it presently standeth, and hath 

 since the Reformatione, containeth 1500 communigants or 

 thereby. It wes thvie paroches of old, viz. — Kelso lyeing 

 all alongs upone the east and north of Tweid, wherein ar 

 1300 communicants and odds; St. James his Kirk in the 

 continent betwixt Tiviot and Tweid, wherein ar 6 communi- 

 cants; and Maxwellheughe upon the south and east both 

 of Tweid and Tiviote, ar about 150 communicants. The 

 Kirk is vary neir the mids of the present wholl paroche, 

 wherof not above 100 comunicants will be without shout 

 and cry frome of the stipleheid, and the furthest distant bot 

 ane large mylle. All thrie ar of the Erectione of Kelso, 

 wherof the King wes patrone. The present provisione, as 

 it wes setled be the plot after the Erectione 1609, is eight 

 chalder of victuall, Lothiane measure, two parts oatmeill, 

 thrid part beir, ane hundreth marks and the viccarage teinds 

 estimat to ane 100 lb. The Comissione for Surrender, in 

 anno 1635, maid no alteratione in the provisione, only setled 

 the localitie, and valued the teinds, as it standeth in the 

 register, to the triple of that the minister receiveth. There 

 is not ane houss of all this paroche so neir ane other Kirk 

 as their owen. 



Subscrihitur, Mr Rot. Knox. 



