COMMUNION TOKENS OF SOUTH-EASTERN BORDER 115 



Eoxburghe family, the Duke being the largest heritor 



in the parish, and formerly patron of the living. 



Marchmond is an ancient name of Roxburgh Castle. 



See Jig. 



Kelso.— (1) Mixed metal; square, 12; with cut corners — 

 KELSO I CHUKCH | 1809. Reverse^ plain. Incumbency of 

 Rev. Robert Lundie, (1807 — 1832.) See fig. 



(2) Another similar but round, 15, edge milled, bordered, 

 same date. 



(3) Mixed metal; oblong, 17x12; bordered; cut 

 corners — kelso kirk | 1842. Reverse, this do | in remem- 

 BKANCE I OF ME. Incumbeucy of Dr Jas. M. McCulloch 

 (1832 — 1843.) 



(4) Similar in every respect to No. 3, but with date 

 1878, and struck during the ministry of Rev. James 

 Smith. Of 2000 tokens struck in 1710 during the ministry 

 of Rev. Jas. Ramsay, a famous man in his day, and twice 

 Moderator of the General Assembly, in 1738 and 1741, 

 none seem to be remaining. {Sess. Rec.) See however end 

 of list. 



Ednam.— Lead; square, 11 ; bordered, edn j em. Reverse, plain. 

 This token, according to a common practice, is an older 

 token simply restamped, and by comparing several 

 examples the older form can be perfectly made out, having 

 on the obverse ed | nem and on the reverse 16 | 96. 

 Even these 1696 tokens were only those of 1694 "renewed" 

 by the " Smith " at a cost of 1 lib. 16 sh. The 1694 tokens 

 cost 4 lib. 4 shill. (Sess. Rec.) All these were struck when 

 Thos. Thomson, A.M., father of the poet, was incumbent 

 (1692 — 1700.) He was translated to Southdean. See fig. 



Sticuill. — Mixed metal; round, 14; bordered. stk| 1777. 

 Ornament above. Reverse, r. a. s. m. Letters parted by 

 cross lines. This is the model of the Sprouston token, and 

 evidently by the same hand. "Rev. Andrew Scott, 

 minister" (1773 — 1826.) There are no tokens extant of 

 the Parish of Hume. It ceased to be a separate parish in 

 the beginning of the 1 7th century. The last minister, Mr 

 James French was ordered to " cease fra teaching" at Hume 

 in 1613. See fig. 



