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auder Cranstoun, John Hutton, John Macgi!), 
William Lauder, John Learmonth, James Halket, 
William Wright, Patrick Haliburton, and Archi- 
bald Pitcairn — in all twenty-one. 
What method was adopted in the arrangement 
of the names, we have no means of knowing. 
The gentlemen who had originally been con- 
sulted by the judges as the four principal physi 
cians, are not precisely those whose names first 
occur in the patent, neither are they those of the 
number who principally exerted themselves in the 
attainment of the charter, as they were Drs 
Stevenson, Balfour, and Sibbald, who stand fourth, 
fifth, and sixth in order. They were also at 
greater expense than the others ; for when it 
became necessary to call upon each member to 
subscribe towards the expense that had been 
incurred, Dr Hay, whose name was inserted 
first, absolutely refused to contribute any thing ; 
and Dr Brisbaine followed his example : these 
two were therefore declared to be merely honorary 
members. And in the beginning of the year 
1682, Drs Stevenson, Balfour, and Sibbald, the 
three gentlemen who had, during the settlement 
of the transaction, been brought under the private 
notice of the Duke of York, received the honour 
of knighthood. This was entirely unsolicited, 
and even unexpected, on their part. As they 
were merely desired, on a Saturday night, to 
