EDINBURGH] SOUTH LEITH 165
JAMES LOGAN, M.A. ; adm. before
16th Nov. 1591 j trans, to Eddleston
22nd April 1593.-[Jf& Bond of
Mr Dav. Lindesay, and Petition to Gen.
Ass., 1593.]
[GEORGE SEMPILL, formerly of
Houston; mentioned as min. in
1593. On 15th April 1595, " certain
brethern gave in sundrie informations,
among quhilk, 'That he was a wanter
(vaunter) of himself, and ane that was
given ower-meikle to his awin praising.'
'
;
]
JOHN HALL, trans, from Colinton
;
adm. 24th Oct. 1596; trans, to St
Giles 7th Dec. 1598.—[Reg. Assig.,
Booke of the Kirk.]
ANDREW LAMB of South Tarrie
;
1fino min. of Burntisland 1593 ; trans, to
Arbroath 1596; trans, and adm.
22nd July 1600. Being appointed chaplain
to John, Earl of Mar, ambassador to
England, the Presb., 4th Feb. 1601, agreed
to supply his place till his return. Having
been appointed chaplain to the Royal
Household, he was ordered by the General
Assembly, 12th Nov. 1602, to enter on his
cure "betwixt and the 1st Januar nixt."
—
[Booke of the Kirk, Row's and Calder-
wood's Hists., Melvill's Autob. ; Pitcairn's
Cr. Trials, ii.]
JOHN MORAY, M.A. ; trans, from
Borthwick ; adm. 1603. He unsuc-
cessfully opposed the reception of
the constant Moderator, nominated by the
General Assembly 17th Dec. 1606, main-
taining that by such a proposal the liberty
of the Kirk was overthrown. Heartily sym-
pathising with the six banished brethren,
he received them into his house, and
hospitably treated them previous to their
departure. Opposing the entry of Epis-
copal authority in the Church, and preach-
ing against it in a sermon at the opening
of Synod, he was summoned before the
Privy Council, 25th Feb. 1608, and dis-
missed. He incurred the royal displeasure,
however, and a warrant was issued for his
committal to the Castle. The General
Assembly, July following, requested that
he might be released, which was done in
the succeeding year, on condition " That
he sould within twentie dayes goe to
Newabbey, and there keepe within the
compasse of four myles ; preache not, and
goe not to Leith before his departure."
The Chancellor (Alexander, Earl of Dun-
fermline) accused the bishops of "barbar-
ous and unbrotherlie dealing," in depriving
him of his situation and living, when his
office and quality, as well as the state of
his wife's health, called for different treat-
ment. He retired to Dumfries for eighteen
months, assisting his brethren in preaching.
For other six months he resided in Dysart,
then left for Prestonpans, where he took
every opportunity of exercising his ministry.
He became min. of Dunfermline.
—
[Keg.
Assig., Booke of the Kirk, Row's and
Calderwood's Hists., Test. Keg. ; Christ.
Mag., vii. ; Melvill's Autob. ; Wodrow's MS,
Biog., iv.]
DAVID LINDSAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1609 Morgan ; adm. by James, Bishop of
Orkney, 30th July 1609 ; trans, to
First Charge in 1613.—[Calderwood's Hist.
;
Orig. Lett., i. ; Booke of the Kirk.]
THOMAS HOG, M.A.; master of the
1616 Grammar School ; adm. after 4th
July 1616; trans, to Stobo in 1618.
—[MS. Geneal. of Hog.]
JOHN CRANSTOUN, M.A. ; adm.
1620; trans, to Liberton in 1624.—
[Act Red. Univ. StAnd., St Citihbert's
Sess. and Edin. Reg. (Bapt.), Reg. Presb.]
JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A. ; regent in the
1625 Univ. of Edinburgh; adm. 1625;
trans, to the Professorship of Divinity
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 1629 (q.v.).—
[Grant's Univ.]
WILLIAM MORTON [MYRETON],
son of William M. of Cambo (Fife
Sas., x., 242) ; educated at the TJnivs.
of Glasgow and St Andrews ; M.A. (1627)
;
tutor to John, Lord Borthwick, and on the
exercise at Dalkeith. After leetshad proved
twice unsuccessful, he was elected "by
the Session, Sailors, Maltmen, Traffickers,
Crafts, and Mealmakers, all in one voice,"