EDINBURGH] OLD GREYFRIARS 45
Ilists., Univ. Edin. ; Dempsteri Eccl. Hist.,
ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3557.]
ROBERT BOYD of Trochrig, M.A.
;
formerly Principal of the Univ. of
Glasgow ; elected by the Town
Council 18th Oct. 1622, being at same
time Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh.
The magistrates having received a com-
munication from James VI. intimating his
displeasure at Boyd
:
s continued want of
conformity to the " five Articles of Perth,
1 '
sent for him to their meeting of Council,
31st Jan. 1623, when he demitted both
situations, but continued in the city, and
countenanced the disaffection of the people
against the aforesaid Articles. He was
charged to appear before the Privy Council,
23rd June 1624, and this he did, rebutting
the charge, and obliging himself to remove
instantly with his family to Trochrig, his
property in Ayrshire. He was minister
at Paisley in 1626.
—
[Edin. Comic. Reg.
;
Wodrow's Biog., ii. ; Craufurd's and Bower's
Univ., i. ; Livingston's Charac. ; Row's and
Calderwood's Ilists., vii. ; Orig. Lett., ii.
;
Rivet's Life, Diet. Nat. Biog. ]
JOHN DUNCANSON, app. by the
1626 Town Couilcil 16tn Au=- 1626-—
[Edin. Counc. Reg., xiv., 12.]
[HENRY ROLLOCK, nephew of Robert
162q R., appointed by the Town Council
17th June 1629, but did not accept.]
JAMES FAIRLIE, M.A. ; Professor of
1630 Divinity in the University 1629
;
pres. by the Town Council 29th Oct.,
and adm. 17th Nov. 1630 ; dem. 28th July
1637, having been elected to the Bishopric
of Argyll, of which he was deprived by the
Glasgow Assembly 1638. In 1644he became
min. of Lasswade.
—
[Edin. Counc. Reg.
;
Row's and Stevenson's Ilists., i.]
MUNGO LAW, M.A. (Glasgow 1627);
1644 schoolmaster of Kirkcaldy 15th July
1628 ; tutor to George, Master of
Ramsay, 1635 ; min. of Dysart (Second
Charge) 2nd Oct. 1636; elected by the
Town Council 25th Dec. 1643 ; trans, and
adm. 27th March 1644 ; a member of the
Commissions of Assembly 1644-9 ; acted
as an army chaplain, and witnessed the
defeat of Argyll's forces at Inverlochy,
2nd Feb. 1645. In 1649 he was nomin-
ated by Parliament one of the Com-
missioners for visiting the Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh. He was in
Edinburgh Castle when it was surrendered
to Cromwell, 17th Dec. 1650. At Alyth
he was taken prisoner, 28th Aug. 1651, and
carried off to England ; returned to his
charge Jan. 1653 ; died Feb. 1660, aged
about 54. He marr. May 1638, Lilias (died
Oct. 1658), daugh. of Patrick Turner, min.
of Dalkeith, and had issue—Mungo, min.
at Perth ; John ; Katherine ; Lilias,- died
May 1666 ; Anna (marr. John Liddell,
min. of Scone) ; James ; Andrew ; David.
—[Edin. Counc, Dj/sart Sess., Test., and
Reg. (Bapt. and Bur.) ; Baillie's Lett., iii.
;
Acts Pari., vi. ; Acts of Ass., Lamont's and
Nicoll's Diaries; Bannatyne Miscell., ii.
;
Guthrie's Mem. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., iii.
;
Edin. Chr. Inst., i. ; Army Treasurer's
Ace, Pardovan's Collec, Muir's Gleanings
of Dysart.]
DAVID STIRLING, M.A. ; trans, from
1664 Foulden ; elected by the Town
Council 25thMay 1664; dem. in 1669;
became min. of Cockburnspath in 1671.
—
[Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Edin. Sas., xviii., 124.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, M.A. ; trans,
from Auchinleck ; elected by the
Town Council 8th May 1669 ; trans.
to the High Kirk Parish in 1672.—[Edin.
Counc. Reg.]
ALEXANDER IRVING [IRVINE],
born at Aberdeen ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666)
;
min. of West Kilbride 1669 ; elected by
the Town Council 23rd Aug., trans, and
collated 12th Dec. 1672. He was adm.
burgess and guild-brother of the city
12th Nov. 1673; dem. at Whitsunday
1674 ; assistant at Logie-Buchan 1682-5.
He marr. 20th Dec. 1672, Grizel Ramsay,
and had issue—Andrew, bapt. 8th Jan.
1674 ; Jean (marr. 1705, James Miller,