PRESBYTERY OF DALKEITH
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, April 1581. The Eegister consists
of twenty-five volumes, commencing 15th March 1581-2, and has been preserved, with
blanks, from 2nd April 1584 to 10th Oct. 1588, March to Sept. 1589, 16th July 1594 to 9th
Dec. 1611, 9th Jan. 1662 to 1st May 1673, and April 1688 to May 1692. The last
portion was in possession of the Presb. 3rd July 1750, but missing in Aug. 1817.]
BORTHWICK, FORMERLY
LOCHERWORTH.
[Endowed with prebends belonging to
the College Kirk of Crichton, at the in-
stance of James VI., 4th April 1596, and
ratified by Parliament, 11th July 1606.
The church was dedicated to St Mungo.]
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, adm. 1567;
trans, to Liberton about Lammas
1569.
—
[Beg. Min. ; Archceol. Scot., i.
;
New Stat. Ace]
1567
JOHN COLDEN, min. in 1586 ; pres. to
1586 Newlands, which was refused, then
Ace.']
to Kinross.
—
[Beg. Assig., New Stat.
1595
JAMES HUNTER, M.A.; adm. in
1593 1593 ; trans, to Skirling 1594.—[Beg.
Assig.]
ADAM COLT, called 4th Aug. and
adm. 30th Sept. 1595, and had a
glebe designed ; pres. by James VI.
11th May 1596; trans, to Inveresk 1597.—
[Edin. and Haddington Presb. Begs., Beg.
Assig., Crawford's Univ., Colleg. Ch. of
Mid-Lothian ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.]
JOHN MORAY, M.A. ; pres. to the
1598 Parsonage and vicarage, 15th Dec.
and 6th Jan. 1598 ; trans, to Second
Charge, South Leith, 1603.— [Douglas's
soi
Peer, and Bar., Beg. Assig., Test. Beg., New
Stat. Ace]
1604
PATRICK TURNER, pres. by James
VI. 9th March 1604; trans, to Dal-
keith in 1629.
—
[Beg. Assig., Booke
of the Kirk, Calderwood's Hist. ; Pitcairn's
Cr. Trials, iii. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.
;
New Stat. Ace]
JAMES PORTEOUS, younger, of Pole.
1629 k°rn l5^8 ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (24th July 1619)
;
pres. 5th Feb., adm. 2nd, and inst. 15th
April 1629 ; died 7th Nov. 1651. He marr.
Christian Douglas (sister of George D.,
Sheriff-clerk of Ayr), who survived him,
andhad issue—Margaret ; Christian. James
Borthwick is mentioned as his son-in-law,
1652.— [Test. Beg., Tombst., New Stat.
Ace]
ARCHIBALD TURNER, elected by
1648 *^e Presb. from a leet by the Heritors
11th Nov. 1647; adm. (helper) 23rd
March 1648 ; trans, to North Berwick in
1649.—[Baillie's Lett., New Stat. Ace]
JOHN WEIR, M.A. (Glasgow 1634);
1652 or^" ^° -Morton 1638 ; trans, to
Carluke 1640 ; trans, to South Leith
1647 ; called 28th March, trans, and adm.
22nd April, and inst. in May 1652; died
May 1657, aged about 43. He marr. (1)