Haddington] SALTOUN—TRANENT AND SETON 395
THOMAS NINIAN DRUMMOND,
._,__ born 14th July 1853, son of Thomas
D., min. of Bolton ; educated at High
School, Edinburgh, and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Had-
dington Feb. 187G ; assistant at Saltoun \
ord. 15th June 1876 ; died unmarr. 7th
Aug. 1885.
THOMAS ELLIOT SIMPSON
CLARKE, born Lochmaben, 14th
May 1860, son of John O, school-
master, and Mary Simpson ; educated at
Lochmaben School and Glasgow Univ.
;
M.A. (1884), B.D. (1885) ; licen.by Presb. of
Lochmaben May 1885 ; assistant at Grad-
ing ; ord. 8th Dec. 1885 ; clerk of Presb.
Marr. 10th March 1891, Jane (died 11th
Nov. 1910), daugh. of Charles Melville, min.
of Maryculter, and had issue—John Elliot,
born 10th April 1893; Charles Melville,
born 2nd March 1897 ; Jessie Lillian, born
21st Jan. 1892. Publication—Joint author
of Life ofBishop Burnet (Cambridge, 1909).
TRANENT AND SETON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
of Tranent belonged to the Abbey of Holy-
roodhouse. Seton Church, dedicated to
the Holy Rood, and erected in the
thirteenth century, was made collegiate
by George, Lord Seton, 20th June 1493.
At later dates members of the family
made additions to the edifice, multiplied
its ornaments, increased its wealth, and
raised within it some sumptuous monu-
ments. In 1544 the English invaders
desecrated the church, and after removing
the bells, organ, and other portable objects
to their ships, burnt the beautiful timber
wall within. The church was soon restored,
and during the commotions of the Reforma-
tion had the good fortune to escape almost
uninjured. It remained perfect till the
troubles of 1715, when the Hanoverian
troops defaced the interior of the building,
broke the tombs, and tore up the pavement
in search of hidden treasures, and for the
lead that encased the bodies. While un-
damaged, it was a handsome cruciform
structure with a central tower. The chapel
is now used as a mausoleum for the Wemyss
family. Seton was united to Tranent after
1580.]
JOHN SHARP, M.A., mentioned as
1561 min. 5th April 1561, along with
Stephen Moffatt, sometime vicar of
the same (Prot. Bk. Jas. Nieolson, f. 75a).
1562
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, min. in 1562
;
was a member of Assembly 29th
June of that year, and in that of
June 1566, " when Robert, Commendator
of Holyroodhouse, desired he might be
transplanted, that his servitor, Alex. Foster,
might be planted."' This the Assembly
refused on the urgent entreaty of the
parishioners. He died in Dec. 1568. He
marr. Katherine Greig, Avho survived him.
—[Booke of the Kirk, Calderwood's MS.
Hist.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, min. of
1568 Liberton 1562, of Jedburgh 1566;
trans, and adm. Feb. 1568 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 2nd Dec. 1574,
Seton and Aberlady being also in his charge.
He was suspended by the Assembly of
Oct. 1581, "for baptising ane bairne in
ane privat house, against the good order
of the kirk," and ordered to make public
repentance in his own kirk. He dem.
15th Aug. 1597 in favour of his son
Andrew, min. of Corstorphine, who was
pres. by James VI. 27th Sept. ; the
Presb., however, refused collation ; died
before 27th Dec. 1597. He marr. 17th
Sept. 1564, Elizabeth Bothwell (A. and D.,
lxxix., 38, 1579-80 ; Dunfermline Register),
and had issue—Andrew, above mentioned ;
David (A . and. D., lxxvi., 367), apprenticed
8th April 1584 to Mark Ker, merchant,
Edinburgh.
—
[Beg. Assig.; Wodrow Miscell.
and Biog., i. ; Booke of the Kirk, Calder-
wood's Hist, and MS. Hist. ; M'Crie's Mel-
ville, ii. ; Edinburgh Apprentice Beg.]
1576 JAMES REID, reader.
1576 THOMAS RAITH, reader at Seton.
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A. ; trans,
from Smailholm, and adm. (assistant)
14th Sept. 1596 ; trans, to Pencait-
land 19th April 1598.