286 PEEBLES [PRESB. OF ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, son of 1578 William. D. of Cavers ; pres. to the Archdeaconry of Glasgow by James VI. 8th June 1573 ; died before 20th April 1610. His son John, "parson of Kil- bucho," was served heir 28th Dec. 1610 ; another son was killed by William Hors- burgh of that ilk, 1610; and his daugh. Agnes marr. John Galloway, M.A., writer, Edinburgh (P. C. Reg., lx., 44; Reg. of Deeds, ccclxi., 6). — [Reg. Assig., Edin. Presb. Reg., Booke of the Kirk, MS. Tah of Ettil- ston ; Calderwood's Hist., iv. ; Inq. Ret. Peebl., 45, 129—et Gen., 517; Wodrow Miscell.] 1596 HECTOR CRANSTOUN, reader. He is mentioned as holding this office in 1627, "an old man then.' 5 THEODORE HAY, born probably 1581, 1610 a y°unSer son °f Andrew H., rector of Renfrew, and grandson of William H. of Talla, Tweedsmuir; entered the Univ. of Glasgow 1593; M.A. (1597). On 13th Oct. 1609 he was app. a regent in the same University, to teach " in all subjects, but especially in Physiologia " ; pres. by James VI. 20th April 1610; a member of the Court of High Commission 21st Dec. 1615, again 15th June 1620, and 21st Dec. 1634 ; D.D. (St. Andrews, 29th July 1616). On 27th July 1617, at the Music School, Edinburgh, along with fifty-four other ministers, he signed a Protest to James VI., then on a visit to Scotland, complaining of attempts to advance Episcopacy, and on 12th July he and several others debated with His Majesty anent affairs of the Kirk, desiring that matters of importance should be referred to a General Assembly, to which James consented. From 1620 to 1638 he was a member of Peebles Town Council, and a Justice of the Peace in 1634. In 1621 he was on the leet for one of the Edinburgh churches, preached a "proofe" sermon in the beginning of Dec, but was not chosen. On 1st Aug. 1632, he gave 100 merks to the building fund in aid of Glasgow University Library. He was a member of the Glasgow Assembly of 1638, and in 1639 was Chaplain to the King. He dem. 1648, and was dead by 4th Sept. 1651. He marr. Lilias Cockburn, and had issue—John, his successor ; Henry, a writer, whose widow, Margaret Lindsay, was recommended for charity by Tron Kirk-session in 1697. — [Reg. Assig., Calder- wood's Hist. : Bannatipie, iii., and Matt- land Miscell., ii. ; Orig. Lett., ii. ; Scot's Apolog.; Commiss. to Ass., 1638; Mini. Univ. Glasg., ii., iii. ; Pennecuik's Works ; Nisbet's Her., ii. ; Baillie's Lett., 1 ; Hay Papers.] JOHN HAY (primus), born 1613, son of 1643 Precedmg; M.A. (Edinburgh, 24th July 1630) ; took the degree of B.D. at Cambridge ; adm. (colleague) 7th June 1643, for which act the Presb. had "upon their knees" before the Synod to acknowledge disobedience to the Acts of Assembly. On 11th June 1646, the As- sembly appointed Hay to accompany the Master of Yester's regiment to England, where the Scots were in alliance with the Parliamentarians against the Royalists. His father having finally dem. office, he was formally pres. and coll. 14th Feb. 1649 ; was frequently a member of Assembly ; proposed for the Bishopric of Caithness in 1661, and died 3rd Oct. 1666. He marr. Joanna, probably the sister of his successor, John H. (secuudits), and had issue—Theodore, vicar of Peebles 1676-89 ; William, divinity student and Presbytery bursar 1676-9, possibly to be identified with William H., min. of West Linton in 1684; Henry, schoolmaster of Peebles 1688-9; Lilias, who was dead by 1690.— [Kirkton's and Wodrow's Hists., Arts of Ass., Nicoll's Diary, Peterkin's Records, Pennecuik's Works; Nisbet's Her., ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7062 ; New Stat. Ace, iii. ; Chambers's Peeblesshire, Gunn's Boohs of the Clmrch, Hay Papers.] JOHN HAY (secundum), born 1638, 1667 y°unger son °f William H., surgeon, burgess of Peebles, and brother of Gilbert H. of Bridgelands ; M.A. (Glasgow 1654) ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington