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1rRECORD SOCIETYSCOTTISH no 50 PARISH LISTS OF AND MINNIGAFFWIGTOWNSHIRE i684 EDITED BY WI LLIAM SCOT. EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY SKINNER & LTD.J. COMPANY, 1916.c^INTRODUCTION. The Lists to have been drawn in accordanceupfollowing appear of andwith instructions to the CuratesEpiscopalian Galloway Dumfriesshire to furnish Nominal Rolls of all male orpersons, ofover the 12 resident within theirfemale, age years, respective — to their farms and house-grouped according residences,parishes " isand such as were thatholds, specially indicating irregular," non-conforming. of"The Vol.The.author Sheriffs of II.,Hereditary Galloway," refers to the extreme exercised the Curates in139, byp. leniency their reports. A is the number ofSummary appended showing apparent 12 ofover -and the small numberpersons years age, very reported " " as or "recusant."irregular (Appendix I.) allowance has not been made in this forStatistical Summary such facts as that the Curate of Port Patrick mentions nameby " the head of the and his wife andhousehold, familymerely adding and it is no means certain thatand Romanservants," further, by Catholics were not from this Census. Thespecially exempted with the of that of Port to haveLists, Patrick,exception appear been drawn and to have been so far ascarefully up, complete and Parish were concerned.MinnigaffWigtownshire of the Vol. BookWodrow, Church," II.,"Sufferings III., refers to the Porteous Rolls of earlier and316-317, date, quotespp. —toa which was sent the headed :paper Clergy "Lists of the to be done the Minister in eachThings by wherein are called a fullto "Give andParish, 1683," they upon Roll of all within the Parish."complete (See Appendix II.) The conformed atoLists, however,following apparently order of later issueddate,supplementary possibly by John Grahame of who had been ofSheriffClaverhouse, appointed "and later received Commission of andWigtownshire, Justiciary extraordinar Commission." of the(See Register Council,Privy third Vol.1683, series, VIII., p. 44.) the of Sir Andrew Baronet ofThrough courtesy Agnew, I was tomake of these butLochnaw, aspermitted Lists,transcriptsIntroduction. I duties at thewas on medical wastime,engaged my transcription done.necessarily very hurriedly I offered the to the Scottish Record for transcripts Society to that work should be checkedpublication, subject my proviso my and I the name of Mr.by authority, suggested Johncompetent whose revision and corrections this owestoMacLeod, publication its value. in the out of these was occasionedcarrying arrangementsDelay of which has also intothe outbreak war,by prevented my going the in as much detail as I should have liked.subject Most thanks are due to Sir Andrew for theAgnewgrateful for andloan of the Listsoriginal transcription reproduction by and to Mr. as is his customJohn MacLeod, who,photography, the Publications are has mostwhere concerned,Society's kindly the the benefit of his valuable assistance free ofgiven Society charge. For the benefit of those who desire inmay any particular instance to refer to the it be stated that a series oforiginal, may of the documents in facsimile has been indepositedphotographs the Historical H.M. House.Department, Register WILLIAM SCOT. Claremont Crescent,15 Edinburgh.Introduction. APPENDIX I. TABLE OF WIGTOWNSHIRE PARISH LISTS, 1684. Parish.Introduction.b APPENDIX II. Vol.Wodrow's of the BookChurch," II., III.,"Sufferings p. 317. " To Matters for the and make the Persecution as extensiveCircuits,prepare as the are and were most to their utmostbe,might Clergy engaged ready give Assistance. " I have before me a and sent toamong them, everypaper dispersed Copies Congregation. " ; I :What time it was the cannot but tis thatgiven Curates, say probable it was in the time of the of the Rolls. Whether it wasspread forming spread Ithe Orders or came from the know not but theby Bishops' Council, ; Ministers were to fulfil it in all its and were mostParts,Episcopal very willing useful to in Rolls.the Clerks themaking up " —The title of the is :paper '" to be done the inLIST OF THINGS Minister each Parish,by 1683. the Ministers in Oath a List"'That of their theirgive upon Sessioners, Clerks and of Withdrawers from the and Noncommunicants.Bellman, Church, "'That to their Account of all Disorders andKnowledge they give and who are of Heritors or others.Rebellions, guilty them, " ' That a and Roll all thewithin Parish.they give full complete of " 'That a list of all the Heritors.they give particular " all Women who are be as well as Men.Delinquents, given up "'That Account of all Persons who have out of theirthey give gone and the Reasons of thisParishes, withdrawing. "'That Accounts of their Wives orthey give up particular Fugitives, Widows within the and all Resetters of and of andthem,Parish, Chapmen Travellers. " ' That declare who are the in their Parishes who can thethey People give best Account of all these besides their that such beParticulars, Sessioners, may ' examined.'brought in and '6 "This last clause seems to refer to the Examination of the Circuitplainly when came to the Council's toClerks, they about, accordingly Instructions, receive Information and make the Rolls.up "• Xo Remarks need be made these Demands made Curateupon upon every alsoin Parish are as theirevery ; they plain enough, Design."