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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST NICHOLAS CHURCH | St Nicholas Church St Nicholas Church St Nicholas Church |
Revd. [Reverend] Mr McCulloch (E.Ch.) [East Church] Revd. [Reverend] Mr Forsyth (W.Ch.) [West Church] Mr A Scatterty (Verger) Annals of Aberdeen (Kennedy's) |
075 | [Continued] (P.39) Vicars. The vicars of Saint Nicholas, whose names we have been enabled to discover previous to the Reformation, were John de Wyngosne - who was instituted in the year 1342. ----- John Dingwall, prothonotary and archdeacon of Caithness - who it appears officiated previous to the year 1519. ----- Andrew Cullen, parson of Fettermier, and son of Andrew Cullen, provost of Aderdeen, was in Office previous to the year 1549. He died July 7th 1540. ----- Curates David Waus, Vicar of Banff appears to have filled the curacy previous to the year 1488. ----- William Murison, formerly one of the chaplains. ----- Thomas Chalmers, was officiating in the year 1568. ----- In the year 1575, when the college of Chaplains had been completely surpressed, in consequence of the Reformation, they and their general procurator and collector resigned the whole lands, fishings, and annuities, which they had acquired from the people, in the course of many ages, to the magistrates and council, for the benefit of Saint Thomas' hospital, which was at that period the asylum of decayed guild brethren. ----- (P. [Page] 40) King James VI. in the year 1583 granted to the magistrates and council a charter, by which he confirmed to them the right of all the property so transferred, by the chaplains. (P.40) King James VI. in the year 1583 granted to the magistrates and council a charter, by which he confirmed to them the right of all the property so transferred, by the chaplains. |
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