Edinburgh the Fourteinth day of January J^aj vj^c nyntie two years

D1692/1/20

D1692/1/20¹

Act

Act Mr William Gullon

Anent a Petition given in to the Lords of their majesties privy Councill be Mr William Gullon preacher of the gospell Shewing That quher the petitioner served in the meetting house of the paroch of Ceudinghame, Haymouth and Aytoune at the desyre and invitatione of the people of the said paroches and ther continued till the deprivatione of Mr Alexander Douglas late incumbent at Coldinghame since which tyme the petitioner at the appoyntment of the Presbytrie of Chirnsyde and with consent and at the desyre of the said people hath supplied the said vaccancie and preached in the said² Church quhich was allready made appear to the saids Lords in June J^aj vj^c nyntie one at quhich tyme the saids Lords granted to the petitioner the half of the stipend J^aj vj^c Eightie nyne and J^aj vj^c nyntie of the saids parish of Coldinghame and the petitioner being informed that upon applicatione to the saids Lords by Mr Alexander Douglas late incumbent at Coldinghame and mr James Lawtie late incumbent of Chirnsyde misrepresenting to the saids Lords as of the forsaid parishes ware still vaccant and not supplyed Supplyed by any other minister the saids Lords have been pleased to grant the stipend of Coldinghame for the year J^aj vj^c nyntie one to the said Mr Alexander Douglas and the stipend of Eymouth for the year J^aj vj^c nyntie one to said Mr James Lawtie Wheras it is humbly offered to the saids Lords Consideratione that the saids Mr Alexander Douglas and Mr James Lawtie being deprived by the saids Lords for not obeying the proclamation and not praying for King William and Queen Mary and have never qualified themselves by takeing the oath of alledgance, yet have taken upon them to preach in the Church of Aytoune upon a pretended call of some of the heritors of Coldinghame and Eymouth and therby pretends right to the stipend and the saids calls being offered to the presbytrie of Chirnsyde ware found not to be in the termes of the act of Parliament and nothing hath followed therupon wherby the said Mr Alexander Douglas and Mr James Lawtie have no right at all to the stipend bot one the contrary the petitioner haveing supplyed the vaccancie of the said Church of Coldinghame ever since the deprivatione of the said Mr Alexander Douglas by the appointment of the Presbytrie and at the desyre and with the consent of the heritors and elders and other parishoners of the said parish of Coldinghame as ane testificat under the hands of the heritors and elders of the said parish produced would testifie, hath therby right conforme to the act of Parliament to the stipend of the said parish of Coldinghame and what ever favor It pleased the saids Lords to conferr upon the said Mr Alexander Douglas and Mr James Lawtie, yet the same cannot prejudge the petitioner his right and Just clame to the stipend for which he hath actually served in the saids paroches And Therfore Humbly Craving the saids Lords to take the premisses to ther serious Consideration and to recall the right granted by the saids Lords to the said Mr Alexander Douglas and to be pleased to grant the petitioner a right to the stipend of the said parish of Coldinghame for the said year J^aj vj^c nyntie one In respect that he hade served in the said parish the said year and yet continueth in the same and if the saids Lords thought fitt to appoint the stipend of Eymouth betuixt the said Mr Alexander Douglas and Mr James Lawtie who have no right therto Bot only what the saids Lords are pleased to allow in point of favor as the petitione bears The Lords of ther majesties privy Councill Haveing Considered the petition given in to them be the above Mr William Gullane and answers made therto be the above Mr Alexander Douglas and Mr James Lawtie with the writtes produced for aither partie They Refuse the Desyre of the petitione and adheres to their former interloquitor in favors of the above Mr Douglas and Mr Lawtie.