 - Abt 1643
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| Name |
Andrew Dishington |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Abt 1643 |
| Person ID |
I69832 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
2 Mar 2009 |
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| Notes |
- ANDREW DISHINGTON, son of John D., sheriff of Orkney (said to be descended from the Dishingtons of Ardross, near Elie, Fife, the first of whom was son of Sir William D. and Elizabeth, sister of King Robert the Bruce) ; appears as schoolmaster of Dunbar in 1594; pres. by Earl Robert to the prebendary of St Peter 26th Feb. 1595 ; app. master of the
Grammar School of Kirkwall ; min. of Stromness in 1599 ; trans, to Rousay and Egilsay in 1601 ; attended the Glasgow Assembly of 1610 ; was afterwards min. of Hoy (probably about 1614), being so designated in a lease of "the sax-penny land benorth the burne in Hoy" granted by his widow ; adm. to this charge before 1617; died before llth June 1627. He had a manse and glebe from George, Bishop of Orkney, which he possessed during his incumbency, though these are stated to have been withheld from his successor. He
marr. (1) Elizabeth Tulloch, and had issue John, app. master of the Grammar School of Kirkwall, and prebendary of St Peter in 1648, served heir 22nd Oct. 1644, died 1681 ; Thomas, precentor and session- clerk at Kirkwall, died 2nd June 1682 : (2) Margaret, daugh. of John Elphinston of Lopness. [Peterkin s Rentals, App., 50 ; Ing. Ret. Orkney, 43; M Crie s Melville, ii., 502 ; Orkney Sas., 29 ; Acts Parl. Scot., iii., 489 ; Craven s Orkney (1558-1662), 103 ; Smith s Church in Orkney, 220 ; Hossack s Kirkwall, 165.]
Source: Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol. 7. p. 255.
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| Sources |
- [S1669] Murdoch, Steve and Grosjean, Alexia., Murdoch (1998), (University of Aberdeen webpage ).
- [S1670] Hossack, B. H., Hossack (1986), (Kirkwall, Orkney, UK: The Orcadian, 1986.), p. 165 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1671] Kirkwall Library., Kirkwall Library., (Kirkwall: manuscript, n/d.).
- [S1674] Hew, Scott, Hew (1950), (Edinburgh, UK: Oliver and Boyd, Reprint 1950.), p. 255 (Reliability: 3).
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