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A67329	An account of the Islands of Orkney by James Wallace ... ; to which is added an essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	Wallace, James, d. 1688.; Sibbald, Robert, Sir, 1641-1722. Essay concerning the Thule of the ancients.	1700 (1700)	Wing W491; ESTC R34706	63,791	200

of the Bishop Provost Canons and Chaplains and their Servants in the time of Easter and to administer the Eucharist to them The 4th Prebendary was to have the Chaplainry of St. John the Evangelist in the said Cathedral Church The 5th Prebendary was to have the Chaplainry of St. Lawrence The 6th was to have the Prebend of St. Katharine And the 7th Prebendary was to have the Prebend of St. Duthas To which seven Dignities and seven Prebendaries he moreover assigned and allotted besides the former Churches and Titles the Rents and Revenues of the Personages of St. Colm in Waes and Holy-cross in Westra as also the Vicarages of the Parish Churches of Sandwick and Stromnes with their pertinents for their daily Distributions Besides these he erected thirteen Chaplains to the first was allotted the Chaplainry of St. Peter and he was to be Master of the Grammar School To the second was allotted the Chaplainry of St. Augustin and he was to be Master of the Singing-School The third was to be Stellarius or the Bishop's Choirister The fourth the Provost Choirister The fifth the Archdeacons The sixth the Precentors The seventh the Chancellors The eighth the Treasurers The ninth the Subdeans The tenth the Prebendaries of Holy-cross The eleventh the Prebendaries of St. Mary The twelfth the Prebendaries of St. Katharine The thirteenth the Chaplains of Holy-cross Every one of these Choiristers were to have twenty four Meils of Corn and ten Merks of Money for their Stipend yearly besides their daily distributions which were to be raised from the Rents of the Vicarage of the Cathedral Church and from the foundation of Thomas Bishop of Orkney and of the twelve Pounds left by King James III. and King James IV. Kings of Scotland To these he added a Sacrist who was to ring the Bells and light the Lamps and carry in Water and Fire to the Church and to go before the Processions with a white Rod after the manner of a Beadle and for this he was to have the accustomed Revenue together with forty Shillings from the Bishop yearly He moreover ordained six Boys who were to be Taper-bearers and to sing the Responsories and Verses in the Choire as they were to be ordered by the Chanter Of which six Boys one was to be nominate and maintain'd by the Bishop the second by the Prebendary of St. Magnus the third by the Prebendary of St. John the fourth by the Prebendary of St. Lawrence the fifth by the Prebendary of St. Katharine the sixth by the Prebendary of St. Duthas And every one of them was to have besides their Maintenance twenty Shillings Scots a Year To every one of the foresaid Dignities Canons and Prebendaries he assigned certain Lands in Kirkwal for their Dwelling Houses The Charter of this erection is dated at Kirkwal October 28. Anno 1544 and in the following Year it was confirmed by another Charter granted by David Beaton Cardinal of St. Stephen in Mount Celio and Archbishop of St. Andrews having Authority so to do It is dated at Stirling the last of June and eleventh Year of Pope Paul the Third and confirm'd by Queen Mary at Edinburgh the last of April Anno Regni 13. In this condition the Church stood as long as Popery continued but the Reformation coming in and Robert Steward Earl of Orkney having obtain'd the Bishoprick from Bishop Bothwell in exchange for the Abbacy of Holyrood-house he became Lord of the whole Country and he and his Son Earl Patrick who succeeded him did in the Church what they pleas'd At last James Law being made Bishop of Orkney and the Earldom being united to the Crown by the death and forefaulture of the foresaid Patrick Earl of Orkney as we shall have occasion to speak more of in the 8th Chapter he with the consent of his Chapter made a Contract with King James VI. In which they resign to the King and his Successors all their Ecclesiastical Lands and Possessions with all Rights and Securities belonging thereto to be incorporated and united to the Crown especially by such as should be thought necessary to be united to it and the King gives back and dispones to the Bishop several Lands in the Parishes of Ham Orphir Stromnes Sandwick Shapinsha Waes Hoy St. Ola and of Evie Burra and Flotta to be a Patrimony to the Bishop and his Successors for ever disponing moreover to him and his Successors the Right of Patronage to present to all the Vicarages of Orkney and Zetland with power to them to present qualify'd Ministers as oft as any Church should vake Disponing also to them the heretable and perpetual Right and Jurisdiction of Sheriffship and Bailiffry within the Bishoprick and Patrimony thereof exeeming the Inhabitants and Vassals of the Bishoprick in all Causes Civil and Criminal from the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff or Steward of the Earldom As also he gave to the Bishop and his Successors the Commissariot of Orkney and Zetland with power to constitute and ordain Commissars or Chancellors Clerks and other Members of Court This contract was made Anno 1614 and in the Year following by an act of Platt dated at Edinburgh the 22d of November the several Dignities and Ministers both in the Bishoprick and Earldom were provided to particular Maintenances besides what they were in possession of before payable by the King and Bishop to the Ministers in their severl bounds respective And as it was agreed by that Contract and determin'd by that Act of Platt so are they provided for at this present CHAP. VII Of the Plantation of the Christian Faith in Orkney and of the Bishops thereof NIcephorus writing that Simon Zelotes after he had preached the Gospel in several other Kingdoms came at last ad occidentalem oceanum insulasque Britannicas by which Orkney must be especially understood and there Preached the Gospel Whatever truth may be in that yet it is certain That the Christian Faith was greatly promoted in this Country about the beginning of the Fifth Century Eugenius II. being then King of Scotland at which time Palladius being sent by Pope Celestin to Purge that Kingdom of the Heresie of Pelagius that had infected it He Instituted 1. Servanus call'd St. Serf in the Calender Bishop of Orkney that he might instruct the Inhabitants of these Isles in the Faith of Christ which Polyd. Virgil says he did very carefully He was a Man of Eminent Devotion and Piety and Master of the famous Kentigern whom he used to call Mongah which in the Norish Tongue signifieth Dear Friend which afterwards became the Name by which he was usually called From him there has been a continual Succession of Bishops in this Country but by reason of the many alterations that fell out in it and the loss of ancient Records his Successors for many years are not known yet in History we read of these that follow 2. William Bishop of Orkney who liv'd in the time of King Robert the Third 3. Thomas who liv'd in the