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radolph_n 11_o peter_n ramsay_n 12_o richard_n pottock_n 13_o hugh_n benham_n 14_o henry_n cheyn_n 15_o alexander_n kinninmouth_n 16_o william_n deyn_a 103_o 17_o john_n raith_n 18_o alexander_n kinninmouth_n 19_o adam_n cunningham_n 20_o gilbert_n grindaw_n 104_o 1_o henrey_n leighton_n 22_o ingram_n lindesay_n 3_o thomas_n spence_n 24_o robert_n blaicaster_n 105_o 25_o william_n elphingston_n 6_o alexander_n gordon_n 106_o 27_o gawan_n dumbar_n 28_o william_n stewart_n 29_o william_n gordon_n 107_o 30_o david_n cunningham_n 406_o bishop_n of_o murray_n 1_o william_n 107_o 2_o simon_n 3_o richard_n 4_o bricius_fw-la 5_o andrew_n 6_o simon_n 7_o archibald_n 8_o david_n murray_n 9_o john_n pilmore_n 10_o alexander_n bar_v 11_o william_n spiny_a 12_o john_n inn_n 13_o henry_n lichton_n 14_o columba_n dumbar_n 15_o john_n winchester_n 16_o james_n stewart_n 17_o david_n stewart_n 18_o william_n telloch_n 108_o 19_o andrew_n stewart_n 20_o andrew_n forman_n 21_o james_n hepburn_n 22_o 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bishop_n of_o rosse_n 1_o gregorius_n 109_o 2_o reynaldus_n 110_o 3_o andrew_n murray_n 4_o robert_z 5_o matthew_n 6_o thomas_n dundy_n 7_o roger_n 8_o alexander_n 9_o thomas_n vrwhart_n 10_o alexander_n kilbuine_v 11_o william_n bulloch_n 12_o thomas_n tullich_n 13_o henry_n cockburn_n 14_o james_n woodman_n 15_o thomas_n hay_n 16_o john_n guthry_n 17_o john_n fraser_n 18_o robert_n cockburn_n 19_o william_n elphingston_n 20_o james_n hay_n 21_o robert_n carncrosse_n 22_o david_n panter_n 23_o henry_n sinclare_v 110_o 24_o john_n lesley_n 15_o david_n lindesay_n 442_o bishop_n of_o cathnes_n 1_o darrus_fw-la 110_o 2_o andrew_n 3_o john_n 4_o adam_n 111_o 5_o gilbert_n murrary_a son_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o duffus_n 6_o william_n 7_o walter_z 8_o archibald_n 9_o andrew_n 10_o ferqhard_n 11_o david_n 12_o thomas_n fingask_n 13_o alexander_n 14_o malcolm_n 15_o robert_n strackbock_n 16_o john_n inn_n 17_o william_n mudie_n this_o see_n be_v vacant_a 24_o year_n adam_n gordon_n govern_v 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