An appendix to the history of the Church of Scotland containing the succession of the archbishops and bishops in their several sees from the reformation of the religion until the year 1676, as also the several orders of monks and friers &c. in Scotland before the Reformation : with the foundation of the universities and colledges, their benefactours, principals, professours of divinity and present masters : and an account of the government, laws and constitution of the Kingdom.

The Ʋniversitie of SAINT ANDREWS

WAS founded by Bishop Henry Wardlaw, Anno Christi 1412. It is endowed with very ample Privileges.

The Archbishops of Saint Andrews are perpetual Chancellours thereof.

The Rectour is chosen yearly, and by the Statutes of the Universitie he ought to be one of the three Principals. His Power is the same with that of the Vice-chancellour of Oxford or Cambridge.

There are in this Universitie three Colledges; viz. SAINT SALVATOR'S, SAINT LEONARD'S, NEW COLLEDGE.

SAINT SALVATOR'S Colledge.

James Kennedy, Bishop of Saint Andrews, founded this Colledge, built the Edifice, furnished it with costly Ornaments, and provided sufficient Revenues for the maintenance of the Masters and Professours.

Persons endowed at the Foundation were,

• • A Doctour
  • A Bachelour
  • A Licenciate
  of Divinitie;
• Four Professours of Philosophy, who are called Regents;
• Eight poor Scholars, called Bursars.

Benefactours.

I can give little or no account of the Benefactours.

The Earl of Cassils hath founded a Professour of Humanitie to teach the Latin tongue.

George Martyn cieled the great Hall.

Present Professours.

• George Weemis, Doctour of Divinity, Provost.
• James Rymer, Professours of Philosophy.
• George Thomson, Professours of Philosophy.
• Edward Thomson, Professours of Philosophy.
• James Strachan, Professours of Philosophy.

The Arms of Saint Salvator's Colledge are the Globe and Saint Salvator's Cross.

SAINT LEONARD'S Colledge

Was founded by John Hepburn, Prior of Saint Andrews, Anno 152—.

Persons endowed are,

• A Principal or Warden,
• Four Professours of Philosophy,
• Eight poor Scholars.

Benefactours.

Of these I can give no account.

The Priory of Portmuck is annexed to this Colledge.

And lately, the Parsonage of Kinkell in Aberdeneshire.

Present Professours.

• James Weemis, Doctour of Divinity, and Dean of Saint Andrews, Principal.
• William Sanders, Professours of Philosophy.
• Alexander Skene, Professours of Philosophy.
• Alexander Grant, Professours of Philosophy.

NEW COLLEDGE

Was founded by James Beaton, Archbishop, Anno 153—.

The Professours and Scholars endowed are of Divinity; for no Philosophy is taught in this Colledge.

Present Professours.

• Walter Comrie, Doctour and Professour of Divinity, Principal.
• David Faulconar, Professour of Divinity.

There was lately founded in the Universitie of Saint Andrews a Professour of Ma∣thematicks.

The present Rectour of the Universitie is Andrew Bruce, Doctour of Divinitie, Arch∣deacon of Saint Andrews.

The short and bad Account which I have given of this Universitie proceeds meerly from want of Information.

Learned men and Writers.

• John Mayor, Provost of Saint Salvator's, a person, according to the Learning of those Times, very famous. His History of the Scotish Nation is not so much esteemed, being very short, and in the style and way of writing Scholastical and Quodlibetical. He wrote also on the Master of the Sentences: but see his Character page 68. He flourished about the year 1520.
• Andrew Melvill, Professour of Divinitie in the New Colledge, a man well seen in the Hebrew Language and the Rabbinical writings. He was the first who kindled the great Combustions in this Church, by introducing the Discipline of Geneva amongst us, as may be more fully seen in the foregoing History.
• ...

• John Baron, Doctour and Professour of Divinitie in the New Colledge, was a person of great Worth and Learning, and of great Candour. He died in the time of our late Com∣bustions.
• Sir John Wedderburn was a Professour of Philosophy in this Universitie; but that was too narrow a place for so great a Person, who became since so celebrated for his great Lear∣ning and skill in Physick: and though his infirmities and great age forced him to retire from publick practice and business, yet his fame attracts all the Nation to him, and his noble Hospitality and kindness to all men that are learned and vertuous makes his Con∣versation no less loved then his Advice is desired.
• Samuel Rutherfurd, Professour of Divinitie in the New Colledge, was very famous in those Times, for quickness and subtilty in disputing and writing. He was judged to be very devout: he wrote Exercitationes de Gratia, and Disputationes de Providentia: he was a wonderfull Assertour of the Supralapsarian Hypothesis: he wrote also many Books in English; some Controversial, as the Divine right of Presbytery, others pieces of Devoti∣on and Sermons: he wrote also a Seditious Book, condemned by Law, about the Power of the King, and the Priviledges of the People, called Lex Rex. He died 1661.
• Alexander Colvill, Doctour and Professour of Divinitie in the New Colledge: he was be∣fore Professour at Sedan. He was learned in the Hebrew, and was a great Textuary, and well seen in Divinitie. He died about the year 1664.
• James Wood, Professour of Divinitie, and Provost of Saint Salvator's, was a person both judicious and wise, as also of considerable Learning: he wrote a Book against Inde∣pendency: he died about the year 1664.
• John Johnston, Professour of Divinitie in the New Colledge, wrote a Paraphrase of the Psalms, and other most excellent Poems, and for his skill in the Latin tongue and Poesie was second to none in his time: he flourished about the year 1610.
• David Calderwood, a man of great reading and study, but very unhappy in his way of expressing himself, both which appeared in his Altare Damascenum. He was at first very factious, and banished the Kingdom by King James; yet was afterwards much neglected by that violent Party, who judged him too moderate, though from his Book none would imagine him guilty of it.
• James Durham, a Gentleman of a good Family and learned, was bred in this famous University: he wrote a judicious Book of Scandal, with good Learning in it: there are also Expositions of his upon the Revelation, and on the Song of Solomon, and the Ten Commandments, all published since his death.
• George Gillespie was also bred here, who was a very pregnant young man, had great freedome of expression and much boldness, which raised him to make a very considerable figure among the Covenanters. He had some good Learning, but was very factious: he wrote against the Ceremonies, and many pieces against the Erastians. He died An. 1649.
• James Gregory, Professour of the Mathematicks in this University, was a person of most extraordinary Learning in those Sciences. He had a strange faculty of resolving the har∣dest Problems, and seems to have found a Non plus ultrà in Geometry. He was Fellow of the Royal Society, and much admired both in England, France and Italy, where he tra∣velled; but lost both his eyes, and soon after died, 1674.

In this Universitie many of the chief Nobility are bred, among whom none has done greater honour to Saint Leonard's Colledge, where he was bred, then his Grace the Duke of Lauderdail: to whom as Learning seemed entailed, (his Family for four Descents ha∣ving been most famed for Learning of any of their Quality;) so he received those impres∣sions in this Universitie, that, being since much improved, have rendered him so eminent for Learning; of which onely my Subject leading me to speak, I shall say nothing of his other extraordinary Qualities.

Archbald Lord Napier of Merchiston was a profound Scholar, and of great worth. His Logarithms have rendered him famous throughout the whole world: he wrote also an Ex∣position on the Revelation. He died 162—.

Sir Robert Murray, a great Promoter and Fellow of the Royal Society, was a person of wonderfull abilities, vast apprehensions, great depth of Judgment, and universally knowing in every thing, but more particularly in the Mathematicks. He was a great Or∣nament to the Age he lived in, and an honour to his Country. He died Anno 1674.