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Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR GEORGE AUCHINLECK OF BALMANNO.
Date: Thomas Swintone, Minister at St Coltham,
v.
The Executors of his Predecessor
16 July 1627 Click here to view a pdf copy of this documet : PDF Copy
By act of General Assembly, holden at Monross, 28th June 1595, it was ordained, if a minister deceases any time before Michaelmas, his executors shall
have all his stipend of that year wherein he deceases, albeit he decease in January; and, if he decease after Michaelmas, his executors shall have the whole stipend of that year wherein he deceases, and the half of the next year. According to the which Act, the Lords are in use to decide: as was done by Mr ThoSwintone, minister at St Coltham, and the executors of his predecessors. Page 131.
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