| Description | Instrument of the intimation taken at "Roddein" [Rathven] by Master William Leslie N.P. on compearance of Alexander Gordon in Oxhill and Adam Stewart in ?Praishare, elders and parishioners of Rathven for themselves and other parishioners to declare to Margaret Paterson, spouse of David Forrester, minister of the parish, that they had come to demand of him an account of any arrears or debts due him by them and offered to make payment to his wife (he apparently being deliberately absent from home) details given. They protested that non-payment was due to his absence from home whereby no agreement could be reached and could in no way be prejudicial to the band for his demission. |