with him--viz., bishop, priest, judge, bishop-champion
(polemic), psalmist, chamberlain, bell-ringer, cook, brewer, two waiters,
charioteer, fire-wood man, cow-herd, three smiths, three artizans, and
three embroideresses."

II.--RELATION OF AUCHTERARDER PRESBYTERY
TO THE DIOCESE OF DUNBLANE.

Of the thirteen dioceses in Scotland, that of Dunblane was the
smallest. In its Parochiale, or list of parishes, were 43 entries; but
3 of these were not parishes at all, but prebends, representing
respectively the Abbots of Cambuskenneth, Arbroath, and Inchaffray. Of
the churches and parishes proper that constituted the diocese, no fewer
than 18 are now included in the Presbytery of Auchterarder; while 12
constitute the Presbytery of Dunblane, and 6 are in the Presbytery of
Perth. Thus quite one half of the old diocese finds its corporate
representative in Auchterarder, while the other half is subdivided
between Perth and Dunblane.

Dunblane was formed into a bishopric by David I. out of the old Pictish
Bishopric of Abernethy, which in the division was allotted as a parish
to Dunblane. The date of erection was previous to 1150--some say 1140.
Dunblane was already a Columban, and (notwithstanding Dr. Skene's
argument to the contrary[1]) also a Culdee settlement. The church
dates back to the seventh century, and was an offshoot of the Church of
Kingarth, in Bute, for its founder was St. Blane. He was of the race
of the Irish Picts, and nephew of that Bishop Cathan who founded
Kingarth; he was himself bishop of that church, and his mother was a
daughter of King Aidan of Dalriada. Dunblane and its church were burnt
under Kenneth MacAlpin (844-860) by the Britons of Strathclyde, and in
912 were ravaged by Danish pirates, headed by Rognwald.

"At Dunblane," says Goodall,[2] "the Culdees continued near a hundred
years longer than at Dunkeld. Cormac Malpol, their prior, with
Michael, parson of Mothil, and Macbeath, his chaplain, are witnesses to
a confirmation by William, bishop of Dunblane (1210 ----), of a gift of
the Church of Kincardine to the monks of Cambuskenneth, to be seen in
their chartulary, fol. 80; and Malpol, the prior, and Michael and
Malcolm, Culdees, are witnesses to a charter by Simon, bishop of
Dunblane (1170 ----), one of William's predecessors.[3]

"At last, in the year 1240, the election of the bishop of that See was
devolved upon canons-regular, by a mandate of Pope Gregory IX., which
was obta