Reverend George Mudie, Minister of the Gospel at Kirkwall

REVEREND MR. GEORGE MUDIE, MA (aka GEORGE MOODY, MA)

Schoolmaster and Teacher of Music at Kirkwall in Orkney: Reader at the Cathedral Kirk of Orkney and Vicar of the Parish of Saint Ola: Minister of the Gospel of the Second Charge at Kirkwall, 1639-61: Clerk to the Presbytery of Orkney

According to the Reverend Doctor Hew Scott, George Moody is the "natural son of Adam Moody of Breckness, parson of Walls and Flotta". Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, V. VII. pp. 225-26 George Mudie is noticed by the Marquis of Ruvignay and Raineval but he was uncertain about his paternity. The Moodie Book

Vicar of the Parish of Saint Ola

Before the second charge at Kirkwall was recognized, the priest at Kirkwall was assisted by a reader who was the vicar of the parish of Saint Ola. George Mudie held this position for thirty-three years. On 2 May 1626 "George Mudie, reidare of Kirkwall" sold to Bailie Thomas Lentron "all and haill (his) haill vicarrage buttire of the parochin of St. Allawis, extending to fyffe barrellis Orknay buttire". Kirkwall in the Orkneys, p. 47

Clerk to the Presbytery of Orkney

Mr. George Mudie served as clerk to the Presbytery of Orkney in 1650 and 1651. On 19 March 1651 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland agreed that: "he may have the benefite this year and the former, which was due to him for his charge in precenting and clerkshippe to the Session." The Records of the Commissions of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, etc., p. 340

Death

George Mudie died before 1661. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, V. VII. pp. 225-26

Children

1. William Mudie

Evidence Published by the National Records of Scotland

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25 December 1633: Bond by Mr. George Mudie, reader at cathedral kirk of Orknay called St. Magnus kirk in Kirkwall, to provost, bailies, council of Kirkwall, for £100 scots, to be repaid to them if he removes himself from his service. Nation Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/704

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6 July 1641 Kirkwall: Mr George Mudie, clerk to the presbytery in Orkney, to Mr Archibald Johnston, clerk to the General Assembly in St. Andrews, anent process against Mr Patrick Waterston, younger, minister at Rousay. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Smythe Family of Methven, Perthshire, reference GD190/3/212

Secondary Sources Consulted

1. Hugh Scott, DD., Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Minister in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, New Edition, Volume VII. (Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1928), 800 pp.
2. B. H. Hossack, Kirkwall in the Orkneys (William Peace & Son, Kirkwall, 1900), 490 pp.
3. James Christie, D.D., The Records of the Commissions of the General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland, etc.
4. The Moodie Book