See also:

• BOECE (or BovcE), HECTOR (c. 1465 – c. 1536)

BOECE (or BovcE), See also:

• HECTOR

HECTOR (c. 1465 – c. 1536)  , Scottish historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUNDEE
• DUNDEE, JOHN GRAHAM OF CLAVERHOUSE, VISCOUNT (c. 1649-1689)

Dundee about the See also:

• YEAR

year 1465, being descended of a See also:

• FAMILY

family which for several generations had possessed the See also:

• BARONY

barony of Panbride in See also:

• FORFARSHIRE, or ANGUS

Forfarshire . He received his See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EDUCATION

education at Dundee, and completed his course of study in the university of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where he took the degree of B.D . He was appointed See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent, or See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor, of See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of Montaigu; and there he was a contemporary of See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus, who in two epistles has spoken of him in the highest terms . When See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART (1779-1859)
• ELPHINSTONE, WILLIAM (1431-1514)

Elphinstone, See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, was laying his plans for the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the university of Aberdeen (See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's College) he made See also:

• BOECE (or BovcE), HECTOR (c. 1465 – c. 1536)

Boece his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief adviser; and the latter was persuaded, after See also:

• RECEIPT (M.E. receite, derived through Fr. from Lat. recepta, participle of recipere, to receive)

receipt of the papal See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull erecting the university (1494), to be the first See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal . He was in Aberdeen about 1500 when lectures began in the new buildings, and he appears to have been well received by the canons of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, several of whom he has commemorated as men of learning . It was a See also:

• PART

part of his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty as principal to read lectures on divinity . The emoluments of his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office were poor, but he also enjoyed the income of a canonry at Aberdeen and of the vicarage of Tullynessle . Under the date of 14th See also:

• JULY

July 1527, we find a " See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

grant to Maister See also:

• HECTOR

Hector " of an See also:

• ANNUAL

annual See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £5o, to be paid by the See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of Aberdeen out of the king's casualties; and on the 26th of July 1529 was issued a " See also:

• PRECEPT (Lat. praeceptum, a rule, from praecipere, literally to take beforehand, to give rules, instructions or orders)

precept for a lettre to Mr Hector Boys, professor of See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, of a pension of £50 Scots yearly, until the king promote him to a See also:

• BENEFICE (Lat. beneficium, benefit)

benefice of 100 marks Scots of yearly value; the said pension to be paid him by the custumars of Aberdeen." In 1533 and 1534, one-See also:

• HALF

half of his pension was, however, paid by the king's treasurer, and the other half by the See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller; and as no See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment subsequent to that of Whitsuntide 1534 has been traced in the treasurer's accounts, he is supposed to have obtained the benefice soon after that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . This benefice was the rectorship of Tyrie . In 1528, soon after the publication of his See also:

• HISTORY

history, Boece received the degree of D.D. at Aberdeen; and on this occasion the magistrates voted him a See also:

• PRESENT

present of a See also:

• TUN

tun of See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine when the new wines should arrive, or, according to his See also:

• OPTION (Lat. optio, choice, choosing, optare, to choose)

option, the sum of £20 to See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase bonnets . He appears to have survived till the year 1536; for on the 22nd of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November in that year, the king presented See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden to the rectory of Tyrie, vacant by the See also:

• DEATH

death of " Mr Hector Boiss." He died at Aberdeen, and was buried before the high See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar at King's College, beside the See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb of his See also:

• PATRON

patron Bishop Elphinstone . His earliest publication, Episcoporum Murthlacensium et Aberdonensium per Hectorem Boetium Vitae, was printed at the See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press of Jodocus See also:

• BADIUS, JODOCUS

Badius (Paris, 1522) .

The notices of the early prelates are of little value, but the portion of the See also:

• BOOK

book in which he speaks of Bishop Elphinstone is of enduring merit . Here we likewise find an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the foundation and constitution of the college, together with some notices of its earliest members . His fame rests chiefly on his History of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, published in 1527 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Scotorum Historiae a prima geniis origine cum aliarum et rerum et gentium See also:

• ILLUSTRATION

illustration non vulgari . This edition contains seventeen books . Another edition, containing the eighteenth book and a fragment of the nineteenth, was published by Ferrerius, who has added an appendix of See also:

• THIRTY

thirty-five pages (Paris, 1574) . The See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of the history displays much ability; but Boece's See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination was, however, stronger than his See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment: of the extent of the historian's credulity, his narrative exhibits many unequivocal proofs; and of deliberate invention or distortion of facts not a few, though the latter are less flagrant and intentional than early 19th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism has assumed . He professed to have obtained from the monastery of Icolmkill, through the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good offices of the See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll, and his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, John See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell of See also:

• LUNDY
• LUNDY, BENJAMIN (1789-1839)
• LUNDY, ROBERT (fl. 1688)

Lundy, the treasurer, certain See also:

• ORIGINAL

original historians of Scotland, and among the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest Veremundus, of whose writings not a single vestige is now to be found . In his See also:

• DEDICATION (Lat. dedicatio, from dedicare, to proclaim, to announce)

dedication to the king he is pleased to See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state that Veremundus, a Spaniard by See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, was See also:

• ARCHDEACON (Lat. archidiaconus, Gr. &oxt3tauovor)

archdeacon of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews, and that he wrote in Latin a history of Scotland from the origin of the nation to the reign of See also:

• MALCOLM
• MALCOLM, SIR JOHN (1769-1833)

Malcolm III., to whom he inscribed his See also:

• WORK

work . His propensity to the marvellous was at an early period exposed in the following verses by See also:

• LELAND (LEYLAND Or LAYLONDE), JOHN (c. 1506-1552)
• LELAND, CHARLES GODFREY (1824-1903)
• LELAND, JOHN (1691–1766)

Leland: " Hectoris historici tot quot mendacia scripsit Si vis ut numerem, See also:

• LECTOR, or READER

lector See also:

• AMICE

amice, tibi, Me jubeas etiam fluctus numerare marinos Et liquidi stellas connumerare poli." Boece's History of Scotland was translated into Scottish See also:

• PROSE

prose by John See also:

• BELLENDEN (BALLANTYNE Or BANNATYNE), JOHN (fl. 1533-1587)
• BELLENDEN, WILLIAM

Bellenden, and into See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse by William See also:

• STEWART, ALEXANDER TURNEY (1803-1876)
• STEWART, BALFOUR (1828-1887)
• STEWART, CHARLES (1778–1869)
• STEWART, DUGALD (1753-1828)
• STEWART, J
• STEWART, JOHN (1749—1822)
• STEWART, JULIUS L
• STEWART, SIR DONALD MARTIN (1824–19o0)
• STEWART, SIR HERBERT (1843—1885)
• STEWART, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1540—c. 1605)
• STEWART, STUART
• STEWART, WILLIAM (c. 1480-c. 1550)

Stewart . The Lives of the Bishops was reprinted for the See also:

• BANNATYNE, GEORGE (1545—? 1608)

Bannatyne See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, Edin., 1825, in a limited edition of sixty copies . A See also:

• COMMONPLACE

commonplace verse-rendering of the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Bishop Elphinstone, which was written by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Gardyne in 1619, remains in MS . There is no See also:

• MODERN

modern edition of the history, though the versions of Bellenden and Stewart have been edited .