Alexander Hog, Chaplain of Brechin Cathedral, rector of Brechin grammer school
Gender
Male
References
The history of education and of the old Parish Schools of Scotland by Wright, Alexander. (Edinburgh, Menzies): 1898 [1]
And the name of Alexander Hog, rector of the grammar school of Brechin, appears on a deed of resignation in 1485.
Brechin Faces of the Olden Time: Being Brief Sketches of Old Citizens By Wm Sievwright. (Brechin : D.H. Edwards, 1902) [2]
I do not know at what date the Grammer School of Brechin may have been instituted, but we are told that an Alexander Hog, who also held a chaplaincy in the Cathedral Church in 1485, is the first individual on record who assumed the title of rector of the school.
The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland: 1502-1507 By Scotland. Court of Exchequer, George Powell McNeill (General Register House, 1889) [3]
[Stirling, 24 Dunde. July 1505, from 28 July 1502 ; 3 years.] Discharge. To Minorites of Dundee, by letters under seal of Friar Andrew Russell, L15 ; chaplains in Breching Cathedral, by receipt of Alexander Hog and John Erskyn, chaplains L20 ; . . .
[26 July 1507, from 24 July 1505 ; 2 years] Chaplains in Brechin Cathedral, by receipt of Alexander Hog and John Erskin, chaplains, L13 6s 8d ; . . .
