Help reading Scottish OPR, please?

[stoney]

Can anyone tell me what this says? It's taken from an OPR for the marriage of John Beattie and Jennet Haliday - I can read the date of marriage (09/12/1717) but this first bit, I think, is in reference to their proclamation.


Thanks, Stoney

[Gadget]

Hi Stoney

Not sure of the first word but this is the gist of it:

<could it be Entri> ? 30th John Beattie and Jennet Haliday both in this parish gave  their Names to  (be)? proclaimed* and were married the 9th December


* Banns were usually 'proclaimed' in Scotland. There is the occasional 'booked' as well.

Gadget

[Rockford]

Hi Stoney,

Do all the entries start in the same way?  I might be wide of the mark, but it could be '& inst.' which is an abbreviation for 'the current month'.

Best wishes

Rockford

[Gadget]

That makes sense, Rockford . It does look like '& inst'  now you point it out 

[ScottishAncestry]

Hi Stoney,

Had my husband look at it he says:

The entry reads "Ejusd: 16", which is an abbreviation of "ejusdem", Latin meaning "of the same". Therefore it means the 16th of the same month as the previous entry, that is November the 16th. This will likely be the date that the couple booked in for proclamation of banns.

Hope this helps,

Emma