Smith's Vitæ Eruditissimorum et Illustrium Virorum

In his *Life of Sir Peter Young* he quotes *Ex Ephemeride Cl. V.D. Petri Junii*, but does not say where it was preserved. This (so-called) *Ephemeris* was written by Sir Peter in his later years, partly perhaps from memory, partly from notes, and, as might be expected, is not free from errors of date which admit of correction from other sources. Smith, following Camden, places Easter Seatown, Young's chief residence, in Lothian, whereas it is in Forfarshire, about a mile from Arbroath, and was part of the property of the great Abbey to which that town belonged. Is it known whether this *Epheme…