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[^EXTRACTS FROM THE RECORDS OF THE ROYAL BURGH OF 
STIRLING, 1519-1752. VOL. I. ED. R. RENWICK. GLASGOW 1887.
PP. 1.1.-35.5^] 

<P 1>
[} [\5 DECEMBER 1519\] }]
   (\Curia burgi de Striveling, tentta et affirmata in pretorio #
dicti burgi per
prepositum et ballivos eiusdem.\)
   Ane Gilbart M'Lellan hais byddin, in presens of the saidis   #
provest and
ballies, vij s. for ane pece of land contenand xxxij paice of   #
lyncht and the
breid as it was sene be the balyeis of befoir, and the said vij #
s. to be pait as
ws of uder anualis ar pait within the said burgh.

[} [\16 JANUARY 1519-20\] }]
   Quhiet was funding saild for xviij s. the boll; malt was     #
funding for xx s.
the boll.
   The provest, ballies, counssal and communite, hais granttit  #
thar common
seill to Sir Johen Patoun, cheplan, to be appendit and to       #
hungin to ane proces
of ane land liand in the Mary Wynd the quhilk pertenit to       #
wmquhill Males
Williamsoun.
   The dekin of the talyouris gave in ane suplicacion to the    #
provest and
balyeis desyrand to have sic prevelagis as thar craft hais in   #
uder bowrowis for
the agmentacion to be doune be tham and causit to be doune in   #
haly kirk;
and the saidis provest and ballies commandit tham to get the    #
prevalegis 
granttit to thar said craft in Sanct Jonis toune and tha sauld  #
awis with the
counssale, and thaireftir as tha thocht maist expedient to gif  #
tham ansour.
<P 2>
   The watter of Forcht was set to Alexander Murra for this     #
instant yeir
for xv merkis, to be pait as ws and wount.  Plegis for the      #
payment hus hand 
and gudis.
   It was fundin be the inquist that na persoun nor persounis   #
within the said
burgh sall haild ony syen wtwith bald or housses, under the     #
pane of tilsall
of the syen and viij s. of unlaw.

[} [\20 JANUARY 1519-20\] }]
   The commoun seill was granttit to be appendit to ane         #
testimoniall that
Thomas Buchane was nebour.  Wille Dic enterit to the fredoum of #
burgesry,
under the aicht aucht and wount, and sall pay xiiij s.; plegis  #
George
Johensoun.
   Robert the Brus of Archt was interit to the fredoum of       #
burgesry and
gild be rasoun of hus fader, and sall pay xxvj d. ob., ij li.   #
walx, and the wyne.
Plegis Robert the Brus of Carnok.

[} [\24 JANUARY 1519-20\] }]
   Allexander Murra, James Merschal, Johen Monucht, and William 
Monucht, prisit this gair, syoern, wnderwrittin: - Ane blak     #
goune linit with
blak skennis, to vj merkis; v ellin of tanny, v Franch          #
crounnis; ane doublat
of gray sathing, xx s.; ij pair of hois of skerllat, xl s.; ane #
blankat, vj s. viij d.

[} [\13 FEBRUARY 1519-20\] }]
   Gilbert M'Lellan protestit in the nyme and behaw of the      #
bredir of the
gild that na man enter to the fredoum of the gild bot he that   #
sall pay v li.,
the walx and the wyne, excep tham that enteris be airschip that #
is payit of
befoir.
   Johen Bully present, in presance of the provest and ballies, #
ane instrument
of Sir Allexander Fresall hand, the quhilk proportit and bour   #
in the selfe the
donacioun and gift of the parocht clarkschip and the keipin of  #
the knok for
all the dais of hus lyeftyme, as he allegit.
   The provest and ballies hais assignit Frida that nixt cummis #
to Waltir
Grame to enter him to the fredoum of burgesry and gild, on this #
condicioun,
that he sall fynd souerte for hus finis and be oblist and       #
syoern that he sall
nocht [{exercise any{] punt pertenyng the fredoum of the gild   #
on to [{the tyme{]
<P 3>
that he pay v li., the walx and the wyne, to the gud toune,     #
eftir the forme
and tenor of the act maid thar apon be the provest, balyeis,    #
counsale and
communite, the quhilk is new ratifeit yeirly.

[} [\26 FEBRUARY 1519-20\] }]
   James Gryme, soune and air to wmquhill Malcum Gryme,         #
comperit in
the said fenssit court, in presens of the saidis provest and    #
ballies, and thar he
chesit Mergret cuntas of Cassillis to be hus curatour and maid  #
facht that he
was nocht compellit, sedoussit nor coacit thar to, and maid     #
facht that he sould
nevir cum in the contrar befoir na juge nor jugis speretual na  #
temperal.
   It was statut and ordinit that na houkstar sall by ony manir #
of fycht na
uder stoufe to tap agane apon nebouris quhill eftir xj houris,  #
under the pane
of eschetin of the stoufe that is coft.

[} [\12 MARCH 1519-20\] }]
   The provest and ballies, counssal and communite, hais        #
granttit to thar
nebouris the craftismen of the smythis this privelage, that is  #
to say, that ilke
persoun or persounis that bringis ony stufe pertenyng to thair  #
craft to sell
within this said burgh sall pay a penny on the mercat day for   #
help of Goddis 
service to be doune in the said parocht kirk, in honor of God,  #
the blissit
Virgin, Sanct Loye, and all sanctis.

[} [\16 APRIL 1520\] }]
   (\Curia capitali burgi de Striveling, tentta et affirmata in #
pretorio dicti
burgi per prepositum et ballivos eiusdem.\)
   Quhite was fundin saild for xvij s. the boll.
   Johen Akman was fundin lipir.
   It is statut and ordinit be the provest, ballies, counssal   #
and communite,
that na houkstar, nor uder persoun douelland within this said   #
burgh, by ony
fysch or caponis quhill xij houris at noune to tap agane apon   #
thar nebouris,
under the pane of viij s. to the Rud wark, onforgifin.
   And eliekwis it is statut and ordinit that na houkstar, nor  #
uder persoun
doulland within this burgh, by ony corn or hay or foder that    #
cummis to this
gud toun to sell to tap agane on to the hour of tuelfe at       #
noune; and the said
efter stufe that cummis to sell efter noun on to sex houris at  #
ewyne, under the
pane foirsaid.
<P 4>
   It is statut and ordinit that na meill, malt, baier nor      #
quhit, that cummis
to the marcat of this said burgh, be saild quhill xij houris at #
noune, under the
pane of viij s.
   Johen Williamsoun passit, at the command of the saidis       #
provest and
balyeis, to the tolbouit wyndo, and proclemit opynly gife thair #
was ony persoun
or personis that had ony enteris to ane hous with the           #
pertinentis pertenyng
to wmquhill Johen Aysoun, liand betuex the land of James Langis #
on the
norcht part and the land of wmquhill Thom of Cragingelt on the  #
soucht part,
to cum within xl dais and pay the said chaplan [\Sir John       #
Aysoun\] the by
runnyn annalis with the expensis and tha sall haue full ingres  #
to the said hois
with the pertinentis, and faling heirof tha will cais heritable #
seissing to be
giffin to the said Sir Johen Aysoun to be bruikit and josit be  #
him and hus
successouris (\inperpetuum\).

[} [\16 JULY 1520\] }]
   It is statut and ordinit be the balyeis na persoun nor       #
personis sell aiell
derrar nor xvj d. the gallon, under the pane of vij s. to the   #
Rud wark onforgifin.
   It was appoyntit and contractit betuix honorable personis,   #
Thomas Besat
of the Quarell on the ta part and George Crechtoun on the       #
tothir parte,
in this maner folowand, that is to say that Alexander Besat sal #
complete
mareage with Jonet Crechtoun, dochter to the said George; for   #
the quhilk
mareage the said George sall content and pay to the said        #
Alexander the soum
of achtscore of merkis, and the said Thomas sall tharfor        #
infefft the said
Alexander and Jonet in coniunct fefftment in the souchhalf of   #
the landis of
the Bissat land, togidder with al and hale his landis of xxx    #
akaris efter the
tenour of thar appoyntment and contractis thareupone.  [\Robert #
Brus of 
Erch, Robert Brus of Auchinbowy, and William Mouch, burgesses,  #
bind themselves
for payment of the eight score merks; and George Crechtoun,     #
provost,
and Robert Brus of Auchinbowy, bind themselves to relieve Mouch #
of his
obligation.\]

[^3 SEPT., 1 OCT., 5, 9, 12, 26 NOV., 14.JAN. 1520 OMITTED.^]

<P 8>
[} [\17 JANUARY 1520-21.\] }]
   Johen Bully protestit that the provest, ballies nor counssal #
of this said
burgh, sould nocht be displesit at him quhowbeit he callit than #
and perseuit
tham befoir ane uder juge for the wrangus haldin of hus fee for #
the keipin of
the knok, as he allegit, na that it sould nocht hourt him na    #
hus fredoum be
na waye.  The saidis provest, ballies and counssal, beand       #
present for the
tyme, requirit the said Johen Bully to schaw ane attenttice     #
document of
the gift of the keipin of thar knok and quhat he sould have     #
tharfor and he
sould be ansourt.
   Duncan Patonsoun produsit and schew ane attentict document,  #
of
wmquhill Sir James Darow hand writ, of the dait of fyfty yeris  #
or mair, the
quhilk maid mentioun that hus land and tenement the quhilk he   #
ocupiis
this foirsaid day aucht bot viij d. of anuale to the abbay of   #
Cambusschennocht.
   Comperit in the said fenssit court dene George Esok,         #
subprior of Cambusschennocht,
and dene Johen Arnot, sakar of the said place, and thar         #
requirit
the said Duncan Patonsoun to pay tham ane stane of talk or of   #
xvj d., eftir the
forme and tenor of thar chartour, becais thar chartour was      #
befoir hus avidence
xxx yeris or mair, as tha allegit, and gifin undir the commoun  #
seill of the said
burgh.
   Sir Thomas Coling denyit to mak service in the parocht kirk  #
of the said
burgh eftir the tenor and forme of hus awin hand writ, the      #
quhilk was produsit
and schawin to him in the said fenssit court in presens the     #
haill communite
beand present for the tyme.

[} [\28 FEBRUARY 1520-21.\] }]
   George Thomsoun grantit that he had vj poder plattis, vj     #
dissches, iij
sawsaris. ij trenscheris contenand xxv li., price of the li.    #
xviij d., j quart, j
choppyn, j chandelar, twa pottis, the cost of a pot xx d., j    #
pair of schettis,
j bed, j buffat stoull, j pair of boullis, j brodclayth, j      #
touall, j small standand
compter; the quhilk gair pertenit to the barnis of wmquhill     #
Duncan Lyntoun
and deliverit to him be Johen of Cragingelt and Thom Smytht.

<P 9>
[} [\8 APRIL 1521.\] }]
   Johen Sym, soune to Andro Sym, was in amerciament for the    #
not keipin
of hus condicion to James Merschall tuechin the fraichtingis of #
hus boit out of
the port of Striveling callit Blyis Hoill to the havin of       #
Leicht, becais it was
previt sufficiently befoir the said inquist that the saidis     #
James fraichit the
said boit to the said havin siclik as Duncan Patonsoune, nebour #
of the said
burgh, did of befoir now at hus last waagh, and the said James  #
to pay na mair
fracht this ladin na the said Duncan did of befoir to the said  #
Johen.
   The saidis balyeis comandit and chargit George Symsoun,      #
nebour of the
said burgh, to bring ane pot to tham on Friday nixt to cum, the #
quhilk is the
xij day of the said monecht, the quhilk pot was recoverit be    #
David Scumervaill
of the Plane apon wmquhill Duncan, as the ackis rasit tharupone #
proportis,
and falin that he bring nocht the said pot the said day that    #
tha will pas to 
hus hous and tak als gud a pot be thair estimacion and deliver  #
to the creditour
on to the tyme that tha get thar awin, becais the said pot      #
aucht bot sex s.,
the quhilk was deliverit in the balyeis handis in this present  #
court.
   It was fundin be the inquist na man nor woman douelland      #
within the
said burgh hald ony syene without band, under the pane of slain #
of the syene,
quhasumevir aucht thame, and tha to have na radres na payment   #
of the
persoun that slais tham.
   It is fundin be the inquist that ilke nebour keip nebourhed  #
in the begin
of thar yaird dikis to uderis, and quha that falis to pay the   #
unlaw of viij s. to
the Rud wark, and the ballies to constrene and compel thame to  #
big the 
sammyn.

[} [\12 APRIL 1521.\] }]
   Charllis Kanydi requirit the saidis ballies to mak devisioun #
and part the
guddis and gair pertenyng to wmquhill Malcum Gryme and to       #
deliver Jenot
Gryme, douchter to wmquhill the said Malcum, hir porcion and    #
part of the
sammyn, the quhilkis the saidis baillies refusit and said tha   #
wald nocht
intromet with nane of that gair becais it was testit.

[} [\21 APRIL 1521.\] }]
   It was statut and ordinit be the provest, ballies, counssal  #
and communite,
beand present for the tyme, that na houkstar by ony salmound na #
yit na fycht
to tap agane apon nebouris on to xij houris at ewine.

<P 10>
[} [\6 MAY 1521.\] }]
   James of Schaw of Salky, knycht, granttit, in presens of the #
saidis
provest and ballies, that he ranunsit and gaife our all rycht   #
or titill of rycht that
he had, hais or mycht have in ony tyme to cum, to ane land and  #
tenement
pertenyn to wmquhill Thomas Young, liand within the said burgh, #
betuex
the land and tenement of wmquhill Robart Duncan on the est part #
and the
land of wmquhill Sir James Darow on the wast part and the       #
Kingis hiegait
on the norcht part and the gait callit the Bakraw on the soucht #
part, to
Robert Spettale, servand to the Quenis grace, excep allanerly   #
the payment
of x s. of annale be yeir; and the said James oblist him        #
fachtfully nevir to
cum in the contrar befoir na juge na jugis, speretuall nor      #
temporall, in ony
tyme to cum, under the pane of maensyeiring, defamacion and     #
inhabilite.
   David Crag, thesaurar of the said burgh for the tyme,        #
requirit at the
provest, ballies, counsall and communite, beand present for the #
tyme, gife tha 
thocht expedient to sustene the pleis of thar rychtis tuechin   #
the soumondis
maid apon thame be master William Hammiltoun, viccar of the     #
said burgh,
and Johen Bully, parocht clerk, anent four akeris of land of    #
the Boroumannis
Medow of the commoun of the said burgh clemit be the said       #
viccar to pertein
to him and hus successouris, and anent a sertane mony clemit be #
the said
Johen to be uptane yeirlie of the commoun gudis for the keip of #
the knok as
he allegis, the quhilk is dependand the law befoir the          #
offisiall of Loudean;
and the said provest, ballies and counssal, beand than present, #
beand avisit,
all in [{ane{] woce concludit that tha wald sustene the plee    #
and defend the said
acciounis becaus tha undirstand that thar acciounis perseuit be #
the saidis
viccar and klark war on juste and that tha had na just titill   #
to the saidis
akeris nor mony.

[} [\20 JULY 1521.\] }]
   Jame Moffat, tailyour, was in amerciament of bloud and       #
trublance of
Sande Dyncan, tailyour; plegis for the unlaw [\blanco\] Moffat, #
pigmakar. The
said Sande Duncan was in amerciament for the trublance          #
committit and doune
apone Jame Moffat; plegis his hand and gudis. Sande Duncan was  #
in
amerciament for the desobaissance of James Lam, seriand.
   Johen Bully, in presens of the saidis ballies, in a fenssit  #
court, said that 
he sould mak Jame Lam onable to bruk ane office.
<P 11>
   Duncan Smart and Johen Allan, talyour, war lawborgh that     #
Jame Moffet
sould be harmles and skaitles of Thome Allan, talyour.

[} [\29 JULY 1521.\] }]
   (\Curia burgi de Strivelyng, tenta et affirmata in pretorio  #
dicti burgi per
prepositum, Alexandrum Forester, et ballivos.\)
   [^NAMES^]
   Andro Borell of Logy wes in ane amerchyment of this court    #
for the
wrangwis withthalding of ane pair of blak clokis fra Robert     #
Tenent, thaggar,
and his wif, borrowit fra tham, and is ordand to restoir the    #
samyn be ane
assis to the saidis Robert and his spous.  Jonet Clerk,         #
vmquhill servand to
Robert Tenent, grantit in jugisment that scho ressavit ane pair #
of blak clokis
fra Andro Borell and his wif and laid tham in apon Roben        #
Tenentis langsadill
end within his hous, and wes chargeit to reman in the tolbutht  #
for the 
samyn.

[} [\9 AUGUST 1521.\] }]
   Johen Bully, of his awin fre motife will, in presance of the #
saidis provest
and ballies in the said fenssit court, hais ranunssit frely and #
gifin our the
keipin of the knok of the Rud Kirk and nevir to clem ony richt  #
to the
sammyn, and the guid toun to disspon apon the sammyn as tha     #
think maist
expedient.

[} [\10 AUGUST 1521.\] }]
   Allexander Murray, burges in the burgh of Striveling, of hus #
awin fre
will, has bundin and oblist him, hus airis, executouris and     #
assignais, to content
and pay to Mergret Schaw, the relict of wmquhill George of      #
Crichetoun of
Breder toune, tuenti four bollis of meill gud and sufficient    #
stoufe and markat
wair, to be pait to the said Mergret or hir factouris yeirly    #
betuex the feist of
the Nativete of our Lord and the feist of the purificatioun of  #
our Lady; and
the halding of ten ky, and to pay tharfor kane cheis extending  #
to fyfti stane,
and of the said l stane to be fyfe stane to the tynd; and gife  #
the said Mergret
falis in the deliverin of the ky samekle cheis to be defakit,   #
and the said ky to
<P 12>
be prisit and to be deliverit to hir als guid at the wsscha of  #
the termis of
thre yeris.

[} [\30 SEPTEMBER 1521.\] }]
   Freir Wynssent, litstar, prior of the Freris Predicatoris of #
this said
burgh, protestit solemmtly, in presens of the saidis ballies    #
and in the vesiagh
of the haill court, that na proces leid nor to be leid within   #
the said burgh
sould hourt tham na thair place of thar anualis awin thame bot  #
that tha
mycht have ramaid of law.
   Sir James Akman, chaplane, collector and balye to the feft   #
chaplanis of the
parocht kirk of the said burgh, protestit solemply that na      #
proces leid nor to
be leid sould hourt the saidis feft chaplanis of thar obit      #
silver nor anualis in
tyme cumin bot that tha mycht have rameid of law.
   Duncan Patonsoun allegit, in presens of the saidis ballies,  #
that he wanttit 
hus fee the last tyme he was balye and protestit that he sould  #
nocht bruk na
office on to the tyme that he war pait of hus said fee.
   The saidis provest and balyeis passit to the mercat cros of  #
the said burgh
and causit to proclame that na broustar within the said burgh   #
sell ony aiell
derrar na xij d. the galloune, undir the pane of the frist falt #
viij s. unforgifin,
the nixt falt xvj s., the third falt the dingin fourcht of the  #
calderun bodim,
brekin of the breuin loumes and expellin of the persoun or      #
persouns committeris
and brekaris of this statut breuin for ane yeir.
   The aild provest and ballies: [^NAMES^].
   The new provest and ballies: [^NAMES^].
   Thir are the nyemis of the dekinnis: [^NAMES^].

[} [\4 OCTOBER 1521.\] }]
   Duncan Patonsoun was chosin dene of the gild for this        #
instant yeir.   
   David Crag was chosin thesawrar for this instant yeir.
<P 13>
   Robart Arnot, ane of the ballies of the burgh of Striveling, #
passit to the
hous and lugin of James Tennand and causit a certane gair       #
pertenyn to
wmquhill Johen Elphinstoun to be prisit be famus men and causit #
to be 
syoern to pris liellely and treuly this gair that eftir         #
folowis; and thir ar the
nyemis of the saidis prisaris, [^NAMES^].
   Item, in the first, ane hors prisit to xxvj s.; item, ane    #
sadill, bridill and
hors hous, vj. s.; item, ane syourd, buklar and syourd belt, vj #
s.; item, ane
pair of buttis and ane pair of schoun, ij s. vj d.; item, ane   #
gaubart of russat
xx s.; item, ane hogtoune of rayit clayth, xviij d.; item, ane  #
clouk iiij s.; item,
ane jak, viij s.; item, twa pair of hois, 5 s.; item, ane       #
dowblat, iij s.; item, ane
gray bonat, ane nicht courchre and hus sark, gifin to the woman #
that keipit
him; item, awin be Hammiltoun to the said wmquhill Johen, 5 s.

[} [\14 OCTOBER 1521.\] }]
   Sir James Akman, cheplane, and balye and collectour to the   #
feft chaplanis
of the parocht kirk of the said burgh, produsit and shew ane    #
attentic chartour
and seissin of twa markis of obit silver to be upliftit and     #
tane to the feft
chaplanis yeirly for sufferagh to be doun for the saullis of    #
wmquhill Allexander
lord Elphinstoun and Sir Johen Elphinstoun, his fader, of ane   #
land and
tenement liand in the Bakraw.

[} [\3 FEBRUARY 1521-2.\] }]
   Thom Smyth, dekin of the smychis, was in amerciament for the #
wrangus
fundin of ane borgh apon George Smyth, allegand that the said   #
George was
awin xxij s. iiij d. for thair prestis met and ane wkly penny,  #
the quhilk was
fundin be the assis that the said George aucht na mair to the   #
said craft bot in 
sa fer as he occupiit within the fredoum of the said burgh.

[} [\14 FEBRUARY 1521-2.\] }]
   James Lang, burges within the said burgh, and Males Lang,    #
hus oye and
aire, hais granttit thame to have analeit and saild ane anuale  #
rent of ix s. to
be tane and upliftit be the brother and fraternite of the       #
Halybloud or thar
factouris yeirly [\and another annual of 6 s.;\] the quhilk     #
mony that was
gottin for the saidis sex shilling of anual ane pairt tharof    #
was gifin to Thom
<P 14>
Fowlar to lyeir the said Males the skennar craft as ane prentes #
aucht to be
lyerit.
   Males Lang is bunden prentes to Thom Fowlar, skennar, for    #
the spece of
four yeiris; the said Thomas hais promittit to lieir the said   #
Males and do hus
delegens to lieir him the said craft eftir hus pouar, and to do #
to him in meit,
drynk and beddin, as a maister aucht to do hus prentes.  And    #
atour it is
condicionit gif the said Males passis fra the said Thomas hus   #
master within
the saidis termes of iiij yeiris in hus defalt, without ocasion #
of the said
Thomas, and byidis and absentis him fra him fourti dais, the    #
said Thomas sall
nocht rasaife him agane to hus prenteschip nor lieir him the    #
said craft in
tyme thaireftir.  And gife the said Males ramanis with hus said #
master to
the wsscha of hus foirsaid termes he oblisis him to mak service #
for ane yeir
to the said Thomas, for meit and fee, befoir ony uderis.

[} [\17 FEBRUARY 1521-2.\] }]
   The baillies hais assiguit this day xv days to the dekin and #
craftismen of
the hammirmen to prefe gife scheit makaris scottis and lottis   #
with thar craft
in uder borouis, that is to say in Edinburgh, Dunde, Glasgow,   #
Sanctjohentoun,
or in Abirdene.
   It was assignit to the balyeis this day xv dais to James     #
Tennand to
prefe that the lair that George Symsoun erddit hus wyfe in was  #
hus lair and
granttit to him be the dyen of gild that was for the tyme and   #
that hus barnis
and wyfe was erddit in the said lair and that he had maid cost  #
for the payment
of it with stanis.

[} [\3 MARCH 1521-2.\] }]
   The bayleis hais assignit this day xv dais to Wille          #
Gillaspy to bring
the lard of Kars acquittance of all fermes and malis that he    #
has deliverit
to the said lard, or to ony of hus factouris, of the landis of  #
the Justinflet pertenyn
to Patric Mentecht, the quhilk he hais in assedacion of this    #
gud toun,
sen the feild of Floudoune, the quhilkis sall be weill allouit  #
to the said
William.
   Thom Watsoun allegit that he aucht nocht apon rasoun to scot #
nor lot
the craftismen of the hammirmen becaus he occupies na warklomis #
that pertenis
to thair said craft nor samekle as a hammir.

<P 15>
[} [\17 MARCH 1521-2.\] }]
   Johen Hendersoun hais promisit to gife four schilling        #
yeirly, at twa
termes Whitsownday and Mertimes be evinly porciounis, to the    #
dekin of the
maltmen that beis for the tyme to the vphald of dyvyne seruice  #
to be doun
at the altar of Sanct Mathow fundit and situat within the       #
parocht kirk of the
said burgh.

[} [\28 APRIL 1522.\] }]
   It was fundin be the inquist that ony flechour that slais    #
ony falty flecht
within burgh, or brekis ony fawin flecht to tap amangis         #
nebouris, that he sall
be expellit fra flecht slain within burgh for ane yeir, and ane #
vnlaw wnforgifin.
   It is ordinit that the dekin of the flescheris that beis for #
the tyme cum
to the offisaris that beis the said tyme and schaw tham ony of  #
the said craft
that byis ony fawin flecht or ony falty flecht to tap apon      #
nebouris, and falin
heirof that he sall pay xl s. to the kirk wark.
   Item, that na flescheir hald na servand bot he that he will  #
risspond and
ansour for him.
   Item, that na martis, syen nor muttoun, be slane on the      #
hegait be na
fleschour na thair servandis bot in the Bakraw and in bouis,    #
under the pane
of the unlaw als aft as tha falt.

[} [\5 MAY 1522.\] }]
   The saidis ballies, counsall and communite, beand present    #
for the tyme,
hais granttit that the dekinis and craftismen of the said burgh #
sall have ane
kee of the lok of the commoun kist in keipin quhar all the      #
avidentis of this
gud toune and the commoun seill ar in keipin.
   All the dekinis of craftismen of the said burgh for this     #
said instant yeir, 
all in a voce, protestit solemply that thar sould nocht be na   #
takis of the
common land of the said burgh set in ony tyme to cum langar     #
takis na fife
yeiris eftir that the viij yeris takis be runin, the quhilkis   #
ar granttit this said
day to the tenentis that occupyis the said comoun landis for    #
ane gratitud
doune be tham in the payin of ane takist of four schor of       #
pundis and xiij li. or
thar by of thair foir malis of the comoun land of the Borowmuir #
and the
Soucht akeris that tha have in assedacion of the provest,       #
ballies, counssal and
communite of the said burgh.

<P 16> 
[} [\17 JUNE 1522.\] }]
   In presens of the provest and balyeis, Allexander Benne,     #
dekin of the
wobstaris, and hus haill craft, with consent and assent of all  #
the dekinis and
craftismen of the said burgh, the quhilk nyemis of the saidis   #
dekinis folowis:
in the first, Patric Lausoun, Thom Smyth, Johen Allexander,     #
Johen Allan,
Thom Mitschal, Andro Lokart and Allexander Robisoun, hais       #
condusit and
feit Sir Robart Broun, chaplan, curat for the tyme, for dyvin   #
seruice to be
doune at the altar of Sanc Luck, situat within the parocht kirk #
of the said
burgh, that is to say the said Sir Robart sall, God willin, say #
twa messis in
the wouke at the altar befoir Sanc Severine, patrone to the     #
saidis craftismen
of wobstaris, for the quhilkis the saidis dekin and craftismen  #
of wobstaris that
happynis to be for the tyme sall thankfully content and paye to #
the said Sir
Robart xxvj s. viij d. in the yeir, be evinly porcionis at twa  #
usit termis Witsounday
and Mertimes in wynter.

[} [\30 JUNE 1522.\] }]
   William M'Lellane protestit that it sould nocht hourt hus    #
fredoume
quhobeit he soummound Marion Cant befoir the official,          #
considering he
complenit to the balyeis and tha wald nocht sit on sic materis  #
becaus the
mater was iniurius langagh and schlander.

[} [\6 OCTOBER 1522.\] }]
   All the land burges war unlauit for thair absence fra the    #
heid court,
excepand Nycol Cristesoun and Ritsche Cristesoun.
   Agnes Lang and Walter Ewinsoun, hir soune, submittit tham    #
syorne to
abid, stand and underly, the sentance and deliverance of master #
Dave Abircrummy,
subden of our Soverane Lordis chapell riall, Sir James Wilsoun, 
persoun of Glendovane, Malcum Drummound of Kilbrid, Walter      #
Grame and
James, of all accionis and debaittis betuix tham and specialy   #
anent the landis
of the Glen and the gudis and gair of airschip pertenyng to the #
said Walter.

[} [\10 OCTOBER 1522.\] }]
   Allexander Patonsoun promisit to bring the lard of Keiris    #
boit wp the
watter and deliver hir quhar scho lay and to do the sammyn      #
within xv dais. 

<P 17>
[} [\27 OCTOBER 1522.\] }]
   It is statut and ordinit that candill be saild [{na{] derrar #
na iiij d. ob.
the li. and that tha be four penny candill in the pund and ane  #
halfpenny
candill and ix halfpenny candill in the li., and that tha be    #
gud and sufficient
stoufe, under the pane of the unlaw escheiting of the candill.
   It is statut and ordinit that all flecht that cumis to this  #
mercat to sell be
prisit be ane balye and ane certan of fleschouris and uderis    #
nebouris that sall
be chargit be ane balye, and that na mauschit na spoulyeit to   #
cum to this said
mercat to sell under the pane of escheting of the said flecht.
   It is statut and ordinit that na fleschor within this burgh  #
sla na caus to
be slane ony flecht bot on the Baksyid or in thar bouis, undir  #
the pane of
viij s. the frist falt, xx d. the nixt falt, and tynssall of    #
the flecht the thrid falt. 
   It is statut and ordinit that na persoun nor personis woucht #
ony maner
of clais at the toune bouirn within the Barrasyet or aboun, for #
fyling of the
bourn, undir the pain of viij s. vnforgevin and brekin of the   #
weschal that tha
wous with.

[} [\17 NOVEMBER 1522.\] }]
   Jame Males put him in will for the haldin of ane kow and ane #
sowe 
that war commoun dik brekaris.

[} [\19 DECEMBER 1522.\] }]
   It is statut and ordinit be the provest, ballies, counssal   #
and communite,
beand present for the tyme, that na nebour doulland within the  #
said burgh
tak ane cobill of the watter of Forcht bot at the ballies maid  #
be tham, under 
the pane of tinssal of hus fredoum.

[} [\23 FEBRUARY 1522-3.\] }]
   The provest, ballies, counsall and communite, beand present  #
for the tyme,
hais granttit to suple and suport Sir Robart Cristisoun,        #
chaplan of Sanc  
James Chapel, master of thar grammer scholl, in the plei in     #
defens of the
said chapel and the rychtis tharof.

[} [\16 MARCH 1522-3.\] }]
   It was fundin be the assis that Johen Cousland sall deliver  #
to Arche
Duncansoun ane certan gudis pertenyn to him in airschip be the  #
dissase of
<P 18>
wmquhill Johen Duncansoun, hus fader, that is to say, ane bed,  #
ane chandlar,
ane reid coverin, ane pouder dicht, ane yetlyn, ane gangand     #
quheil, ane tyne
pynt, ane mask fat, ane stand and ane gyeil fat, gife the said  #
Johen hais nocht
deliverit the saidis gudis to the said Arche and prefe the      #
deliverance of the
samin.

[} [\27 APRIL 1523.\] }]
   All the nebouris beand present for the tyme war content and  #
granttit
that David Crag, thesaurar, and Robart Arnot, master of the     #
kirkwark, sould
deliver to Marthing, servand to Ewin Allasoun, the soume of xl  #
pundis in part
of payment of ane mair soume for temyr to the queir of the kirk #
of the said
burgh.

[} [\6 JULY 1523.\] }]
   It was fundin be the assis that Wille Forsyicht falit in hus #
condicion to
Gilbart Patonsoun tuechin the sellin of ane sowe to the said    #
Gilbart, that
condicionit that scho was with gryissis the tyme of the sellin  #
of hir, and scho
was not.

[} [\15 FEBRUARY 1523-4.\] }]
   Jenne Murra and Johen Murra war ilk ane of tham in           #
amerciament for
trubling of thair nebouris, undir silence of the nycht, throw   #
thair flything and
haldin of thair nebouris walkand all the nycht.
   It is statut and ordinit that ilke nebour big hus dikis and  #
keip nebourheid
to uderis, and quha that falis and douis in the contrar quhat   #
sckait that
ony nebour takin in hus yaird, in defalt of keipin of           #
nebourheid, in sa far as
he ma prefe the skait, the nebour nocht keipand him nebourheid  #
sall recompance
him at the syicht of nebouris in sa far as he is skait.

[} [\4 APRIL 1524.\] }]
   Sir Dave Cristisoun, chaplane, enterit to the fredoum of     #
burgesry and
gild be rasoun of wmquhill Nycol Cristesoun, hus fader, and     #
sall pay xxvj d.
ob., ij li. walx and the wyne.
   The saidis provest, ballies, counssal and communite, hais    #
granttit to
affixit thair commoun seile to ane new chartour to be           #
transumptit and maid
of all anualis pertenyn to Sanc Laurance altar fundit and       #
situat within the
parocht kirk of the said burgh, and the said charter to be put  #
in the common
kist, and the said Sir William to have copy of all the saidis   #
anualis, and the
<P 19>
saidis provest and ballies sall caus him to be ansorit and      #
obayit of the sammyn
as law will.

[} [\18 APRIL 1524.\] }]
   The provest, ballies, counsall and communite, hais grantit   #
and lyessance
to the Gra freris of the said burgh ane pece of thair common    #
land lyand at
the soucht part of thair yaird equali gangand doune the bred of #
thair yaird
to the Rud croft.

[} [\2 MAY 1524.\] }]
   Johen Allan, talyour, was in amerciament for the occupyin of #
the furruris
in furring of ane goune with new stoufe, and it is ordinit and  #
commandit
be the provest and ballies, that na talyour within the said     #
burgh occupy the
said furrur craft, wndir the pane of xl s. to the Rud wark als  #
aft as tha falt.

[} [\7 MAY 1524.\] }]
   The provest [{and{] ballies, with consent and assent of the  #
hail bredir of the
Haly bloud, hais granttit to content and pay Sir Johen Lambart, #
chaplane of
thair said altar, xxv merkis yeirly, gud and wsual mony of the  #
realme, for hus
gud and thankfull service doune and to be doune at thair said   #
altar of the
Halybloud, with all uder service, that is to say Ladymes,       #
Hiemes, Hevinsang
and Mathingis, and how and quhen the tyme occurris.
   The provest, ballies, counssal and communite, all with ane   #
consent and
assent, na discrepance, hais granttit and gevin the service of  #
the Rud alter
in the Rud loft, fundit and situat within the parocht kirk of   #
the said burgh,
to ane discret man, Sir Johen Spottiswoud, chaplane, for hus    #
gud and thankfull
service to be doune at the said alter, with all and syndry      #
anualis, croftis, landis,
oblacionis, and generall all and syndry acsedant pertenyn to    #
the said alter;
and als the saidis provest, ballies, counssal and communite,    #
hais granttit ane 
yeirly pencion of vj merkis to the said Sir Johen, and gife the #
said Sir Johen
makis gud and thankfull service, efter the forme and tenor of   #
hus donacion
gifin to him under the common seill of the said burgh, the      #
saidis provest, 
ballies, counssal and communite, sall conseder at the yeris end #
and eke hus
pencioun efter thair consiance and discression eftir hus gud    #
service makin. 

[} [\5 SEPTEMBER 1524.\] }]
   Wille Aysoun hais tane the stagis and the ravenues of the    #
fair for xvij
<P 20>
merkis and x s. [{And{] the said provest and ballies hais       #
promisit to deliver
and draw the best stagis that cumin in the stond to Wille       #
Aysoun and warrand
him the sam that na man sall have challance or cleme of rycht   #
to him, bot to
be brukit be the said William, and he to disspon on him as he   #
thinkis maist
expedient.

[} [\23 OCTOBER 1524.\] }]
   Thir ar the thingis that ar granttit be the provest and      #
ballies to Duncan
Patonsoun, dene of the gild for the tyme:-
   Item, in the frist, the provest and ballies sall tak hus     #
afald part and
defend him in ony maner of thing belangand hus office in the    #
exarcision or
execussion of hus office, bayth with tham selfe and thair       #
servandis, quhenevir
he chargis tham or ony ane tharto.
   Elyckwis, gif the said Duncan makis expens within the kirk   #
or queir in 
ony necessar or nyeidfull thingis or reformacion of Goddis      #
service, for the
honor of God and the weill of the toune, that tha sall mak the  #
said expens
tharof and caus the samyn to be thankfully payt to him quhen he #
gifis the
sammyn in writ to tham, or ony wder expens he makis out with    #
for the weill 
of the toune and the gildbrethir.
   And, elyekwys, that nowder provest nor ballies liessent nor  #
gife lyefe to
na chaplane, beand within the kirk that tha ar patronis to, to  #
pas na harandis
bot gife he have lyefe of the said Duncan, and gife hus         #
harandis be gret and
nyeidfull to be doun to ramane at the maist bot viij dais fra   #
his service.
   Item, it is granttit that the said Duncan sall nocht         #
intromet with the
fillin of the lamppis na lychtin of the candillis.

[} [\31 OCTOBER 1524.\] }]
   Jame Murra was in amerciament for the wrangus blasflemyn,    #
trubbeling
and houcterin of Robe Salter.
   Johen Johensoun was in amerciament for the wrangus castin of #
ane
muttoun buke of Johen Lamis undir hus feit on the cassay and    #
fylin of it.

[} [\21 NOVEMBER 1524.\] }]
   Johen Ackyne, balye, is souerte that Fyndelo Donaldsoun sall #
deliver ane
gud and sufficient gryndstane of four fut, and thre fyngir      #
breid, to Rob Scot.
   Thir ar the previs of the awnyng of ane syourd ... Rob       #
Merschal,
frist witnes, of xl yeris of aige, or tharby, syorne, deponit   #
that weill he wis
<P 21>
and sekirly knew that the syourd thair present, clemit be Johen #
Benne, was
the said Johen awin syourd and coft be him fra [\blanco\] Gray, #
and that he
had wanttit the syourd cum xv dais befoir Youll ane yeir ...

[} [\21 JANUARY 1524-5.\] }]
   David Greg was maid [{quit{] be ane assise of the slachter   #
of ane syene
that he slow to Marion Broun becaus syene war fundin unlachfull #
gudis.

[} [\3 MARCH 1524-5.\] }]
   The provest, ballies, counssale and communite, beand present #
for the
tyme, hais granttit the altar of Sanc Ninianes altar and the    #
service tharof to
Sir Thomas Jarva, he makand service at the samyn eftir the      #
forme of hus 
condicion undir hus awin subscripcioun of hus hand.
   The provest, ballies, counssale and communite, beand present #
for the
tyme, nane discrepance, all in ane woce, haif granttit the nixt #
wakand alteragh
that wakis within thar parocht kirk of the said burgh to Robart #
Ferny, soune
to Robart Ferny, burges of the said burgh, he beand habill      #
tharto, and gife
Sanc Ninianis altar be wakand the said altar to be gife him the #
service of the
sammyn, and falin tharof to gife him the service of ane wder    #
als gud als soune 
as it wakis, he beand abill tharfor as said, and to mak service #
eftir the tenor
and forme of the ac maid of befoir.

[} [\31 MARCH 1525.\] }]
   Wille Fidlar, allies Ednom, was in amerciament for the       #
wrangus trublance
of Sir James Crag, chaplane, be hus violent and impertinat      #
langagh without
falt maid to him be the said Sir James or ony wderis in hus     #
behaw, tharfor
it is statut and ordinit be the saidis provest and ballies that #
the said Wille
sall nocht falt to the said Sir James in ony tyme to cum, and   #
gife he dowis
in the contrar that he sall pay xl s. to the Rud wark on        #
forgifin.

[} [\12 APRIL 1525.\] }]
   The bowrow court of Striveling haldin and affirmit be the    #
provest and
balyeis of the sammyn; comperit befoir tham Robart Spettal,     #
factor and actor 
for Cristane Ra, servitrice to the Quenis grace and hienes, on  #
the ta part, and
Sir Allexander Buchan, chaplan, for himselfe and all wderis     #
haveand entres,
<P 22>
and submittit tham fauchfully, be the wphaldin of thair rycht   #
handis, the
deliverance of thir personis eftir folowand, that is to say,    #
Duncan Patonsoun,
dene of the gild, Robert Arnot, Johen Ackyn, Ritschart Narne,   #
ballies, Alexander
Watsoun [\and six others,\] tuechin the bigin of ane new hous   #
and gawill
be the said Cristan Ra and hir said factor to the gawill of the #
land of the said
Sir Allexander Buchane, in the Castal Wynd; the quhilkis        #
personis beand
syoern, mowvit of court, ryiply avisit, incom agane in jugment, #
and deliverit
all in a woce that the said Cristan Ra and hir factor sall      #
tousk, bowale and
ragall, the gawill of the saidis Cristan new hous to the gavill #
of the said Sir
Allexander hous, and the said Cristan and Robart in hir neme    #
till have all
the haile stoufe and stanes of the said Sir Allexander part of  #
his aild gavill,
and the saidis Cristan and Robart hir factour to big thar said  #
gawill as tha
pleis and as tha think maist expedient, and the said Sir        #
Allexander and hus
airis and successouris to be excludit in tyme to cum fra ony    #
flittin or makin
of ony asiamenttis of the said gavill tharthrow becaus the said #
Sir Allexander
makis na expens nor cost of the bigin of the haill gawill.

[} [\24 APRIL 1525.\] }]
   Ritschart Broun was convictit and filit for the thyftuis     #
steilling of twa
maris out of the landis of Corntoun, and thareftir that the     #
doume was gifin 
on him to be hangit quhill he war deid, he granttit, of his     #
awin fre will, that
he staw ane mair fra Robe Lam and ane blak hors out of the      #
Cobiltoun.
   The provest, ballies, counsall and communite, hais statut    #
and ordinit that
thair be na kaik bakstaris within the fredoum of the said burgh #
fundand
selland ony kaikes bot samony as sall be chosin be tham, the    #
quhilkis sall be
bot vj in nowmyr; and ordinis that James Lam, Johen Youle and   #
Dave
Ritsche, offisaris, pas and warne all kaik bakstaris doulland   #
within the fredoum
of the said burgh to dissist and scise fra the said occupacion, #
and to
warne tham all to the nixt court that tha ma be sex chosin for  #
the said
occupacioun and all the laife dischargit.

[} [\8 MAY 1525.\] }]
   James Lam, seriand, passit at the command of the said balyie #
to the tolbouit
wyndo and proclamit opynly gife thair was ony persoun or        #
persones
that had ony entres till ane land and tenement pertenyn to      #
wmquhill Johen
<P 23>
Stewart, liand within the fredoum of the said burgh betuex the  #
land of
wmquhill Johen Aysoun, on the est part, and the land of William #
Cosour, on
the wast part, to cum within xl dais and pay the runnyn anwalis #
to Sir James
Murra, chaplane, with the expens, and falin tharof thar will be #
heritable
stait, seissin and possessioun, gife to the said Sir James, to  #
be brukit and
josit be him and hus successouris (\imperpetuum\).

[} [\11 MAY 1525.\] }]
   The service of Sanc Ninianes altar fundit and situat within  #
the parocht
kirk of the said burgh was gifin to Sir Thomas Duncansoun, with #
all anualis,
landis oblacionis and all wder doweteis, he makand service      #
tharfor eftir the 
forme and tenor of the ackis maid of befoir.

[} [\3 JULY 1525.\] }]
   It is ordinit be the saidis provest and ballies that na      #
craftisman of the
talyour craft occupy na ws ony punt pertenyn to the fredoum of  #
the gild,
under the panes that ocuris to tyne apon law.
   Allexander Duncan protestit, in the name and behaw of the    #
haill craftismen
of the talyouris, that quhat war doun in this present court     #
tuechin thar
privelagis sould nocht hourt tham na tourne tham to preiudice   #
bot that tha
mycht have remeid of law befoir ony juge or jugis competante    #
quhen and
quhar it efferit.

[} [\2 OCTOBER 1525.\] }]
   Robart Arnot hais offerit ane signet of gould to Johen       #
Allan, in the neme
and behaw of Walter Cousland, he payand the mony that the said  #
signet is
awin to the said Walter.
   It was fundin be the inquist that thar sall nocht be na      #
pencioun gifin to
na chaplane in agmentacioun to ane alteragh for ane yeir.

[} [\6 OCTOBER 1525.\] }]
   The provest, bailyeis and counssal, haif assignit Monunday   #
that nixt
cummis to the haile counssal to convene in the lujene of Sir    #
Duncan Forester
of Garden, knycht, to avies on the gift of the altar of Sanc    #
Katerin fundit and
situat within thar parocht kirk, and ordinis that the hail      #
counssal be warnit
to convene in the said lujene betuix ane and twa houris eftir   #
noune. 

<P 24>
[} [\16 OCTOBER 1525.\] }]
   (\Curia justiciare burgi de Striveling, tentta in pretorio   #
dicti burgi per
Allexander Forester, vicecomitatum dicti burgi.\)
   [^NAMES^]
   Robart Mentecht was convicit be the said assis and doume     #
gifin on him
to be had to the Heiddin Hill and the hed to be strakin fra the #
body, and
the said doume was gevin be Wille Forsycht, dempstar for the    #
tyme.

[} [\21 OCTOBER 1525.\] }]
   (\Curia justiciarie burgi de Striveling, tentta in pretorio  #
dicti burgi per
Allexander Forester, justiciarium dicti burgi.\)
   [^NAMES^]
   It was fundin be the said assis that Robe Murra and Jame Mur #
had
thiftusly stouin ane gryne clok, ij syourds, ane sertane of     #
sarkis, courcheis and
colaris, vij pair of schoun, ane pair of hois, ane buklar; that #
tharfor the saidis
Robart and James sould be tane to the Galhous and hangit quhill #
tha war
deid; and doum was gifin tharupon be the moucht of Wille        #
Forsyicht, 
dempstar for the tyme.

[} [\23 OCTOBER 1525.\] }]
   (\Curia burgi de Striveling, tentta in pretorio dicti burgi  #
per prepositum
et ballivos eiusdem.\)
   It is statut and ordinit be the provest, ballies and         #
counssal, that na
stabelar within this said burgh sell ony aittis derrar na v d.  #
the pec of the
best aittis, and that nane of tham by aittis in the mercat      #
quhill strangeris and
the toune be servit; and that secundar aittis be saild for iiij #
d. the pec, and 
smallar aittis be saild na derrar na iij d. the pec, and tha    #
that ar nocht
wourcht iij d. to be saild bettir chaip. The stane of haye,     #
iiij d.
<P 25>
   Alssya, it is statut and ordinit that na houkstar by aittis  #
within this
burgh to tap bot gife scho hais ane stabil and hors meit to     #
furnes, and falin
heirintill the aittis to be chettit.

[} [\3 NOVEMBER 1525.\] }]
   Thir ar the nemis of the kaikbakstaris to be admittit and    #
ordinit to
bak kakis, and that tha be sufficient stoufe and hald the       #
woucht, and quhen
the pec of meil is coft for vj d. that the penny kake be ane    #
pund woucht, and
sya afferand the woucht of the kake as the meil is saild:-      #
Agnes Thomsoun,
Agnes Beltmakar, or ane of hir douchteris, Marion Wod, Cristan  #
Akman,
Mergret Kirk, Jenne Symun, Mergret Drummound and Johen Hutching #
wyfe.

[} [\21 NOVEMBER 1525.\] }]
   It was previt sufficiently be Robyne Ewin and Johen Ewin,    #
and the gret
aicht syorne, that Johen Talyour passit our the Watter of       #
Fourcht at the
Borowman medow with the nowmyr of v=xx= of syene or tharby.

[} [\29 JANUARY 1525-6.\] }]
   Allexander Crag is souerte that Edward Rowane sall bring the #
sow clemit
be Andro Legat to be hus propir gud on Monunday the xij day of  #
Fabruar
nixt to cum, and to enter the said syen in presens of the       #
saidis provest and
ballies.

[} [\8 FEBRUARY 1525-6.\] }]
   James Pattoun, first witnes, syoerne, deponit that be the    #
aicht that he
maid, safer as he wnderstoud, that the sow clemit be Andro      #
Legat, thair present,  
was Dave Bellis sow and now Edward Rouanis and saild be him to
wmquhill the said Dave Bell, quhowbeit that hir lug was cuttit, #
and on cuttit
the tyme that he saild hir to the said Dave.

[} [\5 MARCH 1525-6.\] }]
   It is ordinit be the provest and ballies that na persoun     #
within burgh tak
mair for the brekin of ane salmound bot ane penny, wnder the    #
pane of debering
of the persoun that dois in the contrar fra brekin of fycht for #
yeir and day
at the will of the saidis offisaris.
   Allexander Smytht hais grantit to deliver to Rob Willesoun   #
ane silver
belt and ane ring betuex this day and Peax nixt to cum, and     #
falin tharof to
deliver the waill of the samyn.

<P 26>
[} [\9 APRIL 1526.\] }]
   Johen Robesoun, fleschour, was accusit, in presens of the    #
saidis provest
and bailyeis, for the slaktir of Sande Patonsoun, allegand that #
the said Johen
strak the said Allexander, thro the quhilk strakis the said     #
Allexander deit;
the said Johen denyit that ever he strak him na did him hourt   #
or harme and
tuk him to God and ane gud assis; the assis ramovand and        #
passand fourcht
ryiply avisit and be examacion of witnes in com agane, and      #
deliverit all in a
voce that the said Johen innocent of the deid of the said       #
Allexander becaus it
was sufficiently previt befoir tham be famus witnes that the    #
said Johen did
him nowder hourt na harme the tyme that it was allegit that he  #
strak him.

[} [\13 APRIL 1526.\] }]
   Thomas M'Calpy was fundin be the said assise that he faltit  #
to the bailye,
Ritschart Narne, be impertinat langagh, and it was ordaned be   #
the said
assise that Allexander Forester, provest, Walter Grame and      #
Allexander
Watsoun, ballies, sould modife amendis be thar discretioun to   #
the said
Ritschart, balye, be thar discrecioun. Thomas M'Calpy hais      #
offerit him rady
to mak ane emendis to Ritschart Narne at the ordinance of the   #
provest and
the towder twa bailyeis as tha command him. Thome M'Calpy       #
allegit that
the provest and the bailyeis set and pynist for impertinat      #
langagh and wald
nocht gife him rameid nor amendis of impertinat langagh.
   It was fundin be the foirsaid assis that Marion Nortoun and  #
Marion Brus
war ilkane of tham in amerciament for the brekin of the         #
statutis of the said
burgh in sellin of xvj d. aiel contrar the statutis; and it is  #
ordinit that quhat
tyme quhow soune ony of the saidis personis brekis the statutis #
in tyme to
cum that the balyeis sall tak of the faltour xl s. or ellis     #
ding out the fat bodim
and deil the brewin at the cors.

[} [\23 APRIL 1526.\] }]
   Duncan Darow was fundin in ane falt becaus the gud toune     #
wanttit bred,
and he to be punist tharfor or ellis fynd ane faltour.

[} [\28 MAY 1526.\] }]
   Micschal Donaldsoun, taylour, granttit, in presens of the    #
saidis provest
and ballies, that he cuttit partis of treis in Duncan Forsycht  #
yaird extending
to ix pece of bulisteris, chereis and ploumis.

<P 27>
[} [\16 JULY 1526.\] }]
   Quheit was fundit saild samekle as the bakstaris of the      #
said burgh couft
in Leicht at this last waiaigh for xv s. the boll, and all wder #
quhit that tha
coft for xvj s. the boll. Malt was fundin for xvj s. the boll.
   It is statut and ordinit be the provest, ballies, counssal   #
and communite,
that na indoullar within the fredoum of the said burgh sla ony  #
flecht to sell
bot ane freman. Alssya na nyeiris na nyeircres be tane out of   #
the scheip,
nowder to burgh nor land, that cummis to sell or saild within   #
the said burgh,
quhill Michalmes, under the pane of viij s. unforgifin.         #
Alssya, that na
muttoun that ar saild within the said burgh be blawin, under    #
the pane of
viij s. unforgifin, nowder with punt of knyefe na uderwais.
   Item, that na houkstar by ony fecht to tap apon nebouris on  #
to xj howris,
under the pane of viij s. Item, that na houkstar ocupy na ws na #
byin na
tappyn of fycht bot on the mercat day, undir the pane of viij   #
s. Item, that
na houkstar occupy the mercat in sellin of fycht bot to remane  #
at thair awin
dourris excep the mercat day, undir the pane of viij s. Item,   #
that ragratouris 
na couparis pas to the watter of Forch to by ony fycht unto the #
tyme it
[{is{] presentit the mercat, under the pane of viij s.

[} [\30 JULY 1526.\] }]
   Allexander Crag hais tane apon him to prefe sufficiently     #
that Thom
M'Calpy promisit xx s. to the maltmen and to thair alter of     #
Sanc Mathow, and
to prefe the sam this day xv dais.

[} [\27 AUGUST 1526.\] }]
   Johen Thom, allies Cristisoun, soune to wmquhill William     #
Thom, allies
Cristison, enterit to the said William fredoume, undir the      #
aicht aucht and
wount, and sall pay xxvj d. ob., ij li. walx and the wyne.      #
Plegis Sir Dave
Cristisoun, stewart to the Queenis grace. And gife it happynit  #
that the said
Johen eldast broder beis levand and cummis in Scotland and      #
desyris to entir
to his faderis fredoume, the said Johen sall renunce and gife   #
our the said fredoume
and the occupacioun of the sammyn for the entres of his said    #
broder.
   The alter of Sanc Michal, the haly arkangel, was granttit    #
and gevin to
Sir Archibald Watsoun, soune to Allexander Watsoun.

<P 28>
[} [\1 OCTOBER 1526.\] }]
   It was statut that na houkstar nor wder persoun sould pas    #
to the toune
end, na till ony wder partis of the toune, to by butter, egis,  #
foullis, na uder 
stoufe cumand to the said burgh to sell, and quha that did in   #
the contrar it
sould be lesum to ony nebour that could apprehend ony of tha    #
ragratouris to
tak the stoufe fra the saidis ragratouris, and to be the        #
takaris ascheat. 
   It was statut and ordinit that na merchand sall by ony calfe #
skennis
under the pane of the wnlaw.

[} [\15 OCTOBER 1526.\] }]
   The saidis provest and ballies hais granttit to Wille Dic,   #
dekin of the
bakstaris, that he sall have ane offisar rady to pas with him   #
to pund ony of
the said craft that falis and keipis nocht the command of the   #
said dekin
tuechin the kipin of vj s. wourcht of bred on the marcat day    #
eftir noune for
furnessing of the nebouris in samony personis as he commandis   #
and chargis to
keip the sammyn.
   Wille Dik, dekin of the bakstaris, hais promisit to the      #
provest and ballies
to caus the saidis craftismen to mak the twa penny laife xx     #
unce gud and
sufficient stoufe and weill bakin, and falin heirof to schaw    #
the faltouris to the
saidis provest and ballies that tha ma punys the said faltouris.
   Micschal Stensoun, dekin to the maltmen, has promisit to the #
provest
and ballies that na maltman within this burgh sall sell malt na #
derrar na
xvj s. the boll, and atour that tha sall tak bot twa s. mair    #
for the boll of malt
na the bair is coft quhill Youll nixt to cum, and fra that      #
furcht bot xij d.
betuex bollis.
   It is statut and ordinit that na candilmakar sell ony        #
candill derrar na
four penneis and ane halfe penny the pund; and the half penny   #
candill and
the penny candill efferand tharto, undir the pane of daillin of #
thair candill
and ane wnlaw, onforgevin.

[} [\19 NOVEMBER 1526.\] }]
   It was grantit be the saidis provest, bailyeis, counssal and #
communite,
that gif ony craftisman of the bakstaris doulland within the    #
fredoume of the
said burgh desobayit the dekin and wald nocht ansour and obay   #
the said dekin
and craft, that thar sould ane of the seriandis pas with the    #
said dekin and
craft and pund and distrene the persoun or persounis that       #
disobayis, and
<P 29>
the wnlaw to be disponit on walx to be brynt befoir Sanc        #
Howbart in honor
of God and halykirk.
   Thomas Nortoun, soune and air to wmquhill Andro Nortoun,     #
nebour of
the said burgh, with consent of hus curatouris, protestit, in   #
presens of the
saidis provest, bailyeis, counsall and communite, beand present #
for the tyme,
that the seissin gevin be him of ane anwalrent of xx s. be yeir #
to Marion
Nortoun, hus fader sister, sould be on nane awail na tourne him #
to na preiudice
becaus he was within youitheid and of mynor aige, and for wder  #
diueris causis
that he hais to schaw.

[} [\14 JANUARY 1526-7.\] }]
   It was ordinit be the saidis provest and baillies that na    #
baicht be tane
out of the bakhows on to the tyme that ane of the baillies and  #
the dekin
weye the said baicht, and ilke bailye to keip the sammyn thar   #
houk about.

[} [\28 JANUARY 1526-7.\] }]
   The provest and baillies assignit Ritschart Narne, Robart    #
Arnot and
Allexander Watsoun, to mak compt and rakenyn of the stent       #
silver of the
caragh hors silver the tyme the Governour passit to the houst   #
to Ingland,
and to mak the said compt within xv dais.

[} [\1 MARCH 1526-7.\] }]
   Robart Law enterit to the fredoum of burgesry and gild,      #
under the aicht 
aucht and wount, and sall pay v li. of mony, ij li. of walx and #
the wyne; plegis
Anro Kar. And the said Robart hais granttit, gife thar happynis #
ony stenttis,
to stent with the nebowris of the said burgh efferand to hus    #
substance of hus
gaier, and sall scot and lot with the saidis nebowris quhen ony #
siclik cummis.
And als the provest, baillies, counssal and communite, beand    #
present for the
tyme, hais dispensit with the said Robart and liessant him to   #
ramane and
indoull without the said burgh or within, att hus plesour, he   #
stentand with the
saidis nebouris as said is.

[} [\3 JUNE 1527.\] }]
   Robart Spettal allegit and offerit to prefe with the spous   #
of wmquhill
Gilbart Johensoun and Jenot, hus douchter, that [{he{] com to   #
the said Gilbart,
he beand liand on hus deid bed and said to him in this maner:-  #
Gudman, it
is said that ye murmur me, sayand that I have doune yow gret    #
wrangis in the
<P 30> 
bigin apon your ground; and that the said Gilbart ansorit and   #
said:- I sa na 
thing tha of bot ye ar ane gud nebour.

[} [\15 JULY 1527.\] }]
   Johen Lam, youngar, was in amerciament for the wrangus byin  #
of v
scheip out of Johen of Yair hand eftir that the said Johen      #
servand had coft
tham and gevin ane plak of arlling.
   Johen of Yair gave to the aicht of Johen of Lam, eldir, in   #
the said fenssit
court, gife he callit him staik theife and commoun theife, and  #
the said Johen
Lam rafusit and wald nocht mak facht of the sammyn; and than    #
the said
Johen of Yair protestit that it sould nocht hourt him na hus    #
fredoume to call
the said Johen Lam befoir ane speretual juge or jugis.

[} [\23 JULY 1527.\] }]
   The lard of Lany enterit Robart Dowgal to the said provest   #
and ballies
in ane fenssit court and the said Robart was put in the stokis.

[} [\6 OCTOBER 1527.\] }]
   It was statut and ordinit be the provest, baillies, counssal #
and communite,
that na persoun na personis, nowder to broucht na land, by ony  #
meil in the
mercat in gret to gife in for thar ferme or tend to ony gyrnnal #
on to the tyme
that all nebowris and indoullaris within the said burgh be      #
servit, undir the
pane of asschetin of samekle as is coft and the profet tharof   #
to be gevin to
the Rud wark.
   It is statut and ordinit that ane offisar keip the mercat on #
the mercat
day that na sek with meil be opynnit on to xj houris.
   Item, that na persoun bringand meil to the mercat to selland #
hus meil,
met na misour the said meil bot with the met loumis of the      #
custumaris,
bayth pece and fourllat.
   Item, that na fleschour sall have bot four penneis for       #
brekin of ane mairt 
and ij d. for ane young beist.
   Item, that all flecht that cummis to the mercat to sell that #
is spoilyeit or
mauchit be prisit be ane pairt of fleschouris and wder nebowris #
indoullaris
within the said burgh.
   Item, that na persoun brekand fecht tak mair for the brekin  #
of ane
salmond bot j d.
<P 31>
   It is statut and ordinit that na marchand that ocupiis       #
stapell gudis by
ony calfe skennis, kid skennis, na skalding skennis, under the  #
pane of ane
wnlaw onforgevin.
   And elyekwys, it is statut and ordinit that na skennar       #
within the fredoum
of the said burgh by ony woll skennis, wnder the pane of viij   #
s. als oft
as tha can be apprehendit.
   Item, it is ordinit that na cordinaris that is na gild       #
brother by ony hidis,
that is to say sukin kow and drawin ox, to bark, or to dispon   #
ony wder way,
undir the pane of viij s. als oft as tha falt.

[} [\8 NOVEMBER 1527.\] }]
   The provest, baillies and communite, hais grantit, gife thar #
be ony persoun
within the fredoume of the said burgh that hais ony ma soumes   #
na twa,
that tha sall pay thar girs mail for samony ma as tha have na   #
the saidis twa
soumis to the persoun or persounis havand assedacioun of the    #
guid toune of
the samyn.

[} [\9 DECEMBER 1527.\] }]
   It was fundin be the inquist, nane discrepand, that wmquhill #
David
Wilsoun was nocht the caus of hus awin deid and that he slew    #
nocht him
selfe, and that he was wesyit with siknes, and ane aild waik    #
man, and passand
to do his nedis and fell befoir hus awin dour and could nocht   #
recower na help
him selfe for waiknes, and thar haistely weseit with God.

[} [\3 FEBRUARY 1527-8.\] }]
   (\Assisa\): [^NAMES^]
   Robe Patonsoun was convict be the foirsaid assis for the     #
brekin of Agnes
Langis bouit, and for the brekin of Allexander Watson bouit,    #
and the brekin
of William Wyeissis bouit, and the brekin of Thom Jarva bouit,  #
and the 
brekin Thom M'Calpyis bouit, and the brekin of William Cossour  #
sellar, and
for the brekin of divers and syndry sellaris and baernis, and   #
for the thiftuis
steillin of diveris and syndry merchandice and wder stoufe,     #
that is to say, blak
clayth, quhit clayth, lynnyn clayth, holand clayth, hardin,     #
sewin silk, pepper,
saferin, bartane cammes, woull, yarne, walx, quhit bred, aiell, #
flour, bair, benis,
salt salmond, salt byeif, and diveris and syndry uder gair; the #
quhilk he maid
opyn confessioun of, opynly in the said fenssit court, in       #
presens of the saidis
<P 32>
provest, baillies, counssall and communite, beand present for   #
the tyme; the
quhilk the said Robart broucht the instrumentis and war present #
the tyme that
he was forjuget, that is to say, ane coultyr of ane ploucht,    #
ane kee of ane pyp
lok, ane ke of ane throucht lok and thre croukit irnis.  The    #
said Robart grantit, in
presens, that ane woman callit Esabell Gray, doulland in        #
Lynlythqw, tuk fra
him of Agnes Lang gair, the nycht efter that he brak the said   #
Agnes bouit,
thre ellis of holand clayth, viij ellis of hardin and ane bourd #
of ane belt, and
that he tuk never penne na penny wourcht for the said gair fra  #
the said
Esabell; the quhilk he tuk on his sauil opynly befoir all man   #
thair beand
present; [\that he sold four ells to "ane honest man callit     #
Stene of Carinbe 
dowlland in Lowdeane" for 28 s.; and\] that he saild all the    #
remanent of the
said Agnes gair that he staw owt of hir bouit opynly in         #
Edinburgh
on the
mercat day, the quhilk he tuk on his sawill.

[} [\30 MARCH 1528.\] }]
   James Watsoun is souerte that Andro Lyeisman sall have       #
justice of
William Gillaspy on the [\blanco\] day of Aprile in the Queinis #
grace court of
Strivelingshire to be haldin in the tolbouit of Striveling be   #
hir bailye or 
factouris.
   It is ordinit and statut be the saidis provest and baillies  #
that na bailye
rasaife ane resignation of ony land or landis within the        #
fredoum of the said
burgh bot that Sir William Litstar be notar to the sammyn, gife #
he be in the
said burgh or may be apprehendit.

[} [\27 JULY 1528.\] }]
   It was sufficiently provit be Johen of Schaw, bakstar, and   #
Thomas
Symontoun that Andro Legat coft ane hors fra Andro Davesoun for #
xxx s. and
ane quart of aiell, without ony condicioun or restriccioun, and #
the said Andro
Legat in amerciament efter the forme of the borgh.

[} [\7 AUGUST 1528.\] }]
   Master Robart Galbracht, prolocutour for Sir William         #
Symsoun, chaplane
of Sanc Lawrens altar fundit and situat within the parocht kirk #
of the
said burgh, producit and schew ane fundacioun of the said       #
altar, makand
mentioun quhar Sanc Lawrance Croft was gevin to the said altar  #
and to the
chaplane tharof for the tyme.
<P 33>
   The provest and baillies commandit James Lam, seriand, to    #
pas to twa
rigis lyand on the norch est part of the croft of Sanc Lawrance #
callit Sanc
James rigis, and arrest all the cornes now growand on tham to   #
the instance of
Sir William Symsoun, chaplane of Sanc Lawrance altar, becaus    #
the said Sir
William allegit that the saidis twa rigis pertenis to Sanc      #
Lawrance altar, eftir
the forme and tenor of hus fundacioun.

[} [\5 OCTOBER 1528.\] }]
   It was fundin be the said inquist that Sir Johen Hountter    #
is lipyr and
hais byne delatit in thre or four heid courtis of befoir, and   #
that he sould
be put to ane desert without the burgh, as lypir men hes wsit   #
to be demanit
in tymis bypast, for danger that ma incur eftirwart.
   Sir James Lokart was delatit be the said inquist that he was #
lipyr.
   It is ordinit be the said inquist that the baillies sall     #
caus all metloumis,
pyntis, quhartis and chopynnis, to cum to the tolbouit and met  #
and misour
the sammyn, and quhar tha ar faltius to refourme tham as        #
efferis.
   Item, it is statut and ordinit be the foirsaid inquist, and  #
proclamit opynly
at the mercat cors of the said burgh, that all martis young     #
and aild, all muttoun
and syen, sall be had to the Bakraw to be saild and nocht to    #
ramane nor stand
on the hee mercat gait, and that the offisaris caus the sam to  #
be keipit.
   Item, it is statut and ordinit that na flechour nor wderis   #
tak mair nor
iiij d. for the brekin of ane mart and twa d. for brekin of ane #
young best.
   Item, it is opynly proclemit at the mercat cros that ony     #
fleschour bringand
muttoun to the mercat to sell that he bring the heid with the   #
sammyn,
under the pane of asschetin of the muttoun.

[} [\19 OCTOBER 1528.\] }]
   The saidis baillies and counssal beand present for the tyme  #
hais gevin
the office of common clarkschip of the said burgh to Robyne     #
Cunnyngham for
hus gud and sufficient serves to be doune be him and as         #
requiris to sic a
burgh, and he to fynd sufficient causion for the sammyn.

[} [\13 NOVEMBER 1528.\] }]
   The provest, baillies, counssal and communite, beand for the #
tyme, hais
grantit and gevin the commoun clarkschip of the said burgh to   #
Sir William
<P 34>
Litstar, chaplane, for ane yeir and forthir induring thar will, #
and Archibald
Dausoun to be substitut in the tyme.
   Peter Diksoun and Wille Talyour, allies Klafling, war banyst #
this forsaid
toun and syorne nevir to cum within the fredoum of the samyn,   #
and hais
grantit gife tha can be apprehendit within the saidis bundis to #
be tane and
hangit without doum or law.

[} [\18 JANUARY 1528-9.\] }]
   It was fundin be the said inquist that Sir Johen Hunttar,    #
chaplane, is
liper and Sir James Lokart.
   It was statut and ordinit that na persoun nor personis set   #
out ony
chemnayis with fyeir to kendill on the hee gait for danger to   #
cum tharof,
under the pane of viij s. and the brekin of the chemnay.

[} [\25 FEBRUARY 1528-9.\] }]
   Duncan Patonsoun offerit the compt of wmquhill David Crag,   #
thesawrar
to his gud toune, and the buk tharof, to Johen Ackyne and       #
Allexander Watsoun
to be in thar keipin on to the tyme that the saidis coumptis    #
war futtit
befoir the saidis provest, baillies and counsall, of the said   #
burgh.
   Patric Clark, servand to our Soverane Lord the King,         #
presentit ane
writtin of the Kingis grace to the provest and baillies of the  #
said burgh and
requirit tham to put the sammyn to execussioun.

[} [\5 APRIL 1529.\] }]
   Sir Johen Hounttar, chaplane, was fundin liper be the said   #
inquist and
nocht sponsible to ramane with haill pepill. Sir James Lokart   #
was fundin
lypyr. 
   
[} [\13 APRIL 1529.\] }]
   Pate Fyndelosoun was convicit be ane conding assis for the   #
creuall
slakter of Johen Hammiltoun, soune and air to the lard of       #
Perdowy.   

[} [\21 JUNE 1529.\] }]
   Thir ar the nyemis of the hukstaris that ar ragratouris, as  #
is allegit, and
tha have fundin souerte for tyme to cum to keip the statutis:-  #
James Lam
souerte for Cristan Hendersoun; Cristan Hendersoun for hir      #
moder; [\here
follow sureties for other twenty-five women.\]
<P 35>
   Item, it is statut and ordinit that nane of thir fornemmit   #
hukstaris, na
nane uderis within the fredoume of the said burgh, by ony fycht #
quhill xj
howris befoir noun, na fra xij howris quhill sex at ewin. 
Alssya, that nane of
tham by butter, cheis, egis, foullis, corne, haye, foder, to    #
tap agane apon
nebowris, wnder the pane of the wnlaw of viij s. onforgevin.



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