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EXPLANATORY NOTE. 
 
 In the Records of Convention, and especially in the earlier volumes, proper names are 
 spelled in various ways ; but in the following Index they are printed in their modem and usual 
 form, and peculiar spellings are referred to the names which they represent. In several 
 instances, however, the name referred to will not be found in its alphabetical place. This 
 indicates that the person so named merely sat as a Commissioner in Convention, and that bis 
 name will be found in the list of Commissioners under the heading of the burgh for which he 
 sat. 
 
 The arrangement of the Commissioners which is followed was adopted in order to present 
 them collectively, and at the same time to connect each with the burgh which he represented ; 
 and also to distinguish between those who merely sat in Convention, and those who took am 
 active part in the management of its affairs. The former appear only in the list of Commis- 
 sioners, while the latter appear also in connection with the office which they held or the work 
 in which they were engaged. And the arrangement will be found serviceable for other purposes 
 as well. 
 
 In the preparation of this work the aim has been to make it a full and carefully drawn index 
 to the printed Records of Convention, and to insure correctness. And as a further aid to 
 the reader a glossary of peculiar words and phrases has been added, with reference to their 
 occurrence, and a brief statement of their derivation. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 The five volumes issued by the Convention of the Koyal Burghs of 
 Scotland in 1866, 1870, 1878, 1880, and 1885, contain in full, or in 
 abstract as regards less important matters, all the proceedings of the 
 Convention, so far as these are preserved, from 1552 till 2nd May 
 1738. The volumes also contain many other acts and documents directly 
 connected with the Convention, extracted from public records, or the 
 records of particular burghs subsequent to 1295. 
 
 It was originally intended that each volume should contain an Index 
 of the matters referred to in it, but the advantage of having a General 
 Index applicable to the whole records, so far as these might be published, 
 seemed to counterbalance that of having an index for each volume, and 
 it was only after the Convention had decided not to continue, at least for 
 the present, the publication of its records subsequent to 1738, that it 
 was arranged to prepare and publish a General Index to the five volumes 
 which have been issued. The work could not be undertaken by the 
 editor, nor by Mr Renwick, who has so efficiently assisted him in his work, 
 but it was entrusted to Mr David Donaldson, the editor of Mr Gardner's 
 edition of Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, and author of the valuable 
 Supplement to that work, issued in 1887 ; and the zeal and efficiency with 
 which he has completed it, very much as a labour of love, deserve special 
 
vi Preface. 
 
 acknowledgment. He has also appended to the Index a glossary of peculiar 
 words and phrases which occur in the volumes. 
 
 The book will be found to be much more than a mere Index to the 
 published records of the Convention ; for, while the main purpose of an 
 index has been steadily kept in view during the preparation of the work, 
 the materials have been classified, grouped, and arranged to represent the 
 constitution, organisation, and working of the Convention in its twofold 
 character of a corporate body and of a burghal council or parliament. A 
 brief explanation of the plan on which the Index has been constructed may 
 assist those who may have occasion to consult it. 
 
 To represent the Convention as a corporate body, possessing rights and 
 privileges which it was bound to protect, a separate section , has been 
 allocated to each of the burghs composing it, and in that section are 
 noted all the important particulars regarding the burgh which have been 
 dealt with by the Convention. Reference to collateral subjects is generally 
 made after entries which suggest or require it. 
 
 Under the heading " Convention of Burghs," the Convention is treated 
 as a representative and directing council, and there will be found entries 
 regarding its origin, organisation, and methods of working, — including such 
 particulars as attendance of members, conduct of business, regulations con- 
 cerning order, &c. Separate sections are devoted to the times and places 
 of its meetings, the commissioners and assessors composing it, its officials 
 and acting committees. Regarding its work and influence as a governing 
 body which defined and controlled the rights, privileges, property, and 
 duties of the several burghs, particulars are grouped in the sections devoted 
 to each burgh and to relative subjects, such as Common Good, Common 
 Lands, Magistrates, Guildry, Burgesses, Craftsmen, Unfreemen, Fairs, 
 Markets, Customs, Weights, Measures, &c. 
 
 To show how the Convention controlled the industries of the country, 
 
Preface. vii 
 
 sections have been formed to include particulars relating to trade, merchan- 
 dise, and manufactures, the various agencies by which these were regulated ; 
 the special industries which it strove to foster, such as Fishing, Linen and 
 Woollen Manufactures, Coal, Salt, and Cattle-rearing ; and the difficulties 
 and hindrances with which the burghs had constantly to deal, such as Unfree 
 Trade and Unfree Burghs. Kegarding the foreign trade and commerce of 
 the country, which were specially under the supervision and control of the 
 Convention, particulars are grouped in the sections devoted to Export, 
 Import, Customs and Imposts, Shipping, Harbours, Staple and Staple Port, 
 Conservator, Factors and Agents, and the various countries with which Scot- 
 land traded. Important information in regard to foreign trade will also be 
 found on reference to the sections on Commissions, Embassies, Treaties, and 
 to correspondence with the various secretaries of state. 
 
 Particulars as to public burdens, royal claims, and taxes imposed by 
 Parliament — the allocation of which fell to be made by the Convention 
 will be found in the sections on Taxation, Tax Roll, Parliament, Privy 
 Council, Court of Session, Exchequer, &c. Important measures for the 
 welfare of the people, or the improvement of trade and commerce, which 
 were undertaken by the Convention, or were referred to it by command 
 of the King, the Parliament, or the Privy Council, such as the intro- 
 duction of Clothmaking, the improvement of Fishing and Manufactures, 
 Plantation of Kirks, regulation of Weights and Measures, &c., have each 
 a separate section or special reference. 
 
 Many collateral and subordinate subjects have been made to serve as 
 links of connection between the leading sections, and cross references are 
 frequently used for the same purpose, and to avoid repetition. 
 
 Uniformity of grouping and arrangement has been aimed at in all the 
 important sections, and, as far as possible, the particulars have been 
 indicated consecutively. Each heading thus presents a brief summary or 
 
viii Preface. 
 
 outline narrative of the subject to which it relates. Examples of this will 
 be seen under the headings, Clothmaking, Land Tax, Malt Tax, Eebellion in 
 1715, Restoration of the Stuarts, Union with England. 
 
 The aim throughout has been to make the Index as full and useful 
 as possible, and at the same time interesting, so that by its aid an intelligent 
 and careful reader may be able to obtain from the published records a 
 correct idea of the work and working of the Convention. 
 
 In even a cursory perusal of this book the reader can scarcely fail to 
 be struck by the multiplicity of subjects over which the Convention 
 exercised control, and by the great variety and extent of foreign trade 
 carried on by Scotland long before its union with England. The Reports 
 on the state and condition of the burghs in 1692 — which form Appendix 
 III. to the fourth volume (1677-1711) — give little support to the state- 
 ments of those writers who represent Scotland as being only poor and 
 barbarous even during the seventeenth century, while they enable an 
 estimate to be formed of the enormous advance that the country has made 
 in commerce and wealth during the last two centuries. In comparing 
 existing improved methods of locomotion and means of transit with the 
 pack-horse and carrier's cart of last century, we must not, however, make 
 light of the difficulties which the merchants and proprietors of those days 
 had to overcome in the first stages of this marvellous progress. How hard 
 the task was found to be may be gathered from various discussions in the 
 Convention ; but perhaps the most striking illustration is afforded by the 
 statements in these records regarding the formation of a public highway 
 for traffic between Glasgow and Edinburgh. The want of a suitable road 
 between these cities had long been felt, and the best means of providing 
 one had often been discussed ; and although a definite scheme for making 
 and maintaining the road was proposed in 1736, and supported by the 
 leading merchants of both cities, no steps had been taken for carrying it 
 
Preface. ix 
 
 into effect when the last published volume of these records closes in 1738. 
 An Act of Parliament authorising the formation of an improved highway 
 between Edinburgh and Glasgow via Shotts was obtained only in 1753. 
 
 The publication of these records terminates before the introduction of im- 
 proved machinery and the application of steam as a motive power had 
 given a fresh impulse to mining, manufacturing and commercial enterprise, 
 or had indicated a diversion of industries from old centres. Still the condi- 
 tion of the burghs, as disclosed in the Reports to the Convention, indicates 
 that old methods of trade and commerce were becoming effete, and that 
 new developments were necessary. It is much to be desired that the his- 
 tory of the burghal life of Scotland which these records supply, including, as 
 it does, details of the home and foreign trade of the country, and of the in- 
 cipient influences which have since contributed largely to the future progress 
 of Scotland, should be brought down to the passing of the Reform Act. 
 The early town communities of Scotland north of the Grampians seem to 
 have associated themselves, at a very early period, for common objects. In 
 the thirteenth century the leading towns of Ireland entered into compact 
 for mutual peace, amity, and co-operation in all matters of general concern. 
 But no trace of the work of either association exists in the present day. 
 The Convention of Scottish Burghs, however, has an authentic history ; the 
 evidences of its work and influence are patent not only in its records but in 
 the legislation of the Parliaments and conventions of the Estates of Scotland, 
 in the records of the Privy Council, and in treaties and negotiations with 
 other countries for purposes of trade. The records of the Convention 
 supply the fullest and most authentic information on much of the burghal 
 life and home and foreign trade of Scotland. Their value in this respect 
 is probably second only to that of the Acts of the Scottish Parliaments ; 
 and but for the fact that the Convention had commenced the work before 
 
 the liberality of parliament had enabled the Lord Clerk Register to begin 
 
 h 
 
X Preface. 
 
 the series of valuable publications which is being issued under his authority, 
 it can scarcely be doubted that its records would have received his atten- 
 tion. Two additional volumes would probably bring down the publication 
 to the period indicated. But by whomsoever this is done the Convention 
 must receive the credit of having commenced the work and carried it 
 so far. 
 
 J. D. MARWICK. 
 
 KlLLERMONT HOUSB, 
 
 Glasgow, 25«A March 1890. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 Abbey of Holyrood, i. 349, 501. 
 
 Abbotshall, iv. 3S0. 
 
 Abbreviat of Acts, see Acts of Convention. 
 
 Abdie, iv. 380. 
 
 Aberbrothoo, see Arbroath. 
 
 Aberdeen : Convention held in, see Convention ; 
 special mandate of, to Dundee, i. 17 ; agent 
 for Northern Burghs, i. 69, 97 ; claims the 
 third place in rank of burghs, i. 113, 125 ; 
 to prove right to certain imposts, i. 212; be- 
 comes surety for part of a loan to Conven- 
 tion, i. 220-1 ; anent the customs and cus- 
 tomers of, i. 263, 265, 327 ; allowance to, for 
 auditing customs accounts, i. 265 ; anent pay- 
 ment to merchants of, for wines furnished to 
 the king's household, i. 267 ; surety for ex- 
 penses of commissioner to the ambassador in 
 France, i. 271 ; acceptance of the commis- 
 sioner of, disputed, i. 295 ; protestation and 
 complaint of certain burgesses against the 
 provost and magistrates of, with reasons and 
 replies, i. 312-5, 318, 320-2, 324-6, 328-9, 
 332-4, 335-7 ; supplication of, for revival of 
 two annual fairs, i. 333-4 ; to make count 
 and reckoning of imposts for outred of a ship 
 to Denmark, i. 33i ; decadence of the govern- 
 ment of, and reformation desired, i. 335-6 ; 
 complaint of merchants in, against Edin- 
 burgh, i. 338 ; dissent of, to the act anent 
 settlement of disputes in or between burghs, 
 i. 356 ; anent trafiioing in English cloth, i. 
 359 ; dispute between the community and the 
 magistrates of, and settlement of, i. 360, 
 383-6; in dispute with certain burghs anent 
 customs on salt, i. 379, 400-1, 435; order of 
 election of magistrates appointed for, i. 
 385-6 ; to supplicate a taxation for repair of 
 the bridge of Don, i. 425 ; protest of, in rela- 
 tion to the di.opute in Dunfermline, i. 448 ; 
 anent the petty customs of, i. 457 ; reference 
 to a charter gi anted to, by King Robert 
 
 Bruce, i. 458 ; in dispute with Pittenweem, 
 and Anstruther Easter and Wester, i. 458-9 ; 
 dispute between merchants and craftsmen 
 of, i. 460 ; complaint of, against Banff anent 
 outland burgesses, i. 484, ii. 30, 46, 76 ; to 
 supplicate the King for a gift of impost for 
 harbour, i. 486, ii. 109, 295, iii. 45 ; anent 
 burgesses resorting to fairs and markets in, 
 i. 486-7 ; acts of the council of, appointing 
 commissioners to Convention, i. 504, 507, 
 512, 517, 520, 527, 533 ; complaint of Mon- 
 trose against, regarding the excise boll, ii. 
 16, 30, 296 ; supplication on behalf of a de- 
 cayed burgess of, ii. 47 ; voliintary contri- 
 bution from, on behalf of Haddington, ii. 48; 
 in dispute with Edinburgh, Dundee, and 
 Perth, for hindering its markets, ii. 1 62 ; to 
 send a commissioner to the coronation of 
 James VI., ii. 163 ; complaint of, against 
 Dysart regarding outland burgesses, ii. 179 ; 
 complaint of, against the erection of Eraser- 
 burgh in free burgh, ii. 204 ; complaint of, 
 against merchants in Dundee imitating its 
 brand for salmon, ii, 239 ; craving support 
 for repairing the harbour of Stonehaven, ii. 
 302, 320, iii. 579 ; charge to, anent outland 
 burgesses, ii. 348, 400, 402 ; reporting dili- 
 gence, ii. 348, 447 ; charge to, anent pay- 
 ment of impost, ii. 409 ; extracts from the 
 Accoiints of, ii. 591-4 ; certain merchants of, 
 transporting staple wares to Holland, iii. 8 ; 
 to report regarding excessive customs on 
 wool at certain fairs, iii. 79, 98, 113; com- 
 plaint of, against the heritors of Overdon, 
 iii. 574; a suspension raised againstthe burgh, 
 iv. 77 ; anent the fine paid by the late pro- 
 vost Petrie, iv. 79 ; protests against altera- 
 tion of conservator's dues, iv. 120 ; its privi- 
 lege of gauging salmon, iv. 154 ; Marischal 
 college in, grant to, iv. 267; grant for repair 
 of the harbour of, iv. 271 ; visitation of the 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 burgh, iv. 318 ; anent the election of the 
 council in, iv. 543 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of, iv. 574-6 ; resisting an increase 
 of taxation, v. 8-9, 14, 16, 18, 29-31 ; bene- 
 fit of unfree trade granted to, v. 191, 481 ; 
 anent certain cannon belonging to the burgh, 
 V. 201 ; anent the marking of woollen webs 
 in, V. 353-4, 356 ; warrant to set the shore 
 lands in tack, v.480; feuing the lands of West- 
 field, V. 490; seizure of false copper money in, 
 V. 494, 499; burgesses exporting insuiEoient 
 salmon, v. 537 ; represented by missive, ii. 
 38, iii. 74, 207; burgh in default, i. 233, 248, 
 266, 291-2, 346, ii. 61, 79, 462. 
 
 Aberdeen, Bishop of, missive to, anent decree 
 of Parliament and order of Convention, i. 386 
 
 Aberdour, unfree traders in, v. 502. 
 
 Aberlady, harbour of, ii. 463, iii. 12, 43, 67, 90, 
 296, 317. 
 
 Abjuration, oath of, sworn and subscribed by 
 commissioners and assessors, iv. 452, 481, 
 501, V. 2, 29, 92, 151, 153, 189, 212, 292, 408, 
 453, 462, 589 ; sworn and subscribed by the 
 agent and clerks, iv. 487, v. 453 ; certain 
 magistrates refuse to take the oath, iv. 454. 
 
 Abuilyiement, act of parliament anent, iii. 141, 
 149, 152, 171, 173. 
 
 Acheson, Mr John, commissioner for Dunbar, 
 elected moderator, ii. 399. ' 
 
 Mark, customer of Acheson's Haven, i.258 
 
 Accounts, see Agent, Auditing, Unfree Trade. 
 
 Acts of Convention: compend and abbreviate of, 
 iv. 210, 241, 273, 306, 319, 466, 525-558; 
 making an index to, iv. 538 ; see also Con- 
 vention of burghs. 
 
 Acts of Parliament, see. Parliament. 
 
 Adam, William, merchant in Culross, iv. 357-8 
 
 Adamson, George, burgess of Pittenweem, i. 
 239, 381. 
 
 Adjudication by magistrates, v. 590. 
 
 Admiralty : new exactions raised by the 
 admiral, i. 339-340; admiralty craved by the 
 Duke of Lennox, iii. 262-3, 265, 275-6, 279, 
 300 ; admiral passes to strangers and their 
 ships, iii. 661 ; letter to the lords of, anent 
 convoys and cruisers, iv. 519. 
 
 Advocate, The Lord: i. 40, 372, ii. 325, 372 ; 
 consultation with, on affairs of the burghs, 
 iv. 329, V. 499 502, 53?, fi02, 621 ; memorial 
 
 from, anent the powers of convention, v. 273; 
 a lord advocate demitting the oflBce of asses- 
 sor to the burghs, v. 282 ; opinion of, on 
 certain questions regarding unfree traders, v. 
 513-9. 
 
 Advocates for the Burghs, appointment of, iii. 
 617, 656. 
 
 Advocations, act against the purchase of, iii. 
 24-5, 39, 54, 78. 
 
 AfMek, see Auchinleck. 
 
 African and East Indian Company : the royal 
 burghs partners of the Company, iv. 209, 239, 
 413, 420 ; anent the privileges and trade of, 
 iv. 497-8, V. 379-381 ; memorial to members 
 of parliament in opposition to the company, 
 and relative letter, v. 380-1. 
 
 Agent for the Burghs : appointments to the 
 office of, i. 348, ii. 302, iii. 268, 338, 392, 630, 
 662, 674, iv. 2, 36, 73, 318, 349, 486, 558, v. 
 473 ; appointment, stipend, and duties of, i. 
 348, 387-8, 450, ii. 37, 323; charged to prose- 
 cute forestallers, regrators, coupers, and un- 
 free traders and craftsmen, i. 372, 462-3, ii. 
 174, 349, 463, iii. 457, 576, 581, 594, iv. 373; 
 instructed to summon, and to compel the 
 conservator to give account to convention 
 personally, i. 408, 442, 480, ii. Ill, 128, 161; 
 to prepare articles for parliament in favour 
 of the burghs, i. 468-9, 493; charge to, anent 
 exporters of coal, i. 478, ii. 8, 28 ; to receive 
 from Edinburgh the balance of the general 
 taxation for the Prince's baptism, i. 498 ; 
 magistrates not to be df nounced for an un- 
 law by, ii. 53 ; to collect certain taxes, ii. 
 170, 185, 219-220, 267; James Winraham 
 and his son Mr Robert appointed joint agents 
 and procurators, ii. 302 ; charge to, anent 
 certain papers, iii. 354; answer to a supplica- 
 tion from, iii. 491 ; instructed to stop gifts 
 and monopolies, iii. 645, iv. 388 ; an agent 
 discharged, iii. 674 ; directed to draught an 
 act anent certain customs, iv. 28 ; sent to 
 London on important business, iv. 101,263; 
 act in favour of, and tack of the unfree trade 
 by, iv. 159, 202, 229, 233, 250-4, 264, 304, 
 307, 372 ; appointment of an agent pro tern., 
 iv. 318, 349 ; to warn burghs of barony to 
 convention, v. 141, 181, 204 ; instructed to 
 pay the expenses of certain commissioners 
 
Convention of Royal Bvrghs. 
 
 3 
 
 i. 481, 483, V. 40, 78 ; instructed to borrow 
 money for urgent business, ii. 188, 246, iii 
 537, 569, 674, iv. 254 ; accounts of, ii. 353, 
 413, 460, iii. 106, 123, 133, 146, 202, 229, 
 251, 273, 321, 357, 367, 410, 419, 442, 448, 468, 
 510, 543, 560, 568, 574, 588, 594, 611, 623, 
 627, 634, 637, 654, 661, iv. 5, 11, 15, 22, 28, 
 35, 42, 48, 57, 65, 67, 72, 80, 93, 120, 141, 
 160, 179, 194, 202, 213, 239, 268, 285, 303, 
 317-8, 317, 357, 374, 391, 406, 459, 463, 487, 
 502, 506, V. 3, 5, 62, 64, 93, 104, 123, 144, 
 149, 158, 162, 169, 171, 178, 198, 214, 217, 
 233, 237, 273-4, 278, 315, 318, 331, 350, 35.3, 
 368-9, 400-1, 455, 457-9, 473, 478, 491-2, 505, 
 510, 524-5, 533, 535-6, 549-552, 590-1, 595-6, 
 606-8, 630, 633 ; special payments to, iii. 
 569, iv. 57, 72, 80, 98, 120, 141, 160, 196, 
 204, 213, 241, 273, 414, v. 79 ; acts anent 
 payment of incidents by, iv. 340, 347, v. 
 280 ; anent presentation of his accounts to 
 Convention, v. 48 ; certain items of the 
 agent's accounts protested, v. 67 ; instruo'ed 
 to open a cash account with^he Royal Bank, 
 v. 484. 
 
 Agent at Court for the Burghs : appointments 
 to the office of, ii. 379, 406, iii. 526, 553-8, 
 630-1, iv. 35 ; duties and salary of the agent, 
 ii. 406 ; letters and instructions to and from, 
 ii. 406, 423, 462, iii. 59, 155, 172, 175, 229, 
 526, 553-8, 631, 635, 641, 644, 649, 652, 658, 
 664, 673, iv. 5, 16, 20, 23, 49, 58-63, 65, 67, 
 80, 83 ; salary to, ii. 406, 459, 536, 541, iii. 
 5, 548, 569, 662, 671, iv. 7, 69, 90, 150, 154, 
 287, 539 ; an agent discharged, iii. 231-2. 
 
 Agent in London for the Burghs : appoint- 
 ments to the office of, ii. 353, 355, 374, 379, 
 iii. 25, 459, 480-1, 499, 526, 630-1, iv. 204, 
 210, 240, 539, v. 79, 104 ; duties and emolu- 
 ments of the agent, ii. 380 ; letters and in- 
 structions to, iii. 31, 499-504, 509, 511 3, 
 630-1, V. 79, 82, 86-91, 229, 285-6, 477, 500, 
 522, 542 ; complaints against, iii. 34-5, 39 40, 
 49-52 ; trial and discharge of an agent, also 
 his supplication, iii. 52-3, 58 ; anent a gift of 
 the office of, iii. 262 ; special expenses of, v. 
 86, 129, 317, 512; consulting English law yers 
 regarding the land tax, v. 87 ; anent con- 
 tinuance of the office of, v. 150, 164, 182 ; 
 ealary to, v. 164, 182, 225 ; to promote cer- 
 
 tain measures before Parliament, v. 204-5 ; 
 petition from, v. 214. 
 
 Agent of Customs, see Macartney, William. 
 
 Agnew, Captain Thomas, v. 521. 
 
 Ahannay, see, Hannay. 
 
 Aikenhead, Alexander, writer in Edinburgh, 
 appointed an agent for the burghs, iii. 263-9. 
 
 David, com. for Edinburgh, elected mo- 
 derator, iii. 30, 70, 72, 73, 75, 92, 95, 96, 
 326. 
 
 David, surveyor in Anstruther, v. 485. 
 
 Aikman, Robert, burgess in Dieppe, i. 560. 
 
 Mr William, commissioner to France, iv. 
 
 45, 56. 
 
 Airis, oars, impost on, ii. 214. 
 
 Airth, the Laird of, ii. 35, 54. 
 
 ■ town of, ii. 28, 35, 54, 93, 103, v. 162, 211, 
 
 333. 
 
 Aitis, see Oats. 
 
 Albany and York, Duke of, iv. 15. 
 
 Ale : breaking the assize of, i. 503 ; excise of, 
 in Antwerp, i. 547 ; excise of, in Middel- 
 burg, i. 551-2; rating the price of, i. 556 ; 
 anent tapsters of, ii. 255 ; impost on, iv. 390. 
 
 Alensone, see AUieon. 
 
 Alexander, Henry, son of the Earl of Stirling, 
 agent for the burghs in London, iv. 539. 
 
 John, com. for Anstruther Easter : pun- 
 ishment of, for false and insolent subscrip- 
 tion, i. 367-8. 
 
 Mr John, minister, iv. 57. 
 
 Robert, Stirling, i. 84. 
 
 Sir William, secretary to the King, iii. 219, 
 
 257. 
 
 Algiers, captives in, i. 122, 124, 129, v. 593. 
 
 Allan, William, skipper in Dysart, ii. 230. 
 
 Allardice, John, late provost of Aberdeen, iv. 
 348, 357. 
 
 John, younger, merchant in Campvere, 
 
 iv. 391. 
 
 Allegiance, Oath of, enacted and enforced, iii. 
 540-5, 576; form of the oath, iv. 176; 
 sworn by commissioners and assessors, iv. 
 129, 152, 176, 189, 197, 205, 208, 229, 247, 
 259, 264, 274, 280, 296, 314, 320, 334, 343, 
 345, 351, 354, 368, 386, 399, 404, 427, 452, 
 481, 501, V. 2, 29, 92, 151, 189, 212, 292, 408, 
 453, 462, 589 ; taken by factors at staple 
 port, iv. 193 ; must be taken by assessors. 
 
Index to the Records of die 
 
 iv. 296 ; sworn by the agent, iv. 487 ; sworn 
 by the clerks, v. 453. 
 
 AUesoun, .see Allison. 
 
 Allhallowmas, 1st November, i. 160, 225, li. 3. 
 
 Alloa, iii. 334, v. 162, 211, 316, 333, 5.30; 
 action against the ooUector of customs in, v. 
 609, 611 ; complaint against the collector of 
 customs in, v. 632 ; Pow of, iii. 412, 426. 
 
 Almond, water of, i. 194. 
 
 Alness (Annes), Kirktown of, ii. 281, v. 127. 
 
 Ambassador : anent an ambassador to Den- 
 mark, i. 208, 239, 249-250, 528-9 ; anent a 
 previous embassy to Denmark, i. 251 , 260 ; 
 embasties to France for lowering of imposts, 
 i. 182, 186, 251, 270, 284-5, ii. 104 ; anent 
 payment of the expenses of certain em- 
 bassies, i. 211, 251, 260; result of the em- 
 bassy to England and Flanders, i. 264 ; pre- 
 parations for foreign ambassadors at the 
 baptism of the Prince, i. 429-30. 
 
 Anchor, anent ships at anchor, ii. 143-4. 
 
 Anchorage, i. 375, 388, 398, 403, 407, 471, 491, 
 ii. 134, 277-8, 452. 
 
 Ancrum, bridge of, iii. 588. 
 
 Andersmes, St Andrew's Day, i. 375, 439. 
 
 Anderson, David, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 David, merchant iu Edinburgh, v. 490, 
 
 494-5. 
 
 George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 James, clerk of Cupar, ii. 221, 285, 301-2, 
 
 453. 
 
 John, com. for Glasgow, elected mode- 
 rator, iii. 444, iv. 354. 
 
 Ninian, deacon convener in Glasgow, iii. 
 
 264, 
 Robert, conservator depute in Campvere, 
 
 iii. 598. 
 
 . Patrick, burgess in Dundee, i. 465. 
 
 Robert, in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 William, burgess in Pertli, ii. 274. 
 
 William, Provost of Glasgow, appointed 
 
 agtnt for the burghs in London, iii. 630- 1. 
 William, younger, in Glasgow, peti ion 
 
 of, regarding a fine paid by his father, iv. 
 
 79, 158. 
 Andrew, John, clerk to Privy Council, i. 201. 
 Angel noble, an English gold coin worth about 
 
 24s., i. 410 ; see also Noble. 
 Angus, Earl of, i. 444, ii. 402. 
 
 Annan : application and enrolment of, ii. 178, 
 199 ; license of non attendance granted to, 
 ii. 204, 263, 295 ; complaint of Dumfries 
 against, regarding burgesses, ii. 222; granted 
 to supplicate a gift of impost for repair of 
 kirk and tolbuith, ii. 301-2 ; poverty and 
 decay of the burgh, iv. 198 ; protest against 
 the new tax roll, iv. 239 ; erecting a bridge 
 over the river, and raising money for, iv. 
 288, 319, 349, 355 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of, iv. 655-7; feuing p r lions of 
 the common lands of, and warrant for, v. 
 174, 405, 476, 480, 552, 554; visitation of 
 the burgh and muir of, v. 480 ; represented 
 by missive, ii. 211, 272, 342, 399, 421, 442, 
 iii. 2, 17, .35, 99, 112, 138, 156, 185, 220, 242, 
 282, 310. 
 
 Annan, water of, ferry-boat on, ii. 302. 
 
 Annan, Alexander, of Dundee, i. 107. 
 
 Alexander, com. for Elgin, as a witness, 
 
 repelled, i. 458. 
 
 John, provost of Elgin, i. 111. 
 
 Annandale, Marquess of, v. 307-8. 
 
 Anne, Queen, appoints commissioners to treat 
 of the union of Scotland with England, iv. 
 343 ; letters to the burghs from, iv. 347, 363, 
 378, 382, 438 ; letters from the burghs to, iv. 
 347, 443, 460, 481 ; directions by the Queen 
 anent outrig of the Royal William and other 
 war ships, iv. 381-4 ; address to the Queen 
 on the victories in the Netherlands and in 
 Spain, iv. 386 ; address to the Queen regard- 
 ing seizure of Scottish ships and goods, iv. 
 416 ; letter to her Majesty from Campvere, 
 iv. 439 ; address to the Queen anent a 
 threatened invasion, iv. 450-1 ; address frtm 
 the burghs to, after the victory of Ouden- 
 arde, iv. 455 ; address to the Queen regard- 
 ing protection of the salmon fishery in the 
 north, iv. 481-2 ; memorials to, anent the 
 Scottish trade with France, iv. 498-501, v. 
 83-5, 110-4; addresses to her Majesty re- 
 garding convoys and cruizers, iv. 517-9, v. 
 50, 63 ; addresses to the Queen on the conclu- 
 sion of the war with France, v. 31, 38, 43-4. 
 
 Annes, see Alness. 
 
 Annetseid, annato-seed, a dyestuff, ii. 396. 
 
 Annual Committee, see Convention, also Con- 
 tents vol. V. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 5 
 
 Annuel, annual, iutciest, ii. 325. 
 
 Anster, see Anstruther. 
 
 Anstruther Easter supplicates to be enrolled 
 as a free burgh, and is opposed by Crail, i. 
 189, 203, 214, 236 ; enrolment of the burgh, 
 and opposition by Crail, i. 250-1, 275, 295 ; 
 claims exemption from certain impost', i. 
 279 ; claim of, for spoliation of wines, i. 319 ; 
 to satisfy the collector of Pittenweem, i. 
 327 ; in dispute with Cupar, i. 364, 373-4, 
 396-7, 432 ; in dispute with Crail, i. 364, 388, 
 398, 490, ii. 6, 53-4 ; commissioner of, pun- 
 ished for false and insolent subscription, i. 
 367-8 ; in dispute with Aberdeen anent cus- 
 tom of an excise boll of salt, i. 379, 400-1, 
 435, 458-9 ; in dispute w ith Anstruther 
 Wester, i. 376, ii. 56, 112, 303, 321, 323 ; in 
 dispute with Anstuither Wester, Cupar, and 
 Pittenweem, anenfc petty customs, i. 403-4 ; 
 in dispute with St Andrews, 1. 472, 485 ii. 
 33, 181 ; charge to, anent use of measure^, 
 ii. 77 ; to supplicate the King for a gift of ini- 
 post for its harbour, ii. 87, 221 ; complaining 
 against the conservator in Flanders, ii. 161, 
 181, 200; setilement by commission, 226-230; 
 to supplicate the King for a gift of impost 
 ii. 221 ; craving support for harbour, ii. 239, 
 282 ; granted to supplicate the King for a 
 gift of anchorage and dock-mail, 303 ; granted 
 t ) supplicate a towst on drave-boit', 356 ; 
 charge to, anent repair of causeway, ii. 304, 
 314, 344; repairing the harbour of, and 
 grants in aid for, ii. 455-6, iii. 12, 43, 109, 
 122, 265, 284, 406, 589 ; commission on up- 
 lifting and bestowal of an impost granted to, 
 iii. 91, 107 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, 
 iv. 5, 11, 28; visitation (f, iv. 65, 235, 483, 
 V. 524 ; action against the burgh by Sir 
 Philip Anstruther, iv. 163, 177 ; visitors' re- 
 port of the condition of, iv. 600-1 ; warrant 
 to sell certain properties in the burgh, v. 
 200, 213; represented by missive, ii., 329; 
 unlawed, ii. 62, 160, 
 
 Anstruther Wester, anent admission of, as a 
 free burgh, i. 338-9, 364, 370; in dispute 
 with Cupar, i. 373-4, 396-7, 432 ; in dispute 
 with Anstruther Easter, i. 376, ii. 56, 112, 
 303, 321, 323 ; in dispute with Crail, i. 378 ; 
 in dispute with Aberdeen anent custom of 
 
 an excise boll of salt, i. 379, 4C0-1, 435, 
 458-9 ; in dispute with Coupar, Crail, Pitten- 
 weem, and Anstruther Easter, anent Ihe 
 ladle, i. 403 ; in dispute with St Andrews 
 anent excise boll, i. 478 ; to uplift its own 
 impost at Anstruther Easter, ii. 87 : suppli- 
 cating aid for repair of causeway and bul- 
 warks, iii. 12, 43, 67-8, 90 ; grant in aid to, 
 for repair of harbour, iii. 108, iv. 284 ; 
 resignation tendered to convention ; poverty 
 of the burgh, iii. 532, iv. 14, 21, 33, 80, v. 
 190 ; arrangements for easing the burgh, iv. 
 89, 120 ; in controversy with the commis- 
 sioners of supply, iv. 240, 272 ; representa- 
 tives of a late minioter suing the burgh for 
 debt, iv. 503 ; visitors' report of the condi- 
 tion of, Iv. 624-5 ; warrant to set certain 
 lands in, v. 124 ; license of non-attendance 
 granted to, ii. 17, 78, 159, 211-2, 461 ; repre 
 sented by missive, ii. 23, 42, 126 172, 194, 
 232, 329, iii. 112, 125, 263, 282, 305, 310 ; 
 unlawed, i. 473, 481. 
 
 Anstruther, Sir Philip, iv. 163. 
 
 Antiquities, iv. 414. 
 
 Antwerp, i. 51, 59, 60, ii. 386 ; anent trans- 
 ferring the staple to, i. 515-6; contract 
 anent the staple tiade between Edinburgh 
 and, i. 546-50. 
 
 ApoUony, Mr Jasper, burgomaster in Camp- 
 vere, ii. 385. 
 
 Appeal : appeals from judgment of Conser- 
 vator, i. 40-1. 
 
 Appeals determined by the Court of the Four 
 Burghs, i. xi. 
 
 Apples, impost on, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Arbitration : disputes between burghs to be 
 submitted to ; penalty for refusal, i. 35, 87 ; 
 disputes submitted to, i. 85-7, 112, 150-2, 
 377 8, 401, 435-6, 436-7, 459, ii. 111-2, 303, 
 425, 434-6 ; settlement of a dispute between 
 a, customer and a comptroller, i. 266 ; act 
 anent settlement of disputes in or between 
 burghs, i. 355. 
 
 Arbroath : dispute with Dundee and Ptrth 
 anent petty customs, i. 44 ; anent the 
 church, pier, and shore of, i. 134 ; aneut 
 payment to merchants of, for wines fur- 
 nished to the King's household, i. £67 ; 
 grant of an unlaw to, for support of Kirk 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 work, i. 267 ; anent repairing the church of, 
 i. 303, 311, 354; anent repair of the har- 
 bour, and grants in aid of, i. 329, 359, ii. 
 306, 320, iii. 339, 370, 379, 407, iv. 23, 42, 
 265, 342, 356, v. 161, 168, 190, 200, 331, 
 349, 350, 368-9, 525 ; granted a, voluntary 
 aid for repair of harbour, and accounting for 
 the same, ii. 352-3, 409, 451, iii. 9 ; grant 
 from Edinburgh for repair of the harbour 
 of, ii. 536 ; charge to, anent election of 
 magistrates, iii. 38, 55 ; anent the mill and 
 mill-lands of, iii. 334, 342, 374, 399, 419, 
 491, 514 ; in dispute with a vassal, iii. 626 ; 
 prosecution of, by the Earls of Panmure and 
 Airlie, iii. 653-4 ; feuing the common land 
 of, iii. 654 ; grant in aid to, iv. 68 ; visita- 
 tion of the burgh, iv. 234, v. 331, 369 ; pro- 
 cess by, against Andrew Smeton, iv. 350 ; 
 sale of lands of Badieshill by, ratified, iv. 
 357 ; differences and disputes in the burgh, 
 and an illegal election, iv. 402-3, 405, v. 86 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 633-4 ; 
 resisting an increase oi taxation, v. 12-6, 
 18 ; erection of a guildry in, v. 149 ; act 
 authorising said erection rescinded, v. 160-1 ; 
 re-erection of guildry in, v. 368 9, 373-4 ; to 
 make statement of its common good, v. 191 ; 
 a general contribution recommended for 
 building the harbour of, v. 350, 405, 433, 
 457, 461, 481-2, 509, 512, 525, 553 ; in con- 
 troversy with John Eraser of Kirktoun, v. 
 494 ; license of non-attendance granted to, 
 i. 303, 329, 359, 363, 471, ii. 56, 110, 179, 
 211, 212, iii. 29 ; represented by missive, i. 
 274, 369, 428, ii. 2, 23, 99, 126, 154, 172, 194, 
 
 232, 249, 272, 329, iii. 35, 54, 77, 112, 125, 
 138, 156, 185, 220, 282, 310 ; nnlawed, i. 
 216, 233, 242, 396, 417, 471, ii. 462. 
 
 Archbishop of Glasgow, .see Glasgow. 
 
 of St Andrews, Patrick, i. 188. 
 
 Archibald, John, tacksman of excise herrings, 
 
 iii. 97, 103, 120. 
 Ardross;in, iv. 509. 
 Argiers, see Algiers. 
 Argyle, Earl of, i. 161, iii. 456, 472, iv. 67, 
 
 233, 436, V. 589, 604. 
 
 Armour, James, merchant in Glasgow, iv. 348, 
 
 356. 
 Arms : musters and exercise cf arms to be held 
 
 by each burgh monthly, ii. 83 ; article against 
 drawing of weapons within burgh, ii. 89 : 
 hunting and shooting wild animals in Camp- 
 vere, ii. 366 ; providing muskets and pikes 
 for defence of the realm, iii. 236 ; bring'ng 
 home arms from abroad, iv. 95 ; buying of 
 arms, iv. 545. See also Fire-arms. 
 
 Arms, Coats of : act anent the coats of arms of 
 the burghs, ii. 635, 665 ; a patent anent 
 armoury, iv. 543 ; memorial from the Lion 
 King anent, v. 481; action against Edinburgh 
 for not matriculating, v. 540. 
 
 Armwth, Arnmuyden, in Zeeland, ii. 365. 
 
 Army : anent taxing in burghs remaining away 
 from the royal army, i. 526-7. 
 
 Arnold, John, goodman of Woodmill, i. 407. 
 
 Arnot, Henry, in Kirkhost, i. 455, 484. 
 
 James, merchant in Edinburgh, iii. 26-7, 
 
 34, 67, 72, 88-9. 
 
 John, surety for Munro of Foulis, i. 162. 
 
 John, provost, and com. for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, i. 342. 
 
 John, commissary clerk in St Andrews, 
 
 ii. 303. 
 
 Arrears of dues, taxes, &c. , see Taxation. 
 
 Arrestment of persons and vessels belonging 
 to Dunkirk, i. 307 ; arrestment of goods, i. 
 390 ; a defaulting commissioner to be ar- 
 rested, ii. 451 ; act of parliament anent 
 arrestment within burgh, iv. 96 ; arrestment 
 in the hands of the moderator, v. 144. 
 
 Arrot, see Harrat. 
 
 Arscot, Duke of, i. 550. 
 
 Articles prepared for the commissioners sent 
 to England to treat of the union of the two 
 kingdoms, ii. 189-191 ; to the Privy Council 
 anent the shipping, iii. 53, 66-7, 75-6, 87 ; 
 terms of agreement for settling of the staple 
 port at Dort, iii. 675-688 ; terms of agreement 
 for setttling of the staple port at Campvere, 
 iii, 689-706. 
 
 Ash€s, abolition of duty on, v. 442, 597, 601, 
 603. 
 
 Assembly, The General, granting voluntary 
 contributions in aid of certain burghs, v. 
 350, 461 ; members from the royal burghs 
 to, v. 534. 
 
 Assessor, duties of, iii. 601 ; rejection of an 
 assessor in convention, v. 133. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 Assessor for the burghs, appointment and pay- 
 ment of, iv. 47, 195, 204, 213, 490, v. 372 ; 
 conferences with, on important affairs, iv. 
 205, V. 237, 262, 273-4 ; qualification of, v. 
 168 ; demission of office by, v. 282. 
 
 Assurance : form of, iv. 176 ; must be sub- 
 scribed by assessors, iv. 296 ; subscribed by 
 commissioners and assessors, iv. 129, 152, 
 176, 189, 197, 205, 208, 229, 247, 259, 264, 
 274, 280, 296, 314, 320, 334, 343, 345, 351, 
 354, 368, 386, 399, 404, 427, 452, 481, 501, 
 V. 2, 29, 92, 151, 189, 212, 292, 408, 453, v. 
 462, 589 ; subscribed by the agent, iv. 487 ; 
 subscribed by the clerks, v. 453. 
 
 Assone, see Eason. 
 
 Astoun, Anthony, comedian, v. 467. 
 
 Atkins, Colonel, iii. 435. 
 
 Attestation of privilege and immunity, i. 213. 
 
 Attire, see Dress. 
 
 Auchinleck of Balmanno, George, i. 91. 
 
 William, com. for Dumfries, elected 
 
 moderator, iii. 138. 
 
 William, com. for Dundee, elected mode- 
 rator, ii. 211. 
 
 Auchterlony, see Ochterlony. 
 
 Auchtermuchty, town of, iii. 400, iv. 580-1. 
 
 Auchtinreoch, ii. 168. 
 
 Auditing accounts, i. 86, 92-6, 134, 180, 246, 
 249, 267, 289, 306, 366, 465, 467, 478, 490, 
 ii. 40, 53, 64-5, 90, 119, 121-2, 152, 182-3, 
 208, 224-6, 230, 244, 304, 353, 376, 412-3, 
 416, 452-3, 460, iii. 7-8, 10-12, 20, 24, 28, 32, 
 40, 42-3, 46, 58-9, 66, 74, 87-9, 106-8, 118, 
 122-3, 133, 143, 146, 166, 197, 202, 229, 251, 
 272-3, 321-2, 357, 367, 410, 419, 442, 448, 
 468, 528, 535, 610-1, 634, 661, iv. 28, 69, 76, 
 318, 330-1, 372, 391, 409, 459, 506, v. 3, 93, 
 125, 160, 171, 178, 219, 233, 237, 278; 318, 
 331, 353, 368-9, 401, 458-9, 477-8, 491, 510, 
 525, 536, 551-2, 591, 596-7, 608, 633; ar- 
 rangements anent an error in the accounts, 
 ii. 473. 
 
 Audney, see Udny. 
 
 Auld, Alexander, treasurer of Kirkcaldy, ii. 
 181. 
 
 Austria, Archduke of, sending a commission 
 to, i. 504. 
 
 Avery, David, in St Andrews, ii. 112. 
 
 Avon, bridge of, iii. 164. 
 
 Avon water, i. 194. 
 
 Avyne, see Avon. 
 
 Awarice, average, ii. 134. 
 
 Awerie, see Avery. 
 
 Aymouth, see Eyemouth. 
 
 Ayr : in dispute with Irvine, i. 150-2; scarcity 
 of timber in, i. 192 ; a party to fitting out a 
 ship and bark for suppression of piracy, i. 
 242-3 ; hindrance to the commissioner of, i. 
 296 ; in dispute with Kirkcudbright anent 
 an impost on salt, i. 380, 397-8, 434-5, 
 455-6, 484 ; repairing the bridge of, i. 388 ; 
 appointed to arrest burgesses of Rothesay, 
 i. 390 ; in dispute with Glasgow anent the 
 impost on bridge, i. 390, 399 ; complaint of, 
 against its general gauger, i. 413 ; ancient 
 custom of setting the common lands of, i. 
 432 ; contesting the erection of Maybole in 
 burgh of barony, ii. 54, 78 ; to supplicate 
 the King for a gift of impost for its harbour, 
 ii. 86, 206-7, 356, iii. 134 ; Flemish cloth- 
 makers settled at, ii. 117 ; anent setting the 
 common mills of, ii. 148 ; in dispute with 
 Glasgow, Renfrew, and Dumbarton, anent 
 herring fishing, ii. 151 ; to conform its mea- 
 sures to those of Stirling, ii. 151 ; complaint 
 of, regarding pollution of the Clyde, ii. 152 ; 
 severity of the pestilence in, ii. 224 ; charge 
 to, anent defaulting burgesses, ii. 251, 274, 
 288, 316, 350, 403; charge to, anent gauge of 
 barrels for salmon and herring, ii. 276, 289, 
 312, 343, 401 ; fits out a ship against pirates in 
 the western seas, ii. 305-6 ; repairing the har- 
 bour of, supplications and grants for, ii. 418, 
 iii. 134, 339, iv. 548, v. 349, 525 ; complaint 
 of, against Wigtown anent outland bur- 
 gesses, ii. 419, 450, iii. 2 ; imijrisonment of a 
 burgess of, by Irvine, iii. 347, 373 ; com- 
 plaint of, against Glasgow anent election of 
 a commissioner, iii. 478 ; anent the citadtl 
 of, iii. 567 ; extracts from the Council Re- 
 cords of, ii. 595-6 ; extracts from the accounts 
 of, ii. 596-7 ; decay of the burgh, iii. 626, 634, 
 645, iv. 78, V. 126, 331 ; imposition of a 
 locality in, iv. 24 ; visitation of the burgh, 
 iv. 78, V. 331 ; visitors' report of the condi- 
 tion of, iv. 585-590 ; seizure of two ships be- 
 longing to the burgh, iv. 87 ; action against, 
 for wrongous imprisonment, iv. 388, 394 ; 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 condition of the tolbooth of, supplication 
 regarding, iv. 392 ; anent the wool-market 
 of, iv. 548 ; benefit of unfree trade granted 
 to, V. 126 ; procuring an impost on each pjjjt 
 of ale sold, v. 589 ; grant in aid to, v. 589 ; 
 license of non-attendance granted to, i. 489 ; 
 unlawed, i. 317, ii. 21, 29, 186. 
 
 Back-burden of goods, custom on, iii. 388. 
 
 Baert, George, wool-plotter and comber from 
 Leyden, ii. 117, 119. 
 
 Bailie, election of, in burghs, i. 3, 386, 511. 
 
 Baillie, James, a King's receiver, ii. 404. 
 
 Sir James, provost of Dunbar, iii. 139. 
 
 William, provost of Inverness, i. 97, 106. 
 
 of Jerviawoode, George, iv. 195, 507, 523, 
 
 V. 204. 
 
 Balfour, Captain, sent with letters to Prince 
 of Orange, i. 44. 
 
 Ballanclaoh, a village in Wigtown, i. 483, ii. 
 281. 
 
 Eallantrae, v. 126. 
 
 Ballantyne, John, burgess of Edinburgh, i. 233. 
 
 James, resident in London, ii. 261. 
 
 Ballast, see Ship. 
 
 Ballenden, see Ballantyne. 
 
 Balmaclellan, v. 125. 
 
 Balmaghie, v. 125. 
 
 Balmerino, James Lord, president of council 
 i. 538. 
 
 Balnais, see Balnaves. 
 
 Balrany, Hercules, of Burntisland, i. 165. 
 
 Baltic Sea : Scottish ships trading to, v. 150, 
 175, 219, 596 ; lint and hemp seed imported 
 from, v. 435. 
 
 Banff, customer of, to be discharged, i. 256 ; 
 anent certain imposts uplifted from, i. 334 ; 
 an unlaw assigned to, i. 361 ; complaint 
 against, for outland burgesses, i. 484 ; com- 
 plaint of Aberdeen agiinst, anent outland 
 burgesses, ii. 30, 46, 76 ; craving support for 
 repair of harbour, ii. 418, 465, iii. 341 ; 
 grants to, for repair of harbour, iii. 12, iv. 
 265, V. 460 ; charge to, anent outland bur- 
 gesses, iii. 270 ; charge to, anent common 
 good and rental, iii. 286 ; charge to, anent 
 election of magistrates, iii. 286, 311, 526 ; 
 controversy regarding weights and measures, 
 iv. 5; poverty and decay of the baigh, iv. 
 
 97, 198 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 97, 234, 
 318, V. 93, 405, 456 ; granted to set the Salt 
 Lochs in tack, iv. 284 ; grant to, for repair 
 of tolbooth, iv. 355 ; a contract between the 
 magistrates and the trades of, iv. 370, 375-8 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 642-4 ; 
 controversy between, and the Laird of 
 Braco, v. 2, 92, 462 ; voluntary contribu- 
 tion recommended for the harbour of, v. 
 460 ; warrant for excambion by the town 
 council of, V. 535 ; granted license of non- 
 attendance, i. 239, 329, 439, ii. 17, 78, 159, 
 211-2, 295; represented by missive, i. 244, 
 274, 473, ii. 42, 100, 126, 172, 232, 249, 272, 
 309, 341, iii. 54, 125, 156, 263; unlawed, i. 
 216, 296, 330, 380, 396, 417, 457, 481, 484, 
 ii. 6, 17, 36, 201. 
 
 Bankruptcy : certain merchants ruined by 
 bankrupt factors in Flanders, i. 132-3. 
 
 Banks, Mr, maker of tobacco pipes, iv. 548. 
 
 Banquet given to commissioners of burghs by 
 Edinburgh, ii. 489, 492, 506 ; given to com- 
 missioners of burghs by Haddington, ii. 599. 
 
 Baptism of Prince Henry, arrangements for, i. 
 429-30. 
 
 Barclay of Invergelly, William, ii. 303. 
 
 Bark ; anent unfreemen dealing in, ii. 37, 46 ; 
 toll on each boll and boat of, ii. 91 ; impost 
 OD, ii. ITS, iii. 47 ; exporting bark to Ireland, 
 iv. 430. 
 
 Barking, and Barkers, see Tanning. 
 
 Barns, Laird of, iii. 328. 
 
 Barons : provisions for the banquet at the bap- 
 tism of the Prince to be furnished by the 
 barons and gentlemen, i. 430 ; barons' por- 
 tion of the general taxation of 1535, i. 514 ; 
 barons' portion of general taxation for West 
 and Middle Borders, i. 518 ; the barons 
 sending commissioners to England to treat 
 of the union of the two kingdoms, ii. 182. 
 
 Barony, burghs of, sec under Burgh. 
 
 Barrels : barrels for fish, measure, packing, 
 and branding of, ii. 12.3, 31, 242, 257, 271, 
 276, 284, 312, 319, 326-8, 349, 361, 403, 426, 
 445, iii. 11-2, 32, 42, 79, 86, 92-3, 146; 
 commission to fix the measure and sufi&ciency 
 of barrels for herring and salmon, iii. 29-30, 
 32-3, 86, 92-3 ; testing of barrels for herring, 
 inslractions to Edinburgh anent, ii. 463 ; 
 
Convention of Boynl Burghs. 
 
 9 
 
 impost on staves for barrels, ili. 47 ; use of 
 foreign barrels for salmon forbidden, iii. 
 658. 
 
 Bartle, Sfc, fair of, iii. 37, 55, 79, 98, 113, 
 222, 269. 
 
 Bass, Isle of, iv. 87. 
 
 Bathgate, v. 161. 
 
 Baty, Bawtie, see Beatie. 
 
 Bawert, see Baert. 
 
 Baxters, bakers, i. 556, ii. 487 ; purchasing 
 wheat on market day, ii. 33 ; baxters of 
 Edinburgh against a burgess, v. 596. 
 
 Bay salt, see Salt. 
 
 Beacons : anent placing a beacon on Fifeness, 
 iii. 179, 201-2 ; anent placing a beacon on 
 the Isle of May, iii. 328. 
 
 Bear : a market for bear and other victual 
 desired in Linlithgow, i. 197 ; time of bear 
 market in St Andrews, i. 485 ; the price of, 
 i. 556 ; impost on, iii. 73, 75 ; import and sale 
 of foreign bear, iii. 149, 152, 169, 172, 195, 214. 
 
 Beatie, Gilbert, conservator-depute in Flan- 
 ders, ii. 24 ; charges against, and settlement 
 of the same, ii, 228-30. 
 
 Eobert, factor in Campvere, iii. 24, 232, 
 
 240. 
 
 Eobert, merchant in Montrose, supplica- 
 tion of, iii. 120. 
 
 Beawling (Beauly), i. 190. 
 
 Beef : shape and size of barrels for, iii. 32-3, 79 ; 
 export of, iv. 477 ; salt beef, duty on, v. 
 530-1, 560-3 ; transporting cured beef to 
 England, v. 536, 539, 546. 
 
 Beer : anent use of, in Campvere, i. 78 ; excise 
 beer, and excise on beer in Campvere, i. 100, 
 254, 276, 323, 344-5, 376-7, 408-9, 427, 442-3, 
 463, ii. 9 ; anent excise of, in Antwerp, i. 547 ; 
 excise on, in Middelburg, i., 551-2; impost 
 on, ii. 177, 259, 380, iv. 390; tapsters of, ii. 
 255 ; a patent to control the sale of foreign 
 beer, iii. 149, 152, 169, 172. 
 
 Begg, John, master of the conciergery in 
 Campvere, v. 470, 484. 
 
 Beggars : burghs oppressed with idle and sturdy 
 beggars, i. 102. 
 
 Beinston, see Benaton. 
 
 Beknage, beaconage, ii. 134. 
 
 Bell, George, bailie in Annan, ii. 178. 
 
 James, burgess in Glasgow, ii. 200. 
 
 B 
 
 Bell, John, com. for Glasgow, elected modera- 
 tor, iii. 648. 
 
 Beltmakers, v. 528. 
 
 Beltan (1st May, O.S., hence used for Whit- 
 sunday), i. 160, 225, 306. 
 
 Benistoun, see Beanston. 
 
 Bery, in Flanders, i. 51. 
 
 Berry, Earl of, i. 550. 
 
 Beton, Beathone, Bethune, see Beaton. 
 
 Beaton of Balfour, James, i. 149, iv. 472. 
 
 John, i. 188. 
 
 Beynstoun, see Beanston. 
 
 Biggar, v. 149. 
 
 Bilton, Mr, treasurer for the English army, iii. 
 385. 
 
 Bindis, barrels, casks, ii. 239. 
 
 Binning, William (afterwards Sir William), 
 provost of Edinburgh, iii. 656, 659, 666, 672 ; 
 elected moderator, iv. 1. 
 
 Birsbane, see Brisbane. 
 
 Bishop, Gabriel, clothmaker in Norwich, ii. 
 107-8 ; contracts to bring certain workmen 
 to Scotland, arrangements and terms, 115-21. 
 
 Bishop of the Isles, see Isles. 
 
 Black, George, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Mr William, advocate, iv. 437. 
 
 Blackburn, Peter, minister of Aberdeen, i. 491. 
 
 Blackness, shore and haven of, ii. 150, 158, 
 180, 204. 
 
 Port of, iu. 572, 577, iv. 19, 23, v. 180 
 
 335-6, 537. 
 
 Blackwood, Sir Robert, provost, com. for 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, v. 29, 42, 92. 
 
 Blair, Sir Adam, com. for Dunbar, to confer 
 with secretary of state, iv. 71. 
 
 Blankets, duty on, in France, v. 111. 
 
 Blaw, James, in Culrosa, i. 405. 
 
 John, in Culross, i. 405. 
 
 Bleaching : bleaching of cloth, linen, and other, 
 iii. 628, 643, iv. 95, 145, 539, v. 334, 369, 440; 
 bleaching with lime forbidden, iv. 539, v. 
 334 ; bill concerning materials used in bleach - 
 fields, and the duties upon, v. 597, 601, 603, 
 624. 
 
 Blincheil, see Blinsel. 
 
 Blue Brissell, see Dyeing. 
 
 Boarding-houses to be provided for Scotsmen 
 in Campvere and in Antwerp, i. 58-9, iSee 
 also Campvere and Conciergery. 
 
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 Boards : impost on Ireland boards, iii. 47. 
 Boge, Mr, minister of the Scots kirk in Camp- 
 
 vere, iv. 243. 
 Bogie, laird of, patentee, iii. 149, 152, 169. 
 Boiswell, see Boswell. 
 Bokhall, see Boghall. 
 Bolingbroke, Viscount, secretary of statr, 
 
 letter to, v. 84. 
 Boll measure, i. 477 ; contents of a boll of salt, 
 
 iii. 417. 
 Boncle, James, bailie in Linlithgow, v. 207, 219 
 
 Patrick, clerk of St Andrews, i. 305, 361, 
 
 ii. 100, 113. 
 
 William, of Dunbar, i. 112. 
 
 Bond : ratification of an heritable bond, v. 405, 
 
 476, 480, 434. 
 Bo'ness, town and port of, ii. 28, iv. 139, 254, 
 363, 381, V. 180, 211, 278, 331, 333-6, 537 ; 
 erection of, in burgh royal, iii. 549-551, 562, 
 577 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, v. 
 492. 
 Bengals, v. 439. 
 
 Booth: open booth kept by unfreemen, i. 372. 
 Bordeaux, i. 123, 130, 178, 409, 558-9, 562-3, 
 
 ii. 104, 132-3. 
 Borders : general taxation for West and 
 
 Middle Borders, i. 518 
 Borlands, lands of, ii. 416, 444. 
 Borrowstounness, see Bo'ness. 
 Borthwick, James, in Campvere, ii. 410. 
 Boston, port of, ii. 462. 
 Bothwell, Mr Francis, ii. 300, 308. 
 Bowie, Jeremiah, King's sumler, i. 182. 
 Bowles, Mr, secretary to the barons of ex- 
 chequer, V. 499. 
 Boxmaster, disputed election of, v. 413, 433-4. 
 Boyd, John, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 467, ii. 
 
 60. 
 Boyle, Hon. Mr, secretary, letter to, iv. 461. 
 Brabant, i. 133. 
 
 Duke of, ii. 386. 
 
 Brabner, Brabriner, see Brebner. 
 Braco, Laird of, v. 2, 92, 462. 
 Braidie, see Braddy. 
 
 Braidwood, James, deacon in Glasgow, i. 495. 
 Branding of barrels, see Barrels. 
 Brandy, impost on, iv. 77, 96, 114; anent 
 smuggling of, v. 506, 510-2, 519, 609, 61,3-6. 
 Brassiy Sound in Shetland, iv. 429, 514, 
 
 Braus (Bras), Giles, in Campvere, i. 555. 
 
 Peter, maker of playing cards, iv. 68, 96. 
 
 Bread, breaking the assize of, i. 503 ; rating 
 the price of, i. 556 ; quantity of baked 
 bread to be got from a boll of wheat, i. 556 ; 
 insufficiency of, ii. 322 ; commission to test 
 and fix the quality and weight of, iii. 28, 39, 
 55, 81, 116 ; each burgh to report anent pais 
 of bread, iii. 341-2, 375, 401-3 ; the pais of 
 Edinburgh to be the standard pais for bread, 
 iii. 402. 
 Breadalbane, Earl of, v. 159. 
 Breakers of flesh, see Flesh, Fleshers. 
 Brebner, Andrew, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 William, burgess in Montrose, ii. 343, 400 
 
 Brechin : grants to Montrose and Dundee 
 liberty of free traffic, i. 238 ; anent certain 
 imposts uplifted from, i. 334 ; to supplicate 
 a gift of impost for repair of biidge, i. 440 ; 
 to arrest nolt and sheep passing to England, 
 i. 455 ; complaint of Forfar against, regard- 
 ing customs, ii. 222, 304, 357 ; craving sup- 
 port for repair of its bridge, ii. 356 ; granted 
 to supplicate a gift of impost for the same, 
 409 ; complaint of, against Montrose re- 
 garding victual, iii. 145 ; charge to, anent 
 common good, lands, and rental, iii. 265, 
 285-6 ; in dispute with the Earl of Southesk, 
 iii. 472-3, iv. 24 ; erection of a guildry in, 
 iii. 568, 578, 588, 602 ; dispute between the 
 merchants and craftsmen of, and decreet 
 arbitral anent, iii. 588, 602-6 ; feuing the 
 common lands of, iii. 622, 624 ; controversy 
 with Dundee regarding a prisoner, iii. 627 ; 
 requests additional councillors, iv. 22 ; visi- 
 tation of the burgh, iv. 211, 232, v. 461 ; 
 grant for repair of harbour, iv. 232 ; act 
 anent magistrates and councillors in, iv. 
 239 ; grant to, for repair of tolbooth, iv. 
 265 ; in dispute with the Earl of Panmure, 
 iv. 265, 389, 405, 458 ; illegal imprisonment 
 of a debtor in, iv. 463 ; grant to, for protec- 
 tion of the bleaching green, v. 479 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of, iv. 609-612 ; 
 lioeufed to depart, i. 326 ; exempted, ii. 16, 
 78, 281, 355 ; represented by missive, ii. 
 41, 71, 194, 232, 309, 329, iii. 243, 263, 310 
 unlawed, i. 154, 280, 354, 396, 417, ii. 127 
 249, 462. 
 
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 Brechin, Bishop of, i. 541, iii. 616. 
 
 Bretaigue, in France, i. 270. 
 
 Bricks, a patent for making of, iv. 547. 
 
 Bridges, building and repairing certain, i. 151, 
 197, 292-3, 332, 380, 388, 391, 425, 440, 
 461-2, 488, ii. 34-6, 55, 106, 113, 217, 221, 
 279, 283, 321, 463, iii. 12, 14, 131, 616, iv. 
 34, 48, 65, 197, 234, 265, 282, 288, 319, 355, 
 411, V. 148, 174 ; imposts for repair of, to 
 be accounted for yearly, i. 292, 329, 388, 
 399, 440 ; impost charged on bridge of Ayr, 
 dispute anent, i. 399 ; bridges in Stirling- 
 shire damaged by floods, v. 551. 
 
 Broad-cloth, see Cloth, Clothmaking. 
 
 Brodie of Brodie, Alexander, lion king of 
 arras, v. 481. 
 
 Brokers : anent brokers in the Low Countries, 
 iv. 540, 558. 
 
 Broughill, Lord, iii. 440. 
 
 Brounsyd, see Burnside. 
 
 Brown, Adam, provost, com. for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iv. 501, v. 2. 
 
 Andrew, in Culross, i. 405. 
 
 Andrew, common clerk of Kinghorn, ii. 
 
 73, 87. 
 
 David, notary in Dunfermline, i. 449. 
 
 — — John, messenger, i. 381. 
 
 John, burgess in Inverkeithing, i. 475. 
 
 John, bailie of Inverkeithing, i. 494. 
 
 Mr John, servitor to the Duke of Lennox, 
 
 and agent for the burghs in London, Hi. 25, 31. 
 
 Robert, skipper, ii. 219, 339. 
 
 Mr Bobert, minister of the Soots kirk in 
 
 Campvere, iii. 378. 
 
 Thomas, in Wigtown, i. 455, 484. 
 
 William, in Eyemouth, i. 201. 
 
 William, writer in Edinburgh; appointed 
 
 agent for the burghs, iii. 338 ; discharged, 
 iii. 674. 
 
 Brownside, lauds of, i. 494. 
 
 Bruce, Anthony, com. for Stirling, elected 
 moderator, i. 429. 
 
 George, customer of Culross, i. 257. 
 
 of Airth, ii. 270. 
 
 Sir Gfeorge, in Culross, ii. 300, 307, 317, 
 
 326, iii. 201 ; elected moderator, iii. 282. 
 
 Robert, former bailie in Kintore, v. 457. 
 
 King Robert, reference to a charter 
 
 granted by, i. 458. 
 
 Bruges, i. 51, 543-4, ii. 386. 
 
 Brunton, David, in Lanark, i. 88. 
 
 Buchan, Mr .John, advocate in Edinburgh, 
 appointed agent for the burghs, iv. 73, 342 ; 
 tack by, and act in favour of, iv. 159, 
 202, 229, 233, 250-4, 264, 304, 307 ; petition 
 from, iv. 466, 486, 492, 495, v. 65, 78, 93, 
 131 ; action against the burghs raised by, v. 
 93, 104-5, 117-8, 124; arrestment taken by, 
 against the burghs, v. 144. 
 
 Robert, patentee, iii. 313. 
 
 Buck, Andrew, in Aberdeen, i. 122, 124, 179. 
 
 Bullion : bullion claimed from burghs by the 
 Regent, i. 37 ; claim settled, 42-3, 45, 91 ; 
 arrangement anent bullion for the King, i. 
 499-500 ; commissions to the King anent the 
 customs and bullion, ii. 14-5, 329, 332 ; a 
 commission to deal with the new acts on 
 customs and bullion, ii. 15 ; report of the 
 commissioners, ii. 19-22 ; supplication to the 
 Privy Council anent, ii. 235-6 ; commission 
 on bullion of certain goods, ii. 300, 307-8, 
 312-3, 326, 329, 332, 343, 354, 374 ; bringing 
 home bullion from other countries, ii. 487, 
 iii. 330; a surveyor of bullion, iv. 177, 190, 
 208. 
 
 Bulwarks, mill-dams, building and repairing 
 certain, iv. 265, 271, 356. 
 
 Buncle, see Boncle. 
 
 Bunkley, see Buoknay. 
 
 Buoys, ii. 144. 
 
 Burdeaulx, see Bordeaux. 
 
 Burgage lands, anent burdens affecting, iv. 393 
 
 Burgh : historical notice of the royal burghs 
 of Scotland from the twelfth to the sixteenth 
 century — their combination, constitution, 
 privileges, and government, i. v-xii ; privi- 
 leges of the burghs ratified by parliament, i. 
 xii ; the convention, its work and influence, 
 i. xii-xv ; burghs sending commissioners to 
 convention, and penalties for default, i. 
 vii-x, ii. 59 ; anent uniformity of weights 
 and measures in burghs, and the standards 
 to be used, i. 2, 5-6, 76-7, 283, 437-8, 454, 
 482, ii. 26, 44, iii. 69, 71-2, 643, iv. 39, v. 
 315 ; burghs to conform their petty customs 
 to those of Edinburgh, i. 2-3, 11 ; election 
 of magistrates in free burghs, the manner of, 
 prescribed, i. 3 ; burgesses must reside 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 within burgh, i. 3-4, 30-1, v. 169, 192-3, 350, 
 505 ; grouping of the burghs for the purpose 
 of taxation, i. 6-7, 20, 26 ; poverty and de 
 cay of certain burghs, i. 7, 35, 67, 72, 415, 
 iii. 579, 620, 627, 634-5, iv. 5, 21, 29, 42, 
 77-8, 92, 97, 190, 198, 213, 286, 342, 372, 
 388, V. 16, 124-8, 236, 274, 331, 334, 350, 
 463, 488, 551-2 ; liberty of burghs injured, 
 i. 11 ; oppressed burghs to be assisted, i. 12 ; 
 freighting of ships in free burghs, and certi- 
 fying merchants and skippers, i. 12, 130; 
 burghs to enforce the laws against unfree- 
 men, and unfree traffickers and craftsmen, 
 i. 19, 115, 304, 358, 371-2, 404, 436, 454, 476 ; 
 magistrates forbidden to make free bur- 
 gesses, i. 20 ; collectors of fines from burghs, 
 i. 20, 26 ; packing and peeling outwith free 
 burghs, i. 20, 131 ; burghs having just 
 actions at law to be supported by Conven- 
 tion, i. 34 ; disputes among burghs to be re- 
 ferred to Convention, i. 35 ; Sunday mar- 
 kets, also, fairs and markets at kirks and 
 clachans, acts anent, i. 35, 235-6, 238, 251, 
 274, 447, 486-7, iii. 579 ; burghs under sum- 
 mons for non-payment of bullion, i. 37 ; 
 claim settled, 42 ; custom rolls to be sent to 
 Edinburgh, i. 43 ; inquest regarding im- 
 porters of false coins and exporters of con- 
 traband, i. 47 ; burgesses, qualifications and 
 making of, and acts anent, i. 88, 503, 510, 
 ii. 4, 11-12 ; anent the execution of acts of 
 Parliament, i. 89 ; anent outland burgesses 
 and unfreemen, and enforcing of acts against 
 them, i. 98-9, 111-2, 122, 446, 454, ii. 11-12, 
 25-6; forestallers fleeing from jus' ice to be 
 arrested, i. 99 ; antnt susteutatiun of poor 
 in landward burghs, i. 102 ; » towst on 
 burghs for a commission to England anent 
 piracy, i. 102 ; execution of laws in burghs, 
 i. 102-3 ; burghs having records of Convin- 
 tion to send extracts of laws and constitu- 
 tions to Edinburgh, i. 103 ; anent lawsuits 
 in burghs, i. 103 ; anent unfree craftsmen in 
 suburbs, i. 116-7, 238, 404, 436, 454; burghs 
 obtaining extracts of records of Convention, 
 i. 128-9 ; only free merchands and skippers 
 to be certified by Dean of Guild, i. 130 ; 
 certain burghs to arrange with the King 
 anent the new customs, i. 132 ; magistrates 
 
 answerable for execution of statutes, i. 132, 
 141 ; merchants forbidden to deal with 
 papists and infidels in foreign countries, i. 
 133 ; anent freemen colouring unfree goods, 
 i. 136 ; uplifting export duties in burghs, 
 i. 141, 219, 278 ; anent money advanced to 
 the burghs by Edinburgh, and the repay- 
 ment of it, i, 142-4, 183, 239-240, ii. 622, 
 524 ; burghs charged with defrauding the 
 King's customs, i. 147 ; the King's cus- 
 toms set in tack to the burghs, i. 152-161 ; 
 complaint against the taxing of the Privy 
 Council, i. 167 ; lordship outwith burgh, i. 
 170 ; condition of burghs shown by extent 
 roll, and returns of customs, i. 173-5, 197 ; 
 unlaws of burghs to be collected by the clerk 
 of Convention, i. 185 ; supplication of Kil- 
 renny to be enrolled a free burgh refused, i. 
 188-9 ; certain burghs injured by the act 
 anent packing and peeling of fish, i. 191-2 ; 
 the erecting of burghs within free burghs 
 to be resisted, i. 197 ; anent craftsmen in 
 baronies outwith free burgh, i. 197 ; burghs 
 opposed to the erection of Burntisland as a 
 free burgh, i. 202 ; liberties of burghs to be 
 secured by act of Parliament, i. 203-4 ; com- 
 missioners of burghs to warn customers tj 
 account to the collector, i. 208 ; commis- 
 sioners of burghs must be able and qualified, 
 i., 209-10 ; injustice to the burghs practised 
 in Parliament, i. 210 ; anent the ranking of 
 burghs, i. 210, 231-2, ii. 297, 314-5, 344; 
 arrangements for erecting a, Scots kirk in 
 Campvere, see, Campvere ; complaint against 
 the taxing of burghs by the Clerk of Regis- 
 ter, i. 214 ; burghs to make count and reck- 
 oning, i. 215 ; certain burghs become surety 
 for a loan, i. 220-1 ; a tack of the King's 
 customs granted to burghs for three years, 
 i. 223-9 ; inland and coast burghs to be 
 equally represented at the making of the 
 extent roll, i. 235 ; anent exemption of 
 burghs from certain raids, assizes, and in- 
 quests, i. 240 ; anent the estate and quality 
 of persons within burgh, i. 241 ; anent the 
 burghs of the west country fitting out a ship 
 and bark for suppression of piracy, i. 242-3 ; 
 placing of customers in burghs, their ap- 
 pointment and service, i. 255-9 ; oppression 
 
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 of burghs by adjoining landlords, i. 262 ; 
 customing of goods in northern burghs un- 
 profitable, i. 262-3 ; anent burghs transport- 
 ing staple wares to other ports than Camp- 
 vere, i. 264, iii. 22, 31, 102, 116, 128, iv. 9, 
 13, 21, 204, 531, 538, 543, 545, v. 162-3; 
 anent dealing with unfreemen's goods in 
 North Berwick, i. 266-7 ; a, tax imposed on 
 all burghs for payment of the King's wines, 
 i. 267 ; burghs refusing to pay as they ought, 
 and remedy for, i. 273 ; anent burghs not 
 paying their share of the impost for Allan 
 Lentron's ship and bark, i. 286 ; certain 
 burghs to supply the agent with money for 
 his lawsuits, i. 288 ; burghs prosecuting 
 transporters of forbidden goods and white 
 fish, i. 288 ; customers of burghs and sea- 
 ports to present their accounts for settle- 
 ment and audit, i. 289, 306 ; burghs having 
 a gift of impost to give a yearly account to 
 Convention, i. 292, 329, 388, 399, 440, 461 ; 
 certain seaports granted an impost of shore- 
 silver, i. 299 ; acts anent the common good 
 of burgh, and perambulation of marches, 
 i. 303-4, 361-2, 373, 396, 416, 430-1, 453, 
 ii. 4, 25, 44, 80-1, 103, 131, 160 ; burghs in- 
 convenienced by insufficiency of cnnyie, i. 
 304 ; chapmen and unfreemen forbidden to 
 traffic in staple goods, and burghs to enforce 
 the act, i. 304, 322-3, 358, 371-2 ; burghs to 
 supplicate parliament anent their taxation 
 by the Lords of Privy Council, i. 305 ; protes- 
 tation and complaint of certain burgesses of 
 Aberdeen against the provost and magistrates, 
 i. 312-5, 318, 320-2, 324-6, 328-9, 332-4, 335-7; 
 claim of certain burghs for spoliation of 
 \N ines, i. 319 ; maintaining the institutions 
 of, i. 333 ; decadence of the government of 
 Aberdeen, and reformation desired, i. 335-6 ; 
 act anent settlement of disputes in or between 
 burghs, i. 336-7, 355 ; liberties of burgh in- 
 jured by the King's letters charging burghs 
 to elect noblemen as magistrates, i. 340 ; 
 burghs to concur as one body in resisting 
 oppressors of their lands or liberties, i. 340 ; 
 disputes between burghs regarding the cus- 
 tom of the ladle, i. 356, 377, 381, 398, 403, 
 433, ii. 259, 347 ; act anent trafficing from 
 burgh to burgh discharged, i. 359 ; oppres- 
 
 sion of burgh of Forfar by Master of Glammis, 
 i. 362, 388 ; no heritable magistrate to be 
 chosen within burgh, i. 374; a common 
 scale of petty customs proposed for all 
 burghs, i. 374 ; charge to burghs in arrears 
 with the collector general, i. 381 ; dispute 
 between the community and magistrates of 
 Aberdeen ; decree of parliament anent ; 
 settlement referred to Convention, i. 383-6 ; 
 burghs to contribute pro rata for stipend 
 and expenses of the clerk, i. 387 ; burghs to 
 be taxed for sustenance of a levy of soldiers, 
 i. 392-3 ; the burghs to give resolute answer 
 to the proposal of the General Assembly, i. 
 402 ; act anent burgesses deprived of their 
 freedonj, i. 402 ; burghs in arrears of extent 
 to settle with the agent, i. 407 ; the burgh 
 court has power to deal with offending bur- 
 gesses, i. 411 ; anent the teaching of grammar 
 in the grammar schools, i. 411-2 ; statute 
 anent violent occupation within burgh, i. 
 
 413 ; anent admission of burgesses : must 
 be indwellers, i. 413 ; statute anent the elec- 
 tion of magistrates, council, common clerk, 
 and dean of guild, i. 413 ; anent persons in- 
 jured for doing their duty while m office, i. 
 
 414 ; burghs requested by the King to pro- 
 vide spice and wine at the baptism of the 
 Prince, i. 429-30 ; burgh lands and property 
 to be let to freemen only, i. 431 ; suppli- 
 cation to the burghs to assist Crail in build- 
 ing a new harbour, i. 440 ; acts anent 
 transport of coals to be enforced by 
 burghs, i. 445-6 ; charge to burghs anent 
 the transport of forbidden goods, i. 447 ; 
 old rights and privileges of burghs not 
 aflfected by acts of Convention, i. 450 ; burghs 
 to produce their petty customs roll at Con- 
 vention, i. 456 ; burghs exempted from Con- 
 vention to bestow commissioners' expens s 
 on necessary works within burgh, i. 462, ii. 
 56 ; prosecution of forestallers, regraters, 
 coupers, and[unfrce traders and craftsmen, i. 
 462-3, 476 ; complaint against certain burghs 
 for componing with unfreemen, i. 465 ; act 
 anent burgesses buying victual, i. 468 ; 
 articles anent troubles and disobediences in 
 burghs, i. 468 ; erection of petty towns in 
 barony and free burgh, i. 46S-9, 483, ii. 54-5; 
 
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 act auent intromisaioas with the common 
 good, i. 469 ; anent a burgh or a burgees 
 giving articles to a parliament or a conven- 
 tion of ejtates, i. 469 ; certain burghs pay- 
 ing taxes from the common good, i. 475 ; 
 a proposal to send people to dwell in 
 Loohaber and the Isles, i. 482, 493 ; sup- 
 port craved from burghs for building the 
 bridge of Dee, Kirkcudbright, i. 490 ; divi- 
 sion of large burghs into parishes for reli- 
 gious purposes, i. 491 ; burgh laws regarding 
 merchants, craftsmen, and burgesses, i. 501- 
 512 ; appointment of searchers in each burgh 
 to see that the laws are kept, i. 505, 510 ; 
 persons dwelling without burgh forbidden 
 to trade in merchandise, or to export goods 
 to Prance or Flanders, i. 509 ; purchasing 
 lordship or land in burgh, i. 511 ; the burghs 
 appoint Edinburgh to prosecute usurpers of 
 the liberties of free burghs, i. 137 ; burghs' 
 portion of the general taxation of 1535, i. 
 514 ; burghs' portion of general taxation for 
 West and Middle Borders, i. 518 ; burghs' 
 portion of general taxation for embassy to 
 the Emperor, i. 519 ; equies of customs 
 fitted in Exchequer on behalf of the burghs 
 for the years 1582-9, i. 562-3 ; acts anent the 
 measures, and gauging and wracking ol 
 salmon and herring, ii. 12-13, 31, 289, 312, 
 319, 326-7, 343, 349-50, 401 ; transport of 
 wool, complaints and acts anent, ii. 27, 47, 
 529 ; act anent burghs sending commissioners 
 to Parliament, ii. 31-2, 74, 131, 248 ; burghs 
 to enforce the act anent land measure and 
 water measure, ii. 33 ; burghs requested to 
 make a voluntary contribution for the re- 
 building of Haddington, ii. 33-4, 46, 86, 94 ; 
 magistrates of every burgh charged to im- 
 pede purprestre, ii. 35 ; each burgh to report 
 diligence against unfree traders, sailors 
 ■nithoiit certificate, regraters, forestallers, 
 and outland burgesses, ii. 44, 74, 111, 128, 
 155-6, 174, 195-6, 212, 233, 250, 273, 288, 
 310, 342, iii. 3, 18, 36, 54, 78, 99, 112, 117, 
 126, 138, 157, 186, 220, 243, 264, 311, 342; 
 anent denouncing the magistrates of any 
 burgh for an unlaw, ii. 53 ; anent the selling 
 of wares by burgesses of one burgh to bur- 
 gesses of another, ii. 57, 75 ; commission to 
 
 deal with urgent and important matters 
 arising before next Convention, ii, 58 ; anent 
 exempted burghs sending their missives and 
 dues to Convention, ii. 58-9, 67, 100 ; pro- 
 posal and attempt to instruct the burghs in 
 broad-cloth making, see Clothmaking ; anent 
 payment of burgh maills, ii. 69, 572 ; com- 
 missioners of burghs must be of the true re- 
 ligion, ii. 145, 195, iv. 543 ; sending commis- 
 sioners to England to the coronation of 
 James VI., ii. 163-4, 167 ; the burghs send- 
 ing commissioners to England to treat of the 
 union of the two kingdoms, ii. 182-3, 184-6, 
 189-191 ; burghs forbidden to aid or abet 
 unfreemen against free burghs, ii. 198 ; 
 commission to determine the rights of the 
 burghs, ii. 235, 355 ; letter from the King 
 urging certain improvements in burghs, with 
 answer returned, ii. 252-5 ; anent cleansing 
 the streets of burghs, ii. 253-4 ; answer of, 
 to the King's letter anent the banished min- 
 isters, and dealings with the Low Countries, 
 ii. 260-1 ; the burghs thank the King for 
 rousing them to their duty against Papists 
 and Jesuits, ii. 261 ; charge to burghs anent 
 attendance at parliament, ii. 262, 270, 276, 
 289 ; anent petty customs at ports of burghs, 
 ii. 302, 313, 349, 354, 373, 403, 448, iii. 6, 
 20 ; charge to western burghs anent gauge 
 of barrels for herring and salmon, ii. 312, 
 343, 401 ; each burgh to have only one com- 
 missioner at convention, ii. 315 ; charge to 
 coast burghs auent herring fishing and bal- 
 lasting of boats, ii. 326-8, 349-50, 361, 403 ; 
 burghs entreating the king to transfer the 
 staple from Campvere to Middleburgh, ii. 
 334-5, 338-9, 362; disputes between the 
 burghs and the tacksmen of the King's cus- 
 toms, ii. 354, 374-5, 425 ; controversy between 
 the burghs royal and burghs of barony, ii. 
 411, 424, 451, iii. 3, 18, 36, 85, 94-6, 102, 
 115, 129, 139, 158, 194, 222, 244-5, iv. 539; 
 the burghs dispute with the King in the 
 matter of Stercovius, ii. 416, 423, 433-4, 437 ; 
 seaport burghs to use the water mett for 
 foreign victual, ii. 418 ; act anent payment 
 of missive dues, ii. 424-5 ; anent the enrol- 
 ment of certain burghs, ii. 432-3 ; each 
 burgh to report its form of election of migis 
 
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 trates, ii. 448, iii. 6, 37-8, 55, 78, 103, 139 ; 
 sea-port burghs to enforce the act for re- 
 pressing papists, ii. 450, iii. 3 ; seaport 
 burghs charged to collect the impost for ex- 
 penses of commissioners to Loudon on 
 customs and Book of Rates, ii. 460-1 ; Perth, 
 Dundee, Montrose, and Brechin crave sup- 
 port for repair of the bridge of Dee, ii. 463, 
 iii. 12 ; burghs injured by having to bring 
 home bullion, ii. 487 ; charge to burghs 
 anent election of deacons of crafts, iii. 7 ; 
 charge to burghs anent the gauge for the 
 new form of barrel for herring, iii. 42, 57 ; 
 setts of burghs ratified, iii. 61-5, iv. 179, 393, 
 396, 464, 481, 508, 559, v. 3, 16, 144, 164, 
 192, 312, 317, 355; burghs neglecting to 
 send commissioners to particular conven- 
 tions, iii. 98 ; charge to burghs anent the 
 packing and paeling of herring, iii. 121, 
 126-8, 197 ; each burgh to fix a standard reel 
 in its market place, and to test all jam ex- 
 p sed for sale, iii. 157, 187, 284, 311 ; burghs 
 providing muskets and pikes for defence of 
 the realm, iii. 236 ; certain burghs supplicat- 
 ing aid in prosecuting unfree traders, iii 
 341 ; supplication to the commander-in-chief 
 of the English forces for ease of the cess laid 
 on the burghs, iii. 366-71 ; certain burghs 
 send unfreemen as commissioners to conven- 
 tion, iii. 369, 379 ; liberties sind privileges 
 of burghs, supplication to the English par- 
 raent anent, iii. 428 ; commissioners attend- 
 ing to common affairs of the burghs to be 
 paid, iii. 475, 510, 521 ; correspondence be- 
 tween commissioners of burghs and commis 
 sioners of shires anent public aflfairs : articles 
 proposed, iii. 492-9 ; burghs riding at parlia- 
 ment, order of and disputes anent, iii. 530, 
 568, 576 ; certain east coast burghs supplicat- 
 ing exemption from public burdens on ac- 
 count of poverty, iii. 536; burgesses for- 
 bidden to enter into partnership with un- 
 freemen, iii. 552, iv. 133 ; commissioners' 
 expenses refused by ceitain burghs, iii. 560, 
 562 ; charge to burgesses attending markets, 
 iii. 579 ; burghs charged to keep parliament 
 and convention, iii. 616 ; burghs of barony 
 encroaching on the privileges of royal 
 burghs, iv. 25-7, 59-61, 93, 110-1, 536, 546 ; 
 
 anent the equies of certain burghs, and fees 
 for fitting, iv. 31, v. 164, 200-1, 348, 371, 
 558, 560 ; commissioners liable for the dues 
 of their burghs, iv. 52 ; anent the visitation 
 of burghs, and instructions to the visitors ; 
 also the reports given in, iv. 70, 119, 125-7, 
 563-667 ; anent passes for ships, and main- 
 tenance of prisoners, iv. 88 ; grievances of 
 the burghs, iv. 93-6, 99, 113, 266 ; act of 
 parliament in favour of royal burghs, iv. 
 118-9 ; burgesses forbidden to traffic with 
 unfreemen, iv. 118, 547-8 ; accommodation 
 of trade with burghs of barony, iv. 123-4, 
 139, 180, 251, 280, 285, 390-1, 483-5 ; burghs 
 forbidden to traffic with unfree ports or 
 places, iv. 134, 551 ; charge to burghs re- 
 garding attendance at parliament, iv. 181 ; 
 memorials from and regarding burghs, iv. 
 272, 278, 288, 315, 342, 357, 370, 373, 466, 
 472-4, 505-7, 511, V. 6, 79, 104-5, 122, 128, 
 143, 158, 171, 174, 200, 274, 294, 299, 313, 
 331, 348, 366, 372, 457, 476, 490, 505, 524, 
 534 ; burghs charged to enforce the acts tf 
 convention, iv. 329-330 ; burghs charged to 
 observe the platform of commissions, iv. 341 ; 
 grant apportioned among certain burghs, iv. 
 318 ; anent burgage lands, and burdens 
 affecting, iv. 393 ; anent the privileges of 
 the royal burghs, iv. 437, 446, 529-530; 
 burghs to report diligence regarding their 
 poor, idle, and vagrant persons, iv. 452-3 ; 
 the burghs to be provided with sets of 
 weights and measures, iv. 462, 483, v. 19 ; 
 anent writing names on public works of the 
 burgh, iv. 539 ; declaration on admission of 
 burgesses, iv. 539 ; erection of a constant 
 council in burghs, iv. 540 ; burgesses and 
 officials of burghs must be covenanters, iv. 
 543 ; burghs charged to execute the acts 
 against unfreemen, iv. 547-8 ; the burghs 
 disown a paper anent Glasgow, Aberdeen, 
 and Dumfries, v. 29-31 ; new rule for valua- 
 tion and rating in the burghs, v. 129 ; 
 magistrates of certain burghs overawed by 
 rebels, v. 152-7 ; burghs engaged in the re- 
 bellion of 1715, and losses caused by it, a 
 committee on, v. 152, 155-6, 164; burgesses 
 must reside within burgh, v. 169, 192-3, 350, 
 505 ; letter to the burghs calling a pro re nata 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 convention, v. 226 ; burghs to enforce the 
 acts anent the reel for worsted, v. 274 ; 
 charge to the burgha anent the Stirling jug, 
 V. 315 ; suspension of burgesses, v. 452, 462 ; 
 the burghs sending members to the General 
 Assembly, v. 534 ; anent a table of fees for 
 burgh courts, v. 549-51 ; letter to the 
 burghs anent smuggling, v. 609, 611-21 ; 
 letter to the burghs regarding duty on 
 foreign linen, v. 637-8. 
 Burghs of barony, see Unfree Trade. 
 Burgomasters in Antwerp, i. 546-50. 
 
 of Campvere, i. 357, ii. 363. 
 
 of Middelburg, i. 551-4. 
 
 Burial in churches forbidden, ii. 256, 275 ; 
 burying in linen, v. 596 ; law anent burying 
 in woollen, reference to, v. 596. 
 Burley, Laird of, ii. 325. 
 Burncoal, see Coal. 
 Burnet, Adam, burgess in Dysart, ii. 179, 198. 
 
 Thomas, burgess in Dysart, ii. 179. 
 
 Thomas, merchant in Ro'.terdam, iii. 598. 
 
 Dr William, iii. 448. 
 
 Burning, branding, see Barrels. 
 Burntisland, supplication of, to be enrolled as 
 a free burgh, i. 165, 201, 203, 214; admitted 
 and enrolled, i. 233 ; magistrates of, to 
 appoint a customer, i. 257 ; customer of, 
 under execution of horning, i. 265 ; claims 
 exemption from certain imposts, i. 279 ; 
 anent building a church in, i. 301, 376, 415, 
 ii. 16, 30-1 ; in dispute with Kirkcaldy, 
 Dysart, and Kinghorn, i. 337, 349, 375, 400 ; 
 supplication of, for assistance in repairing 
 its kirk and shore, i. 376 ; to make payment 
 of certain arrears of taxation, i. 381 ; in dis- 
 pute with Kirkcaldy anent customs, i. 389, 
 416, 491 ; craving support for repair of 
 harbour, i. 406-7, 438, ii. 180, 201, 231, 237, 
 258, iii. 344, 372, 406 ; to arrest nolt and 
 sheep passing to England, i. 455 ; dealing 
 with outland burgesses, i. 477 ; a burgess of, 
 deprived of liberty for non-residence, ii. 3 ; 
 anent the tax as a grant in aid to, ii. 58 ; to 
 supplicate the King for a gift of impost for 
 its harbour, ii. 85, 277 ; complaint of, 
 against the conservator in Flanders, ii. 
 161, 167, 181, 200; settlement by com- 
 mission, 226-230 ; charges against the town 
 
 clerk of, ii. 180, 198, v. 310, 329, 372; 
 reporting expenditure of impost granted, ii. 
 213 ; charged to produce charter of infeft- 
 ment, ii. 237 ; visitation of the burgh, iii. 
 355, iv. 97, 198, 317, 356, v. 196, 369, 456; 
 controversy between the magistrates and 
 craftsmen, iv. 18 ; grants in aid to, for re- 
 pair of harbour, tolbooth, &c., iv. 192, 264-5, 
 404, 419, 454, 481, v. 3, 479, 488 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of, iv. 606-7 ; contro- 
 versy with Colin Mackenzie of Rossend, v. 
 61, 63 ; a commissioner to convention en- 
 gaged in the late rebellion rejected, v. 152 ; 
 the burgh without magistrates and council, 
 a petition from the iohabitants, and com- 
 mittee anent, v. 194, 196, 233-4, 260, 270, 
 272, 278, 281, 297-9, 309, 337 ; appointment 
 of managers of the affairs of the burgh, v. 
 358-9 ; sett of the burgh ratified and re- 
 corded, V. 317 ; restoration of the magis- 
 tracy in, V. 366 ; exempted, i. 380 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 394, 453, ii. 113 ; Misc., v. 61, 168, 
 355, 473. 
 
 Burrow Maisteris, see Burgomasters. 
 
 Butter, export duty on, i. 218 ; toll on horse 
 load of, i. 461 ; weight of the barrel of Ork- 
 ney butter, iv. 303. 
 
 Byares, buyers, loaders, i. 440. 
 
 Byres, John, com. for Edinburgh, elected mo- 
 derator, iii. 124, 147, 153, 168, 175-7, 205, 
 207. 
 
 Byrges, see Bruges. 
 
 Cable yarn, impost on, i. 466. 
 
 Cadiz, Scottish consul at, iv. 78. 
 
 Cairns, Christal, maltman in Stirling, ii. 129. 
 
 Cairsay, see Kersey. 
 
 Caithness, customing goods in, i. 262-3, 278. 
 
 George, Earl of, v. 158-160. 
 
 Calais, staple to be transferred to, i. 26 ; port 
 
 of, ii. 65, 98, 105 ; Calais met, ii. 135. 
 Caldstream, see Coldstream. 
 Calfutit, caulked, ii. 143. 
 Calico : act against printing and stamping of, 
 
 V. 226-9, 231-2, 474 ; manufacture of, v. 604. 
 Calling at the door, v. 203. 
 Cambie, John, burgess in Dysart, ii. 274. 
 Cambuskenneth, Adam, commendatorcf.i. 161. 
 Camnlook, ste Cumnock. 
 
Convention of Royal Bvrghs. 
 
 17 
 
 Campbell, Archibald, brother of the laird of 
 Lawers, iii. 27. 
 
 Mr Daniel, member of parliament, v. 
 
 388. 
 
 Hector, burgess in Haddington, ii. 200. 
 
 John, provost, com. for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, v. 151, 157, 227, 232, 
 255, 348, 366 ; member of parliament, v. 298, 
 339. 
 
 JoLn, tidewaiter and messenger in Stor- 
 
 noway, v. 539. 
 
 Robert, provost of Ayr, i. 168. 
 
 of Lundy, John, commissioner to Flan- 
 ders, instructions to, regarding his mission, 
 i. 508-12 ; providing for his expenses, i. 512. 
 
 of Monzie, Mr Patrick, advocate, com- 
 missioner to London, v. 188, 197-8. 
 
 of Shawfield, Daniel, v. 364. 
 
 Campbelltown, burgh of, admission and enrol- 
 ment of, iv. 297 ; proportion of taxation for, 
 iv. 319 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, 
 V. 349. 
 
 Campvere : establishment of the staple at 
 Campvere, arrangements and instructions 
 anent, i. 53, 55-64, 264-5 ; unseemly be- 
 haviour of Scots merchants in, 1.21 1-2; plant- 
 ing a Scots kirk and minister in, i. 212, 234, 
 254, 276, 297, 344, 356, 463, ii. 80, 92; 
 magistrates of, complain against certain Scot- 
 tish merchants, i. 264 ; in Flanders, a factor 
 in, refusing settlement, i. 290 ; anent excise 
 of beer and wine in, i. 297, 323, 344, 376, 
 408, 426, 463, ii. 9, 112; factors in, to ac- 
 company the conservator, i. 351 ; certain 
 arrangements with the burgomasters of, i. 
 357 ; conservator's fee to be charged only on 
 goods coming from Scotland to, i. 409 ; 
 letters to and from the magistrates of, i. 412, 
 420-1, ii. 49-50, 299, iii. 595-8, 616, iv. 4, 
 17, 18, 37, 143, 156, 166, 170-1, 182, 
 221-8, 231, 245, 301, 318, 326, 353, 358, 392, 
 439-42, 444, 459-60, 471, v. 122-3, 131, 141, 
 169, 179, 199, 223-4, 233, 236, 238, 333, 355, 
 386, 403, 432, 459, 470, 472, 606-8, 634: 
 factors in, usurping the trade of merchan- 
 dise, i. 412, 481 ; arrangement with an 
 Edinburgh merchant settling as a factor in, 
 i. 496 ; anent new impositions raised at, by 
 conservator and factors, ii, 29, 50 ; Scotch 
 
 C 
 
 merchants injured by certain dealers in, ii. 
 50-1, 227, 247-8 ; letter from the King anent 
 the staple at, ii. 57-8 ; anent the purchase of 
 staple wares in, ii. 261-2; conciergery for 
 Scottish merchants in, ii. 364,370, 372, 382-4, 
 389, 393, 408, 414, 425, 428-31, 448, iii. 9, 
 23-4, 45, 96, 102, 118, 132, 166, 347, iv. 2, 
 13, 17, 38, 159, 289-290, 298, 300, 526, 545, 
 548, 550, V. 206,214, 355, 469, 484; anent 
 the Scots kirk in, also the minister and the 
 reader, ii. 245, 259, 371, 384, 389, 407, 426, 
 432, 439, 448, 464, 467, iii. 8-9, 22, 82-3, 99- 
 101, 114, 209, 227-8, 231, 239, 253, 255-6, 
 272-4, 287, 295, 305-8, 317, 346-7, 353, 367, 
 378, 454, 461, 544, 565, iv. 13, 142, 159, 178, 
 243, 289, 353, 538, v. 221 ; collector of im- 
 post for minister's stipend, accounts of, ii. 
 449, iii. 8, 28, 42, 53, 66, 83-4, 99, 115, 131, 
 143, 166, 197, 227, 231, 240, 248, 255-6, 268, 
 296, 302, 317 ; anent removing the staple 
 from, ii. 314, 334-5, 338-9, 362, 367, 370, iii. 
 270, 288, 301, 309, 314, 327-8, 561, iv. 46, 
 190, 203, 212, 531 ; renewal of contract be- 
 tween the burghs and the town of Campvere, 
 terras and conditions, ii. 354, 361-9, 381-398; 
 commissioners sent to conclude the contract, 
 ii., 367-370, 381-398 ; complaint of, regard- 
 ing transport of staple to other ports, iii. 22, 
 31, 102, 128 ; commission anent factors 
 trading in staple wares in, iii. 85, 93, 101, 
 116, 129 ; anent bonds and obligations made 
 by Scotsmen in, iii. 143 ; taxation of the 
 factors in, iii. 228, 246-7 ; collection of the 
 impost for minister's stipend, iii. 320; Scots 
 school in, iii. 347, iv. 142, 159; acts anent 
 the staple at Campvere confirmed, iii. 465, 
 515 ; the conservator depute at, in dispute 
 with a merchant in Rotterdam, iii. 598 ; 
 answer of the burghs to a missive form, iii. 
 616 ; resettlement of the staple at, and 
 terms of, iii. 642, 655-7, 661, 672, iv. 216-9 ; 
 imposts on goods at, iv. 4 ; anent the con- 
 servator and the poor's bonds, iv. 4-6, 8, 12- 
 13, 16-17, 37-8, 115 ; decay of the staple at, 
 iv. 137-8; sending convoys with Scottish 
 ships, iv. 180, 202, 223, 328, 358, 389, 
 392, 440-5, 471, v. 6 ; staple contract 
 with, altered, renewed, and ratified, iv. 
 216-9, 247, 275, 288 ; commission to, anent 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 breaches of the staple contract, instructions 
 to, and expenses of, iv. 323, 327-8, 333 ; 
 petition for wrongous imprisonment in, and 
 award given, iv. 388-9, 404, 438, 458; 
 augmenting the minister's stipend in, iv. 
 538 ; the Sabbath to be kept in, iv. 539 ; 
 staple contract with, prolonged, and com- 
 mission for prolonging it, v. 189, 194-5, 199- 
 200 ; staple contract with, in 1697, as ampli- 
 fied, ratified, and recorded, v. 214, 219-223, 
 475 ; dues for Scottish ships at, v. 220, 238 ; 
 anent English letters to merchants in, v. 223 ; 
 decline of dues at the staple port, petitions 
 from the conservator, and arrangements on 
 account of, v. 237-8, 313-4, 334, 475, 492, 
 510, 525, 536, 562, 591, 597, 600, 608, 633; 
 staple contract with, in 1718, prolonged, and 
 commission for prolonging it, v. 606-8, 
 611-2 ; prolongation and amplification of the 
 staple contract of 1718, ratified and con 
 firmed, v. 623, 630, 633. 
 Campvcre, Marquis of, ii. 381, 385. 
 Candles : complaint of the candlemakers of 
 Edinburgh, v. 501 ; duty on, abolition of, | 
 V. 501, 520. I 
 
 Cannon : anent cannon belonging to Aberdeen, 
 
 v. 201. 
 Cant, John, town clerk in Inverkeithing, v. 
 490, 493. 
 
 William, deacon convener in Edinburgh, 
 
 V. 455. 
 Canvess and siffis, canvas and sieves for bolt- 
 ing victual, i. 301. 
 Capons, price of, i. 556. 
 Caption, letters of, i. 468, ii. 173, 199, 213, 234, 
 311 ; election of magistrates prevented by, 
 iii. 654. 
 Captives : redemption of captives in Morocco, 
 i. 102, 118, 122, 124, 129, 178-9; relief of 
 prisoners with the Turks, iii. 636, 660. 
 Car, see Ker. 
 
 Carding, a coin, the fourth part of a French 
 crown ; also called a cardictie, corr. of 
 French qiiart d'ecu, iv. 546. 
 Cards, playing : prosecution for the sale of, iv. 
 68, 96. 
 
 for wool: the "old brod cards:'' anent 
 
 the card factory in Leith and its prosecu- 
 tions, iv. 21, 57, 141, 155, 210, 229, 303, 346, 
 
 369 ; importation of foreign cards, iv. 77, 
 346 ; complaints regarding the insufaoiency 
 of the Leith cards, iv. 369, 372-3. 
 Carkettle, John, customer of Haddington, i. 
 
 258. 
 Carleis, Laird of, provost of Wigtown, i. 434. 
 Carluke, v. 149. 
 Carmichael, v. 149. 
 Carmichael, James, of Dundee, i, 131. 
 
 John, major of dragoons, v. 400. 
 
 Carnegy of Colluthy, David, i. 228. 
 Carngill, David, burgess in Aberdeen, 85. 
 Carnock, v. 124. 
 Carnwath, v. 149. 
 Carrell, see Crail. 
 Carrick, district of, i. 151. 
 Carriden, v. 161. 
 Carsphairn, v. 125. 
 Carstairs, v. 149. 
 
 Carstairs, Alexander, merchant in Rotterdam, 
 appointed conservator depute in Campvere, 
 V. 564, 593. 
 Cart, toll on, i. 440 ; toll on a cart load, i. 488. 
 Cartsburn, iv. 372. 
 Caslie-Oikel (the junction of the Caslie and 
 
 the Oikel in north of Ross), i. 190. 
 Casualties : all casualties of burgh to be duly 
 
 rouped, i. 303-4. 
 Cattle : custom on cattle passing through a 
 
 free burgh, ii. 216. 
 Causeway : making and repahing the cause- 
 way in certain burghs, ii. 24, 36, 49, 217, 279, 
 462, iii. 12, 131 ; charge to burghs to build 
 and repair their causeway, ii. 304, 314, 344. 
 Caution : factors in Flanders must find caution 
 and surety in Edinburgh, i. 133 ; disput- 
 ants ordained to find caution, i. 239 ; caution 
 to be found by a customer, i. 263 ; factors 
 to find surety that they will abstain from 
 buying Scottish goods, i. 291 ; anent the 
 King desiring the burghs to be surety for 
 him, i. 291 ; to be found by certain burghs, 
 i. 337 ; for payment of certain unlaws given, 
 i. 374 ; to be found by Forfar, i. 378 ; to be 
 given by the conservator, i. 424 ; taking 
 surety of skippers at freighting, i. 510 ; acts 
 of, ii. 181 ; bond given by Sempill and Falas- 
 dale anent Dumbarton, iii. 48, 57, 85, 94. 
 Cayin, Caen, in France, ii. 98, 105. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 id 
 
 Certification ; a certificate necessary for mer- 
 chants and skippers trading to foreign ports, 
 i. 12, 71, 75, 83, 97, 105, 121-3, 130, 358 ; 
 only freemen to be certified, i. 130. 
 
 Certification by dean of guild, &c. : certificate 
 to be presented to conservator, i. 358. 
 
 Cessio bonorum, iii. 141, 147, 151, 170, 173. 
 
 Chalmers, Robert, in Aberdeen, i. 338, 459. 
 
 William, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Chamber of Paris, i. 284. 
 
 Chamberlain, Captain, commander of the 
 Iluby, V. 49, 63, 173. 
 
 The Lord, i. 505. 
 
 Chambers, see Chalmers. 
 
 Chancellor, The Lord, addresses to, iv. 30, 42, 
 387, 432. 
 
 Chanonry of Ross, i. 104, 483. 
 
 Chanrie, see Chanonry of Ross. 
 
 Chapmen : forbidden to sell staple wares, i. 
 304, 322 ; anent diligence of burghs in deal- 
 ing with, i. 358 ; agent instructed to prose- 
 cute chapmen and other unfree traders, i. 
 371-2 ; anent outland chapmen becoming 
 burgesses, i. 510. 
 
 Charles I. : supplications to the King anent 
 certain grievances of the burghs, and answer 
 thereto, iii. 213-4, 225, 248-9, 253, 266-8, 
 300, 302-4 ; certain burghs granted to sup- 
 plicate gifts of impost from, iii. 251, 270 ; 
 comiiiission to the King anent transporting 
 the staple from Campvere, iii. 301, 309, 
 327-8 ; commission to the King aneut fishings 
 in the North and West Isles, iii. 323, 324-6 ; 
 supplication to the King to recall a patent on 
 tobacco, iv. 539. 
 
 Charles II. : letters from the burghs to, iii. 
 504-8, 523, 548, 639-642, 644, 648-9, 651-2, 
 iv. 49 ; letters from the King to the burghs, 
 iii. 639 ; Corporation Act, and Oath of 
 Allegiance to the King enforced, iii. B40-5, 
 576 ; supplication from the burghs to, for 
 redress of grievances, iii. 584 ; supplicating 
 the King's permission to change the staple 
 port, iii. 602 ; the burghs disowning a letter 
 sent to the King, iii. 644 ; supplicating the 
 King for discharge of the French impost on 
 goods, iii. 658, 664, 672-4 ; the burghs sup- 
 plicate the King to allow them to nominate 
 a conservator, iv. 23 ; address to, anent 
 
 imposts in Norway, iv. 23 ; supplication to, 
 regarding the burghs of barony, iv. 28; 
 reference to the death of, iv. 50. 
 
 Charles V., Emperor of the Romans, ii. 386, 
 554 ; Treaty of Peace between Mary Queen 
 of Scots and, ii. 568. 
 
 ■ IX. of France, grant by, to Scottish 
 
 merchants of an abatement of customs on 
 wine, i. 559. 
 
 James, late dean of guild in Edinburgh, 
 
 V. 592. 
 
 Charter : general charter of liberties of burghs 
 granted by King David to be confirmed, ii. 
 94, 129, 156, 169-170; transuming the 
 charter granted to burghs by King David, 
 ii. 532 ; confirmation of the charter granted 
 by David II., iv. 52, 529-530, 549-550. 
 
 Charter House of Edinburgh, i. 96. 
 
 Charteris, Charles, late bailie in Edinburgh, 
 petition by, iv. 278, 288. 
 
 Henry, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected vice-moderator, i. 342 ; appointed 
 collector general of customs, imposts, &o., 
 i. 348. 
 
 Cheese, toll on horse load of, i. 461. 
 
 Cheisly, Sir Robert, provost and commissii-ner 
 for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 197, 
 205, 208. 
 
 Chewane, see Shewan. 
 
 Cheyne, George, servitor to Convention, iii. 
 365, 387. 
 
 John, burgess in Aberdeen, protest and 
 
 complaint of, against the provost and magis- 
 trates, i. 318, 320-2, 324-6, 328-9, 332-4, 
 335-7, 360, 383. 
 
 Patrick, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 386. 
 
 of Pitfechie, Mr John, commissioner for 
 
 Aberdeen, appointed moderator, ii. 68, 71. 
 
 Chickens, price of, i. 556. 
 
 Chisholm, John, with missive from the King, 
 i. 380. 
 
 Christison, William, burgess in Whithorn, ii. 
 206. 
 
 Church : planting and support of a Scotch 
 kirk and minister in Campvere, i. 254, 276, 
 443-4, 463 ; see also Campvere ; portion of 
 the general taxation of 1535 paid by the 
 clergy, i 514 ; portion of the general taxa- 
 tion for the West and Middle Borders aid 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 by the clergy, i. 518 ; anent "the platt" or 
 commission for planting kirks in the king- 
 dom, iii. 43, 69, 140, 164, 201 ; anent teinda 
 and kirk lands mortified to burghs, iii. 241-2, 
 248, 253, 266-8. 
 Citation of burghs, see under Convention o£ 
 Burghs. 
 
 Clachans : erection of, in burghs of barony, ii. 
 54 ; markets held at, ii. 238, 251, 274, 290. 
 
 Clackmannan usurping merchandise, ii. 403, 
 454. 
 
 Claers, Jaquea, weaver from Leyden, ii. 117, 
 119. 
 
 Clans, complaint of Peebles against certain, 
 i. 169. 
 
 Clapen, James, servitor to Lord Comptroller, 
 i. 460. 
 
 Clarges, Dr Thomas, appointed agent at Court 
 for the burghs, iii. 499-503 ; appointment 
 cancelled, iii. 526. 
 
 Clark, see Clerk. 
 
 Cleansing the streets of burghs, ii. 253-4, 274-5, 
 288-9, 311. 
 
 Cleish, kirk of, iL 251, 274, 290, 311, 402. 
 
 Clepone, see Clapen. 
 
 Clergy, see Church, Ministers. 
 
 Clerk, Alexander, com. for Edinburgh, elected 
 moderator, iii. 124, 321, 324. 
 
 Alexander, merchant in Inverness, iv. 
 
 388, 404, 438, 458. 
 
 John, late bailie in Cupar, v. 592. 
 
 of Balbirny, Alexander, provost of Edin- 
 burgh, i. 158. 
 
 Clerk of burgh : election of, to be yearly, not 
 for life, i. 413 ; disputes regarding the clerk- 
 ship in certain burghs, iii. 366, 374, 383, 477, 
 516, 532, 536, 539 ; appointments to the 
 office of, iii. 614, 653, 660; iv. 190, 356, 
 364-7, V. 213, 457 ; appointment of, ad vitam 
 aut cidpam, iii. 614 ; charges against a town 
 clerk of Burntisland, v. 310, 329. 
 
 Clerk for the burghs : Clerk to Convention : 
 see under Secretary. 
 
 Clerk of Register : recompence to, for forming 
 acts of parliament, i. 382. 
 
 Cloaks worn by women, ii. 253-4. 
 
 Cloch in Clyde, iii. 48. 
 
 Cloth : exported to Flanders, i. 32 ; anent cus- 
 toms on, in France, i. 117, 269, ii. 90, 104 ; 
 
 impost on olothexported to France, i. 218, ii. 
 98 ; act anent trafficing in English cloth dis- 
 charged, i. 359 ; articles anent abuses in 
 cloth dressing, i. 468 ; websters and walkers 
 forbidden to make cloth for sale, i. 511 ; toll 
 on each clothman selling goods on the cause- 
 way, ii. 91 ; appointment of metsters, and 
 charge for metting of, ii. 160, 175, 197 ; dis- 
 putes between burghs regarding customs on, 
 ii. 188, 199. 
 Cloth : cloth-making : anent the erection of a 
 society for the introduction of cloth-making 
 to Scotland, ii. 89 ; importing foreigners for 
 cloth-making and wool-dressing, ii. 98, 106-9, 
 1 15-21 ; Flemish craftsmen brought from Nor- 
 wich and Leyden, names of, ii. 117-9 ; arti- 
 cles to the King anent carrying on the cloth- 
 making, ii. 117-8; expenses incurred in 
 bringing Flemings from Norwich and Ley- 
 den, ii. 119-20 ; answer to the King's pro- 
 posal that the burghs should undertake the 
 work, 202-3 ; mission from the King urging 
 the barghs to more diligence in carrying on 
 the cloth -making, ii. 123; sums disbursed by 
 Edinburgh on behalf of the burghs in, ii. 
 531 ; the burghs urged to undertake the 
 manufacture of woollen goods, iii. 29-30, 144. 
 Clyde, anent pollution of, ii. 152, 242, 251 ; 
 clearing and deepening of by Glasgow, ii. 
 306 ; ships from the Clyde to the Baltic, v. 
 175. 
 Coal : export of coal, acts anent, and enforce- 
 ment of, i. 103, 240, 477, 483, 493, ii. 28, 45, 
 75, 77, 89, 132, 270 ; anent the transport of, 
 imposts on, and penalties for, i. 414, 445-6, 
 464, ii. 264, 300, 308, iii. 45; a certain 
 supply of, for the minister's house in Camp- 
 vere, i. 446 ; export of, to Flanders, charge 
 to conservator, ii. 8, 29; a commission to 
 treat with certain owners of coal pits re- 
 garding the export of coal, ii. 270 ; trans- 
 port of great coal, iii. 141, 148, 151, 169, 
 172 ; coal pits at Seton, Elphinston, Faw- 
 side, and Whitehill, iii. 169 ; coal included 
 in the list of staple goods, iii. 353-4, 373, 
 417, 468, 475 ; supplication anent the supply 
 of, and price, iii. 370-1, 386-7, 401, 403, 415, 
 421 ; decree against the coal-masters of East 
 Lothian, iii, 403 ; supplication from the 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 21 
 
 Earl of Mar and certain coal-masters, lii. 
 411-2, 425; submiesion between the coal- 
 masters and the burghs, iii. 432 ; that coal 
 is not a staple commodity, iii. 658, 665, iv. 
 23 ; Scottish coal paying double dues, iv. 43 ; 
 conservator's dues to be paid on, iv. 143 ; 
 transport of, to Scottish ports, iv. 430 ; 
 prices of coal, iv. 548 ; duty on, in France, 
 V. 1 13 ; decay of the coal trade in Dunferm- 
 line, V. 335 ; water-borne coal, memorial 
 aneut, v. 352 ; coal trade between Britain 
 and Ireland, and act anent, v. 476-7, 547. 
 
 Coal and candle : aneut furnishing coal and 
 candle to the forces, v. 181, 188, 214, 225, 
 260, 271, 276. 
 
 Coble, impost on a, ii. 320. 
 
 Cobrain, see Cockburn. 
 
 Cochrane of Kilmaronook, Mr William, iv. 199. 
 
 Cockburn, , provost of Haddington, ap- 
 pointed agent for the burghs, iv. 539. 
 
 Captain Ninian, i. 123, 130, 531-2. 
 
 Richard, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Thomas, commissioner for Haddington, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 155. 
 
 of Clerkington, Sir Richard. Lord Privy 
 
 Seal, i. 538. 
 
 of Ormiaton, Sir John, justice clerk, i. 538. 
 
 Cockenzie, v. 211, 219, 225, 333, 494, 631, 638. 
 
 Cocket, delivery of stamps of, i. 159-60, 167-8, 
 194 ; anent clerks and keepers of cocket, i. 
 160, 225, 227, 379, iii. 16 ; anent giving of 
 cocket on goods, i. 227 ; anent receipt of 
 cocketa, i. 263-4 ; cockets not to be granted 
 to unfreemen, ii. 180 ; supplication to the 
 privy council anent cockets, iv. 543. 
 
 Cocket of burgh, notice of, i. 27. 
 
 Coins and Coinage, see Money, Miut. 
 
 Cok, see Cook. 
 
 Coldstream, iv. 381, v. 162, 211, 333. 
 
 Colessie, iv. 380. 
 
 Collector of customs, see Customs. 
 
 Collectors of unlaws, see Penalties. 
 
 Colleges, i. 307, iii. 241-2, 248, 266-8, iv. 267. 
 
 CoUessie, see Colessie. 
 
 ColUson, John, bailie of Aberdeen, i. 319, 328. 
 
 Colville, Captain James, appointed conservator 
 at Calais, ii. 146. 
 
 of Easter Wemyss, James, efiForts of, in 
 
 France, on behalf of burghs, i. 457 ; expenses 
 
 Incurred by, in France, i. 465-6 ; commis- 
 sioner to France, i. 563-4. 
 Comedians, company of, in Edinburgh, v. 467. 
 Commander-in-Chief of the English Forces : 
 supplication to, anent the supply of coal, iii. 
 370-1, 386-7 ; resident in Dalkeith, iii. 410. 
 Commissary : order of, defective, i. 22 ; juris 
 diction of, burghs impaired by, i. 340 ; com- 
 missary court in Lauder, iii. 491 ; commis- 
 sary clerks excluded from convention, iv. 
 14 ; raising money for the outrig of the 
 Royal William, iv. 382-5. 
 Commissioners to Convention — 
 Aberdeen : — 
 
 Adie, David, iv. 11, 20, 43, 68, 73, 81. 
 Alexander, Alexander, iii. 490, 524, 571, 
 
 607, 648. 
 Allerdice, John, iv. 147, 207, 313, 320, 
 
 480, 501, V. 91, 121. 
 Anderson, David, i. 507, 512. 
 Book, Andrew, i. 79. 
 Burnet, Alexander, iv. 1, 15. 
 
 John, iii. 575. 
 
 Cargill, David, ii. 19, 360. 
 Catanach, James, iv. 451. 
 Cheyne, John, i, 294, 394, ii. 70. 
 
 Patrick, i. 499. 
 
 of Pitfeohie, Mr John, ii. 68. 
 
 Colinson, Thomas, iii. 138, 232, 242, 252, 
 
 282, 299. 
 Collison, James, i. 504. 
 
 John, i. 504. 
 
 Cruickshanks, William, v. 472, 489, 504, 
 
 523, 548, 588. 
 Cullen, Alexander, i. 66, 127, 274, ii. 41, 
 93, 126, 248, iii. 1. 
 
 George, iii. 358. 
 
 Cushney, Thomas, iv. 18. 
 Divie, Patrick, iv. 64. 
 Farquhar, Sir Robert, iii. 326, 442, 521. 
 Forbes, Alexander, i. 139, 217, 244, 342, 
 428, ii. 1. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 271. 
 
 Fordyce, George, v. 211, 232, 328, 347, 
 
 453. 
 Gordon, Alexander, iv. 58, 88, 99, 103, 
 109, 113. 
 
 George, i. 206. 
 
 John, iv. 399, 403, v. 167, 188. 
 
22 
 
 Tndex to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Aberdeen — continued : — 
 Gellie, Patrick, iv. 152. 
 Gray, Alexander, i. 501, 515. 
 
 Gilbert, iii. 503, 508, 519, 562. 
 
 William, iii. 527, 531, 558. 
 
 Hay, Alexander, i. 149, 155. 
 
 . . Hugh, V. 593, 605. 
 
 Jaffray, Alexander, ii. 154, 167, 231, iii. 
 155, 168, 174, 177, 179, 185, 204, 217, 
 263, 274, 305, 331, 341. 
 
 John, iii. 355, 416, 424, 436, 443, 461. 
 
 Johnstone, Mr George, i. 47, 50. 
 
 Mr John, iv. 225, 228, 247. 
 
 Mr Thomas, iii. 124. 
 
 Ker, Alexander, i. 51. 
 
 KnolUs, George, i. 149, 369. 
 
 Lawson, Mr Vedast, iii. 220, 230, 280, 324. 
 
 William, ii. 360. 
 
 Leslie, Thomas, i. 504. 
 Lumsden, Mr Matthew, iii. 153. 
 
 Robert, i. 2, 520. 
 
 Mair, David, i. 54, 111. 
 Mar, David, i. 6. 
 
 Robert, Ii. 68, 71. 
 
 Meldrum, Andrew, iii. 310. 
 Menzies, Andrew, i. 517. 
 
 David, younger, i. 504. 
 
 Patrick, i. 15, 25, 533. 
 
 Paul, bailie, ii. 309, 325, iii. 125, 136, 
 
 208, 212, 321. 
 Thomas, i. 6, 423, 507, 515, 520, ii. 
 
 23. 
 
 Mr Thomas, ii. 99, 115, 194. 
 
 Sir Thomas, iii. 17, 30, 33, 49, 70, 76, 
 
 77, 92. 
 
 William, i. 80, 83, 91, 111, 269. 
 
 of Dorn, Thomas, i. 310, 4/2. 
 
 of Pitfodels, Gilbert, i. 54, 80, 97, 
 
 110, 146. 
 
 Thomas, i. 512. 
 
 Mitchell, Thomas, iv. 189, 196, 259, 263, 
 
 279, 296, 342, 344, 350. 
 Mollison, Gilbert, iii. 633, 656, 658, 665. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 21. 
 
 Miirieson, James, v. 533. 
 
 Nioolson, George, ii. 336, 341, 442, 466, 
 
 iii. 35, 53, 73, 94, 96, 98, 111, 147. 
 Thomas, i. 528, iii. 254, 303. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Aberdeen — continued : — 
 Oram, Alexander, iv. 273. 
 Paton, Alexander, iv. 353, 367. 
 Petrie, Robert, iii. 474, 546, 550, 576, 
 582, 586, 599, 617, 624, 628, 637, 
 638. 
 
 William, iii. 371, 398. 
 
 Robertson, John, v. 627. 
 
 Walter, iv. 30, 35, 55. 
 
 Ross, John, iv, 334, 427, v. 1, 41. 
 Rutherford, Alexander, i. 80, 97, 111, 200, 
 310, 342, 353, 472, 493, ii. 66. 
 
 Mr David, iii. Ill, 123. 
 
 Sir John, i. 504. 
 
 of Rubislaw, Alexander, ii. 72, 89, 
 
 93, 97, 122, 169, 171, 246, 269, 286, 
 329, 331, 333, 336, 360, 377, 381, 398, 
 420, 436. 
 Sandilands, Mr Patrick, iii. 671. 
 Sellar, Patrick, i. 51. 
 Seton James, Ii. 21 . 
 Skene, Mr Alexander, iii. 486. 
 
 Andrew, iii. 630. 
 
 Sir George, iv. 7, 24, 49, 62. 
 
 Stewart, Robert, iv. 385, 446, v. 29, 131, 
 
 141, 157, 185, 227, 254, 272, 310, 396. 
 
 Walker, Alexander, iv. 128, 145, 176, 
 
 263. 
 
 Annan : — 
 
 Blair, Bryce, iv. 49, 62, 88, 196, v. 472, 
 
 4S9, 504, 523, 533, 548, 588, 605, 628. 
 
 George, iv. 345, v. 132, 151, 167, 189, 
 
 232, 255, 291, 329, 366, 397, 453. 
 Carruthers, James, iv. 25. 
 Galloway, John, ii. 269. 
 Grahame, William, iii. 617. 
 Irvine, Herbert, iii. 213. 
 
 John, V. 141. 
 
 Johnstone, David, iv. 8. 
 
 Edward, provost, ii. 309. 
 
 John, V. 594. 
 
 Sir William, iv. 229, 217, 259, 263, 
 
 273, 279, 296, 314, §20, 334, 343, 368, 
 386, 399, 404, 427, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 
 29, 41, 92, 121. 
 Millar, David, ii. 249, 287, 378, iii. 77, 
 
 123. 
 Walter, iii. 217. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 23 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— coniiraued. 
 Annan — continued : — 
 
 Sinclair, Hugh, iii. 531, 558, 563, 582. 
 
 Wyld, Simon, iii. 125. 
 Anstruther Easter : — 
 
 Alexander, David, iii. 236, 241, 280. 
 
 John, i. 310, 353. 
 
 Eobert, clerk, ii. 325, 341, 377, 442, 
 
 iii. 1, 17, 35, 98, 136, 138, 147, 212, 217, 
 257, 279, 324, 326. 
 
 Anstruther, John, i. 275, 295, 309, 429, 
 
 473, ii. 23, 41. 
 John, younger, ii. 93, 169, 172. 
 
 John, clerk, ii. 232, 246, 249, 269, 
 
 309, 398, 421. 
 
 Sir John, iv. 399, v. 328, 397, 472, 
 
 548, 588, 593, 627. 
 Captain Philip, iv. 263, 273, 279, 296, 
 
 313, 334. 
 
 • Sir Kobert, iv. 25, 259. 
 
 William, iii. 443, iv. 69. 
 
 Black, Alexander, i. 269, iii. 371, 527, 
 
 531. 
 Wifiam, i. 244, ii. 1, 99, 124, 154, iii. 
 
 398, 508. 
 Brown, Philip, v. 151. 
 Burnside David, ii. 126. 
 Clapen, John, i. 423, iii. 232, 303. 
 
 Robert, i. 392, 394. 
 
 Cunningham, John, v. 41. 
 
 Dairaie, John, ii. 210. 
 
 Gibson, William, ii. 333. 
 
 Gilmour, Charles, v. 91. 
 
 Grahame, James, iv. 354, 385, 403, 427, 
 
 446, V. 1, 121, 132, 141. 
 Halson, Mr James, iv. 367. 
 Innes, Mr Robert, iv. 49, 62. 
 Lawson, James, iii. 624, 633, iv. 1, 7, 113, 
 
 176, 228. 
 Lawson, William, v. 453. 
 Lindsay, John, iii. 416. 
 Low, John, V. 157, 167, 185, 212, 310. 
 Martin, Andrew, iii. 331, 341, 391, 
 
 443. 
 Martin, Thomas, iii. 220, 230, 242, 282, 
 
 300, 305, 321. 
 Mercer, Kobert, iii. 49, 54, 123, 153, 156, 
 
 168, 179, 185, 205. 
 Millar, Philip, v. 504. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention^ — continued. 
 Anstruther Easter — continued : — 
 Morris, Henry, ii. 194, 432, 436, iii. 49, 77, 
 
 112, 125, 263, 274. 
 Nairn, Thomas, v. 254, 272. 
 Paton, Philip, v. 533. 
 Rutherford, Alexander, younger, ii. 171. 
 Scott, George, iv. 452, 480, 501, v. 29. 
 
 James, iii. 486. 
 
 Spence, David, iv. 88, 99. 
 Stevenson, Alexander, iv. 128. 
 Walker, Andrew, iii. 310. 
 Watson, John, i. 369, iii. 461. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 73, 272, 287. 
 
 White, Thomas, v. 188, 227, 523. 
 Anstruther Wester : — 
 Anstruther, Mr Charles, v. 548. 
 
 Mr Philip, v. 472, 489, 504, 533, 588. 
 
 Sir Robert, iv, 263, 273, 279, 313, 
 
 320, 403. 
 Beattie, Henry, iv. 229, 385, 480. 
 Borthwick, Patrick, iii. 586. 
 Clelland, Mr Robert, iv. 88, 99, 114, 128. 
 Cook, John, i. 392. 
 Cunningham, Henry, ii. 99, 432. 
 • John, iv. 501, v. 121, 132, 157, 167, 
 
 188, 254, 272, 397, 453. 
 Dairsie, John, iii. 279. 
 
 William, ii. 210, 287, iii. 220, 303. 
 
 Gibb, Alexander, v. 628. 
 
 Lundie, William, iv. 354, 368. 
 
 Lyell, John, v. 328. 
 
 Melville, Alexander, iii. 232. 
 
 Andrew, i. 369, 394, 429, ii. 2, 73, 
 
 99, 124, 442, iii. 2. 
 Mitchell, David, iii. 444. 
 Oliphant, Peter, iii. 582. 
 
 Thomas, v. 593. 
 
 Philip, David, ii. 154. 
 
 Richardson, Robert, ii. 269, 272, 309, 
 
 377, 399, iii. 123, 138, 213, 217, 241, 
 
 257, 321, 324. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 98. 
 
 Simpson, George, bailie, ii. 341, iii. 17. 
 Smith, George, v. 1. 
 Thomson, John, iii. 156. 
 
 Peter, iii. 331. 
 
 TuUos, John, iii. 35, 54, 77. 
 Watson, Thomas, iii. 527, 531 . 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— comiimaed. 
 Anstruther Wester — continued : — 
 
 Wilson, David, iii. 236. 
 Arbroath : — 
 Aikman, John, iii. 474, 624, 628. 
 Crichton, Abraham, i. 473. 
 Doig, James, v. 310, 328, 453. 
 Dunlop, John, i. 10. 
 Elliot, Andrew, iii. 2. 
 Fichie, Henry, iii. 617, 637, 648, iv. 20. 
 Gellatly, John, v. 628. 
 Granger, John, iii. 17, 217. 
 Haills, John, i. 244, 295. 
 Hamilton, Thomas, iii. 359. 
 Hutcheson, John, iv. 320, 334, 344, 350, 
 
 354, 368, 385, 399, 403, 452, 480, 501, 
 
 v. 1, 91, 121, 132, 141. 
 Kidd, John, iv. 8, 25, 36, 49, 62, 69, 74. 
 Lin, John, i. 10. 
 Oohterlony, David, ii. 210, 287, 309, 341, 
 
 399, 432. 
 George, v. 29, 41. 
 
 John, iii. 368, 371, 416, 461, 490, 
 
 508, 519, 527, 531. 
 
 William, iv. 128, 145, 152, 207, 229, 
 
 263. 
 Pearson, Adam, i. 80. 
 
 Mr Archibald, i. 127. 
 
 David, i. 36, 41, 47, 121, ii. 436, 442. 
 
 Mr James, iii. 263. 
 
 John, iv. 313. 
 
 Thomas, i. 310, 353, 392. 
 
 of Lochland, Thomas, ii. 341. 
 
 Ramsay, David, iii. 98, 331, 357. 
 
 James, i. 66, 72, 97. 
 
 John, iii. 398. 
 
 Seton, Patrick, iv. 30. 
 
 Stevin, Patrick, iv. 12, 43, 64, 88, 110, 
 
 189, 196, 247, 273, 279, 296. 
 Tyrie, John, i. 36. 
 Wallace, John, v. 397, 472, 489, 588, 
 
 594. 
 
 Patrick, v. 151, 157, 167, 189, 504, 
 
 523, 533, 548. 
 
 William, v. 212, 348, 365. 
 
 Wood, Alexander, ii. 41, 73. 
 Ayr:— 
 Blair, James, ii. 442, 466, iii. 17, 30, 33, 
 35, 77, 92, 125, 156, 168, 232, 321. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued 
 Ayr — continued : — 
 Blair, John, ii. 360, iii. 1. 
 Brisbane, William, iv. 35, 43. 
 Campbell, Robert, i. 71, 162. 
 Cochrane, George, i. 83, 127, 150, 184, 
 244, 294, 369, 394, 423, 428, 472, ii. 1, 
 126, 171, 194, 210, 248, 287, 309, 431. 
 Crawford, David, i. 162, 206, 229, 244. 
 
 Hngh, iv. 189. 
 
 Cunningham, John, iii. 74, 212, 241, 280. 
 
 William, iii. 310, 413, 416, 424, 427, 
 
 433, 436, 441, 443, 474, 490, 508, 519, 
 521, 527, 531, 546, 550, 558, 562, 582, 
 586, 599, 617, 624, 628, 633, 638, 656, 
 iv. 11, 15, 20, 24, 58, 68. 
 
 Dalrymple, Robert, iii. 571. 
 
 Doak, Robert, iii. 658, 665, iv. 1, 7. 
 
 Fergushill, Archibald, i. 162. 
 
 David, ii. 22, 41, 126, 329, 331, 381. 
 
 Ferguson, David, ii. 169. 
 
 John, iii. 461. 
 
 Garvin, Thomas, v. 365, 396, 489, 504, 
 
 548, 588 
 Gordon, Robert, iii. 279. 
 Hamilton, George, i. 37, 47. 
 Hunter, James, v. 627. 
 
 Robert, iv. 49, 55, 62. 
 
 Jamieson, Robert, i. 121, 392. 
 Johnstone, John, i. 146. 
 Kennedy, Hew, iii. 123, 355, 458. 
 Knight, John, iii. 263, 274. 
 
 Mungo, ii. 38. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 589, 609, 610, 630. 
 
 Knox, William, i. 274. 
 Lockhart, Archibald, ii. 61. 
 
 George, i. 83, 91. 
 
 John, i. 6, 24, 36, 54, ii. 71, 72, 89, 
 
 97, 99, 115, 169. 
 of Barr, John, ii. 246, 269, 325, 331, 
 
 341, 360, 377, 398, 421. 
 of Boghall, Alexander, ii. 126, 154, 
 
 167. 
 MacJarrow, Thomas, iv. 344. 
 Mason, George, ii. 436, iii. 324. 
 
 John, ii. 23. 
 
 Montgomery, James, v. 328, 347, 453, 472, 
 
 523, 533, 593, 605. 
 Mowat, Alexander, i. 352. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 25 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— contMiaed, 
 Ayr — continued : — ■ 
 
 Mure, Hugh, iv. 354, 
 
 -- — John, iii. 637, 643, 64S, iv. 88, 99, 
 103, 110, 113, 128, 147, 152, 176, 196, 
 225, 228, 247, 259, 263, 273, 279, 296, 
 334, 367, 385, 399. 
 
 Robert, iv. 205, 207, 313, 320, 403, 
 
 480, 501, V. 1, 29, 41, 91, 121, 131, 141, 
 150, 157, 167, 185, 188, 211, 232, 272, 
 310. 
 
 Niven, Hew, i. 79. 
 
 Osborne, Adam, iv. 81. 
 
 Henry, i. 139, 146. 
 
 John, merchant, ii. 231, iii. 54, 70, 
 
 72, 98, 124, 136, 185, 208, 217, 230, 236, 
 242, 305, 443. 
 
 John, younger, iii. 220, 282, 300. 
 
 Power, John, i. 499, ii. 93. 
 Richard, Gilbert, iii. 331, 341. 
 Ritchie, Adam, ii. 336, iii. 153. 
 Robertson, Yapley, iv. 30. 
 Sluce, Richard, iii. 524. 
 Stewart, John, iii. Ill, 138, 147. 
 
 • William, i. 79. 
 
 Wallace, Edward, i. 54, 80. 
 
 Michael, i. 6. 
 
 Sir William, iv. 73. 
 
 Wilson, Joseph, v. 291. 
 Banfif— 
 
 Alexander, James, ii. 93. 
 Baird, James, i. 10. 
 • Craig, Mr Alexander, ii. 287, 399, 421, 
 436, 442, iii. 2, 17, 123. 
 Gumming, William, iii. 617. 
 Gurror, Alexander, i. 310, 353, 428, ii. 2, 
 
 73, 154, 210. 
 
 Douglas, Mr Alexander, iii. 331, 341. 
 
 Duff, William, v. 523. 
 
 Forbes, Patrick, v. 594. 
 
 Pyfe, William, iii. 639, iv. 20, 25, 30, 36, 
 
 43, 74. 
 Galloway, William, iii. 599. 
 Gordon, George, iii. 624, iv. 1. 
 Gregor, Archibald, iii. 220. 
 Hamilton, Robert, iii. 550, 575, 582. 
 Hay, Mr Andrew, v. 167, 189, 212, 232, 
 
 255, 272, 291, 311, 329, 348, 365. 
 
 Mr John, v. 227. 
 
 D 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — eontimud. ' 
 Banff — continued : — ■ 
 
 Innes, Alexander, v. 588, 605, 628. 
 
 Leith, George, iv. 128. 
 
 Leslie, Alexander, iv. 152, 239, 263. 
 
 George, iv. 69. 
 
 Mark, John, iv. 229, 296. 
 
 Ogilvy, Sir Alexander, iv. 320, 334, 344, 
 
 354, 368, 385, 399, 404, 427, 452, 480, 
 
 501, V. 1, 41, 91, 121, 132, 141, 151. 
 
 • Frederick, iv. 64. 
 
 George, iv. 351. 
 
 Mr George, v. 397, 453, 472, 489. 
 
 Patrick, iv. 273. 
 
 Thomas, i. 229, iv. 8. 
 
 Ord, James, i. 10. 
 Russell, Patrick, iv. 189. 
 Sanders, Robert, iv. 279, 314. 
 Scott, Alexander, i. 47. 
 
 William, v. 548. 
 
 Shand, James, v. 504, 533. 
 Sheron, George, iii. 77. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 217. 
 
 Sherwod, George, iii. 98, 112. 
 
 Sim, William, v. 29. 
 
 Stewart, Mr George, iii. 610. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 371, 398, 416, 527, 531, 
 
 563. 
 Walter, iv. 49, 62, 88, 110, 114, 176, 
 
 196. 
 Strachan, John, iii. 659. 
 Sydserf, Thomas, iii. 359. 
 Brechin — ■ 
 
 Buwsie, Thomas, i. 10. 
 Cowie, James, iv. 68, 73, 8^, 1 1 1, 123. 
 Dempster, David, i. 127, 229, 310, .353. 
 Doig, Mr Andrew, v, 121, 141, 151, 310, 
 
 397. 
 
 David, V. 588, 605, 627. 
 
 John, iv. 313, 334, 501, v. 1, 41, 91, 
 
 132, 157, 167, 188, 212, 227, 232, 254, 
 
 291, 328, 347, 365. 
 Donaldson, David, iii. 359, 371, 398, 416, 
 
 582, 621, 624, 633, 658, iv. 1, 8, 20, 
 
 25, 30. 
 Dundas, Lawrence, iii. 443. 
 Graham, Mr James, iv. 427. 
 Gray, David, iv. 344. 
 Harrat, George, i. 150, 244. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissionera to Conveution — continued. 
 Brechin — continued : — 
 Jamieson, John, iii. 599. 
 Kinnear, Robert, i. 72, 229. 
 Knox, John, v. 489, 504, 523, 533, 548, 593. 
 Leitoh, John, ii. 99, iii. 17, 54. 
 Liddell, David, iii. 637, iv. 43. 
 Lindsay, David, ii. 272, iii. 123, 156. 
 
 David, younger, ii. 287, iii. 217. 
 
 Low, John, i. 10. 
 
 Lyon, William, iii. 220, 282. 
 
 Mollison, Francis, iv. 49, 62, 64, 147, 196. 
 
 Norry, David, ii. 377. 
 
 John, ii. 442, iii. 1, 33, 112, 138. 
 
 Eamsay, John, i. 206, 295, ii. 341. 
 
 . Wmiam, i. 353, 369, 473, ii. 1, 73, 
 
 154, 172, 210. 
 Skinner, John, iii. 461, 508, iv. 12. 
 Spence, James, iv. 354, 367, 385, 480. 
 Steel, George, iii. 521, 527, 531, 586. 
 Straohan, James, iii. 617. 
 Udny, John, ii. 399, 421, iii. 77, 98, 185, 
 
 208. 
 White, Robert, v. 453, 472. 
 Young, Alexander, iv. 145, 152, 189, 207, 
 
 228, 247, 263, 273, 279, 296, 399, 403, 
 
 452. 
 Burntisland : — 
 
 Alexander, James, v. 397. 
 
 Anderson, Alexander, iv. 354, 367, 385. 
 
 Angus, Archibald, v. 254, 365. 
 
 Ballantyne, Andrew, v. 310. 
 
 Bell, Robert, v. 232. 
 
 Boog, George, v. 453. 
 
 Brown, George, iii. 387. 
 
 John, iv. 99, 147, 152. 
 
 Burnet, Alexander, iv. 501, v. 121, 141, 
 
 489. 
 Clapen, John, i. 244, 295. 
 
 Nicol, ii. 23. 
 
 Clerk, David, i. 229. 
 
 James, i. 473, ii. 210, v. 227. 
 
 Robert, ii. 287. 
 
 Couston, Alexander, i, 275. 
 
 Dewar, James, iii. 637, 638, 643, iv. 7, 12, 
 
 15, 18, 20, 25. 
 Gairden, George, iii. 331, 341, 355, 365, 
 
 370, 371, 398, 416, 425, 427, 521, 525, 
 
 527, 531, 558. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— co»iin,«e(i. 
 Burntisland — continued : — 
 
 Ged, Alexander, iv. 69, 88, 103, 110, 113, 
 128, 196, 207, 247, 273, 279, 296, 313, 334. 
 
 John, ii. 381. 
 
 WilUam, iii. 621, 624, 628, 630, 633. 
 
 Grieve (Greiff ), Patrick, ii. 2, 172, 187, 223. 
 246, 269, 272, 325, 329, 331, 336, 341, 
 360, 377, iiL 3.3. 
 Haliburton, Gilbert, iii. 563. 
 Hogg, John, V. 504, 523, 533, 548, 588, 
 
 593, 605, 627. 
 Hoggan, Robert, iii. 658, 665, iv. i. 
 King, William, iv. 176, 207, 247, 354. 
 Littlejohn, George, iii. 177. 
 Meiklejohn, Robert, iii. 242, 252. 
 
 William, ii. 309, 436, iii. 54, 98, 112, 
 
 123, 156, 168, 179, 185, 205, 207, 208, 
 212, 217, 232, 241, 254, 257, 263, 274, 
 279, 280, 282, 300, 303, 305, 310, 321, 
 324, 326. 
 Melville, Sir Robert, younger, ii. 2. 
 Middleton, James, iv. 320. 
 Orrock, John, i. 353, 369. 
 Ross, David, v. 347. 
 Rutherford, John, iv. 176, 344. 
 Sootstoun, David, iii. 441. 
 Seton, David, iii. 359, 368, 391, 396, 413, 
 
 431, 433, 436, 443, 458, 461, 474, 480, 
 486, 490, 503, 508, 546, 550, 569, 571, 
 582, 586, 589, 599, 609, 610, 617. 
 
 John, iv. 263. 
 
 Michael, i v. 30, 36, 43, 49, 58, 62, 64, 73. 
 
 Simpson, John, i. 394, 429, ii. 2. 
 
 Syme, Mr William, ii. 126. 
 
 Thomson, George, iv. 480, v. 1, 29,. 41, 
 
 132, 328, 472. 
 Todd, John, iii. 1. 
 Watson, Andrew, iii. 17. 
 Wilson, Andrew, i. 229, 244, 310, 423, ii. 
 
 2, 41, 61. 
 Mr Andrew, ii. 73, 93, 99, 154, 169, 
 
 194, 223, 232, 249, 307, 333, 399, 421, 
 
 432, 442, iii. 77, 125, 138, 153, 220. 
 Campbelltown : — 
 
 Campbell, Mr Alexander, v. 157. 
 
 Mr John, v. 549. 
 
 Mr Neil, iv. 404, 427, 481, v. 92, 
 
 132, 167. 
 
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 Commissioners to Convention — continual. 
 Campbelltown — corvtinuRd : — 
 Chalmers, Kobert, v. 189. 
 Clerk, Donald, Iv. 386. 
 Conison, James, v. 42. 
 Fraser, Alexander, v. 397, 453, 472, 504, 
 
 523, 533. 
 Hogg, John, V. 291, 311, 329, 366. 
 MacCoUin, Mr Robert, v. 2, 121, 141, 232. 
 MacCom, Robert, iv. 501, v. 348. 
 MacMUlan, Mr Alexander, v. 628. 
 Montgomery, John, iv. 354. 
 Rowat, Alexander, iv. 314, 345, 368. 
 Crail :— 
 Annan, William, i. 41, 54, 66, 80, 127. 
 Bain, Edward, i. 528. 
 
 Thomas, i. 6, 17. 
 
 Bethune, John, iv. 354, 385, v. 189. 
 Bowsie, James, i. 49. 
 
 John, i. 37, 50, 274, 295, 353. 
 
 William, i. 2, 6, 10, 17, 80, 150, 184, 
 
 199, 201, 206, 229, 244, 528, ii. 232. 
 Brydie, John, v. 348. 
 Christison, Alexander, i. 127, 139, 146. 
 Crawford, Henry, iv. 404, 427, 480, 501, 
 
 V. 91, 121, 132, 141. 
 William, iv. 43, 64, 69, 74, 176, 189, 
 
 207, 229, 247, 259, 263, 273, 279, 334. 
 Cunningham, Alexander, iii. 331, 355, 398. 
 Allan, ii. 126, 194, 287, 341, iii. 35, 98, 
 
 112, 123, 138, 156, 168, 207, 232. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 154, 442, iii. 54, 263. 
 
 Daw, Andrew, ii. 61. 
 
 John, iii. 371, 461, 582, 586, 610, 621. 
 
 Dingwall, John, iii. 2, 94. 
 
 Douglas, John, i. 201, 369, 394, 473, ii. 
 
 71, 99. 
 Drummond, George, v. 1, 29, 41. 
 Forret, Mr Thomas, i. 51. 
 Geddy, James, i. 309. 
 
 Patrick, i. 17. 
 
 Hunter, Patrick, iii. 185, 220, 241, 242, 
 
 257, 282, 310. 
 Kay, Thomas, i. 139, 146, 150. 
 Leslie, John, i. 37. 
 Lindsay, Harry, i. 295. 
 Lumsden, John, v. 212, 227, 232, 254, 
 
 272, 291, 310, 453, 472, 489, 504, 523, 
 
 533, 548, 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— coniinMerf. 
 Crail — continued : — ■ 
 MacKison, John, i. 310, 369, 392, 428, ii. 
 
 2, 73, 93, 169, 172, 210, 246, 249, 269, 
 
 272, 287, 307, 377, iii. 17, 30, 74, 179, 
 
 208, 213, 217, 236, 279, 280, 303, 305, 
 
 321, 324. 
 Mathieson, John, i. 423, ii. 309, iii. 49, 
 
 326. 
 Maxwell, David, ii. 42, iii. 77. 
 Meldrum, David, i. 199. 
 Melville, John, i. 162. 
 Monorieff, Andrew, bailie, ii. 325, 399, 
 
 421. 
 George, iv. 8, 20, 25, 30, 36, 88, 110, 
 
 114, 128, 152, 196, 296, 314, 368. 
 
 James, iii. 416, 503, 531, 571. 
 
 William, iii. 624, 637, 638, 648, 659, 
 
 iv. 1. 
 Monteith, James, iii. 563. 
 Montrose, George, iv. 12. 
 Morton, Alexander, i. 10. 
 Philp, George, iii. 490. 
 Preston, Mr John, iv. 49, 55, 62. 
 Ramsay, David, i. 66, 83, 91, 110. 
 
 John, i. 2, 17, 79, 182, 206, 217. 
 
 Simpson, Alexander, v. 151, 157, 167, 185. 
 Smith, Thomas, v. 329. 
 Thomson, James, iii. 525. 
 Watson, William, v. 397. 
 Wood, Mr John, iv. 452. 
 Young, Thomas, v. 365. 
 Cromarty : — 
 
 Clunes, Alexander, iii. 531. 
 Syme, William, iv. 25. 
 Urquhart, Alexander, iii. 624. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 617. 
 
 CuUen :— 
 Baird, Alexander, v. 588. 
 
 John, iii. 617. 
 
 Duff, George, ii. 93. 
 
 Dunbar, Mr George, iii. 528, 531. 
 
 Forsyth, James, iii. 359. 
 
 Hallcraig, Lord, iv. 279. 
 
 Hamilton, Sir John, iv. 273, 296, 314. 
 
 Lawtie, James, i. 369, ii. 73, 93, 210, 287, 
 
 iii. 138, 156, 659, iv. 30. 
 Leslie, Mr George, iii. 77, iv. 8, 49, 62. 
 William, i. 207. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Cullen — continued : — 
 Morrison, George, i. 229. 
 Ogilvy, Mr George, v. 329, 348, 365, 504, 
 
 523. 
 
 James, iii. 54, 99, iv. 1, 25, 88. 
 
 Sir James, iv. 103, 110, 147. 
 
 ■ John, iii. 331, 357, 416, 575, iv. 152, 
 
 263. 
 
 Colonel Patrick, iv. 385. 
 
 Ord, William, iii. 611. 
 
 Philip, Mr John, iv. 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 91, 
 
 121, 132, 141, 157, 167, 189, 212, 227, 
 
 232, 255, 272, 291, 311, 397, 453, 472, 
 
 489, 533, 548, 594, 605, 628. 
 Culross :^ 
 
 Adam, James, v. 232, 311, 453, 504. 
 
 John, iv. 296, 343, 344, 354, 368, 
 
 385, 403, v. 151, 157. 
 
 Robert, iv. 314. 
 
 Aitkin, James, iii. 331, 341. 
 
 Biair, Robert, iv. 196, 229. 
 
 Blaw, Mr Edward, bailie, ii. 309, iii. 156, 
 
 242, 263, 279, 282, 310, 321. 
 Bruce, Alexander, iii. 531, 549, 550, 558, 
 
 563. 
 
 Sir Alexander, iv. 49, 58, 62, 64. 
 
 George, i. 392, 394, 423, 429. 
 
 Sir George, ii. 269, 377, iii. 33, 49, 
 
 74, 123, 282. 
 
 Mr John, v. 167- 
 
 of Carnock, George, ii. 172. 
 
 Burnside, George, iii. 359. 
 
 John, iii. 486, 503, 521, 610. 
 
 Chatto, William, ii. 436. 
 Cochran, Mr Charles, v. 41, 365. 
 
 Thomas, v. 533, 548, 605. 
 
 Major Thomas, v. 628. 
 
 William, v. 1, 29, 91, 121, 227. 
 
 Dalrymple, Sir David, iv. 320, 334. 
 Erskine, Mr John, v. 132. 
 
 Mr Patrick, v. 329, 348. 
 
 Mr William, iv. 88, 110, 114, 128, 
 
 176, 207. 
 Forret, John, ii. 2, 23, 42, 73, 93, 99, 154, 
 
 167, 172, 194, 210, ii. 232, 249, 272, 
 
 2S7, 341, 399, 421. 
 
 Kobert, iii. .35, 54, 77, 98, 125, 138. 
 
 Gibson, Andrew, iii. 220. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— coMiinued. 
 Culross — continued : — 
 
 Gourlay, Gilbert, iii. 213, 217. 
 
 James, iii. 525. 
 
 Gray, George, v. 472, 489. 
 
 Halkerston, John, v. 141, 212, 272. 
 
 Halliday, John, iii. 637, 648, iv. 1, 20, 30. 
 
 Hunter, Robert, iv. 399. 
 
 Keir, Patrick, iii. 185. 
 
 MacKie, James, iv. 36, 43, 69, 74. 
 
 Masterton, Robert, ii. 61. 
 
 Paton, William, v. 397. 
 
 Pearson, William, iii. 396, 416, 44t, 461, 
 
 490, 508, 527, 569, 571, 582, 586. 
 Primrose, James, ii. 442, iii. 2, 17. 
 Robertson, James, v. 185, 189. 
 Rolland, John, v. 594. 
 Ronald, John, v. 523, 588. 
 Wilson, George, iii. 357, iv. 25, 480, 501. 
 Cupar : — 
 
 Anderson, David, ii. 71, 272, 377, 432, 436, 
 
 442, iii. 17, 33, 35, 54, 70, 77, 94, 208, 
 
 212, 217, 241, 282, 303, 321, 490. 
 ■ James, i. 6, 17, 66, 127, 146, 149, 
 
 162, 206, 229, 275, 369, 423, 429, 499, 
 
 ii. 2, 99, 154, iii. 357. 
 
 Peter, ii. 126. 
 
 Barclay, John, iii. 586, 599, 610, 617, 624, 
 
 633, 637, 638. 
 Bethune, Thomas, iv. 273, 279, 296, 313, 
 
 320. 
 Bruce, Patrick, iv. 399. 
 Carruthers, James, i. 6, 10. 
 Christison, John, iii. 416, 461. 
 
 Walter, iii. 398. 
 
 William, ii. 23, 41, 248, 287, iii. 1. 
 
 Clerk, John, v. 254, 310, 328. 
 
 riesher, James, i. 54, 66, 79. 
 
 Glassford, Andrew, iv. 12, 20, 35, 49, 62, 
 
 145, 152. 
 
 John, iii. 365. 
 
 • Patrick, i. 41, 47, ii. 269, 272. 
 
 Greig, Thomas, v. 453, 472, 489, 504, 523, 
 
 533. 
 
 William, iv. 334. 
 
 Hope, Mr Thomas, iv. 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 
 
 91, 121, 131, 141. 
 Jamieson, Alexander, i. 1, 6, 10, 71, ii. 
 
 172. 
 
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 Commissioners to Convention— continued. 
 Cuyar— continued : — 
 
 Jamieson, David, i. 1, 5, iii. 310. 
 
 George, iii. 331, 341, 357, 359. 
 
 Johu, i. 36, 37, 392, 394. 
 
 Knox, Joseph, iv. 128, 147. 
 
 Leslie, Mr James, v. 593, 605, 627. 
 
 Lindsay, David, i. 17. 
 
 of the Mount, Sir David, i. 71, 79, 
 
 206. 
 Lockhart, Thomas, iv. 43. 
 Malcolm, David, iv. 228, 259, 263. 
 
 Mr John, iv. 64, 68. 
 
 Manson, George, iii. 658, 672, iv. 1, 7, 30. 
 Melville, Alexander, v. 548, 588. 
 
 Robert, iv. 88, 110, 113. 
 
 Mortimer, Patrick, iv. 25. 
 
 Mure, Sir Archibald, iv. 176, 1S9, 196, 
 
 205, 207. 
 iPaterson, Andrew, iii. 558, 563, 571, 582. 
 
 David, i. 16, 80, 97, 1 10. 
 
 James, i. 71, 121, 244, 293, 353. 
 
 John, i. 41. 
 
 Peter, i. 309, 310. 
 
 Robert, ii. 309, 333, 336, 341, 377, 
 
 iii. 98, 112, 123, 138, 153, 156, 168, 179, 
 
 185, 205, 220, 230, 238, 242, 252, 263. • 
 Philip, David, i. 83, 91. 
 Pryde, Robert, i. 25, 47. 
 Rigg, William, v. 167, 188, 212, 227, 272. 
 Rutherford, Andrew, iv. 452. 
 
 David, V. 397. 
 
 Shaw, Laohlan, iv. 73. 
 Smith, Alexander, ii. 73, 89. 
 Spence, Henry, iv. 344, 354, 367, 403. 
 TurnbuU, Alexander, iii. 527.. 
 
 George, iii. 531. 
 
 Weiland, David, i. 17, ii. 398, 421. 
 Williams, David, ii. 381. 
 Williamson, James, ii. 210. 
 
 Thomas, i. 217, 269. 
 
 Dingwall ; — 
 Bain, Alexander, iii. 528, 531. 
 
 Mr Donald, iii. 398, 416, iv. 20, 25. 
 
 John, iv. 274, 314, 345. 
 
 Mr Kenneth, iv. 279, 334, 501, v. 41. 
 
 Ronald, iii. 659. 
 
 Mr William, v. 348. 
 
 Dingwall, Donald, iv. 49, 62, v. 132. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dingwall — continued : — 
 Mackenzie, Sir James, iv. 320, 452. 
 MaoKenzie, Kenneth, iv. 196. 
 - — Sir Kenneth, v. 157, 167. 
 MacRae, Johu, v. 2. 
 Munro, George, v. 291, 329. 
 
 Colonel Robert,v.l89,255,311,366,453. 
 
 Sir Robert, v. 504, 523, 533, 548, 588, 
 
 594, 605, 628. 
 Tuach, John, iv. 263, 368. 
 Dornoch : — • 
 Baillie, Mr John, v. 504, 523, 548, 588, 
 
 594, 605, 628. 
 Gordon, Sir Adam, iv. 279, 296. 
 
 Alexander, iii. 531. 
 
 Mr Alexander, v. 151. 
 
 — — George, iv. 88. 
 
 Mr Robert, iii. 359, v. 472. i 
 
 Ross, Alexander, iii. 617, 621, 624, 637, 
 
 648, 659. 
 
 David, V. 255. 
 
 Sutherland, Andrew, v. 291. 
 Dumbarton : — 
 Campbell, Mr James, iii. 331, 341. 
 
 Robert, iii. 125, 185. 
 
 William, iii. 359. 
 
 Cunningham, Archibald, ii. 287. 
 
 Donald, i. 110. 
 
 John, iii. 398, 433, 444, 461, 490, 503, 
 
 508, 590, 633, 637, 638, 648, 656, 659. 
 
 William, i. 392, 393. 
 
 Falasdale, John, ii. 272, 309, 399, 421, iii. 
 
 17, 30, 98, 282. 
 Thomas, ii. 73, 89, 93, 154, 167, 194, 
 
 232, 246, 249, 269, 341, 377, 442, 466, 
 
 iii. 35, 54, 77, 92, 123. 
 Hardrig, John, i. 41, 80, 146, 244. 
 Houston, Peter, i. 274. 
 
 . Mr William, i. 83, 150, 162, 229. 
 
 MacCalpy, Mr Donald, iii. 550. 
 
 MacFarlane, William, iv. 25, 30, 58. 
 
 Porterfield, Patrick, i. 6. 
 
 Semple, Robert, i. 79. 
 
 of Corinch, John, ii. 169, 172, 210, 
 
 232, 325, 329, iii. 2, 213, 217, 220, 242, 
 
 252, 321. 
 SmoUet, Mr George, v. 291, 328, 347, 365, 
 
 397, 453, 472, 489, 504, 523, 533, 548. 
 
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 Tndex to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— coniinMcci. 
 Dumbarton — continued : — 
 SmoUet, James, i. 294. 
 
 Mr James, v. 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 
 Sir James, iv. 43, 49, 55, 62, 64, 88, 
 
 103, 110, 114, 128, 145, 147, 152, 176, 
 
 189, 196, 207, 225, 229, 247, 259, 2(53. 
 
 273, 279, 296, 313, 320, 331, 343, 344, 
 
 350, 354, 367, 385, 399, 403, 427, 446, 
 
 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 91, 121, 132, 
 
 141, 151, 157, 167, 185, 188, 212, 227, 
 
 232, 254, 272, 310. 
 Walker, Thomas, iv. 69. 
 Watson, David, iii. 263. 
 Robert, i. 206, 369, 428, ii. 1, 23, 41, 
 
 iii. 624, 630, 672, iv. 8, 12, 20. 
 Walter, iii. 371, 416, 425, 441, 527, 
 
 531, 558, 563, 571, 617. 
 Dumfries : — 
 Aiichinleck, William, iii. 138. 
 Bartane, Robert, iii. 490. 
 Bryce, John, i. 229. 
 Carlyle, WilUam, iii. 138, 147. 
 Copland, John, iii, 569, 571, iv. 30. 
 William, iv. 343, 344, 350, 354, 367, 
 
 385, 399, 403, 427. 
 Corbet, John, iii. 461. 
 
 Robert, v. 1, 29, 41, 132, 141, 151, 
 
 157. 
 Corrie, James, v. 212, 227, 232, 328, 347 
 
 489, 504, 533, 588, 593, 605. 
 Corsan, Adam, ii. 126. 
 — John, ii. 73, 154, 167, 169, 172, 194, 
 
 210, 232, 309, iii. 17, 30, 54, 70, 77, 92, 
 
 112, 123, 125, 236. 
 Craik, William, iii. 648, 658, 672, iv. 7 
 
 20, 25, V. 254, 272, 291. 
 Crosbie, Andrtvr, v. 523, 548. 
 
 John, iv. 480, 501, v. 91, 121, 167 
 
 185, 188. 
 Cunningham, Cuthbert, ii, 1. 
 
 Halbert, ii. 93, 194. 
 
 Herbert, ii. 377. 
 
 James, bailie, ii. ,'?41, 398, 421, 442. 
 
 iii. 1. 
 
 John, iii. 443, 508. 
 
 Dickson, Matthew, i. 127, 
 Edgar, Thomas, v, 365, 397, 
 Ewait, John, v, 627, 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dumfries — continued : — 
 Fingas, William, iv. 35, 49. 
 Gilchrist, John, v. 310. 
 Gledatanes, William, i. 127. 
 Gordon, Roger, i. 274, 294. 
 Graham, Robert, iii. 503. 
 Irvine, Francis, ii, 331, 336, iii, 33, 125, 
 
 156, 185, 208, 212, 217, 220, 230. 
 John, iii. 242, 252, 263, 274, 310, 321, 
 
 527, 531, 558, 563, 582, 617, iv. 43, 55, 
 
 64, 81, 128, 147, 207, 259, 279, v. 453, 
 
 472. 
 
 • Stephen, iii. 610, 633. 
 
 Johnston, Robert, iv. 152, 176, 189, 196, 
 
 228, 296, 313, 320, 334. 
 Johnstone, James, i. 162. 
 
 Simon, i. 184. 
 
 Kelly, John, i. 1. 
 
 Kennan, James, iii. 599, 637, iv, 88, 99, 
 
 110, 113. 
 
 John, iv. 452. 
 
 Laurie, Stephen, iii. 73, 98. 
 Learmonth, William, i. 6, 10. 
 MaoBimie, Thomas, iii. 331, 841, 401. 
 MaoBriar, Archibald, i. 16, 24, 80. 
 
 John, i. 1, 6. 
 
 MacMenis, Thomas, i. 37. 
 Marshall, John, i. 149, 162, 244. 
 Maxwell, George, i. 528. 
 
 Homer, i, 201. 
 
 John, iv. 69, 73, 81. 
 
 of Newlaw, Alexander, i. 201. 
 
 Raining, Herbert, i. 37, 47, 66, 71, 79, 80, 
 
 201, 207, 353, 369, 428. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 269, 272, 287. 
 
 Eeid, John, iv. 205, 225, 247, 263, 273. 
 Richardson, Robert, ii. 23, 41, 249, iii. 
 
 282, 300, 416. 
 Rigg, James, i. 2, 6, 16, 201. 
 Dunbar : — 
 Aoheson, John, i. 199. 
 Mr John, ii. 341, 377, 399, 421, 432, 
 
 436, 442, iii. 33. 
 
 William, i. 1. 
 
 Aitkin, Edward, i. 499. 
 
 Mr Edward, ii. 93, 154, 169, 246, 
 
 249, 269, 309. 
 Blair, S'r Adam, iv. 69, 74. 
 
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 31 
 
 Commis-ioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dunbar — continued : — 
 Boncle, William, i. 10, 41, 47, 54, 66, 72, 
 
 80, 110. 
 Craig, Robert, i. 274. 
 Craigie, Robert, i. 206. 
 Fall, Charles, v. 272, 628. 
 James, iv. 446, v. 397, 453, 504, 533, 
 
 548, 588, 594, 605. 
 
 Captain James, v. 472, 523. 
 
 Robert, iv. 196, 259, 273, 296. 
 
 William, iv. 427, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 
 
 29, 41, 91, 121, 132, 141, 151, 157, 167, 
 
 185, 188, 212, 227, 232, 254, 291, 310, 
 
 328, 347, 365. 
 Fisher, John, ii. 172. 
 
 Richard, i. 50. 
 
 Forrest, George, iii. 368, 391, 416. 
 Hamilton, James, iii. 628, 630, iv. 55. 
 Hopper, William, ii. 272, 287, 307. 
 Kelly, Alexander, i. 229, 244, 294, 309, 
 
 310, 353, 392, ii. 2, 42, 73, iv. 205. 
 
 Mr Alexander, ii. 89, 154. 
 
 Cuthbert, i. 37. 
 
 James, iii. 441, 461, 480, 586, 643, 
 
 648, iv. 1, 8, 25, 30, 36. 
 
 John, younger, i. 199. 
 
 Niool, ii. 154, 194, 399. 
 
 Robert, iv. 110, 114, 128, 145, 147, 
 
 152, 189, 207, 225, 229, 263, 279, 320, 
 
 334, 343, 344, 350, 354, 368, 385, 399, 
 
 403. 
 
 William, i. 66, 83, 429, ii. 126. 
 
 Kirkwood, Robert, iv. 313. 
 
 William, iv. 58, 64, 88, 99, 103. 
 
 Lauder, Henry, ii. 210. 
 
 James, iii. 368, 371, 398, 443, 503, 
 
 527, 531, 546, 558, 563, 582, 599, 617. 
 
 Morris, i. 36, 72, 79, 83, 121. 
 
 Robert, i. 127, 162, 184. 
 
 William, i. 146, 392, iii. 17, 30. 
 
 Mure, John, ii. 287, 307. 
 
 Pringle, Robert, iii. 610, 621, 659, 665. 
 
 Purves, George, ii. 325, iii. 2, 35, 54, 77, 
 
 95, 98, 123, 125, 138, 156, 185, 213, 217, 
 
 220, 232, 236, 242, 263, 274, 280, 282, 
 
 300, 310, 321, 324. 
 
 Mr George, iii. 569. 
 
 John, iii. 365. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — contiived. 
 Dunbar — continued : — 
 Purves, Thomas, iii. 331, 359, 370, 474, 
 
 508, 571. 
 Smith, James, iv. 20, 43, 49, 62. 
 Swan, George, iii. 220. 
 Wood, William, iii, 550. 
 Dundee : — 
 Adamson, Henry, i. 51. 
 Allison, James, v. 167. 
 Anderson, Patrick, ii. 1. 
 Annan, Alexander, i. 54, 97. 
 
 Andrew, i. 1 , 10. 
 
 Auchinleck, James, i. 310, 392. 
 
 William, ii. 169, 171, 210, 341, 377, 
 
 439, 442, 466, iii. 33, 232. 
 Ballingal, Alexander, v. 131. 
 Balnavea, Patrick, iv. 64. 
 Bell, Alexander, iv. 205. 
 Blair, Alexander, iv. 147, 176, 247, 273, 
 
 279, 367, 480, 501. 
 Blyth, Henry, i. 24. 
 ■ Richard, i. 15, 25, 41, 47, 49, 50, 83, 
 
 91, 528. 
 Bower, Alexander, iii. 331, 341, 355, 393, 
 
 416, 424, 427, 436, 443. 
 
 • Thomas, iii. 665. 
 
 Boyter, James, iii. 94, 257. 
 
 Brown, George, iii. 610, 648, 656, 658. 
 
 Clayhills, Peter, i. 41, 49, 50, 66, 71, 80, 
 
 146, 184, 217, ii. 41, 154, 167. 
 
 Robert, ii. 329, 331, iii. 77, 92, 124. 
 
 Davidson, Andrew, iii. 324. 
 
 Robert, iii. 371, 461. 
 
 Jhomas, i. 50, iii. 236, 280, 303, 326. 
 
 Donaldson, John, v. 548. 
 Duncan, Alexander, iii. 416. 
 
 John, iv. 55, 99, 342, 344, 350, 333. 
 
 William, i. 244, 274, 309, 353, 369, 
 
 428, 472, ii. 1, 97, 210. 
 Dundas, Mr Robert, v. 310, 328, 347. 
 Fairweather, James, v. 211, 588. 
 Ferguson, Mr William, ii. 431, 436, iii. 
 
 17, 35, 53, 70, 76, 96, 98, 111, 123, 125, 
 
 136, 155, 168, 174. 
 Ferrier, Alexander, v. 290, 453, 472. 
 Finlayson, James, i. 36, 110, ii. 309, iii. 1. 
 John, i. 139, 146, 269, 499, ii. 19, 68, 
 
 72, 89, 115, 169. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— continued. 
 Dandee — continued : — : 
 Flesher, Andrew, ii. 124. 
 
 Robert, i. 294, 394, 493, ii. 21, 66, 
 
 93, 99, 124. 
 
 Fletcher, George, iii. 503, 571, 575, 582. 
 
 James, iv. 30, 49, 58, 62, 88, 109, 
 
 11.3, 128, 145, 152, 189, 196, 207, 228, 
 259, 263. 
 
 Forrester, George, iii. 617, 621, 624, 628, 
 
 630, 633, 637, 638. 
 
 James, i. 71. 
 
 William, i. 66. 
 
 Forster, Thomas, i. 515. 
 
 Goldman, William, ii. 122, 171, 210, 231, 
 
 269, 271, 286, 333, 341, 360. 
 Graham, John, iv. 73, 81. 
 
 Major-General, iv. 73. 
 
 Guthrie, Mr Henry, v. 29, 91, 121. 
 Haliburton, Alexander, iii. 474, 480, 486, 
 
 490. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 309, iii. 176, 177, 179, 
 
 185, 204, 207, 208, 212, 217, 220, 230, 
 254, 263, 274, 305, 321. 
 
 Hay, Walter, ii. 61. 
 
 Jamieson, David, v. 272. 
 
 Kidd, Robert, i. 5, 6, 10, 37, 229, 528. 
 
 Kinloch, George, v. 489. 
 
 John, iii. 589, 599, 606, 609. 
 
 Learmonth of Dairsie, Patrick, i. 10. 
 Liu, Patrick, merchant, ii. 248. 
 Level], George, i, 1, 6, 10. 
 
 James, i. 5, 16, 17, 24, 37, 47. 
 
 John, ii. 66. 
 
 Lowell, Mr John, ii. 223. 
 Lyon, Alexander, ii. 23. 
 
 Patrick, i. 146, 423, ii. 93. 
 
 Maxwell, David, v. 157, 185, 188. 
 
 Patiick, V. 593, 605. 
 
 Mudie, James, bailie, ii. 381. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 152. 
 
 Oliphant, John, v. 141. 
 Rait, Alexander, iv. 68. 
 Ramsay, Alexander, i. 127, 149. 
 
 George, v. 365, 396. 
 
 John, iii. 238, 242, 252, 277, 279, 282, 
 
 299, 310. 
 Biohardson, Henry, i. 513. 
 Robertson, Alexander, v. 504, 523, 533. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dundee — continued : — 
 Rollock, William, i. 200. 
 Rook, David, i. 513. 
 Scott, John, iii. 643. 
 Sorimgeour, Alexander, i. 16, 17, 25, 36, 
 
 51, 54, 66, 79, 80, 83, 91, 110, 127, 149, 
 
 155, 162, 182, 206, 229, 269. 
 John, ii. 38, iv. 15, 18, 24, 35, 43, 
 
 296, 313, 320, 334, v. 150, 227, 232. 
 Shewan, John, ii. 70, 126, 194. 
 Spence, George, i. 97. 
 Trail, John, i. 294, 342, 353, 392, 499, ii. 
 
 63, 72, 89, 99. 
 Wardroper, Andrew, v. 627. 
 Watson, Alexander, iii. 413, 431, 441, 624. 
 
 Robert, ii. 124. 
 
 Wedderburn, Alexander, i. 127, 200, 206, 
 
 ii. 23, iv. 1, 11, 20. 
 Mr Alexander, ii. 169, 246, 286, 307, 
 
 331, 336, 377, 381, 398, 420, iii. 1, 30, 
 
 49, 73, 137. 
 Sir Alexander, iii. 358, 508, 519, 521, 
 
 524, 527, 531, 546, 558, 562, 586. 
 
 Henry, i. 515. 
 
 James, i. 515. 
 
 Wishart, George, i. 10. 
 
 Yeaman, George, iv. 403, 427, 446, 451, 
 
 V. 1, 41. 
 
 John, iii. 147, 153. 
 
 Patrick, iv. 225. 
 
 Dunfermline : — 
 Adie, Robert, v. 91. 
 Aitkf n, Robert, ii. 399, 432, 442, iu. 2, 54, 
 
 98, 112, 138, 147, 156. 
 Anderson, John, ii. 436, iv. 8. 
 
 Robert, v. 185, 188. 
 
 Baxter, Walter, i. 10. 
 
 Belfrage, Andrew, iv. 25, 43. 
 
 Boswell, John, i. 36, 37, 127, 244, 274, 295. 
 
 Brown, David, i. 369. 
 
 Chalmers, Charles, v. 523, 533. 
 
 John, iv. 128, 145, 176, 189, 196, 228, 
 
 263. 
 Coupar, Patrick, iii. 310, 321. 
 
 Thomas, i. 352, ii. I. 
 
 William, i. 10. 
 
 Cuthbert, James, ii. 61. 
 Fillan, Robert, ii. 249, 272, 287. 
 
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 33 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dunfermline — continued : — 
 
 Halket, Sir Charles, iv. 88, 110. 
 Hamilton, Mr James, iv. 296, 313, 320. 
 Huttbn, Robert, iii. 621. 
 Law, Peter, iii. 35, 76. 
 Lindsay, John, v. 588. 
 MacKison, .Tohn, i. 295. 
 Meiklejohn, William, i. 110, 184, 206. 
 Moodie, James, iii. 531, 558, 563. 
 Murray, Patrick, i. 309. 
 
 Sir Patrick, iv. 49, 55, 58, 62, 99, 
 
 273, 279. 
 
 Nicol, Ale:tsind€f, i. 41. 
 
 Paton, Robert, i. 36, 47, 50, 80, 110, 127, 
 
 149, 162, 229, 394, 473, ii. 126. 
 Pratus, WilJiam, . 310, 426, ii. 23, 41, 71, 
 
 73, 99, 154, 172. 
 Reid, James, dean of guild, ii, 210, 232, 
 
 307, 341, iii. 153, 365. 
 RoUand, Adam, v. 593, 628. 
 Stevenson, Patrick, ii. 194. 
 
 William, v. 472, 489. 
 
 Veitch, Alexander, v. 4.53, 605. 
 
 John, iv. 344, 354, 367, 385, 399, 403, 
 
 427, 452. 
 Walker, Andrew, iv. 64, 69, 73. 
 Mr David, v. 121, 132, 141, 151, 157, 
 
 167, 254. 
 Mr John, v. 212, 227, 232, 272, 310, 
 
 328, 347, 365, 397, 504. 
 
 Peter, iii. 433, 480, 486, 490, 508, 
 
 519, 525, 549, 571, 582, 599, 610, 617, 
 637, 643. 
 
 William, iii. 331, 341, 357, 398, 416, 
 
 427, 428, 431, 433, 436, 443, 444, 458, 
 461, 503, 550, 586, iv. 30, 152. 
 
 Wardlaw, Mr Thomas, ii. 269, 309, 377, 
 iii. 17, 30, 54, 77, 123, 213, 217, 232, 
 263, 282. 
 
 Welwood, Robert, iii. 659, iv. 1, 20, 36. 
 
 Wilkie, John, iv. 207, 225. 
 
 William, i. 121. 
 
 Wilson, David, iv. 480, 501, v. 1, 29, 41. 
 
 William, v. 548. 
 
 Dysart : — 
 
 Abercrombie, Jame'", v. 167, 185, 188, 211, 
 
 227, 232, 472, 533. 
 Beatie, Henry, iii. 443, 569, 617, 643. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dysart — continued : 
 Black, John, iv. 367, 385, 399, 403, 427, 
 
 V. 397. 
 Boswell, James, iii. 628, 633, 637, 638, 
 
 648, 658, iv. 15, 18. 
 Carmichael, William, i. 423, 499, ii. 72, 
 
 89, 169, 194. 
 Christie, David, iii. 263, iv. 49, 62, 88. 
 Christian, David, ii. 333, iii. 94, 257. 
 
 George, i. 121. 
 
 Coraan, David, iii. 168, 176. 
 
 Eason, George, iv. 344, 350, 354. 
 
 Gaudin, David, i. 162. 
 
 Gay, John, iii. 331. 
 
 Greig, James, v. 1, 41. 
 
 Haliburton, James, iii. 359, 365. 
 
 Halket (Hakheid), Alexander, ii. 398, 421. 
 
 James, i. 184, 217, 244, 275, 309, 
 
 310, .353, 369, 392, ii. 41. 
 Kinghom, Mr David, iii. 179, 208, 242, 
 
 282, 310, 321, 326. 
 Lathrisk, John, i. 66, 111. 
 Law, James, i. 295. 
 Lumsden, John, i. 229, 429. 
 Melville, Archibald, i. Ill, 150, 206. 
 
 John, iii. 458. 
 
 Mortimer, John, iv. 452, 480, 501. 
 
 Neblo, Robert, ii. 93. 
 
 Reddie, David, v. 272, 523, 593, 605. 
 
 John, iv. 20, 24, 30, 35. 
 
 Rhind, Andrew, iii. 254. 
 
 Richardson, Thomas, iii. 289. 
 
 Robertson, David, iii. 236. 
 
 St Clair, William, v. 347. 
 
 Scott, Walter, i. 121. 
 
 Simpson, Alexander, iii. 73, 74, 125, 185, 
 
 212, 217, 220, 232, 305, 324. 
 David, elder, i. 217, ii. 398, 442, iii. 
 
 35, 77, 138. 
 David, younger, ii. 210, 223, 231, 
 
 246, 248, 272, 287, 307, 309, 331, 341, 
 
 377, 431, 436, iii. 1, 17, 30, 54, 98, 111, 
 
 123, 156, 279, 355, 433, 443, 486, 575, 
 
 582, 586. 
 
 George, iv. 7. 
 
 William, iii. 341, 368, 398, 416, 428, 
 
 431, 461, 474, 490, 503, 508, 525, 527, 
 
 531, 558, 562, 599, 609, 610. 
 
 E 
 
34 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Dys&rt— continued : — 
 
 Sinclair, George, iii. 672, iv. I. 
 
 Colonel James, v. 32S. 
 
 Patrick, i. 369. 
 
 Spenoe, Thomas, v. 291, 310, 504, 548, 
 
 588, 627. 
 Swyu, Alexander, iv. 128, 147. 
 Swynton, Alexander, iv. 152, 176, 196, 
 
 207, 225, 228, 263, 273, 279, 296, 313, 
 
 320, 334. 
 Thomson, David, v. 29, 91, 121, 131, 141, 
 
 150, 157. 
 Wemyss, John, i. 394, ii. 2, 23, 71, 126, 
 
 171. 
 
 Patrick, ii. 61, 99, 325, 328. 
 
 "Williamson, Alexander, iii. 621. 
 
 John, ii. 154, 167, 269. 
 
 Young, Henry, i. 229. 
 Edinburgh : — 
 
 Adamson, James, i. 50, 527. 
 
 Aikenhead, David, ii. 360, 398, 420, 442, 
 
 466, iii. 17, 30, 53, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 
 
 77, 92, 94, 96, 326. 
 
 Thomas, i. 229, 493. 
 
 Allan, Michael, iv. 145, 147, 152, 176. 
 Arnot, John, i. 41, 47, 49, 50, 91, 244, 
 
 269, 309. 
 Ayton, William, v. 533. 
 Baird, Robert, iii. 637, 638, 643, 646, 648. 
 Barclay, Alexander, i. 50. 
 
 Harry, iii. 633. 
 
 Barron, James, i. 528. 
 
 Binning, Sir William, provost, iii. 656, 
 
 659, 666, 672, iv. 1. 
 Blackwood, Sir Robert, iv. 350, 353, 367, 
 
 V. 29, 42, 92. 
 Blair, Hugh, iv. 189, 196. 
 Borthwick, James, iii. 331, 341, 355, 490, 
 
 503, 508, 519, 521, 524, 527, 531, 540. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 550, 575. 
 
 William, iv. 30, 35. 
 
 Brown, Adam, provost, iv. .320, 334, 342, 
 
 344, 501, V. 2. 
 
 James, i. 6. 
 
 Burnet, William, iii. 558. 
 
 Byres, John, iii. Ill, 124. 137, 147, 153, 
 
 li'5, 168, 174, 176, 177, 179, 185, 204, 
 
 207. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Ediuburgh — continued : — 
 
 Campbell, John, provost, v. 151, 157, 227, 
 
 232, 255, 348, 366. 
 Cant, William, v. 453. 
 Carmichael, James, i. 5, 6, 515. 
 Carnegy, William, iii. 124, 326. 
 Charteris, Henry, i. 66, 79, 83, 91, 97, 110, 
 
 126, 139, 146, 149, 155, 162, 182, 206, 
 
 217, 294, 342, 428. 
 Chesly, Sir Robert, provost, iv. 197, 205, 
 
 20 ». 
 
 Samuel, iii. 630. 
 
 Chisholm, Mr Michael, i. 50. 
 Clark, William, v. 548. 
 Cleghorn, Edward, iv. 15, 20, 24. 
 Clelland, James, v. 211, 227, 2.32. 
 Clerk, Alexander, iii. 35, 49, 123, 321, 
 
 324. 
 ■ of Balbirny, Alexander, i. 15, 80, 
 
 110, 121, 139, 146, 149, 155. 
 Clerkson, John, v. 627. 
 Cockburn, James, iv. 73, 81. 
 
 Laurence, iii. 279, 305, .310. 
 
 Craig, Robert, v. 131, 141, 150, 157. 
 Craik, William, 1. 1, 5. 
 Crawford, Thomas, iv. 88, 99. 
 Crockat, William, v. 628. 
 Cunningham, Sir Hugh, provost, iv. 343, 
 
 351. 
 
 John, iii. 637, 638, 643, 646, 648. 
 
 Cnrrie, James, iii. 575, 624, 628, 630, 633, 
 
 638, 643, 646. 
 Denham, John, iii. 508, 519. 
 Denniston, James, iii. 98. 
 Diok, Gilbert, i. 79. 
 Sir James, provost, iv. 7, 11, 15, 18, 
 
 21,25. 
 
 Thomas, v. 533, 648. 
 
 Dobie, Richard, i. 472, 499, ii. 21, 41, 66, 
 
 115, 122. 
 Dougall, John, elder, ii. 61. 
 Douglas of Park head, George, provost, 
 
 i. 50. 
 Drummond, George, v. 328, 347, 397, 453. 
 Sir George, provost, iv. 43, 49, 55 
 
 62. 
 Dunbar, John, iv. 18, v. 131. 
 Duncan, John, v. 1, 29, 41, 141. 
 
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 35 
 
 Cimmissioners to Convention — continved. 
 Edinburgh — continued : — 
 Edgar, Edward, iii. 527, 531, 546, 549, 
 
 550, 55S. 
 Elliot, Gideon, iv. 296, 313. 
 Ellis, James, Hi. 365, 368, 370. 
 Pairlie, David, ii. 63. 
 Fisher, Thomas, ii. 66, 93, 99. 
 Fleming, Sir James, iv. 15, 18, 20, 24, 
 
 30, 35. 
 Forman, James, ii. 124. 
 Forrester, David, i. 15. 
 Foulis, George, goldsmith, ii. 99, 171, 194, 
 
 231, 248, 269, 271, 286, 307, 309, 325, 
 
 328, 331, 333, 336, 377, 381, 398, 420, 
 
 431, 436, 442, 466, iii. 1, 17, 30, 49, 123. 
 Fullarton, Adam, i. 16, 17, 49, 50. 
 Galbraith, Edveard, i. 206, 244, 269, 294, 
 
 352, 369, 392, 393, 423, 428, 472, 499. 
 Geddes, Thomas, ii. 124. 
 Gilbert, Michael, i. 162, 200. 
 Graham, William, iii. 586. 
 Guthrie, Alexander, clerk, i. 17, 36, 37, 
 
 200. 
 
 James, iii. 321, 324. 
 
 Haliburton, Patrick, iv. 247, 259, 263, 273, 
 
 279. 
 Hall, Sir John, provost, iv. 88, 99, 103, 
 
 109, 114, 176, 189. 
 Hamilton, Archibald, iv. 30, 35. 
 
 Henry, iv. 385. 
 
 William, iii. 624, 628, 656, 658, 665, 
 
 671, iv. 1. 
 Harlaw, John, i. 294, ii. 115. 
 Harwood, John, i. 24, 25. 
 Henderson, Robert, i. 182. 
 Heriot, George, goldsmith, i. 198, 27^, 
 
 310, 342, ii. 1, 19, 89, 93, 126, 154, 167, 
 
 169, 210, 223, 246. 
 
 George, younger, ii. 115. 
 
 ■ Mr Thomas, v. 605, 627. 
 
 Home of Kello, George, iv. 274, 280, 296. 
 Hope, Charles, v. 167. 
 Hutcheson, William, v. 91, 121. 
 Hutchison, William, i. 217, 229. 
 Inglis, John, skinner, ii. 187, iii. 76, 91. 
 
 Robert, iv. 145, 147, 152, 320, 334. 
 
 Johnstone, James, i. 294, 310, 342. 
 
 John, i, 126, 139, 146, 149, 155, 244. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Edinburgh —continued : — 
 Johnstone, Sir Patrick, provost, iv. 314, 
 
 320, 334, .368, 481. 
 Jossie, John, bailie, iii. 358, 398, 461. 
 Keir, John, v. 365, 504, 523. 
 
 William, v. 489, 593 
 
 Kennedy, Sir Thomas, provost, iv. 58, 62, 
 
 64, 69. 
 Ker, Edward, ii. 341, 360, 439, iii. 33, 35, 
 
 49, 153. 
 
 Robert, elder, i. 41, 47, 50, 91, 244. 
 
 Robert, younger, i. 50, 121. 
 
 Kincaid, Thomas, iii. 413, 416, 424, 427, 
 
 431, 433, 436, 441, 442. 
 Kinlock, Francis, iii. 586, 589, 599, 606, 
 
 609, 610, 617, 621, 656, 658, 665, 671, 
 
 iv. 1, 8. 
 Kirkwood, Gilbert, iii. 207. 
 Lauder, John, v. 150, 157, 211, 227, 232. 
 Lindsay, Alexander, ii. 61. 
 James, i. 6. 
 
 Patrick, provost, v. 453, 472, 504, 
 
 524, 589. 
 
 Little, William, i. 24, 25. 
 
 Livingston, William, iv. 342, 344, 350, 
 
 353, V. 1, 29, 41, 254, 272. 
 Lovell, James, i. 24. 
 MacAulay, Archibald, v. 310, 365, 396, 
 
 472, 489. 
 MacCall, Mungo, iii. 98. 
 MacClellan, David, v. 396. 
 
 Sir Samuel, iv. 386, 399, 404, 427, 
 
 446, 452. 
 
 MacGill, John, v. 588. 
 
 MaoLurg, Sir James, iv. 103, 109, 113, 
 
 128, 296, 313. 
 MacMoran, Ninian, ii. 126. 
 MaoNaucht, John, iii. 125, 136, 208, 
 
 212, 217, 220, 230, 232, 236, 238, 241, 
 
 242, 252, 254, 257, 263, 274, 277, 279, 
 
 280. 
 Roger, i. 274, Ii. 63, 72, 97, 171, 187, 
 
 194. 
 Marjoribanks, Mr John, i. 50. 
 Martin, Archibald, ii. 21, 360. 
 Maule, William, ii. 66, 68, 70. 
 Meikle, John, iii. 387. 
 Merry, John, iv. 427, 446, 451. 
 
36 
 
 Index to the Becords of the 
 
 Commissioness to Convention — continv/d. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — contiimed.. 
 
 Edinburgh — continued : — 
 Millar, Alexander, ii. 23, 38. 
 Milne, John, iii. 358, 370, 396, 398, 416, 
 
 442, 443, 458, 461, 474, 480, 486, 562, 
 
 569, 571. 
 Mitchell, David, v. 141, 472. 
 Mitohelson, James, v. 347. 
 Monteith, Ale^fander, iv. 205, 207, 225, 
 
 228. 
 Mowbray, Kobert, iv. 480. 
 Munro, John, v. 91, 121. 
 Mure, Sir Archibald, provost, iv. 128, 
 
 145, 148, 226, 247, 259. 
 Murray, Charles, iv. 43, 49, 55. 
 
 Robert, iii. 416, 490, 503, 521. 
 
 Sir Robert, provost, iii. 524, 527, 
 
 531, 550, 558, 562. 
 Neill, John, iii. 371. 
 Neilson, William, iv. 399, 403, 427, 446, 
 
 451, V. 185, 189, 212. 
 Nicol, James, i. 97, 217, 352. 
 Nicolaon, James, iv. 73, 81. 
 Nimmo, James, v. 489, 504. 
 ■ William, iii. Ill, 125, 185, 204, 220, 
 
 230, 236, 238, 241, 242, 252. 
 Nisbet, Mr Alexander, iv. 501. 
 ■ Francis, ii. 341. 
 
 . Henry, i. 24, 25, 36, 50, 54, 79, 80, 
 
 83, 91, 110, 146, 184, 274, 493, ii. 1, 19, 
 38, 115, 122, 169, 198. 
 
 James, ii. 360, 377, 381, 431, iii. 33. 
 
 Oaburn, John, v. 523, 533, 549. 
 
 Oustean, Alexander, i. 184, 217, 244. 
 
 Pearson, Alexander, ii. 23, 38, 210, 223, 
 
 231, 248, 269, 271, 286, 307, 309, 325, 
 328, 331, 333, 336, 436, 439, iii. 49. 
 
 Penniston, William, ii. 41. 
 
 Preston, John, i. 16, 24, 25, 36, 50, 66, 
 
 71, 80, 121. 
 
 Sir Simon, i. 15, 515. 
 
 Piince, Sir Magnus, iv. 58, 64, 68, 74, 
 
 81. 
 Pringle, John, iv. 176. 
 Ramsay, Sir Andrew, provost, iii. 413, 
 
 427, 458, 562, 569, 571, 582, 586, 589, 
 
 599, 606, 609, 610, 617, 621, 628, 630. 
 Reid, Alexander, iv. 7, 11. 
 William, iii. 442. 
 
 Ediaburgli — continued : — 
 Rig, William, iii. 1. 
 
 Robertson, John, i. 41, 206, 217, 369, 392, 
 "393, 423, ii. 89, 154, 167, 246, iv. 205, 
 207, 225, 228. 
 Ross, James, i. 37, 41, 50, 71. 
 Russell, Mungo, i. 50. 
 Sandilands, Patrick, i. 206, ii. 68, 70, 97, 
 122. 
 
 Robert, iii. 371, 387, 391, 396, 569, 
 
 571, 575, 582. 
 Scott, Andrew, iii. 53, 70,280, 282,299, 303. 
 
 James, iii. 575, 582. 
 
 Sim, James, v. 605. 
 
 John, i. 6. 
 
 Simpson, James, v. 588, 593. 
 
 John, i. 6, 6. 
 
 Sinclair, John, iii. 282, 299, 303, 305, 310. 
 Slater, Andrew, i. 126. 
 Small, William, i. 274. 
 Smith, John, iii. 546, 549. 
 Somerville, Gilbert, iii. 365, 368, iv. 399, 
 403. 
 
 John, iii. 589, 599, 606, 609, 610. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 58, 64, 68. 
 
 Stewart, Sir James, iii. 331, 341, 355, 474, 
 
 480, 486, 490, 503, 508. 
 Stirling, George, iv. 88, 99, 103, 109, 113, 
 
 128. 
 Sydserf, Archibald, iii. 441. 
 Symington, William, ii. 72. 
 Temple, Arthur, iii. 686, 617, 621. 
 Thomson, Alexander, iv. 189, 196, 247, 
 
 259, 263, 273, 279. 
 Tod, Archibald, iii. 365, 368, 370, 371, 
 
 387, 391, 396, 398. 
 TurnbuU, Patrick, v. 185, 188. 
 Uddart, Alexander, i. 15, 54. 
 
 Mcol, i. 17, 36, 37, 200. 
 
 Wardrop, Andrew, v. 290, 310, 328. 
 
 William, iv. 367. 
 
 Warrender of Lochend, George, iv. 385, 
 
 480, 501, V. 121, 132. 
 Watson, William, iv. 43, 49, 55, 62. 
 Weir, Thomas, iii. 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 92, 
 96, 137, 147, 155, 168, 174, 176, 177, 
 179, 208, 212, 217, 232, 254, 257, 263, 
 274, 277. 
 
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 37 
 
 Commissipnera to Convention— ^coKJinaerf. 
 Edinburgh — continued : — 
 
 Wightman, John, v. 167, 185, 188, 273, 
 
 291, 311, 329. 
 
 Robert, v. 254, 272, 290. 
 
 William, v. 167. 
 
 Wilkie, David, iii. 413, 416, 424, 427, 431, 
 
 433, 436, 442, 443, 458, 461, 474, 480, 
 
 486. 
 Wilson, Alexander, provost, v. 605. 
 Young, James, i. 50. 
 Elgio ; — 
 
 Anderson, James, ii. 272, v. 185. 
 Annan, Alexander, i. 353, 369, 392, 428, 
 
 499. 
 
 George, ii. 99. 
 
 John, i. 310. 
 
 Boyne, Alexander, i. 473, ii. 1, 73. 
 Brodie, George, ii. 172, 210, 269. 
 
 Ludovio, V. 167. 
 
 CaddeU, James, iii. 610, 617. 
 Calder, James, iii. 599, 624, 628. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 398, iv. 403, 452. 
 
 William, i v. 1 14. 
 
 Chalmers, George, iv. 228, 313. 
 Gumming, George, iii. 359. 
 
 William, iii. 671, 575. 
 
 Donaldson, James, iv. 320. 
 Douglas, Alexander, i. 1, ii. 154. 
 
 Mr Gavin, ii. 341, 421, 442, 466. 
 
 James, i. 184, 206, ii. 154. 
 
 • Mr John, iii. 416. 
 
 DuflF, WUliam, iv. 501. 
 
 Dunbar, Alexander, iii. 461, 621, iv. 64. 
 
 Archibald, v. 132, 141. 
 
 John, iii. 444, 525. 
 
 Robert, v. 29, 91, 121. 
 
 Falconer, Hew, iii. 156 
 
 Forbes, William, v. 453, 472, 504, 523, 
 
 533, 548, 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 Fyfe, John, iv. 25, 30, 43. 
 Gatherer, William, i. 1. 
 Gibson, Patrick, ii. 309. 
 
 William, i. 295. 
 
 Gordon, Alexander, ii. 169. 
 
 Charles, v. 227, 365. 
 
 William, iv. 480, v. 1. 
 
 Grant, Mr Alexander, iv. 69. 
 Guthrie, James, i. 244. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — couliniied. 
 ^\gm— continued : — 
 Hardie, Robert, iii. 217. 
 Hay, Mr John, iii. 54, 123, 138, 147, 213, 
 310, 331, 341. 
 
 Thomas, i. 229. 
 
 Innes, George, v. 41. 
 
 James, v. 272, 291, 348, 397, 489. 
 
 Robert, iv. 273, 279, 385, v. 188, 
 
 254, 310, 329. 
 
 Leslie, Andrew, iii. 508, 531, 563. 
 
 Duncan, ii. 287. 
 
 William, iii. 112, 220. 
 
 Mawtr, Walter, i. 25. 
 
 Milne, Thomas, ii. 377. 
 
 Ogilvy, John, iv. 1. 
 
 Russell, Alexander, iii. 659, iv. 36. 
 
 Rutherford, James, iii. 33, 98. 
 
 Spence, John, iii. 637, 648, iv. 20. 
 
 Stewart, David, iii. 586, iv. 8, 49, 62. 
 
 James, iv. 88, 110, 152, 196, 263, 
 
 290, 334. 
 
 Sutherland, Mr William, iv. 344, 399. 
 Young, Robert, iii. 582. 
 Forfar : — 
 Binnie, Alexander, v. 329. 
 
 William, v. 628. 
 
 Binning, Alexander, v. 472, 504, 588, 594. 
 
 William, v. 397, 533, 548. 
 
 Carnegie, James, iii. 617. 
 
 John, iii. 633, 637, iv. 1, 8, 20, 25, 
 
 30, .36, 43, 49, 62, 64, 74, 88, 110, 128, 
 
 147, 152, 196. 
 Dickson, Alexander, iii. 563. 
 Charles, iv. 273, 279, 296, 314, 334, 
 
 345, 368, 385, 452, 480, 501, v. 91, 121. 
 
 David, iii. 531, 575, 586, 610. 
 
 James, iv. 229. 
 
 Robert, i. 353. 
 
 Douglas, William, iv. 404. 
 Guthrie, Thomas, iii. 621. 
 Hunter, Andrew, i. 310, 473, ii. 71, 93, 
 
 172, 210, 249, 272, 341, iii. 263. 
 
 William, iii. 77, 331. 
 
 Innes, Alexander, v. 189. 
 
 Jeffrey, Alexander, iv. 189, 207, 247, v. 1, 
 
 41. 
 Ker, Thomas, i. 10. 
 Lindsay, Walter, i. 110, 229. 
 
38 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Forfar — continued : — 
 Lyon, John, iv. 399. 
 Milne, John, ii. 399, 421, iii. 138, 213, 
 
 242, 252. 
 Ogilvy, Mr John, v. 132. 
 Pearson, Mr David, iii. 98, 123, 208. 
 Ramsay, John, i. 10. 
 Khind (Ryn), William, ii. 114. 
 Seott, Alexander, iii. 461. 
 
 William, ii. 287. 
 
 Suttie, George, i. 229, 295, 353, 369, 394, 
 ii. 2. 
 
 John, ii. 169. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 217. 
 
 Thomson, William, i. 206, 244. 
 Thornton, Charles, iii. 624. 
 Trail, James, iii. 17. 
 
 John, i. 66, 72, 79, 80, 369, 423, i'. 
 
 68, 169, 377. 
 Wood, George, iii. 207, 359, 371, 398, 416, 
 444, 508. 
 Forres : — 
 
 Barclay, Hew, iii. 185. 
 Brodie, Alexander, iv. 354, 385, 404, v. 
 185, 227, 329. 
 
 George, iv. 368, v. 41. 
 
 James, v. 157, 365. 
 
 John, elder, iv. 152, 263. 
 
 Ludovic, V. 121, 132, 189. 
 
 Mr William, iv. 176, 196, 207, 296, 
 
 314, 320, 334. 
 Cook, Robert, iii. 339. 
 Cumming, Robert, iv. 279. 
 Dalgleish, William, i. 162, ii. 2. 
 Dawson, Mr William, v. 151, 232. 
 Duff, George, iii. 156. 
 Dunbar, James, i. 295. 
 
 Mr John, iii. 416, iv. 273. 
 
 Robert, iv. 480, 501. 
 
 Farquhar, Robert, ii. 378. 
 Findlay, John, iv. 427. 
 Forbes, Andrew, iii., 220. 
 
 Arthur, iii. 2, 112. 
 
 Francis, iii. 582. 
 
 Mr Hugh, V. 504, 548. 
 
 William, v. 489, 523, 533, 605, 623. 
 
 Fordyoe, Thomas, v. 167. 
 Forsyth, Thomas, iv. 229. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Ftrres— continued : — • 
 
 Forsyth, William, iii. 123. 
 Kinnaird, Robert, iii. 138. 
 
 William, iii. 359. 
 
 Laing, John, iii. 508, 531, 586. 
 
 Roy, John, v. 1. 
 
 Smith, Mr Jamep, iv. 36, 49, 55, 62. 
 
 Tulloch, Patrick, iii. 611, 617, 633, iv. 8,30. 
 
 Robert, i. 369. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 217. 
 
 Urqubart, Alexander, i, 1, 
 
 Mr Duncan, v. 453, 472, 588. 
 
 James, v. 291. 
 
 Mr James, v. 594. 
 
 Captain Robert, v. 141, 272, 397. 
 
 Thomas, i. 121, 207, 310, ii. 287, iv. 
 
 25. 
 Warrand, David, iii. 575. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 398. 
 
 Fortrose : — 
 
 Baillie, Alexander, v. 41. 
 
 Hugh, iv. 334, v. 92, 141, 291. 
 
 John, V. 472. 
 
 Dallas, Hugh, iii. 582, v. 397. 
 Davidson, John, v. 504, 588. 
 Forbes, Mr Hugh, v. 628. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 152, 263. 
 
 Mr William, v. 548. 
 
 Gordon, Mr Alexander, v. 167, 185, 189, 
 227, 255, 348, 366. 
 
 Sir William, v. 329. 
 
 Grahame, Alexander, iii. 531, 563. 
 Innes, Robert, iii. 575, iv. 25, 49, 62. 
 MacKenzie, Roderick, iv. 386. 
 Simpson, Daniel, iv. 176, 196, 207, 229, 
 
 274, 279, 296, 314, 368, v. 132. 
 Tolme, William, iv. 354, 404, 452, 480, 
 501, v. 2, 121. 
 Glasgow : — 
 Adam, Robert, i. 139, 146, 149, 352, 369, 
 
 394. 
 Aird, John, iv. 354, 385, 399, 403, 501, v. 
 1, 29, 91, 121, 131, 141, 185, 188, 211, 
 290, 310, 328. 
 Anderson, John, iii. 443, iv. 103, 110, 113, 
 128, 147, 176, 189, 196, 207, 225, 228, 
 247, 259, 263, 273, 296, 313, 320, 350, 
 367. 
 
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 39 
 
 Commiesioners to Convention — continued. 
 Glasgow — continued ; — 
 Anderson, William, ii. 97, 169, 210, iii. 
 
 582, 586, 589, 599, 610, 617, 624, 62S, 
 
 630, 633, 637, 638. 
 Barnes, James, iii. 391. 
 
 John, iv. 35, 43, 64, 68. 
 
 Bell, James, i. 499, ii. 21, 333, 336, 360, 
 
 377, 431, 439, iii. 36S, 371, 387. 
 John, iii. 427, 433, 508, 519, 527, 
 
 531, 546, 558, 562, 643, 646, 648, 656, 
 
 658, iv. 15, 18, 20, 24, 30. 
 Patrick, younger, iii. 179, 207, 208, 
 
 212, 217, 220, 230, 236, 242, 252, 279, 
 
 280. 
 Bowman, John, v. 150, 157, 167, 227, 232, 
 
 254. 
 Boyd, Robert, i. 206, 269. 
 Braidwood, James, ii. 1. 
 Campbell, Colin, iii. 365, 398, 546, 550. 
 James, iii. 490, 503, 521, 524, 621, 
 
 672, iv. 1, 7. 
 Chirnside, Robert, i. 269, 392. 
 Coulter, John, v. 627. 
 Cunningham, Gabriel, iii. 72, 73, 74, 75, 
 
 76, 124, 125, 136, 138, 147, 156, 168, 
 
 175, 177, 185, 241, 254, 263, 274, 277, 
 
 305, 310, 321, 324. 
 
 John, iii. 176, 204. 
 
 CuoniDghame, William, i. 80, 83, 229, 274. 
 
 Douglas, Walter, ii. 336. 
 
 Elphinston, George, i. 36, 37, 47, 51, 80, 
 
 83, 91. 
 Elphinston of Blytheswood, Sir George, 
 
 ii. 93. 
 Farquhar, John, i. 310. 
 Fleming, James, i. 25, 36, 37, 182, 274. 
 
 Matthew, ii. 286, 307. 
 
 William, ii. 223. 
 
 Forret, James, ii. 23, 93, 99, 115, 126, 
 
 169, 171, 246. 
 Gibson, Henry, i. 428. 
 
 Mr Henry, i. 110. 
 
 Walter, iv. 73, 81. 
 
 Graham, John, i. 15, 110. 
 Grahame, Gavin, i. 71, 79. 
 Hamilton, Andrew, i. 2. 
 
 James, ii. 38. 
 
 Herriot, Matthew, i. 15, 16. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Glasgow — continued : — 
 
 Higbgate, Archibald, i. 162, 184. 
 
 — — William, i. 6. 
 
 Hutchison, John, iii. 232. 
 
 Inglis, James, bailie, ii. 248, 329, 377, 436, 
 
 iii. 33, 94, 96, 98, 111, 123. 
 Johnstone, Mr George, i. 51. 
 
 John, iv. 49, 55, 58, 62. 
 
 Lawson, John, iii. 17, 30. 
 Leckie, John, iv. 152. 
 Leighton, Archibald, i. 97. 
 Lindsay, John, i. 47, 127, 229, 244. 
 Millar, Charles, v. 347, 365. 
 Montgomery of Busby, Hugh, iv. 334, 342, 
 
 345. 
 Murdoch, Peter, v. 472, 523, 533. 
 Mure, John, i. 2. 
 
 Thomas, i. 428, ii. 231. 
 
 Peddie, John, iv. 344. 
 
 Pettigrew, Thomas, i. 472, ii. 1, 154, 167, 
 
 442, 466. 
 
 Pollock, James, iii. 413, 427, 480. 
 Poog, James, iii. 396, 436, 549, 571. 
 Porterfield, George, iii. 331, 341, 355. 
 Eamsay, Andrew, v. 593, 605. 
 Rodger, Hugh, v. 54"*, 588. 
 Robert, iv. 205, 427, 446, 451, 480, 
 
 V. 41. 
 Ross, John, i. 294, 309. 
 Rowat, John, ii. 194. 
 
 Robert, i. 244, ii. 309. 
 
 Stark, John, v. 396, 453. 
 
 Stewart, James, i. 423, ii. 325, 331, 381, 
 
 398, 421, iii. 49, 238, 257, 282, 300, 303. 
 Stirling, John, v. 272, 489, 504. 
 
 Walter, iii. 326. 
 
 Temple, James, ii. 1, 19, 41, 71, 72, 89, 93. 
 
 Thomson, John, iii. 153. 
 
 TurnbuU, Matthew, ii. 99, 123, 126, 269, 
 
 iii. 1, 35, 54, 70, 77, 92. 
 Walkingshaw, John, iii. 416, 433, 441, 
 
 443, 458, 461, 486, 569, 575, 607. 
 Wallace, Daniel, iii. 359. 
 Wardrop, William, iv. 279. 
 Wemysa, William, ii. 309, 341. 
 
 Haddington : — 
 Ayton, John, i. 16, 25, 41, 54, 66, 127, 
 162, 184, 310, iii. 331, 341, 365, 368, 391. 
 
40 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Haddington — continued : — 
 Begbie, John, v. 272. 
 Brown, Patrick, merchant, ii. 272, 431, 
 
 442, iii. 35, 125, 207, 242, 252. 
 William, i. 80, 121, 201, 217, 229, 
 
 294, iii. 205. 
 Carkettle, John, i. 47, 473. 
 Chaplin, Richard, iii. 396. 
 Cockburn, Henry, ii. 169, 171, 187, 210, 
 
 231, 246, 248, 269, 287, 307, 309, 329, 
 
 331, 341, 360, 377, 381, 398, 421, 436, 
 
 iii. 17, 30, 33. 
 Mr Henry, iii. 624, 628, 633, iv. 24, 
 
 30, 35. 
 James, i. 17, 25, 49, 50, 54, 79, 80, 
 
 110, 201, 206. 
 Mr James, iii. 1, 49, 77, 123, 138, 153, 
 
 156, 168, 175, 176, 177, 179, 185, 208, 
 
 212, 217, 220, 230, 232, 238, 241, 254, 
 
 257, 263, 274, 277, 279, 280, 282, 300, 
 
 303, 305, 310, 321, 324, 326, 589, 599. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 154. 
 
 Dt-noon, George, v. 232. 
 
 Dickson, Andrew, v. 548. 
 
 Dodds, Mr James, v. 167, 185, 188, 227, 
 
 291, 310, 328. 
 Dundaa, Mr Robert, v. 523. 
 Edgar, Alexander, iv. 205, 207, 225, 228, 
 
 263, 273, 279, 296, 313, 350, 354, 367, 
 
 399, 427. 
 Erskine, James, v. 453, 533. 
 Forres, John, i. 528. 
 Forrest, David, v. 1, 29, 37, 41, 131, 141, 
 
 150, 157. 
 
 George, iii. 508. 
 
 James, iii. 503. 
 
 John, i. 1, 6, 10, 15. 
 
 Robert, v. 605, 627. 
 
 Gray, James, ii. 93. 
 
 Mr James, iii. 398. 
 
 Robert, iv. 446, 452. 
 
 Hay, John, iii. 617. 
 
 Hepburn, George, iii. 54, 70, 73, 74, 77, 
 
 92, 94, 98, 147. 
 Heriot, John, v. 588. 
 Kirkwood, James, i. 499, ii. 71, 89, 126, 
 
 iii. 76. 
 Lamb, William, iii 637, 638, 643, iv. 7, 20. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Haddington — continued : — 
 
 Lauder, Mr James, iv. 110, 113, 145, 147, 
 
 152, 176. 
 Lyel, John, ii. 360. 
 MacAulay, Alexander, v. 472. 
 MacCall, Alexander, v. 347, 365. 
 
 Hugh, iv. 189. 
 
 William, iv. 58, 64, 88, 196, 320, 334, 
 
 344. 
 MacCoull, James, iii. 359. 
 Millar, Archibald, v. 504. 
 Richard, iv. 385, 403, 480, 501, v. 91, 
 
 121, 211. 
 Nesbet, Robert, i. 41, 83, 146. 
 Oliphant, James, i. 6, 10. 
 Panton, Thomas, i. 15, 538. 
 Paterson, Sir William, iv. 68, 73," 81. 
 Ramsay, James, i. 121. 
 Seton, Alexander, ii. 41, 154, 194, 223. 
 
 John, i. 36, 37. 
 
 William, iii. 413, 416, 431, 433, 436, 
 
 441, 443, 458, 486, 490, 521, 524, 527, 
 
 531, 546, 550, 558, 562, 571, 575, 582, 
 
 586. 
 Simpson, Alexander, i. 83, 182, 199, 309. 
 Sleigh, Harry, iii. 357. 
 John, iii. 370, 549, 609, 610, 648, 
 
 656, 658, 665, 672, iv. 1, 11, 15, 18, 43, 
 
 49, 55, 62. 
 
 Mr John, iv. 128. 
 
 Smith, Alexander, iv. 247, 259. 
 
 George, v. 397. 
 
 Spottiswood, Thomas, i. 274. 
 
 Swinton, Niool, i. 1. 
 
 Thomson, Bernard, i. 16. 
 
 Vallance, John, iii. 112. 
 
 Wilkie, John, i, 244, ii. 23, 99. 
 
 Wilson, Adam, i. 6. 
 
 John, i. 199, 229, 342, 353, 369, 392, 
 
 394, 423, 428, ii. 1. 
 Young, Patrick, iii. 371, 387, 398, 416, 
 
 427, 428. 
 Inverary : — 
 
 Brown, Hugh, iv. 88, 176, 189, 229, 274, 
 
 279, 296. 
 
 William, iv. 25. 
 
 Campbell, Archibald, v. 533, 549, 588, 
 
 628. 
 
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 41 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Inverary — continued : 
 
 Campbell, Daniel, iv. 399. 
 
 Donald, v. 189. 
 
 James, iv. 314, 345, v. 42. 
 
 Robert, v. 132. 
 
 Drummond, George, v. 151. 
 
 Fisher, John, iv. 354. 
 
 Inglis, William, iv. 368. 
 
 Mauchline, John, iv. 49, 62. 
 
 Nimmo, James, v. 255, 273, 291, 311, 329, 
 
 348, 366, 397, 453, 472. 
 Yuill, John, iii. 444, 461, 528. 
 Inverbervie : — 
 
 Arbuthnot, Alexander, iv. 247, 314, 320, 
 
 452, 481, 501. 
 Ayton, John, iii. 621, 624, iv. 8. 
 Beatie, Andrew, iv. 263, 354, 368. 
 Beaton, William, iv. 49, 62, 196. 
 Byres, James, iv. 274, 279. 
 Corbet, James, v. 132. 
 Cormak, James, v. 189, 329, 397. 
 Maitland, Alexander, iv. 404. 
 Mr Charles, v. 504, 523, 533, 548, 
 
 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 Mann, Alexander, iv. 25, 30. 
 Napier, William, v. 42. 
 Shepherd, Mr William, v. 2. 
 Stewart, Mr Thomas, iii. 648. 
 Inverkeithing : — 
 
 Anderson, Alexander, Iv. 36. 
 
 Henry, iv. 176. 
 
 John, iv. 73. 
 
 Baird, Robert, iii. 672, iv. 1, 43, 207, 273, 
 
 296, 354. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 279. 
 
 Bennet, James, iii. 599, 617, 621, 624, 
 
 633, 637, 643, 648, 658, iv. 8, 18, 20. 
 Blackburn, William, i. 127, 201, 423, iii. 
 
 1, 17, 35, 112, 123, 125, 138, 185, 213, 
 
 217, 220, 232. 
 Brown, Robert, i. 392, iii. 359, 398, 
 
 461. 
 Cant, John, v. 91, 121, 132, 141, 151, 1.57, 
 
 227, 232, 593, 605, 627. 
 Cunningham, Henry, v. 254, 272, 291, 310, 
 
 328, 347, 365, 397, 453, 472, 504, 523, 
 
 533, 548, 588. 
 Davidson, Henry, i. 17. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — contitiued. 
 Inverkeithing — continued : — 
 
 Dempster, Mr John, iv. 49, 55, 62. 
 
 Dickson, John, iii. 569. 
 
 Dudgeon, James, iv. 367, 385, 399, 403, 
 
 427, 480. 
 Duncan, Harry, ii. 71. 
 Durie, George, i. 207, 229, 244, 274, 294, 
 
 309, 310, 352, 369, 393, 428, 473, ii. 2, 
 
 23, 42, 73, 99, 127, 154. 
 George, clerk, ii. 194, 232, 249, 309, 
 
 341, iii. 77. 
 Greg, Matthew, i. 201. 
 Henderson, Alexander, iii. 331, iv. 501, v. 
 
 1, 29. 
 
 Francis, v. 41, 167, 185, 188, 212. 
 
 John, iv. 64. 
 
 Kinglassie, Henry, ii. 169, 172, 210, 209, 
 
 272, 287, 377, 399, 421, 432, 442, iii. 54, 
 
 282, 310, 321. 
 
 Mark, iii. 98, 156. 
 
 Kininmonth, Patrick, iv. 69. 
 Lundin, John, iv. 452. 
 Mitchell, Thomas, i. 162, 184. 
 Spittal, Andrew, i. 17. 
 
 James, iv. 320, 334, 344, 350. 
 
 of Lewhat, Alexander, iv. 88, 99, 
 
 103, 110, 113, 128, 147, 152, 189, 196, 
 
 228. 
 Stewart, Robert, iii. 490, 503. 
 Svvinton, Harry, ii. 246. 
 Theirs, Sir David, iv. 313. 
 Thomson, James, iii. 563. 
 Thomas, iii. 387, 416, 508, 527, 531, 
 
 586. 
 Wilson, Thomas, iv. 30. 
 Inverness : — 
 
 Alves, Thomas, v. 212. 
 
 Baillie, Robert, iii. 156, 185, 282. 
 
 William, i. 71, 97, 121, 127. 
 
 Barbour, John, iv. 176, 207, v. 1. 
 
 Robert, iii. 503, 571, 648, iv. 1, 69. 
 
 Campbell, William, ii. 269, 272, 309, 377, 
 
 436. 
 Clark, Mr Alexander, iv. 403, 427, 446, v. 
 
 29, 121. 
 Gumming, Jasper, i. 229, 295. 
 
 John, iii. 77. 
 
 Cunningham, William, i. 10. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Inverness — continued : — 
 
 Cuthbert, Alexander, i. 369, iii. 398, 416, 
 
 425, 436, 527, 531, 558, 563, 575, 610, 
 
 633, 658, iv. 7, 12, 15. 
 
 James, i. 369. 
 
 .Tohn, i. 423, ii. 93, iv. 49, 62, 88, 
 
 110, 113, 196. 
 
 William, provost, i. 36, 110, 184. 
 
 Cuthbertson, Alexander, i. 473. 
 
 Dalgleish, Thomas, ii. 172. 
 
 Duff, Alexander, iv. 73, 128, 152, 228, 
 
 263, 273, 279, 296, 313, 334, 344, 354, 
 
 367, 386, 452, 480, 501, v. 41. 
 
 William,iii.621,iv.20,25, 30,35,43,320. 
 
 Dunbar, Alexander, iii. 443, 546. 
 
 James, iv. 189, v. 185, 188. 
 
 Forbes, Duncan, ii. 442, iii. 138, 147, 208, 
 
 212, 220, 263, 274. 
 Mr Duncan, v. 272, 291, 310, 347, 
 
 365, 504, 523, 548, 593, 605, 627. 
 
 John, V. 328, 472, 533, 588. 
 
 John, merchant, ii. 232, iii. 359. 
 
 Fowler, Donald, iii. 461. 
 Fraaer, Andrew, iii. 17. 
 
 — Finlay, iii. 458, 508, 519, 617. 
 John, iv. 55. 
 
 Gordon, Gilbert, v. 453. 
 
 Hossaok, John, v. 227, 232, 254. 
 
 Kerr, Thomas, i. 310. 
 
 Kinning, Jasper, i. 162. 
 
 Macintosh, Mr John, iv. 350. 
 
 MacLean, William, v. 397. 
 
 Moncrief, Robert, ii. 287. 
 
 Palson, David, iv. 64. 
 
 Rample, William, iii. 54. 
 
 Robertson, Thomas, v. 141. 
 
 Rose, Mr John, provost, ii. 341, iii. 112, 
 
 123. 
 Ross, George, i. 71, 97. 
 James, iii. 331, 341. 
 
 Mr John, ii. 210. 
 
 Stewart, John, iii. 525, v. 91, 132, 157. 
 Thomson, Jonathan, v. 167. 
 Vans, Jasper, i. 10. 
 
 Robert, i. 79. 
 
 Inverury : — 
 
 Anderson, John, iii. 624, iv. 25, 49, 62, 
 88, 152. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Inverury — continued : — 
 Catto, James, v. 549, 594. 
 Gumming, Sir Alexander, iv. 368. 
 Elphinston, Mr James, iii. 617. 
 Ferguson, Mr James, iv. 247, 279, v. 453. 
 John, iv. 229, 263, 354, 386, 501, v. 
 
 2, 42, 121, 132, 189. 
 
 William, iii. 531, 558, 563. 
 
 Forbes, Alexander, iii. 648, iv. 8. 
 
 Mr Robert, iv. 296, 314, 320, 334, 
 
 345. 
 Mcarns, George, v. 329, 397, 504. 
 Scott, George, v. 588, 605, 628. 
 Skene, James, iii. 599. 
 Thain, Alexander, v. 472. 
 Irvine : — 
 
 Barclay, James, iii. 630. 
 
 Ninian, i. 428, ii. 126. 
 
 Mr Robert, iii. 331, 341, 355, 416, 
 
 428, 436, 441, 443, 458, 461, 474. 
 Biggar, Thomas, iii. 624, 648. 
 Blair, James, iii. 232, 621, 658. 
 
 John, iii. 95, 208. 
 
 Boyd, Mr John, iv. 69. 
 
 Thomas, provost, ii. 232, 249, 269. 
 
 Boyle, James, iv. 20, 25, 30, 36, 43, 49, 62. 
 Brown, Hew, i. 229, 244, 274, 294. 
 
 Hugh, iv. 99. 
 
 James, i. 6. 
 
 John, i. 149. 
 
 Robert, clerk, iii. 1, 123, 138. 
 
 Thomas, i. 162. 
 
 Campbell, Hew, i. 54, 79, 80, 83, 149. 
 Cran, Patrick, ii. 2. 
 Gumming, Allan, iii. 633, 637, 638. 
 Cunningham, Mr Alexander, iii. 310, iv. 
 
 88, 103, 110, 113, 128, 147, 152, 176, 
 
 196, 205, 207, 225, 228, 247, 259, 263, 
 
 279, 296, 313, 320, 334, 343, 344, 354, 
 
 367. 
 
 Robert, iii. 571, 582, 586, 599, 617. 
 
 Mr William, iv. 452, v. 291. 
 
 Din, John, v. 489, 523. 
 
 Dunlop, Alexander, i. 392. 
 
 AUan, iii. 125, 242, 371, 508, 519, 
 
 527, 531, 546. 
 
 John, iii. 413. 
 
 Garven, Hew, ii. 169, 172. 
 
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 43 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Irvine— continued : — 
 Garvin, George, iii. 665. 
 George, Archibild, ii. 23, 73, 246. 
 Glaigow, John, v. 605, 628. 
 Hamilton, John, v. 29, 41, 91, 121, 157, 
 
 167, 188, 227. 
 Harvie, Thomas, i. 199, 274. 
 Kyle, Robert, ii. 399, 421, 442, 466. 
 MacTaggart, Robert, v. 453. 
 
 WiUiam, v. 132, 232, 272, 328, 397, 
 
 472, 504, 533, 548, 588, 593. 
 
 Marshall, Mr John, iv. 427, 480. 
 
 Montgomery, John, iv. 8. 
 
 Mure, Archibald, i. 6. 
 
 Munro, George, iv. 385, 399, 403, 501. 
 
 Naisraith, Gavin, i. 83. 
 
 Paton, William, ii. 154, 167. 
 
 Peebles, John, i. 206. 
 
 Russell, John, ii. 71. 
 
 Scott, Hew, i. 423, ii. 272, 287, 309, iii. 33, 54. 
 
 James, iii. 156, 185, 213, 217, 220, 
 
 282, 300, 321, 326. 
 
 Robert, i. 25. 
 
 William, i. 36, 352, 369, ii. 41, 93, 
 
 100, 194, 210. 
 
 Wallace, Robert, iv. 73. 
 Jedburgh : - 
 
 Ainslie, Adam, iv. 88. 
 
 Andrew, iiL 599, 610, 637, 639, iv. 
 
 20, 25, 30, 43, 49, 62, 69. 
 
 David, i. 25. 
 
 James, ii. 22. 
 
 Robert, iv. 64. 
 
 Thomas, v. 254. 
 
 Allison, Richard, i. 54, 392. 
 
 Robert, ii. 154, 269, 442. 
 
 Bennett, Andrew, v. 157. 
 Cranston, James, ii. 399, 421. 
 Douglas, Andrew, i. 1, 6. 
 
 George, i. 162. 
 
 James, v. 397, 453. 
 
 William, v. 504. 
 
 Frame, Andrew, v. 605, 628. 
 Fullarton, John, iv. 344, 350, 354. 
 Haliburton, John, v. 533, 548. 
 HasweU, John, v. 291, 310, 328. 
 Henderson, Thomas, i. 229, 244, 274, 294, 
 353, 369, 394, 428. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Jedburgh — continued : — 
 Hensly, John, i. 162. 
 Hepburn, William, i. 15. 
 Jardine, Mr John, v. 593. 
 Ker, Robert, iii. 474, 503, 508, 519. 
 Kirkton, Alexander, iii. 125, 156, 185, 213, 
 
 217, 220, 232, 242, 252, 310, 321. 
 Laidlaw, James, i. 25. 
 Laing, John, i. 184. 
 MacCubin, James, iii. 331, 416, 571, 586, 
 
 iv. 8. 
 Moscrop, Gtorge, ii. 249, iii. 443, 458, 525. 
 Penman, John, iii. 98, 310. 
 Porteous, Thomas, iv. 128, 152, 176, 196. 
 Ray, Robert, treasurer, ii. 232. 
 Richardson, Robert, v. 212, 227, 232, 272, 
 
 347, 365. 
 Riddell, Stephen, i. 6, 10. 
 Robertson, George, ii. 2. 
 RobsOD, William, v. 523. 
 Rutherford, Andrew, iii. 633. 
 John, iii. 550, 558, 563, 569, 582, 617, 
 
 iv. 1, 113. 
 Mr John, ii. 246, 287, 309, iii. 1, 17, 
 
 30, 94, 123, 263, 282, 300, 303, 368, 461, 
 
 490, 527, 531. 
 
 Richard, i. 15, 54. 
 
 Robert, iii. 359, 368, iv. 501. 
 
 William, ii. 377. 
 
 Scolt, Walter, iv. 189, 207, 225, 247, 263, 
 
 273, 279, 296, 313, 320, 334, 367, 385, 
 
 399, 403, 480, v. 1. 
 Simpson, John, v. 29, 41, 91, 121, 132, 141, 
 
 151, 167, 188. 
 
 Mr William, iv. 73, 228. 
 
 Smith, John, iv. 427, 446, 452, v. 472, 
 
 489. 
 Wishart, Alexander, iii. 112. 
 Kilrenny : — 
 Anstruther, John, ii. 2, 73. 
 Beaton, Alexander, ii. 378, iii. 213, 217. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 263. 
 
 Bethune, Mr David, v. 348, 365, 397, 453, 
 
 472, 504. 
 
 Henry, v. 523, 533. 
 
 James, iv. 399. 
 
 John, iv. 273. 
 
 Borthwick, John, iii. 185. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commisaionera to Convention — continued. 
 Kilrenny — continued : — 
 Brown, Jamea, iii. 531. 
 Hunter, William, ii. 210. 
 Jamieaon, John, ii. 272, iii. 17. 
 Lealie, Norman, iii. 123, 156. 
 Lindsay, Norman, iii. 138. 
 Murray, Gideon, iii. 617. 
 Peacock, James, iv. 207, 354, 368, 385, 404, 
 
 427, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 41, 92, 132, 157, 
 189, 232, 311. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 88, 114, 128, 152, 229 
 
 279, 334. 
 Simpaon, David, iv. 110. 
 Stevenson, Alexander, iv. 196, 296, 314, 
 
 V. 151. 
 Strang, Robert, i. 369, 429. 
 Waddell, Andrew, v. 588. 
 
 John, v. 594. 
 
 Robert, v. 227, 255, 329, 548, 605, 
 
 628. 
 Kinghorn : — 
 
 Aitken, John, iv. 354, v. 1, 41, 141, 151, 
 
 157. 
 
 • Robert, v. 227. 
 
 Beataon, Patrick, v. 365. 
 
 Biriel], William, iv. 367, v. 29, 121. 
 
 Boawell, Captain David, i. 369, 393, 
 
 ii. 2. 
 
 ■ Henry, ii. 172. 
 
 James, bailie, ii. 73, 194, 232, 269, 
 
 309, 329, 331, 341, 436. 
 
 James, younger, ii. 210, 249, 272. 
 
 John, i. 121, iii. 1, 331, 355, 486. 
 
 William, i. 127. 
 
 Brown, Andrew, i. 184, 207, 274, 294, 309, 
 
 428, 473, ii. 154, 167. 
 
 Bruce, John, iii. 461, 490, 503, 508, 550, 
 571, 586, 624, 633, 643, iv. 8, 30, 247. 
 
 Robert, iii. 638, 658, 665, iv. 1, 15, 
 
 18, 20, 25, 36, 43, 49, 55, 58, 62, 64, 69, 
 152, 176, 189. 196, 207, 263, 273, 344, 
 385, 403, 452, 480, 501, v. 132, 167, 185, 
 188, 212, 232, 254, 272, 291. 
 
 Cunningham, Mr Robert, ii. 377, 399, 421, 
 432, iii. 17, 35, 54, 77, 98, 112, 123, 213, 
 217, 232, 242, 263, 279, 280, 282, 305, 
 
 310, 341, 359, 371, 398, 416, 443, 531, 
 599, 621. 
 
 Commisaionera to d invention — continued. 
 Kinghorn — continued : — 
 
 Cunningham, William, i. 206, 229, 241, 
 
 352, 423, ii. 169. 
 Cunninghame, Robert, i. 25, 37, 47. 
 Duncan, Walter, iii. 125, 138, 156, 303. 
 Gourlay, George, iii. 370. 
 Hamilton, Robert, v. 91, 328, 347, 593, 
 
 605. 
 Hogan, John, v. 627. 
 Kay, James, ii. 287, 307. 
 Kirkcaldy, John, i. 37, 121, 127, 162, 310, 
 
 ii. 73, 93, 124, 442, iii. 153, 185, 220, 
 
 241. 
 Leslie, Mr Alexander, v. 310, 397,453, 472. 
 Logan, James, i. 25, 37, 150. 
 Lyon, Mr Thomas, v. 523, 548. 
 Millar, Thomas, v. 504, 533. 
 Moncrieff, Patrick, iv. 399. 
 Ranald, John, ii. 99. 
 Reid, John, ii. 23, 42, 71, 126. 
 Sandilands, Archibald, i. 6. 
 Skene, John, younger, iv. 73. 
 Smeaton, William, iv. 279, 296, 313, 334. 
 Wallace, Patrick, iii. 321, iv. 88, 99, 110, 
 
 113, 128, 147, 228, 320. 
 Wardlaw, William, v. 588. 
 Wood, James, iii. 607, 610, 617, 637. 
 Kintore : — 
 Bruce, James, iv. 334. 
 Robert, iv. 345, 354, 368, 386, 501, 
 
 V. 2, 41, 132, 151, 189, 329, 397, 453, 
 
 588. 
 Mr Robert, v. 472, 504, 533, 594, 
 
 605, 628. 
 Buchan, Thomas, v. 157. 
 Torbes, Alexander, iv. 320. 
 
 Mr Robert, iv. 247, 279. 
 
 Fraser, William, iii. 575. 
 Keith, Mr Jamea, iii. 531, 563, 599. 
 Rhind, William, v. 549. 
 Pateraon, Mr Robert, iv. 263, 296, 314. 
 Pittendreich, Adam, iv. 8. 
 Tullooh, John, iii. 648, iv. 229. 
 Udny, John, iv. 25, 49, 62. 
 Kirkcaldy : — 
 Anderson, Matthew, iii. 658, 665, 672, iv. 
 
 7, 15, 43, 49, 58, 62. 
 Auohmuty, Alexander, i. 217. 
 
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 4-5 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Kirkcaldy — continued : — 
 Baloanquhal, James, iii. 17. 
 Barclay, James, v. 232, 254, 328, 347. 
 BoaweU, Henry, iii. 549, 550, 624, iv. 18, 
 
 20, 207. 
 
 Jamfs, iv. 228. 
 
 John, iv. 88, 99, 196. 
 
 William, iii. 257. 
 
 Chapman, Robert, iii. 630. 
 
 Collier, John, iii. 153, 156, 168. 
 
 Cuthbert, John, i. 110. 
 
 Dalzell, Alexander, i. 110, 121, 127, 206, 
 
 275, ii. 71, 93. 
 Durie, David, iii. 609. 
 Ferguson, David, iii. 368, 371, 391, 393, 
 
 398, 413, 416, 425, 427, 428, 433, 441, 
 
 633, 637, 648. 
 
 John, iii. 1, 64. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 431. 
 
 French, Robert, ii. 194, iii. 77. 
 
 Halket, George, iii. 1. 
 
 John, i. 25, 50, 66, 146, 150, 162, 
 
 184, 310, 353, 394, 423, 429, 473, ii. 1, 
 
 23, 41, 64, 66, 72, 99, 124, 184. 
 Hay, George, merchant, ii. 231. 
 Robert, i. 229, 244, 369, 394, v. 605, 
 
 627. 
 Heggie, George, v. 548, 588. 
 Hogg, Patx'ick, i. 217. 
 Hutchison, David, ii. 124, 126, 154, 167, 
 
 171, 187, 210, ii. 272, 287, 307, 325, 
 
 398, 421, 431, 442. 
 Jtffrey, James, v. 365, 397, 504, 523, 533. 
 
 William, v. 489. 
 
 Key, Andrew, v. 453, 472. 
 
 Kirkcaldy, Michael, i. 353, 369. 
 
 Lamb, Thomas, bailie, ii. 331, 333, 377, 
 
 436, 442, 466, iii. 54, 72, 73, 74, 95, 98, 
 
 179, 185, 207, 208. 
 
 William, i. 25, 110. 
 
 Law, Alexander, merchant, ii. 248, 309, 
 
 329, 341, iii. 35, 125, 263, 274. 
 James, bailie, ii. 269, iii. 112, 123, 
 
 359, 365, 586. 
 
 James, younger, ii. 223. 
 
 Littlejohn, James, i. 72. 
 
 Loudon, John, i. 66, 72, 139, 146, ii. 169, 
 
 246. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Kirkcaldy — continued : — 
 
 Lundie, James, iv. 68, 73, 81 , 113, 147, 152. 
 Millar, Henry, iii. 138, 242, 252, iv. 273, 
 
 279, 296, 367, 385. 
 
 James, iv. 259. 
 
 John, iv. 189, v. 150, 157, 167. 
 
 Oswald, Henry, iv. 176, 225, 247, 263, 313. 
 James, iv. 343, 350, 354, 399, 403, 
 
 427, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 91, 121, 
 
 131, 141. 
 Tennant, William, iii. 305, iv. 55. 
 Thomson, Abraham, i. 392. 
 
 James, iv. 128. 
 
 White, Mr Jamts, v. 188, 227, 272, 291, 
 
 310. 
 John, iii. 480, 589, 599, 607, 610, 
 
 617, 621, 643, iv. 320, 334, 344. 
 Robeit, iii. 331, 341, 355, 436, 474, 
 
 486, 490, 508, 519, 521, 525, 569, 571, 
 
 582, iv. 145, 205. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 656. 
 
 Williamson, Alexander, v. 593. 
 
 John, iii. 147, 212, 217, 220, 230, 
 
 232, ,236, 241, 254, 280, 282, 300, 303, 
 
 310, 321, 324, 326, 45S, 461, 527, 531, 
 
 563, 638, iv. 24, 30, 35. 
 
 William, iii. 279. 
 
 Young, Andrew, i. 309. 
 Kirkcudbright : — 
 Arnot, David, iii. 123. 
 Bell, Robert, iii. 98, 156. 
 Brown, William, iv. 73. 
 Callender, John, iv. 62. 
 Carmont, Samuel, iv. 25. 
 Carrock, Thomas, iii. 77. 
 Corsan, John, iii. 331, 341, 355. 
 Ewart, John, iii. 1.38, 217, 220, 242, 263, 
 
 282, 310, 416, 443, 503, 508, 527, 531, 
 
 550, iv. 88, 99, 110, 113, 128, 152, 196. 
 
 Samuel, iv. 501. 
 
 Mr William, iii. 571, 658, iv. 8. 
 
 Furrtster, Edward, ii. 436, iii. 94. 
 
 Robert, i. 36, 229. 
 
 FuUarton, Hugh, iv. 385, 399, 403, 427, 
 
 V. 41. 
 
 William, ii. 309. 
 
 Gledstanes, Halbert, i. 25. 
 Herbert, i. 150, 162. 
 
46 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 CoQimissioners to Convention — continueil. 
 Kirkcudbright — continued : — 
 Glendiuning, John, iii. 610, 617. 
 
 Robert, iii. 582. 
 
 Gordon, James, iv. 273, 296, 334, 344, 354, 
 
 367, V. 1, 167, 188. 
 
 William, v. 397, 472, 504, 523, 548. 
 
 Hair, Daniel, i. 352. 
 
 Hall, Robert, i. 25, ii. 341, .399, 421. 
 
 Thomas, ii. 172. 
 
 Home, Sir Andrew, iv. 313. 
 Inglis, John, ii. 1, 169, i v. 30, 43. 
 Kirkpatrick, John, v. 91, 121, 132, 328, 
 
 347. 
 Lidderdale, David, iv. 446, 452. 
 Livingston, John, iii. 637. 
 MacCartnay, James, i. 41. 
 MacDougall, Patrick, v. 151. 
 MacGhie, William, i. 473, ii. 210, 249, 
 
 269, 377. 
 MacU wraith, William, iii. 321. 
 MacLellan, Thomas, ii. 154, 167. 
 
 William, iii. 2, 17, 30, 35, 54, 70. 
 
 Maxwell, John, v. 232, 254, 272. 
 Meikle, Alexander, ii. 442, iii. 125. 
 
 John, i. 392, 428, ii. 73. 
 
 John, clerk, ii. 194, 272, 287. 
 
 Merry, Thomas, v. 533, 593. 
 Miliigan, John, v. 628. 
 Moir, Henry, iv. 49. 
 Stewart, John, iii. 213. 
 Telfer, David, v. 588. 
 Kirkwall : — 
 
 Coventry, John, iv. 354, 481, v. 121, 189, 
 
 311. 
 Craigie, David, iv. 25, 49, 62. 
 
 Hugh, iv. 152. 
 
 Df.uglas, Mr Robert, v. 2. 
 Oyer, Hugh, v. 329. 
 Hay, John, v. .523, 628. 
 Home, Sir Alexander, iv. 279, 314. 
 Jamieson, Thomas, v. 594. 
 Moncrieflf, James, iii. 611, 621. 
 Strang, James, v. 549. 
 Traill, David, iv. 368, 501. 
 
 Mr James, v. 132, 141, 1S5, 255. 
 
 Young, Andrew, v. 42. 
 Lanark : — 
 
 Alison, Robert^ i. 392. 
 
 Commisbioners to Convention — continued. 
 Lanark — continued : — 
 Bannatyne, John, i. 206, v. 365, 489, 548, 
 
 588. 
 Bisset, Patrick, iii. 527, 531, 558, 571, 
 
 582, 586, 610, 617, 621. 
 Blair, David, ii. 93, 169, 194, 246, 269. 
 
 Gavin, iii. 54, 112, 123. 
 
 Brown, John, ii. 68. 
 Brunton, David, i. 1, 79, 83, 91, 294. 
 Carmichael, Laird of, i. 80. 
 Crawford, James, iv. 18. 
 Davidson, William, i. 127. 
 Gemmell, Michael, iii. 461, 508. 
 Gillon, Richard, iii. 398. 
 Gray, James, iii. 125, 138, 242. 
 
 Thomas, i. 121. 
 
 Hamilton, James, iii. 213, 217, 232. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 88, 99, 110, 114. 
 
 Hastie, Robert, iii. 633, 637, 638, 648. 
 
 Hunter, Robert, iv. 69, 74, 152, 176, 196. 
 
 Inglis, William, iv. 368, 385, 399, 403, 
 
 427, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 29, 121, 132, 
 
 141, 151, 157, 185, 188, 212, 227, 232, 
 
 328, 348. 
 
 Jack, Gideon, iii. 185, 220, 230, 263, 310, 
 
 321, 331, 341, 355, 416. 
 Livingston, Robert, i. 184, 229, 274, 352. 
 Lookhart, Gavin, ii. 71. 
 
 Robert, ii. 210, 232, 249, 309, 341, 
 
 377, iii. 17, 98. 
 Mowat, William, i. 184, 428. 
 Muir, Roland, i. 79. 
 Paton, William, iv. 12. 
 Russell, John, v. 41, 91, 167, 254, 272, 
 291, 310, 397, 453, 472, 504, 523, 533, 
 594, 605, 628. 
 Simpson, Archibald, iv. 207, 229, 247, 259, 
 
 263, 273, 279, 296, 313, 334, 344, 354. 
 Tennant, Alexander, iii. 444. 
 Tweedale, William, iii. 659, iv. 1, 8. 
 Weir, James, iv. 36, 43, 49, 62, 64, 128. 
 Wilkie, William, iv. 20, 25, 30. 
 Wilkin, William, i. 83, 110, 121, 162, 369, 
 394, 423, ii. 2. 
 
 William, younger, ii. 99, 126, 154, 
 
 167. 
 Lauder : — 
 
 Anderson, Mark, ii. 309. 
 
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 47 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continutil. 
 Lauder — continued : — 
 
 Buchan, Mr George, iv. 480. 
 Cranston, Thomas, iii. 443, 461. 
 Cunningham, Sir David, iv. 351, 368, S85, 
 
 399, 404, 427. 
 Edington, Gilbert, iii. 633, 637. 
 
 John, iv. 247, 259, 263, 273, 279. 
 
 Henderson, Robert, iii. 490, 528. 
 
 Home, Alexander, i. 206, iii. 659, iv. 49, 
 
 55, 62, 64. 
 Lauder, Andrew, i. 41, 49, 50, 54, 110. 
 
 Andrew, younger, i. 121, 162. 
 
 Charles, ii. 246, iv. 25, 189. 
 
 George, iv. 296, 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 91. 
 
 Gilbert, i. 37. 
 
 James, i. 244, ii. 73. 
 
 Maitland, David, iv. 69, 74, 114, 128, 152. 
 
 John, iii. 508, 607, 617. 
 
 Moflfat, John, iv. 446, v. 132, 141, 151, 
 
 157, 167, 185, 189, 227, 232, 255, 272, 
 
 291, 472, 489, 504, 523, 533, 548, 588, 
 
 594, 605, 628. 
 Murray, Charles, i. 201, iii. 123. 
 Ormiston, Mr William, v. 311. 
 Pringle, William, i. 274, 294, 429, ii. 2, 
 
 154, 269, 377. 
 Sanderson, Mark, ii. 169, 172, 399, 421, 
 
 436, 442, iii. 54, 99, 125, 138, 156, 185, 
 
 220. 
 Smith, John, i. 369. 
 
 William, iv. 452, v. 121. 
 
 Thomson, Alexander, v. 212, 365. 
 
 George, v. 329. 
 
 Walker, George, ii. 210, iv. 176, 314, 320. 
 Wilkison, Alexander, i. 10, ii. 71, iii. 77, 
 
 213, 217, 232, 242, 252. 
 Williamson, Alexander, younger, ii. 249. 
 Wood, Andrew, v. 348, 397, 453. 
 Thomas, iii. 531, 582, 586, 599, 648, 
 
 iv. 20. 
 Linlithgow : — 
 Andrew, John, v. 157, 167, 188. 
 
 Robert, iv. 344. 
 
 Auld, Henry, i. 146. 
 
 Bell, George, iii. 368, 370, 546, 558. 
 
 James, iii. 257. 
 
 • William, iii. 263, 274, 279, 310, 321, 
 
 V. 489. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Linlithgow — continued : — 
 
 Buoknay, Adam, iv. 273, 279, 313, 385. 
 Buncle, James, iv. 403, 427, 446, 451. 
 Campbell, James, iii. 331, 341. 
 Denniston, James, i. 1, 6. 
 Drummond, Charles, i. 16, 66, 79, 80, 184, 
 
 269. 
 Edward, Thomas, iii. 179, 220, 230. 
 Forrest, Henry, i. 6. 
 
 John, i. 184, 201. 
 
 Glen, Alexander, iv. 480, 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 
 
 91, 121, 131, 141. 
 Andrew, iii. 3.59, 398, 413, 431, 433, 
 
 436, 442, 458, 461, 474, 480, 490, 503, 
 
 508, 519, 521, 524, 527, 631, 550, 562. 
 James, iii. 77, 92, HI, 155, 176, 177, 
 
 208, 212, 217, 232, 486, v. 365, 396. 
 Mr James, v. 523, 533, 548, 588, 593, 
 
 605, 627. 
 Hamilton, James, i. 66. 
 
 Walter, v. 328, 347. 
 
 William, iii. 305. 
 
 Higgins, William, iv. 88, 99, 145, 152, 176. 
 Hunter, Jeremiah, iv. 189, 196. 
 Kay, Alexander, i. 36, 37, 47, 184. 
 
 James, i. 2. 
 
 Kello, Bartilmo, i. 2. 
 
 Ker, Andrew, i. 71, 80, 83, 91, 97, 110, 
 
 121, 127, 149, 162, 182, 199, 201, 206, 
 
 217, 229, 244, 269, 274, 294, 309, 310, 
 
 352, 369, 392, 393, 423, 428, 472, 493, 
 
 ii. 1, 23, 41, 64, 66, 68, 71, 72, 89, 93, 
 
 99, 115, 123, 126, 154, 167, 169, 171, 
 
 187, 194. 
 
 Robert, clerk, ii. 210. 
 
 Milne, Alexander, iii. 599, 610, 624, 628, 
 
 656, 658, 665, iv. 15, 18, 20, 24, 30, 35, 
 
 49, 55, 58, 62, 64. 
 Andrew, ii. 398, 421, iii. 33, 73, 74, 
 
 76, 94. 
 Robert, iii. 575, 589, 607, 617, 621, 
 
 630, 633, 637, 638, 643, 646, 648, 672, 
 
 iv. 1, 7, 11. 
 Monteith, Lewis, iii. 355. 
 Neilson, Alexander, iv. 43. 
 Ronald, Thomas, v. 211, 227, 232, 254, 
 
 272, 290, 310, 453, 472, 504. 
 Sellar, Patrick, ii. 41. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Linlithgow — continued : — 
 Smith, Alexander, iv. 68, 81. 
 
 James, i. 51. 
 
 John, V. 150, 185. 
 
 Stewart, Robert, ii. 41, 97, iii. 365, 371, 
 
 387, 391, 396, 416, 424, 427, 443, 549, 
 
 569, 571, 582, 586. 
 Walter, iv. 103, 110, 113, 128, 205, 
 
 207, 225, 228, 247, 263, 296, 320, 334, 
 
 350, 354, 367, 399. 
 Thownis, Nicol, i. 16, 17, 24, 25, 36, 37. 
 Turnbull, Robert, iv. 147. 
 Urquhart, James, iv. 73. 
 Wotherspoon, Robert, i. 6. 
 Loohmaben : — 
 Bryden, Joseph, v. 594. 
 Cramby, William, iii. 617. 
 Erskine, Mr Charles, v. 548, 588. 
 Forres, John, iv. 354. 
 Henderson, John, iii. 558, 563, iv. 452, 
 
 480, 501. 
 
 Robert, v. 533. 
 
 Johnstone, Adam, iii. 217. 
 
 Andrew, iv. 399, 404. 
 
 Gavin, v. 291, 311. 
 
 Sir James, v. 523. 
 
 John, iii. 462, 528, iv. 8, 25, v. 92. 
 
 Sir William, v. 132, 141, 151, 157, 
 
 167, 189, 212, 227, 232, 255, 273. 
 Kennedy, George, v. 2, 29, 41. 
 
 John, iii. 331, 398. 
 
 Thomas, iv. 49, 62. 
 
 Maxwell, William, bailie, ii. 249, 378, 
 
 iii. 77, 125. 
 Menzies, William, iv. 196, 205, 207, 225, 
 
 229, 247, 259, 263, 273, 279, 296, 314, 320. 
 Robertson, John, v. 605, 628. 
 Robert, iv. 368, 386, v. 397, 453, 
 
 472, 489, 504. 
 Welsh, Robert, ii. 269. 
 Montrose : — ■ 
 
 Anderson, Richard, ii. 66. 
 Arbuthnot, Alexander, v. 29. 
 
 Robert, iv. 128, 189. 
 
 Baillie, Robert, ii. 331. 
 
 William, i. 2. 
 
 Barclay, William, ii. 68, 71, 172, 248. 
 Beatie, Robert, ii. 436, 442. 
 
 Commissioners io Convention — continued. 
 Montrose — continued : — 
 Brand, James, iii. 503, 521. 
 Carnegy, Mr James, iv. 225. 
 Clerk, Robert, i. 17, 37, 41, 47. 
 Coutts, James, v. 150, 472, 489, 548. 
 John, iv. 15, 35, 68, v. 157, 188, 
 
 504, 588, 605. 
 
 William, iv. 350. 
 
 Crocket, Charles, v. 533. 
 Erskine, Mr Arthur, ii. 154. 
 
 George, iii. 525. 
 
 Henry, ii. 169. 
 
 of Dun, John, i. 6, 10. 
 
 FuUarton, David, i. 149. 
 
 Garden, John, iii. 220, 230, 232, 263. 
 
 Grahame, Robert, ii. 269. 
 
 Gray, John, ii. 72, 210, 223. 
 
 Guthrie, James, ii. 93, 206, 229. 
 
 Walter, i. 66, 72. 
 
 Hardy, William, ii. 99. 
 
 Kay, John, i. 184. 
 
 Keith, Robert, iii. 208. 
 
 Leighton, Patrick, ii. 377, iii. 217, 305, 
 
 310, 321, 324. 
 
 Robert, i. 41, 121, 229, 244, 353. 
 
 MaoKene, Henry, iii. 49. 
 
 James, i. 493, ii. 1, 66. 
 
 Mr William, ii. 432, iii. 54, 70, 74, 
 
 98, 156, 168, 212. 
 Maiken, James, i. 310. 
 Milne, James, iv. 49, 55, 62, 145, 147, 176, 
 
 247, 259, 273, 279, 296, 344. 
 
 John, ii. 309, iii. 77, 125, 136. 
 
 Mudie, James, iv. 99, 110, 196. 
 Murieson, George, v. 52.3, 627. 
 Murray, James, ii. 329. 
 
 William, i. 97, 110, 127, 146, 428, ii. 23. 
 
 Ochterlony, John, iii. 486, 539. 
 
 Ogilvy, Charles, iv. 263, 367, 385. 
 
 Ranter, William, i. 10. 
 
 Peddie, James, iii. 359, 365, 398, 416, 425. 
 
 Petrie, William, i. 295. 
 
 Rait, Robert, iii. 490, 508. 
 
 Ramsay, William, ii. 41. 
 
 Mr William, ii. 272, 287, 341, 398, 
 
 421, iii. 17, 33, 112, 123. 
 Reid, Colonel Robert, v. 227, 232, 254, 
 272, 347, 365. 
 
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 49 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued, 
 Montrose — continued : — 
 
 Reynold, John, iii. 527, 531, 563. 
 
 Robert, iii. 571, 575, 607, 610, 621, 
 
 624, 628, 630, 633, 637, 648, 656, 658, 
 
 665, 672, iv. 1, 11, 18, 20, 24, 30, 43, 64, 
 
 73, 81, 205, 207, 228, 313, 320, 334. 
 Riddel, John, iii. 474. 
 Scott, James, iii. 179, 242, iv. 354, 399, 
 
 501, V. 1, 291, 310, 328. 
 Skinner, David, v. 121, 131, 141, 593. 
 Smith, James, v. 397. 
 Strachan, Alexander, v. 167. 
 Taylor, Hercules, iii. 1, 30, 138, 236, 238. 
 - — - John, iii. 124, 282, 300, 303, 617. 
 
 Mr John, iv. 88. 
 
 Robert, iii. 331, 461, 546, 582, 586, 
 
 599, 638, iv. 7, 113, 152. 
 TurnbuU, Robert, iv. 403, 452, 480, v. 41, 
 
 91. 
 Williamson, James, iii. 147, 185, 204. 
 Wilson, John, i. 201, 473. 
 Winyetts, Thomas, i. 428. 
 Wishart, James, i. 353, 369, 392, 394, 423. 
 Nairn : — 
 Bain, Robert, iii. 508. 
 Dollar, Hew, iii. 461. 
 Falconer, Alexander, iv. 49, 62, v. 1, 41. 
 Fyfe, John, iii. 599. 
 Orr, Alexander, iv. 229. 
 
 Hugh, V. 504. 
 
 John, v. 588. 
 
 Rose, William, iii. 2, 398, 582. 
 Boss, Mr Alexander, iii. 617. 
 
 David, iv. 20. 
 
 Hugh, iv. 25, 152, 263, v. 272, 291, 
 
 489. 
 
 James, iii. 659. 
 
 John, ii. 399, 421, 436, iii. 99, 531, 
 
 iv. 88, 207, 314, 334, 345, 368, 399. 
 
 Robert, v. 329. 
 
 TuUoch, James, iii. 611. 
 
 John, iii. 331. 
 
 William, i. 295. 
 
 New Galloway : — 
 Alexander, Robert, iv. 49, 62. 
 Chalmers, John, iv. 343, 345, 354, 368, 
 
 480. 
 Dalzell, Colonel Thomas, v. 311, 329. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 New Galloway — conthmed : — 
 Davidson, Robert, iv. 274. 
 Dickson, Mr Robert, iii. 531, 563, 617. 
 French, David, iv. 296, 314, 320. 
 Hay, John, v. 227. 
 Hogg, John, V. 29, 41, 92, 132, 141, 157, 
 
 167, 185, 189, 212, 232, 255, 273. 
 MacCourtie, John, v. 605. 
 
 WUliam, iv. 386, 501, v. 2, 121. 
 
 MacMillan, John, v. 291. 
 Millar, Matthew, v. 397. 
 Veitch, William, v. 472, 489, 504, 523, 
 
 533, 548, 588. 
 North Berwick : — 
 Baillie, George, ii. 287, 309, 432, iii. 35, 
 
 54, 77, 123. 
 
 Hugh, i. 110, 244, ii. 93, 154. 
 
 Dalrymple, Mr Hugh, v. 232, 255, 272, 
 
 291, 311, 348, 594, 605, 628. 
 
 Sir Hugh, iv. 399, 427. 
 
 Sir Robert, v. 185, 189, 212, 227, 329, 
 
 453, 472, 489, 504, 533, 548, 588. 
 Dunbar, Mr Alexander, iv. 320. 
 Home, Alexander, iii. 611, 659, iv. 30, 189: 
 
 John, iv. 196, 207, 279, 314. 
 
 Lauder, Alexander, iii. 213, v. 523. 
 Archibald, iv. 296, 354, 368, v. 157, 
 
 167. 
 
 Robert, ii. 73, 89. 
 
 Thomas, i. 54, 66, 79, 80, 162, 184, 
 
 199, 392, 394, 428, ii. 2, 169, 172, 269, 
 
 272, 378. 
 Livingston, John, iii. 359. 
 Maitland, Charles, iv. 1, 8, 12, 15, 18, 20, 
 
 25, 36, 43, 49, 55, 58, 62, 64, 69, 74. 
 Marjoribanks, Joseph, iii. 637, 648. 
 Maxwell, Adam, iii. 528, 531, 558, 571. 
 Millar, James, iv. 263, 452, 480, 501, v. 1, 
 
 29, 41, 91, 121, 132, 141, 365, 397. 
 Mure, John, iii. 99, 156, 217, 232, 263. 
 Oliver, Robert, i. 207, 244, 310. 
 Ramsay, Sir Andrew, iii. 617. 
 Sandilands, Robert, iii. 416, 461, 490, 569, 
 
 639. 
 Smith, Mr James, iv. 343, 351. 
 Spence, John, i. 72, 121. 
 Stewart, James, iv. 128. 
 Sir Robert, iv. 273. 
 
 G 
 
50 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 North Berwick — continued : — 
 
 Stewart of Coltness, Sir Thomas, Iv. 88, 
 
 99, 110, 114, 147, 176. 
 Whitelaw, John, i. 1, 10. 
 Peebles :^ 
 Andrew, John, iii. 441, 503. 
 Cranston, Hector, ii. 246. 
 Dickson, John, ii. 154, 210, 232, 249, 272, 
 
 287, 341, 377, 399, 421, 436, 442, iii. 2, 
 
 35, 77, 98, 112, 123, 232. 
 
 Patrick, i. 162, 184, 369. 
 
 of Winkston, i. 528. 
 
 Elliot, William, iii. 54, 125. 
 
 Forrester, Robert, iv. 147, 176, 196, 225, 
 
 296, 446, 452, 480, v. 121, 132, 141, 151, 
 
 157, 167, 185, 189, 212, 227, 232. 
 Frank, Archibald, iii. 17, 30, 156. 
 Frier, John, iv. 207, 501, v. 1, 29, 41, 91. 
 Gibson, Francis, v, 533, 548, 588, 594. 
 
 John, iv. 320. 
 
 Govan,John,iv.49,55,58,62,64, 69, 74,81. 
 Hay, John, i. 110. 
 Hislop, Andrew, iii. 633. 
 Hope, John, iv. 18, 36, 43. 
 Lows, John, iii. 138, 185, 220. 
 
 Ninian, ii. 41, 126, 269. 
 
 William, iii. 331. 
 
 Mure, Alexander, iii. 263. 
 
 • John, iv. 88, 110, 114. 
 
 Plenderleith, David, iii. 357. 
 
 • John, iii. 398, 586, 617. 
 
 William, iv. 12, 15, 20, 25, 30. 
 
 Pringle, John, i. 392. 
 
 Eamage, John, v. 329, 348, 365, 397, 453, 
 
 472, 489, 504, 523, 605, 628. 
 Shiell, Archibald, iv. 128, 229, 247, 259, 
 
 263, 279, 313, 334. 
 Stevenson, John, i. 394, 423, v. 254, 272, 
 
 291, 310. 
 Thomson, Gavin, ii. 71, 169, 172, iii. 659, 
 
 iv. 1, 8. 
 
 James, iii. 638. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 282. 
 
 Tweedie, Gilbert, i. 54, 79, 83. 
 
 John, iv. 152, 273, 344, 351, 354, 368, 
 
 385, 399, 403, 427. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 242. 
 
 Veitch. Patrick, i. 25, 428. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Peebles — continued : — 
 Wightman, John, i. 1. 
 Williamson, Alexander, i. 274, iii. 396,-416, 
 
 461, 527, 531, 563, 571, 582, 610, 621, 628. 
 
 James, iii. 213, 217, 310, 321. 
 
 Wilson, James, i. 1, 6. 
 Perth :— 
 Adamson, Henry, i. 97, 110, 121, 126, 139, 
 
 146, 472, ii. 21. 
 James, dean of guild, i. 229, 394, 428, 
 
 493, 499, ii. 19, 61, 63, 66, 72, 89, 93, 97, 
 
 126, 154, 167, 169, 187, 246, 269, 286, iii. 
 
 17. 
 Anderson, Mr Henry, ii. 398, 420. 
 
 James, ii. 41. 
 
 John, ii. 309, 325, 439. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 274, 427, 431, 443. 
 
 Robert, i. 217, 229, 274. 
 
 Austin, William, iv. 446, v. 1, 29, 41, 157, 
 
 328. 
 Balnavea, Henry, i. 392. 
 Blair, Alexander, iv. 55. 
 Patrick, i. 342, 353, 369, 394, 493, ii. 
 
 1,23. 
 Blinsel, Archibald, i. 5. 
 Brown, Andrew, iii. 254. 
 Butter, Andrew, iii. 358, 365, 368, 391, 
 
 413, 431, 436. 
 Christison, John, i. 515. 
 Colt, Blaise, i. 5. 
 Conqueror, Andrew, ii. 154, 194, 210, 223, 
 
 331, 333, 442, iii. 72, 74, 75, 77, 92, 94, 
 
 96, 153. 
 Dion, i. 51, 54, 66, 71, 79, 80, 83, 91, 
 
 97, 110, 121, 126, 149, 155, 162, 182, 184, 
 295, 309, 310, ii. 99. 
 
 Crie, James, iv. 128, 145, 147, 176, 189, 
 
 229, 263, 399, 403, 427, 451, 480. 
 
 Patrick, v. 548, 588, 593, 605. 
 
 Dalzell, Gavin, ii. 210, 231. 
 
 Davidson, Patrick, iv. 273, 279, 342, 344, 
 
 350, 353. 
 Drummond, James, i. 200, 423, ii. 93. 
 Dyke, James, iii. 474. 
 Elder, Henry, clerk, ii. 72, 89, 171, 210, 
 
 248, 286, 309, 325, 328, 341, iii. 1, 17, 30, 
 
 53, 70, 98. 
 Ferguson, William, v. 211, 365, 396. 
 
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 51 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Perth. — continued : — 
 
 Fleming, Thomas, i. 6, 515. 
 
 ■ William, i. 15, 16, 41, 80. 
 
 Glass, John, iii. 606, iv. 24, 30, 49, 62. 
 Grant, Andrew, ii. 333, 336, 377, iii. 546. 
 Gray, Andrew, iii. 1, 33, 35, 111, 123, 137, 
 
 147, 155, 168, 174, 176, 185, 207, 208, 
 
 212, 217, 220, 230, 232, 241, 252, 280, 
 
 305, 310, 321, 324, 326. 
 Hay, Patrick, iii. 656, iv. 7, 35, 43, 64, 68. 
 Letham, Robert, ii. 68. 
 Lindsay, Alexander, i. 513. 
 Lundie, Mr Robert, iv. 11, 15, 18, 20. 
 Malise, Constantino, ii. 171, 271, 341. 
 Maxton, John, i. 15. 
 Monorieflf, John, v. 347. 
 Monypenny, John, i. 24. 
 
 Thomas, i. 16, 17. 
 
 Murray, David, iv. 205, 207, 228. 
 
 Patrick, i. 6. 
 
 Oliphant, George, iv. 147, 152, 296, 313, 
 
 320. 
 Paterson, Mr John, iii. 371, 387, 396, 398, 
 
 416, 424, 427, 461, 490, 508, 519, 521, 
 
 524, 527, 531, 558, 562. 
 Peebles, Alexander, iii. 263. 
 
 Oliver, i. 36, 54, 126, 206, 269. 
 
 Pittillo, William, i. 515. 
 
 Eae, Andrew, ii. 38, 66, 70, 99, 115. 
 
 Ramsay, Adam, i. 513. 
 
 Robertson, Alexander, iv. 225, 247, 259, 
 
 334, 367, 385. 
 Robert, iv. 501, v. 91, 121, 131, 141, 
 
 167, 185, 188, 232, 254, 272, 290, 310, 
 
 453, 472, 489, 504, 523, 533, 627. 
 
 William, ii. 68. 
 
 Ross, Patrick, iii. 331, 341, 355. 
 Sheoch, James, iii. 671, iv. 1. 
 Sibbald, David, dean of guild, ii. 360, 431. 
 Smith, Robert, iv. 88, 99, 109, 113, 196. 
 Threepland, Sir Patrick, iii. 480, 503, 571, 
 
 575, 582, 586, 599, 609, 610, 617, 621, 
 
 624, 628, 630, 633, 637, 638, 643, 646, 
 
 648, 658, iv. 73. 
 Whitelaw of Newgrange, Patrick, i. 83, 
 
 91, 110, 121, 126. 
 WUson, Andrew, iii. 125, 179, 236, 238, 
 
 242, 263, 282. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Perth — continued -. — 
 Wilson, John, iii. 633. 
 Young, Oliver, i. 392, 423, ii. 93. 
 Pittenweem : — 
 Acheson, John, iii. 633, iv. 99. 
 Airth, Walter, ii. 194, iii. 54, 123, 398. 
 Barclay, John, i. 79. 
 Benston, Mr Thomas, i. 80. 
 Beauston, Thomas, ii. 169, 172. 
 Bell, William, iv. 334, 452, v. 121, 212. 
 
 William, younger, v. 397. 
 
 Borthwick, Robert, v. 167, 453, 472, 504, 
 
 628. 
 
 William, ii. 287, iv. 446, 480, 501j 
 
 Brown, William, v. 185, 188. 
 
 Brussie, George, iii. 582. 
 
 Clelland, Robert, v. 523, 533, 548, 588. 
 
 Mr Robert, iii. 630, iv. 344, 354, 
 
 403, V. 1, 29, 41, 91, 132, 141, 151, 157. 
 Cook, James, iv. 49, 55, 62, 69, 73, 147, 
 
 176, 189, 320. 
 
 John, iii. 628, iv. i. 
 
 Robert, i. 79. 
 
 Mr Robert, iv. 350, 367, 385, 427. 
 
 Corsaw, John, i. 72, 184, 201, 229, 429, 
 
 ii. 2, 73. 
 Dishington, Thomas, ii. 126, 154, 232, iii. 
 
 35. 
 Kerse, John, ii. 269, 331. 
 Kinghorn, George, iii. 217, 263. 
 Kinyow, George, iii. 213, 321, 324, 326. 
 
 Robert, ii. 325. 
 
 - — Thomas, i. 207, 244, 275, 295, 310, 
 
 369, 394. 
 Logan, Robert, ii. 93. 
 Martin, John, iv. 8. 
 Stephen, i. 83, 91, 110, 127, 139, 146, 
 
 150, 162. 
 Melville, James, v. 227, 232, 254, 272, 310, 
 
 328, 347, 365. 
 Richardson, Thomas, ii. 436. 
 Russell, George, iii. 586, 589, 610, 665, iv. 
 
 25. 
 Simpson, William, i. 392, ii. 99. 
 Smeton, Thomas, iii. 443. 
 Smith, George, iii. 331, 461, iv. 88, 110, 
 
 113, 128, 152, 196, 205, 207, 228, 247, 
 
 263, 273, 279, 296, 313. 
 
52 
 
 Tndex to the Records of the 
 
 Commissiouera to Convention — continued. 
 Pittenweem — continued : — 
 
 Stevenson, James, iii. 232, 257. 
 
 William, ii. 210, 272, 377, 399, 421, 
 
 442, iii. 2, 17, 77, 98, 138, 156, 185. 
 Strang, David, ii. 41, 249, 309, 341. 
 
 Nicolas, i. 423. 
 
 Peter, ii. 61. 
 
 Sweenie, George, iii. 359. 
 Swinburn, Thomas, iii. 563. 
 Swinton, Thomas, iii. 444. 
 Watson, John, iii. 648, 658. 
 
 Thomas, i. 217. 
 
 Wilkie, Henry, iii. 617. 
 Queensferry : — 
 
 Algeo, William, iv. 69, 74. 
 
 Dalglish, Jamea, iv. 334, 404, 427, 446, 452, 
 
 480, 501, V. 605, 628. 
 
 Walter, iv. 229. 
 
 Dawling, James, iii. 331. 
 Dundas, George, v. 504. 
 
 Mr John, v. 523, 533. 
 
 William, iii. 359. 
 
 Gourlay, Thoraaa, iv. 152. 
 
 Hamilton, Sir William, iv. 88, 99, 103, 
 
 110, 128, 145, 147, 176, 196, 205, 207, 
 
 226, 247, 259, 274, 296, 314. 
 HiU, Edward, iv. 399, v. 121. 
 George, iv. 368, v. 132, 141, 151, 157, 
 
 167, 185, 189, 212, 227, 232, 255, 273, 
 
 291, 311, 329, 348. 
 Jamea, iii. 611, iv. 25, 36, 43, 55, 62, 
 
 64. 
 John, iv. 345, 351, 386, v. 2, 29, 41, 
 
 92. 
 
 Robert, iii. 331, 341, 368, 371, 396. 
 
 Hunter, James, v. 366, 397, 453, 472, 
 
 489. 
 Milne, John, iii. 398, 416. 
 Stewart, Alexander, iv. 20. 
 
 Archibald, v. 548, 588, 594. 
 
 Whitelaw, Lord, iv. 279. 
 
 Williamson, Archibald, iii. 656. 
 
 Wilson, Archibald, iii. 444, 462, 480, 486, 
 
 490, 503, 508, 521, 525, 528, 531, 540, 
 
 549, 550, 558, 56.3, 569, 582, 580, 589, 
 
 599, 607, 609, 617, 621, 624, 628, 633, 
 
 637, 639, 643, 648, 659, 665, 672, iv. 
 
 1,8. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Eenfrew : — 
 
 Campbell, Colin, iv. 296, 313, 320, 334, 
 
 344, 354, 368, 399, v. 291. 
 Cochran, Mr John, iv. 385, 452, 480, 501, 
 
 v. 1, 29, 41, 91, 121, 1,32, 141, 157, 167, 
 
 185, 188, 212, 227, 232, 272, 310, 328, 
 
 347, 365, 453, 472. 
 of Kilmaronooh, Mr William, iv. 88, 
 
 110, 196. 
 Finnie, John, iv. 36. 
 Finnieson, Henry, i. 127, 184. 
 Hall, George, iii. 217. 
 Kobert, iii. 416, 508, 586, iv. 25, 43, 
 
 69, 74, 128, 
 
 of Fulbar, Adam, i. 36, 83. 
 
 Houston, John, i. 162, 206, 229, 274, 369. 
 
 Patrick, iv. 229, 247, 259, 263. 
 
 Jackson, John, i. 121, 392. 
 Jackson, Niool, i. 47. 
 
 Patrick, i. 83. 
 
 Knox, John, i. 121, ii. 246. 
 Landells, James, iii. 398. 
 Love, John, iv. 30. 
 Motherwell, Adam, i. 294. 
 Paterson, John, v. 605. 
 
 Peter, iii. 659, iv. 1, 64, 152. 
 
 Pollock, Robert, iii. 444, 610, 617, iv. 
 
 279. 
 Renfrew, William, i. 428. 
 Semple, Andrew, iii. 531, 
 Somerville, John, i. 36, iii. 461, 571, 633, 
 
 637, 639, 648, iv. 8, 20, v. 489, 523, 
 
 588. 
 William, i. 394, ii. 23, 41, 71, 93, 
 
 126, 154, 169, 194, 210, 232, 249, 272, 
 
 287, 309, .341, 377, .399, 421, 436, 442, 
 
 iii. 2, 17, .35, 54, 77, 98, 123, 138, 242, 
 
 v. 504, 533, 548, 594, 628. 
 Spreull, John, iii, 185, 232, 331, 355. 
 Rothesay : — 
 Bute, Sheriff of, iii. 582. 
 Cunninghame, Mr George, iv. 30. 
 Drummond, George, v. 255, 272, 291, 311, 
 
 365, 472. 
 Fairlie, Adam, iii. 156. 
 Gordon, George, v. 329, 348, 397. 
 Kelbum, James, iv. 152. 
 MaoGilohrist, Donald, iii. 444, 637, 639, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 53 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Rothesay — continued : — 
 Monzie, Lord, v. 453. 
 Spence, Matthew, ii. 73, 210, 232, 309, 
 
 377, iii. 35, 123, 213, 242, 310. 
 Stewart, Adam, iii, 528, 531. 
 
 Allan, ii. 442. 
 
 Archibald, iv. 345, v. 1, 41, 91, 121, 
 
 141, 151. 
 Ciithbert, iii. 648, iv. 49, 62. 
 
 Mr Dougall, iv. 273, 279, 296, 314, 
 
 320, 368, 399, 427. 
 
 James, i. 429, v. 189. 
 
 of Roseland, John, i. 150. 
 
 Vaughan, Gavin, v. 489, 504, 523, 533, 
 
 548, 588. 
 Rutherglen : — 
 Bowman, Robert, iv. 30. 
 Fairy, Walter, i. 150, 392, 428. 
 Gray, William, ii. 432. 
 Hamilton, Sir James, iv. 74. 
 Harvie, Andrew, iv. 36, 43, 55, 64, 69, 81. 
 Leitoh, Alexander, v. 489. 
 
 Andrew, v. 141, 523. 
 
 Lindsay, Robert, ii. 42. 
 
 Mure, John, iv. 501, v. 1, 167, 185, 189, 
 
 232, 311, 397. 
 Pinkerton, Allan, i. 162, 184, ii. 126. 
 Andrew, ii. 154, 249, 309, 378, iii. 35, 
 
 355. 
 
 John, iii. 99, 123. 
 
 Riddel, John, i. 423, ii. 22, 169, 210, 232, 
 
 272, 399, 421, iii. 77. 
 Bidden, James, iii. 617. 
 
 Walter, iii. 416, 444, 461. 
 
 Robertson, John, iii. 637, 648. 
 Soott, Andrew, iii. 359. 
 
 David, V. 272, 329, 348, 365, 453, 
 
 472, 504, 533, 548, 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 
 John, younger, iii. 371, iv. 88, 110, 
 
 114, 152, 196, 207, 229, 296, 314, 334, 
 345, 354, 385, 404, 452, 480, v. 132. 
 
 Spence, Allan, ii. 442, iii. 2, 17. 
 
 David, i. 72, 83, 110, 162, 229, ii. 42, 
 
 73, 93, iii. 521, 525, 531, 558, 571, 586, 
 633, 659, iv. 8, 20. 
 
 George, iv. 247, 368, 399, v. 157, 
 
 212. 
 
 WilUam, v. 41, 91, 121. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Rutherglen — continued : — 
 Thomson, John, iii. 263. 
 Wilkie, Thomas, ii. 436, iii. 125, 213, 217, 
 
 232, 282. 
 Wotherspoon, John, iv. 128. 
 St Andrews : — 
 Anstruther, Colonel Philip, v. 254, 290, 
 
 310, 347. 
 Arnot, John, ii. 377, 436, iii. 232, 305. 
 Arthur, Henry, ii. 328, 360, 431, iii. 123. 
 
 William, i. 515. 
 
 Auohmuty, David, i. 429. 
 
 Mr David, ii. 210. 
 
 Avery, David, i. 472. 
 Balfour, Andrew, i. 79. 
 
 Duncan, i. 244, ii. 336, 377. 
 
 Thomas, i. 17. 
 
 Boncle, John, i. 110. 
 
 Brown, George, i. 1, 5. 
 
 Campbell, CoUn, v. 150, 167, 188. 
 
 Carstairs, Alexander, i. 54, 309. 
 
 Andrew, iu. 365, 368, 391, 398, 433, 
 
 461, 474, 486, 490, 508, 527, 531, 550, 
 
 558, 562. 
 Cook, William, i. 17, 295. 
 
 Mr William, i. 127. 
 
 Donaldson, Robert, v. 272. 
 
 Douglas, WUliam, v. 365, 396, 453, 472, 
 
 489, 504, 523, 533, 548, 588, 593, 605, 
 
 627. 
 Eason, Mr John, iii. 672, iv. 24, 30, 35, 
 
 43, 49, 58, 62. 
 Ferrie, William, i. 71, 146, 149. 
 Fiulay, Thomas, iv. 18, 20, 64. 
 Fraser, David, v. 227. 
 Geddie, John, iii. 617, 621, 633, 643, 648, 
 
 658, iv. 7. 
 
 William, iii. 310. 
 
 Graham, David, i. 513. 
 
 Greg, Simon, iii. Ill, 156, 168. 
 
 Gregor, Simon, iii. 241, 242, 263, 282. 
 
 Guthrie, Patrick, ii. 97. 
 
 Haldane, Patrick, v. 211, 232. 
 
 Jack, William, iv. 205. 
 
 Jamieson, Alexander, i. 36. 
 
 Lamond, Henry, i. 206. 
 
 Lawson, James, i. 513. 
 
 Learmonth, William, elder, ii. 19. 
 
54 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 St Andrews — continued : — 
 
 Learmonth of Dairsie, James, i. 295. 
 
 Lentron, Patrick, iii. 524. 
 
 Robert, iii. 569, 571, 575, 582, 586, 
 
 610. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 49, 54, 70, 72, 74. 
 
 Lepper, John, iii. 138, 147, 153, 175, 176, 
 
 179, 185, 204, 212, 217, 238, 303. 
 Mann, William, i. 51. 
 Martin, Thomas, i. 6, 10. 
 Montgomery, Hugh, iv. 334. 
 Monypenny, David, v. 328. 
 Morris, James, iv. 296, 313. 
 
 John, iv. 273, 279, 344, 354. 
 
 Mutto, John, i. 515. 
 
 Nairn, Mr Alexander, iv. 147. 
 
 James, iv. 1. 
 
 Mr Thomas, iv. 247, 263. 
 
 Robertson, Thomas, iii. 33, 77. 
 Russell, David, i. 206, 229, 353, ii. 1. 
 
 Mr David, i. 80, 83, 91. 
 
 Mr WiUiam, ii, 99, 169, 246, 269, 
 
 272, 286. 
 Scrymgeour, Alexander, i. 51, 
 Sharp, Sir William, iv. 68, 73, 81. 
 Shields, John, iii. 638. 
 Sibbald, Alexander, i. 1, 5, 6, 10, 17, 36. 
 Smith, James, iv. 88, 99, 103, 110, 113, 
 
 152, 176, 189, 196, 207, 228. 
 Sword, James, iii. 331, 341, 355, 359, 368, 
 
 370, 371. 
 Taylor, Robert, ii. 309, 333, 341, 381, 398, 
 
 421, 442, iii. 1, 30, 49, 94, 96, 98, 177, 
 
 208, 220, 254, 257, 274, 277, 279. 
 Thomson, John, i. 97, 110. 
 Watson, Alexander, iv. 367, 399, 403, 446, 
 
 451, 480, 501, V. 1, 29, 41, 91, 121, 131, 
 
 141, 157. 
 
 Allan, i. 17. 
 
 - — Andrew, ii. 126, 171, 187, 223, 231, 
 
 248. 
 David, i. 217, 244, 269, 275, 295, 310, 
 
 342, 369, 392, 394, 423, ii. 22, 23, 41, 61, 
 
 64, 89, 93, 154, 167. 
 
 James, iii. 125, 321, 324. 
 
 W^ellat, Thomas, i. 528. 
 W^ellwood, Thomas, i. 17, 25, 37. 
 Wemyss, James, iii. 599. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 St Andrews — continued : — 
 Wemyss, Mr William, u. 71, 72, 99, 169, 
 
 iii. 1, 17. 
 Wood, John, L 97. 
 Sanquhar : — 
 Boswell, Mr John, iv. 110, 128. 
 Boyle, Mr Patrick, v. 628. 
 Brown, John, ii. 378. 
 Carmichael, John, iii. 54, 125. 
 Robert, iii. 582, 586, 599, 617, 639, 
 
 659, iv. 1, 8, 20, 25, 30, 36, 49, 55, 62, 
 
 74, 88. 
 Cochrane, John, iii. 213. 
 Crichton, Abraham, v. 1, 41, 92, 121, 132, 
 
 141, 151, 157, 167, 185, 189. 
 John, iii. 242, v. 212, 227, 232, 397, 
 
 453, 523, 594, 605. 
 
 Robert, iii. 416. 
 
 Cunningham, Michael, iii. 123. 
 
 Dick, Hew, iii. 310. 
 
 Fleming, Ninian, ii. 432. 
 
 Hislop, William, ii, 287. 
 
 Hunter, James, iv. 207, 229, 314, 334, 
 
 354, 368. 
 
 Robert, iv. 273. 
 
 Irvine, George, v. 255, 273, 291, 311, 
 
 329, 348, 366, 472, 489, 504, 533, 548, 
 
 588. 
 
 John, iv. 263. 
 
 Philip, Robert, ii. 269. 
 Williamson, John, iii. 528, 531. 
 Selkirk :— 
 
 Angus, Andrew, iv. 30, 36. 
 
 Mr John, iii. 359, 416, 444, 503. 
 
 Ballantyne, John, i. 229. 
 
 Blackie, Henry, ii. 2. 
 
 Chisholm, William, v. 185, 212, 605. 
 
 Dunn, Robert, iii. 207. 
 
 Elliot, Robert, iii. 508, 527, 531, 558, 586. 
 
 Thomas, v, 365, 588, 628. 
 
 William, iii, 123, 310. 
 
 Flesher, John, iii. 220. 
 
 Halliday, Thomas, v. 188. 
 
 Halliwell, George, i. 54, 150, 206. 
 
 Kens, James, i. 1, iii. 54. 
 
 Ker, Andrew, iii. 213, 217. 
 
 Mr John, iii. 17, 35, 77, 177, 208, 
 
 263, 321. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 55 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— continued. 
 Selkirk — continued : — 
 Meiklehill, George, ii. 210, 269. 
 
 James, ii. 377. 
 
 William, iii. 112. 
 
 Mercer,. Eobert, v. 504, 523, 533, 548. 
 Mitchell, James, iv. 128, 189. 
 
 William, iii. 185, iv. 99. 
 
 Mitchelhill, Andrew, v. 347, 489. 
 
 James, iv. 152, 176, 196, 207, 229. 
 
 William, iii. 398, 571, 589, 607, 610, 
 
 633, iv. 88, 114. 
 Murray, Mr John, iv. 110, 273, 279, 296, 313. 
 Pringle, John, v. 397, 453, 472. 
 Eiddell, John, iv. 74. 
 Scott, James, i. 369, 392, 394, 423, ii. 
 126, 154, 194, 249, iv. 320. 
 
 Eobert, iv. 247, 263, 334, 344, 350, 
 
 354, 368, 385, 399, 403, 427. 
 
 Thomas, i. 10, iii. 331. 
 
 William, iii. 98, 282, 638, iv. 25. 
 
 Waugh, Andrew, iv. 446, 452, 480, 501, 
 
 v. 1, 29, 121, 132, 151, 157, 167, 227, 
 
 232, 254, 272, 291, 310. 
 
 William, iii. 648, iv. 8, 12, 15, 18, 
 
 20, 43, 49, 55, 62, 64, 69, v. 329. 
 
 Wilkie, Gavin, i. 110, 121, 184, 244. 
 Wood, George, clerk, ii. 249, 309, 399, 
 
 421, 432, 442, iii. 2. 
 Stirling : — 
 Alexander, Archibald, ii. 41, 72, 93, 99, 
 
 223. 
 
 Christopher, iii. 73, 77, 92. 
 
 Robert, i. 17, 80, 83, 91. 
 
 Allan, Archibald, ii. 68, 71. 
 Auohmuty, John, i. 37, 41. 
 Barclay, William, iii. 358, 
 Bruce, Anthony, i. 200, 392, 428. 
 
 Arthur, i. 423. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 321. 
 
 Castlelaw, James, ii. 126. 
 
 Christie, James, v. 29, 131, 141, 167, 185, 
 
 188, 232. 
 Christison, Harry, iv. 259, 263, 313. 
 Cousland, Walter, i. 513. 
 Cowan, Andrew, i. 41. 
 John, iii. 208, 232, 236, 238, 241, 242, 
 
 252, 254, 257, 263, 274, 277, 279, 280, 
 
 282, 299, 303, 305, 310, 324. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Stirling — continued : — 
 Cowan, Walter, i. 244, 274, 294, 309, 310, 
 
 342, 352, 369, 393, 472, ii. 1, 22, 23, 38, 
 
 41, 63, 66, 72, 89, 123, 154, 272. 
 Craigengelt, John, i. 1, 5, 15. 
 Dick, John, iv. 103, 110, 113, 128, 152, 
 
 176, 189. 
 Don, John, v. 254. 
 Erskine, Mr James, v. 605, 627. 
 
 John, V. 504, 523. 
 
 Colonel John, iv. 367, 385, 399, 403, 
 
 427, 446, 451, 480, 501, v. 1, 41, 91, 121, 
 
 150, 157, 347, 365. 
 Farnly, James, i. 2, 5. 
 Forrester, David, i. 428. 
 
 Robert, i. 6, 36, 37, 49, 50, 54. 
 
 Robert, younger, i. 17. 
 
 William, i. 15. 
 
 Gibb, John, v. 588, 593. 
 Gillespie, Patrick, v. 211, 227. 
 Jack, Alexander, iii. 589, 609, 610. 
 Johnstone, Dr James, v. 290, 310, 328, 
 
 396, 453. 
 
 John, iii. 35, 98. 
 
 Kennedy, Hew, iv. 30, 35, 68, 73, 81, 88, 
 
 145, 147. 
 Leishman, Duncan, i. 127. 
 
 John, i. 36. 
 
 Littlejohn, James, v. 472, 489, 533, 549. 
 
 Livingstone, Henry, i. 6. 
 
 MaoCuUooh, John, iv. 49, 55, 58, 62, 64. 
 
 Murray, Thomas, i. 80. 
 
 Mushet, John, i. 200. 
 
 Nairn, Duncan, iii. 357, 398, 416, 424, 
 
 427, 431, 436, 443, 461, 480, 503, 508, 
 
 521, 527, 531, 558, 562, 582. 
 Napier, Mr Francis, iv. 225, 228, 296, 320, 
 
 334, 344, 350, 354. 
 Nerval, William, i. 6, 16, 36, 47, 50, 66, 
 
 71, 79, 110, 127, 146, 149, 162, 182, 184, 
 
 206, 244. 
 Paterson, Duncan, i. 513, ii. 23, 171, 187, 
 
 194, 248, 439, iii. 30, 123. 
 Russell, Christopher, iii. 371, 387. 
 
 James, v. 272. 
 
 Robert, iii. 549, 571, 575, 624, 628, 
 
 633, 637, 643, 648, 656, 658, 671, iv. 1, 
 
 7, 15, 18, 20, 24, 43. 
 
56 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continued. 
 Stirling — continued : — 
 
 Shearer, John, bailie, ii. 231, 246, 269, 
 287, 309, 329, 331, 333, 336, 341, 360, 
 377, 381, 431, 436, 442, iii. 1, 17, 49, 
 53, 70, 72, 74, 75, 76, 94, 96, 111, 125, 
 138, 147, 153, 155, 168, 175, 176, 177, 
 179, 185, 204, 212, 217, 220, 230. 
 
 Short, James, ii. 115, 169, 171, 210, 398, 
 421. 
 
 John, iii. 331, 341, 355. 
 
 Smart, William, i. 1. 
 
 Spittal, Archibald, i. 2. 
 
 Stevenson, James, iii. 474, 486, 490, 550, 
 569, 586, 599, 617, 621, 637. 
 
 John, iv. 196, 205, 207, 273, 279. 
 
 Eobert, iii. 398, 524. 
 
 Watson, James, i. 6. 
 
 Williamson, John, i. 25, ii. 93, 97, 169, 
 210, 287, 309, 377, iii. 33. 
 Stranraer : — 
 
 Dalrymple, Mr George, iv. 345, 399. 
 
 Mr Hugh, v. 397, 453, 472, 489, 504, 
 
 523, 549, 588. 
 
 James, v. 2, 42, 132. 
 
 Mr Robert, v. 92, 121, 141, 151, 157. 
 
 FuUarton, William, iv. 279. 
 
 MacCredie, Andrew, iv. 368, 501, v. 167, 
 189. 
 
 MacJ arrow, Thomas, iv. 263. 
 
 MacTeir, William, iv. 296. 
 
 Murray, Sir Patrick, iv. 114, 334. 
 
 . of Kinninmont, Mr Hugh, v. 605, 
 
 628. 
 
 Paterson, Alexander, iv. 36. 
 
 Patrick, iv. 43, 49, 62, 69, 152. 
 
 Row, John, iv. 74. 
 
 Vance, John, iv. 128. 
 Tain :— 
 
 Douglas, Hector, iii. 123. 
 
 Ferme, David, iii. 331. 
 
 Forrester, David, iii. 263. 
 
 John, ii. 269, 309, 442, iii. 156, 563, 
 
 582, 610, iv. 25, 49, 62. 
 
 Hay, Charles, iv. 74, 229. 
 
 MacCartnay, William, i. 229. 
 
 MacCuUooh, Andrew, iii. 213, 359, 461. 
 
 John, ii. 287, v. 132, 141. 
 
 Thomas, iii. 138. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — continu&d. 
 Tain — continued : — 
 
 MacLeod, ^neas, iv. 314, 334, 344, 354, 
 
 368, 404. 
 Manson, Finlay, i. 207. 
 Munro, Robert, iii. 54, v. 151. 
 Ross, Alexander, iv. 30, 152. 
 
 Andrew, iii. 531. 
 
 Archibald, ii. 377, 399, 421. 
 
 General Charles, v. 189. 
 
 Hugh, V. 29, 121, 255. 
 
 John, V. 1, 41. 
 
 Walter, i. 369, u. 172, 272, iii. 617, 
 
 624. 
 - — William, iii. 416, 444, iv. 110, 114, 
 
 128, 189, 196, 263, 296, 480, v. 91. 
 Ross, George, Master of, v. 185, 291, 311, 
 
 329, 348, 397, 453, 504, 523, 533, 548, 
 
 588, 594, 605, 628. 
 Rysie, Andrew, i. 121. 
 Whithorn : — 
 Agnew, William, v. 453, 472, 489, 504, 
 
 523, 588, 628. 
 Arroch, Ninian, iii. 398. 
 Donaldson, Alexander, iii. 416, 508, 527, 
 
 531, 563, 586, 648. 
 Douglas, Patrick, iii. 359. 
 Dunlop, Adam, iv. 128. 
 
 John, V. 397. 
 
 Forrester, David, iv. 25, 30, 49, 62. 
 
 Galbraith, Alexander, i. 274. 
 
 Hawthorn, Hugh, v. 548. 
 
 Houston, William, i. 162. 
 
 Keith, Adam, iv. 74. 
 
 MaoCall, James, i. 428. 
 
 MacCandlish, John, iv. 152, 207, 229, 
 
 368. 
 
 William, iv. 345, 354. 
 
 MaoCulIoch, Alexander, iii. 617. 
 MacGown, John, ii. 126, 194, 287, iii. 35, 
 
 iv. 452, 480, 501, v. 29, 41, 91, 121, 
 
 132, 141, 157, 167, 189, 212, 227, 232, 
 
 255, 272, 291, 311, 329, 348, 365. 
 
 Patrick, i. 36. 
 
 MacKie, John, iii. 610, iv. i. 
 
 Murdoch, Patrick, iv. 114. 
 
 Stewart, David, iv. 273, 279, 296, 314, 
 
 320. 
 John, V. 533. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 57 
 
 Commissioners to Convention — coviinued. 
 WMthorn — continued : — 
 Wallace, Hew, iii. 310. 
 Whitehead, Halbert, iii. 125, 242. 
 Wick :— 
 
 Calder, John, v. 92, 157, 167, 189. 
 Bunbar, Sir James, v. 311. 
 
 Patrick, v. 472, 504, 523, 533. 
 
 MaoBeath, William, iii. 558. 
 Manson, Alexander, iv. 8, 25, 49, 62. 
 
 George, v. 132. 
 
 Munro, Colonel Robert, v. 329, 348, 397. 
 Murray, James, iv. 368, 386, 404, 427, 452, 
 
 481, 591, V. 2. 
 
 William, iv. 334. 
 
 Sinclair, Mr Archibald, iv. 110. 
 
 James, iv. 274, 279, 314. 
 
 John, V. 227, 366. 
 
 Wigtown : — 
 
 Agnew, Patrick, v. 472. 
 
 Campbell, Alexander, v. 1, 29, 188, 504, 
 
 533. 
 
 Richard, i. 162. 
 
 Cochrane, Michael, ii. 126, 194, 272. 
 Coltron, Patrick, iv. 354, v. 41, 91. 
 William, iii. 658, iv. 20, 25, 30, 36, 
 
 43, 49, 62, 69, 88, 110, 113, 128, 152, 
 
 207, 279, 296, 313, 334, 344, 350. 
 Curror, John, ii. 377. 
 Dalzell, Robert, i. 229, 369. 
 Dunbar, William, iii. 94, 217, 282, 300. 
 Edgar, John, i. 184, 244, ii. 23. 
 
 Patrick, iii. 220, 230, 242, 263. 
 
 Gordon, William, i. 37, 41, 47. 
 
 Gullen, James, iv. 320. 
 
 Simon, iv. 273, 367, 399, 452, v. 
 
 132, 157. 
 Hannay of Kirkdale, John, i. 473, ii. 1. 
 
 Patrick, ii. 41. 
 
 Kinnear, Hew, iii. 508, 650. 
 Lowrie, James, v. 328. 
 MaoGhie, Thomas, iii. 310. 
 
 William, ii. 210, 249, iii. 54. 
 
 MacGown, John, v. 523, 548. 
 
 William, i. 428. 
 
 MacKean, John, iv. 228. 
 
 MacKie, Adam, iii. 357, 398, 416, 444, 586. 
 
 Andrew, iii. 582. 
 
 David, V. 272. 
 
 Commissioners to Convention— corairawed, 
 Wigtown — continued : — 
 
 MacKie, John, v. 397. 
 
 Niven, ii. 432. 
 
 Patrick, v. 588, 593, 628. 
 
 William, iii. 610, 617. 
 
 Martin, John, i. 37, 41. 
 
 Moir, William, iv. 73. 
 
 Murdoch, John, iii. 185. 
 
 Smith, John, v. 605. 
 
 Stewart, Patrick, iv. 8. 
 
 Thomas, iii 359, 490, 527, 531, 563. 
 
 Telfer, Archibald, ii. 73, 154, 167, 184, 
 287. 
 
 Turner, John, clerk, ii. 309, 341, 399, 
 421, iii. 2, 17, 30, 35, 77, 123, 124, 125, 
 136, 213. 
 Commissioners and commissions to Conven- 
 tion : — 
 Qualification and election of commissioners, 
 
 i. xvii, 25, 30, 75, 504, iii. 649, 664, iv. 
 
 10, 14, 26, 71, 89, 91, 304, 341, 547, v. 
 
 168. 
 Anent the summoning and attendance of 
 
 commissioners, i. vii-x, 54, 108, 136, 214, 
 
 275, 353, 502, iii. 379, iv. 112-4, 162, 526, 
 
 V. 494, 505. 
 Voting of commisioners, i. 25, 118, 137, 339. 
 Order to be observed by commissioners while 
 
 in session, i. 30, 453, ii. 42, 100, 127, 172, 
 
 V. 52. 
 Rejection and expulsion of commissioners, i. 
 
 31, ii. 161-2, iii. 369, 379, iv. 9-10, 334-5, 
 
 V, 2, 132, 142, 151-3, 212, 232, 291, 533, 
 
 589, 594. 
 A commissioner punished for false and inso- 
 lent subscription, i. 367-8. 
 Commissioners departing without license, i. 
 
 154, 266, iii. 16, 379. 
 Statute anent commissions, missives, &c. , i. 
 
 429. 
 Commissioners to convention must be of the 
 
 true religion, ii. 145, 195. 
 Expenses of certain commissioners to be paid, 
 
 iu. 475, 510, 521, iv. 132. 
 Commissioners' expenses refused by certain 
 
 burghs, iii. 560, 562. 
 Uniformity of commissions, signature and 
 
 seal, iii. 446-7, 624, 643, iv. 89, 547. 
 
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 Commissioners and commissions to Conven- 
 tion — continued. 
 Exclusion of sherififs and commissary clerks, 
 
 iv. 14. 
 Platform of commissions, iv, 91, 281, 305, 
 
 319, 341, 346. 
 Coach hire and drink money for commis- 
 sioners abolished, iv. 92. 
 Sending a schoolmaster as commissioner to 
 
 convention, and act against, v. 2, 311. 
 Double election of commissioners in certain 
 
 burghs, V. 189, 291, 311, 366, 589, 594. 
 Act anent commissioners and payment of 
 
 missive dues, v. 238, 348. 
 Accepting a commission in the annual com- 
 mittee, v. 375-7. 
 Commissioners to be clad in British wool and 
 Scots linen, v. 481. See also under Con- 
 vention of Burghs. 
 Commissioners of the Equivalent, see Equiva- 
 lent. 
 
 of Justice, iii. 360, 371, 386-7. 
 
 for manufactures and fisheries, see Manu- 
 
 . f actures ; Fishery. 
 
 of Supply •- certain burghs in dispute 
 
 with, iv. 240, 272, v. 366, 369 ; correspon- 
 dence on public afiairs between commis- 
 sioners of shires and commissioners of burghs, 
 iii. 492-9. 
 Commissioner, the Lord High, addresses to, 
 and conferences with, iv. 8,25, 51, 110-1, 387. 
 Committees, appointment and work of, see 
 
 under Convention of Burghs. 
 Common good of burgh, to be duly rouped and 
 put to the best avail, i. 303-4, 361-2, 373 ; 
 abuse of. In various burghs, i. 321, 373, 445, 
 460 ; unlaws uplifted within burgh to be in- 
 cluded in, i. 416 ; act anent intromissions 
 with, i. 469 ; a full and attested report of, 
 to be returned to Convention yearly, i. 453 ; 
 anent burghs paying taxes from, i. 475 ; 
 rouping and setting of, and reporting anent, 
 i^. 25, 33, 44, 80-1, 85, 103, 131, 160, 311-2, 
 401, 416, iii. 343, iv. 2.33-4, v. 335, 413, 435, 
 444, 468 ; delapidation of common good, 
 lands, revenue, iii. 333, 374, 407-8, iv. 70, 
 136, V. 309-10, 435, 553-4, 556-8. 
 Common lands of burgh : a full and attested 
 report of, to be returned to Convention 
 
 yearly, i. 453 ; anent setting the common 
 lands in feu, i. 475, 483, 494-5; anent 
 feuing, setting, and disposing of, i. 470, iii. 
 212, 223-4, 365, 407, 588-9, 622, 653-4, 660, 
 iv. 390, 404-5, 410-1, 414-5, 454, 457, 488, 
 506-7, V. 3, 16, 105, 123-4, 174, 200, 213, 233, 
 238, 317, 331, 333, 405, 412, 432, 456, 480, 
 490, 492-3, 512, 524, 535, 551-2, 554, 557, 
 591 ; prosecuting for recovery of, ii. 236 ; 
 reporting diligence regarding, ii. 316, 346, 
 401, 416, iii. 2, 18, 22, 38, 55, 81, 105, 107, 
 116-8, 129-30, 140, 159, 224, 245, 265, 285, 
 334-5, 343, 372, 399, 418, 453, 456, Iv. 199, 
 208,282, 357 ; investigations regarding, iii. 514. 
 Common seal of burgh, act anent the keeping 
 of, ii. 81. 
 
 works of burgh, expense of commissioners 
 
 saved by burghs exempted to be devoted to, 
 ii. 149. 
 Commons, House of : address to, on the land 
 tax bill ; also presentation of the same, v. 
 31-40 ; thanks of the burghs tendered to 
 members of, after the passing of the land 
 tax bill, V. 91, 93. 
 Commonwealth, anent union with England in : 
 the burghs send commissioners to England, 
 iii. 360-1, 363, 365. 
 Communion elements, dispiite anent the fur- 
 nishing of, iii. 99, 114, 129, 143. 
 Compend of the acts and constitutions of the 
 burghs, iii. 628. See also Acts of Conven- 
 tion. 
 Comptes, Chamber of, in Rouen, i. 284. 
 Comptroller, the, i. 147, 155, 158, 307, 460 ; 
 anent the £1000 advanced to, i. 251-2 ; re- 
 ceipt by, to the magistrates of Edinburgh, 
 Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen, for £1000 
 Scots in payment of customs, i. 561. 
 Conciergery for Scottish merchants in Camp- 
 vere, ii. 364, 370, 372, 382-4, 389, 393, 408, 
 414, 425, 428-31, 448, iii. 9, 23, 45, 96, 102, 
 118, 132, 166-7, 347, iv. 2, 13, 17, 38, 159, 
 178, 300, 526, 545, 548, 550, v. 206, 214, 355, 
 469, 484. 
 
 for Scottish merchants in Dort, iii. 653. 
 
 Conservator in Calais, gift of the office of, to 
 be cancelled, ii. 146. 
 
 in England, anent the appointment of a, 
 
 ii. 48-9, 61-2, 530. 
 
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 59 
 
 Conservator in Flanders : conservator thanked 
 for good services, i. 35 ; duties of the office, i. 
 40-1, 59, 62, 65 ; letters and instructions to, i. 
 51-2, 133, 357-8, ii. 7, 50, 51,261-2, 297, 367-8, 
 425, 427, iii. 372-3, 417, 610, 629, 666, iv. 
 37-8, 54, 66-7, 69, 71, 115-8, 156, 167, 174, 
 180, 183, 188, 196, 231, 242, 301, 549, v. 131, 
 162-3, 611-2; anent the claims, dues, and 
 fees of, i. 53, 70, 126, 179, 187, 211, 408-410, 
 426-8, 442, 512, ii. 9, 162 ; warned to attend 
 Convention, i. 82 ; proceedings against, and 
 recall of, i. 89, 115; complaints against,i. 154, 
 410, 451, 480, ii. Ill, 127, 297, 339, iii. 135, 
 140, 269, 275, 277-8, 289, 295, 302, 346, 393, 
 518, 645, iv. 4-6, 8, 12, 16, 301, 316-8, 388-9, 
 404, 445 ; the case of a factor refusing settle- 
 ment to be tried by, i. 290 ; the King to 
 appoint a successor to George Halket, i. 306 ; 
 appointment of Sir Robert Denniston to the 
 office disputed by the burghs ; final settle- 
 ment and arrangements with, i. 322, 343-4, 
 350-1, 408, 412, 424, 426-8 ; to superintend 
 arrangements for the stipend of the minister 
 of the Scotch kirk in Campvere, i. 345 ; to 
 make settlement of the excise of beer and 
 wine in Campvere, i. 376-7, 426 ; charge to, 
 anent the export of coal to the Low Coun- 
 tries, i. 446, 464, ii. 8, 29, 51 ; in dispute 
 with the burghs, i. 463, ii. 528_; disputes 
 among Scottish merchants in Flanders to be 
 decided in the court of, i. 511 ; summoned 
 to convention to answer complaints ; con- 
 tumacy of, and trial by commission, ii. Ill, 
 127, 161, 167, 181, 200, 219, 226-30, 245; 
 letter from the King to the burghs sent by, 
 ii. 259 ; treating anent transferring the staple 
 to Middleburg, ii. 334-5 ; appointment of a 
 collector of duties payable to, ii. 464, 467 ; 
 acts of the Privy Council anent, ii. 480-2 ; 
 conference of, with commissioners, ii. 506 ; 
 the conservator in dispute with the burghs, 
 ii. 528 ; appointing a clerk to, iii. 103 ; the 
 King's grant of the office opposed by the 
 burghs, iii. 153-5, 162-4, 171, 175-8; re- 
 nounces his duties in Holland, iii. 174 ; pro- 
 posals and arrangements anent the office of, 
 iii. 175-8, 187-194, 203, iv. 95, 102, 105, 112, 
 547 ; appointment of Sir Patrick Drummond, 
 iii. 187-193, 203 6 ; reference to his deposi- 
 
 tion, iii. 345, iv. 544-5, 547 ; search for docu- 
 ments relating to the office of conservator, 
 iii. 192-4; commission to arrange with the 
 new conservator, Mr Patrick Drummond, 
 and terms concluded, iii, 203-6, 226; exaction 
 and collection of conservator dues, iii. 229, 
 315, 666 ; supplication to the King anent the 
 office of, iii. 278 ; treating with the town of 
 Campvere anent the contract with the burghs, 
 iii. 288, 314; answering complaints, and sub- 
 mitting to convention, iii. 289, 302 ; anent 
 certain packets and money in the hands of, 
 iii. 344, 372 ; appointment of Thomas Cun- 
 ningham, factor (afterwards Sir Thomas 
 Cunningham), iii. 345 ; iv. 547-9 ; cited to 
 appear at convention ; contumacy and sus- 
 pension of, iii. 411, 440, 447, 577, iv. 544-5; 
 anent the Lamson's money, an English debt, 
 iii. 440 ; disputes regarding the office cf, 
 iii. 509, iv. 374, 378-9, 389, 392-3, 412, 507, 
 V. 6, 20-9, 63, 80, 103; anent certain ap- 
 pointments to the office of, iii. 547, iv. 17-18, 
 23 ; appointment of Sir William Davidson, 
 iii. 551, 577, 600 ; dispute between the con- 
 servator depute and a merchant in Rotter- 
 dam, iii. 598 ; dispute with a factor in Dort, 
 iii. 618; demission of Sir William Davidson, 
 iii. 624 ; admission of Henry Wilkie, iii. 
 625 ; recalled, iv. 12, 17 ; to consider and 
 advise where the staple should be fixed, iii. 
 629, 638, 642, iv. 190, 203 ; special expenses 
 of, iii. 643, iv. 5, 37, 91, 118, 191, 203, 221, 
 287, V. 171, 413, 610, 633 ; fixing the dues 
 of, and mode of collection, iii. 670-1, iv. 3, 
 47, 52-4, 104-5, 112-3, 115, 201, 204, 219, 527, 
 540, 549, 554-5 ; appointment of a conservator 
 depute, iv. 6, 178, v. 471, 564, 593; appoint- 
 ment of Mr James Kennedy (afterwards Sir 
 James), iv. 31-2; reference to his death, iv. 
 91 ; reports regarding the staple and trade 
 in Campvere, iv. 36, 45 ; certain imposts 
 granted by the King to, the same redeemed 
 by the burghs, iv. 67, 69, 80 ; reports re- 
 garding the burghs' affairs in the Low 
 Countries, iv. 77, 137-8, 171-4, 184-7 ; anent 
 the necessity of the office of, iv. 95 ; appoint- 
 ment of Mr (afterwards Sir) Andrew Ken- 
 nedy of Clowburn, and commission to the 
 same, iv. 104-112; recalled by the Queen, 
 
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 and afterwards reponed, iv. 374, 378, 393, 
 412, 507, V. 6, 20-9, 141 ; act anent persons 
 pursuing, iv. 118 ; catalogue of conservator's 
 books, iv. 139, 144-5 ; skippers to report 
 staple goods to, iv. 143 ; the conservators or 
 his depute to reside at the staple port, Iv. 
 178, 180 ; anent the conservator's honora- 
 rium, iv. 219, V. 222 ; commission to con- 
 servator to settle the staple port, iv. 220-1 ; 
 memorial from, anent William Gordon's 
 affairs, iv. 278, 287 ; action of the conserva- 
 tor against Arnold Ryx regarding poor's 
 money, iv. 282, 301, 317, 328 ; memorials 
 from, anent the staple, the factors, and 
 Campvere, iv. 288-290, 374, 550-1, 553-8, v. 
 122, 317, 331, 506, 593; disputes between 
 factors and the conservator, iv. 301, 356-7, 
 464, 472, 507, V. 105-7 ; controversy between 
 the conservator, and the town of Campvere, 
 iv. 316-8, 327-8, 347 ; appointment of Sir 
 Alexander Gumming of Coulter, advocate, 
 iv. 374, 378-9 ; said appointment disputed 
 and recalled, iv. 374, 389, 393, 412, v. 6, 20-9, 
 63, 80 ; table of conservator's dues, iv. 526, v. 
 195, 237 ; charged to see the Sabbath-Day 
 kept in Campvere, iv. 538 ; overtures from, 
 anent factors, papists, church, and staple 
 goods, iv. 550-1, 553-4; penalties for non- 
 payment of conservator's dues, iv. 555, 558 ; 
 petitions of, anent the conservatorship, and 
 decree of the House of Lords, v. 20-9, 63, 80, 
 104 ; memorial from, anent his commission, 
 V. 135 ; Sir Andrew Kennedy declared to be 
 the proper and acknowledged conservator, v. 
 141 ; breakers of the staple contract to be 
 prosecuted by the conservator, v. 163, 351 ; 
 letter from Sir John Kennedy anent the 
 office of, v. 165 ; appointment of Mr Andrew 
 Kennedy, and commission to the same, v. 
 168, 170-1, 182-5, 203; the conservator ap- 
 pointed commissioner for prolonging the 
 staple contract ; also instructions to, v. 199, 
 200, 202 ; letters to and from the conserva- 
 tor anent the contract, v. 206-7 ; decline of 
 dues at the staple port ; petitions from the 
 conservator, and arrangements on account 
 of, v. 237-8, 313-4, 334, 475, 492, 510, 525, 
 536, 552, 591, 597, 600, 608, 633; appoint- 
 ment of Archibald Macaulay, late dean of 
 
 guild in Edinburgh, and commission to the 
 same, v. 412, 469 ; the staple contracts of 
 1697 and 1718 entrusted to the conservator, 
 V. 612. 
 
 Constable of Dundee, ii. 35. 
 
 Constabulary, anent the right of, ill. 636. 
 
 Consulado in Spain, ii. 243. 
 
 Contraband : — contraband goods in Scottish 
 ships, i. 40-1 ; inquest regarding export of 
 tallow and flesh, i. 46 ; export of, to Flan- 
 ders, i. 51 ; complaints against searchers, i. 
 76, 212 ; anent transport and transporters of 
 contraband goods, i. 288, 447, 464. 
 
 Convent, Captain, captain of a Dutch man-of- 
 war, iv. 202. 
 
 Convention, Acts of, see. under Acts. 
 
 of burghs : — acts of parliament regulat- 
 ing conventions, i. vi-xii ; time and place of 
 meeting, and how fixed, i. vi-x, 2, ii. 152, 
 157, 172, 175, iii. 365, 374, iv. 272 ; de- 
 faulters in attendance at, and acts anent, 
 i. vii-x ; anent the summoning, convening, 
 and attendance of commissioners, i. ix, 54, 
 108, 136, 275, 353-4, 502 ; its constitution, 
 office bearers, and records, i. xiii-xiv, 33 ; 
 commissioners to, qualification and election 
 of, i. xvii, 25, 30-1, 75, 504; acts anent 
 commissioners voting at, i. 25, 137 ; anent 
 the election and duties of the moderator, 
 i. 30 ; order to be observed by commissioners 
 while in session, i. 30, 453, ii. 42, 100, 127, 
 172 ; commissioners rejected or expelled 
 from convention, i. 31, ii. 161-2, iii. 369, 
 379, iv. 9-10, 334-5, v. 2, 132, 142,' 151-3, 
 212, 232, 291, 533, 589, 594 ; minute book 
 and extent rolls to be produced, i. 33 ; re- 
 solves to assist each burgh in maintaining 
 its rights and liberties, i. 35 ; meetings and 
 arrangements for bringing important busi- 
 ness of the burghs before Parliament, i. 70, 
 78, 108, 197, 201-2, 209-10, 240-1, 339, 341, 
 468-9, 483 ; anent the preparation of a 
 Register of the laws and constitution of 
 burghs, i. 103, 112, 128-9 ; anent the ex- 
 ecution of its laws, i. 113-4; anent voting 
 for absent burghs, i. 118 ; a craftsman 
 accepted as a commissioner by command of 
 the king, i. 164-5 ; departure of certain 
 commissioners from, without license, i. 154, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 61 
 
 266, iii. 16, 379 ; license of non-attendance 
 at, granted to certain burghs, i. 166, 190, 
 191, 192, 214, 236, 238, 239, 241, 262, 292-3, 
 302-3, 305, 329, 332, 338, 341, 358, 363, 380, 
 389, 415, 437, 439, 461, 470-1, 487, 489, 490, 
 ii. 16-7, 25, 56, 78, 110, 113, 149, 159, 179, 
 204, 211, 263, 281, 295, 320, 355, 417, 455, 
 461, iii. 5, 29, 45, 48, 68, 91, 108, 121, 134, 
 145, 167, 203, 229, 251, 271, 297, 318, 345, 
 380-2, 410, 413, 420, 456, 472, 514, 516, 539, 
 572, 579, 583-4, 589, 613, 626-7, 636, 653, 
 660, iv. 11, 21, 29, 34, 44, 57, 68, 71, 78, 87, 
 91, 98, 162, 195, 202, 235 ; license to de- 
 part from, granted to certain commissioners, 
 i. 170, 205, 235, 297, 326, 329, 358, 363, 
 381, 436, 473, 529, ii. 3, 43, 53, 101, 146, 
 293, iii. 5, 160, 269, 540, iv. 114 ; the meet- 
 ing of, at Haddington, dissolved on account 
 of the pest, i. 200 ; anent the commissioners 
 chosen to be Lords of Articles, i. 205 ; cer- 
 tain burghs represented at, by missive, com- 
 mission, &c., 1. 207, 229, 244, 274-5, 294-5, 
 310, 352-3, 369, 428-9, ii. 1-2, 23, 38, 41-2, 
 
 71, 73, 99-100, 126, 154, 172, 194, 210-1,232, 
 249, 272, 287, 309, 329, 341-2, 398-9, 442-3, 
 iii. 1-2, 17, 36, 54, 74, 77, 99, 112, 125-6, 
 138, 156, 185, 217, 220, 242-3, 263-4, 282, 
 305, 310 ; anent sending missive of warning 
 to, i. 214-5; remuneration to the clerk 
 director of missives to, i. 214, 243, 261, 266, 
 297, 305, 317, 361, 366, 379, 394, 419, 430, 
 451, 491, ii. 17, 36, 87, 113, 153, 165, 184, 
 222, 285, 323, 427, 450, iii. 16, 29, 46, 69, 
 92, 111, 122, 135, 146, 167, 204, 230, 252, 
 274, 299 ; electing the moderator, i. 230, 
 245, 275, 295, 310-11, 342, 353, 370, 394, 
 429, 473, 493, ii. 2, 24, 42, 61, 64, 68, 71, 
 73, 89, 93, 100, 115, 124, 127, 155, 172, 187, 
 195, 211, 224, 232, 249, 269, 272, 287, 307, 
 310, 325, 331, 333, 336, 342, 360, 378, 399, 
 421, 431, 443, iii. 2, 17, 30, 36, 50, 54, 70, 
 
 72, 73, 75, 77, 92, 95, 96, 99, 112, 124, 126, 
 136, 138, 147, 153, 156, 168, 175, 176, 177, 
 179, 186, 205, 207, 208, 213, 217, 220, 230, 
 233, 237, 238, 241, 243, 252, 254, 257, 264, 
 274, 277, 279, 280, 282, 300, 303, 305, 310, 
 321, 324, 326, 331, 341, 355, 358, 359, 366, 
 368, 370, 371, 388, 391, 396, 399, 414, 416, 
 425, 427, 428, 431, 433, 437, 441, 443, 444, 
 
 458, 462, 475, 481, 486, 490, 503, 509, 519, 
 521, 525, 528, 531, 547, 549, 550, 558, 562, 
 569, 572, 576, 583, 586, 589, 599, 607, 609, 
 611, 617, 621, 624, 629, 633, 637, 639, 643, 
 648, 659, 666, 672, iv, 1, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, 
 25, 30, 36, 43, 49, 55, 58, 62, 65, 69, 74, 81, 
 89, 99, 103, 110, 114, 128, 145, 147, 152, 
 176, 189, 197, 205, 208, 226, 229, 247, 259, 
 263, 274, 280, 296, 314, 320, 334, 343, 345, 
 351, 354, 368, 386, 399, 404, 427, 446, 452, 
 481, 501, V. 2, 29, 42, 92, 12], 132, 141, 151, 
 157, 167, 185, 189, 212, 227, 232, 255, 273, 
 291, 311, 329, 348, 366, 397, 453, 472, 489, 
 504, 524, 533, 549, 589, 594, 605, 628 ; order 
 of convening daily during, i, 245, 275, 296, 
 311, 354, 370, 394, 429, 474, ii. 2, 24, 42, 
 73, 100, 127, 155, 172, 195, 211, 224, 232, 
 249, 272, 287, 310, 342, 378, 399, 421, 
 443, iii. 2, 17, 36, 54, 78, 99, 112, 
 126, 138, 156, 186, 220, 243, 264, 282, 
 310, 331, 341, 359, 366, 368, 372, 391, 
 399, 416, 444, 462, 509, 519, 587, 599; 
 act anent the convening of commissioners at 
 a, i. 266, 353-4 ; a proposal to appoint a 
 standing commission to deal with urgent 
 business, rejected, i. 283 ; citation of burghs 
 verified, i. 311, 369, 394, 430, 473, ii. 2, 19, 
 24, 39, 42, 71, 73, 100, 127, 155, 172, 187, 
 194, 212, 232-3, 249, 272, 287, 310, 342, 360, 
 399, 435, 443, iii. 2, 17, 36, 54, 77, 112, 126, 
 138, 156, 213, 220, 243, 264, 310 ; scrutiny 
 of commissions, iii. 359, 509, 525, 528, 532, 
 571-2, 576, 621, 624, 638, 639, 643, 648, 659, 
 666, 672, iv. 2, 8, 12, 15, 18, 21, 25, 30, 36, 
 43, 49, 55, 65, 69, 74, 81, 89, 99, 103, 110, 
 114, 128, 145, 147, 152, 176, 189, 197, 205, 
 208, 226, 229, 247, 259, 263, 274, 280, 296, 
 314, 320, 334, 343, 345, 351, 354, 368, 386, 
 399, 404, 427, 446, 452, 481, 501, v. 2, 29, 
 42, 92, 121, 132, 141, 151, 157, 168, 185, 189, 
 212, 227, 232, 255, 273, 291, 311, 329, 348, 
 366, 397, 453, 472, 489, 504, 524, 533, 549, 
 589, 594, 605, 628 ; meeting by order of the 
 King, i. 307 ; resolution of, to secure uni- 
 formity of vote, i. 339 ; commissioners un- 
 lawed for late arrival at, i. 354, 370, 394, ii. 
 27, 212 ; a commissioner punished for false 
 and insolent subscription, i. 367-8 ; meetings 
 to be opened and closed with prayer, and 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 forms to be used, i. 395, 418, iii. 331-2, iv. 
 194, 558 ; order of procedure at opening of 
 a convention, i. 414-5 ; resolution of, anent 
 the keeping of the general register, i. 416-7, 
 statute anent commissions, missives, &c., i. 
 429 ; act anent the introduction or proposal 
 of any matter by a commissioner, i. 447 ; 
 order to be observed in speaking and voting, 
 i. 453, ii. 42, 100, 127, 172 ; minute of con- 
 vention at Edinburgh in 1529, i. 508-512; 
 minutes of conventien held in 1533, 1539, 
 1541, 1563, i. 513-8, 527-32; exempted 
 burghs must forward their missive dues, ii. 
 58-9, 67, 100 ; commissioners must be of the 
 true religion, ii. 145, 195 ; altering the diet 
 of convention, ii. 170, iv. 29, 345 ; act of, 
 anent representation of burghs at conven- 
 tion, ii. 315 ; the conservator in dispute 
 with the burghs, ii. 506, 528 ; business of 
 convention interrupted by the arrival of 
 commissioners from the English Parliament, 
 iii. 358 ; declaration and tender of the Eng- 
 lish Parliament accepted by convention, iii. 
 359-363 ; act anent attendance of commis- 
 sioners till the close of convention, iii. 379, 
 iv. 112-4, 162, 526 ; a warrant from the Lord 
 General required for, iii. 443 ; commissioners 
 attending to common or public affairs of the 
 burghs to be paid, iii. 475, 510, 521 ; meet- 
 ing of convention delayed, iii. 570 ; a special 
 general convention summoned, iii. 599 ; fix- 
 ing the quorum of convention, iv. 92 ; ap- 
 pointment of the general committee on busi- 
 ness, iv. 110, 114, 128, 148, 152, 177, 189, 
 197, 208, 229, 247, 259, 264, 274, 280, 297, 
 314, 320, 334, 351, 354, 386, 404, 427, 452, 
 481, 502, V. 2, 29, 42, 92, 122, 142, 151, 158, 
 168, 189, 212, 227, 233, 255, 273, 292, 311, 
 348, 366, 399, 455, 473, 490, 505, 524, 534, 
 549, 589, 594, 605, 629; compeud and ab- 
 breviate of the acts of, iv. 210, 241, 273, 306, 
 319, 466, 525-58 ; all notices to be given in 
 writing, iv. 129 ; assessors must qualify be- 
 fore they sit in convention, iv. 296 ; recom- 
 mendation to call a convention, iv. 424 ; 
 anent the erection of a constant council in 
 burghs, iv. 540 ; appointment of the annual 
 committee, v. 16, 79, 105, 130, 149, 156, 164, 
 182, 199, 243, 282, 320, 335, 355, 372, 406, 
 
 461, 481, 494, 513, 527, 537, 553, 592, 600, 
 610, 635 ; anent signing the minutes of con- 
 vention, V. 43 ; anent presentation of peti- 
 tions, V. 48 ; acts regarding the agent's 
 accounts, v. 48, 279-80 ; anent expression 
 of opinion by members, v. 52 ; appointment 
 of special committees, v. 79 ; certain burghs 
 excused for non-attendance or late arrival 
 at, V. 162, 168, 236, 312, 329, 348, 355, 413 ; 
 double election of commissioners to, in cer- 
 tain burghs, V. 189, 291, 311, 366, 589, 594 ; 
 appointment of sub-committees, v. 226, 260, 
 272, 289, 338, 355-6, 375-7, 380-3, 406, 490, 
 519, 530, 560, 592-3, 611, 623, 635 ; calling 
 a convention pro re, nata, and special mis- 
 sive, V. 226, 288-9 ; memorial to Lord Pen- 
 caitland on the privileges of the royal burghs, 
 V. 321-4 ; act anent commissioners and pay- 
 ment of missive dues, v. 238, 348 ; memorial 
 and opinion of council regarding the powers 
 of convention, v. 262-6 ; vindicating the 
 rights and privileges of the royal burghs, 
 V. 296-8, 305-7 ; commissioners requested to 
 come to convention clad in British wool and 
 Scots linen, v. 481 ; act anent attendance of 
 commissioners at convention, v. 494, 505 ; 
 memorial and opinion of council regarding 
 the prosecution of unfree traders by the 
 royal burghs, v. 513-9 ; appointment of a 
 commission to London on affairs of the 
 burghs, with report and expenses, v. 546-7, 
 552 ; summoning a meeting of the annual 
 committee, v. 559 ; aneut the powers of con- 
 vention and of its annual committee, reasons 
 of dissent and answers to, v. 563-86 ; 
 special thanks awarded to the Duke of 
 Argyle and the Earl of Islay for assistance 
 in parliament, v. 589, 604 ; powers given to 
 the annual committee, committee on, 590-1 ; 
 present of table linen to the Hon. Duncan 
 Forbes of CuUoden, voted by convention, v. 
 629. 
 
 Conventions held at (those marked p. are 
 
 par-ticular conventions; all others are 
 general conventions) — 
 Aberdeen : — 
 
 July 1580, i. 97 ; June 1590, i. 310 ; 
 
 July 1596, i. 472 ; July 1621, iii. Ill ; 
 
 July 1665, iii. 575 ; July 1698, iv. 263. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
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 Convention of Burghs held at — continntd. 
 Arbroath : — 
 July 1612, ii. 342. 
 Ayr ;— 
 June 1583, i. 162 ; July 1602, ii. 126 ; 
 July 1627, iii. 242. 
 Burntisland : — 
 
 July 1597, il. 1 ; Aug. 1606, 223 p. 
 CraU :— 
 July 1610, ii. 286. 
 Culross : — 
 
 July 1629, iii. 282. 
 Cupar : — 
 
 Feb. 1578, i. 71 ; Feb. 1586, i. 206 ; 
 
 Oct. 1601, ii. 124^1. ; July 1609, ii. 271 ; 
 
 July 1650, iii. 357. 
 Dumbarton : — 
 
 July 1607, ii. 231 ; July 1617, iii. 35. 
 Dumfries : — 
 
 July 1605, ii. 194 ; July.1622, iii. 125. 
 Dunbar : — 
 
 July 1613, ii. 398 ; July 16!i6, iii. 220. 
 Dundee : — 
 
 Sept. 1555, i. 10 ; July 1575, i. 533 ; 
 
 Oct. -Nov. 1578, i. 66 ; July 1587, i. 229 ; 
 
 July 1606, ii. 210 ; July, 1623, iii. 137; 
 
 July 1671, iii. 624 ; July 1692, iv. 152. 
 Dunfermline : — 
 
 July 1618, iii. 53. 
 Dysart : — 
 
 June 1593, i. 393. 
 Edinburgh : — 
 
 April 4, 1552, i. 1 ; July 31, 1552, i. 5 ; 
 
 May 1555, i. 6 ; Jan. 1555, i. 520 ; 
 
 Feb.-Mar. 1563,1.527; April 1567, i. 15; 
 
 Oct. 1570, i. 16 ; June 1574, i. 24 ; 
 
 July 1574, i. 25 ; Oct. -Nov. 1575, i. 37; 
 
 Jan. 1575, i. 41 ; Mar. 1575, i. 45 ; 
 
 Apr.-May 1577, i. 49; Feb. 1577, i. 50 ; 
 
 Oct. 1579, i. 80; April 1581, i. 110; 
 
 Oct. 1581, i. 121 ; Nov. 1582, i. 139 ; 
 
 Dec. 1582, i. 145 ; Feb. 1582, i. 149 ; 
 
 Mar. 1583, i. 513 ; Nov. 1583, i. 181 ; 
 
 Aug. 1586, i. 217 ; Oct. 1587, i. 224 ; 
 
 Feb. 1587, i. 269 ; Aug. 1589, i. 309 ; 
 
 Sept. 1590, i. 342 ; Jan. 1592, i. 392 ; 
 
 July 1593, i. 423 ; Nov. 1593, i. 426 ; 
 
 July 1596, i. 492^.; April 1597, i. 499 ^i.; 
 
 July 1597, ii. 19 p.; Dec. 1597, ii. 21^.; 
 
 Convention of Burghs held at — continued. 
 Edinburgh — continued : — 
 Sept. 1598, ii. 38 p.; Aug. 1599, ii. 61 p. 
 Sept. 1599, ii. 63 y.; Jan. 1600, ii. 66 p. 
 Feb. 1600, u. 68^.; Mar. 1600, ii. 70 p. 
 June 1600, u. 89 p.; Nov. 1600, ii. 93 p 
 Feb. 1601, u. 97 p. ; July 1601, ii. 115 p. 
 Aug. 1601, ii. 122 y.; July 1603, ii. 167 p. 
 Apr. 1604, ii. 169 y.; July 1607, ii. 246 p. 
 June 1609, ii. 269 p. ; July 1610, ii. 307 p. 
 July 1611, ii. 325 p.; July 1611, ii, 328^, 
 Nov. 1611, ii. 331 p.; Jan. 1612, ii. 333^3. 
 Mar. 1612, ii. 336 }7.; July 1612, ii. 360 p. 
 Oct. 1612, ii. 377 i).; Jan. 1613, ii. 381 p. 
 July 1613, ii. 420 ; Sept. 1613, ii. 431 
 Dec. 1613, ii. 436 p. ; Jan. 1614, ii. 439 p. 
 July 1614, ii. 466 p.; July 1616, iii. 30 p. 
 Mar. 1617, iii. 33 p.; Nov. 1617, iii. 49^. 
 July 1618, iii. 70 p. ; Nov. 1618, iii. 72 p. 
 Dec. 1618, iii. 73 p. ; Feb. 1619, iii. 74 p. 
 Feb. 1619, iii. 75 p. ; Apr. 1619, iii. 76 p. 
 July 1619, iii. 92 p.; Nov. 1619, iii. 94 p. 
 Feb. 1620, iii. 96 p.; July 1621, iii. 123 p. 
 
 Jan. 1622, iii. 124p.; July 1622, iii. 136 y. 
 
 July 1623, iii. 147^.; Feb. 1624 iii. 153 p. 
 
 July 1624, iii. 168 p.; Aug. 1624, iii. 174 p. 
 
 Oct. 1624, iii. 176 p.; Nov. 1624, iii. 177 p. 
 
 Mar. 1625, iii. 119 p.; July 1625, iii. 204 p. 
 
 Aug. 1625, iii. 207^3.; Oct. 1625, iii. ^S p. 
 
 Mar. 1626, iii. 212^.; Apr. 1626, iii. 211 p. 
 
 July 1626, iii. 230p.; Aug. 1626, iii. 232jo. 
 
 Oct. 1626, iii. 236 p.; Jan. 1627, iii. 238 y. 
 
 May 1627, iii. 241^.; July 1627, iii. 252 y. 
 
 Nov. 1627, iii. 254 p.; June 1628, iii. 257 p. 
 
 July 1628, iii. 274 p.; Aug. 1628, iii. 277 p. 
 
 Jan. 1629, iii. 279 p.; Mar. 1629, iii. 280 p. 
 
 July 1629, iii. 299 p.; Sept. 1629, iii. 303 p. 
 
 Jan. 1630, iii. 305 fi.; July 1630, iii. 321 p. 
 
 Oct. 1630, iii, 324^.; Feb. 1631, iii. 326 p. 
 
 July 1649, iii. 341 p.; May 1650, iii. 355 p. 
 
 Aug. 1652, iii. 358 ; Nov. 1652, iii. 365 p. 
 
 Oct. 1653, iii. 368 p.; Mar. 1654, iii. 370 p. 
 
 July 1654, iii. 371 ; Aug. 1654, iii. 387 :p. 
 
 Nov.l65i,ui. 391 p.; Feb. 1655, iii. 396 p. 
 
 July 1655, iii. 398 ; Dec. 1655, iii. 413 p. 
 
 July 1656, iii. 424 p.; Aug. 1656, iii. 427^. 
 
 Aug. 1656, iii. 427p. ; Oct. 1656, iii. 431 p. 
 
 Nov. 1656, iii. 433 p.; Dec. 1656, iii. 433 p. 
 
 Feb. 1657, iii. 436;).; June 1657, iii. 441 p. 
 
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 Index to the Becords of the 
 
 Convention of Burghs held at — continued. 
 Edinburgh —continued : — 
 
 July 1657, iii. 442 p.; Deo. 1657, iii. 458;?.; 
 July 1658, iii. 461 ; Jan. 1659, iii. 474 p.; 
 Mar. 1659, iii. 480 p.; July 1659, iii. 486 i?.; 
 Jan. 1660, iii. 490 p. ; May 1660, iii. 503 p. ; 
 July 1660, iii. 508 ; July 1660, iii. 519^.; 
 Sept. 1660, iii. blip.; Nov. 1660, iii. 524p.; 
 Dec. 1660, iii. 527 ; Dec. 1660, iii. 531 ; 
 Sept. 1661, iii. 546p.; Nov.1661, iii. 546 i?.; 
 Jan. 1662, iii. 549 p.; Feb. 1662, iii. 550; 
 May 1662, iii. 558 ; June 1663, iii. 562 ; 
 May 1664, iii. 569^9.; June 1664, iii. 571 ; 
 July 1665, iii. 582 jo.; July 1666, iii. 586 ; 
 Dec. 1667, iii. 589 p.; Mar. 1668, iii. 599; 
 Aug. 1668, iii. 606 p.; Mar. 1669, iii. 609 p.; 
 July 1669, iii. 610 ; Oct. 1669, iii. 617 i>.; 
 July 1670, iii. 621 ; Aug. 1671, iii. 628 p.; 
 Oct. 1671, iii. 630 p.; Aug. 1674, iii. 638;?.; 
 Jan. 1675, iii. 643 p.; July 1676, iii. 658 ; 
 Oct. 1676, iii. 665 p.; Dec. 1676, iii. 671 p.; 
 July 1677, iv. 1 ; June 1678, iv. 7 ; 
 July 1679, iv. 11 ; Nov. 1679, iv. 15 p.; 
 April 1680, iv. 18 p. ; July 1680, iv. 20 ; 
 July 1681, iv. 24 ; July 1682, iv. 30 ; 
 July 1683, Iv. 35 ; July 1684, iv. 43 ; 
 April 1685, iv. 49 ; July 1685, iv. 55; 
 April 1686, iv. 58 p. ; April 1686, iv. 62 ; 
 July 1686, iv. 64 ; July 1687, iv. 68 ; 
 July 1688, iv. 73 ; Nov. 1688, iv. 81 p 
 July 1689, iv. 88 ; Aug. 1689, iv. 99 p. 
 Mar. 1690, iv. 103 p. ; April 1690, iv. 109 
 July 1690, iv. 113 ; July 1691, iv. 128 
 Oct. 1691, iv. 145 p.: Feb. 1692, iv. 147 
 July 1693, iv. 176 ; July 1694, iv. 189 
 July 1695, iv. 196 ; Deo. 1695, iv. 205 p, 
 July 1696, iv. 207 ; Mar. 1697, iv. 225 
 Nov. 1697, iv. 247 ; Mar. 1698, iv. 259 
 Feb. 1699, iv. 273 ; July 1699, iv. 279 
 July 1700, iv. 296; July 1701, iv. 313 
 Jan. 1702, iv. 320 ; July 1702, iv. 334 
 Oct. 1702, iv. 342 p.; Nov. 1703, iv. 350 
 July 1705, iv. 367 ; July 1706, iv. 385 
 Oct. 1706, iv. 399; July 1707, iv. 403 
 Nov. 1707,iv. 427^.; May 1708, iv. 446 
 July 1708, iv. 451 ; July 1709, iv. 480 
 July 1710, iv. 501 ; July 1711, v. 1 ; 
 Jan. 1712, v. 29 ; July 1712, v. 41 ; 
 July 1713, V. 91 ; July 1714, v. 121 ; 
 
 Convention of Burghs held at — continued. 
 
 Edinburgh — continued : — 
 
 Nov. 1714, V. 131 ; July 1715, v. 141 
 Mar. 1716, v. 150 ; July 1716, v. 157 
 July 1717, V. 167 ; Nov. 1717, v. 185 
 July 1718, V. 188 ; July 1719, v. 211 
 Dec. 1719, V. 227 ; July 1720, v. 232 
 Oct. 1720, V. 254 ; July 1721, v. 272 
 Dec. 1721, V. 290 ; July 1722, v. 310 
 July 1723, V. 328 ; July 1724, v. 347 
 July 1725, V. 365 ; July 1726, v. 396 
 July 1727, V. 453 ; July 1728, v. 472 
 July 1729, V. 489 ; July 1730, v. 504 
 July 1731, V. 523 ; July 1732, v. 533 
 July 1733, V. 548 ; July 1734, v. 588 
 July 1735, V. 593 ; July 1736, v. 605 
 July 1737, V. 627. 
 
 Glasgow : — 
 Feb. 1579, i. 83 ; July 1588, i. 274 ; 
 July 1598, ii. 23 ; July 1625, iii. 185 ; 
 Oct. 1657, iii. 443 ; July 1675, iii. 648 ; 
 Aug. 1703, iv. 344; July 1704, iv. 353. 
 
 Haddington : — 
 July 1585, i. 198 ; July 1603, ii. 154 ; 
 Aug. 1604, ii. 187, p.; July 1619, iii. 77 ; 
 July 1656, iii. 416. 
 
 Jedburgh : — 
 July 1630, iii. 310. 
 
 Kinghom : — 
 June 1600, ii. 72. 
 
 Kirkcaldy : — 
 June 1592, i. 369. July 1614, ii. 442. 
 
 Linlithgow : — 
 July 1584, i. 184 ; Dec. 1585, i. 200 ; 
 July 1599, ii. 41 ; July 1624, iii. 155. 
 
 Montrose : — 
 June 1591, i. 352. 
 
 Perth :— 
 July 1555, i. 9 ; June 1582, i. 126 ; 
 July 1604, ii. 171 ; July 1616, iii. 17 ; 
 July 1628, iii. 263 ; July 1673, iii. 633 ; 
 July 1697, iv. 228. 
 
 Queensferry : — 
 July 1649, iii. 331. 
 
 St Andrews : — 
 
 Jan. 1570, i. 17 ; July 1580, i. 109 ; 
 April 1589, i. 294 ; June 1601, ii. 99 ; 
 July 1615, iii. 1 ; July 1617, iii. 49, p. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
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 Convention of Burghs held at — continued. 
 Selkirk :— 
 
 July 1608, ii. 248. 
 Stirling : — 
 
 Oct. 1574, i. 30 ; July 1578, i 53 ; 
 
 Aug. 1579, i. 78 ; March 1579, i. 90 ; 
 
 June 1594, i. 428 ; July 1611, ii. 309 ; 
 
 July 1620, iii. 98 ; July 1674, iii, 637. 
 Convention, clerk to : the office held by the 
 town clerks of Edinburgh, i. xv ; appoint 
 ments to the office of, i. xv, 120, 168, 185, 
 281, 298, 359, 387, 450, ii. 302, iii. 338, 362, 
 364, 587, 611, iv. 50, 65, 72, 306, 354, 552, 
 V. 635; duties and stipend of, and special 
 payments to, i. x, 120, 169, 185, 192, 231, 
 236, 281, 298, 316, 387, 450, ii. 118, 302, iii. 
 338, 616, 628, 632, 637, 670, iv. 57, 144, 162, 
 182, 196, 213, 241, 273, 306, 319, 558, v. 79, 
 406, 433 ; directed to charge a customer to 
 make proper residence, i. 277 ; illness of, 
 aud arrangements regarding, i. 417 ; fee to, 
 for extracts, i. 451 ; directed to obtain cer- 
 tain documents from Edinburgh, ii. 241 ; 
 appointment of joint clerks, ii. 302, iv. 72, 
 306, 354, 552, v. 635 ; sent to London on 
 urgent business, instructions to and reports 
 from, iii. 424, 499-504 ; goes to Breda and 
 presents £1000 to Charles II., iii. 504; 
 private conference on communications from 
 the clerk in London, with answer and in- 
 structions, iii. 509, 511-3 ; reports hia nego- 
 tiations in London, is thanked for his ser- 
 ^ice3, iii. 527 ; appointment of a clerk 
 depute, iii. 576, 607, 609, 616, 629 ; special 
 instructions to, iii. 623 ; a compend of the 
 acts of convention made by, iv. 210, 241, 273, 
 306, 319, 466, 525-58; attendance of, at 
 parliament and committees, iv. 319 ; clerks 
 admitted members of convention, iv. 502, v. 
 635 ; clerk sent to London to oppose articles 
 on fishing and lights of the May, iv. 540 ; 
 augmentation of salary granted to, iv. 
 558. 
 
 of Estates, see Parliament. 
 
 Convoy : Scottish ships free from charges for 
 convoy, i. 58, 63 ; convoys with Scottish 
 ships, ui. 425, 429, iv. 180, 202, 223, 328, 
 358, 389, 392, 440-5, 456, 471, 488, 517-9, v. 
 6, 49, 150, 175, 219. 
 
 Cook, William, commissioner for St Andrews, 
 elected moderator, i. 296. 
 
 Cooper, Sir James, iv. 102. 
 
 Coopers : improper packing of salmon by 
 coopers, i. 100 ; anent the making and stamp- 
 ing of barrels for fish, ii. 12-3 ; charge to, 
 anent staves of barrels, iii. 243 ; complaint 
 of the coopers of Glasgow, Renfrew, and 
 Dumbarton, iii. 451, 454 ; incorporation of 
 coopers in Inverness, v. 50-1. 
 
 Copper money, see Money ; Mint. 
 
 Corbet, Adam, messenger, i. 151. 
 
 Cordiners : cordiners disabled from being 
 tanners, i, 511, v. 521, 529, 581 ; cordiners 
 of Forfar and Brechin, ii. 222, 304, 357 ; 
 application by the cordiners of Edinburgh 
 and Glasgow against a bill in parliament, v. 
 521, 529, 
 
 Corn : conservator's dues for, iv. 179, 303 ; 
 debentures on corns, v. 174, 178, 197-8, 204- 
 6; drawback on corn, v. 178, 186-7, 197-8, 204- 
 6, 209, 213 ; transport of corn by water, v. 
 352; abusesintheimportation of corns, v. 530. 
 
 Cornelius, Leonard, skipper, i. 550. 
 
 Coronation of James VI. in England, prepara- 
 tions for, ii. 163-4, 167. 
 
 Corporal punishment : letter to members of 
 Parliament regarding, v. 376 ; amendment 
 of the law anent, v. 433. 
 
 Corporation Act enforced,, iii. 540-5, 576. 
 
 Corrf ction, houses of, a patent for, iv. 539. 
 
 Corrinth, err. for Corrinch, ii. 232. 
 
 Corsan, John, commissioner for Dumfries, 
 elected moderator, ii. 195, iii. 126. 
 
 Corsbie, see Crosbie. 
 
 Corstorphine, John, factor in Campvere, ii. 
 456, iii. 15. 
 
 Cossar, see- Corsaw. 
 
 Cotton : manufactures of cotton, and of cotton 
 and linen, v. 604. 
 
 Coulsioychell, see Caslie-Oikel. 
 
 Council and Session, the Lords of : applica- 
 tion to, for obtaining the King's letters, i. 
 114; letters from, i. 132; registration in 
 the books of, i. 161, 228 ; actions depending 
 before, i. 236, 251, 275, 288, 290, 295, 300, 
 317, 353, 362,-378, 384, 388, 433, 460, 531, 
 ii. 60, 66, 93, 103, 113, 219, 221, 235, 424, 
 451 ,462, iu. 97, iv. 434, 457, 539, v. 467, 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 538-40, 596 ; commission of, against fore- 
 stallera, regraters, coupers, and unfree 
 traders and craftsmen, i. 462 ; action to be 
 taken before, against burghs of barony and 
 regality, iii. 656-7. 
 
 Council of State, iii. 438, 442, 454-5. 
 
 Councillors, see Magistrates. 
 
 Count and reckoning, i. 122, 132, 259, 343; 
 a factor in Campvere refusing settlement, 
 case to be tried by the conservator, 1, 290. 
 
 Counterfeit coins, see Mint ; Money. 
 
 Coupar- Angus, i. 459. 
 
 Couper : a couper boat of herring, toll on, ii. 91. 
 
 Coupers, see Forestalling. 
 
 Court, agent for the burghs at, see under 
 Agent. 
 
 des Aydes and Finances in Rouen, i. 284. 
 
 ■ of the Four Burghs, ordinance of Edward 
 
 III. anent the, ii. 482-4, and see under Con- 
 vention of Burghs. 
 
 of Parliament of Rouen, i. 284. 
 
 Couston, David, in Leith, iii. 487, 490. 
 
 Covenant : the covenant ratified, and cove- 
 nanters only to be magistrates, iv. 543. 
 
 Cow : toll on cows, i. 302, 461, 488, ii. 91, 209, 
 iii. 47. 
 
 Cowan, Walter, commissioner for Stirling, 
 i. 297. 
 
 Walker, dean of guild in Stirling, iii. 
 
 110. 
 
 Cowper, Thomas, merchant in Dunfermline, 
 i. 448-9. 
 
 Craftsmen : anent unfree craftsmen in suburbs 
 of burghs, i. 197, 238 ; protestation and 
 complaint of certain deacons and craftsmen 
 of Aberdeen, against the provost and magis- 
 trates, i. 320-2, 324-6, 328-9, 332-4, 335-7 ; 
 act against unfreemen to be enforced by 
 burghs, i. 404 ; prosecution of unfree crafts- 
 men, i. 436, 454, 462, 476; guild brethren 
 of Dunfermline in dispute with, i. 448-60 ; 
 liberty of guild brethren cannot be exercised 
 by, i. 449 ; liberties of, in Edinburgh, Perth, 
 and Glasgow, i. 449 ; duty to be paid by, on 
 becoming guild brethren, i. 450 ; dispute 
 between the craftsmen and the magistrates 
 of St Andrews, i. 460 ; dispute between 
 merchants and craftsmen of Aberdeen, i. 
 460 ; act forbidding craftsmen to use mer- 
 
 chandise, i. 505-6, 509 ; goods belonging to, 
 not to be carried by merchants sailing 
 abroad, i. 509 ; merchants forbidden to sell 
 craftsmen's goods, i. 510 ; difficulty of en- 
 forcing the law against crafts in the suburbs 
 of free burghs, ii. 47-8 ; article against the 
 abuses of certain crafts, ii. 89 ; Importing 
 foreigners for cloth-making and wool-dress- 
 ing, ii. 98, 106 9, 115-21 ; supplication of the 
 crafts of Stirling anent the liberties of free 
 burgesses, ii. 355, 411, 459, iii. 5; letters by 
 Queen Mary granting, ratifying, and con- 
 firming liberties and privileges of craftsmen, 
 ii. 469-76 ; charter by James VI. ratifying 
 liberties and privileges of craftsmen,^, ii. 
 476-9 ; the crafts of Edinburgh supplicating 
 discharge of the act anent bullion, ii. 487 ; 
 act anent the election of deacons of crafts, 
 iii. 7, 21, 27-8 ; anent the liberties of crafts- 
 men, iii. 63-5 ; supplication of certain crafts 
 in Dundee anent choosing a deacon, iii. 297- 
 8 ; dispute between the craftsmen and the 
 magistrates of Perth, iii. 375-8, 457, 466-8 ; 
 dispute between the craftsmen and the 
 guildry of Cupar, iii. 406, 418, 438; erec- 
 tion of deacons of crafts in Montrose, iii. 
 474 ; craftsmen encouraged to settle in the 
 royal burghs, iv. 210 ; complaint of the 
 trades of Edinburgh against the craftsmen 
 of Portsburgh, v. 455 ; crafts comprehended 
 under the denomination of smiths, v. 528 ; 
 petitions of the craftsmen of Dunfermline, 
 V. 528, 535, 551, 553 ; an action against the 
 weavers of Glasgow, v. 590, 593 ; unfreemen 
 encroaching on the privileges of craftsmen, 
 V. 590, 593, 595, 607 ; convener of the trades 
 in Dumfries in controversy with the magis- 
 trates, v. 601-2; action against the deacon 
 convener and trades of Cupar, v. 631. 
 
 Craig of Wrightsland, Louis, i. 538. 
 
 Craigelt, see Craigengelt. 
 
 Crail : the burgh supplicating aid for repair 
 of harbour, i. 180, 293, 299, iii. 203, 379, 
 406, iv. 405 ; protests against Anstruther 
 becoming a free burgh, i. 189, 236, 250, 275, 
 364 ; certain fish to be brought to the port 
 of, i. 191, 204 ; anent Anstruther and Kil- 
 renny usurping the liberties of, i. 203 ; 
 anent extortionate imposts on vessels in the 
 
Convention of Boyal Burghs. 
 
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 north isles, to complain to Privy Council, 
 i. 213 ; complaint against the customer of, 
 for non-residence, 1. 277 ; protest of, anent 
 the paying of certain interest, i. 286-7 ; ex- 
 emption from impost on export goods 
 granted to, i. 300 ; to relieve the burgh of 
 Pittenweem, i. 326; admission of Anstruther 
 Wester as a free burgh opposed by, i. 364, 
 370 ; protest of, against Kilrenny, i. 371 ; 
 in dispute with Anstruther Wester, i. 378, 
 403 ; in dispute with Aberdeen anent cus- 
 tom of an excise boll of salt, i. 379, 400 ; 
 complaint of, against Anstruther Easter, i. 
 388, 398, 490, ii. 6, 53-4, v. 79 ; anent sus- 
 pension against Thomas Kenyow, i. 390 ; 
 supplication of, for help to erect a new har- 
 bour, i. 407, 440 ; to supplicate the king for 
 a gift of impost in aid of a new harbour, i. 
 440, ii. 263 ; in dispute with St Andrews 
 anent markets and measures, i. 472, 485, ii. 
 33, 181 ; licenseof departure granted to, i. 529 ; 
 opposition of, to admission of Pittenweem, 
 i. 531 ; in dispute with Pittenweem anent 
 certain timber, ii. 53 ; to produce certain 
 evidents of payments, ii. 54 ; commissioner 
 of, put to the horn, ii. 101 ; complaints 
 against the firlot measure of, ii. 256, 283, 
 289 ; charge to, anent unfree packers of 
 herring, ii. 282 ; grants in aid to, for repair 
 of harbour, ii. 305, v. 470 ; charge to, anent 
 unfree traders, iii. 81, 104; fraudulent sale 
 of herring by a, burgess of, iii. 283 ; visita- 
 tion of the burgh and harbour, iii. 379, iv, 
 35, 406, V. 213, 236, 274, 372, 400, 456 ; in- 
 ability of, to elect magistrates on account of 
 caption, iii. 654 ; poverty and decay of the 
 burgh, iv. 21, v. 236 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of, iv. 638-40 ; sett of the burgh 
 ratified and recorded, v. 16 ; anent setting 
 a tack of the petty customs of, v. 94 ; com- 
 plaint of, against the magistrates in their 
 dealings with the common good, v. 372 ; 
 statement of common good and debts of the 
 burgh, V. 468 ; unlawed, i. 248, 266, 292, 
 474, ii. 27, 36, 124, 150, 462. 
 
 Crawford of Cartsburn, Thomas, iv. 372. 
 
 Crawford-dyke, iv. 372, 582, v. 401, 461, 481. 
 
 Crawford, William, appointed Scottish consul 
 u Lisbon, ii. 280. 
 
 Creams aad creamers on the causeway, impost 
 
 on, ii. 91, iii. 47. 
 Crear, toll on each, ii. 91. 
 Creditors : creditors of forfalted persons, sup '-. 
 plication anent, iii. 386-7, 395-6, 427, 430-2, 
 439 ; proposal to accept laud for debts, iii. 
 414 ; proceedings of commissioners in London 
 anent the act in favour of debtors, iii. 433-5, 
 438-9, 442. 
 
 Crichton, John, in Sanquhar, ii. 84. 
 
 Crie, James, commissioner for Perth, elected 
 moderator, iv. 229. 
 
 Crime : anent rogues and felons, v. 535 ; pro- 
 secution for murder, v. 539, 555. 
 
 Cringalty, Laird of, v. 122. 
 
 Crockat, William, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, v. 628. 
 
 Cromarty : usurping the liberties of a free 
 burgh, i. 104 ; application of, to be entered 
 as a free burgh : enrolment of, and opposi- 
 tion to, iii. 516, 534 ; resignation tendered 
 to convention, but not accepted, iv. 22, 29, 
 33 ; demission of the burgh sanctioned by 
 Parliament, iv. 54 ; name expunged from the 
 roll of royal burghs, iv. 54-5 ; anent arrears 
 of dues of, iv. 144, 159, 178, 191, 201, 207, 
 250 ; state of the burgh and its common 
 good, iv. 147, 190, 198. 
 
 Crossbow, ii. 366. 
 
 Crown, value and varieties of, i. 269, 383, 410, 
 532, ii. 36, iii. 666. 
 
 Cruicks, lands of, i. 494. 
 
 Cruickshank, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, 
 i. 385. 
 
 Cruiokshanks, George, master of the conoier- 
 gery in Campvere, v. 206, 214. 
 
 John, master of the conciergery in Camp- 
 vere, V. 355. 
 
 William, merchant in Aberdeen, v. 
 
 353-4, 356. 
 
 Cruisers, Iv. 478-9, 488, 517-9. 
 
 Cruives, i. 102-3. 
 
 Cudbert, see Cuthbert. 
 
 Cuke, see Cook. 
 
 Culane, see Cullen. 
 
 CuUen : commission to remedy the disorders 
 and mismanagement of the burgh, iii. 40-1, 
 60-1 ; charged to report diligence and im- 
 provement, iii. 61, 84-5, 106, 117, 130, 140, 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 174; craving support for tolbooth and har- 
 bour, iii. 87, 341 ; supplication to the Privy 
 Council anent the common lands of, iii. 149, 
 152 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, iii. 
 159, 196, 244 ; charge to, anent election of 
 magistrates, iii. 174; charge to anent unfree 
 traders, iii. 372 ; complaint of, against Banff, 
 anent customs, iii. 662 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 266 ; grant to, for repair of pier, 
 harbour, and bridge, iv. 282 ; visitors' report 
 of the condition of, iv. 652-4 ; license of 
 non-attendance granted to, i. 235, 239, 380, 
 461, ii. 17, 78, 159, 211-2, 293, 295 ; repre- 
 sented by missive, i. 275, 295, 394, 429, 473, 
 ii. 2, 42, 99, 126, 154, 172, 194, 249, 272, 
 309, 342, 399, 421, 442, iii. 112, 263, 310; 
 unlawed, i. 245, 317, 354, 380, 417, ii. 17, 
 27, 36, 59, 78, 238-9. 
 
 Cullen, Walter, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Culross : magistrates of, to appoint a comp- 
 troller, i. 257 ; customer of, under execution 
 of horning, i. 265 ; erection of, as a free 
 burgh, disputed by Inverkeithing, i. 375 ; 
 dispute with Inverkeithing, referred to ar- 
 bitration, i. 401, 435 ; erection and enrol- 
 ment of, as a free burgh, i. 404-5 ; anent cer- 
 tain payments by, i. 423 ; in dispute with 
 Stirling anent customs, i. 462, ii. 18, 30, 46, 
 76-7, 193 ; freedom and privileges of, ii. 18 ; 
 letters of horning against, ii. 153 ; supplicat- 
 ing aid, and receiving grants for repair of 
 harbour, ii. 162, 180, 201, iii. 48, 67, 90, 271, 
 296, V. 404, 476, 490-1, 535, 608-10; charge 
 to, anent outland burgesses, ii. 310, iii. 14 ; 
 granted to supplicate the king for a gift of 
 impost for harbour, ii. 418 ; accounting for 
 an impost granted to the burgh, ii. 450, iii. 
 7 ; erection of a guildry in, iii. 443, 451, 460, 
 463, 481, 485 ; complaint against the magis- 
 trates of, iii. 460 ; decay of girdle-making 
 in, and poverty of the burgh, iv. 92, 198, v. 
 ^2i:, 135 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 92, 
 198, V. 368, 400, 599 ; burgh eased in the 
 tax roll, iv. 115, v. 335, 350, 368; action 
 against certain neighbours for encroachment 
 on the burgh moor, iv. 339 ; magistrates of, 
 refuse to take the abjuration oath, iv. 454 ; 
 complaint of, against the justices of peace of 
 Perth, iv. 490 ; visitors' report of the con- 
 
 dition of iv. 644 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 124 ; entering of guild brethren 
 in, V. 135 ; prosecution of the girdlemakers 
 in Valleyfield by, v. 146 ; illegal election in, 
 and procedure against the magistrates and 
 council of, V. 260-6, 273-5 ; controversy 
 anent a high road in, v. 527 ; unlawed, i, 
 473, 477, 481, ii. 17, 127, 462. 
 
 Culverins, i. 103. See Firearms. 
 
 Gumming, Alexander, precentor and school- 
 master in Campvere, iii. 347. 
 
 of Coulter, Sir Alexander, advocate, con- 
 servator in Flanders, iv. 374, 378-9, 480. 
 
 Cumnock, v. 126. 
 
 Cunning, see Rabbit. 
 
 Cunningham, district of, i. 151. 
 
 Gabriel, commissioner for Glasgow, elected 
 
 moderator, iii. 186. 
 
 George, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 339. 
 
 Sir Hugh, provost, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, iv. 343, 351. 
 
 James, factor in Campvere, iii. 23. 
 
 Sir James, Scottish consul in Cadiz, iv. 78. 
 
 Thomas, factor in Campvere, and collec- 
 tor of impost for minister's stipend, ii. 449, 
 iii. 8, 28, 42, 53, 66, 83-4, 99, 114, 143; ap- 
 pointed conservator, iii. 345 ; afterwards, 
 Sir Thomas Cunningham, iii. 509, 547-9. 
 
 Thomas, younger, factor in Campvere, 
 
 iii. 335, 509. 
 
 William, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 465, ii. 
 
 200. 
 
 William, in Dumbarton, ii. 14. 
 
 of Aohinharvie, James, younger, iv. 509. 
 
 Cunyie and Cunyiehouse, see Mint. 
 
 Cupar : appointed to collect fines of burghs be- 
 tween Forth and Tay, i. 69 ; magistrates of, 
 to choose a customer, but not the Lyon 
 Herald, i. 256 ; protest of, anent the paying 
 of certain interest, i. 286-7 ; in dispute with 
 Anstruther Easter and Wester and Pitten- 
 weem, i. 364, 373, 396, 403, 432 ; an arbiter 
 on behalf of Dundee, i. 377, 406, 459 ; peck 
 and firlot measures of, to be adjusted, i. 414 ; 
 an arbiter between Culross and Inverkeith- 
 ing, i. 435-6 ; right of, to common mill aid 
 lands disputed, i. 460 ; claims exemption from 
 impost at Dundee, ii. 85 ; dealing with out- 
 laud burgesses, ii. 129, 155; charge to, anent 
 
Convention of Poyal Burghs. 
 
 69 
 
 outland burgesses, ii. 129, 250, 274 ; com 
 plaints against the firlot measure of, ii. 256, 
 283, 289 ; in dispute with St Andrews regard 
 ing customs, ii. 283, 296, 316, 350, 40ft; 
 complaint of Dysart and Kirkcaldy against, 
 regarding customs, ii. 356-7 ; complaint of, 
 against Kinghorn, ii. 358 ; supplicating aid 
 for repair of burgh damaged by fire, iii. 68 ; 
 dispute between the craftsmen and guildry 
 of, iii. 406, 418, 438 ; claim of, f.r expenses 
 incurred in sending missives, iii. 413, 419 ; 
 dispute anent the election of the town clerk 
 of, iii. 477, 516 ; anent the mean condition 
 of. iv. 405, V. 128' J visitors' report of the con- 
 dition of, iv. 599-600 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 6, 128 ; grant to, for repair of 
 mills and bridge, v. 174 ; petition anent the 
 rights and privileges of, v. 218 ; illegal 
 practices of the magistrates in, and prosecu- 
 tion for, v. 280, 285 ; petition from certain 
 burgesses in, v. 285 ; Earl of Rothes against 
 the royal burghs because of a summons by 
 Cupar, v. 285-6 ; a commissioner from, re- 
 jected ; prosecution resulting, v. 291, 295 ; 
 warrant to set the muir and meadow of, v. 
 405 ; building a schoolhouse in, v. 493 ; visi- 
 tation of the burgh, v. 493 ; grant in aid to, 
 V. 508 ; disposition of a portion of the com- 
 mon muir of, v. 591 ; action against the 
 deacon convener and trades of, v. 631 ; 
 unlawed, i. 248, 266, 292, 301-2, 473, 481, ii. 
 27, 37, 201, 233, 376. 
 
 Jupar- Angus, see Coupar- Angus. 
 
 Currie, James, provost, and commissioner for 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, iii. 639, 643. 
 
 Curror, Alexander, burgess in Banff, ii. 100. 
 
 Gurus, see Culross. 
 
 Customs : anent uniformity of customs in 
 burghs, i. 10 ; customs payable on French 
 wines reduced, i. 18 ; customs on scaldings, 
 schorlings, and footfalls, i. 23 ; customs 
 levied by the conservator in Flanders, i. 
 39, 52, 63, 187, 211, iii. 174, 184; burghs to 
 send their custom rolls to Edinburgh, i. 43 ; 
 impost on staple goods at Campvere, i. 53, 
 58, 62-3, 65, 78, 102 ; imposts on ships en- 
 tering Dieppe, i. 76 ; the excise boll of salt, 
 and levying of, i. 106, 116, 123, 379-80, 
 397-8, 400-1, 424; anent new imposts levied 
 
 in France, and abatement of, i. 117, 127, 
 140, 182, 186, 188, 269-70, 517-8, 559, ii. 
 90, 104, 485, 510 ; discharge of, on wine at 
 Bordeaux, i. 123, 131; a commission to arrange 
 with the King anent certain new customs, i. 
 132, 137 ; duty imposed on all goods ex- 
 ported, i. 140 ; defrauding or evading of 
 customs in burghs, and connivance in, i. 
 147, V. 344, and see under Smuggling ; tack 
 of the king's customs for four years by the 
 burghs, terms of contract, arrangements for 
 payment and collection of, &c., i. 147, 152-61, 
 166, 168-9, 176-8, 183, 191, 193-7; re- 
 appointment of commissioners ; directions 
 to arrange for a new tack, i. 207-9 ; tack of 
 the customs for three years granted, pay- 
 ment and collection of, i. 223-9, 235, 238-9, 
 246, 249-52, 255-9, 262-7, 277-9, 283, 288-9, 
 297-8, 306, 327, 343 ; anent certain payments 
 to the Lord Comptroller for tack of customs, 
 i. 251-2, 561 ; arrangements to obtain a new 
 tack of the customs, i. 482, 493, 497, 499- 
 500 ; equies of burghs customs fitted in 
 Exchequer for the years 1582-9, i. 562-3; 
 certain imposts in Flanders to cease, i. 179 ; 
 exactions on herring and salt at certain 
 English ports, i. 180 ; collector general of, 
 appointment of, i. 193, 347-8 ; extraordinary 
 duty on victual at Eyemouth, i.201, complaint 
 against extortionate imposts in the north 
 isles, i. 213 ; certain burghs exempt from cus- 
 toms on salt and skins, i. 213 ; anent cus- 
 toming of ships, i. 215, 235 ; exciseof wine and 
 beer at Campvere, see Campvere ; collector 
 general of, appointment of, i. 263, 347-8 ; 
 collector general of, accounts of, and special 
 payments to and by, i. 279, 281, 299, 306, 
 319-320, 327, 342-3, 348-9, 359, 381 ; com- 
 plaint against a customer for non-residence, 
 i. 277 ; burgh customs to be rouped yearly, 
 and set to freemen only, i. 303-4, 431 ; cus- 
 tom of the ladle, see Ladle ; disputes be- 
 tween certain burghs anent payment of cus- 
 toms, i. 373-4, 377-8, 389, 399, 406, 432, 462, 
 ii. 18, 30, 46, 165, 176, 188, 199, 201, 215, 
 222, 259, 282-3 ; anent payment of customs 
 on cargoes of vessels driven into harbour by 
 contrary winds, i. 389 ; dispute between 
 certain burghs anent imposts on wool, i. 
 
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 398, 404, 406 ; burgVia to produce their rights 
 and titles to small customs, Edinburgh to 
 exhibit its customs rolls, i. 432 ; payment of, 
 by Scottish merchants in Flanders, i. 508 ; 
 customs on goods exported to Denmark, i. 
 528 ; payment of, in Antwerp, i. 548 ; pay- 
 ment of, in Middelburg, i. 552 ; commission 
 to pursue the collectors of customs in France, 
 i. 557 ; new acts on customs and bullion, 
 commission on, ii. 14-15, 19-22 ; commission 
 to France to travail for downgetting of cus- 
 toms, ii. 90, 97-8 ; anent customs at ports of 
 burghs, ii. 302, 313, 349, 354, 373, 403, 448, 
 iii. 6, 20, 388, 404 ; supplication to the Privy 
 Council anent, ii. 325-6 ; commission to the 
 King anent the great customs, and a book of 
 rates of the same, ii. 329, 332, 358 ; commis- 
 sion on customs on goods in Scotland, Eng- 
 land, and Ireland, ii. 329, 332, 343, 354 ; 
 burghs entreating the King anent the ex- 
 cessive customs imposed, ii. 340 ; disputes 
 between the burghs and the tacksmen of 
 the King's customs, ii. 354, 374-5, 425, 537- 
 9 ; grant of customs on Scottish goods at 
 the port of London, ii. 380 ; table of customs 
 on Scottish wares arriving at Campvere, ii. 
 393-8 ; customs on Scottish ships at English 
 ports, ii. 422-3, 462, iii. 10-1, 24; custom- 
 ing goods at the port of Campvere, ii. 449 ; 
 commission to prepare a table of customs at 
 townland ports to be adopted by all the 
 burghs, iii. 6, 20 ; complaints against clerks 
 of cocket, iii. 16 ; exorbitant customs at 
 certain fairs, iii. 37, 55, 79, 97, 104, 113, 
 222, 269, 426, 438, 444, 462, 509, 576 ; uni- 
 formity of customs and petty customs 
 throughout the burghs, iii. 390; supplica- 
 tion to the Protector anent the increase of 
 customs on goods, iii. 396 ; roup of customs 
 and excise, the burghs bid for them, iv. 
 148-50, 250, 254-5, 268; managers of the same 
 appointed with instructions, iv. 255-6, 258 ; 
 letter to the burghs anent the tack of cus- 
 toms, iv. 256-8 ; committee of enquiry anent 
 the tack of customs and excise, iv. 329-33 ; 
 act anent the tack of customs and excise, 
 protest against the same, and answers there- 
 to, iv. 335-9 ; profits from the burghs' tack 
 of, iv. 466 ; exactions by oflScers in custom 
 
 houses, and overture anent, iv. 425, 437, 
 508, V. 52, 79, 150, 156, 158, 176, 348, 352, 
 606, 624, 632 ; anent drawbacks from cus- 
 toms on certain goods, iv. 447, 469-70, 
 472-5, 514-5, v. 173-4, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 
 204-6, 209, 213, 282, 327-8, 637-8; linen 
 yarn and cloth evading customs, iv. 506-7 ; 
 anent a table of fees for custom house 
 ofEoers, iv. 508, v. 150, 162, 189, 277, 364-5, 
 376, 514, 537, 539, 542, 546, 560, 609, 621-4 ; 
 exaction of customs in England and Ireland, 
 iv. 535 ; anent payment of, iv. 540-1 ; taking 
 oath anent customs, iv. 545, v. 561 ; anent 
 the rules and dues for collectors of customs 
 at Scottish ports, v. 155, 352; defrauding 
 the customs, smuggling, v. 166, 176, 277, 
 344, 500-1, 506, 510-2, 519, 609, 612-21; 
 anent a custom house at Blackness instead 
 of Bo'ness, v. 180 ; anent goods seized by 
 the custom house in Holland, v. 220 ; un- 
 customed spirits, tea, and tobacco, see 
 Smuggling ; petition to Parliament anent 
 duty on printed linen, v. 292, 294 ; frauds on 
 the revenue in the tobacco trade, v. 325-6 ; 
 conference with the lords commissioners 
 of, v. 339, 348 ; memorial to the lords com- 
 missioners of, anent water-borne coal, corn, 
 and wool, v. 352 ; application to the lords 
 commissioners of, for certain entries of staple 
 goods, v. 356 ; memorial of the custom 
 house officers anent their fees, v. 364 ; over- 
 paid customs on wine, and suit in exchequer 
 anent, v. 371, 375, 382, 537 ; memorial on 
 unlawful importation of foreign spirits, v. 
 512-3, 519-20; overcharge of duty on 
 Spanish wine, v. 592 ; disjoining North 
 Berwick from the custom house of Preston- 
 pans, V. 597, 600; action against the collector 
 of custom in Alloa, v, 609, 611 ; removal of 
 the custom house from Stornoway to Loch 
 Broom, v. 630, 635. 
 
 Cuthbert, Andrew, burgess in Edinburgh,!. 484. 
 
 James, merchant in Dunfermline, i. 448. 
 
 John, mariner in Kirkcaldy, i. 419. 
 
 Cuthbertson, William, in Tranent, iv. 362. . 
 
 see Firearms. 
 Dairsie, Laird of, see Learmonth. 
 Daker of hides, i. 269. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
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 Dalkeith, iv. 381, v. 162, 211, 333, 512-3. 
 Dalmellingtou, v. 126. 
 Dairy, v. 125. 
 
 Dalrymple of Drummore, Hew (Lord Drum- 
 more), V. 563-86. 
 of Hales, Sir David, lord advocate, ap- 
 pointed assessor for tlie burghs, iv. 490, v. 
 120, 204, 226. 
 Dalzell, Robert, burgess in Wigtown, i. 433-4, 
 
 455. 
 Daman, Adrian, agent for the Low Countries, 
 complaint of, concerning the plunder of cer- 
 tain Hollanders, ii. 42-3. 
 
 Joannes, in Campvere, ii. 245. 
 
 Dams, see Mill-dams. 
 Dannistoun, see Dennistou. 
 Dantzic : also called Danskeue, i. IS ; exports 
 to, i. 218 ; anent the cargo of a ship of, i. 
 360-1 ; wines from, i. 409 ; the plague at, i. 
 558. 
 Dartmouth, Earl of, secretary of state, letter 
 
 to, v. 84. 
 Dauphin of France, taxation for marriage of 
 
 Queen Mary to, i. 524-6. 
 David II. : confirmation by, of a contract be- 
 tween merchants of Scotland and merchants 
 of Middleburg, i. 537 ; charter by, in fav- 
 our of the whole burgesses of Scotland, i. 
 538-41 ; charter of liberties of burghs granted 
 by, transuming of, ii. 94, 129, 156, 169 70, 
 189, 532 ; confirmatitn of the charter granted 
 by, iv. 52, 529-30, 549-50. 
 Davidson, Alexander in BanflF, ii. 6. 
 
 -John, burgess in Inverkeithing, i, 475. 
 
 John, deacon of fleshera in Edinburgh, ii. 
 
 236. 
 
 Patrick, in Edinburgh, i. 521. 
 
 ■ Thomas, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Sir William, conservator in the Nether- 
 lands, iii. 551, 577. 
 Daviot, v. 127. 
 
 Deacons : deacons of crafts at the election of 
 magistrates, i. 3 ; anent craftsmen choosing 
 a deacon, ii. 81, iii. 297-8, v. 357 ; complaint 
 against the deacon of maltmen in Stirling, 
 ii. 129 ; deacon convener, v. 631. 
 Dean of Guild : election of, in burghs, i. 3, 
 386, 413, and see Guildry ; all ships to be 
 freighted in presence of, i. 12, 105, and see 
 
 under Ship ; charge to, anent chapmen and 
 unfreemen, i. 322. 
 Deans, Major-General, iii. 362, 367. 
 Debates ; act for composing differences and 
 
 debates in burghs, iv. 394, 454. 
 Debenture : anent debentures on fish and 
 corns, V. 174, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 204-6, 492- 
 3, 495, 499, 502, 504, 506, 508, 561-2 ; me- 
 morial to the barons of exchequer anent 
 payment of debentures on fish, with answer, 
 V. 492-3, 495, 499, 502 ; prosecution for pay- 
 ment of, V. 504, 524 ; letter to the Earl of 
 Islay anent, v. 506, 508. 
 Debtors : protection to, iii. 141, 147, 151, 170, 
 173 ; anent the act of grace in favour of 
 debtors, supplication, iii. 386-7, 395-6, 414, 
 427, 430-2, 439, 442 ; escape of a debtor from 
 prison, iv. 341; an insolvent debtor in prison, 
 V. 494. 
 Debts : public debts due to the burghs, iv. 
 151, 159, and see under Debtors ; execution 
 for recovery of small debts, v. 559. 
 Declaration : declaration of the English parlia- 
 ment accepted by convention, iii. 359-363 ; 
 declaration on admission of burgesses, iv. 
 539. 
 Decree : decrees arbitral, i. 150-2, 320, ii. 537- 
 9, and see under Burgh ; decree against a 
 factor in Dieppe, with discharge, i. 560 ; act 
 anent suspenders of decrees revived, iv. 33. 
 Dee, bridge of, repairing, grant from the 
 
 burghs, ii. 463, iii. 12. 
 Deer, unfreemen in, ii. 349. 
 
 New, iv. 361. 
 
 Old, iv. 361. 
 
 Dempster, George, in Dundee, v. 500. 
 Denham, John, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 appointed moderator, iii. 519. 
 Denmark : difficulties in trading with, i. 18, 
 27 ; sending ambassadors to, i. 208, 249, 251, 
 260, 528-9, ii. 518 9 ; conveying the King 
 and Queen from, i. 334 ; impost on Scottish 
 grain in, iv. 23, 48, 72. 
 Dennielston, see Denniston. 
 Denniston, Sir Robert, conservator in Flanders, 
 appointment of, disputed by the burghs ; 
 settlement and arrangements with, 1. 322, 
 343-4, 350-1, 408, 412, 424, 426-8 ; demission 
 of office by, iii. 154, 162-3, 189. 
 
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 Dermia, Cornelius, weaver from Leyden, ii. 
 117, 119. 
 
 Dersie, see Dairsie. 
 
 Desertion, reference to act of parliament anent, 
 V. 186. 
 
 Dick, Sir James, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iv. 15, 18, 21, 25. 
 
 Dickson, John, tacksman of unfree trade, v. 
 211. 
 
 Dieppe : imposts on ships entering, i. 76 ; let- 
 ter from the factors in, to the magistrates of 
 Edinburgh, anent new imposts, i. 269-70 ; 
 Scottish merchants in, i. 523. 
 
 Dikkesoun, see Dickson. 
 
 Dingwall : usurping the liberties of a free burgh, 
 i. 104 ; commission to visit and report on, iii. 
 411, iv. 266, V. 93, 535;; enrolment of, among 
 the royal burghs, iv. 545 ; visitors' report of 
 the condition of, iv. 659 ; poverty and decay 
 of the burgh, v. 16 ; double election of a 
 commissioner in, v. 291, 311 ; grant in aid 
 to, for building the prison, v. 599. 
 
 Dinners and treats, act discharging, iv. 349. 
 
 Dinnikeir, see Dunnikier. 
 
 Dishington, Martin, customer of Pittenweem, 
 in dispute with comptroller, i. 238-9, 246, 
 249, 266. 
 
 Dishington, Thomas, of Airdross, i. 135. 
 
 Dissent : dissents and protests in Convention, 
 i. 81, 84, 88, 113, 116, 119, 125, 135, 137-8, 
 152, 163, 164, 172, 176, 183, 186-7, 190, 196, 
 210, 230, 232-3, 234, 236, 238, 247-8, 249, 
 251, 254, 265, 275, 281, 286-7, 297, 301, 312- 
 37, 353, 355, 356, 360, 364, 366, 370, 374, 
 386, 410, 416, 432, 439, 446, 448, 453, 480, 
 531, ii. 26, 27, 57, 75, 83, 85, 185, 216, 220, 
 237, 305, 314, 351, 486-7, iii. 336-8, 346, 642, 
 iv. 28-9, 40, 46, 49, 58, 120, 182, 269, 335-9, 
 393, V. 19, 30-1, 46, 49, 53, 58-9, 61, 64-5, 
 67, 69-70, 77-8, 94, 99, 102-3, 171, 197, 280-1, 
 312-3, 368, 404, 430, 479, 563-86; anent 
 dissenting burghs, i. 136; agent to defend 
 the burghs against certain protests, v. 19 ; 
 answers to certain protests, v. 54, 56, 58-61, 
 64, 68, 72. 
 
 Distillery : petition from the distillers in Edin- 
 burgh, V. 299. 
 
 Divours, restraint of, iii. 141, 147, 151. 
 
 Dobie, John, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 191. 
 
 Dobie, Richard, bailie of Edinburgh, i. 457. 
 
 Dock Silver, impost of, i. 416, ii. 277-8. 
 
 Doit : importing doits from Holland, v. 487. 
 
 Dollar, varieties of, iii. 329-30, iv. 536, 546. 
 
 Don, bridge of, i. 425. 
 
 Donaldson, Gilbert, in Leith, and his son John, 
 ii. 258. 
 
 James, in Edinburgh, iv. 279, 286. 
 
 Thomas, in Aberdeen, 1. 385. 
 
 Doorkeeper, act anent the gratuity to, iii, 613. 
 
 Doruicks, manufacture of, v. 439. 
 
 Dornock : usurping the liberties of a, free 
 burgh, i. 104; commission of, rejected by 
 Convention, appeal to the English commis- 
 sioners, iii. 359-63 ; visitation of the burgh, 
 iv. 192, 197, 288 ; burgh discharged of arrears 
 of missive dues, iv. 232 ; burgh not reported 
 by the visitors, iv. 667 ; grant to, for repair 
 of tolbooth, V. 525. 
 
 Dornoch Frith, i. 190. 
 
 Dort : selected as the staple port, also act 
 anent, iii. 607-10, 614, 616; complaints re- 
 garding the staple port at, iii. 625, 629; 
 conciergery for Scottish merchants at, iii. 
 653 ; removal of the staple from, iii. 669. 
 
 Dougall, John, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 appointed moderator, ii. 61. 
 
 Dougalson, John, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 456, 
 484. 
 
 Roger, elder, burgess in Edinburgh, I. 
 
 456, 484. 
 
 Roger, younger, burgess in Edinburgh, 
 
 i. 456, 484. 
 
 Douglas, parish of, v. 149. 
 
 Douglas, Hew, in Edinburgh, i. 551. 
 
 James, merchant in Edinburgh, appointed 
 
 a factor in Campvere, iv. 298. 
 
 John, provost of Haddington, rejected as 
 
 a, commissioner to Convention, i. 30-1. 
 
 Robert, provost of Lincluden, i. 228. 
 
 Sir Robert, iii. 414. 
 
 William, Earl of, i. 541. 
 
 of Cavers, Archibald, receiver general of 
 
 cess, V. 105, 149. 
 
 of KUspindy, Archibald, commissioner for 
 
 Edinburgh, ii. 486. 
 
 of Whittingham, elected ambassador to 
 
 Denmark, i. 529, 538. 
 
 Douue castle, i. 107. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 73 
 
 DouDe, Lord of, i. 195. 
 
 pedlars of, v. 491, 501. 
 
 Doves, price of, i. 556. 
 Dovin, Down, see Doune. 
 Do wet herring, ii. 326, 361. 
 Dowloeh, lands of, i. 494. 
 Downing, George, scout-master general, ap- 
 pointed agent for the burghs in Lond on, iii. 
 459, 480-1. 
 Drave, drave-boat, ii. 296, 356. 
 Drawbacks : anent drawbacks from customs on 
 certain goods, iv. 447, 469-70, 472-5, 489, 
 496, 514-5, V. 173-4, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 204-6, 
 209, 213, 282, 327-8, 637-8; commission to 
 London anent, and report of, v. 209, 213, 236. 
 Dress of women, ii. 253-4, 275, 288-9, 311. 
 Dried fish, impost on, i. 441, ii. 159. 
 Drugget, manufacture of, iv. 431. 
 Drummond, Sir Alexander, admiral depute, ii. 
 
 404. 
 David, clerk to the conservator, and col- 
 lector of impost for minister's stipend, iii. 
 296, 302. 
 
 George, treasurer of Edinburgh, v. 209, 
 
 213 ; lord provost of Edinburgh, and com- 
 missioner to London on the malt tax, v. 
 381-2; elected moderator, v. 383, 397, 453. 
 
 Mr John, patentee, iv. 547. 
 
 • Sir Patrick, conservator in Flanders, iii. 
 
 187-93, 203-6, 226, 345, 509, 535, iv. 544-5, 
 547. 
 
 of Hawthorndtn, Sir John, ii. 252, 274. 
 
 of Milnenab, Sir George, provost of Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, iv. 43, 49, 55. 
 Drummore, Lord, see Dalrymple of Drummore. 
 Ducat, varieties of, iii. 666-7. 
 Ducks, price of, i. 556. 
 
 Dudacht, David, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313. 
 Duff of Drummuir, Alexander, v. 331. 
 Dumbarton : repair of the habour of, and sup- 
 plication anent, i. 134, 180, 415 ; a party to 
 fitting out a ship and bark for suppression 
 of piracy, i. 242-3 ; magistrates of, to appoint 
 comptroller, and to receive his oath, i. 257 ; 
 supplicates a grant for the college, i. 307 ; 
 repairing the town of Dumbarton, i. 376 ; in 
 dispute with Kirkcudbright anent an impost 
 on salt, i. 380, 397, 434, 455, 484; appointed 
 to arrest burgesses of Rothesay, i. 390 ; in 
 
 dispute with Glasgow anent unfreemen, i. 
 437 ; supplication of, for an impost on 
 strangers bringing goods by boat, i. 448 ; sup- 
 plication from, endangered by sea and river, 
 ii. 36 ; charge to, anent common good and 
 common lands, ii. 85 ; to supplicate the King 
 for a gift of impost for preventing overflow 
 of the Leven, ii. 90-1, 220, iii. 46-7, 270 ; in 
 dispute with Glasgow and Renfrew anent 
 imposts, ii. 94-5 ; in dispute with Ayr and 
 Irvine anent herring fishing, ii. 151 ; letters 
 of horning against, ii. 153 ; grant to, for re- 
 pair of its harbour, ii. 160 ; license to set the 
 common moor and mills of, ii. 167-8 ; damage 
 caused by overflow of water of Leven, sup- 
 p'ioationfor aid, ii. 168, 207-8, 240-1 ; granted 
 reduction of taxation, ii. 220 ; a tax of 25,000 
 merks granted for preservation of the town, 
 ii. 247, 264-5, 282 ; a commission to superin- 
 tend the work of protecting the town from 
 inundation, with reports, ii. 265, 282, 298, 
 317-8, 354, 376, 412, 459, iii. 16, 204 ; in dis- 
 pute with Renfrew regarding unfree traders, 
 ii. 178, 202 ; in dispute with Glasgow anent 
 custom, ii. 178, 201-2 ; anent appointing a 
 commissioner to England from, ii. 186, 220 ; 
 burgh unable to pay the expenses of the 
 commissioner, 220; charge to, anent election 
 of its magistrates, ii. 243, 255 ; anent pollu- 
 tion of th^ river Clyde, ii. 251 ; charge to, 
 anent g^uge of barrels for salmnu, herring, 
 and white fish, ii. 312, 343, 401, 463 ; pro- 
 tests against the enrolment of Inverary as a 
 free burgh royal, iii. 346 ; anent recovery of 
 the common mill of, iii. 380, 400 ; complaint 
 of, against Glasgow for cellaring salt, iii. 472 ; 
 complaint of, against Glasgow anent election 
 of a commissioner, iii. 478 ; building a bridge 
 over the Leven, iv. 34, 48, 65, 197 ; setting 
 the common mill of, iv. 132; anent lands 
 granted to Cochrane of Kilmaronock, iv. 199; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 297; a contract 
 with Glasgow ratified, iv. 300 ; copy of said 
 contract, iv. 307-13; grant to, for repair of 
 water-works, iv. 355 ; granted to set certain 
 lands in tack, iv. 507, v. 405 ; visitors' re- 
 port of the condition of, iv. 626-8 ; to be the 
 port for Irish wool, v. 195-6, 205, 208 ; ap- 
 pointment to the town-clerkship of, v. 213 ; 
 
 K 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 controversy between the magistrates and 
 certain inhabitants of, v. 463-5, 525 ; grant 
 to, in aid of certain law-expenses, v. 525 ; 
 burgh exempted, i. 437, ii. 3, 56, 78, 159 ; 
 represented by missive, i. 473, ii. 100, iii. 
 138, 310 ; burgh unlawed, i. 311, 317, 354, 
 376, 378, 481, ii. 72, 127. 
 
 Dumbarton Castle, i. 81. 
 
 Dumferling, see Dunfermline. 
 
 Dumfries : offer for the customs of the burgh, 
 1. 169, 191 ; charge to magistrates of, anent 
 the customs, i. 196-7 ; claim of, anent the 
 tack of its customs, i. 204 ; magistrates of, 
 to appoint a customer, i. 238 ; an impost 
 granted to, for support of its bridge, i. 388 ; 
 measures of, greater than the standard of 
 Linlithgow, i. 454 ; ravaged by the pest and 
 by fire, supplicates aid, ii. 56-7, 62, 76, 101 ; 
 to supplicate the King for a gift of impost 
 for its harbour, ii. 86 ; charge to, anent out- 
 land burgesses, and reports, ii. 161, 173, 234, 
 250, 348, 402, 447, iii. 3, 126, 139, 157, 311 ; 
 craving support for repair of bridge, ii. 162, 
 207, 221, 238, iii. 109, 118, 131 ; granted to 
 supplicate a gift of impost for bridge, ii. 209, 
 283, iii. 14, 251 ; in dispute with Wigton 
 regarding custom, ii. 188, 199, 241, 257 ; 
 complaint of, against the town of Annan, ii, 
 222, iv. 211, 229, 264; complaint of, against 
 Wigton for impeding merchants, ii. 321 ; 
 complaint of, against Edinburgh regarding 
 customs, iii. 29 ; grant in aid to, for repair 
 of bridge, iii. 131, 153 ; anent election of 
 magistrates in, iii. 139, 167, 222 ; election of 
 commissioners for, dispute anent, iii. 404 ; 
 erection of a guildry in, iii. 445, 537, 559, 
 574 ; action of the magistrates anent the 
 oath of allegiance, iii. 545; citation of the 
 deacon convener of, iii. 554 ; complaint of, 
 regarding the erection of markets, iii. 632, 
 634; decay of trade in the burgh, iii. 634; 
 repairing and setting certain lands in, iv. 11, 
 282, V. 405 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 297, 
 390 ; a great fire in the town of, iv. 340 ; ap- 
 pointment to the common clerkship in, iv. 
 356, 364-7 ; controversy of, with the heritors 
 regarding the parish church, iv. 390; visitors' 
 report of the condition of, iv. 601-4; resist- 
 ing an increase of taxation, v. 11-2, 14, 16, 
 
 18, 29-31 ; warrant to prorogate a tack in, v. 
 123 ; anent the contract for building the 
 church of, v. 405 ; providing stipend for a 
 minister, v. 455-6 ; magistrates and mer- 
 chant council of, in controversy with the 
 trades, v. 601-2 ; represented by missive, i. 
 473, ii. 99 ; burgh exempted, i. 529, ii. 3, 
 78; burgh unlawed, i. 248, 266, 317, 396, 
 417, 481, ii. 72, 173, 417, 462. 
 
 Dud, iv. 139. 
 
 Dunbar : sued before the Lords of Session by 
 Haddington, i. 86-7 ; its plea for non-attend- 
 ance repelled, i. 98 ; appointment of cus- 
 tomer in, i. 193, 258 ; craving support for 
 repair of harbour, i. 363, ii. 296-7, 350; 
 granted to supplicate the King for a gift of 
 impost, ii. 79, 207, 320, 409 ; voluntary con- 
 tribution granted to, for repair of harbour, 
 iii. 588 ; grant in aid to, for the same, v. 
 480 ; charge against, for contravening act of 
 convention, ii. 74 ; in dispute with Hadding- 
 ton regarding imposts, Ii. 93-4, 102, 162, 
 176, 193 ; in dispute with Edinburgh anent 
 certain duties, ii. 147, 192, 433, 436 ; charge 
 to, regarding unfreemen, ii. 156, 174, 195-6 ; 
 complaint of Linlithgow against, regarding 
 customs, ii. 239, 256, 277 ; charge to, anent 
 packing and peilmg by unfreemen, ii. 244, 262, 
 276, 294-5, 319, 351, iii. 197; herring fishing at, 
 regulations for and superintendence of, ii. 
 326-8, 349, 361, 403, 426, 445, iii. 5, 19, 
 44-5, 57, 81 ; charge to, anent expenses of 
 the commissioner of Haddington, iii. 4; 
 complaint of, against the impost on red 
 herring, referred to commission, iii. 42, 
 67, 72, 88-9 ; charge to, anent election of 
 magistrates, and reports, iii. 129, 139, 145, 
 159, 195, 222 ; election of the common clerk 
 in, iii. 366, 374 ; in dispute with heritors 
 regarding church and manse, iv. 411; warrant 
 to set miUs and common lands in, iv. 488, v. 
 3 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 490, v. 461 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 630-1 ; 
 in controversy with the Duke of Roxburgh 
 anent right of way, v. 3, 79 ; grant to, in 
 aid of the expenses incurred in prosecuting 
 the case, v. 148 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 405 ; commissioner for, dis- 
 sents from the proposals for applying the 
 
Convention of Bx)yal Burghs. 
 
 75 
 
 national funds, v. 430 ; represented by mis- 
 sive, i. 369, 394, 473, ii. 100, 232; burgh 
 exempted, i. 326, 363, 439, ii. 3, 16, 56, 149, 
 179; unlawed, ii. 72, 101-2. 
 
 battle of, reference to, iii. 525. 
 
 Lord of, ii. 261, 297. 
 
 Dunbar, Adam, procurator, i. 162, 168. 
 
 James, aoapmaker in Dalkeith, recom- 
 mended to the commissioners on manufac- 
 tures, V. 592 ; encouraged to make soap and 
 potash, 599 ; a publication by, and gratuity 
 for, 635. 
 
 of Hempsrig, Sir James, v. 92, 171, 189, 
 
 192-3. 
 
 of Tarbet, James, com. for Forres, i. 
 
 235. 
 
 Dunblane, toll of fairs at, iv. 241. 
 
 Duncan, Harry, in Inverkeithing, i. 494. 
 
 John, com. for Edinburgh, elected moder- 
 ator, V. 141. 
 
 William, in Banff, ii. 6. 
 
 William, bailie in Dundee, i. 458. 
 
 Duncansou of Garshake, James, town clerk of 
 Dumbarton, v. 213. 
 
 Dundas, Mr Alexander, merchant in London, 
 V. 637. 
 
 of Arnistouu, Mr Robert, lord advocate, 
 
 and assessor for the burghs, v. 237, 262, 
 273-4 ; demits his office as assessor, v. 282, 
 339. 
 
 Dundee : dispute with Arbroath anent petty 
 customs, i. 44 ; appointed to collect fines of 
 burghs between Tay and Dee, i. 69 ; sending 
 am improper commissioner to convention, i. 
 80 ; in dispute with Perth for priority, i. 84, 
 107, 112, 118, 124, 175, 186, 195, 230, ii. Ill, 
 116 ; complaint of, against Elgin, i. 170 ; 
 a surety for expenses of commissioner to the 
 ambassador in France, i. 217 ; becomes surety 
 for part of a loan to convention, i. 220-1 ; 
 a party to a contract for payment of the 
 clerk of convention's stipend, i. 236-7 ; com- 
 plaint of deacons of crafts of, against unfree- 
 men, i. 238 ; has liberty to traffic in Brechin, 
 i. 238 ; anent the outfitting of Allan Lent- 
 ron's ship by, i. 261 ; anent payment to 
 merchants of, for wines furnished to the 
 King's household, i. 267 ; in dispute with 
 Forfar anent duty on victual, i. 305, 320, 
 
 356-7, 377, 406, 436, 459; supplication to 
 parliament for redress, i. 341 ; supplication 
 from magistrates of, anent the cargo of a 
 ship, i. 360-1 ; to supplicate the King for a 
 gift of impost, i. 414, ii. 85, 216, 299 ; to 
 arrest nolt and sheep passing to England, i. 
 455 ; complaint of St Andrews against the 
 magistrates of, i. 487 ; anent transferring the 
 staple to Antwerp, i. 516 ; convention of the 
 Estates held in, ii. 14, 15, 19; Flemish 
 clothmakers settled at, ii. 117 ; to send a 
 commissioner to the coronation of James 
 VI., ii. 163 ; in dispute with Haddington 
 anent customs, ii. 165, 176-7, 201, 215; anent 
 commissioners to parliament, ii. 174, 196, 
 212 ; desires to send one of the eight com- 
 missioners to England to treat of the union 
 of the two kingdoms, ii. 183 ; anent the 
 common clerkship of, ii. 206 ; anent magis- 
 trates, pastors, and inhabitants of, in con- 
 troversy, ii. 207; complaint of Forfar against, 
 regarding customs, ii. 267, 278 ; complaint 
 of Edinburgh against, regarding customs, ii. 
 282, 294, 320 ; commissioners' report of con- 
 vention of burghs at Perth, ii. 581 ; extracts 
 from the council records of, ii. 581-4 ; anent 
 payment of the burgh's taxation for expenses 
 of the commissioners to England, ii. 582 ; 
 election of council according to a decree- 
 arbitral prescribing the form, ii. 582 ; ap- 
 pointing commissioners to convention of 
 burghs, ii. 582, 584 ; commissioners' report 
 of convention at Cupar, ii. 583 ; anent cer- 
 tain acts of the convention of burghs at Dum- 
 fries, ii. 583 ; commissioner reporting the 
 act of convention ordaining merchants to 
 trade only with Campvere in the Low Coun- 
 tries, ii. 583 ; extracts from the accounts of, 
 ii. 584-91 ; charge to, anent outland bur- 
 gesses, and reports, iii. 112, 126, 139, 158; 
 supplication from certain crafts lq, anent 
 choosing a deacon, iii. 297-8 ; anent common 
 good, mills, and packhouse of, iii. 343; charge 
 to, anent a claim of John Boyce, skipper, 
 iii. 410 ; charge to, anent an unjust fine, 
 iii. 426 ; controversy with Brechin regarding 
 a prisoner, iii. 627 ; condition of the harbour, 
 examination and repair of the same, iii. 628, 
 V. 5, 174, 191, 200, 214, 236, 274, 314 ; char- 
 
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 Tndex to the Records of the 
 
 ter by the town council of, ratified, iv. 267 ; 
 tack of Oliver's croft ratified, iv. 284 ; dis- 
 position of the lauds of Kirktown ratified, 
 iv. 299 ; warrant to sell the Unds of Hil- 
 toiin, iv. 349 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 
 490 ; visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 
 571-4 ; grant to, for repair of harbour, v. 5, 
 349 ; a commissioner and an assessor of, ex- 
 pelled from convention, v. 142 ; setting a 
 tack of the new port of, v. 162 ; anent a gift 
 of impost on ale to, v. 274 ; benefit of unfrec 
 trade granted to, v. 405 ; suspension of ces^ 
 against the magistrates of, v. 500 ; complaint 
 of a merchant regarding oppressive taxation, 
 V. 557 ; represented by missive, i. 80, iii. 
 241 ; unlawed, i. 80, 347, ii. 222, 462. 
 
 Dunfermline : granted lUsoharge from horning, 
 i. 194 ; complaint of, agiinst Stirling, anent 
 the sale of bread, ii. 322, 351 ; complaint of, 
 against yarn reels, iii. 14 ; charge to, anent 
 outland burgesses, and reports, iii. 14, 139, 
 158 ; charge to, anent election of magistrates, 
 and reports, iii. 38, 41, 61, 80, 129 ; sett of 
 the burgh framed and ratified, iii. 61-5, 561 ; 
 complaining that its traders are hindered by 
 Edinburgh, iiL 108 ; visitation of, by com- 
 missioners, iii. 519 ; controversy between 
 craftsmen and the magistrates : disorder at 
 elections, iii. 552, 561-2 ; setting the com 
 mon lands of, iii. 589 ; the burgh contesting 
 a right of way, iv. 491, 503-4, v. 3 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of, iv. 622-4 ; benefit 
 of unfree trade granted to, v. 7 ; petition 
 anent bonds for wool given by merchants in, 
 v. 218 ; complaintof certain burgesses against 
 the magistrates and council of, v. 334, 350, 
 355 ; decay of the coal trade in, v. 335 ; burgh 
 eased in the tax roll, v. 335, 350, 368 ; de- 
 cree arbitral, new sett of the burgh ratified 
 and recorded, v. 355 ; first election according 
 to the new sett, v. 357, 371, 373 ; petition 
 of the incorporation of smiths in, v. 528 ; pe- 
 tition of the Wrights and coopers in, v. 535, 
 651, 553 ; represented by mii-sive, iii. 126, 
 185, 220, 242 ; exempted, L 170, 629 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 154. 
 
 Dunfermline, Alexander Earl of. Chancellor of 
 Scotland, ii. 316; see also Fyvie and Urqu- 
 hart, Lord. 
 
 Dunfermline, Robert, Commendator of, i. 161. 
 
 Dungalson, Thomas, burgess in Whithorn, ii. 
 206. 
 
 Dunkeld, iv. 139. 
 
 Dunkirk : Scottish ships plundered by pirates 
 of, L 307, iii. 241 ; merchants and seamen 
 prisoners in, iii. 429. 
 
 Dunnikier, iv. 380, v. 211, 333. 
 
 Dunnottar, ii. 302. 
 
 Dunse, iv. 379. 
 
 Durie, George, clerk of Inverkeithing, i. 494. 
 
 Laird of, ii. 54. 
 
 Dutch hire, ii. 132. 
 
 Dyeing : against the use of false colours in, i. 
 76 ; anent the dyeing of yam, v. 439; see also 
 Linen ; Woollen. 
 
 Dj'^sart : supplication of, anent extortions at 
 certain English ports, i. 180 ; encouraged to 
 prosecute certain oppressors, i. 189-90 ; re- 
 pairing the harbour of, and grants in aid 
 for, i. 293, 299, v. 131, 148, 190, 479, 488 ; 
 craving reimbursement from Stirling, i. 330 ; 
 in dispute with Burntisland anent certiin 
 imposts, i. 337, 349, 375, 400 ; to supplicate 
 a new gift from the King for support of the 
 harbour, L 382, ii. 86, 112, 241, 266, iii. 13, 
 45 ; failing in diligence to prevent the ex- 
 port of coal, ii. 45, 77 ; anent the electing 
 of magistrates in, ii. 59, 84, 101, 131, 175, 196, 
 214; charge to, anent use of measures, ii. 
 77 ; to produce charter of erection in free 
 burgh, ii. 175 ; in dispute with Aberdeen 
 regarding outland burgesses, ii. 179 ; prose- 
 cution of outland burgesses by, ii. 179, 198, 
 250, 274, 319, 348, 402 ; reporting diligence, 
 ii. 348 ; complaint of, against Cupar regard- 
 ing customs, ii. 356-7 ; charge tp, anent pay- 
 ment of impost, ii. 409 ; anent expenses of 
 burgh's commissioner to Dunbar, iii. 19 ; 
 complaint of, against the conservator, iii. 
 135, 140; charge to, anent unfre; traders, 
 iii. 313 ; action by certain noblemen against, 
 iv. 22 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, iv. 
 29, 70, 198 ; grant in aid of, iv. 34; visita- 
 tion of the burgh, iv. 66, 79, 483, v. 162, 
 371 ; evicted from its harbour and crofts, 
 iv. 70 ; in dispute with Lord Sinclair ; the 
 burgh to be assisted, iv. 115, 192, 199 ; re- 
 pairing the tolbooth in, iv. 406, 415 ; visita- 
 
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 77 
 
 tion of the harbour of, iv. 465, v. 105, 162, 
 349 ; controversy between the magistrates 
 of, iv. 483 ; visitors' report of the condition of, 
 iv. 592-3 ; managers appointed for the burgh, 
 V. 371, 413, 435, 444-5, 448-52, 462, 480, 
 483 ; anent a bond granted for the common 
 good of the burgb, v. 468 ; feuing the com- 
 mon muir of the burgh and warrant for, v. 
 551, 554; unlawed, i. 266, 450, 473,^477, 
 481, ii. 124, 157. 
 
 Earlsferry, supplication of, for admission as a 
 free burgh, rejected, i. 326. 
 
 Earn, bridge of, i. 488, ii. 106. 
 
 Easter seas, i. .358, ii. 9, 26, 132. 
 
 Edgar, Edward, com. for Edinburgh, elected 
 moderator, iii. 547, 549. 
 
 John, burgess in Wigtown, i. 433-4, 456, 
 
 484. 
 
 John, factor in Dieppe, i. 560. 
 
 Edinburgh : charter of James II. to, i. xii ; 
 rates of petty customs of, to be adopted by 
 all burghs, i. 2 ; the ell and ellwand of, acts 
 and complaints anent, i. 2, 237, 482, iii. 71, 
 410-1, 545-6, 552, 577 ; magistrates and mer- 
 chants of, required to send fine silver to the 
 cunjiehouse, i. 28; to produce the old ex 
 tent-rolls at convention, i. 47, 72 ; appointt d 
 to collect fines of burghs south of the Fortb, 
 i. 69; desired to seek abatement of imposts 
 on ships entering the harbour of Dieppe, i. 
 76 ; agent for southern burghs, i. 97 ; bur- 
 gesses of, imprisoned by Regent Morton, i. 
 107 ; grant to, for expenses of commission 
 to England, i. 118, 136 ; to sue for recovery 
 of money collected for relief of captives in 
 Morocco, i. 129 ; to make a general gauge 
 for tun measure, i. 131 ; to sue for count 
 and reckoning of money levied for suppres- 
 sion of pirates, i. 134 ; to discover and pur- 
 sue unfree towns usurping liberties, i. 137 ; 
 advances of money to the burghs by, and 
 repayment of, i. 142-4, 156-7, 183, 186, 220, 
 239, 270, 315, 392-3, ii. 522, 524; unlawed for 
 sending a craftsman as commissioner to con- 
 vention, i. 163-5; dispute between merchants 
 and craftsmen of : with letter of the King 
 anent, i. 1 64-5 ; claim of, in voting in con- 
 vention, i. 172, 207 ; magistrates of, to com- 
 
 pone for wines supplied to the King, i. 182 ; 
 a claim of, protested in convention, i. 186 ; 
 to have two votes in the commission to set a 
 new tax-roll, i. 207 ; magistrates to summon 
 the conservator in Flanders to compear at 
 convention, i. 211; craving repayment of 
 certain sums advanced to the burghs, i. 211, 
 239, 251, 260, 280, 298, 315, 331, 354, 363 ; 
 the magistrates of, requested to settle cer- 
 tain disputes in Convention, and to rank 
 the burghs, i. 232-3 ; a party to a contract 
 for payment of the clerk of convection's sti- 
 pend, i. 236-7 ; to complain to Parliament 
 against unfree craftsmen in suburbsof burghs, 
 i. 238 ; magistrates of, to appoint a comp- 
 troller for Acheson's Haven, i. 258 ; com- 
 plaint against the customer of, anent goods 
 brought to the port of Leith, i. 263-4 ; com- 
 plaint of the magistrates of Campvere to the 
 magistrates of, i. 264 ; anent prices of wine 
 in, i. 267 ; appointed to set a tax on the 
 burghs for payment of the King's wines, 
 i. 267 ; a letter from the factors in Dieppe 
 to the magistrates of Ediuburgh anent new 
 imposts on Scottish merchandise, i. 269- 
 70 ; commissioners of burghs convene in the 
 Over Tolbooth of, i. 275 ; answer of conven- 
 tion to the provost of, anent delay in reim- 
 bursement of advances, i. 288 ; letter to the 
 magistrates of, from the Archbishop of Glas- 
 gow, ambassador in France, i. 285-6 ; magis- 
 trates of, to return certain documents to con- 
 vention, i. 287 ; called to produce its contract 
 with the burgbs for advances, i. 315; claim 
 of, for spoliation of wines, i. 319 ; to convene 
 commissioners on the conservatory in Flan- 
 ders, i. 323 ; complaint of merchants in Aber- 
 deen against, i. 338 ; to elect a collector 
 general of customs, taxes, imposts, and un- 
 laws, i. 347 ; to write to the Estates of Flan- 
 ders for redress of pillaged goods, i. 356 ; to 
 provide a minister for the Church in Camp- 
 vere, i. 356 ; the roll of petty customs of, to 
 be sent to next convention, i. 374 ; to settle 
 the dispute between Culross and Inverkeith- 
 ing, i. 375, 401 ; the provost of, to be overs- 
 man in a dispute between Dundee and For- 
 far, i. 377 ; to arrange with conservator in 
 Flanders anent excise of beer and wine, i. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 377, ii. 28 ; to receive answers of burghs to 
 the proposal of the General Assembly, i. 
 402-3 ; the miniaters of, to prepare a form of 
 grammar for the grammar schools, i. 411-2 ; 
 the keeping of records of convention en- 
 trusted to, i. 416-7 ; to exhibit its customs 
 rolls, i. 432 ; to confer with the conservator 
 anent augmentation of fees : terms and con- 
 ditions prescribed, i. 442 ; petty customs 
 rolls of, produced in convention, i. 456 ; to 
 produce the agreement made between the 
 burghs and Campvere, i. 464; to account 
 to convention for the balance of the general 
 taxation of £100,000, i. 480 ; complaint of, 
 against St Andrews, regarding an impost on 
 rye, i. 487 ; to pay to the agent the balance 
 of the general taxation for the Prince's 
 baptism, i. 498 ; charge to the craft of skin- 
 ners in, i. 506 ; minute of convention held 
 at, in 1533, i. 513 ; precept from Queen Mary 
 to, directing a taxation of the burghs, i. 
 521-2 ; anent taxing burghs for expenses of 
 Queen's marriage with Dauphin of Prance, i. 
 524-6 ; contract between council of, and Cap- 
 tain Ninian Cockburn anent obtaining dis- 
 charge of proclamation by the King of 
 Prance against Scottish merchants, i. 531-2 ; 
 annual parliaments of the Pour Burghs to be 
 held at, i. 542 ; anent establishment of Scots 
 staple in Flanders, i. 544 ; anent supplica- 
 tion of Inverkeithing for modification of 
 taxation, i. 545-6 ; contract with Antwerp 
 anent the staple trade, i. 546-50 ; contract 
 with Middelburg regarding the staple trade, 
 i. 551-4; anent a payment to James V., i. 
 554 ; commission by the magistrates of, to 
 pursue the collectors of customs in Prance, 
 i. 557 ; receipt by the Comptroller to the 
 magistrates of, for £1000 Soots, i. 561 ; 
 equies of customs fitted in exchequer by the 
 magistrates of, on behalf of the burghs for 
 the years 1582-9, i. 562-3 ; to direct the com- 
 mission appointed to deal with urgent and 
 important matters, ii. 15, 32 ; to prosecute 
 certain of its merchants for exporting wool, 
 ii. 27, 47, 63, 75 ; to write to the authorities 
 of Campvere anent the new impositions 
 raised by them, ii. 29 ; recommendation to, 
 on behalf of a decayed burgess, ii. 46-7 ; 
 
 difiSoulty experienced by, in prosecuting 
 craftsmen in the suburbs, ii. 47 ; to assist 
 Kinghorn in its inhibition of Leith and New- 
 haven, ii. 81-2; to attest and empower a 
 commissioner to Prance for down-getting of 
 customs, ii. 90, 98, 105 ; to arrange for the 
 planting and stipend of a minister for the 
 Soctch kirk in Campvere, ii. 92 ; to arrange 
 for the importing of foreigners for cloth- 
 making and wool-dressing, ii. 98 ; report of 
 arrangements made, ii. 107-9,115-6; Plemish 
 clothmakers settled at, ii. 117 ; to arrange 
 for payment of expenses of importing and 
 settling the clothmakers from Norwich and 
 Leyden : the burghs being surety, ii. 118-9 ; 
 to instruct the factors in Dieppe, and uplift 
 a certain impost, ii. 146-7 ; in disputa with 
 Dunbar anent certain duties, ii. 147, 191 ; 
 complaining against the conservator in Plan- 
 ders, ii. 161, 181, 200 ; settlement by com- 
 mission, ii. 226-30 ; to send a commissioner 
 to the coronation of James VI. , and to give 
 instructions to the four commissioners sent 
 by the burghs, ii. 163-4; complaint of, against 
 Burntisland for the action of its common 
 clerk, ii. 180, 198 ; in dispute with Wigtown 
 regarding custom on cloth, ii. 188, 199 ; com- 
 plaining against the factors in Campvere, ii. 
 200 ; complaint of the fleshers of, against 
 Perth, Stirling, Linlithgow, and Inverkeith- 
 ing, ii. 205, 215-6, 236-7, 258, 278 ; settle- 
 ment of accounts with burghs, ii. 224-5 ; 
 complaint of Linlithgow against, regarding 
 customs, ii. 239, 256 ; charge to, anent un- 
 free traders, ii. 258, 263 ; to advise with the 
 King anent posting his letters between Edin- 
 burgh and London, iL 261 ; complaint of, 
 against Dundee regarding certain customs, ii. 
 282, 294, 320 ; to answer certain letters from 
 Campvere, ii. 299 ; ships for suppression of 
 pirates, fitted out by, ii. 305 ; to deal with 
 Privy Council anent ships of Flemings com- 
 ing to the north Isles, ii. 323, 350 ; instructed 
 to borrow money for expenses of commis- 
 sioners to the King, ii. 330 ; instructed to 
 convene the commission on urgent affairs of 
 burghs, ii. 419 ; to instruct the agent at Court 
 in the matter of Stercovius, ii. 423 ; to take 
 order with John Lepperof St Andrews, ii. 425; 
 
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 to prepare rules and directions for the mas- 
 ter of the oonciergery in Campvere, ii. 425 ; 
 expenses incurred by, in providing a minis- 
 ter for Campvere, ii. 432, 441 ; complaint of, 
 against Dunbar, regarding customs, ii. 433-4 ; 
 complaint of the hammermen of, regarding 
 pewter and pewterers, ii. 4.56-7, 541 ; to 
 assist Rutherglen in its action against Sir 
 Robert Hamilton, ii. 462 ; to assist Renfrew 
 in pursuit of an action, ii. 463 ; to select a 
 reader for the Scotch kirk in Campvere, ii. 
 464 ; extracts from the Council Records of, 
 ii. 484-541 ; appointing commissioners to 
 convention, ii. 486-540 ; setting certain taxes 
 on the burghs, ii. 488, 492, 531 ; expenses 
 incurred by, in connection with the conven- 
 tion of burghs, ii. 489-536 ; sending missives 
 of warning to the burghs, ii. 489-540 ; gives 
 a banquet to the commissioners of burghs, 
 ii. 489, 492, 506 ; appointing a convention of 
 burghs to be held, ii. 489-540 ; act of the 
 council of, anent settlement of the staple at 
 Campvere, ii. 494 ; appointing commissioners 
 to appear before the Privy Council, ii. 495 ; 
 protest of the merchants of, against certain 
 taxations, ii. 495, 499 ; collecting arrears of 
 certain taxes, ii. 497 ; anent the supplication 
 of Henry Nisbet and others in prison for 
 service to the town, ii. 500-1 ; the council 
 house of, to be prepared for a convention of 
 burghs, ii. 501 ; requesting the burghs to 
 make payment of a sum granted to the town, 
 ii. 503 ; act of the council of, anent certain 
 acts passed by convention, ii. 504 ; appoint- 
 ing commissioners to confer with the conser- 
 vator, ii. 506 ; act of the council of, anent 
 expenses of Henry Nisbet, commissioner to 
 France, ii. 507 ; subscribing contract between 
 Privy Council and the burghs anent a tack 
 of customs, ii. 508 ; act of the council of, 
 anent an advance to the King on tack of 
 customs, ii. 509 ; instructing the collector of 
 customs at Leith, ii. 509 ; on behalf of the 
 burghs providing for the expenses of com- 
 mission to France anent customs, ii. 511, 
 520 ; merchants of, to frequent no other port 
 in the Low Countries than Campvere, ii. 
 513 ; appointing commissioners to confer 
 with Lord Seton, ii. 514 ; council of, arrang- 
 
 ing for part redemption of an annual rent 
 due by the burghs, ii. 514; anent certain 
 writings delivered to Lord Seton, ii. 514; 
 fitting out ships against the pirates of Eng- 
 land, ii. 514 ; in answer to a letter from 
 burgh of Dundee, ii. 515 ; instructing com- 
 missioners to consent to a renewal of the 
 tack of customs, ii. 515 ; anent the burghs' 
 accounts of the customs, ii. 516 ; anent the 
 expenses of the commissioners sent by the 
 burghs to England and Flanders : an advance 
 granted, ii. 516 ; production of acquittances 
 for said advance, ii. 517 ; act of the council 
 regarding collection of impost, ii. 517 ; giv- 
 ing a propine to the Lord Secretary, ii. 518 ; 
 warning convention regarding an English 
 pirate in the Forth, ii. 518 ; sending com- 
 missioners to the King anent the expenses of 
 his ambassadors to Denmark, ii. 518-9 ; ob- 
 taining extracts of the Acts of Burghs, ii. 
 521 ; anent the impost on wines and customs, 
 ii. 521 ; acts of the council of, regarding 
 money owing by the burghs to the town, ii. 
 522, 524, 526 ; anent the Register Book of 
 convention, ii. 526 ; anent extracts of Acts 
 of parliament relating to the burghs, ii. 527 ; 
 sending commissioners to confer with the 
 conservator anent excise beer and wine in 
 Campvere, ii. 527 ; commissioners to set the 
 tax roll of burghs, ii. 528, 530 ; arranging 
 the contract between the burghs and the 
 town of Campvere, ii. 529 ; providing a 
 trunk for the use of the commissioners of 
 burghs, ii. 529 ; commissioners report of the 
 proceedings at convention, ii. 530 ; confer- 
 ring with the King regarding a conservator 
 in England, ii. 530 ; anent the sums dis- 
 bursed by, on behalf of the burghs in the 
 making of cloth, ii. 531 ; setting a tax on 
 the burghs fur payment of said money, ii. 
 531 ; regarding the expenses of commissioners 
 to England and France, ii. 532 ; anent pay- 
 ment of the tax for expense of transuming 
 the charter granted to burghs by King 
 David, ii. 532 ; appointing a commissioner 
 to Dumbarton to confer anent preservation 
 of that burgh from inundation, ii. 534 ; con- 
 senting to permit Musselburgh and Fisher- 
 row to make herring at Dunbar, ii. 535 ; 
 
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 sending a eomraisaiouer to the King in Eng- 
 land to entreat that Musselburgh be not 
 made a free burgh, ii. 535 ; by request of 
 the burghs providing money for payment of 
 the expenses of the commission to the King 
 anent interest, customs, bullion, ii. 535 ; 
 payment to the post for delivering missives 
 to the burghs, ii. 536 ; grant to Arbroath for 
 repair of its harbour, ii. 536 ; anent payment 
 of stipend to the agent for the burghs at 
 Court, ii. 536, 541 ; registration of the decree 
 arbitral betwixt commissioners of burghs and 
 tacksmen of customs, ii. 537-9 ; appointing 
 a minister for the Scots Kirk in Campvere, 
 ii. 540 ; convening the burghs to confer re- 
 garding important business, ii. 540-1 ; ex- 
 tracts from the accounts of, ii. 542-562 ; 
 acquittance to, for its part of the 6000 merks 
 granted by the burghs to the King, ii. 576 ; 
 to direct letters to the maj. istrates of Camp- 
 vere, lii. 23 ; prepares a gauge for the nevr 
 form of barrel for herring and white fish, iii. 
 42, 57 ; appointed to act for the burghs in 
 cases of emergency during the intervals 
 between conventions, or to convene the 
 burghs, iii. 143, 219, 275, 339, 383-4, 422, 
 455-6, 475, 518, 554, 606, iv. 11, 23, 25 ; com- 
 missioned by the burghs to treat with the 
 Privy Council regarding certain grievances, 
 iii. 173; commissioned to deal with the King 
 regarding the conservatorship, iii. 176, 187- 
 194 ; to convene the commission on the con- 
 troversies with burghs of barony, iii. 194; 
 to make certain payments on behalf of the 
 burghs, iii. 211 ; appointed to summon a 
 particular convention for urgent business, 
 iii. 219 ; anent repayment of certain sums 
 provided by, iii. 299 ; protest of, anent the 
 tax roll, with answers, iii. 336-8 ; complaint 
 of the merchants of, against the customs of 
 certain burghs, iii. 384, 388, 41 1 ; the pais 
 of Edinburgh to be the standard pais for 
 bread, iii. 402 ; instructing the agent for the 
 burghs in London, lii. 413 ; complaint of the 
 fleshers of, against the customs of Linlithgow, 
 iii. 472 ; directed to send instructions to the 
 commissioners in London, iii. 483 ; number 
 of commissioners at particular conventions 
 allowed to, iii. 518 ; the lord provost sent to 
 
 Court to congratulate the King on the birth 
 of a Prince, and expenses of the journey, Iv. 
 74-6, 81, 88, 91 ; obtains the papers regard- 
 ing Scottish privileges in France, iv. 106, 
 121, 153 ; anent a tack granted by, iv. 208 ; 
 a, charter granted by a burgess of, ratified, 
 iv. 230 ; protests against certain alterations 
 of the tax roll, iv. 237-8 ; low condition of 
 the burgh, iv. 265, 286 ; grants in aid to, 
 iv. 298, 314, 342, v. 633 ; the Edinburgh 
 Gazette to be encouraged and recommended, 
 iv. 279, 286 ; reference to a great fire in, iv. 
 307 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 342 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of, iv. 565-8 ; propor- 
 ti n of, in the tax roll reduced, iv. 370 ; ap- 
 pointment of the provost to direct the war 
 ships cruising on the Scottish coasts, iv. 
 478-9, 488 ; memorial from the skinners of, 
 and act in their favour, v. 42, 45, 62 ; pre- 
 cautions against the plague taken by the 
 magistrates of, v. 267-8 ; petition of the town 
 council of, regarding a suspension, v. 292, 
 296 ; committee on said petition, and report 
 of, v. 296-7, 302-5 ; instructions to the mem- 
 ber of parliament for Edinburgh regarding 
 convention, v. 305 ; setting tacks and feus of 
 the lands of the burgh, v. 412, 432 ; com- 
 plaint of the trades of, against the craftsmen 
 of Portsburgh, v. 455 ; lawsuit of, with a 
 company of comedians, v. 467 ; complaint of 
 the candlemakers of, v. 501 ; complaint of 
 the skinners of, regarding the duty on kid 
 skins, v. 501 ; application by the cordiners 
 of, V. 521 ; skinners and tanners in, act in 
 favour of, v. 526 ; murder on the streets of, 
 V. 539, 555 ; action against, for not matricu- 
 lating in arms, v. 540 ; appeal of, against 
 Leith, V. 543 ; the baxttrs of, against a. 
 burgess, v. 596 ; making a highway between 
 Edinburgh and Glasgow, v. 621-4 ; the 
 Porteous riot in, and grant to the burgh on 
 account of loss incurred by, v. 633. 
 
 Gazette, the, to be encouraged and recom- 
 mended, iv. 279, 286. 
 
 Eduard, see Uddart. 
 
 Education : the ministers of Edinburgh to pre- 
 pare a form of grammar for the grammar 
 schools, i. 411-2; anent Wedderburn's gram- 
 mar, iv. 527, 532. 
 
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 Edward III. of England, ordinance by, anent 
 the Court of the Four Burghs, li. 482-4. 
 
 Edzear, see Edgar. 
 
 Eggs, export of, forbidden, iii. 26, 37. 
 
 Eglinton, Hew Earl of, i. 161, iii. 567. 
 
 Elder, Henry, commissioner for Perth, elected 
 moderator, iii. 17. 
 
 Eleis, see Ellioe. 
 
 Election of magistrates, see Magistrates. 
 
 Elgin : complaint of Edinburgh and Dundee 
 against, i. 170 ; poverty and decay of the 
 burgh, i. 262, iv. 198 ; anent certain imposts 
 uplifted from, i. 334 ; in dispute with Aber- 
 deen, anent excise boll of salt, i. 379, 400, 435 ; 
 charge to, anent unfree traders, ii. 288, 311, 
 343, 400, 443 ; charge to, anent ontland bur- 
 gesses, li. 343, 400, 443, iii. 270 ; charge to, 
 anent repair of causeway, ii. 344 ; craving 
 support for harbour of Stotfield, ii. 356, 427 ; 
 removal of the market cross of, ii. 462, iii. 516 ; 
 charge to, anent election of magistrates, iii. 
 133, 270, 295-6; prosecution of gentlemen for 
 riot in, iii. 581 ; setting and feuing of certaio 
 lands in, and warrant for, iv. 70, 390, 457, 
 v. 16, 490, 492, 512 ; visitation of the burgh, 
 Iv. 266, v. 480 ; grants to, for building a pier 
 at the mouth of the Lossie, iv. 300, v. 191, 
 480, 492 ; general contribution for the same 
 recommended, iv. 328, v. 191 ; controversy 
 in, regarding the election of magistrates, iv. 
 369, 393, 425 ; disposition of certain land 
 by, ratified, iv. 390, 398, 405 ; sett of the 
 burgh ratified and recorded, iv. 393, 396 ; 
 complaint of, against the sheriff of the shire, 
 iv. 505, V. 3 ; visitors' report of the condition 
 of, iv. 634-6 ; benefit of unfree trade granted 
 to, V. 7, 405 ; magistrates of, overawed by 
 rebels : the commissioner to Convention re- 
 jected, V. 152-3 ; exempted, i. 170, 192, 239, 
 338, 439, 490, ii. 3, 17, 113, 211-2, 356, 455 ; 
 represented by missive, i. 274, ii. 23, 41, 126, 
 232, iii. 1, 17, 35, 77, 125, 242, 263, 282 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 354, 396, 417, 450, ii. 160, 201, 249, 
 283, 426. 
 
 Elie : the town, trade, and harbour of, i. 135, 
 ii. 94, 410, 451-2, iv. 139, 213, v. 211, 333 ; 
 charter to, protested, iv. 388. 
 
 Ell and ellwand, acts and complaints anent, 
 i. 2, 237, 482, iii. 71, 410-1, 545-6, 652, 
 
 577 : see also Weights and Measures ; Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 EUice, James, collector of impost for minister's 
 stipend in Campvere, iii. 322. 
 
 Patrick, treasurer of Edinburgh, ii. 118-9. 
 
 Elphington, Laird of, i. 529. 
 
 Elphinston, George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 313, 385. 
 
 Mr James, writer to the Signet, appointed 
 
 agent for the burghs, iv. 36 ; resigned office, 
 iv. 72. 
 
 Embassy, see Ambassador. 
 
 Emouth, see Eyemouth. 
 
 Enmity to the true religion, sentence of for- 
 feiture for, i. 444. 
 
 Enster, see Anstruther. 
 
 Equies fitted in Exchequer on behalf of the 
 burghs, tacksmen of the customs of Scotland, 
 for the years 1582-9, i. 562-3 ; anent fees 
 for fitting burgh equies, v. 164, 200-1, 348, 
 371, 558, 560, .590. 
 
 Equivalent for Scotland, the commissioners of : 
 proportions of the equivalent, and act anent, 
 iv. 413, ^420-3 ; recommendations to, anent 
 wool, iv. 435 ; funds retained by the commis- 
 sioners for improvement of manufactures and 
 fisheries, and acts anent, v. 414-5 ; said funds 
 guaranteed to the barons of exchequer with 
 certains powers, v. 414-6. 
 
 Errol, Francis Earl of, forfeiture of, i. 444. 
 
 Erskine, Lord, patent held by, for new method 
 of tanning leather, iii. 142,148, 151, 195, 212. 
 
 Robert of. Chamberlain, i. 541. 
 
 William, minister of Campsie, i. 444. 
 
 of Carnock, Colonel John, iv. 491. 
 
 Escheat of goods, i. 226, 304, 447. 
 
 Estapill, see Staple. 
 
 Etkeyne, see Aitkin. 
 
 Evidents : acknowledgment of the Ambassador 
 in France of certain documents received from 
 Henry Nisbet, i. 284-5 ; certain documents 
 to be returned to Convention by Edinburgh, 
 i. 287 ; production of certain, by Edinburgh, 
 i. 298, 315, 331, 337 ; neglect of, in Aber- 
 deen, i. 321 ; Crail to produce certain, ii. 54; 
 charge to certain burghs to produce their 
 acts at Convention, ii. 57 ; writs relating to 
 the liberties of Scotch merchants in France, 
 ii. 64 ; general charter of liberties of burghs 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 to be confirmed, ii. 94, 129, 156, 169-70 ; 
 certain acta to be registered in burgh court 
 books, ii. 131 ; documents obtained by com- 
 missioners to England and France to be regis- 
 tered, ii. 241; contract between the burghs 
 and Campvere, anent the staple, ii. 385-98 ; 
 inventory of writs concerning the privileges 
 of Scotland in France, ii. 576 ; search for 
 documents relating to the office of conserva- 
 tor, iii. 192-4 ; collection and preservation of 
 the acts, statutes, and records relating to 
 the staple, iii. 201, 223, 252 ; records and 
 warrants of the burghs to be delivered to the 
 clerks, iv. 307 ; search for certain charters 
 and records, v. 257 ; inspection of certain 
 vouchers permitted, v. 337, 539, 541, 593; 
 delivery of, by the late agent, v. 512. 
 
 Ewing, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 Alexander, factor in Campvere, ii. 382-3, 
 
 408-9, 414-5. 
 
 Thomas, reader in the Scots Kirk in 
 
 Campvere, ii. 467, iii. 22, 30 ; admitted to 
 act as factor, iii. 67, 83. 
 
 Exact Dealer's Companion, v. 461. 
 
 Excambion, cases of, iii. 419, v. 535. 
 
 Exchequer : the auditors of exchequer parties 
 to a contractfor the King's customs, i. 158-61, 
 223-9 ; customs of burghs to be accounted 
 for in exchequer yearly, i. 225 ; equies of 
 customs fitted in, on behalf of the biirghs 
 for the years 1582-9, i. 562-3 ; making of 
 equies in, iv. 31, 96 ; fees paid in exchequer 
 for equies, v. 164, 200-1, 348, 371, 558, 560 ; 
 directions for reading and writing the ex- 
 chequer hand, v. 433. 
 
 the Lords of, supplication to, anent clerks 
 
 of coeket, i. 379 ; conference with, regarding 
 export of coal and wool, i. 478 ; a commis- 
 sion to, regarding a tack of the King's cus- 
 toms, i. 482, 493 ; answers of Convention to 
 the requests made to the burghs by, i. 497-8 ; 
 supplication to, anent the customs and ex- 
 cise, iv. 148-50 ; memorials to, regarding 
 wool and woollen manufactures, iv. 304, 482 ; 
 funds secured to, for improvement of manu- 
 factures and fisheries in Scotland, v. 414-5 : 
 see also Manufactures ; Fishery ; memorial 
 to, anent payment of debentures on fish, 
 V. 492-3, 495. 
 
 Excise : the King's customs taken for four 
 years by the Convention, i. 152-61 ; anent 
 excise of beer and wine in Campvere, i. 297, 
 376, 408, 412, 424, 442-3, 463, ii. 9, 28, 51, 
 80, 92, 112, 410, 456, 527, iii. 9; see also 
 under Campvere ; the excise boll of salt, and 
 disputes anent, i. 212, 397, 433, 478, 487, ii. 
 16; see also Customs; Salt; excise on ale, beer, 
 and wine in Antwerp, i. 547 ; excise on ale, 
 beer, and wine in Middelburg, i. 551-2 ; 
 excise herring and fish, ii. 455, 540-1, iii. 97, 
 103, 120, 148, 151 ; see also under Herring ; 
 gift of an excise on herring obtained by the 
 Duke of Lennox, ii. 540-1 ; commission anent 
 the excise herrings taken in the West Isles, 
 iii. 97, 103, 120 ; anent debentures and 
 drawbacks on fish, &c. , see under Customs 
 Debentures ; Drawbacks ; duty on bay salt, 
 iii. 435, 441, 452, 471, 580, 599, v. 530 
 excise on merchant goods, iii. 563, 657 
 excise on lint seed, pots, and pans, ui. 564 
 defrauding the excise, see under Smuggling. 
 
 boll, see under Excise. 
 
 Execution of the laws in burghs, i. 89, 134, 
 136, and see under Burgh ; Convention ; Par- 
 liament. 
 
 of letters of horning, see Horning. 
 
 Export : exports to Norway, i. 76 ; Scotch 
 cloth exported to Prance, i. 117 ; certain 
 imposts on exports to Flanders to cease, i. 
 179 ; customers to make payment of impost 
 on export goods, i. 183 ; export of skins and 
 hides, see Skins ; anent the license to export 
 salt, i. 241 ; staple wares exported by un- 
 f reemen, i. 372 ; anent certain imposts levied 
 by the conservator in Flanders, i. 187, 409 ; 
 impost on goods exported from Burntisland, 
 i. 438 ; impost on exports from Aberdeen, i. 
 486 ; craftsmen forbidden to export goods in 
 any way, i. 509 ; amount of freight owned 
 by merchants exporting, i. 509 ; proclama- 
 tion against Scottish merchants issued by 
 the King of France, i. 531-2 ; export of coal, 
 see under Coal ; export of wool, see under 
 Wool ; export of eggs forbidden, iii. 26, 37 ; 
 customs on exports, iii. 150, 171, 173; en- 
 forcement of acts against exports, iii. 214, 
 216 ; export of sheep and nolt, iii. 225, 232 ; 
 export of native goods, iv. 96 ; anent export 
 
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 83 
 
 of fish, beef, and pork, iv. 428, 477 ; see, also 
 Fish; Beef ; Pork ; a representatiou[regarding 
 certain exports, v. 204 ; report on the rights 
 of the royal burghs in carrying on foreign 
 trade, v. 339-47. 
 
 Extent, see Taxation. 
 
 Rolls, see Tax Rolls ; Taxation. 
 
 Extracts of records, how obtained, i. 128-9. 
 
 Eyemouth, harbour of, i. 201, ii. 378, 410, 
 iii. 90. 
 
 Faa, see Pall. 
 
 Factors in Campvere : Scottish merchants de- 
 frauded by factors, i. 132-3, 412, ii. 365, 370, 
 391, 415 ; a factor refusing settlement : to 
 be prosecuted before the conservator, i. 290; 
 usurping the trade of merchandise : remedies 
 proposed, i. 290-1, 412, 442-3, 464, 481, ii. 7, 
 229, 245, iii. 85, 93, 101, 116, 129, 164-5, 216, 
 iv. 289, 302, 526; proposal to send young men 
 to Campvere to act as factors, i. 412, 442 ; 
 duties and responsibility of factors, i. 412, 
 Ii. 365, 371, 391, 415; an Edinburgh mer- 
 chant settling as a factor in Campvere, i. 
 496 ; punishment of dishonest or deceitful 
 factors, i. 511 ; charge to, ii. 23-4; complaints 
 against, ii. 50, 200, 354, 370-1, iii. 85, 93, 
 101, 116, 119, 129, 155, 164-5, iv. 283, 298, 
 357, 532 ; uplifting of the excise on beer and 
 wine by, ii. 51 ; charge to conservator re- 
 garding, ii. 229 ; forbidden to purchase staple 
 wares, ii. 261-2 ; anent the appointment and 
 responsibility of, ii. 371, 391, 415 ; appoint- 
 ment of, u. 415, ui. 23-4, 105, 118, 164, 202, 
 226, 270, 294, 315, 336, 574, 601, iv. 5, 7, 34, 
 156, 159, 175, 189, 229, 298, 300, 303, 304, 
 375, 413, 464, 543, 558, v. 93, 104, 202-3, 
 509, 524-5, 529, 622 ; allowed wine and beer 
 excise free, ii. 456 ; to appoint one of their 
 number collector of the impost for the minis- 
 ter's stipend, iii. 66 ; summoned to Conven- 
 tion, iii. 155, 164-5, 179-83, 515, 537 ; 
 regulations and directions anent, iii. 180-3, 
 iv. 3, 142, 155, 178, 201, 288-90, 551-8, 
 caution and cautioners for, iii. 185, 369, 373, 
 417, iv. 115, 178, 190, 219, 303-4, 339, 348, 
 369, 388, 413, 539, 552-3, v. 63, 93, 104, 202, 
 233, 529 ; anent factors marrying, iii. 198, 
 224, 245, 316, 353, Iv. 526 ; act anent the 
 
 account books to be used by, iii. 199, 246, 
 294, 315 ; deprived and discharged, iii. 202, 
 465 ; to attend the conservator to and from 
 church, iii. 206 ; anent taxation of, iii. 228, 
 238, 246-7 ; supplication on behalf of the 
 children of a late factor, iii. 386 ; suspension 
 of, iii. 509 ; dispute anent the estate of a 
 late factor, iii. 594-8 ; a ship arrested by a 
 factor, iv. 181 ; taking the oath of allegi- 
 ance, iv. 194 ; taking the covenant, iv. 551 ; 
 giving the benefit of the staple port to 
 strangers, iv. 283 ; demission of office by, 
 iv. 300, 369, V. 106, 214, 233, 593 ; in dis- 
 pute with the conservator, iv. 301, 356-7, 
 464, 472, 507, v. 105-7 ; arrestment of staple 
 goods by a factor, iv. 357-8 ; factors becom- 
 ing bankrupt, iv. 539, 552 ; only lawfully 
 admitted factors can receive goods con- 
 signed, iv. 540 ; declinator of certain, iv. 
 552-3 ; anent factors hiring ships, v. 222. 
 
 Factors in Dort, iii. 613, 627, 630, 662. 
 
 in France : payment of the new imposts 
 
 refused by, i. 270 ; instructions to the factors 
 in Dieppe, i. 273, ii. 146 ; decree against 
 a factor in Dieppe, i. 560 ; charge to, ii. 
 50. 
 
 Fairlie, William, bailie of Edinburgh, i. 260. 
 
 Fairnie, see Fame. 
 
 Fairs : fairs and markets at kirks and clachans, 
 and acts anent, i. 35, 103, 235, ii. 52, 238, 
 240, 251, 255, 274, 447, 486, iii. 579 ; anent 
 revival of two annual fairs in Aberdeen, i. 
 333-4 ; act anent burgesses resorting to fairs 
 and markets, i. 486-7 ; toll on a merchant 
 coming to a fair in the burgh, ii. 91 ; toll on 
 dealers selling their wares on the causeway 
 at, ii. 91 ; anent buying at fairs and markets, 
 ii. 240, 255; wool fairs at St Serf, St 
 Laurence, and St Bartle, see under Wool ; ex- 
 orbitant customs charged at fairs, iii. 37, 
 55, 79, 97, 104, 113, 222, 231, 269, 275, 288, 
 326, 426, 438, 444, 462, 509, 576 ; of Lam- 
 mas and Patriokmas, iii. 47 ; act of Privy 
 Council anent customs at fairs and markets, 
 iii. 113 ; see also Markets. 
 
 Falasdale, Thomas, commissioner for Dum- 
 barton, elected moderator, ii. 232 ; collector 
 for works on the Leven, ii. 264-5, 282, 298, 
 318, 354, 412, 459, iii. 16, 204. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Falconer, Sir Joliu, master of tlie mint, iii. 
 
 480, 482, 495, 502. 
 Falkirk, ii. 93, 103, iii. 334, iv. 139, 362, 381, 
 
 V. 211. 
 Falkland, ii. 432-3. 
 Pall, Captain, in Dunbar, v. 539. 
 Fallisdaill, see Falasdale. 
 False coins, see Money. 
 Fame Island, anent lights on, iii. 85-6. 
 Fearn, v. 127. 
 
 Pees : fees paid by Convention, iv. 7, 11, 15, 
 18, 24, 29, 34, 42, 48, 57, 68, 72, 80, 98, 120, 
 127, 143-4, 147, 151, 162, 182, 196, 213, 241, 
 273, 288, 307, 319, 342, 350, 357, 375, 395, 
 414, 467, 493, 507, v. 19, 79, 106, 131, 150, 
 164, 182, 201, 219, 244, 283, 320, 335, 355, 
 372, 406, 461, 481, 494, 513, 527, 537, 553, 
 592, 600, 610, 635 ; fees in burgh courts, v. 
 549-51. 
 and Offices in Scotland commission : con- 
 sideration of the list of fees in burghs, v. 
 602-3. 
 Felons, v. 535. 
 
 Pender, Thomas, post in Edinburgh, and de- 
 liverer of missives, ii. 73, 100, 183, 288, 360 ; 
 a yearly pension granted to, ii. 419, 456, 
 464, iii. 14, 30, 45. 
 Penton, John, the King's comptroller, i. 158, 
 
 161, 561-3. 
 Fergus, St, iv. 361. 
 Ferguson, David, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 ■ of Pitfour, Mr James, v. 519. 
 
 Feme, see Fearn. 
 
 Ferries : ferries on the Frith of Forth, ii. 
 81-2 ; toll on ferry boat, ii. 178 ; ferry boat 
 on the Annan, ii. 302 ; anent freight for 
 soldiers passing by ferries, v. 148, 276-7 ; 
 runners detained at ferries, v. 491, 499. 
 Ferry - Port - on - Craig erected in burgh of 
 
 barony, ii. 54. 
 Fettercaim, ii. 310. 
 Fife, county of, anent furnishing coal and 
 
 candle for the guards in, iii. 366-7. 
 Fifeness : anent a beacon for, iii. 179, 201-2 ; 
 
 customs at, v. 79. 
 Pinachty, see Findochty. 
 Finances of France, General Council of, i. 
 
 284. 
 Pindar, see Fender. 
 
 Findhom, town of, iii. 407. 
 
 Findochty (Finaohtie), ii. 149. 
 
 Fines : fines for non-attendance at Convention, 
 i. 14, 34, 90 ; collecting and collectors of, 
 i. 20, 29, 34, 90, 185, 192, 199, 215-6, 241, 
 267, 348 ; fines imposed on the provosts of 
 Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Jedburgh, iv. 96 ; 
 see also under Penalties, 
 
 Fingrams : manufacture of, iv. 27, 431 ; duty 
 on, in France, v. 108, 111. 
 
 Finity, Robert, merchant, iL 233. 
 
 Finlater, Earl of, commissioner of trade and 
 plantation, v. 85. 
 
 Fiulayson, John, burgess in Dundee, ii. 183, 
 239. 
 
 Finnic, Robert, late provost of Renfrew, v. 
 513, 537, 552, 592, 599. 
 
 Fire : Haddington nearly destroyed by fire, 
 ii. 33-4 ; Irvine much injured by, ii. 53, 76 ; 
 Dumfries much injured by, ii. 56-7, 62 ; 
 Peebles destroyed by, ii. 183 ; reference to 
 a great fire in Edinburgh, iv. 307. 
 
 Firearms : bearing and shooting of, within 
 burgh, forbidden, i. 76, 103 ; liberty to 
 shoot or hunt within the territory of Camp- 
 vere, ii. 366, 390 ; furnishing arms for de- 
 fence of the realm, iii. 214, 218, 233-7, 240 ; 
 importing arms or ammunition for malig- 
 nants, iii. 352. 
 
 Pirlot : uniformity of peck and firlot measure 
 demanded : varieties in use, 1. 77, 477, ii. 
 181, 256-7, 283, 289 ; dispute between cer- 
 tain burghs anent firlot measure, ii. 181, 
 257 ; standard firlot measure of Linlithgow, 
 ii. 181, 257, 353, 373-4, iii. 71 ; comparison 
 of firlot and peck measures, ii. 257, 379. 
 
 Fish : slayers of herring and white fish, i. 21 ; 
 measurement of barrels for, i. 23, iv. 541-2 ; 
 slayers of fish on the coasts to be punished, 
 i. 75 ; anent salting, packing, branding, and 
 inspecting of, i. 89, iv. 427-8, 541-2 ; anent 
 destruction of cruives and yares, i. 102, 103, 
 115 ; anent packing and branding of salmon 
 and grilse, i. 100, 131 ; packing and peeling 
 of herring and white fish, i. 103, 191-2; 
 anent coopers and packers of fish, i. 115; 
 exactions on herring at certain English 
 ports, i. 180 ; anent packing and peeling of 
 fish caught in the Frith of Forth, i. 204-5 ; 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 85 
 
 export duty on salmon, herring, and keiling, 
 i. 218 ; new imposts to be levied on fish in 
 France, i. 270 ; transporters of white flsh to 
 be sued before the judge ordinary, i. 288 ; 
 impost on herring, salt fish, dried fish, i. 441, 
 V. 530-1, 560-1; toll on a horse load of herring 
 or ling, i. 461 ; gauger, inspector, and marker 
 of salmon, herring, and white fish, i. 467 ; 
 impost on a last of, i. 489 ; sale of salt fish 
 in Antwerp, i. 547 ; rating the price of, i. 
 556 ; anent the packing of, and gauge of 
 barrels for salmon, herring, and white fish, 
 ii. 12-3, 31, 242; barrelling of fish, and 
 barrels for, ii. 12-3, 31, 242, 257, 271, 276, 
 284, 312, 326-8, 349, 361, 403, 426, 445, iii. 
 11-2, 32-3, 42, 79, 146, 222, 243, 289, 313 ; 
 packing and peiling of, by unfreemen, ii. 
 156, 174 ; herring, salmon, and white fish to 
 be salted with great salt, Spanish or French, 
 ii. 284, iv. 154, 428, 515 ; act anent the size 
 and shape of barrels for white fish and herr- 
 ing, iii. 32-3 ; curing of fish, enforcement of 
 the acts anent, iv. 142, 153, 428, 514-5 ; ex- 
 port of fish, &c., iv. 428, 477, 512-7 ; anent 
 drawbacks on cured fish, iv. 447, 469-75, 
 514-5, V. 173-4, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 204-6, 209, 
 213, 282, 327-8 ; the duty of size fish or size 
 money, iv. 513, v. 545, 592 ; a peculiar cod 
 in the north of Scotland, iv. 515 ; French 
 duty on various kinds of fish, v. 108, 111-2 ; 
 curing of fish with home-made salt, called 
 small salt, v. 171, 173-4, 186-7; anent de- 
 bentures on fish, V. 174, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 
 204-6, 492-3, 495, 499, 502, 504, 506, 561 ; 
 overture anent cod fish, v. 225 ; export of 
 haddocks, statement and letter anent, v. 
 327 ; bounty on dried cod, ling, and hake 
 exported, v. 327 ; transporting cured fish to 
 England, v. 536, 539. 
 
 Fish, Colonel, governor of Inverness, iii. 407. 
 
 Fisher, Thomas, merchant in Edinburgh, pay- 
 ments to the Laird of Easter Wemyss on be- 
 half of the burghs made by, i. 465-6, 478 ; 
 anent the impost granted to, i. 483, 494, ii. 
 15, 40, 64-5 ; appointed commissioner to 
 France to seek discharge of new imposts, ii. 
 39-40 ; impost granted to, for expenses of his 
 mission to France, ii. 40, 82-3, 90, 110 ; re- 
 port, writs, and accounts relating to his mis- 
 
 sion to France, ii. 64 ; grant to, for expenses 
 in copying documents, ii. 65 ; elected modera- 
 tor, ii. 93 ; aiding in the introduction of 
 clothmaking, ii. 107, 121, 217, 225, 241, 243, 
 267. 
 
 Fisherrow, near Musselburgh, ii. 316. 
 
 Fishing : illegal fishing on the coast of Scot- 
 land, i. 75 ; fishers to sell only to free mer- 
 chants, i. 75 ; burgh fishings to be duly 
 rouped, and set to freemen only, i. 303-4, 
 431 ; articles anent the use of sand-eel pocks, 
 i. 469 ; fishing at Caithness, Orkney, and 
 Shetland, ii. 145, v. 513 ; answer to the 
 King's proposal that the burghs should en- 
 gage in fishing, ii. 202-3 ; vessels engaged in 
 fishing at the Isles, ii. 203 ; reason why this 
 fishing is not prosecuted, ii. 203 ; North Sea 
 fishing, ii. 203 ; tiends of fish, and tacksmen 
 of the tiends, ii. 300, 307-8, 312-3, 343, 354, 
 374, 410, 448, iii. 149, 151, 204, 207, 226, 
 246 ; commission anent fishing in the Lewis, 
 ii. 304, 308, 312-3, 343, 354, 374, 410 ; fishing 
 in the North and West Isles, ii. 323, 350, 
 354, 374, 405, iii. 142, 184, 279, 292-4, 300, 
 302-4, 322-6 ; herring fishing at Dunbar, re- 
 gulations for, and superintendence of, ii. 
 326-8, 349, 361, 403, 426, 445, iii. 5, 19, 44-5, 
 57, 81 ; proposal of an armed fly -boat to keep 
 order in the herring fleet oflf Dunbar, ii. 404; 
 English fishers in the North and West Isles, 
 iii. 142, 279, 322-6 ; burghs charged to en- 
 force the acts anent, iii. 222 ; ratification of 
 previous acts anent, and charge for their en- 
 forcement, iii. 290; anent the establishment of 
 a company for prosecuting fishery in the North 
 and West Isles, iii. 319, 322-6 ; statement 
 regarding the trade of fishing to be prepared 
 for Parliament, iii. 523 ; heritors of Overdon 
 destroy the cruives of Aberdeen, iii. 574 ; 
 society for extending the fisheries, iii. 626, 
 646, iv, 25-6, 535 ; encroachment by Dutch 
 fishermen, iv. 72, 428 ; anent dues for, iv. 
 95 ; erection of a fishery company, iv. 206, 
 210 ; fishings of burghs set in tack, iii. 588, 
 iv. 411, 457 ; materials for fishing to be free 
 of duty, iv. 428 ; overtures for encourage- 
 ment of the Scottish fisheries, iv. 435, 447, 
 476 ; hindrance to the herring fishing, iv. 
 436, V. 512-7 ; letter from commissioners of 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 trade ; with answer and memorial anent, iv. 
 510-7, V. 4, 7, 17, 40; duty of size fish or 
 size money, iv. 513, v. 545, 592 ; anent the 
 pressing of fishermen, iv. 515 ; lobster fish- 
 iog at Crail, iv. 516 ; whale fishing, encour- 
 agement of, iv. 517, V. Ill ; reserved places 
 for fishing, iv. 525, 527-9 ; commission to 
 London anent, iv. 529 ; salmon fishing re- 
 served, iv. 529; bush-fishing forbidden within 
 certain bounds, iv. 529 ; to preserve the 
 liberties of the burghs in all acts on fishing, 
 iv. 535 ; fishing in English and Irish seas, 
 iv. 535 ; particulars regarding fishing, iv. 
 537-8 ; English vessels prepared for the fish- 
 ings, iv. 538 ; articles on, by Sir James 
 Lockhart, iv. 540-1 ; Dutch fishermen in 
 Scottish seas, iv. 545 ; memorial anent the 
 salt and fisheries of Scotland, v. 146, 148 ; 
 proposal to erect a general fishery company 
 of Great Britain, v. 208, 230, 233 ; rights 
 and privileges of the royal burghs in fishing, 
 legal advice and act anent, v. 237-43 ; 
 Scottish copartnery in fishing : formation of 
 the company, and act anent, v. 233, 238-43; 
 indenture or contract of the copartnery, v. 
 244-8 ; advertisement, lists, subscriptions, 
 and managers of the company, v. 248-52 ; 
 preliminary meetings and arrangements, 
 rival companies, and threatened prosecution, 
 V. 250-4 ; memorial from managers of the 
 fishing company, and report on the same, v. 
 255-7 ; commission to London in the inter- 
 ests of the company, with instructions ; also 
 report, v. 257-9, 271, 273-4, 276-8; admis- 
 sion to the copartnery, v. 257-60 ; expenses 
 of printing, v. 271 ; poem on the fishing 
 company by Allan Eamsay, v. 283, 318 ; 
 sale of the lands of Peterhead and Stone- 
 haven by, V. 465, 521 ; safe custody of the 
 books of the company, v. 527 ; anent a divi- 
 dend of fishery stock, v. 548 ; the Scottish 
 fisheries, improvement and encouragement 
 of : letter from the_ King anent and answer 
 to, v. 397-9 ; committee to prepare answer 
 to the King's letter, proceedings of, v. 399- 
 401, 406-8 ; conference with the society for 
 improvements, anent the King's letter, v. 
 401 ; report of committee on the King's 
 letter, v. 408-9 ; plan of distribution of the 
 
 public funds for improvement, v, 410, 412- 
 30, 457, 462 ; answer to the King's letter : 
 plan and scheme proposed by the burghs, v. 
 413-30; appointment of commissioners and 
 trustees for managing the funds, and of a 
 secretary to, v. 457-8, 462 ; report of pro- 
 ceedings of the commissioners and trustees, 
 and of the accounts of, v. 468, 476, 484, 490, 
 501, 505, 524, 534, 589, 595, 630 ; secretary's 
 salary and ofi:ce expenses, v. 417, 478, 492, 
 508 ; memorials from commissioners and 
 trustees, v. 473, 595, 606 ; address to the 
 King regarding manufactures and fisheries, 
 V. 544 ; petition and memorial regarding 
 abuses in the herring fishery, v. 629, 635-6 ; 
 plea for a packet-boat between John of 
 Groats and Kirkwall, v. 513. 
 
 Fitterkairne, see Fettercairn. 
 
 Flanders : the conservator in, recalled, i. 21 ; 
 troubles in, and staple to be removed from, 
 i. 26 ; anent vessels sailing to, i. 32, ii. 26 ; 
 impost on Scottish ships in, withdrawn, i. 
 35 ; troubles of merchants trading to, i. 
 38-9 ; duties of the conservator in, i. 40-1 ; 
 contraband goods exported to, i. 51 ; the 
 staple in, i. 126, 133 ; loss and ruin caused 
 by bankrupt factors in, i. 132-3 ; an edict to 
 arrest Scottish ships trading to France and 
 Holland, commission anent, i. 217-22, 264; 
 appointment of a new conservator in, i. 343, 
 350-1 ; factors in, see Factors in Campvere ; 
 merchants trading to Flanders pillaged, 1. 
 356 ; merchants trading to, must have a 
 certificate, i. 358 ; transport of coal to, i. 
 446 ; transport of wool to, by unfreemen, i. 
 446-7 ; exporting goods to, i. 505 ; commis- 
 sion to, anent the privileges of Scottish 
 merchants, i. 508-12; anent pursuit of law 
 in, by Scottish merchants, i. 511 ; conserva- 
 tor's fee charged on goods arriving in, i. 512 ; 
 anent establishment of the^^cots staple in, 
 i. 544 ; expenses of Unicorn Herald in com- 
 mission to, ii. 484-5 ; see also Conservator. 
 
 Countess of, ii. 386. 
 
 Flax, imports of, iv. 597-8. 
 
 Fleece : a fleece of the pack, an impost of, i. 
 381, 398. 
 
 Fleming, , indweller in Leith, maker of 
 
 stiffing, ii. 146. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 87 
 
 Fleming, James, commissioner for Glasgow, 
 elected moderator, i. 275. 
 
 James, sometime burgess in Perth, de- 
 prived of his liberty, i. 446-7. 
 
 Sir James, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, iv. 30, 36. 
 
 Matthew and Robert, merchants in Glas- 
 gow, complaint of, i. 290. 
 
 Mr Robert, younger, minister of the Scots 
 
 Kirk in Campvere, iv. 142. 
 
 Lord, iii. 492. 
 
 Flemings : fishing in the North and West Isles 
 by, ii. 323, 350, 354, 374, 405, iii. 142, 184, 
 279, 292-4, 300, 302-4, 323-6 ; illegal traffic 
 in staple wares by, iii. 85, 93, 105 ; beef and 
 hides bought by, iii. 142. 
 Flemings, manufacture of, ii. 108. 
 Flemish bind of barrels, i. 115. 
 
 money, ii. 368. 
 
 wares, traffic in, i. 338. 
 
 Flesh : breaking the assize of, i. 503 ; breakers 
 
 of flesh, i. 556 ; rating the price of, i. 556 ; 
 
 anent drawbacks on, v. 178, 186-7, 197-8 ; 
 
 salt flesh, duty on, v. 530-1, 560-3. 
 
 Flesher, Robert, commissioner for Dundee, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 124. 
 Fleshers : the fleshers of Edinburgh complain- 
 ing against certain burghs, ii. 205, 215-6, 
 236-7, 258, 278 ; to sell skins, hides, and 
 tallow only to free merchants within burgh, 
 i. 511 ; fleshers in Edinburgh, act anent, v. 
 526. 
 Fletcher, James, commissioner for Dundee, 
 
 elected moderator, iv. 152. 
 Fleyming, see Fleming. 
 
 Flint, David, merchant in Edinburgh, v. 458. 
 Floods in the water of Ayr, ii. 148 ; great 
 
 floods in Stirlingshire, v. 551. 
 Flushing, in Zeeland, i. 60, 356, 548, ii. 365. 
 Fly-boat : an armed fly-boat to maintain order 
 
 in the herring fleet at Dunbar, ii. 404. 
 Food : price of meals in Campvere, i. 427. 
 Footfalls, see Skius. 
 Footman, toll on each, i. 302, 381, 440 ; toll on 
 
 a man with a burden, i. 461, 488. 
 Forbes, Alexander, bailie in Aberdeen, cus- 
 tomer for the burgh, i. 263, 319. 
 
 Alexander, Master of, iii. 222, 269. 
 
 Mr Duncan, lord advocate, v. 237, 263-5, 
 
 339 ; appointed assessor for the burghs, v. 
 372, 388. 
 Forbes, George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 386. 
 
 John, in Kincardine, v. 519. 
 
 Mr John, advocate in Edinburgh, v. 
 
 499. 
 
 Dr Patrick, an intended publication by, 
 
 V. 599, 608. 
 
 William, merchant in Aberdeen, v. 
 
 353-4. 
 Forbes of Learny, Mr, afterwards Sir, Robert, 
 advocate, iv. 342 ; appointed agent for the 
 burghs, iv. 349 ; act in favour of, and tack 
 of unfree trade by, iv. 372 ; closing accounts 
 with, iv. 487, 507-8, v. 7, 93, 121, 200, 519 ; 
 gratuities to, v. 219, 237, 505 ; reference to 
 his death, v. 505. 
 
 Lord, iii. 37, 55, 97, 113. 
 
 Forbidden Goods, see Contraband ; Coal ; 
 
 Wool ; Export ; Skins ; Hides. 
 Fordyce, unfree inhabitants of, ii. 152. 
 Forestalling : forestallers hiring ships, i. 12 ; 
 prosecution and punishment for, i. 99, 103, 
 240, 371, 476, ii. 44, 74, 155, 173, 196, 199, 212, 
 233, 250, 273, 288, 310, 342, 447, iii. 3, 18, 
 36, 54, 117 ; commission against forestallers, 
 i. 462; burgesses forestalling victual, i. 467-8, 
 iii. 405, 420 ; repledging forestallers, i. 502 ; 
 forestallers repairing to markets, ii. 5, 25, 
 155 ; burghs charged to report diligence 
 against forestallers, ii. 128 ; burgesses fore- 
 stalling goods before they come to market, 
 iii. 405, 420. 
 Forfar : in dispute with Dundee anent duty on 
 victual, i. 305, 320, 356, 377, 406, 436, 459, 
 ii. 267, 278 ; action of, against the Master of 
 Glamis, for oppression, i. 362, .388, ii. 181 ; 
 grant to, for support of cause against op- 
 pressors, i. 388 ; anent a payment to, i. 411 ; 
 complaint of, against Perth and Brechin re- 
 garding customs, ii. 222, 304, 357 ; charge to, 
 anent unfree traders, ii. 342, 401-2 ; dispute 
 between the merchants and the magistrates 
 of, iii. 530 ; setting the common lands of, iii. 
 580 ; complaint of, against the Earl of King- 
 horn, iii. 636 ; intromission of the provost 
 with common good of, iv. 92 ; anent a riot in 
 the burgh, iv. 373 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of, iv. 646-8 ; visitation of the 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 burgh, V. 5, 93 ; burgh eased in the tax roll, 
 V. 335, 350, 368 ; an insolvent debtor iu 
 prison in, v. 49i ; insufficient linen yam sold 
 in the county of, v. 634 ; exempted, i. 239, 
 326, 415, ii. 17, 281, 356, 417, iii. 29, 653 ; 
 represented by missive, i. 274, 428, ii. 42, 73, 
 126, 154, 309, 442, iii. 35, 54, 112, 125, 156, 
 185, 220, 232, 282, 310 ; unlawed, i. 134, 354, 
 450, 474, ii. 160, 201, 270. 
 
 Forfeiture : sentence of, for enmity against the 
 true religion, i. 444 ; forfeited persons, their 
 estates and creditors, iii. 386, 395, 414, 
 429-35, 438, 442. 
 
 Forglan, Lord, iv. 474. 
 
 Forhous, Forres, see Forrest. 
 
 Forres : anent the common lands of, and sup- 
 plication to Parliament, i. 235-6 ; repair of 
 church of, i. 332 ; to be assisted in repelling 
 oppressors, i. 332 ; anent certain imposts 
 uplifted from, i. 334 ; in dispute with Aber- 
 deen anent custom of an excise boll of salt, 
 i. 379, 400, 435 ; commissioner to Convention 
 rejected, iii. 156 ; charge to, anent feuing 
 the common lands, iii. 365, 407 ; supplicating 
 aid, iii. 407, 418, 426, iv. 34, 213 ; visitation 
 of the burgh, iv. 234, 412, 481, v. 372; grant 
 to, for repair of tolbooth and school, iv. 265, 
 355, V. 192 ; contract between the town and 
 the sheriff of Moray ratified, iv. 271 ; copy of 
 said contract, iv. 291-6 ; controversy with the 
 sheriff of Moray anent the holding of courts, 
 iv. 339 ; action against the burgh by Durn, 
 iv. 388 ; visitors' report of the condition of, 
 iv. 650 ; sett of the burgh ratified, v. 144 ; 
 disposal of certain lauds in, v. 238 ; benefit 
 of unf ree trade granted to, v. 405 ; exempted, 
 i. 170, 213, 236, 297, 332, 380-1, 461, ii. 16, 
 159, 211-2, 293, 295, iii. 5, iv. 11, 57, 162, 
 202; represented by missive, i. 244, 353, 
 394, 429, 499, ii. 23, 42, 73, 99,J26, 172, 
 249, 272, 309, 341, 442, iii. 17, 35, 54, 77, 
 99, 125, 263, 282 ; unlawed, i. 280, 297, 332, 
 450, ii. 110, 267, 270, 352, 400. 
 
 Forret, Alexander, in Pittenweem, letters of 
 horning and treason against, i. 389. 
 
 Andrew, skipper in St Andrews, impost 
 
 granted to, ii. 422-3, 462, iii. 10, 24, 42, 46, 
 59, 87, 106, 118, 133, 144-5; complaints 
 against said impost, commission on, iii. 73 ; 
 
 supplicating aid on account of losses, iii, 
 106-7, 118, 133, 144-5. 
 
 Forret, James, commissioner for Glasgow, 
 elected moderator, ii. 24 ; commissioner to 
 France for down-getting of customs, ii. 104 ; 
 impost granted to, for expenses of his mis- 
 sion, ii. 104 ; uplifting the impost granted to, 
 ii. 115, 146, 183, 185. 
 
 John, clerk of Culross, i. 405. 
 
 Mr John, minister of the Scots Kirk in 
 
 Campvere, iii. 272-4, 287, 295 ; craves aug- 
 mentation of stipend, iii. 296 ; gratuity to 
 the widow of, iii. 308. 
 
 Forstar, see Forrester. 
 
 Forsyth, James, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 456, 
 484. 
 
 Forth, Frith of : anent fish caught in, i. 191-2 ; 
 piracy in, i. 242 ; ferries and ferry boats on, 
 ii. 81-2 ; packing and peiling of herring at 
 ports on, ii. 147, 150, 158, 177, 198, 438 ; 
 branding of herring captured in, ii. 284 ; 
 measure for herring used in ports of, v. 281 ; 
 transporting wool across the Forth, v. 352. 
 
 Fortrose'; enrolment of as a free royal burgh, 
 protested by Inverness, iii. 533-4 ; riot in, 
 and damage to the burgh, iii. 582 ; anent 
 certain burgage lands of, iv. 179, 197 ; visi- 
 tation of the burgh, iv. 241, 411, v. 372, 
 461 ; grant to, for repaii' of tolbooth and 
 school, iv. 265 ; action of, against the shire 
 of Ross, iv. 357 ; supplication from, anent 
 the tax roll, iv. 373; payment of the burgh's 
 cess, iv. 464; visitors' report of the condition 
 of, iv. 662-5 ; building a pier and harbour at, 
 V. 147, 168, 372 ; magistrates overawed by 
 the Earl of Seaforth in favour of the Preten- 
 der : the commissioner from, rejected by Con- 
 vention, V. 152 ; sett of the burgh ratified 
 and recorded, v. 192 ; said sett expunged, 
 and the previous sett ratified and' recorded, 
 V. 317 ; petition of certain burgesses against 
 the magistrates of, v. 299, 307 ; burgh eased 
 in the tax roll, v. 463 ; poverty and decay of 
 the burgh, v. 463, 552 ; grant in aid to, v. 
 552 ; exempted, iv. 162, 235. 
 
 Forts required in the north and west of Scot- 
 land, iv. 429-30, 514. 
 
 Foulis, Thomas, burgess in Edinburgh, ii. 
 118. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 89 
 
 Foullertoun, see Fullartou. 
 
 Foumart skins, duty on, i. 213. 
 
 Four Burghs, Court of the; its constitution 
 and duties ; and certain decrees of, i. xi-xiii, 
 501-505 ; annual parliaments of, appointed, i. 
 542 ; ordinance of Edward III, , anent the, ii. 
 482-4 ; and see under Convention of Burghs. 
 
 Fowler, William, commissioner to Denmarli, i. 
 331. 
 
 Fox skins, duty on, i. 213. 
 
 France : Scottish trade with, i. 117, 133, 505, 
 iv. 512 ; a commission to the King of, for 
 discharge of certain new customs on goods, 
 i. 140 ; embassy to the King of, for discharge 
 of certain new customs, i. 182, 211 ; edict to 
 arrest Scottish ships trading to, i. 217-22 ; 
 commission to the ambassador in, anent cer- 
 tain new imposts, i. 270-2, 284-6 ; trafhc in 
 French wares, i. 338 ; merchants trading to, 
 must have a certificate, i. 358 ; privileges of 
 Scottish merchants in, i. 457 ; transaction 
 and expenses of the Laird of Wemyss in, i. 
 481 ; treaty of commerce with France, and 
 renewal of, i. 482, 493, 498, 563, iv. 248, 
 254, 259, 262, 499, v. 108-14; evidence of 
 the unsettled state of, i. 493 ; a commission 
 to, regarding the customs on goods, i. 517 ; 
 anent the marriage of Queen Mary to the 
 Dauphin of, i. 524-6 ; proclamation against 
 Scottish merchants issued by the King of, i. 
 531-2 ; collectors of customs in, pursued by 
 Edinburgh, i. 557 ; impost on goods entering 
 or leaving France, ii. 9, 39-40, 65, 90, 97-8, 
 104-5, iii. 567, 569, 573, 580, 600, 628-9, 
 645-7, 666, 672-4, iv. 31, 39, 249, 498-501, 
 539 ; anent vessels sailing to, ii. 26 ; com- 
 mission for discharge of the new imposts in, 
 ii. 39 ; charge to factors in, ii. 50 ; Duke of 
 Lennox chosen ambassador to, ii. 104 ; com- 
 mission to England and France on affairs of 
 burghs, ii. 217-8, 241 ; renewal of the ancient 
 league with, ii. 314, 334, 337 ; merchants 
 trading with France refuse to pay certain 
 imposts, ii. 454 ; anent the down-getting of 
 the customs in, ii. 485 ; arrival of Scottish 
 ships in, ii,.491 ; Lord Seton to be conveyed 
 to and from France at expense of the burghs, 
 ii. 510 ; inventory of writs concerning the 
 privileges of Scotland in France, ii. 576 ; 
 
 merchants trading to France injured by the 
 factors there, iii. 203, 221, 286 ; commission 
 to, for abatement or discharge of the impost 
 of 50 sols per ton, iii. 573, 600, 629, 638, 
 646, iv. 45, 56, 539 ; an ambassador to Eng- 
 land from, iii. 664 ; ambassadors to the 
 King of, iv. 39, 56, v. 81-5 ; papers regard- 
 ing Scottish privileges in France, iv. 57, 106, 
 121, 153 ; Peace of Ryswick, reference to 
 iv. 248 ; anent the Scots privileges in, 
 memorial to the King, iv. 262-3; French 
 privateers on the Scottish coasts, iv. 456-7 ; 
 a fleet of Scots merchant ships attacked by 
 the French, iv. 480 ; Scottish ships seized 
 by French privateers, iv. 489, v. 50, 63, 173, 
 490, 494-5 ; memorials anent the Scottish 
 trade with France, iv. 498-501, v. 83-5 ; 
 Scottish goods prohibited in, iv. 500-1 ; com- 
 mission anent Scots privileges in, iv. 558 ; 
 reference to the treaty of Utrecht, v. 82-5, 
 108, 110 ; vessels from, put under quaran- 
 tine, V. 267-70 ; continuance and spread of 
 the plague in, v. 287. 
 
 Francis First of Prance, i. 284. 
 
 Eraser (Frissall), John, burgess in Aberdeen, 
 i. 385. 
 
 John, merchant in Inverness, iv. 389, 404, 
 
 438, 458. 
 
 Fraserburgh : erection of, in free burgh, ii. 
 204 ; traders in, iv. 381, v. 162, 211, 333 ; 
 petition from, v. 372 ; visitation of the 
 town and harbour of, v. 481. 
 
 Freeland, Patrick, saddler in Dunfermline, i. 
 448-9. 
 
 Freemen : freemen must reside within burgh, 
 i. 4, 98 ; must not traffic with unfreemen, i. 
 11, 20, 75 ; must protect the freedom of 
 their burgh, i. 19 ; act anent freemen de- 
 prived of their liberty, i. 402 ; dealers in 
 victual must have their cellars and meal 
 girnals patent to the lieges at all times, i. 
 468 ; see also under Burgh ; Merchandise ; 
 Unfree Trade. 
 
 Freestone : to be free of impost, ii. 109, 264, 
 iii. 45. 
 
 Freight, see Ship. 
 
 French hire, ii. 132. 
 
 Frieze, making of, ii. 108. 
 
 Frissall, Frissell, see Praser. 
 
 M 
 
90 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Prucbie, Laird of, iii. 425. 
 
 FuUarton, Adam, Dean of Guild, Edinburgh, 
 i. 20 ; commissioner to England to sue for 
 redress of piracy, i. 50, 82, 101, 116, 239, 
 298. 
 
 FuUisdaill, see Falasdale. 
 
 Fyfe, Robert, factor in Campvere, i. 412. 
 
 Eyldour, Patrick, servitor to the King, i. 172. 
 
 Fyndare, see Fender. 
 
 Fyvie and Urquhart, Alexander Lord, Chan- 
 cellor, i. 538, ii. 316. 
 
 Gair bridge, ii. 36, 113. 
 
 Gaitt, see Goat. 
 
 Galloway, burgh of, see New Galloway. 
 
 Galloway, Earl of, iii. 333, 401, 419, 445, 462, 
 iv. 386. 
 
 John, bailie of Annan, ii. 199. 
 
 Galloway kerseys, iii. 136. 
 
 ' sheriff of, ii. 234. 
 
 whites, duty on, in France, v. 111. 
 
 Gardner, Andrew, treasurer to the Orphans' 
 Hospital in Edinburgh, v. 625. 
 
 Gargunnock, v. 149. 
 
 Garioch, Presbytery of, iv. 508, v. 127. 
 
 Garmouth (Garmok), town of, i. 490. 
 
 Gartshore, Mr John, dean of guild in Glasgow, 
 V. 636. 
 
 Gauge, see Weights and Measures. 
 
 Gsiuging : anent the gauge of barrels for Bsh, 
 .ii. 12-3, 31, 60, 221, 242, 257, 271, 276, 284, 
 312, 326, 349, 361, 403, 426, 445, iii. 11-2, 
 32, 42, 79, 86, 92-3, 146, 161, 471-2, 510; 
 office of gauger, burner, and wraker of 
 barrels for salmon and white fish, ii. 31, 60 ; 
 fraud of the gaugers of salmon and white 
 fish in the west country, ii. 221 ; a supplica- 
 tion to the King for the office of gauger of 
 barrels for fish, iii. 161, 196. 
 
 Gazette, the Edinburgh, references to, iv. 279, 
 286 ; and see under Edinburgh. 
 
 Geddes, Charles, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 
 408, iii. 26-7, 34, 67, 72, 88-9, 105, 117. 
 
 James, customer of Dumfries, i. 191, 204. 
 
 General Assembly : act of, regarding the trade 
 and traffic with Spain, i. 402, 485 ; appoint- 
 ing voluntary contributions on behalf of 
 certain burghs, v. 350, 461 ; members from 
 the royal burghs to, v. 534. 
 
 George I. : address to the King on his accession 
 to the throne, v. 132-5; addresses to the 
 King after the suppression of the rebellion 
 of 1715, V. 152-7 ; address to the King re- 
 garding Scottish ships seized by French 
 privateers when under convoy, v. 173 ; ad- 
 dresses to his Majesty on returning from 
 abroad, v. 179, 385 ; letter from the King to 
 the burghs regarding the conservatorship, 
 V. 185 ; obtains a contract with Hamburg 
 anent cured herrings, v. 215 ; address from 
 the burghs to, expressing congratulation and 
 loyalty, v. 315 ; address from the burghs to 
 his Majesty anent the duty on malt, and 
 the King's ansvrer, v. 377-9 ; letter from the 
 King on the improvement of the fisheries 
 and manufactures of Scotland, with answer, 
 V. 397-9 ; address from the burghs expressing 
 loyalty and devotion to his Majesty, v. 446. 
 
 II.: address to the King on his acces- 
 sion to the throne, v. 454 ; petition to his 
 Majesty for a copper coinage in Scotland, v. 
 486-7 ; address to the King on behalf of a 
 merchant, v. 493-4 ; address to his Majesty 
 regarding the manufactures and fisheries 
 commission, v. 544 ; congratulatory address 
 to his Majesty on the marriage of the Prin- 
 cess Royal, V. 564, 586. 
 
 George, Prince of Denmark, letter from the 
 
 burghs to, iv. 456-7. 
 Geraswood, see Jerviswood. 
 Germany, lint and hemp seed imported from, 
 
 V. 435. 
 Gibson, Andrew, in Culross, i. 405. 
 
 Mr Henry, clerk in Glasgow, i. 433, ii. 
 
 14, 24, 36. 
 
 of Durrie, Sir Alexander, iii. 492. 
 
 Girdles : girdle-making in Culross, decay of, 
 iv. 92, 198, V. 124 ; girdle-makers in Culross, 
 prosecution by, v. 146. 
 
 Girnalling victual, i. 468. 
 
 Girnok, Kirk of, see Greenock. 
 
 Girvan, v. 126. 
 
 Gladsmuir, v. 105, 524. 
 
 Glaidstanis, see Gledstanes. 
 
 Glaisinwrights, see under Glass. 
 
 Glammis, Master of : action of burgh of Forfar 
 against, for oppression, i. 362, 388; prose- 
 cuting the burgh of Forfar, ii. 181. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 91 
 
 Glassford, Alexander, skipper in Bo'ness, iv. 
 358. 
 
 Glasgow, conventions held at, i. x, and see 
 Convention ; agent for western burghs, i. 97 ; 
 anent repairing the church of, i. 180; scarcity 
 of timber in, i. 192, ii. 12 ; a party to fitting 
 out a ship and bark for suppression of piracy, 
 i. 242-3 ; protest of, anent the paying of cer- 
 tain interest, i. 286-7 ; to produce verification 
 of a certain missive of warning, i. 297 ; in 
 dispute with Kirkcudbright anent an impost 
 on salt, i. 380, 397, 434, 455, 484 ; in dispute 
 with Lanark anent certain imposts, i. 381, 
 398, 433 ; appointed to arrest burgesses of 
 Rothesay, i. 390 ; in dispute with Ayr anent 
 impost on bridge, i. 390, 399 ; in dispute 
 with Dumbarton anent unfreemen, i. 437 ; 
 anent the erection of a guildry in, i. 469, 479, 
 495, ii. 6, 27 ; anent the gauge, and the 
 making, stamping, and packing of barrels 
 for herring, white fish, and salmon, ii. 10-4, 
 31 ; to supplicate the King for a grant of 
 impost in aid of the bridge, ii. 34, 454-5 ; to 
 supplicate the King for a gift of impost for 
 Kirkintilloch bridge, ii. 36 ; to examine and 
 report regarding the estate and common rent 
 of Rutherglen, ii. 37 ; in dispute with Dum- 
 barton anent imposts, ii. 94-5 ; in dispute 
 with Ayr and Irvine anent herring fishing, 
 ii. 151 ; in dispute with Renfrew anent im- 
 post on herring, ii. 151, 161 ; in dispute with 
 Dumbarton anent custom, ii. 178, 201-2 ; 
 desires to send one of the commissioners to 
 England to treat of the union of the two 
 kingdoms, ii. 183, 185-6 ; complaint of cer- 
 tain burgesses of Renfrew against, ii. 240, 
 256, 266, 277, 293, 315, 350 ; charge to, anent 
 its weights, ii. 242, 251-2 ; anent pollution 
 of the river Clyde, ii. 251 ; complaint of 
 Rutherglen against, for its custom of the 
 ladle, ii. 259, 277, 293, 315 ; charge to, anent 
 unfreemen, and outland burgesses, ii. 263, 
 348, 402, 447, iii. 3 ; charge to, anent gauge 
 of barrels for salmon, herring and white fish, 
 ii. 276, 289, 312, 343, 401 ; craving support 
 for clearing and deepening the Clyde, ii. 
 306, 356 ; craving support for repair of har- 
 bour and causeway, ii. 320, 418 ; complaint 
 of, against Stirling regarding its bread, ii. 
 
 322 ; in dispute anent ranking of burghs, ii. 
 344 ; charge to, anent repair of causeway, ii. 
 344 ; reporting diligence, ii. 348-9, 447, iii. 
 3 ; charge to, anent election of magistrates 
 and deacons of crafts, iii. 21-2 ; complaint 
 of, against an impost granted to Dumbarton, 
 iii. 48, 57-8 ; complaint of the fleshers of, 
 against certain imposts at Dumbarton, iii. 
 250, 269 ; a commissioner to Convention re- 
 jected, iii. 264; advances money for expenses 
 of the commissioners for western burghs at 
 the English parliament, iii. 397 ; complaint 
 of the coopers of, iii. 451, 454 ; complaint of, 
 against Perth regarding customs, iii. 451, 
 458, 472 ; complaint of, regarding certain 
 crafts, iii. 482 ; riding at parliament, dispute 
 for precedence in, iii. 530, 568, 576 ; com- 
 plaint of, against Renfrew anent burgesses, 
 iii. 608 ; appointment of the town clerk of, 
 ad vitam, iii. 614 ; petition regarding the 
 state of the burgh, iii. 646 ; prosecution of 
 burghs of barony and regality by Glasgow 
 and other burghs, iii. 656-7 ; sale of portions 
 of the common moor of, iii. 660 ; in contro- 
 versy with Greenock, iv. 17, 157-8, 240 ; 
 poverty and decay of trade in, iv. 77-8, v. 
 490 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 78, 340, v. 
 490 ; a provost of, fined and imprisoned by 
 order of the King, iv. 79, 96, 158 ; mal- 
 administration of certain magistrates of the 
 burgh, iv. 136 ; selling certain lands of 
 Provan and warrant for, iv. 136-7 ; a -con- 
 tract with Dumbarton ratified, i v. 300 ; copy 
 of said contract, iv. 307-13 ; supplication 
 from, anent missive dues, iv. 392 ; grants in 
 aid to, iv. 406, 466 ; a band between the 
 merchants of, iv. 548 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of, iv. 581-5 ; resisting an increase 
 of taxation, v. 9-11, 14, 16, 18, 29-31 ; repre- 
 sentation by, regarding a new fishery com- 
 pany, V. 230 ; letter from the magistrates 
 regarding the tobacco trade, v. 325 ; anent 
 accepting a commissioner from Glasgow in 
 the annual committee, v. 375-6 ; lawsuit of, 
 against the officers of regiments quartered 
 in the burgh, v. 467 ; dissents from the tax 
 roll of 1728, V. 479; feuing of lands of 
 Provan, and warrant for, v. 490 ; memorial 
 from distillers in, anent foreign spirits, v. 
 
92 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 512-3 ; application by the cordiners of, v. 
 
 521 ; representations from the Linen Society 
 
 in, and from the magistrates, v. 536, 592 ; 
 
 the weavers of Glasgow, action against, and 
 
 grant in aid to, v. 590, 593; making a highway 
 
 between Edinburgh and Glasgow, v. 621-4 ; 
 
 unlawed, i. 403, 474, ii. 64, 186, 352, 461. 
 Glasgow, Archbishop of, Ambassador in France, 
 
 i. 270, ii. 64, 90, 146, 425. 
 
 Earl of. Lord Treasurer-depute, iv. 381-2. 
 
 Glass : anent measurement of, iii. 160, 186, 
 
 221. 
 Glassford, Patrick, commissioner for Cupar, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 272. 
 Gleuoairn, James Earl of, ii. 240. 
 Glenluce, Lord, i. 544. 
 Glenorchy, Lord, v. 159-60. 
 Goat skins, impost on, ii. 98. 
 Godolphin, Earl of, Lord High Treasurer of 
 
 Great Britain, letters to, iv. 457, 474-5. 
 Goldman, William, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 
 
 367, 381-6. 
 Goldsmitli : petition from the goldsmiths of 
 
 Edinburgh, v. 299. 
 Goose, price of a, i. 556. 
 
 Gordon, George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 
 385. 
 
 James, factor in Campvere, iv. 181 , 219. 
 
 James, merchant in Campvere, appointed 
 
 machler at the staple port, iv. 288, 290. 
 
 John, factor in Campvere, iv. 181, 219, 
 
 221, 304. 
 
 • Mr Patrick, King's agent in East parts, 
 
 ii. 416, 423, 433-4, 437. 
 William, burgess in Wigtown, i. 433, 455, 
 
 484, ii. 52. 
 
 William, merchant in Edinburgh, v. 
 
 20-9. 
 
 William, merchant and factor in Camp- 
 vere, claims of, iv. 226-8, 278 ; act in favour 
 of, iv. 269, 287. 
 
 of Auchindoun, Sir Patrick, forfeiture of, 
 
 i. 444. 
 
 of Earlston, iii. 298. 
 
 of Newton, George, iii. 269. 
 
 of Newton, John, iii. 37, 55, 98, 113. 
 
 Gourlay, Dame Isabel, relict of Sir Magnus 
 
 Prince, iv. 134. 
 John, customer in Edinburgh, i. 382. 
 
 Gourlay, John, merchant in Edinburgh, a com- 
 missioner to England and Flanders, i. 221-2, 
 264. 
 
 Robert, collector general of customs for 
 
 the burghs, i. 193, 208-9, 212, 255, 263, 267, 
 279, 281, 287 ; reference to his decease, i. 
 342, 347. 
 Gowane, see MacGowan, 
 Gowrie, William, Earl of, i. 161. 
 Grace, Act of, iii. 386, 395-6, 427, 430-2, 438-9, 
 
 442. 
 Graham, Mr James, advocate in Edinburgh, 
 V. 499. 
 
 Robert, in Edinburgh, i. 456. 
 
 Robert, in Leith, i. 484. 
 
 Grain : measures for, iii. 402 ; abuses in the 
 
 importation of, v. 530-1. 
 Grammar schools, education in the, i. 411-2, 
 
 iv. 527, 532. 
 Grant, Colonel, commander of the independent 
 company, iv. 432, 482. 
 
 Patrick, craftsman in Perth, ii. 411. 
 
 of Balhagillis, Andrew, iii. 365, 367, 
 
 375-8. 
 Gratuities, iii. 569, 571, 613, 630, 632, 652, 
 656, 665, 671, 674, iv. 7, 11, 15, 18, 20, 24, 
 29, 34, 48, 57, 68, 72, 78, 88, 98, 120, 141, 
 143, 150-1, 160, 162-3, 182, 196, 204, 213, 
 241, 271, 273, 288, 307, 319, 342, 348, 350, 
 357, 372, 375, 395, 414, 467, 487, 493, 507, 
 V. 19, 79, 106, 131, 150, 164, 182, 201, 219, 
 237-8, 260, 283, 320, 335, 355, 372, 406, 433, 
 457, 461, 481, 494, 505, 513, 527, 537, 553, 
 589, 592, 599-600, 610, 635 ; caution to be 
 found for applying, iv. 394. 
 Gray, Andrew, prebendary of Maybole, ii. 54. 
 
 David, in Prussia, ii. 433-4, 437. 
 
 James, common clerk of Haddington, ii. 
 
 155, 165. 
 
 William, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 
 
 385. 
 Greenock, town and trade of, ii. 178, 202, 310, 
 iii. 57, iv. 139, 156, 177, 240, 254, 359, 370, 
 372, 374, V. 162, 211, 217, 333 ; treating with 
 the burghs regarding trade, iv. 156, 240, 
 359, 370, 372 ; report of the trade of, iv. 177, 
 240. 
 Greens, the, common lands in Inverkeithing, i. 
 494, ii. 3. 
 
Cojivention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 93 
 
 Greiff, see Grieve. 
 
 Greirson, John, factor in Campvere, ii. 456. 
 
 Grice, price of, i. 556. 
 
 Grievances of the burghs : commissions to 
 the King anent, ii. 458-9, 466, iii. 213-4, 
 225, 248-9, 253, 300, 302-4; commission of 
 inquiry anent, appointed by the King : 
 statements and answers, iii. 141, 147-52, 
 161, 168-73, 225, 266-8; see also under 
 Burgh. 
 
 Grieve, Patrick, merchant, commissioner for 
 Burntisland, elected moderator, ii. 224. 
 
 Grilse, paoliing of, i. 100 ; and see under Fish. 
 
 Grinock, see Greenock. 
 
 Grogranis, grograms, making of, ii. 108. 
 
 Gross, groots, ii. 132. 
 
 Grott, a groat, ii. 132. 
 
 Ground-leave, i. 213, ii. 354. 
 
 Grundleif, see Ground-leave. 
 
 Gudlings, guildins, ii. 229-30. 
 
 Guernsey, Isle of, vessels from, put under 
 quarantine, v. 268. 
 
 Guild, Matthew, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313. 
 
 Gnildry : proposed conditions on which guild 
 brethren are to be received, i. 35 ; anent 
 guild brethren in the magistracy of Glasgow, 
 i. 469-70, 479, 495, ii. 6, 27 ; act anent the 
 choosing of a dean of guild, ii. 81 ; dispute 
 between the guild brethren and the crafts- 
 men of Stirling, ii. 355, 411, 459, iii. 5 ; 
 anent the liberties and privileges of guild 
 brethren, iii. 63-5 ; dispute between the 
 craftsmen and the guildry of Cupar, iii. 406, 
 418, 438 ; erections of, iii. 424, 426, 437, 
 443, 445, 451-2, 460, 464, 470, 481, 485, 537, 
 568, 574, 578, 588, 602, v. 149, 368-9, 373-4 ; 
 deans of guild to prosecute unfree traders, 
 iii. 488 ; act anent erection of a guildry in 
 Arbroath rescinded, v. 160-1. 
 
 Gunpowder-plot, anniversary of, v. 263. 
 
 Guthrie, Mr Alexander : clerk of Edinburgh, i. 
 72, 82, 266 ; acts as clerk to the burghs 
 during his brother's illness, i. 417; appointed 
 clerk to the burghs, i. 450-1 ; Mr Alexander 
 and his son, Mr Alexander, appointed joint 
 clerks to the burghs, ii. 302. 
 
 Mr Alexander, clerk to the burghs, ii. 
 
 415, iii. 248, 253, iv. 538. 
 
 James, clerk of Montrose, i. 354, 366, 417. 
 
 Guthrie, John, clerk of Edinburgh, and clerk 
 to Convention, i. xiv, 96, 112, 128, 168, 185, 
 199, 231, 236-7, 260, 263, 298, 316, 338, 352, 
 358-9, 363, 386-7, 417, 419. 
 
 Gwine, see Ewing. 
 
 Hacquett, Hakkett, see Halket. 
 
 Haddington : convention of burghs at, 1. x, 
 and see under Convention ; in dispute with 
 Dunbar regarding imposts, i. 98, ii. 93-4, 
 102, 162, 176, 193 ; to be assisted in peram- 
 bulating its marches, i. 135 ; attestation of 
 privilege and immunity of, i. 213 ; com- 
 plaint of, against the customer of Edin- 
 burgh, i. 263 ; protest of, against adjusters 
 of tax roll, i. 366 ; in dispute with St 
 Andrews anent an impost on wool, i. 404 ; 
 in dispute with North Berwick anent im- 
 post on wool, i. 406 ; protest of, against 
 North Berwick, i. 439 ; reference to a great 
 fire in, i. 525 ; rebuilding the town of, a 
 voluntary contribution granted for, ii. 33-4, 
 46, 48, 86, 94 ; protest of, against producing 
 certain evidents, ii. 57 ; complaint of, against 
 Dundee, St Andrews, and North Berwick 
 regarding customs, ii. 165, 176-7, 201, 215 ; 
 to assist the agent in prosecuting unfree- 
 men, ii. 174; charge to, anent its firlot 
 measure, ii. 257 ; craving support for the 
 harbour of Aberlady, ii. 463, iii. 12, 43, 67, 
 90, 296 ; grant in aid to, for the harbour, 
 iii. 317 ; extracts from the Council Becords 
 of, ii. 597-9 ; act of the council of, ordaining 
 all weights to be stamped, ii. 599 ; extracts 
 from the accounts of the burgh, ii. 600 ; 
 charge to, anent outland burgesses, and re- 
 ports, iii. 112, 126, 139, 158, 194, 244; 
 appointed to settle the dispute between 
 Jedburgh and Lauder, iii. 201 ; election of 
 magistrates, and complaint of the merchants 
 anent, iii. 381, 389, 412, 422, 437, 452 ; in 
 dispute with the baxters of Tranent, iii. 
 382, 384, 389 ; charge to, anent unfree 
 traders in Prestonpans and Newhaven, iii. 
 387, 401 ; scale of customs and petty cus- 
 toms at, iii. 388 ; constitution of magistrates 
 and form of election fixed, iii. 412, 423, 437, 
 452 ; erection of a guildry in, iii. 424, 437, 
 452, 470, 472 ; wrong done to two merchants 
 
94 
 
 Index to the Becords of the 
 
 and their wives from Edinburgh by a baUie 
 of, iii. 440 ; protest of the commissioner of, 
 refused, iii. 457 ; commission of, refused at 
 ConTention, iii. 470 ; complaint against a 
 provost of, iii. 568 ; setting the walk-mill 
 of, iii. 654 ; gift of the common clerkship of 
 the burgh, iii. 660 ; tack of the town's mills 
 ratified, iv. 299 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 
 490 ; visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 
 590-2 ; warrant to set the skirts of Glads- 
 muir, v. 105, 524-5 ; sale of a tenement and 
 yard in, v. 233 ; exempted, i. 326, 529 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 86, 474, ii. 6, 54, 599, iii. 9. 
 
 Haddington, Earl of, iii. 492. 
 
 Haddocks : export of dried haddocks, v. 327. 
 See under Fish. 
 
 Hagbuts, see Fire-arms. 
 
 Hagie, see Heggie. 
 
 Hagins, see Higgins. 
 
 Haikis, ii. 282. 
 
 Haiuing, Laird of, iii. 607. 
 
 Hairstanes, James, in Edinburgh, i. 456. 
 
 James, in Leith, i. 484. 
 
 Hake : export of dried hake, v. 327 ; and see 
 under Fish. 
 
 Hakheid, see Halket. 
 
 Halket, George, conservator in Flanders : re- 
 warded for good services, i. 38-9 ; duties of 
 his office, i. 40-1 ; instructed by the Conven- 
 tion, i. 65 ; commission to the King regard- 
 ing, i. 117 ; a commissioner to England and 
 Flanders, i. 221-2 ; obtains discharge of the 
 edict issued by England and Flanders : is 
 thanked by Convention, i. 264. 
 
 John, customer of Kirkcaldy, i. 256. 
 
 Captain Peter, iu Dunfermline, v. 357. 
 
 Hall, Sir John, provost, and commissioner for 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 89, 99, 
 103, 110, 114, 176, 189. 
 
 Halywall, see Halliwell. 
 
 Hamburg : Scottish trade with, iv. 41, 48, 510; 
 importing salt from, iv. 523 ; contract with, 
 anent cured herring, v. 215-7. 
 
 Hamilton, David, couper in Leith, ii. 258, 
 275-6. 
 
 Duchess of, iv. 254. 
 
 Duke of. Lord High Commissioner, iv. 93, 
 
 363 ; ambassador to France, v. 81 ; reference 
 to his death, v. 82-3. 
 
 Hamilton, John, factor in Campvere, iv. 357-8. 
 
 Mr Patrick, Secretary Depute for Soot- 
 land, and agent for burghs at Court, ii. 406, 
 459. 
 
 Mr William, agent in London for the 
 
 burghs, iv. 151, v. 79, 82, 86-91, 104, 117, 
 129, 150, 164, 182, 225, 285-6, 477, 500. 
 
 Sir William, advocate, iv. 100-3, 119. 
 
 of Byres, Sir Thomas, Secretary for Soot- 
 land, ii. 425. 
 
 of Greenlees, Sir Robert, ii. 462. 
 
 of Monkland, Sir Thomas, Lord Advocate, 
 
 i. 538. 
 
 of Pancatland, James, iv. 363. 
 
 Hamilton and Brandon, Duke of, v. 278. 
 
 Hammermen : complaint of the hammermen of 
 Edinburgh regarding pewter and pewterers, 
 ii. 456-7, 541 ; dispute in the corporation of 
 hammermen in Perth, v. 413, 433-4. 
 
 Handwarp, see Antwerp. 
 
 Hannay, John, burgess in Wigtown, i. 433-4. 
 
 Patrick, commissioner for Wigtown, ii. 
 
 52. 
 
 of Kirkdale, John, i. 292. 
 
 Harbours : building and repairing certain, i. 
 197, 216, 268, 292-3, 299, 329, 359, 363, 382, 
 389, 407, 415, 438, 440-1, 445, 448, 461-2, 
 471, 486, 489, u. 24, 36, 43, 79, 85-6-7, 94, 
 96, 109, 112-3, 149, 159-60, 207, 214, 216, 
 221, 239, 263, 266, 277-9, 285, 295, 299, 305, 
 352, 356, 359, 418-9, 451-2, 454, iii. 12-4, 
 43, 90-1, 108-9, 134, 229, 271, 296, 317, 504, 
 515, 616, 623, 628, iv. 15, 21, 23, 42, 57, 
 192-3, 202-3, 210, 213, 232, 264-5, 271, 282, 
 284, 300, 315, 356, 404, 419, 466, 486, 492, 
 506, 548, V. 3, 5, 15, 131, 148, 200, 236, 349. 
 50, 369, 372, 404, 460-1, 470, 479-82, 488, 
 492-3, 510, 589, 598, 610 ; harbour of Dum- 
 barton endangered by sea and river, ii. 36 ; 
 see also under Dumbarton ; great damage 
 to, by the storm of December 1655, iii. 
 417 ; anent harbours of the royal burghs, 
 iii. 657 ; ports and harbours of unfree places, 
 iv. 24, 42. 
 
 Hardhead, see under Mint ; Money. 
 
 Hards, ii. 396. 
 
 Hartfell, Earl of, iii. 410, 414, 492. 
 
 Harvie, Andrew, late provost of Rutherglen, 
 v. 494. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 95 
 
 Haskit, see Halket. 
 
 Hasp and staple, infeftment by, iii. 240, 317. 
 
 Haven, see Harbours. 
 
 Haven-silver, see under Customs ; Ship. 
 
 Hawick, i. 170, iii. 86, 94, iv. 131. 
 
 Hawkers, restraining, v. 520. 
 
 Hay, Sir Alexander, Secretary Depute for 
 
 Scotland ii. 261, 280. 
 James, in Dundee, i. 360. 
 
 Mr John, town clerk of Edinburgh, iii. 
 
 187-92, 213-7, 257-8, 263. 
 
 Mr John, commissioner for Elgin, elected 
 
 moderator, iii. 341. 
 
 Sir John, commissioner to London, iv. 
 
 529-31, 534-6 ; reports to Convention, iv. 
 532. 
 
 Robert, commissioner for Kirkcaldy, 
 
 elected moderator, i. 370. 
 
 Thomas, secretary to the Lord Governor, 
 
 i. 544. 
 William, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313. 
 
 of Easter Kennet, Alexander, Clerk of 
 
 Register, i. 188, 228, 383, 563. 
 
 of Porresterseat, Alexander, i. 538. 
 
 of Mountblairy, Andrew, v. 482. 
 
 of Park, Thomas, i. 483. 
 
 Lord, V. 388. 
 
 Hayter, Whitefield, citizen of London, iv. 
 193. 
 
 Head-washing, ii. 297. 
 
 Heaped measure, see Weights and Measures. 
 
 Hearth money, reference to, iv. 132. 
 
 Heggie (Hagie), John, skipper, ii. 229. 
 
 Heleis, see EUioe. 
 
 Heliday, see Halliday. 
 
 Hemp, impost on, i. 441, 466, ii. 159 ; imports 
 of, iv. 598 ; act of parliament for encourage- 
 ment of hempen manufactures, v. 432, 
 435-43 ; kinds of hemp seed, import and 
 sale of, V. 435 ; steeping of hemp, v. 436 ; 
 spinning and weaving of, v. 436-40 ; enforce- 
 ment of the laws anent hempen manufac- 
 tures, V. 474. 
 
 Henderson, Andrew, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 
 • 313. 
 
 John, bailie in Lochmaben, iii. 410. 
 
 Mr John, merchant in Edinburgh, v. 493. 
 
 Henrison, Henryson, see Henderson. 
 
 Henry, Prince, baptism of, i. 429. 
 
 Hens, price of, i. 556. 
 
 Henslie, see Ainslie. 
 
 Hepburn, Sir Robert, iii. 79. 
 
 Heriot, George, elder and younger, see Com- 
 missioners to Convention under Edinburgh. 
 
 Herring : imposts on, i. 218, 441, 466, 472, 
 489, ii. 98 ; toll on horse load of, i. 461 ; toll 
 on each couper boat of, ii. 91 ; barrelling of 
 herring : barrels for, packing, branding, and 
 wracking of, ii. 12-3, 31, 242, 257, 271, 276, 
 284, 312, 319, 326-8, 349, 361, 403, 426, 445, 
 iii. 11-2, 32, 42, 79, 86, 92-3, 146 ; customs 
 on, in France, ii. 90, 104, v. 112; disputes 
 between burghs regarding packing and peil- 
 ing of, ii. 147, 150, 158, 177, 198, 438 ; fish- 
 ing for, with sand-eel pokes, ii. 151 ; packing 
 and peiling of, by unfreemen, ii. 155-6 ; 
 packing and peiling of, at Dunbar, ii. 191-2 ; 
 bind and brands used for Lammas herring, 
 ii. 284 ; commission to regulate the traffic in 
 herring, the salting and barrelling of, and 
 the ballasting of fishing boats, ii. 319, 326-8, 
 349 ; herring fishing at Dunbar, and super- 
 intendence of by commissioners, ii. 326-8, 
 361, 426, 445, iii. 5, 19, 44-5 ; dowet or 
 faded herring, ii. 326, 361, 403, 426 ; anent 
 selling herring by measure, and contents of 
 the measure, ii. 327, 349, 361, 403, 426, 446, 
 iii. 5, 19, 44 ; Musselburgh and Fisherrow 
 permitted to make herring at Dunbar, ii. 
 535 ; excise on, granted to the Duke of 
 Lennox, ii. 540-1 ; anent the making of red 
 herring, iii. 26-7, 31, 34, 67, 72, 88, 105, 117 ; 
 act anent the size and shape of barrels for, iii. 
 32 3 ; acts anent the packing and peiling of, 
 iii. 121, 126-8, 196-7 ; fraudulent sale of, iii. 
 283 ; ratification of previous acts anent 
 packing and peiling of, iii. 289-90 ; curing 
 of, enforcement of the acts anent, iv. 142, 
 153 ; exporting herring to France, iv. 249 ; 
 anent selling herrings by measure, &c. , &c. , 
 &c., iv. 406, V. 281, 313-5, 400, 404, 459 ; 
 hindrance to the herring fishing, iv. 436 ; 
 sending herrings to Hamburg, iv. 610 ; me- 
 morial from certain burghs anent the her- 
 ring trade, iv. 511 ; ships for the Baltic with 
 herrings, v. 150, 175, 219, 596 ; that herring 
 should be a staple article, v. 195, 221 ; act 
 anent packing and curing of herring, and 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 inspection of, v. 215, 314 ; anent barrels of 
 Scottish gauge for herring, v. 261 ; anent 
 Yarmouth red herring, v. 277 ; memorial 
 from the salt office regarding carers of her- 
 ring, V. 309 ; act anent fresh herrings, v. 402, 
 459 ; anent herring fishing in deep waters, 
 V. 428 ; enforcement of the laws anent cur- 
 ing and packing of, v. 474 ; the tax of size 
 money for herring boats, v. 545 ; duty on 
 red herrings, v. 546 ; anent the shipping of 
 herring taken in Lewis, v. 596 ; anent cus- 
 toms on herring exported, v. 624 ; petition 
 and memorial regarding abuses in the her- 
 ring fishery : and prosecution of offenders, v. 
 629, 635-6 ; see also under Fish ; Pishing. 
 
 Heap, see Hasp. 
 
 Hesp, see under Reels ; Yarn. 
 
 Hides ; supplication to annul restraint on ex- 
 port of hides, i. 306 ; impost on a daker of, 
 i. 489 ; anent fleshers selling skins and hides, 
 i. 511 ; cordiners forbidden to bark hides, i. 
 511 ; anent unfreemen dealing in, ii. 37, 46 ; 
 customs on, in France, ii. 90, 104 ; impost 
 on hides exported to Prance, ii. 98, 209 ; ex- 
 port of, forbidden, iii. 391 ; sale of hides, 
 act anent, v. 526 ; see also under Skins. 
 
 Higgle, see Heggie. 
 
 Highlands : notice of troubles in, ii. 78. 
 
 Hill, George, baillie in Queensferry, v. 376, 
 380, 473, 480, 482, 489, 491. 
 
 Robert, commissioner for Queensferry, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 331. 
 
 Hogg, William, merchant in Edinburgh, v. 
 601, 609. 
 
 Hogsheads : act anent making and measure of, 
 ii. 12-4 ; packing of salmon in hogsheads 
 forbidden, ii. 257 ; see also Barrels ; Her- 
 ring ; Salmon ; Fish. 
 
 Holland : edict to arrest Scottish ships trading 
 to, i. 217-22 ; certain Hollanders plundered 
 by a Dunkirker, ii. 42-3 ; cloth-makers 
 from Leyden arrive in Edinburgh, ii. 117; 
 imports from, ii. 382 ; council of Holland, 
 ii. 388 ; conservator's customs in, iii. 174, 
 184 ; a galliot of a factor in Campvere 
 seized by the admiralty of, iii. 392 ; anent 
 transporting goods to, iv. 34 ; encroachment 
 of Dutch fishermen, iv. 72, 428 ; disaster to 
 a fleet of Scots merchant ships bound for. 
 
 iv. 480 ; reference to a commercial treaty 
 with, iv. 545 ; exports to, see under Con- 
 servator ; Export ; Merchandise ; Staple. 
 
 Holyhead, lighthouse near, v. 512-3, 520. 
 
 Holyrood, abbey of, i. 349, 501. 
 
 Holyrood, John, commendator of, i. 538. 
 
 Home, David, skipper in Leith, i. 178, 197. 
 
 Mr George, town clerk in Edinburgh, 
 
 appointed conjunct clerk to the burghs, iv. 
 306. 
 
 John, servitor to Sir Robert Forbes, iv. 
 
 487, 492, 496, 507, v. 17. 
 
 of Coldenknows, Sir James, i. 228. 
 
 of Kello, George, provost and commis- 
 sioner for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 
 274, 280, 296. 
 
 of Manderston, Alexander, i. 201. 
 
 Earl of, iii. 414-5. 
 
 Hope, Charles, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, v. 167. 
 
 Thomas, procurator for the burghs, i. 539. 
 
 Hoppringill, see Pringle. 
 
 Horning : enormous expense to burghs occa- 
 sioned by the raising and execution of horn- 
 ing, a remedy proposed, i. 273, 283 ; relaxa- 
 tion from horning, i. 360 ; persons lying at 
 the horn, i. 468, 484 ; a commissioner put 
 to the horn, ii. 101. 
 
 letters of, i. 19, 21, 43, 44, 45, 68, 
 
 73, 93, 101, 114, 119, 123, 125, 128, 142, 
 151, 154, 161, 173, 180, 195, 199, 208-9, 216, 
 226, 243, 256-8, 261, 266, 272, 280, 289, 296, 
 306, 309, 317, 327, 331, 344, 348-9, 354, 365, 
 372, 393, 396, 403, 417, 473-4, 480, 490, ii. 
 28, 36, 77, 185, 188, 197, 233, 281, 290-1, 
 522, 524, iii. 4, 18, 287, 339, 372, 424, 444, 
 iv. 322, 558, v. 125, 143, 238, 519 ; registra- 
 tion of, i. 114 ; execution of, i. 114, 265, 
 289, 331, 348-9, 354, 365, 372, 389, ii. 152, 
 199 ; discharge of, i. 194, 291, 360, 403 ; 
 issued by Privy Council for admission of 
 Burntisland as a free burgh, i. 234 ; sus- 
 pension of, i. 330, 349, 366, 390, ii. 63, 152, 
 235, 402 ; act against the purchase of sus- 
 pension of, ii. 300-1, 313, 343-4, iii. 24-5, 
 39, 54, 78 ; raised against managers of cus- 
 toms for contumacy, iv. 332. 
 
 Horsburgh, Laird of, encroaching on the rights 
 of Peebles, iv. 485. 
 
Convention of Boy al Burghs. 
 
 97 
 
 Horse : toll on a, i. 302, 381, 461, 488, u. 91, 
 209, iii. 47 ; toll for a horse with a load, i. 
 440, 461, 488 ; toll for a horse with rider, i. 
 488 ; horse-load of goods, impost on, i. 300, 
 489, iii. 388 ; anent famishing baggage 
 horses, iv. 18 ; horses of relay, see Posting. 
 
 Hospitals, iii. 241-2, 248, 266-8. 
 
 Hiiuston, John, commissioner for Renfrew, re- 
 nounces craft, i. 163. 
 
 Robert, maltman in Stirling, li. 129. 
 
 Howieson, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, 
 i. 313. 
 
 Hoys, see Ship. 
 
 Hucheon, Huchesonn, see Hutchison. 
 
 Hull, port of, ii. 462. 
 
 Hume, see Home. 
 
 Hunter, Alexander, in Edinburgh, com- 
 missioner to arrange with foreigners for 
 making of cloth, ii. 107-9, 117 ; sends 
 twelve craftsmen from Ley den, ii. 117. 
 
 David, burgess in Dundee, ii. 343. 
 
 William, merchant, ii. 48. 
 
 Hunting with dogs, ii. 366. 
 
 Huntly, George, Earl of, forfeiture of, i. 444. 
 
 Marquess of, v. 152. 
 
 Hutchison, David, commissioner for Kirkcaldy, 
 elected moderator, ii. 443. 
 
 John, skipper in Kirkcaldy, i. 382. 
 
 Hutson, Andrew, burgess in Inverkeithing, ii. 
 274. 
 
 Hutton, John, deacon of the wrights in Dun- 
 fermline, V. 553. 
 
 Idington, see Edington. 
 
 Ha, Hay, see Islay. 
 
 Import : importing of English cloth, i. 76, 359 ; 
 impost on goods from Holland, ii. 382 ; im- 
 porting wool from Ireland, iv. 430, v. 193, 
 195, 205 ; importation of strong waters for- 
 bidden, iv. 547 ; report on the rights of the 
 royal burghs in carrying on foreign trade, v. 
 339-47 ; import of lint and hemp seed, v. 
 435. See also under Denmeirk ; Norway ; 
 Spain ; Sweden ; West Indies. 
 
 Impost, see Taxation. 
 
 Imprisonment, see Prison. 
 
 Improvements and agriculture, society for : 
 letter from, anent the manufactures of Scot- 
 land, V. 382-3 ; conference with, anent the 
 
 King's letter on manufactures, v. 401 ; pro- 
 posals by, for improvement of Scottish 
 fisheries and manufactures, v. 407. 
 
 Incendiaries, iv. 546. 
 
 Inch, V. 127. 
 
 Inchberrie, bridge of, iL 37. 
 
 Incorporations, erection of, iv. 96. 
 
 Index to Acts of Convention, iv. 538. 
 
 Indian trade, see under Merchandise ; African 
 and East India Company. 
 
 Indies, West : imports from, iv. 587, 589 ; Irish 
 linen exjKjrted to, v. 145. 
 
 Infection : precautions against, in time of the 
 plague, V. 267-70 ; infection of the plague 
 brought from France, v. 268, 285 ; methods 
 for preventing the spread of pestilential in- 
 fection, V. 299-301 ; precautions against the 
 landing of a ship infected with the plague, 
 V. 329. 
 
 Infeftnaent by hasp and staple, iii. 240, 317. 
 
 Inhibition, letters of, i. 264, ii. 81. 
 
 Injury : anent persons injured for doing their 
 duty while in office, i. 414. 
 
 Innerkeithing, Innerkething, see Inverkeith- 
 ing. 
 
 Innernes, see Inverness. 
 
 Innes, Laird of, i. 490, ui. 426. 
 
 Inns, erection of, in burghs, ii. 252-4, 274-5, 
 288-9, 311. 
 
 Inspection; Inspector : see under Barrels; Fish ; 
 Herring ; Seilmon. 
 
 Interest: rate of, i. 50, 82, 186, a 188 ; pro- 
 tests of several burghs, sinent the paying of 
 ctrtain interest, i. 286-7 ; certain burghs to 
 pay interest on their unsettled accounts, i. 
 346 ; commission to the King, anent, ii. 329, 
 332, 351 ; supplication to the English parlia- 
 ment anent, iii. 429 ; retention of, from 
 annual rents, iv. 11. See also under Money. 
 
 Invasion, threat of, by a popish pretender, iv. 
 450-1. 
 
 Inverary : enrolment of, as a free burgh, iii. 
 339, 345-6 ; proportion of taxation fixed for, 
 iii. 386 ; superiority of the Marquess of 
 Argyle in, iii. 456, 472, iv. 233; tax-roll 
 dues of, iv. 90 ; poverty of the burgh, iv. 372 ; 
 grant to, in aid of sess due, v. 536, 548 ; ex- 
 empted, iv. 162. 
 
 Inverbervie : enrolment of, as a free royal 
 
 N 
 
98 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 burgh, iii. 621 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 
 266, 374 ; burgh not reported by the visi- 
 tors, iv. 667 ; procuring a seal for the burgh, 
 V. 589 ; exempted, iii. 653, iv. 57, 162. 
 Inverkeithing : annual Convention at, i. vi, vii ; 
 see also under Convention ; Burntisland 
 usurping liberties of, i. 203 ; customing of 
 ships by, i. 215, 235 ; magistrates of, to ap- 
 point a customer, i. 257 ; repairing the har- 
 bour of, and grants in aid for, i. 268, 415, 
 445, ii. 2-3, 24, 43, 239, 283, 418, iii. 12, iv. 
 486, V. 148, 493 ; erection of Culross as a 
 free burgh, disputed by, i. 375, 401, 435-6 ; 
 prosecution of, for abusing the common 
 good, i. 445 ; setting certain of the common 
 lands in feu, i. 470, 474, 483, 494 ; complaint 
 against the magistrates of, i. 494 ; supplica- 
 tion of, to Edinburgh for modification of 
 taxation, i. 545-6 ; repair of the causeway of 
 the burgh, ii. 2-3, 24, iii. 120, 131 ; com- 
 plaint of, against the constable of Dundee, 
 ii. 35 ; prosecution in connection with the 
 common rent of, ii. 57 ; complaint of the 
 fleshers of Edinburgh against, ii. 205, 215-6, 
 236-7, 258, 278 ; charge to, anent outland 
 Ijurgesses, ii. 250, 274 ; granted to suppli- 
 cate the King for a gift of impost, ii. 303, 
 454 ; charge to, anent election of magis- 
 trates, and reports, iii. 44, 55, 78, 103, 129, 
 139, 145, 158, 194, 273, 290, 313 ; commission 
 sent to the burgh to take trial of its mis- 
 government, iii. 67, 82 ; charge to, anent 
 common good, common lauds, iii. 82, 107 ; 
 repairing the bridge of, and grant for, iii. 120, 
 131 ; claim against the burgh for repayment, 
 iii. 271 ; prosecuting unf ree traders, iii. 390 ; 
 granted a voluntary contribution for repair of 
 the habour of, iii. 623, 628 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 355, 411, v. 104, 480; the burgh 
 contesting a right of way, iv. 491, 503-4, v. 
 3 ; visitors' report of the condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 607-8 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 7 ; sett of the burgh ratified 
 and recorded, v. 164 ; anent the office of 
 treasurer in the burgh, v. 175 ; complaint 
 of, against Dunfermline, v. 200 ; factious 
 proceedings at an election of magistrates in, 
 V, 410 ; setting the common muir in tack, 
 and warrant for, v. 490, 493 ; complaint 
 
 against the town clerk of, v. 490, 493 ; ex- 
 empted, i. 170 ; represented by missive, iii. 
 242, 263; unlawed, i. 431, 450, ii. 43, 57, 
 iii. 9. 
 Inverness : complaint of, against certain towns 
 usurping liberties, i. 104 ; protests against 
 the enrolment of Tain as a free burgh, i. 
 163, WO, 238 ; customer of, displaced, and 
 put to the horn, i. 256, 265, 289 ; suspen- 
 sion of letters of horning by, i. 330 ; burghs 
 to assist, in suiting King and Parliament 
 for repair of bridge, i. 332 ; to be charged 
 by collector to make certain payments, i, 
 349 ; in dispute with Pittenween anent eX' 
 cise boll of salt, i. 379, 397, 424, 433, 459 
 in dispute with Aberdeen anent excise boll 
 of salt, i. 379, 400, 424, 435 ; dealing with, 
 for non-payment of clerk's stipend, i, 417 
 complaint against, for componing with un 
 freemen, i. 465 ; supplicating aid for repair- 
 ing the bridge and harbour, i. 471, 481, 489. 
 ii. 321, iii. 504 ; complaint of, against the 
 erection of Chanonry in free burgh, i. 483 
 to supplicate the King for a gift of impost 
 to repair harbour and bridge, i. 489, ii. 321 
 letters of horning against, ii. 152 ; sending 
 commissioners to Parliament, ii. 174, 196 
 complaint of Tain against, for aiding and 
 abetting unfreemen, ii. 281, 294 ; to report 
 regarding excessive customs on wool, iii. 79 ; 
 charge to, anent outland burgesses, iii. 186, 
 223 ; charge to, anent common good and 
 common lands, iii. 224, 245 ; charge to, 
 anent unfree traders, iii. 245, 265, 287 ; 
 oppression of the burgh by Earl of Murray, 
 commission, iii. 251, 270, 274-5, 316 ; suppli- 
 cating aid for harbour, tollbuith, and church, 
 iii. 406, 504 ; opposes the enrolment of Rose- 
 markie, also of Cromarty, iii. 439, 451, 458, 
 462, 533-4 ; complaint against Thurso, iii. 
 462 ; controversy regarding election of 
 magistrates and form of government in, iii. 
 661-4, iv. 2, 11, 488, 507 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 78, v. 282 ; the sett of the burgh 
 ratified and recorded, iv. 179, 559 ; altera- 
 tion of the sett sanctioned, but protested, 
 v. 312-3 ; answers given to the protest on 
 the alteration of the sett, v. 319 ; poverty 
 and decay of the burgh, iv. 190, 342 ; pro- 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 99 
 
 portion of taxation for, iv. 319 ; inhabitants 
 of, interrupted in carrying home peats, iv. 
 389 ; visitors' report of the condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 604-6 ; controversy between mer- 
 chants and coopers in, v. 50 ; anent a claim 
 of drawback on salmon by, v. 282 ; petition 
 from certain of the guildry in, rejected, v. 
 331 ; burgh eased in the tax roll, v. 334, 350, 
 368 ; exempted, i. 170, 190, 239, 341, 471, 
 487, ii. 179, 281, 295, 461 ; represented by 
 missive, i. 353, ii. 249, 398, iii. 1, 35, 217, 
 310; unlawed, L 98, 245, 280, 330, 379, 396, 
 450, 471, ii. 18, 27, 36, 42, 59, 74, 78, 102, 
 110, 160, 165, 201, 213, 267, 352. 
 
 Inverness Frith, i. 190. 
 
 Inverury : enrolment of, as a free royal burgh, 
 iii. 534; the burgh in great poverty : assist- 
 ance promised, iii. 627 ; grants in aid to, iii. 
 627, 655 ; to be retained as a royal burgh, 
 iv. 29 ; granting burgess tickets, iv. 33 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 234 ; grant to, 
 for buUding a bulwark, iv. 265 ; application 
 for assistance from, iv. 357, v. 366 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of the burgh, iv. 665 ; 
 benefit of unfree trade granted to, v. 127 ; 
 complaint of, against the commissioners of 
 supply, V. 366, 369 ; exempted, iii. 627, 653, 
 iv. 11, 29, 162. 
 
 Ireland : customs on Scottish ships at Irish 
 ports, ii. 423, 462, iiL 11 ; impost on linen 
 in, iv. 423 ; importing wool from, iv. 430, v. 
 193, 195, 205, 208; overture on Scottish 
 linen imported into, v. 144 ; enquiry regard- 
 ing the manufacture of linen in, v. 407 ; coal 
 trade between Britain and Ireland, and act 
 anent, v. 476-7, 547 ; importing copper 
 money from, v. 487. 
 
 Iron : toll on horse load of, i. 461 ; impost on 
 iron pots, ii. 39 ; iron imported from Stock- 
 holm, iv. 597-8 ; a patent for making iron, 
 V. 492. 
 
 Irrowene, Irrowyne, see Irvine. 
 
 Irvine : in dispute with Ayr, i. 150-2 ; repair- 
 ing the bridge of, L 151, 292, 300, 302, 388 ; 
 scarcity of timber in, i. 192 ; repairing the 
 harbour of, supplications and grants for, i. 
 216, 292, 447, 461, ii. 86, 96, 278, 418, iii. 47, 
 626, iv. 79, V. 236 ; a party to fitting out a 
 ship and bark for suppression of piracy, i. 
 
 242-3 ; appointment of a customer for, i. 
 257 ; in dispute with Kirkcudbright anent 
 an impost on salt, i. 380, 397, 434, 455, 484 ; 
 appointed to arrest burgesses of Rothesay, i. 
 390 ; dealing with, for non-payment of clerk's 
 stipend, i. 417 ; an old gift of impost to, re- 
 nounced and cancelled, i. 461 ; to supplicate 
 a gift of impost to repair bridge, i. 461 ; pro- 
 tests against the act anent land measure and 
 water measure, ii. 26 ; outland burgesses of, 
 deprived of liberty, ii. 29 ; partly destroyed 
 by fire, craves assistance, ii. 53, 76, 101 ; to 
 supplicate a gift of impost for its harbour, 
 ii. 86, 278, 418, iii. 47 ; prosecution of cer- 
 tain unfree towns by : grants in aid of, and 
 reports regarding, ii. 113, 130, 147, 158, 175, 
 197, 214, 237, 291, 311, 345, iii. 37, 58 ; in 
 dispute with Glasgow, Renfrew, and Dum- 
 barton anent herring fishing, ii. 151 ; com- 
 plaint of Whithorn against, ii. 206, 222 ; 
 anent a gift of impost for harbour of Troon, 
 ii. 259 ; charge to, anent common lands and 
 rental, ii. 311-2, 344 ; rental of burgh in 
 1612, ii. 345 ; accounting for imposts granted, 
 ii. 450 ; imprisonment of a burgess of Ayr 
 by, iii. 347, 373 ; claim of the provost of 
 Linlithgow against, iii. 384 ; charge to, anent 
 unfree traders, ill 417 ; poverty of the burgh, 
 iii. 491 ; poverty and decay of the burgh ; a 
 committee to visit and report, iii. 626, 634, 
 iv. 79, V. 236, 334; imposition of a locality 
 in, iv. 24 ; granted to set tacks for payment 
 of town's debts, iv. 208, 404 ; act of town 
 council anent said taoks, iv. 214-6 ; magis- 
 trates in dispute with the schoolmaster, iv. 
 491-2 ; visitors' report of the condition of 
 the burgh, iv. 612-4 ; burgh eased in the 
 tax roll, V. 334, 350, 368 ; memorial from, 
 anent the Skerries lighthouse, v. 512-3 ; 
 memorial from, anent the coal trade to Ire- 
 land, V. 547; exempted, i. 380, ii. 16, 78, 295, 
 461 ; represented by missive, ii. 341, iii. 17, 
 77, 98, 112 ; unlawed, i. 317, 329, 396, 451, 
 473, 481, ii. 379, 435, 461-2, iii. 9. 
 
 Irvine, George, writer to the signet in Edin- 
 burgh, appointed agent for the burghs, v. 
 473. 
 
 John, in Burntisland, i. 458. 
 
 Richard, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Islay, Earl of, oommisaioner of trade and 
 plantation, v. 85, 454, 487, 493, 500, 506, 
 508, 546, 555, 589, 593, 604. 
 
 Islay Herald, ii. 487. 
 
 Isle of Watter, see Watter. 
 
 Isles, Tlie : anent the King's customs of the 
 Isles and Lochs, i. 190 ; anent a raid to, i. 
 482, 493 ; a proposal to send people to dwell 
 in certain parts of, i. 482, 493, 498 ; branding 
 of herring from, ii. 284 ; burghs remaining 
 from the raid of, ii. 299 ; anent the Bishop 
 of the Isles, and tiends of fish caught there, 
 ii. 300, 308, 312, 343, 354, 374, 410, 448, iii. 
 149, 151, 204, 226, 246, iv. 77; Flemings 
 fishing in the North and West Isles, ii. 323, 
 350, 354, 374, 405, iii. 142, 184, 279, 292-4, 
 300, 323-6; English fishers in the North and 
 West Isles, iii. 142, 279, 322-6 ; plantation 
 and fishing in, iii. 318-9, 322-6 ; the Isles 
 reserved for fishing, iv. 528-9. 
 
 Jack, William, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Jadgeing, see Gauging. 
 
 Jafifray, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 306. 
 
 James I.: annual parliaments of the Four 
 Burghs ordained by, i. 542. 
 
 II. : letters patent by, appointing annual 
 
 parliaments of the Four Burghs, i. 542. 
 
 II. of England : letters from the King to 
 
 the burghs, iv. 52, 81-5 ; letters from the 
 burghs to the King, iv. 53, 74, 85 ; address 
 presented by the burghs to, iv. 50 ; treaty 
 with Denmark made by, iv. 71 ; congratula- 
 tions to the King and Queen on the birth of 
 a Prince, iv. 74-5, 81-3. 
 
 III. i. vi. 
 
 v.: charters of erection in free burgh 
 
 granted by, i. 531, ii. 199 ; letter to the 
 Lord Cardinal of St Andrews from, anent 
 the staple at Middelburg, i. 550 ; act of 
 town council of Edinburgh anent a payment 
 to, i. 554 ; grant by, confirmed by Queen 
 Mary, appointing searchers of English ships, 
 i. 555. 
 
 VI.: grants to the burghs tacks of his 
 
 customs, i. 158, 207, 223 ; oversman in dis- 
 pute between merchants and craftsmen of 
 Edinburgh ; his award, i. 164-5 ; protests 
 
 regarding the conservator in Flanders, i. 
 172 ; missives from the King to Convention, 
 i. 179 ; sends an ambassador to France anent 
 certain customs, i. 182 ; magistrates of Edin- 
 burgh compoue for wines supplied to the 
 royal household, i. 182 ; grants a letter to 
 Convention in favour of Dundee, J. 195 ; 
 answer from Convention to, anent an am- 
 bassador to Denmark, i. 208 ; obtains a loan 
 of 6000 merks from Convention for an em- 
 bassy to Denmark, i. 249-50 ; anent payment 
 of the wines furnished to the King's house- 
 hold, i. 267, 347 ; desires the burghs to be 
 surety for him in a contract with Eustaohius 
 Eoghe, i. 291 ; supplication to, for a gift of 
 impost to certain burghs, i. 300, 302, 332, 
 376, 380-2, 388-9, 391, 414, 425, 438, 440-1, 
 461, 471, 486, 488-9, ii. 18, 34, 36, 55-6, 
 85-7, 90-1, 106, 109, 112, 149, 150, 159, 177, 
 207, 214, 216-7, 220-1, 263-4, 266, 277-9, 
 283, 285, 295, 299, 320-2, 356, 359, 409, 
 418-9, 452, iii. 13-4, 45-8, 109, 134 ; sup- 
 plication to, anent the insufficiency of cunyie, 
 i. 304 ; the King's appointment of a new 
 conservator in Flanders, i. 306, 343; sup- 
 plication to, for redress of injuries inflicted 
 by pirates of Dunkirk, i. 307 ; burghs grant 
 £20,000 towards the King's marriage, i. 309 ; 
 money advanced to the King by the burghs, 
 i. 331 ; supplication to, for revival of two 
 annual fairs in Aberdeen, i. 333-4 ; outred 
 of ship to convey the King and Queen from 
 Denmark, i. 334 ; commissioners called by 
 the King to assent to taxation, to answer 
 and vote uniformly and according to con- 
 science, i. 339 ; charges the burghs to elect 
 noblemen as magistrates, i. 340 ; certain 
 commissioners sent for by, i. 344 ; anent 
 payment of 22,000 merks lent to the King, 
 i. 349 ; gift of conservatory purchased from, 
 i. 350 ; supplicating the King's authority to 
 preserve the common good of burghs, i. 362 ; 
 grants of erection in free burgh by, i. 370, 
 374, 404, ii. 84 ; missive from, anent pur- 
 chasing of Scottish salt, i. 380; letter to 
 Convention from, i. 382 ; refers to Conven- 
 tion the settlement of disputes between the 
 community and magistrates of Aberdeen, i. 
 384; agent to sue for suspension of a gift 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 101 
 
 from, i. 400 ; supplication to, for grant of a 
 taxation for repairing the bridge of Don, i. 
 425 ; desires the burghs to provide spice and 
 ■wine for the banquet at the baptism of 
 Prince Henry, i. 429-30 ; declaration of, 
 against the forfeited Lords, i. 444; his 
 majesty's zeal for the true religion, i. 444 ; 
 gift granted by, of gauger, inspector, and 
 marker of salmon, herring, and white fish, 
 i. 467 ; conference with, anent exporting 
 coal and wool, i. 478 ; a commission to en- 
 treat the King regarding certain aflfairs, i. 
 482-3 ; answers of Convention to the re- 
 quests made by the King and Council, i. 
 497-8 ; arrangement regarding the King's 
 customs and bullion, i. 499-500, ii. 14-5 ; 
 commission to Flanders sent by, i. 508 ; pro- 
 posal to, anent planting the staple in Flan- 
 ders, i. 517-8 ; directing a commissioner to 
 France to arrange customs on Scottish 
 goods, i. 517-8 ; letter from the King re- 
 garding a conservator in England, ii. 48-9 ; 
 letter from, anent the staple at Campvere, 
 ii. 58 ; controversy between the burghs and 
 the King regarding payment of burrow 
 mails, conferences and proposals, ii. 68-72 ; 
 supplication to, for an inhibition against the 
 boatmen of Leith and Newhaven, ii. 81-2 ; 
 letter from, directing the burghs to hold 
 musters and wapinshawings, ii. 83 ; the King 
 directiog the burghs to send commissioners 
 to Parliament, ii. 86-7 ; anent the appoint- 
 ment of an ambassador to France by, ii. 90 ; 
 efiforts of the King to introduce clothmaking, 
 and to induce the burghs to undertake the 
 work, ii. 98, 107-8, 123, 202-3; sends the 
 Duke of Lennox ambassador to France, ii. 
 104 ; succeeds to the throne of England : 
 preparations for his coronation, ii. 163-4, 
 167 ; commissioners sent to England to treat 
 anent the union of the two kingdoms, ii. 
 182-3, 184-6, 189-91 ; anent residence of the 
 King in Scotland, ii. 190 ; the King urges 
 the burghs to combine and extend the fish- 
 ings : answer of the burghs, ii. 202-3 ; urg- 
 ing the burghs to assist in protecting Dum- 
 barton from inundation, ii. 240-1 ; letter 
 from the King urging the burghs to adopt 
 certain improvements ; and the burghs' 
 
 answer, ii. 252-5, 274-5 ; letter from the 
 King to the burghs anent their dealings 
 with the Low Countries : answer from 
 burghs, ii. 259-61 ; posting the King's let- 
 ters between London and Edinburgh, ii. 261 ; 
 commission to the King anent customs, bul- 
 lion, interest, and commissions, ii. 329, 332, 
 351-2, 358 ; burghs entreat the King to 
 transfer the staple to Middleburg, ii. 334, 
 338-9, 362 ; the burghs entreating the King's 
 letters of recommendation to the King of 
 France, ii. 336-7 ; burghs complaining to the 
 King of the customs imposed, ii. 340 ; com- 
 mission to the King anent Book of Rates and 
 Customs, ii. 354, 374-5 ; supplicating the 
 King anent prick-measure, ii. 379 ; in dis- 
 pute with the burghs regarding the expenses 
 of the prosecution of Stercovius, ii. 416, 423, 
 433, 437, 576 ; commission to supplicate the 
 King regarding certain griefs of burghs, ii, 
 458-9, 466 ; charter by, ratifying liberties 
 and privileges of craftsmen, ii. 476-9 ; anent 
 the expenses of the King's ambassadors to 
 Denmark, ii. 518-9 ; supplying post horses 
 for the King, iii. 32 ; appoints a commission 
 for planting kirks in the kingdom, iii. 43 ; 
 letters patent of the King in favour of mer- 
 chants trading in England and Ireland, iii. 
 59 ; proclamation of, anent freighting native 
 goods in foreign bottoms, iii. 66-7 ; a com- 
 mission of inquiry anent certain griefs of the 
 burghs, appointed by, iii. 141, 147-52, 161, 
 168-73, 225 ; missive of thanks from the 
 burghs to, iii. 152 ; the King's gift of the 
 office of conservator opposed by the burghs, 
 iii. 153-5, 162-4, 171, 175-8 ; letters from, 
 anent forbidden goods, impost on foreign 
 victual, money, letters of marque, furnishing 
 of ships, iii. 213-5. 
 
 Jamieson, George, commissioner for Cupar, 
 elected moderator, iii. 358. 
 
 John, bailie in Ayr, ii. 273. 
 
 Janson, Aran, cloth-shearer from Leyden, ii. 
 117, 119. 
 
 Jedburgh : convention of burghs at, i. x., and 
 see under Convention ; action of, against 
 Hawick, i. 170 ; measures of, greater than 
 the standard of Linlithgow, i. 454 ; letters 
 of horning against, ii. 152-3 ; a paymemt to 
 
102 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Thomas Fender, post in Edinburgh, ii. 464 ; 
 craving support in prosecuting Kelso and 
 Hawick, iii. 86, 93-4 ; complaint of, against 
 Lauder for charging extra customs, iii. 109, 
 135, 140, 158, 201, 229, 253-4 ; commissioner 
 for, rejected by Convention, iii. 138, v. 589 ; 
 charge to, anent election of magistrates, and 
 reports, iii. 273, 286, 312 ; dispute between 
 the merchants and magistrates of, iii. 551, 
 559 ; in controversy with the common clerk, 
 iii. 532, 536, 539 ; complaints against the 
 magistrates of, iii. 560 ; prosecuting the 
 town of Hawick, iii. 570, iv. 131-2 ; repair- 
 ing the bridge of Ancrum, iii. 588 ; setting 
 of the common good and common land in, 
 iii. 636, iv. 434 ; anent the public debts of, 
 iv. 2 ; a provost of, fined and imprisoned, 
 iv. 96, 159 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 265, 
 300, 388 ; a general contribution for the 
 burgh recommended, iv. 284 ; grants in aid 
 to, iv. 315, 340, 355, v. 6 ; miserable condi- 
 tion of the inhabitants of, iv. 388, 421 ; con- 
 troversy between the inhabitants and the 
 magistrates of, iv. 421, 434, 457 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of the burgh, iv. 
 614-6 ; complaining against unfree traders, 
 V. 632 ; election of magistrates declared 
 void : appointment of managers for the 
 burgh, V. 638-40; exempted, i. 170, 239, 
 529, ii. 295, iii. 29 ; represented by missive, 
 i. 37, 310, iii. 35, 54, 77 ; unlawed, i. 216, 266, 
 425, 450, 473, 481, ii. 3, 27, 36, 59, 74, 102, 
 127, 160, 182, 201, 212, 240, 267, 273, 352, 
 358, 400, 459, ui. 112. 
 
 Jedge, Jedgerie, see Gauging. 
 
 Jedge Maister, see Measurer. 
 
 Jerdin, see Jardine. 
 
 Jersey, Isle of : vessels from, put under quar- 
 antine, V. 268. 
 
 Jesuits : the King complaining that the burghs 
 are careless regarding Jesuits resorting to 
 this realm, ii. 260-1 ; anent dealings with, 
 iii, 103-4, 116. 
 
 Jettison, scat and lot for loss by, i. 45, 99-100, 
 117. 
 
 Jewels : careless keeping of town's jewels, i. 
 321. 
 
 John of Groats, plea for a packet-boat to 
 Kirkwall from, v. 513. 
 
 Johnstone, James, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected vice-moderator, i. 342. 
 Hon. James, Secretary of State for Soot- 
 land : letters to and from, iv. 165, 169. 
 John, merchant burgess in Edinburgh, 
 
 appointed joint officer for the burghs, v. 
 
 610. 
 • Sir Patrick, provost, commissioner for 
 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 314, 320, 
 
 334, 368, 481. 
 
 of Newby, provost of Annan, ii. 178. 
 
 of Westerhall, Sir William, v. 39-41, 45, 
 
 78, 120, 307-8. 
 Joists and spars, impost on, i. 471. 
 Jornall, Jurnall, see Mint. 
 Jossie, John, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 359, 462. 
 
 Robert, burgess in Edinburgh, ii. 118. 
 
 Jowsie, see Jossie. 
 
 Judges : anent judges of the supreme court 
 
 serving in Parliament, v. 562-3. 
 Judicatories : adjudications before inferior 
 
 judicatories, iv. 200. 
 Jug : the standard jug of Stirling, and price 
 
 to be charged for, iii. 71 ; and tee under 
 
 Stirling ; Weights and Measures. 
 Jurisdiction of burghs impaired by certain 
 
 officials, i. 340. 
 Justice : summary justice, i. 40 ; commissioners 
 
 of, for Scotland, iii. 425, 438-9, 456 ; and see 
 
 under Commissioners ; Council and Session ; 
 
 Privy Council. 
 Justice Clerk, i. 249, 529. 
 Justice of Peace : opposition to an act in 
 
 favour of justices of peace, iii. 543 ; extent of 
 
 jurisdiction of the justices of peace, iv. 458 ; 
 
 encroachment by justices of peace, iv. 458, 
 
 490, V. 6, 51, 92, 214 ; justices of the peace 
 
 to enforce the act anent the worsted reel, v. 
 
 274 ; charge against the justices of peace in 
 
 Culross, V. 526. 
 
 Kaa, see Kay. 
 
 Kar, see Ker. 
 
 Kay, John, in Crail, i. 459. 
 
 Neil, notary in Campvere, and conserva- 
 tor depute, i. 290, ii. 339, 369, 382, 408-9, 
 414, 425. 
 
 Keeling, Keling : packing, branding, and in- 
 
Contention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 103 
 
 speoting of, i. 89 ; impost on, i. 466, ii. 34 ; 
 salting and export of, iv. 427-8. 
 
 Keith, V. 162, 211, 333. 
 
 ■ Sir William, provost of Tain, i. 302. 
 
 Kells, V. 125. 
 
 Kelly, William, treasurer of Dunbar, ii. 191-2. 
 
 Kelso : reference to the raid of, ii. 524 ; pro- 
 secuted by Jedburgh, iii. 86, 94 ; general 
 contribution for the rebuilding of the town, 
 iv. 45 ; trade and unfree traders in, iv. 381, 
 V. 162, 211, 333 ; in controversy with the 
 agent, iv. 496. 
 
 Kennedy, Mrs Ann, daughter of a late con- 
 servator, v. 481. 
 
 Mr, afterwards Sir, James, conservator 
 
 in Flanders, iv. 31-2, 37, 91 ; grants to the 
 widow and children of, iv. 182, 211, 234, 
 271 ; claim by the creditors of, iv. 207. 
 
 John, clerk of Aberdeen, i. 295. 
 
 John Vere, conservator depute in Camp- 
 
 vere, iv. 379, 438, 458. 
 
 Sir Thomas, provost and commissioner 
 
 for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 58, 62, 
 65, 69. 
 
 of Clowburn, Mr, afterwards Sir, Andrew, 
 
 conservator in Flanders, iv. 104-12, 220-1, 374, 
 378, 393, 412, 507, v. 6, 20-9, 63, 80, 103, 135, 
 165, 168, 170-1 ; see also under Conservator. 
 
 Kent, John, in Burntisland, ii. 112. 
 
 Kenzow, Keyngzow, see Kinyow. 
 
 Ker, Andrew, clerk of Linlithgow, ii. 42 ; his 
 sons to be successors in office, ii. 82. 
 
 Mr Andrew, clerk to the burghs, iii. 338, 
 
 iv. 558. 
 
 Oliver, customer of Perth, i. 256, 383. 
 
 Kersey, abuses in the working of, commission 
 anent, iii. 124, 130, 136-7. 
 
 Kerstoun in Orkney, iv. 430, 514. 
 
 Kettle, kirk of, ii. 251, 274, 290, 311, 402. 
 
 Keyne, Jacob, in Campvere, ii. 229, 245. 
 
 Kid skins, see Skins. 
 
 Killimuir, see Kilmuir. 
 
 Kilmalcolm (Kilmaoolm), clachan of, ii. 178, 
 202, iii. 57. 
 
 Kilmarnock, trade and unfree traders in, iii. 
 37, 58, iv. 381, v. 118-9, 148-9, 211, 213, 217, 
 333. 
 
 Kilmuir, v. 127, 162, 211, 333. 
 
 Kilrenny : supplication of to be admitted as a 
 
 free burgh, i. 188-9, 203 ; admission and en- 
 rolment of, i. 371 ; charge to, anent repair 
 of causeway, ii. 304, 314, 344 ; repairing the 
 harbour of, and grants in aid for, iii. 146, 
 164, 201, V. 608-10 ; resignation tendered to 
 Convention, iv. 14, 21, 33, 70 ; arrangements 
 for easing the burgh, iv. 77, 118 ; visitors' 
 report of the condition of the burgh, iv. 655 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, v. 599 ; exempted, 
 i. 439, ii. 17, 78, 159, 211-2, 281, 461, iii. 29, 
 91, iv. 162, 235 ; represented by missive, i. 
 473, ii. 42, 99, 126, 155, 172, 194, 232, 287, 
 309, 342, 432, 442, iii. 2, 35, 54, 77, 99, 125, 
 220, 232, 243, 263, 282, 310; unlawed, ii. 
 267, 270, 400. 
 
 Kilsyth, iii. 334. 
 
 Kiltearn, v. 127. 
 
 Kilwinning, v. 162, 211, 217, 333. 
 
 Kilwinning, Gavin, Commendator of, i. 522. 
 
 Kinoaid, George, factor in Campvere, a com- 
 missioner to Convention, i. 61 ; proposed as 
 successor to George Halket, i. 306. 
 
 Kincaid, Thomas, chirurgeon, iii. 484. 
 
 Kincaimy, ii. 310. 
 
 Kincardine, v. 127. 
 
 King, Andrew, burgess in Aberdeen : protest 
 and complaint of, against the provost and 
 magistrates, i. 318, 320-2,324-6, 328-9, 332-4, 
 335-7 ; presents decree of Parliament, anent 
 the dispute, i. 383. 
 
 Kinghorn : dispute anent the rating of, i. 176 ; 
 magistrates of, to appoint a customer, i. 257 ; 
 in dispute with Burntisland anent certain 
 imposts, i. 337, 349, 375-6, 400 ; complaint 
 of, against one of its burgesses, i. 410-11 ; to 
 arrest nolt and sheep passing to England, i. 
 455 ; supplication of, for modification of tax- 
 ation, i. 545-6 ; to purchase letters of inhibi- 
 tion for the discharge of certain dangerous 
 ferry boats on the Frith of Forth, ii. 81-2; 
 repairing the harbour of, and grants for, ii. 
 86, iii. 12, 43, 67, 90, 229, 344, 372, 406, iv. 
 265, V. 634; to supplicate the King for a 
 gift of impost for its harbour, ii. 86, 259, 279 
 reduction of taxation granted to, ii. 220 
 charge to, anent outland burgesses, ii. 348 
 complaint of Cupar against, ii. 358 ; complaint 
 of, against Burntisland, anent passage by 
 ferry, iii. 44, 59, 82, 108 ; visitation of the 
 
101 
 
 Tndex to the Records of the 
 
 burgh, iii. 355, iv. 234, 299, 317, 599, 610 ; 
 unfree traders in, iv. 380 ; visitors' report of 
 the condition of the burgh, iv. 608-9 ; trans- 
 porting forces and prisoners, v. 16 ; malad- 
 ministration of the magistrates of, v. 55], 
 553-4, 556-8 ; the burgh charged with con- 
 cealing sources of its revenue : the charge 
 groundless, v. 608-9, 629, 634 ; unlawed, i. 
 266, 301, 425, ii. 270. 
 
 Kinghorn, Earl of, iii. 636. 
 
 Kinhilt, Laird of, i. 483, ii. 54. 
 
 Kinloch, Francis, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iv. 8, 12. 
 
 Kiakell, grant for building the harbour of, iv. 
 203. 
 
 Kintore : enrolment of, as a free royal burgh, 
 iii. 534 ; to be retained among the royal 
 burghs, iv. 29 ; granting burgess tickets, iv. 
 33; visitation of the burgh, iv. 266, v. 599; 
 visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 665 ; 
 building a prison in, and grant in aid for, 
 V. 599, 608-10 ; exempted, iii. 653, iv. 11, 
 29, 98, 162. 
 
 Kinyow, Thomas, comptroller of Pittenweem, 
 i. 215 ; in dispute with a customer, i. 238-9, 
 249, 256, 266 ; audit of his accounts, i. 246, 
 366 ; declared a rebel, and unlawed, i. 353 ; 
 letters of horning and treason against, i. 389- 
 90 ; payments by, in settlement of accounts, 
 i. 415, 417. 
 
 Kippen, v. 149. 
 
 Kirkcaldy : supplication of, anent extortions 
 at certain English ports, i. 180 ; magistrates 
 of, to appoint a comptroller, i. 257 ; protest 
 of, against the rating of a tax-roll, i. 265 ; 
 to be sued by the agent for payment of cus- 
 toms on English goods, i. 288 ; in dispute 
 with Burntisland, anent certain imposts, i. 
 337, 349, 375-6, 389, 400, 416, 491, iii. 230 ; 
 protest of, against adjusters of tax-roll, i. 
 366 ; repair of the harbour of, supplications 
 and grants for, i. 389, 488-9, ii. 55, 241, 264, 
 iii. 13, iv. 284 ; examination of the harbour 
 and sea-walls, v. 171, 191 ; imposts granted 
 to, for repair of harbour, i. 389, 488-9, ii. 55, 
 264, iii. 13-4 ; charge to, anent setting its 
 common lands, ii. 35-6 ; report of the com- 
 mon good, rent, and marches of, ii. 45 ; 
 charge to, anent use of measures, ii. 77 ; 
 
 complaints of, against the conservator in 
 Flanders, ii. 161, 181, 200, 226-30; craving 
 payment of money spent on affairs of burghs, 
 ii. 164, 182 ; complaint against certain magis- 
 trates of, ii. 181-2 ; complaint of, against 
 Cupar regarding customs, ii. 357 ; charge 
 against certain bailies of, regarding the com- 
 mon good, ii. 415, 450, 458 ; to report anent 
 election of magistrates and care of the com- 
 mon good, ii. 458, iii. 7 ; charged extra cus- 
 toms at certain English ports, ii. 462 ; com- 
 plaint of, against Dunbar for impost on her- 
 ring, iii. 14 ; complaint against, by Andrew 
 Forret, iii. 21 ; complaint of, against Cupar, 
 regarding its common fairs, iii. 378, 400 ; 
 charge to, anent unfree traders in Linktoun, 
 iii. 387, 401 ; complaint of, against theexorbi- 
 tant customs of neighbouring burghs, iii. 406 ; 
 erection of a guildry in, iii. 461, 464, 477, 
 481, 517-8 ; disputes anent the election of 
 magistrates in, iii. 477, 517 ; constitution 
 and form of election of magistrates in, iii. 
 517 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 70, 97, 266, 
 411, V. 171 ; grant in aid to, iv. 78 ; burgh 
 eased in the tax-roll, iv. 114, 198, v. 334, 
 350, 368 ; warrant to set the lands of Mure- 
 house, iv. 506, v. 317, 333 ; visitors' report 
 of the condition of the burgh, iv. 593-6 ; 
 complaint of, regarding custom-house exac- 
 tions, V. 52, 79 ; representation by the magis- 
 trates of, V. 135-6 ; illegal practices of the 
 magistrates, and controversy in the burgh, 
 V. 278, 281, 283-4 ; warrant to set in feu the 
 common good of, v. 335, 352. 
 
 Kirkcaldy, John, commissioner for Kinghorn, 
 elected moderator, ii. 73. 
 
 William, burgess in Kinghorn, purchase 
 
 of lordship by, i. 410-1. 
 
 Kirkcowan, v. 162. 
 
 Kirkcudbright : charged with reset of pirates, 
 i. 197 ; repairing the tolbooth of, i, 358, v. 
 525 ; in dispute with certain burghs anent 
 impost on salt, i. 380, 397, 434, 455 ; anent 
 the common good of, i. 431 ; measures of, 
 greater than the standard of Linlithgow, i. 
 454 ; complaint against, for componing with 
 unfreemen, i. 465 ; in dispute with Ayr, 
 Glasgow, Irvine, and Dumbarton, i. 484 ; 
 craving support for building bridge of Dee, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 105 
 
 i. 490; complaint of Wigtown against, ii. 
 150 ; regratera, forestallers, and unfreemen 
 at the markets of, to be restrained, ii. 155, 
 160, 173, 197 ; diligence of, against unfree- 
 men, forestallers, regraters, ii. 213, 233-4, 
 250, 291, 311-2, 843, 400, 402 ; craving sup- 
 port for repair of haven and moat, ii. 266 ; 
 complaint of Wigtown against, for aiding and 
 abetting unfreemen, ii. 281, 293-4 ; charge to, 
 anent outland burgesses, ii. 311-2, 348, 400, 
 iii. 3, 18 ; depriving certain outland bur- 
 gesses, ii. 347, 400, iii. 3, 18, 58, 81, 105 ; 
 charge to, anent common lands and rental, 
 and reports from, ii. 311-2, 346, 401, 416, 444, 
 ui. 2, 18, 41, 58, 81, 105, 116, 129, 145, 159 ; 
 common good and rental of burgh in 1612, 
 ii. 346-7 ; complaint of, against certain 
 burghs of barony, ii. 357 ; dealing with un- 
 free markets, ii. 400-1, 447 ; granted to sup- 
 plicate a gift of impost for harbour, iii. 14 ; 
 charge to, anent election of magistrates, and 
 reports from, iii. 38, 55, 78, 103 ; raising 
 letters against the Stewards of the Stewartry, 
 iii. 41-2 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 98, 
 388, v. 506 ; grant in aid to, iv. 356 ; miser- 
 able condition of the burgh, iv. 388, v. 333, 
 505 ; difierences between the magistrates 
 and the trades in, act accommodating, iv. 
 406-9 ; warrant to set the fishings of, iv. 
 411, 457 ; in dispute with New Galloway, iv. 
 491 ; visitors' report of the condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 616-8; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 175, 191 ; action against the 
 magistrates of, for upholding the sett of the 
 burgh, V. 333 ; grant to, for repair of church 
 and tolbooth, v. 525 ; exempted, i. 239, 358, 
 Ii. 3, 17, 78, 179, 211-2, iv. 162 ; represented 
 by missive, i. 244, 275, 294, 369, ii. 41, 99, 
 126, 232; unlawed, i. 216, 282, 317, 396, 
 417, ii. 27, 155, 161, 173, 234, 401, 416, 435, 
 462; Stewartry of, iii. 41-2, 
 
 Kirkinner, v. 162. 
 
 Kirkintilloch, bridge of, ii. 36. 
 
 Kirk lands, see under Church. 
 
 Kirkton, Alexander, commissioner for Jed- 
 burgh, elected moderator, iii. 310. 
 
 Kirkwall : enrolment of, as a free royal burgh, 
 iii. 611-2 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, 
 iv. 213, V. 125, 335; magistrates to report 
 
 anent the condition of the burgh, iv. 355 ; 
 burgh not reported by the visitors, iv. 667 ; 
 beneQt of unfree trade in Orkney and Shet- 
 land granted to, v. 6, 125, 405 ; burgh eased 
 in the tax roll, v. 335, 350, 368 ; plea for a 
 jacket-boat from John of Groats to, v. 513 ; 
 exempted, iv. 29, 57, 78, 162. 
 
 Kirriemuir, usurping liberties, ii. 402. 
 
 Knikrene, see Nickerin. 
 
 KnoUis, Tobaccos, patentee, iv. 547. 
 
 Knowis, sie Knollis. 
 
 Knox, John, provost of St Andrews, ii. 303. 
 
 Konigsberg : building a Scots kirk in, iv. 230; 
 imports from, iv. 597-8. 
 
 Kyle, district of : extent raised on the inhab- 
 itants of, i. 151 ; anent justices of the peace 
 in, V. 51, 92. 
 
 Kyle, Robert, keeper of the conciergery in 
 Campvere, iv. 2. 
 
 Kylmaoolm, see Kiltralcolm. 
 
 Kyraming, see Camming. 
 
 Lading, Bills of, act anent, iii. 200, 221. 
 
 Ladle : custom of the, and disputes regarding, 
 i. 356, 377, 381, 398, 403, 433, ii. 259 ; roup- 
 ing of the ladle, ii. 347. 
 
 Lahore, William, skipper in Kinghorn, ii. 230. 
 
 Laing, George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313. 
 
 John, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 385. 
 
 William, merchant in Aberdeen, iii. 103, 
 
 116. 
 
 Lamb, Andrew, in Edinburgh, i. 182. 
 
 —— Thomas, treasurer of Kirkcaldy, ii. 181. 
 
 Lamb skins, see Skins. 
 
 Lambs, toll on, i. 461, ii. 209. 
 
 Lame ware, iii. 388. 
 
 Lammas (Lambes), i. 128, 160, 225, ii. 91, 162, 
 284. 
 
 Lanark : admission of, as a free royal burgh, 
 i. vi ; anent the standard stone weight of, i. 
 2, 76, 237, 469, 482, iii. 71 ; claims the 
 fourth place in rank of burghs, i. 196 ; pro- 
 test of, anent the paying of certain interest, 
 i. 286-7 ; in dispute with Glasgow anent 
 certain imposts, i. 381, 398, 433 ; charge to, 
 anent unfree traders, ii. 235, 251, v. 149, 
 190 ; its commissioner to Convention rejected, 
 iii. 282 ; prosecuting the holders of common 
 lands of the burgh, iii. 335, 342, 372 ; dispute 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 in, regarding possession of the morfc-cloths, 
 iii. 409 ; commission to visit and report on 
 the common lands of, iii. 411 ; erection of a 
 guildry in, iii. 426, 481 ; election of magis- 
 trates not qualified, iii.525; commissioner for, 
 discharged, also the magistrates suspected, 
 iii. 525: fined in 6000 merks, iv. 32; to be 
 assisted in maintaining its privileges, iv. 44, 
 77, 91 ; in dispute with George Baillie of 
 Jerviswood, iv. 195 ; condition of the burgh 
 recommended to Parliament, iv.211 ; grant to, 
 for building a bridge, iv. 234, 265 ; a bailie's 
 goods arrested in Bo'ness, iv. 303 ; grant in 
 aid to, iv. 355 ; visitors' report of the con- 
 dition of the burgh, ivr. 631-3 ; controversy 
 of, with the justices of peace of the shire, v. 
 214 ; visitation of the burgh of, v. 461 ; ex- 
 empted, i. 170, ii. 17, 149, 263, 356, iii. 29 ; 
 represented by missive, ii. 23, 41, 73, 172, 
 272, 287, 399, 421, 442, iii. 35, 77, 156 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 5, 245, 293, 473, 481, ii. 435, 459- 
 62, iii. 10. 
 Land met or measure and water met, iii. 402, 
 
 417, and see under Weights and Measures. 
 Landward burghs, see Biirgh. 
 Land Tax : discussion of the land tax bill, 
 overtures, protests, and answers, v. 30-8, 
 42, 46-9, 52-61 ; the Queen's advocate con- 
 sulted regarding, v. 49, 52 ; memorial from 
 the receiver general anent, v. 65, 79 ; Eng- 
 lish lawyers consulted, and letter to the 
 agent in London, v. 87-90 ; passing of the 
 bill, and warning to the burghs, v. 90-1 ; 
 new rule for valuation and rating under the 
 land tax in burghs, v. 129 ; anent a clause 
 in the act to prevent suspension, and letter 
 to Members of Parliament on the subject, v. 
 506, 519-20, 531, 537, 542, 546. 
 Laper, see Lepper. 
 Lapper, Lapping, see under Linen. 
 Laquhoir, see Lahore. 
 Larg, Laird of, ii. 291, 305. 
 Last of beer, i. 345, 408, 427. 
 Lathrisk, John, commissioner for Dysart, 
 
 elected moderator, i. 394. 
 Lauder : to report diligence against unfree- 
 men, regraters, and forestallers, ii. 161, 
 173-4 ; visitors' report of the condition of, 
 iv. 654-5 ; complaint of, against justices of 
 
 peace, v. 6-7 ; double election of a oom- 
 miesioner in, v. 311 ; exempted, i. 170, 214, 
 305, 389, 439, 473, ii. 17, 78, 91, 159, 211-2, 
 263, 295, 320, 461, iii. 251, iv. 29, 195 ; re- 
 presented by missive, i. 353, 394, ii. 23, 42, 
 100, 126, 194, ii. 232, 272, 342, iii. 17, 35, 
 263, 282, 310 ; unlawed, i. 266, 317, 450, ii. 
 267, 352, 435, 462. 
 Lauder, Gilbert, in Edinburgh, i. 551. 
 
 Henry, bailie of Dunbar, ii. 191. 
 
 Kobert, customer of Dunbar, i. 193, 258. 
 
 Lauderdale, Earl of. Secretary of State for 
 Scotland, iii. 526, 568-9, 602, 626, 629 ; 
 appointed agent at court for the burghs, iii. 
 526, 630-1 ; letters and instructions to, iii. 
 635, 641, 644, 647, 649, 652, 658, 664, 673, 
 iv. 16, 20, 23, 474. 
 Laurence fair, see St Lawrence. 
 Lauthrisk, see Lathrisk. 
 
 Law : laws of burghs, execution of, i. 102-3, 
 113, 503 ; lawsuits within burgh, and be- 
 tween burghs, i. 103, see also under Burgh ; 
 anent pursuit of, by Scottish merchants in 
 Flanders, i. 511 ; Scotland to be governed 
 by its own laws, ii. 189, and see underVraon 
 with England, 
 Law, James, bailie of Kirkcaldy, ii. 181. 
 Lawburrows, letters of, i. 18. 
 Lawmonth, see Lamond. 
 Laynrig, see Lanark. 
 League : renewal of the ancient league with 
 
 Prance, ii. 334, 337. 
 Learmonth of Balcomie, Sir James, iii. 179. 
 
 of Dairsie, James, commissioner for St 
 
 Andrews, refusal of the moderatorship by, 
 i. 295-6. 
 Leather : anent unfreemen dealing in, ii. 37, 
 46 ; insufficiency of tanned leather, iii. 142, 
 148, 151 ; impost on tanned hides, and sup- 
 plication for its discharge, iii. 195 ; a patent 
 for dressing and colouring leather, iv. 193 ; 
 see aho under Hides ; Skins ; Tanning. 
 Leighton, Robert, commissioner for Montrose, 
 
 elected moderator, i. 353. 
 Leippie, see Lippie. 
 
 Leith : certain fish brought to the port of, i. 
 191, 204-5 ; causing trouble and injury to 
 Kinghorn, ii. 81-2 ; bind of Leith fixed for 
 salmon barrels, ii. 257-; harbour of, iii. 135; 
 
ConveMion of Royal Burghs. 
 
 107 
 
 anent the water mett of, iii. 402 ; valuation 
 
 of South Leith, v. 71 ; appeal of Edinburgh 
 
 against, v. 543. 
 Leith of Harthill, John, Iii. 37, 55, 98, 113, 
 
 222, 269. 
 Lennox, Duke of, ii. 90, 104, 147, 491, 540, iii. 
 
 53, 262-3, 265, 275, 300. 
 Earl of, (afterwards Duke of), appointed 
 
 Regent, i. 16. 
 
 James, clerk to conservator in Flan- 
 ders, iii. 115, 131, 143, 166, 174, 197, 201, 
 206, 211, 227, 240. 
 
 Lentrin-ware, lentron-ware, i. 213. 
 
 Lentron, Allan, skipper in St Andrews, to 
 furnish a ship and bark equipped for sup- 
 pression of piracy, i. 242 ; failure of the 
 enterprise and prosecution of Lentron, i. 
 261, 288, 300, 306-7, 317-8. 
 
 Thomas, in St Andrews, i. 242, 288, 300. 
 
 Lepper, John, burgess in St Andrews, ii. 407, 
 425, 427. 
 
 Lermonth, see. Learmonth. 
 
 Leslie, Andrew, burgess in Aberdeen, 1. 313. 
 
 Leslie, town of, iv. 139. 
 
 Lesmahagow, v. 149. 
 
 Letters of marque, i. 360, 382, iii. 213-5. 
 
 Letters patent in favour of Scottish merchants, 
 Iii. 74. 
 
 Leuchers, James, master 'of the oonoiergery in 
 Campvere, iv. 290. 
 
 Leven, Earl of, iv. 436. 
 
 Leven, town of, iv. 379, v. 162, 211, 333, 525. 
 
 water of, inundations by, ii. 36, 95, 168, 
 
 207-8, 220, 240-1, 247, 264-5, ui. 47, 271. 
 
 Levinax, see Lennox. 
 
 Levensmouth, i. 219. 
 
 Levies of soldiers for the King, i. 392-3. 
 
 Lewis, fishing in, ii. 300, 304, 308, 312-3, 343, 
 354, 374, 410, iii. 257-62, 300-4, 308 9, 318, 
 325, and see Fishing ; lochs of, iii. 48 ; settle- 
 ment of Flemings in, iii. 302-4, 323, 325 ; 
 herring fishing of, iv. 512-3, v. 596 ; shipping 
 herrings for the Baltic from, v. 596. 
 
 Leyden, clothmakers brought to Scotland from, 
 ii. 107, 115-21. 
 
 Liberties of burghs, see Burgh. 
 
 License of non-attendance, see under Conven- 
 tion of Burghs. 
 
 Lichtoun, see Leighton. 
 
 Lidderdale, Andrew, in Kirkandrews, i. 484. 
 
 of the Isle, Jamea, i. 455, 484. 
 
 Lighthouses : dues for the lights of the May, 
 iv. 373, 540, 543 ; setting fires on the frith 
 heads, iv. 527 ; memorial and act anent the 
 Skerries lighthouse, v. 512-3, 520. 
 
 Lilburne, Colonel Robert, at Dalkeith, iii. 369. 
 
 Lime : to be free of impost, ii. 264, iii. 45 ; 
 bleaching with lime forbidden, iv. 539 : see 
 also Bleaching ; Linen. 
 
 Limekilns, town and trade of, v. 503, 508, 513-4, 
 624, 634, 638. 
 
 Lindsay, George, conjunct depute clerk of 
 Edinburgh, appointed conjunct clerk to the 
 burghs, V. 635. 
 
 Lindsay, Patrick, M.P. for St Andrews, v. 
 443, 457. 
 
 Patrick, provost, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, v. 504, 524, 589, 
 594. 
 
 Linen : exported to Norway, i. 76 ; linen yarn 
 transported to England, ii. 300, 308 ; customs 
 on linen cloth, ii. 380 ; bleaching of, iii. 628, 
 643, iv. 95, 145, 539, v. 334, 369, 440, 597, 
 601 ; acts anent linen cloth and yarn to bo 
 enforced, iii. 634, iv. 430 1, v. 334, 474 ; 
 measures of linen cloth, iii. 643, iv. 95, 145, 
 430, 542, V. ZU, 438-41 ; a patent for the 
 manufacture of linen, afterwards stopped, 
 iv. 145-6, 148, 150 ; manufacture of linen, 
 and improvements in, iv. 145-6, 148, 155, 
 430, 436, V. 369, 400, 402, 436-40, 459, 592, 
 597, 601, 603-4, 628-9, 632; erection of a 
 linen manufactory, iv. 194 ; impost on linen 
 in Ireland, iv. 423 ; brown and white linen, 
 quality, measure, and stamping of, iv. 430-1 ; 
 export and import of, without paying cus- 
 toms, iv. 506 ; act of Parliament anent linen 
 manufactures to be printed and circulated, 
 V. 58 ; imported from France, Hamburg, 
 and Holland, duty on, v. 113 ; overture 
 anent Scots linen imported into Ireland, v. 
 144 ; duty on linen cloth, and petition to Par- 
 liament anent, v. 145, 292, 294 ; act against 
 printing and stamping of, v. 226-9, 231-2, 
 474 ; petition of Dunfermline regarding the 
 manufacture of linen cloth, v. 369 ; Major 
 Carmichael's MS. on linen manufactures pre- 
 sented to Convention, v. 400, 407 ; laws for 
 
108 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 right making of linen cloth, v. 402, 436-40, 
 459 ; inquiry regarding the manufacture of 
 linen in Ireland, v. 407 ; heads of the act 
 of Parliament for improvement of the linen 
 manufactures, v. 432, 435-43 ; reeling of 
 linen yarn, reels for and measures to be 
 used in, v. 436 ; weaving and weavers of, v. 
 437-40 ; inspection and stamping of linen 
 cloth (i.e. lapping of), v. 438-41 ; represen- 
 tations from the Linen Society in Glasgow, 
 and from the magistrates, v. 536, 592 ; anent 
 burying in linen, v. 596 ; presentations of 
 table linen, v. 609, 629 ; the Onslow prizes 
 for excellence in manufacture of, v. 628-9, 
 632 ; insufficieEt linen yarn in Perth and 
 Forfar, v. 634-5 ; duty on foreign linen, v. 
 637-8 ; drawbacks on linen exported, v. 
 637-8. See also imder Manufactures ; Mer- 
 chandise. 
 Ling, toll on horse load of, i. 461 ; export of 
 
 diied ling, v. 327. 
 Linget, iii. 400. 
 
 Lingston, John, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 Linktown, iv. 380, v. 162, 211, 333. 
 Linlithgow : admission of, as a free royal 
 burgh, i. vi ; directed to collect its records 
 of Convention, i. xiv; the standard measures 
 of, and acts anent, 1. 2, 77, 237, 438, 476-7, 
 iii. 402, V. 281 ; palace and castle of, i. 81, 
 107 ; claims the third place in rank of burghs, 
 i. 113, 196, ii. 344 ; appointment of officers of 
 customs In, i. 193-4 ; anent a market for vie 
 tual in, i. 197 ; attestation of privilege and 
 immunity of, i. 213 ; protest of, anent the 
 paying of certain interest, L 287 j to suppli- 
 cate the King for gift of an impost, i. 425, 
 488, ii. 55 ; an arbiter in a dispute between 
 Culrosa and Inverkeithing, i. 435-6 ; anent 
 the poverty of, i. 452 ; anent the common 
 clerkship of, ii. 82, iv. 41 ; supplicating aid 
 for shore and haven of Blackness ; also, 
 grants for, ii. 150, 158, 180, 204 ; complaint 
 of the flashers of Edinburgh against, ii. 205, 
 215-6, 236-7 ; complaint of, against Edin- 
 burgh and Dunbar anent customs, ii. 239, 
 256, 277 ; charge to, anent the standard fir- 
 lot, and warrant for issuing, ii. 257, 353, 
 373-4, iii. 71 ; the standard lippie of, ii. 374 ; 
 charge to, anent election of magistrates, and 
 
 reports from, iii. 38, 57, 79, 103, 159 ; com- 
 plaint of, against Crail anent custom on 
 bark, iii. 134 ; charge to, anent outland 
 burgesses, and reports, iii. 139, 194, 222 ; 
 unfree traders in, iii. 417, 529 ; complaint 
 against Queensferry for receiving outland 
 burgesses, iii. 466 ; opposing the erection of 
 Bo'ness in free burgh, iii. 549-51, 562, 577, 
 614-5 ; complaint of, regarding the port of 
 Blackness, iii. 572, 577, iv. 19, 23 ; goods 
 seized at Bo'ness by, iii. 615 ; dispute with 
 Magnus Mowat, iii. 624 ; setting the com- 
 mon moor of, iii. 653 ; dispute with the 
 commissioner, iv. 49 ; protests against the 
 new tax roll, iv, 239 ; controversy of, re- 
 garding Bo'ness, iv. 254, v. 180, 278, 331, 
 335-6, 537 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 266, 
 315 ; visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 
 578-80 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, 
 V. 161, 174, 190 ; double election of a com- 
 missioner in, V. 311 ; petition from the town 
 council of, V. 316 ; anent the highway be- 
 tween Edinburgh and Glasgow, v. 622 ; un- 
 lawed, i. 300, iii. 57. 
 Linlithgow, Barl of, iii. 164, 280. 
 Lint, impost on, i. 441, 466, ii. 79, 159, iii. 
 400 ; weighage of, iii. 388 ; measure for lint 
 seed, V. 281, 433, 629, 632; kinds of lint 
 seed, and import of, v. 435 ; steeping of, v, 
 436 ; spinning of, v. 436. 
 Linton bridge, repair of, iiL 79. 
 Lintroun, see Lentron. 
 
 Lion King at Arms, memorial from, v. 481 ; 
 action against Edinburgh raised by, v. 
 540. 
 Lippie, standard measure of the, see Linlith- 
 gow ; Weights and Measures. 
 Liquid measure regulated by the jug of 
 Stirling, iii. 402, and see under Weights and 
 Measures. 
 Liquorice, iL 396. 
 
 Lisbon, exactions on Scottish ships at, and 
 appointment of a consul, ii. 279, see also 
 under Portugal. 
 Litt, Litting, Litsters, see Dyeing. 
 Little, William, provost of Edinburgh, i. 
 
 223-9. 
 Liverpool, merchants of, opposing the South 
 Sea Company, v. 380. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 109 
 
 Load, toll for each, i. 381. 
 
 Lobster fishing at Crail, iv. 516. 
 
 Loch Broom, v. 630, 635-6. 
 
 Lochaber, sending people to dwell in, i. 482, 
 493, 498. 
 
 Lochmaben : enrolment of, as a free burgh, 
 ii. 205-6 ; anent the common lands of, and 
 production of the charter, iii. 334, 372, 401 ; 
 certain common lands of, in wadset, iii. 
 409 ; complaint of, regarding the cess im- 
 posed, iii. 409 ; mean condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 198 ; grant to, for repair of the 
 tolbooth, iv. 375 ; warrant to set certain 
 lands in tack in, iv. 507 ; warrant to feu 
 certain lands in, v. 405, 456 ; visitors' re- 
 port of the condition of, iv. 657-8 ; encroach- 
 ments on the commonty of, v. 17, 93 ; illegal 
 practices at election of magistrates in, v. 
 307-8; exempted, ii. 204, 263, iii. 91, 297, 
 iv. 235 ; represented by missive, ii. 211, iii. 
 2, 35, 99, 282 ; unlawed, ii. 358, 400, 460-1, 
 iii. 10, 29, 44. 
 
 Lochryan, ii. 419. 
 
 Lochs reserved for fishing, iv. 528-9. See also 
 under Fishing. 
 
 Locke, Robert, bailie in Annan, ii. 178. 
 
 Lookhart, Sir James, iv. 540. 
 
 of Bar, John, commissioner for Ayr, 
 
 ii. 459, iii. 5. 
 
 of Boghall, Alexander, commissioner for 
 
 Ayr, elected moderator, ii. 127. 
 
 Logan, Gilbert, indweUer in Dieppe, i. 557. 
 
 Logic, V. 127. 
 
 London, port of, ii. 462 ; agent for the burghs 
 in, ii. 379, iii. 25, 31, and see under Agent ; 
 Convention ; commission to remedy the 
 troubles of Scottish merchants and skippers 
 at the port of, iii. 30-1 ; petition from the 
 Scots factors in, v. 331, 334. 
 
 Longside, iv. 361. 
 
 Lord Advocate, see Advocate. 
 
 Lord Chancellor, see Chancellor. 
 
 Lord General, iii. 443. 
 
 Lord President, see Council and Session. 
 
 Lords, House of, reversing » sentence of the 
 Court of Session, v. 20, 63, 80. 
 
 Lords of Articles, The, ii. 182. 
 
 Lords of Session, see Council and Session. 
 
 Lordship : purchasing lordship without burgh. 
 
 i. 413 ; purchasing lordship or land in burgh, 
 
 i. 511. 
 Lorimer, WiUiam, merchant in Aberdeen, i. 
 
 386. 
 Lorimers, v. 528. 
 Losser, Claus, cloth-shearer from Leyden, ii. 
 
 117, 119. 
 Lossiemouth, harbour of, iv. 300, 328, v. 191, 
 
 480, 492. 
 Lot, choosing by, i. 85. 
 Lothian : pestilence in various districts of, i. 
 
 210-1 ; anent the coal-masters of East 
 
 Lothian, iii. 403. 
 Loudon, Earl of, v. 408. 
 Loudon, John, bailie of Kirkcaldy, ii. 181. 
 Lovel, John, customer of Dundee, i. 255. 
 Low, Mr John, minister of the Scots kirk in 
 
 Newoastle-on-Tyne, v. 127. 
 Low Countries, see Flanders ; Holland. 
 Lowrie, John, merchant, Haddington, ii. 187. 
 Lowsoun, see Lawson. 
 Lowther, John, M.P. for Whitehaven, v. 513, 
 
 520. 
 Lumsden, Thomas, factor in Campvere, iii. 393. 
 Luthrisk, see Lathrisk. 
 Lyle, see Lyel. 
 Lyne, see Lin. 
 Lynn, port of, ii. 462. 
 Lyon Herald : not to be appointed customer of 
 
 Cupar, i. 256 ; to assist the collector general 
 
 against certain messengers, i. 382. 
 
 MaoAlpine, Mr Donald, dean of guild in 
 Dumbarton, iii. 471. 
 
 MacAulay, Archibald, dean of guild (after- 
 wards provost) of Edinburgh, appointed con- 
 servator in the Ketherlands, v. 412, 469 ; 
 elected moderator of Convention, v. 472, 489. 
 
 MacCartnay, Alexander, servitor to Mr Alex- 
 ander Guthrie, iii. 120. 
 
 William, agent for customs, i. 188, 193-4, 
 
 212, 215, 259, 261, 266, 288, 317 ; reference 
 to his decease : also payments to his widow, 
 i. 319-20. 
 
 MacClellan, Sir Samuel, dean of guild and 
 commissioner for Edinburgh, elected moder- 
 ator, iv. 386, 399, 404, 427, 446, 452. 
 
 MaoCletohie, John, burgess of Ayr, iii. 373. 
 
 MacCuUoch, James, in Borlands, ii. 444. 
 
no 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 MaoCur, see Monour. 
 
 MacDougall of Crichan, Patrick, v. 521. 
 MacDuff, Mr Alexander, minister of Scotch 
 kirk in Campvere, ii. 440-1 ; craves augmen- 
 tation of stipend, iii. 82-3, 100-1 ; supplica- 
 tion by the widow of, iii. 228, 240. 
 
 MacGill, Helen, customer of Linlithgow, dis- 
 charged, i. 193-4. 
 
 John, writer in Edinburgh, i. 456. 
 
 John, in Leith, i. 456, 484. 
 
 of Cranstonriddel, David, i. 538. 
 
 of Nisbet, David, advocate, i. 161. 
 
 of Nether Kaukeilour, James, clerk of 
 
 register, i. 526. 
 
 MacGregor, Ewan, maker of "brod cards," 
 iv. 141, 155, 210, 229, 303, 346, 369. 
 
 MacKainze, see MacKenzie. 
 
 MacKay, Captain Hugh, in Tain, iv. 236. 
 
 Mackclenen, see MacLellan. 
 
 MacKenzie, Kenneth, skipper in Leith, iv. 232. 
 
 Eory, and tutors of Lord Mackenzie, ii. 
 
 313. 
 
 of Chanonry, i. 483. 
 
 of Rosehaugh, Sir George, lord advocate, 
 
 appointed assessor for the burghs, iv. 48, 
 74, 90. 
 
 George, son of Sir George Mackenzie, 
 
 lord advocate, iv. 192, 201, 207. 
 
 of RoBsend, Colin, v. 61, 63. 
 
 Lord, in Lewis, ii. 300, 304, 308, 312-3, 
 
 343, 354, 374, 410. 
 
 Mackiesoun, see MacKison. 
 
 MacKill, see MaoGill. 
 
 MacKison, John, clerk, commissioner for Crail, 
 elected moderator, ii. 287. 
 
 MacLellan of Balmargan, William, i. 484. 
 
 MacLennan of Auohlane, William, i. 455, 484. 
 
 of Bydding, William, i. 455. 
 
 of Gregory, William, i. 455, 484. 
 
 MacLeod, JE^neaa, clerk of Edinburgh, ap- 
 pointed conjunct clerk to the burghs, iv.72-3, 
 306, 319. 
 
 MaoMath, Edward, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 ii. 219. 
 
 MacMoran, Ninian, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 ii. 191, 219, 256. 
 
 Macnath, see MacNaucht. 
 
 MacNaucht, John,commis3ionerfor Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iii. 208, 213, 217, 230, 
 
 233, 237, 238, 241, 252, 254, 257, 274, 277, 
 279, 280. 
 
 Roger, collector for burghs, ii. 17. 
 
 Roger, commissioner for Edinburgh, ap- 
 pointed moderator, ii. 64. 
 
 MacNeish, John, burgess in Edinburgh, 1. 
 456, 484. 
 
 Macers, payment to, iii. 357, 415, 436, 473, 
 543, 560, 583 ; and see under Fees and 
 Gratuities at the end of each Convention. 
 
 Machlin, see Mauchline. 
 
 Madder, i. 360. 
 
 Magistrates : acts regarding the election of, 
 i. 3, 413, 511, ii. 59, 196, 582, iii. 63-5, iv. 
 239, 542-3 ; magistrates responsible for the 
 disposal of burgh property, i. 303 ; dean of 
 guild or magistrates to confiscate staple wares 
 in the hands of uufree merchants, i. 304 ; to 
 resist pirates, and punish all aiders or 
 abettors of them, i. 305 ; election of, in cer- 
 tain burghs, i. 321, 360, 383-6, ii. 59, 84, 
 101, 181, 243, 255, 275, 290-1, 293, 317, 378, 
 411-2, 447-8, 458, iii. 4, 6-7, 18-20, 21-2, 
 36-8, 55, 57, 63-5, 78-80, 103-4, 106, 110-1, 
 129, 133, 139, 158-9, 167, 194-5, 222, 265, 
 272-3, 284-7, 334, 365, 367-8, 375-8, 389, 
 412, 422, 457, 466-8, 477, 489, 517, 522, 
 559, 561-2, 653-4, iv. 22, 181, 239, 369-70, 
 375-8, 402-3, 405, 425, 458, 488, 507, 542-3, 
 V. 86, 144, 155, 158, 164, 260-6, 273-5, 280, 
 283-5, 299, 305-7, 312, 334, 355, 366, 376, 
 410, 463, 489, 506, 528, 535 ; charge to, anent 
 chapmen and unfreemen, i. 322 ; the King 
 charging burghs to elect noblemen as magis- 
 trates, i. 340 ; to take strict order to pre- 
 serve their jurisdiction, i. 340 ; perambula- 
 tion of marches by, i. 373 ; that no herit- 
 able magistrate be chosen within burgh, i. 
 374 ; to be elected at Michaelmas, i. 385, 
 510, ii. 59 ; common lands disponed by cer- 
 tain magistrates, i. 433-4 ; not to be troubled 
 by letters of caption, i. 468 ; persons in- 
 debted to the burgh cannot bear office as 
 magistrates or councillors, i. 469 ; charge to, 
 anent purprestre, ii. 35 ; not to be denounced 
 for an unlaw, ii. 53; forbidden to grant 
 toleration, oversight or dispensation to out- 
 land burgesses, ii. 128 ; duty of, anent pur- 
 chase of suspensions, ii. 301 ; charge to. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 Ill 
 
 anent stablers and postmasters, ii. 317 ; 
 election of magistrates stayed by order of 
 the Council of State, iii. 368 ; act anent the 
 qualification of magistrates and council, iii. 
 522 ; imprisonment of a bailie in Dysart, iii. 
 530 ; anent the oath of allegiance and act for 
 the royal prerogative, iii. 544-5 ; the pro- 
 vosts of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Jedburgh 
 fined and imprisoned by order of the King, 
 iv. 79, 96, 158 ; magistrates intromitting with 
 the common good, iv. 94 ; maladministration 
 of certain magistrates of Glasgow, iv. 136 ; 
 anent the term of ofiBoe of, iv. 181, 239 ; ab- 
 juration oath refused by certain magistrates, 
 iv. 454 ; putting knights and barons on the 
 leits for, iv. 526 ; covenanters only to be 
 magistrates, councillors, or commissioners, 
 iv. 543 ; the magistrates of Stirling and the 
 weavers, v. 145 ; magistrates of certain 
 burghs overawed by rebels, v, 152-7 ; Con- 
 vention authorizing election of magistrates, 
 V. 155 ; instructions to magistrates for pre- 
 vention of the plague, v. 269, 300-1 ; law- 
 suits between burgesses and magistrates, 
 and the action of Convention auent, v. 280- 
 307 ; charge to magistrates to concur in 
 imposing the malt tax, and in suppressing 
 mobs, V. 366-7 ; magistrates taking the oaths 
 at election, v. 542 ; a table of fees of courts 
 to be prepared by, v. 549-51 ; maladminis- 
 tration of certain magistrates of Kinghom, 
 V. 551, 553-4, 556-8 ; anent adjudication by, 
 V. 590. 
 
 Maills of burgh : payment of "burrow maills " 
 in sterling money, ii. 69-72, 572. 
 
 Mairteyne, see Martin. 
 
 Maitland of Thirlestane, Sir John, Vice-Chan- 
 cellor, i. 228. 
 
 Makane, see MacKene. 
 
 Makene, see Maiken. 
 
 Makesoun, see MacKison. 
 
 Maknache, see MacNaacht. 
 
 Maldere, Messieur Jacques de, President of 
 Council in Zealand, ii. 385. 
 
 Maleson, Thomas, clerk of Aberdeen, i. 459, 
 473, 491. 
 
 Malignants, importing arms or ammunition 
 for, iii. 352^ 
 
 Malt : exported to Norway i. 76 ; maltraen of 
 
 Aberdeen, i. 104-5 ; price of, i. 556 ; iv. 531 ; 
 complaint by maltmen in Stirling, ii. 129 ; 
 duty on, ii. 149, 259, iii. 73, 75, iv. 64 ; gift 
 of impost on, and complaint of the maltmen, 
 iii. 634-5. 
 
 Malt tax : information regarding the action of 
 Parliament anent the tax, v. 359 ; repre- 
 sentation to the House of Commons anent, 
 and relative letters, v. 360-5 ; the tax re- 
 sisted : riot and disturbance caused, v. 366-7, 
 376-9 ; charge to magistrates to concur in 
 imposing the tax, and relative letter, v. 
 366-8 ; anent payment of the tax, and pro- 
 curing relief, v. 368, 370 ; the burghs petition 
 Parliament anent the tax, and address the 
 King, V. 375-8 ; commission to London to 
 prosecute the affair of the malt tax, v. 380-2 ; 
 reports from, and instructions to the com- 
 missioner anent, v. 387-96 ; resolution anent 
 a clause regarding the malt tax : also protest 
 against, v. 409-11 ; application for the sur- 
 plus of malt duty for manufactures and 
 fisheries, v. 542, 546. 
 
 Man, Isle of, plague in, v. 268. 
 
 Man's burden, dues on a, i. 300. 
 
 Mann, Thomas, in Dundee, i. 307. 
 
 Manses, building and repairing certain, iv. 
 411, V. 200. 
 
 Manufactures : Flemish manufactures and the 
 conservator, i. 40-1 ; introduction of cloth- 
 making : importing and planting of foreign 
 workmen : result of the undertaking, ii. 89, 
 98, 106-9, 115-21, 202-3 ; encouragement of, 
 and erection of manufactories, iv. 95, 452-3, 
 542 ; manufacturers of cotton, cotton and 
 linen, and silk and worsted, v. 604 ; see also 
 Linen ; Woollen. 
 
 Manufactures of Scotland, improvement and 
 encouragement of : proposals, v. 382-5 ; letter 
 from the King anent, with acknowlegd- 
 ment, v. 397-9 ; committee to prepare answer 
 to the King's letter, and proceedings of, v. 
 399-401, 406-8 ; conference with the society 
 for improvements anent the King's letter, v. 
 401 ; proposals for improvement of manu- 
 factures received by committee, v. 408 ; re- 
 port of committee on the King's letter, 
 V. 408-9 ; resolution anent a clause of report 
 regarding the malt tax: also dissent with 
 
112 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 reasons, V. 409-12; plan of distribution of public 
 funds for improvements, v. 410, 412-30, 457, 
 462 ; answer to the King's letter : plan and 
 scheme proposed by the burghs, v. 413-30 ; 
 proposals for improvement of the linen manu- 
 factures, V. 432, 435-43 ; commission to Lon- 
 don to further the proposals of the burghs 
 in answer to the King's letter, and instruc- 
 tions to, V. 443-5 ; appointment of commis- 
 sioners and trustees for managing the funds, 
 and of a secretary to, v. 457-8, 462 ; report 
 of proceedings of commissioners and trustees, 
 and of the accounts of, v. 468, 476, 484, 490, 
 501, 505, 524, 534, 589, 595, 630 ; expense of 
 warrant, secretary's salary and office ex- 
 penses, V. 468, 471, 478, 492, 508 ; memorials 
 from commissioners and trustees, v. 473, 
 595, 606 ; address to the King regarding 
 manufactures and fisheries, v. 544 ; proposed 
 improvement in manufacturing coarse tarred 
 wools, V. 5-19-50 ; specimens of finest table 
 linen to be shown to the Scotch Members of 
 Parliament, v. 601 ; said linen presented to 
 the speaker of the House of Commons, v. 
 609 ; donation from Mr Speaker Onslow for 
 the benefit of the linen manufactures, v. 
 628-9, 632 ; complaint against the makers of 
 linen in the counties of Perth and Forfar, v. 
 634-5. 
 
 Manygoff, see Minnigaff. 
 
 Mar, Earl of, iii. 411-2, 425. 
 
 Earl of, Secretary of State for Scotland, 
 
 letters to and from, iv. 418-9, 423, v. 114, 116. 
 
 March, Judge, commissioner from the English 
 Parliament, iii. 360. 
 
 Marches, perambulation of, i. 135, 303-4, 361-2, 
 373, 396, 416, 4301, 453, 474, ii. 4, 25, 44, 
 80-1, 103, 131, 160, iv. 529. 
 
 Mare, toll on a, i. 461, li. 91, iii. 47. 
 
 Maregualt, Sieur John, bailie in Campyere, ii. 
 385. 
 
 Margaret, Lady, of Flanders, i. 508. 
 
 Mariners, see Sailors ; Skippers ; Ship. 
 
 Marisohal of Scotland, Robert, i. 541. 
 
 Marischal College, grant in aid of, iv. 267. 
 
 Maritime Laws, preparation of a book on, iii. 
 486, 519. 
 
 Marjoribanks, Joseph, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 iii. 26-7, 34, 67, 72, 88-9. 
 
 Markesoun, see MacKison. 
 
 Market cross : proclamation made at the, i. 4, 
 510, 558, 561, ii. 11, 53 ; magistrates of a 
 burgh to be denounced only at the market 
 cross, ii. 53. 
 
 Markets : Sunday markets, and markets and 
 fairs at kirks and olachans, i. 35, 103, 235, 
 ii. 52, 238, 240, 251, 255, 274, 447, 486, iii. 
 579 ; the holding of a market discharged, i. 
 378 ; attendance at, dispute anent, i. 472, ii. 
 33 ; burgesses resorting to fairs and markets, 
 i. 472, 486-7 ; regraters and forestallers re- 
 pairing to, ii. 5, 25 ; anent buying at fairs 
 and markets, ii. 240, 255 ; exhorbitant cus- 
 toms charged at certain fairs and markets, 
 iii. 37, 55, 79, 97, 104, 113, 222, 269, 426, 
 438, 444, 462, 509, 576. 
 
 Marlborough, Duke of, victories of, in the 
 Netherlands, reference to, iv. 386, 455-6. 
 
 Marque, letters of, i. 360, 382, iii. 213-5. 
 
 Marriage of James VI., preparation for the, i. 
 309. 
 
 Martin, Alexander, customer of Pittenweem, 
 i. 256. 
 
 Martin, John, in Wigtown, ii. 52. 
 
 Martin, Stephen, in Pittenweem, i. 84, 131, 
 381. 
 
 Mary, Queen of Scots : letters by, granting 
 and confirming liberties and privileges of 
 craftsmen, ii. 469-76 ; taxation granted to, 
 i. 521 ; taxation for expense of marriage of, 
 with the Dauphin of France, i. 524-6 ; pre- 
 cept of, anent taxing in burghs remaining 
 away from the royal army, i. 526-7 ; con- 
 firming a grant by James V., appointing 
 searchers of English ships, i. 555 ; letters 
 patent by, anent the plague at Dantzic, i. 
 558. 
 
 Mason, Captain, ii. 455. 
 
 John, common clerk of Ayr, i. 180, ii. 
 
 127, 148, 153. 
 
 John, deacon of cordiners in Stirling, iii. 
 
 110. 
 
 Masons : article against the abuses of, ii. 89 ; 
 masons choosing a deacon, iii. 297-8. 
 
 Masters of vessels, regulations for, ii. 95, 105, 
 125, 132-45, 164, and see under Ship. 
 
 Masterton, Robert, in Culross, i. 405. 
 
 Match, a patent for manufacture of, iii. 280. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 113 
 
 Mathie, Thomaa, merchant in Cockenzie, v. 
 457, 631, 638. 
 
 Mathieson, James, messenger, i. 287. 
 
 Matthew, David, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Mauohline, v. 126. 
 
 Mauchlyne, see Mechlin. 
 
 Maule of Melgine, Henry, patentee, iv. 543. 
 
 Maurice, Count of Nassau, letter to Conven- 
 tion from, i. 412, 421-2. 
 
 Maxwell, James, burgess in Rouen, i. 522, 557. 
 
 William, bailie of Lochmaben, ii. 205. 
 
 Lord, iii. 632. 
 
 May, Isle of, setting a beacon on, iii. 328 ; 
 anent the lights of, iv. 373, 540-1, 543. 
 
 Maybole : erected in burgh of barony, ii. 54 ; 
 usurping the liberties of a free burgh, ii. 78 ; 
 trade in, v. 126. 
 
 Mayors of burghs in England, ii. 191. 
 
 Meal : anent hoarding of, i. 468 ; time of meal 
 market in St Andrews, i. 485 ; duty on, ii. 
 149 ; selling of, by weight or measure, iii. 
 645. 
 
 Measurer : one to be appointed at every sea- 
 port, i. 81. 
 
 Measures, see "Weights and Measures. 
 
 Mechlin, in Belgium, i. 508, 554. 
 
 Mediterranean : salted and dried fish sent to 
 Malaga, iv. 427-8 ; vessels from, put under 
 quarantine, v. 268-70. 
 
 Meikle, Andrew, servant to Robert Gourlay, 
 collector of unlaws of burghs, i. 199, 241, 
 245, 259, 267, 278, 342-3, 366. 
 
 Meldrum, Old : communication of trade to, 
 and conditions of, iv. 381 ; renounces right 
 of trade, v. 147 ; rating of, v. 211, 333 ; 
 memorial anent, and prosecution by, v. 532, 
 538-42. 
 
 Melfort, Viscount, Secretary of State for Soot- 
 land, letters to and from, iv. 58-63, 65, 67, 
 71, 83, 86. 
 
 Melville, James, minister in Pittenweem, i. 249. 
 
 Sir Robert, i. 249. 
 
 Lord, Secretary of State for Scotland 
 
 (afterwards president of the Privy Council), 
 letters to and from, iv. 101, 145-6, 151, 156 ; 
 conference with, 287. 
 
 Melvin, Melvyne, see Melville. 
 
 Memorials to Queen Anne anent Scottish trade 
 with France, iv. 498-501, v. 81-6, 110-4. 
 
 Menteith Castle, i. 107. 
 
 Menygolff, see Minnigafif. 
 
 Menzies, David, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 Gilbert, provost of Aberdeen, i. 125. 
 
 of Durne, Thomas, provost and commis- 
 sioner for Aberdeen, election of, protested, 
 i. 312-5, 318, 320-2, 324-6, 328-9, 332-4, 335-7; 
 elected moderator, i. 473. 
 
 of Gladstones, Sir William, v. 144. 
 
 Mercer, John, common clerk in Perth, iii. 383. 
 
 Laurence, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 385. 
 
 Merchandise : only free merchants allowed to 
 trade to Flanders, i. 40, 105 ; freemen must 
 not traffic with unfreemen, i. 75 ; commis- 
 sioners to Convention must be merchants 
 and guild brethren, i. 75, 209 ; traders to 
 foreign ports must have a merchant's certi- 
 ficate, i. 75, 358, 510, ii. 4, 25, 44, 74 ; mer- 
 chants to be free in disposing of their goods 
 in free burghs, i. Ill ; certain merchants 
 ruined by bankrupt factors in Flanders, i. 
 132-3 ; the conservator made responsible 
 for goods entrusted to factors, i. 133 ; anent 
 colouring unfree goods, i. 136 ; a commission 
 to the King of France to sue for discharge of 
 certain customs, i. 140, 182, 211 ; new exac- 
 tions raised in England on Scottish merchan- 
 dise, i. 197 ; unseemly conduct of Scottish 
 merchants in Campvere, i. 211-2; an edict 
 to arrest Scottish ships trading to France 
 and Holland : a commission to England for 
 discharge of, i. 217-22, 264 ; burghs injured 
 by markets and fairs at churches, i. 235-6 ; 
 merchants carrying their goods to other 
 markets in Flanders than Campvere, i. 264 ; 
 Scottish merchants oppressed by the new 
 imposts in France, i. 269-70 ; commission to 
 the ambassador in France anent the new im- 
 posts, i. 270-2, 284-6 ; instructions sent to 
 the factors in Dieppe from Convention, i. 
 273 ; factors in Campvere cause trouble and 
 injury to Scottish merchants, i. 290-1, 412, 
 464, ii. 7, 203, 221, 285 ; merchants injured 
 by restraint on the export of hides, i. 306 ; 
 merchants plundered by pirates of Dunkirk, 
 i. 307 ; warning to merchants regarding the 
 conservatory in Flanders, i. 322-3; trafficking 
 from burgh to burgh forbidden by Edin- 
 burgh, i. 338 ; traffic in English wares,, i. 
 
114 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 338, 359 ; merchants and traders oppressed 
 by new exactions of the Admiral, 1, 339 ; 
 duties on, granted to Conservator in Flan- 
 ders, i. 350-1 ; anent goods pillaged from 
 Scottish merchants in Flanders, i. 356 ; act 
 anent trafficking in English cloth discharged, 
 i. 359 ; prosecution of unfree traders, and of 
 traffickers in suburbs, i. 371-2, 404, 436, 454, 
 462, 476 ; see also Unf reemen ; Unfree Trade ; 
 merchants hindered by clerks of cocket, i. 
 379 ; proposal regarding the Scottish trade 
 with Spain, i. 402-3 ; conservator's fee to be 
 charged only on goods coming from Scotland 
 to Campvere, i. 409 ; a merchant fined for 
 Dot having his cocket and burgess ticket, i, 
 410 ; proposal to send young, unmarried 
 men to act aa factors in Campvere, i. 412, 
 442-3 ; price of meals for Scotch merchants 
 in Campvere, i. 427 ; dispute between the 
 merchants and the craftsmen in Dunfermline, 
 i. 448-50 ; anent goods plundered from 
 Scottish merchants in France, i. 457 ; privi- 
 leges of Scottish merchants in France, i. 
 457 ; dispute between merchants and crafts- 
 men of Aberdeen, i. 460 ; toll on horse load 
 of merchandise, i. 461 ; treaty of commerce 
 with France, and renewal of, i. 482, 493, 
 498, 663, iv. 248, 254, 259, 262, 499, v. 108- 
 14 ; act forbidding traffic with Spain, i. 
 485-6 ; anent templars engaging in merchan- 
 dise, i. 503 ; exporting goods to Flanders 
 and France, i. 505 ; craftsmen forbidden to 
 use merchandise, i. 505-6 ; privileges of 
 Scottish merchants in Flanders, i. 508-12 ; 
 merchants dishonouring their rank by wear- 
 ing their worst clothes in France and Flan- 
 ders, i. 509 ; anent merchants trading in or 
 sailing with export goods, i. 509 ; merchant 
 burgesses must reside within burgh, i. 510 ; 
 appointing merchants to be searchers, i. 510 ; 
 merchants forbidden to sell goods for crafts- 
 men or unfreemen, i. 510 ; disputes among 
 Scottish merchants in Flanders to be settled 
 by the conservator, L 511 ; two merchants 
 to accompany the ambassador to Denmark, 
 i. 529 ; proclamation against Scottish mer- 
 chants issued by the King of France, i. 
 531-2 ; confirmation of a contract between 
 the merchants of Scotland and the mer- 
 
 chants of Middelburg, i. 537 ; privileges of 
 Scottish merchants in Antwerp, i. 546-50 ; 
 privileges of Scottish merchants in Middel- 
 burg, i. 551-4; abatement of customs on 
 wines shipped at Bordeaux granted to 
 Scottish merchants, i. 559 ; export of coal 
 by merchants and skippers, ii. 8 ; proposal 
 to establish a conservator in London rejected 
 by Convention, li. 48-9, 62; Scotch mer- 
 chants inj ured by Stephen Rissellis and his 
 sons in Campvere, ii. 50-1 ; merchants 
 forbidden to attend fairs and markets 
 at kirks and clachans, ii. 52, 238, 251, 
 274, 401, 447 ; anent the selling of wares 
 by burgesses of one burgh to burgesses of 
 another, ii. 57, 75 ; merchants and others 
 sailing without a certificate, ii. 74, 173-4, 196, 
 199, 212, 233, 250, 273, 288, 310, 342, iii. 
 3, 18, 36, 54 ; France charging higher cus- 
 toms on certain goods from Scotland, ii. 90 ; 
 toll on merchants going to a fair, ii. 91 ; 
 regulations for sailors, skippers, merchants, 
 and owners of vessels, ii. 125, 132-45 ; goods 
 and wares comprehended under the term 
 staple, ii. 129-30 ; freighting of ships and 
 merchant goods in transport by sea, ii, 
 140-5 ; commission to England and France 
 on affairs of burghs, ii. 217-8, 241 ; rates of 
 custom charged by conservator in Flanders, 
 ii. 227-8 ; Scottish merchants transporting 
 their goods from English ports to West 
 Flanders, ii. 298 ; settlement of the staple 
 in the Low Countries, ii. 314, 334, 338-9, 
 362, 370 ; renewal of the staple contract 
 with Campvere, ii. 362-9, 381-98, 448, iii. 
 642, 655-7, 661, 672, iv. 216-9, 247, 275, 288; 
 appointing an agent for the burghs in Lon- 
 don, ii. 353, 355, 374, 379 ; accommodation 
 in Campvere for Scottish merchants, ii. 
 363-6 ; appointing an agent for the burghs 
 at Court, ii. 379, 406 ; merchants selling 
 without the aid of factors, ii. 407, 449; 
 Scottish merchants troubled by the cus- 
 tomers of Yarmouth, ii. 408, 422-3, 462; 
 act anent merchants trading in France, ii. 
 453-4 ; a commission to decide regarding the 
 forming of a society of merchants in the 
 East Countries, iii. 46 ; letters patent in 
 favour of merchants trading in England and 
 
Court ntton of Ixotjal Jjarg/u^. 
 
 115 
 
 Ireland, iii. .%9, To-4 : liberties and pririleges i 
 of U]en>li»nts. iii. ivv-5 : anent merehants 
 freighting uaiiTe gvxxis in foreign bottoms, 
 iii. 66-T. T?-(>. ST : traders to C&mpvere in- j 
 jnred by factors and r^raters. iii. So. 93, | 
 101, 116, 1^ ; hindrances to r«tail dealers, ; 
 iii. lOS-9, 135 ; act aneat bills of lading, iii. I 
 20l>-l, 221 ; England sends payment for re- j 
 pair of losses sustained by ^e burghs, iii. j 
 34- ; charge to bur^is trading with Kcardy 
 and Konuandy, iii. SI- : articles for regu- 1 
 lating the trade irith tiie Xetherlantls, iii. 
 S4S~5- : bargesses forestalling goods before j 
 liiey oonie to market, iii. 406, 420 : burgesses i 
 buying in nnfrae p'acws, act against, iii. 405, j 
 420: unfree trading protected by free 
 burihs and burgesses, iiL 417 : mervAant * 
 ships in the Sound iraiting for convv>y. iii 
 4-0. 429 : equality of trade and cvnimeroe 
 with England, iii. c>iS. MT-S. 5o5-S, 5<>4. 
 570, o72. ,iT4, 577. 5^'' : merchants giving 
 oath r^atding their imports, iiu 5;'o, 5S0, 
 657 ; merviants forbiao.ssn to c«rry staple 
 gvxxls to Rotterdam, iii. 614 : anent trans- 
 porting goods to HoIIfm^!. IT. S4 : Scottish 
 traiie with Hamburgh, It. 41. 4S, 510 : ships 
 of war to cruise off the SvVttish ..v^sst, iv. 
 
 540 : act of Parliament anent linen manu- 
 factures to be printed and circulated, v. 5^ ; 
 etjoality between Scotland and England in 
 the management of the fisheries, r. 14$ ; 
 merchants must reside within bnr^ t. 169, 
 l!i>2 ; claims of debenture on corns and fish, 
 T. 174. 17S. lS<i-7. 197-S, 204-^, 4*2, 495, 
 499, 502, 504, 5<.^ 50S : repre^itati<m by 
 merchants anent certain exports, t. 204; 
 warning to trading merchants to obsore the 
 staple contract, t, 21S : the tobacco bade, 
 and frauds on the rerenue, t. 325-6 : report 
 on the rights of the royal burghs in carrying 
 on foreign trade, t. 33&-47 ; trade marks on 
 woollen webs, t. 354, 3545 : monopoly of 
 trade in Africa, opposition to. v. 379 ; im- 
 prorement and encouragement of Scottish 
 m-vaiifactures, funds and {uroposals for, v. 
 SSi:-o. Si>7-401. -;(>i-^. 40&-30, ami i^^ iti«(/«r 
 Manufactures : Fishing : transport of cured 
 fish, beef, and pork to England, t. 536, 539; 
 tmfreemaj encroaching on the priTil^es of 
 merchants, v. 595, t>07 : complaint of ceriaiB 
 merchants trsding to St Petersburg, t. 601, 
 609-10: merchant cotinoil of Dumfries in 
 controversy with the trades, v. 601-2 : re- 
 straining trareUing merchants, t. 625-7. 
 
 179, 195, 429. 45(5. 47S : the royal bai^:hs j Merchants Maid^i Hospital in Edinburgh, t. 
 
 partners of the .African and East India I 4£t2, 321, 599. 
 
 Company, iv. 2W. 339. 413, 420 : seizure <rf i Meris. Baltasar, in CampTere, iL 245, 
 
 ships and govxls of Scotch li-.erehants, iv, 1 Merceyce, «« Martin. 
 
 ■415-9, 423 ; assktance to nieroliants, ir, | Messeigas <rf arms, names of or referote^ to, 
 
 ^tS) : commis^oa to Londcai sneiit Sc\Mtisa i 240, 2S7, SSI. 5-3S. 
 
 trade, t, 425 : m angfaetnre. mevisares, and ^ Met. Merging : metting of victual, ii 301, ami 
 
 pr«paraticai of Unen and wv>ollen doths, ir. 
 
 430-1, 540 : trade with the Wes; Indies, ir, 
 
 447 ; anent o-Ijdiiis of drawback cat certain 
 
 SO>Nis, ir. 447, 4*9^70, 47^-5, 514^=i. v. 17:5-4. 
 ITS. lSo-7. li>7-S, 204-^. 209, 213, 2S2, S27-S. 
 637-S : disaster to a S^.x<ss fieet of mend>X!it 
 sihips. It, 4S0 : ootEmiiiee to assist merviinis, 
 iv. 4S7 ! ScoKish sh^ seiseo. by French 
 privateers, it. 4S4>. t, 50, 63, 173, 490, 494: 
 priTiIeges and trade of tie African company, 
 IT. 497-S : anent the Scottish fisheries, a 
 letter from the ceivjiiissiocers of trade, with 
 sjiswer and memorial. It, 310-7, t, 4, 7, 17, 
 40 : inqpcNrtiDg salt from Hamburg, iv, 5^ : 
 employing brokers in tiie Low Countries, ir. I 
 
 .«f^ Viot--tsl : metsters and metting of doth, 
 ii, 160, 175. 197. and *r. Cloth; Linen: 
 WooUai : met or measure fiw cerrinc. ii. 327, 
 349, 361. 403, 426, 445* iiL 5. 19? 44, asd 
 f>ci; Hening : metsteis at the staple port, v. 
 21S, tiiki j^,' Campvere : Staplei. 
 
 Metivea. Charles, in St Andrews, i 307. 
 
 ■ David, bailie of St Andrews, iiL 4. 
 
 Mkhadmas : MichseiE^as fiir in Aberdeen, L 
 334 : magistrates ?o be deeted at Michael- 
 mis. L oS5, 510. iL 59. 
 
 MickelhilL j<<« Meikl^ilL 
 
 Midielc-irg. in WaZclieren. L 51, 356. 409. 513, 
 517. iL SS7-9i : coofirmaticai of a contraoc 
 between the merchants of Scotland and the 
 
116 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 merchants of Middelburg, i. 537 ; establiah- I Minnigaflf, claohan of, ii. 52, 150 ; obligationa 
 ment of the staple at, i. 550-1 ; privileges of 
 Scottish merchants in, i. 551-4 ; contract 
 with Edinburgh regarding the staple trade, 
 i. 551-4 ; water bailie of, ii. 227-30 ; anent 
 
 the purchase of staple wares in, ii. 261-2 ; 
 transfer of the staple from Campvere to, ii. 
 334, 338, 362, 370. See also Merchandise ; 
 Staple. 
 Middens on streets, ii. 253-4, 275, 288-9, 311. 
 Mills : burgh mills to be duly rouped, i. 303-4 ; 
 mills and mill-lands of burgh to be set for 
 three years, and to freemen only, i. 431, ii. 
 103, 168, iii. 334, 342, 374, 380, 399-400, 419, 
 491, 514, 539, 588, 653-4, iv. 132, 299, 488, 
 V. 3, 103 ; Selkirk sets its mill to the pro- 
 vost, ii. 103 ; mills and mill-dams destroyed 
 by floods, ii. 148. 
 Millar, David, clerk of Annan, ii. 199. 
 Millhill, lands of, i. 494. 
 Milne, Andrew, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313. 
 
 Arthur, in St Andrews, i. 460. 
 
 John, master mason to the King, iii. 484. 
 
 Mining : decay of the coal mines, and high 
 price of coal, i. 240, 445 ; export of coal 
 strictly forbidden, i. 445-6, 464, 477. See 
 also under Coal. 
 Ministers : a minister not to be a schoolmaster 
 or a notary, i. 241 ; planting a minister in 
 the Scotch Kirk in Campvere : provision for 
 the same, i. 345, 356, 443, ii. 92, 245, 259, 
 371, 384, 389, 407, 439, iii. 8, 22, 82, 100, 
 367, 454, 544, iv. 142, 159, 178, 289-90, and 
 see under Campvere ; portion of the general 
 taxation of 1535 paid by the clergy, i. 514 ; 
 portion of the general taxation for West and 
 Middle Borders paid by clergy, i. 518 ; 
 the ministers, magistrates, and inhabitants 
 of Dundee in controversy, ii. 207 ; supplies 
 sent to the banished ministers in the Low 
 Countries, ii. 259-60 ; anent the support of, 
 iii. 241-2, 248, 253, 266-8 ; prayers at Con- 
 vention to be conducted by the moderator 
 or a minister, iii. 332 ; representatives of a 
 late minister suing for debt, iv. 503 ; mini- 
 sters to warn and counsel the people re- 
 garding the danger of the plague, v. 269, 
 300 ; settling an allowance for a minister, v. 
 455-6. 
 
 by certain merchants in, ii. 280 ; markets 
 in, ii. 281, 357, 400-1 ; nnfree trade in, v. 
 125. 
 Mint : the magistrates and merchants of Edin- 
 burgh reqnired to send fine silver to the 
 cunyiehouse, i. 28 ; anent the cunyie and 
 cunyiehouse of Scotland, i. 102, ii. 190 ; 
 master of the mint on abuse of the native 
 coinage, iii. 329-30 ; anent a journal or 
 coinage of copper money, iii. 473-4, 479, 482, 
 495, 502, 667, iv. 529, v. 487, 490 ; anent 
 the coining of 2d., 3d., and 4d. pieces, iv. 
 474-6 ; anent the coining of small silver 
 pieces, iv. 531, v. 396 ; bringing copper 
 money from the mint in London, v. 486, 498, 
 512-3, 599-600. 
 Minutes of Convention, see Convention. 
 Mirrie, see Merry. 
 Missive of burgh, see Convention. 
 Missive dues, see Agent's Accounts ; Taxa- 
 tion, 
 Mitchell, Thomas, burgess in Inverkeithing, i. 
 
 475. 
 Mobs : mobs and tumults on account of the malt 
 tax, V. 366-7, 376-7 ; charge to magistrates 
 regarding suppression of mobs, y. 367 ; act 
 of Parliament for preventing riots and tu- 
 multuous assemblies, reference to, v. 367 ; 
 Porteous riot in Edinburgh, v. 633. 
 Mochrie, James, webster in Dunfermline, L 
 
 448-9. 
 Moderator of Convention : acts anent the elec- 
 tion and duties of the, i. 30, iii. 78, 332 ; 
 choosing of the moderator, see under Con- 
 vention of Burghs. 
 Moffat, John, conservator in Flanders, direc- 
 tions to, regarding Scottish merchant, i. 
 509. 
 Moir, see Mair. 
 Mollison, Thomas, clerk of Aberdeen, i. 107, 
 
 311, 317. 
 Monorieff, of that Ilk, Sir Thomas, iv. 319. 
 Moncur, Andrew, post in Edinburgh, and 
 burghs' officer, iii. 340, 354, 387, 546, 575, 
 600. 
 
 Andrew, younger, post and burghs' officer, 
 
 iii. 600, 613, 637, 656, iv. 2, 144, 163, 196. 
 George, post in Edinburgh, and bnrgha' 
 
Convention of Foyal Burghs. 
 
 117 
 
 officer, Iv. 2, 15, 91, 98, 144, 147, 163, 196, 
 229. 
 Moncur, Jajues, son of George Honour, iv. 229, 
 240 ; appointed post and burghs' officer, iv. 
 349, 357, V. 106, 606, 610 ; grant to Ms 
 widow, V. 635. 
 Money : false hardheads and placks, i. 22 ; in- 
 quest regarding false money brought from 
 Flanders, i. 22, 40, 46 ; rate of interest paid 
 for loan of, i. 50, 82, iii. 429 ; foreign coins. 
 Importation and currency of, i. 269, iii. 
 666-7, V. 485-8 ; suppUoation to the King 
 anent insufficiency of money in the realm, i. 
 304 ; unlawful coins given in payment of 
 accounts, i. 381 ; Flemish money, i. 412, 442, 
 ii. 368 ; coins in circulation to be brought to 
 the King's Master Coiner in order to be re- 
 struck, i. 560-1 ; anent sterling money, ii. 
 94 ; transporting of money, and act against, 
 iii. 235, 564 ; course of the Spanish doUar, and 
 abuse of native coinage, iii. 329 ; unclaimed 
 money in the hands of the conservator, iii. 
 344 ; anent the coinage of copper money 
 called turners, iii. 473-4, 479, 482, 495, 502 ; 
 committee on the coins and coinage of the 
 country, iv. 541 ; foreign coins of light 
 weight to be taken to the mint house, iv. 546-; 
 lack of copper money in the country, v. 368, 
 370, 376, 396, 485-7, 498 ; proposal of copper 
 money consisting of farthings, halfpence, and 
 Scots two-pennies, v. 396 ; false copper 
 money, and act for suppression of, v. 485-6, 
 490, 494, 499 ; petition to the King for a 
 copper coinage in Scotland, v. 486-7 ; bring- 
 ing copper money from the mint in London, 
 V. 486, 498, 512-3, 599-600; false copper 
 money (Wood's halfpence) seized in Aber- 
 deen, V. 494, 499. 
 
 Monimail, iv. 380. 
 
 Monk, Greneral, supplications to and answers 
 from, iii. 480, 487, 493-503. 
 
 Monopoly : anent monopolies and the purchase 
 of them, ii. 300, 307, 312-3, 343, iii. 141, 
 147, 150, 163, 168, 172, 288, 313 ; monopoly 
 of salt, iii. 435, 441, 452, 471, 580, 599, iv. 
 26, 72, 527 ; monopoly of trade in Africa, v. 
 379. 
 
 Monro, see Munro. 
 
 Monross, see Montrose 
 
 Monteith, see Menteith. 
 
 Monteith, Henry, servant in Tolbuith, Edin- 
 burgh, payment to, iii. 575. 
 Montgomery of Busby, Hugh, provost, com- 
 missioner for Glasgow, elected moderator, iv. 
 345. 
 Montrose : attestation of its privileges and 
 immunities, i. 213 ; has liberty to traffic in 
 Brechin, i. 238 ; payment to merchants of, 
 for wines furnished to the King's household, 
 i. 267 ; warning of the customer of, i. 289 ; 
 craving count and reckoning of imposts col- 
 lected by Aberdeen, i. 334; an arbiter on 
 behalf of Dundee, i. 377, 406, 459 ; com- 
 plaint of, against Aberdeen : the excise boll, 
 ii. 16, 30, 296 ; letters of horning against, ii. 
 153 ; charge to, anent outland burgesses, 
 and reports, ii. 310, 342, 400, 446, iii. 126, 
 139, 157, 187 ; charge against certain mer- 
 chants of, regarding the staple, iii. 102, 116, 
 128 ; complaining that certain of its traders 
 are hindered by Edinburgh, iii. 108, 135, 140, 
 158, 201 ; suppUcating aid for repair of har- 
 bour, iii. 407, 504 ; erection of deacons of 
 crafts in, iii. 474 ; complaint of, against the 
 shire of Mearns regarding fishings, iii. 478 ; 
 dispute regarding election of magistrates in, 
 iii. 489, 518, 520, 537-9 ; repairing the bridge 
 of, iii. 504 ; anent the measure of foreign 
 salt, iii. 576 ; dispute regarding the harbour 
 of, iii. 659 ; in dispute with the Earl of 
 Southesk, iv. 24 ; visitation of the burgh, 
 iv. 70, 97, 319 ; grant in aid to, iv. 78 ; 
 burgh to be eased in the tax roll, iv. 114 ; 
 complaint of Robert Kennald, late provost, 
 iv. 260; visitors' report of the condition 
 of the burgh, iv. 596-9; representation 
 from, anent export of dried haddocks, 
 V. 327 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, 
 V. 404 ; represented by commission, i. 499 ; 
 unlawed, i. 280, ii. 127, 233, 240, 267, iii. 
 44,46. 
 
 Montrose, Duke of, v. 134. 
 
 John Earl of. Chancellor, i. 161, ii. 123. 
 
 MonyboyiU, Minnibole, see Maybole. 
 
 ilonygolf, see Minnigaff. 
 
 Moor, see Mure. 
 
 Moorison, see Murieson. 
 
 Moray, George, Bishop of, i. 161. 
 
118 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Moray Frith, measure for herring used in, v. 
 281. 
 
 Moreis, Compte, see Maurice, Count. 
 
 Morocco, captives in, i. 102, 118, 122, 124, 129, 
 178-9. 
 
 Morrison, John, merchant in Scotland, i. 560. 
 
 John, in Fraserburgh, ii. 198. 
 
 Mort charge, iv. ,547, 552. 
 
 Mortcloth : dispute in Lanark regarding pos- 
 session of the mortcloths, iii. 409. 
 
 Mortification of tiends and kirk lands, iii. 
 241-2, 248, 253, 266-8; misapplication of 
 mortifications, iv. 453, v. 190. 
 
 Morton, James Earl of, i. 91-6, 107, 114, 165, 
 ii. 180, 198. 
 
 Mosley, Judge, commissioner from the English 
 Parliament, iii. ,360. 
 
 Moveables, anent the division of, i. xi, 501-2, 
 
 Mowbray, Mr Thomas, minister of the Scots 
 kirk in Campvere, iii, 544, 565. 
 
 Mudderrell, see Mothervcell. 
 
 Muir, see Mure. 
 
 Mullikin, William, postmaster in Wick, v. 
 172-3. 
 
 Mungafi', see Minnigaff. 
 
 Munro of Foulis, Robert, i. 162, 168. 
 
 Munros, see Montrose. 
 
 Murder on the streets of Edinburgh, prosecu- 
 tion for, V. 539, 555. 
 
 Mure, Sir Archibald, provost and commissioner 
 for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 128, 
 145, 148, 226, 247, 259. 
 
 Gilbert, burgess in Wigtown, ii. 419, 
 
 450, iii, 2, 18, 36. 
 
 John, in Leith, i. 456, 484. 
 
 Robert, merchant in Kirkcaldy, i. 410. 
 
 Mr Robert, servitor to the King, and 
 
 agent for the burgba in London, ii. 379, iii. 
 25, 262. 
 
 Murray, Honourable James, commissioner for 
 
 the treaty of commerce with France, letters 
 
 to and from, v. 115-6, 118-9. 
 Sir Robert, provost and commissioner for 
 
 Edinburgh, appointed moderator, iii. 521, 
 
 525, 528, 531, 550, 558. 
 Sir Robert, Lord Justice Clerk, appointed 
 
 agent at Court for the burghs, iii. 553. 
 
 of Blackbarony, Andrew, commissioner 
 
 for Edinburgh, ii. 486. 
 
 of Elibank, Sir Gideon, treasurer depute 
 
 for Scotland, ii. 404, 425. 
 
 of Touchadam, John, v. 149. 
 
 of Touchadam, William, v. 599-600. 
 
 of TuUibarden, Sir William, i. 168. 
 
 Murray, Earl of, Secretary of State for Scotland, 
 iii. 251, 270, 275, 316, v. 501; appointed 
 agent at Court for the burghs, iv. 35 ; letters 
 and instructions to, iv. 49, 54. 
 
 Murray Frith, see Moray Frith. 
 
 Muscovy, iv. 512. 
 
 Mushet, John, common clerk of Stirling, i. 79, 
 430, 451. 
 
 Muskets for defence of the realm, iii. 236, and 
 see under Burgh. 
 
 Muslin, varieties of, v. 439. 
 
 Musselburgh : license to the inhabitants of, to 
 resort to the fishings, ii. 316 ; communica- 
 tion of trade to, iv. 362 ; unfree traders in, 
 V. 503, 509, 522. 
 
 Musters and wapinshaws, ii. 83. 
 
 Mutiny, reference to act of Parliament anent, 
 V. 186. 
 
 Myreton of Gogar, Andrew, iv. 279, 288, 290-1, 
 301. 
 
 Nairn : anent certain imposts uplifted from, i, 
 334; letters of homing against, ii, 152; 
 charge to, anent rental of common lands and 
 common good, ii, 316, iii. 514 ; charge to, 
 anent unfree traders, iii. 372, 410 ; suppli- 
 cating for recovery of its markets, iii. 516, 
 613; poverty and decay of the burgh, iv. 
 213 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 234, 319, 
 V. 278, 492 ; grant to, for repair of tolbooth 
 and bridge, iv. 265 ; controversy with the 
 sheriff anent the holding of courts, iv. 339 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of the burgh, 
 iv. 649 ; double election of commissioners in, 
 v, 291 ; petition of the magistrates and 
 council of, v, 294, 298 ; grant in aid to, v, 
 508 ; exempted, i. 302, 363, 439, ii. 16, 159, 
 211-2, 417, iu. 5, 108, 516, 579, iv. 162; re- 
 presented by missive, i. 207, 229, 310, 353, 
 369, ii. 2, 73, 210, 249, 442, iii. 35, 54, 77, 
 112, 282, 310; unlawed, i. 280, 301, 396, 
 417, 450, 481, ii. 27, 36, 42, 59, 102, 110, 
 201, 267, 270, 273, 352, 358, 379, 400, 
 460-1. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 119 
 
 Nairn, David, of Sumford, iii. 161, 196. 
 
 Naismith, Gavin, in Irvine, i. 87. 
 
 John, surgeon in Edinburgh, ii. 300, 
 
 307. 
 
 Napier, William, burgesa in Edinburgh, i. 
 487. 
 
 Nassau, Count Maurice of, letter to Conven- 
 tion from, i. 412, 421-2. 
 
 Neaper, see Napier. 
 
 Necessary works within burgh, payment for, 
 i. 462, ii. 56, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Negotiations in London for the restoration of 
 Charles II., iii. 424, 499-504, 509-13, 527, 
 and see under Convention of Burghs ; Clerk 
 to Convention. 
 
 Neif-fuU, custom of a, i. 381, 398. 
 
 Neilson, William, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, v. 185, 189, 212. 
 
 Nemook, see Nimmo. 
 
 Nerva, port of, iv. 512. 
 
 Ness, water of, ii. 321. 
 
 Netherlands : articles and regulations for the 
 trade with, iii. 348-52 ; lint and hemp seed 
 imported from, v. 435. 
 
 conservator in the, see Conservator. 
 
 Nevis, Isle of, iv. 133. 
 
 Newark, Lady, v. 524. 
 
 Newbattle, Lord of, his action against Peebles, 
 i. 89. 
 
 Newbattle, Mark, Commendator of, i. 228. 
 
 Newburgh, burgh of, aneut enrolment of, ii. 
 432-3. 
 
 Newcastle, Duke of. Secretary of State, v. 398 , 
 493. 
 
 Newcaatle-on-Tyne, a Scots kirk in, v. 127-8. 
 
 New Galloway : 'enrolment of, as a free burgh, 
 iii. 298-9 ; commission of, rejected, iv. 10 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 355 ; grant in aid 
 to, iv. 375, 491 ; burgh not reported by the 
 visitors, iv. 667 ; poverty and decay of the 
 burgh, V. 125 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to, v. 125, 405. 
 
 Newhaven, causing trouble and injury to King- 
 horn, ii. 81-2. 
 New He win (probably Nieuport, in West Flan- 
 ders), ii. 65, 98, 334. 
 Newton, Sir Isaac, master of the mint, iv. 
 474-6. 
 
 Newton, Laird of, see Gordon of Newton. 
 
 Niokerin, Jurian, cloth-shearer from Leyden, 
 ii. 117-9. 
 
 Nicol, James, merchant in Edinburgh, i. 101, 
 ii. 408. 
 
 Nicolson, Sir John, iii. 635. 
 
 Nigg, V. 127. 
 
 Ninians, St, v. 149, 162, 211. 
 
 Nisbet, Henry, merchant in Edinburgh, com- 
 missioner to Prance and England, i. 19, 28, 
 31 ; commissioner to the Netherlands, i. 53, 
 55-60, 65, 71, 125-6 ; commissioner to France 
 for downgetting of customs, i. 142-3, 269-73, 
 282-4 ; procurator for the King in Conven- 
 tion, i. 291 ; elected moderator, ii. 115. 
 
 James, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 360, 378, 381, 432. 
 
 John, servitor to Alexander Guthrie, col- 
 lector of Thomas Fisher's impost, i. 490, ii. 
 65, 188, 217, 224, 230, 240, 268, 285. 
 
 William, merchant in Edinburgh, com- 
 missioner to the King of France, ii. 337-9, 
 368-9, 453, iii. 7. 
 
 Nith, water of, iii. 131. 
 
 Nithsdale, Earl of, iii. 632. 
 
 Nithsdale measure to remain in use, i. 477. 
 
 Noblemen : noblemen to be elected as magis- 
 trates of burghs, i. 340 ; the nobles to fur- 
 nish certain provisions for the banquet at 
 the baptism of Prince Henry, i. 430 ; the 
 nobility and barons sending commissioners 
 to England to treat of the union of the two 
 kingdoms, ii. 182. 
 
 Nolt : transport of, by sea or land forbidden, 
 i. 447, 455 ; toll on, i. 488, iii. 47 ; export of, 
 iii. 225, 232. 
 
 Non-attendance at Convention, see Convention ; 
 Penalties. 
 
 Normandy, i. 285, 457, 466, ii. 334, 337, 404-5, 
 416, 453-4, iii. 342. 
 
 North Berwick : dealing with unfreemen's 
 goods, i. 266-7 ; certain imposts uplifted 
 from, i. 334 ; in dispute with St Andrews 
 anent an impost on wool, i. 404, 406 ; repair 
 of the harbour of, supplications and grants 
 for, i. 415, 441, ii. 79, 296, iii. 48, 67, 90, 
 108, iv. 23, 42, 57, 193, 210, 284 ; protest of 
 Haddington against, i. 439 ; to supplicate 
 the King for a gift of impost for repair 
 of harbour, i. 441, ii. 79, 322 ; in dispute 
 
120 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 with Haddington anent customs, ii. 165, 
 176-7, 201 ; to assist the agent in prosecut- 
 ing unfreemen, ii. 174 : visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 193, 198, 210, 266 ; disjunction of, 
 from the ciistom house of Prestonpans, v. 
 597, 600 ; visitors' report of the condition of 
 the burgh, iv. 651-2 ; exempted, i. 170, 193-4, 
 214, 326, 329, 439, ii. 3, 17, 78, 159, 179, 320, 
 iii. 108, 167, 420 ; represented by missive, i. 
 229, 274, 294, 353, 369, 473, ii. 23, 42, 100, 
 126, 194, 210, 232, 249, 342, 399, 421, 442, 
 iii. 2, 17, 112, 125, 138, 185, 220, 243, 282, 
 310; unlawed, i. 481, ii. 435, 462, iii. 9. 
 
 North Sea fishing, ii. 203, and see under fishing. 
 
 North and West Isles, fishing in, see under 
 Pishing. 
 
 Norvage, see Norwich. 
 
 Norway : dUfioulties in trading with, i. 27 ; 
 exports to, i. 76 ; impost on Scottish victual 
 in, iv. 23. 
 
 Norwich : Flemish clothmakers brought to 
 Scotland from, ii. 107, 115-21. 
 
 Notary, the ofiice of, not to be filled by a 
 minister or schoolmaster, i. 241. 
 
 Nuckell, William, in Alloa, v. 609. 
 
 Nyddisdaill, see Nithsdale. 
 
 Oars, impost on, ii. 214. 
 
 Oath : customers on presenting their accounts 
 for audit to give oath regarding their correct- 
 ness, i. 209 ; magistrates to receive the oath 
 of the customers and comptrollers that they 
 appoint, i. 256-8 ; merchant oaths for cus- 
 tom and excise, iii. 535, 580, 657, iv. 57, 
 545 ; addition to the burgess oath, iv. 531 ; 
 form of oath to be taken by the adjusters of 
 the tax-roll : the taking of it protested, v. 
 194 ; oaths required of commissioners and 
 officials, see Abjuration ; Allegiance ; Assur- 
 ance ; Test ; also under Burgh ; Burgess ; 
 Convention. 
 
 Oats : a market for oats, bear, and other 
 victual in Linlithgow, i. 197 ; bounty for ex- 
 port of, iv. 431. 
 
 Obligations by certain unfree traders, ii. 280, 
 291, 305 ; to the agent, ii. 318. 
 
 Obti, see Abdie. 
 
 Occupation : article to Parliament anent 
 violent occupation within burgh, i. 413. 
 
 Ochre, see Dyeing. 
 
 Ochterlony, David, commissioner for Arbroath, 
 to be arrested, ii. 451. 
 
 Officers of burgh, ii. 17, 36 ; see also Burgh. 
 
 Ogilvy, Mr George, advocate in Edinburgh, v. 
 499. 
 
 Sir James, advocate, iv. 100-3, 119; 
 
 Secretary of State for Scotland, iv. 226, 249, 
 277, 322. 
 
 Thomas, in Dundee, i. 360. 
 
 of Forglan, Sir Alexander, senator of the 
 
 college of justice, iv. 412. 
 
 Ogilvy, Lord, iii. 342, 374. 
 
 Oil, imposts on, i. 218, 441, 471, 489. 
 
 Oisteane, see Oustean. 
 
 Oliphant, John, commissioner for Dundee, dis- 
 missed from Convention, v. 142. 
 
 of Newton, Sir William, King's advocate, 
 
 ii. 437. 
 
 Onions, ii. 396-7. 
 
 Onslow, Hon. Arthur, Speaker of the House of 
 Commons, v. 609, 628-9, 632. 
 
 Oppression : certain wrongs done in Orkney 
 and Shetland, i. 197 ; injuries done to the 
 common lands of Forres, i. 235 ; complaints 
 of oppression by adjoining landlords, i. 262, 
 332; oppressors of burgh lands or liberties 
 to be resisted by the burghs as one body, i. 
 340 ; action of Forfar against Master of 
 Glammis for, i. 362, 388 ; see also Burgh ; 
 Common Good ; Common Lands. 
 
 Orange, Prince of : letter to, anent Flushing 
 pirates, i. 44 ; letter to, anent staple con- 
 tract, iii. 352 ; reference to the marriage of 
 the Princess Eoyal to, v. 564, 587. 
 
 Orchard litt, ii. 382. 
 
 Ord of Findoohty, Alexander, ii. 149. 
 
 Order of the commissioners of burghs rid- 
 ing at Parliament, and disputes anent, iii. 
 530, 568, 576 ; and see under Burgh ; Parlia- 
 ment. 
 
 Ordinary, price of, iv. 538. 
 Orie, see Norry. 
 
 Orkney, i. 197, 242, ii. 145, 455, iv. 529 ; a 
 fort to be built in Kerstoun in, iv. 430, 514 ; 
 herring fishing of, iv. 513. 
 Orkney, Adam, Bishop of, i. 161. 
 Orphans' Hospital in Edinburgh, v. 625. 
 Orr of Barrowfield, John, v. 590. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 121 
 
 Orrock, Margaret, relict of George Oliphant, 
 provost of Perth, iv. 348, 357, 372. 
 
 Osburn, John, provost, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, v. 533, 549. 
 
 Oswald of Dunnikier, James, iv. 481. 
 
 Otter skins, duty on, i. 213. 
 
 Oadenarde, battle of, reference to, iv. 455. 
 
 Oustean, Alexander, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, contracting for the burghs, i. 223-9. 
 
 Outland burgesses, see Burgh ; Burgess. 
 
 Outrig of war vessels for defence of the realm, 
 iv. 381-4, 388, and see under Ship. 
 
 Oversman : mode of choosing an oversman in 
 arbitration, i. 85. 
 
 Overtures, committee on, and reports of, iv. 
 446-8, 476. 
 
 Owen, Judge, commissioner from the English 
 Parliament, iii. 360. 
 
 Owners of vessels, regulations for, ii. 95-6, 
 105-6, 125, 132-45, 164, and see under Ship. 
 
 Oxen, toll on, i. 302, 381, 461, 488, ii. 91, iii. 
 47. 
 
 Oxford, Earl of, Secretary of State for England, 
 letter to, v. 114. 
 
 Packing salmon barrels, see Fish ; Salmon. 
 
 Packing and peiling outwith free burghs, i. 
 131 ; packing and peiling of herring at ports 
 of Erith of Forth, ii. 147, 150, 158, 177, 
 198, 438 ; packing and peiling by unfree,- 
 men, ii. 155-6, 174, 195, 244, 262, 276, 294-5, 
 319, 351, iii. 197 ; packing and peiling of 
 herring, and acts anent, ii. 191-2, iii. 121, 
 126-8, 196-7 ; see also Fish ; Herring ; Sal- 
 mon. 
 
 Painters, article against the abuses of, ii. 89. 
 
 Pais of bread, see Bread. 
 
 Paisley, trade and condition of, iv. 582, 629. 
 
 Pakket, Gellis, clothworker in Leyden, ii. 119. 
 
 Palmer, Mcol, Dumfries, i. 84. 
 
 Panmure, Earl of, iv. 265, 389, 405, 458. 
 
 Panton, Robert, factor in Campvere, iv. 300, 
 464, 472, 507, v. 105-7, 122-3, 131. 
 
 William, factor in Campvere, iv. 181, 192, 
 
 356-7, 
 
 Papist, see Popery. 
 
 Paris, Parisians, i. 532, iii. 103-4, 116. 
 
 Parish Church : building and repairing of cer- 
 tain parish churches, i. 303, 354, 376, 415, { 
 
 Q 
 
 440, 462, ii. 16, 30, 239, 302, iii. 472, iv. 411 ; 
 division of cities and towns into parishes for 
 religious purposes, i. 491 ; markets held at 
 kirks and clachans, ii. 238, 251, 274, 290 ; 
 burying, and erecting seats and desks in 
 churches, ii. 256, 275 ; " the platt " or com- 
 mission for planting kirks in the kingdom, 
 iii. 43, 69, 140, 164, 201 ; dispute with 
 heritors anent the division of the kirk, iv. 
 390 ; anent a contract for building a church, 
 V. 405. 
 Parliament : Parliament of the Four Burghs, 
 i. vi, vii, and see under Four Burghs ; Earl 
 of Lennox appointed Regent by, i. 16 ; acts 
 anent the freedom of burghs, i. 19 ; act 
 aigainst unfreemen, i. 19, 20; acts against 
 pirates to be enforced, i. 21 ; act anent 
 vessels trading to Flanders, i. 32 ; suppli- 
 cation from Convention anent the traffic 
 of unfree towns, i. 68 ; commissioners from 
 Convention t > meet and consult with, 
 i. 70 ; to prohibit export of wool, i. 75 ; 
 execution of acts of Parliament, i. 89 ; 
 certain articles to be submitted to Parlia- 
 ment by the burghs, L 197, 212, 235, 240-1, 
 413, 468-9, 493, ii. 89, 170, iv. 59, 63, 93-6 ; 
 commissioners of burghs chosen to be Lords 
 of Articles, i. 205 ; act to allow certain fish to 
 be brought to free ports in the Frith of 
 Forth, i. 205 ; acts passed in, without the 
 consent of the burghs, i. 210 ; to restrain 
 the factors in Campvere from usurping the 
 trade of merchandise, i. 290-1 ; supplication to, 
 regarding the insufficiency of cunyie, i. 304 ; 
 supplication to, against the taxing of burghs 
 by the Lords of Privy Council, i. 305 ; sup- 
 plication to, for redress of injuries inflicted by 
 pirates of Dunkirk, i. 307 ; to be suited for 
 help to repair the bridge of Inverness, i. 332 ; 
 supplication to, for revival of two annual 
 fairs in Aberdeen, i. 333-4 ; supplication to, 
 for redress of imposts raised by the Admiral, 
 i. 339 ; burghs to crave redress from, for the 
 impairing of their jurisdiction, i. 340 ; sup- 
 plication to, anent King's letters charging 
 burghs to elect noblemen as magistrates, 
 i. 340 ; supplication to, for redress to Dun- 
 dee, i. 341 ; decree of, regarding the dispute 
 between the community and magistrates of 
 
122 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Aberdeen, i. 383-6 ; agent to sue for annul- 
 ling of a gift from, i. 400 ; supplication to, on 
 behalf of decayed burghs, i. 415 ; supplica- 
 tion to, for a taxation in aid of the bridge of 
 Don, i. 425 ; anent giving in articles to Par- 
 liament or a Convention of estates, i. 469 ; 
 act of Parliament of David II. in 1368, i. 
 541 ; anent the acts on customs and bullion 
 passed by the Parliament held at Dundee, ii. 
 14-5, 19-21 ; acts anent sending commis- 
 sioners to, ii. 31-2, 45, 74, 102, 130, 156, 174, 
 196, 212, 248 ; commissioners of burghs to 
 convene before next Convention of Estates at 
 Holyrood House, ii. 67 ; commissioners to 
 represent the burghs in Parliament, ii. 86-7 ; 
 article to, anent confirmation of the general 
 charter of liberties of burghs, ii. 94; charge 
 to commissioners anent attendance at, ii. 94 ; 
 act anent importing foreigners for cloth-mak- 
 ing and wool- working, reference to, ii. 98 ; 
 agent to borrow money for necessary ex- 
 penses in, ii. 246 ; unlawing commissioners 
 failing to attend, or departing from, ii. 247 ; 
 charge to burghs anent attendance at, ii. 
 248, 262, 270, 276, 289 ; act confirming rights 
 and liberties of royal burghs, ii. 291-2, iv. 
 536-7 ; act against unfree traders, ii. 292 ; 
 anent acts of Parliament relating to the 
 burghs, ii. 527 ; convening of commissioners 
 during Convention of the Estates, iii. 319 ; 
 commissioners of burghs absent from, iii. 
 356 ; supplicating the English Parliament 
 regarding the liberties of the burghs, iii. 428 ; 
 burghs riding at : disputes for priority, and 
 order of burghs, iii. 530, 568, 576, iv. 25 ; 
 committee on overtures to, appointed, iii. 
 532 ; protracted sitting in 1661, iii. 544 ; act 
 of, anent burghs of barony and regality, re- 
 ferred to, iii. 632 ; attending the Lord Com- 
 missioner, iv. 8, 25, 51 ; certain acts of Par- 
 liament recommended to the burghs, iv. 44 ; 
 anent the appointment of a conservator, iv. 
 105 ; act of, anent unfree trade, reference to, 
 iv. 280, .302 ; clerk to commission of, iv. 340 ; 
 address from the burghs to, iv. 349 ; repre- 
 sentations to, anent trade and union with 
 England, iv. 390-1, 400-2 ; overtures to, for 
 the encouragement of trade, iv. 427; qualifi- 
 cations of representatives to, and act anent, 
 
 iv. 448-50, 485-6, v. 17 ; presenting an ad- 
 dress to the Parliament of Great Britain 
 anent drawbacks to Scotch merchants, iv. 
 475 ; platform of commissions to, iv. 485-6 ; 
 address to, anent the African Company, iv. 
 497-8 ; anent affairs of the burghs in, iv. 510 ; 
 act of, ratifying privileges of the burghs, 
 and gift for procuring it, iv. 536-7 ; unanim- 
 ity of commissioners in voting in, iv. 553 ; 
 expenses of promoting and opposing bills in, 
 v. 17, 105, 130-1, 231-2, 452 ; address to the 
 House of Commons on the land-tax bill : also 
 commission for presenting the same, v. 31-40 ; 
 act anent the linen manufacture, v. 58 ; 
 address to, regarding the land-tax, and the 
 rating of the burghs' cess, v. 67, 72-7 ; a 
 commission to London to negotiate regard- 
 ing drawbacks, debentures, and custom house 
 fees : also report of commission, v. 187-8, 
 197-8 ; anent election of Members oE Par- 
 liament, V. 218, 225-6, 318, 460, 559, 588 ; 
 acts of, anent trade and unfree traders to be 
 collected, v-. 223 ; petition from the burghs 
 to, anent printing and stamping of calico and 
 linen, v. 226-9, 231-2 ; complaint of the Earl 
 of Rothes to the House of Lords, v. 285-6 ; 
 petition to, anent the duty on printed or 
 stained linen, v. 292, 294 ; petition to, anent 
 the tobacco trade, v. 325-6 ; application to, 
 for an act on unfree trade in favour of the 
 royal burghs, v. 339-40, 345 ; representation 
 and petition to the House of Commons re- 
 garding the malt tax, v. 359-62, 365, 375-6 ; 
 act of, for preventing riots and tumultuous 
 assemblies, v. 367 ; letter to Members of 
 Parliament anent corporal punishment, v. 
 376 ; memorial to Members of Parliament in 
 opposition to the African Company, with re- 
 lative letter, v. 380-1 ; letter to Members of 
 Parliament anent the encouragement of the 
 manufactures of Scotland, v. 383-5 ; com- 
 mission to Loudon to further the proposals 
 of the burghs for improvement of the manu- 
 factures and fisheries, and instructions to, v. 
 443-4, 457 ; letter to Scottish Members of 
 Parliament regarding the burghs' address 
 to the King, v. 447 ; letter to members of, 
 anent a clause in the land-tax act to prevent 
 suspension, v. 506, 519-20, 542 ; letter to mem- 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 123 
 
 bers of, anent the smuggling of foreign 
 spirits, V. 519 ; letter to Members of Parlia- 
 ment on behalf of cordiners, v. 521, 531 ; act 
 of, anent cordiners referred to, v. 521, 529, 
 531 ; letters to the Members of Parliament on 
 important afifairs, v. 530-1, 560-3 ; reference 
 to certain bills before Parliament, v. 559 ; 
 anent judges of the Supreme Court serving 
 in Parliament, v. 562-3 ; septennial Parlia- 
 ment, V. 562-86 ; act of Parliament regu- 
 lating elections, v. 588 ; promoting a bill 
 for taking off the duties on bleaching mate- 
 rials, V. 597, 601, 603, 624 ; the Duke of 
 Argyle and the Earl of May thanked by 
 Convention for their generous assistance in 
 Parliament, v. 589, 604 ; a bill for support 
 and employment of the poor, v. 595, 601, 
 607, 621-3 ; notice of bills before Parliament, 
 v. 603-5 ; present to the Speaker of the 
 House of Commons, v. 609 ; a bill for re- 
 straining travelling merchants, letter to mem- 
 bers anent, v. 625-7 ; members of, thanked 
 for their services on behalf of the burghs, v. 
 635 ; bill for discontinuing drawbacks on 
 foreign linen, and letter to Scotch members 
 anent, v. 637-8. 
 
 Parma, Prince of, i. 307. 
 
 Particular Conventions, sending commissioners 
 to, iii, 98, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Partincraig, see Ferry-Port-on-Craig. 
 
 Partes, Matthias, merchant in Newcastle, iv. 
 211, 229, 264. 
 
 Partnership with unf reemen forbidden, iii. 552, 
 iv. 133, and sie under Burgh. 
 
 Parton, v. 125. 
 
 Pasoh Market, i. 105. 
 
 Passes for ships, see Ships. 
 
 Patents : patent granted to Lord Erskine, and 
 supplication for its recall, iii. 142, 148, 151, 
 195, 212 ; a patent of controllersbip of foreign 
 beer, iii. 149, 152, 169, 172; a patent for 
 discharge of infeftment by hasp and staple, 
 iii. 240, 317 ; a patent for making powder, 
 saltpetre, and match, iii. 280 ; a patent for 
 pearl granted, iii. 313 ; patent for erecting 
 a college of physicians, iii. 441-3, 448-51, 
 460, 468, 478, 481, iv. 27 ; a patent for the 
 manufacture of linen, iv. 145-6, 148 ; a 
 patent for dressing and colouring leather, iv. 
 
 193 ; a patent for lights on the May, iv. 373, 
 540-1, 543 ; a patent for houses of correction, 
 iv. 539 ; a patent on tobacco recalled, iv. 
 539, 541 ; a patent anent armoury, iv. 543 ; 
 a patent for making bricks, iv. 547 ; a patent 
 of general search-master, iv. 547 ; patent for 
 making tobacco pipes, iv. 548 ; a patent for 
 making iron, v. 492. 
 
 Paterson, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 313. 
 
 Hector, factor in Campvere, iii. 43. 
 
 Robert, clothier in Edinburgh, v. 491. 
 
 Simon, in Campvere, i. 555. 
 
 Sir William, clerk to the privy council, 
 
 iv. 84. 
 
 Paton, John, in Flanders, ii. 227. 
 
 Robert, merchant in Dunfermline, 1. 
 
 448-9. 
 
 Patry, see Petrie. 
 
 Pauling, John, in Kessotown, i. 455, 484. 
 
 Pawtoun, see Paton. 
 
 Payment of commissioners, see under Commis- 
 sions and Commissioners. 
 
 Pearl : a patent for pearl granted, iii. 313. 
 
 Pears, impost on, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Pearson, Alexander, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, ii. 269, 307, 331, 
 333, 336, iii. 50. 
 
 Archibald, in Arbroath, i. 134. 
 
 David, customer of Arbroath, i. 256. 
 
 George, merchant in Dunfermline, i. 448. 
 
 Thomas, commissioner for Arbroath, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 342. 
 
 Peas, measures for, iii. 402. 
 
 Peats : dispute regarding the carrying away 
 of, iv. 389 ; cutting and winning of, ob- 
 structed, V. 172. 
 
 Peck measure, see Weights and Measures ; 
 Linlithgow. 
 
 Pedlars, restraining, v. 520 ; see also Chap- 
 men. 
 
 Peebles : action of Lord of Newbattle against, 
 i. 89 ; complaint of, against certain clans, i. 
 169 ; failing in diligence in enforcing the 
 acts, ii. 44 ; repair of bridges, dams, tol- 
 booth, and schoolhouse, supplications and 
 grants for, ii. 150, 259, 279, iii. 14, iv. 265, 
 356, 411 ; to supplicate the King for a gift 
 of impost for bridgps, ii. 150, 259, 279, iii. 
 
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 14 ; craving support for rebuilding the town 
 destroyed by fire, ii. 183, 221, 238 ; charge 
 to, anent rental of common lands, and re- 
 ports from, iii. 22, 38, 55, 81, 107, 118, 130 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 78, 193, 198, 241, 
 340, V. 16, 92, 122, 405; tlie burgh impeded 
 by the Earl of Traquair, iv. 212 ; encroach- 
 ment on the rights of the burgh by the laird 
 of Horsburgh, iv. 485 ; visitors' report of the 
 condition of the burgh, iv. 636-8 ; grants in 
 aid to, V. 105, 456 ; encroachment on, by the 
 laird of Cringalty, v. 122 ; exempted, i. 170, 
 293, 380, 436, 470, 529, ii. 56, 146, 149, 159 ; 
 represented by missive, i. 294, 310, 473, ii. 2, 
 73, 100 ; unlawed, i. 216, 233, 245, 354, 370, 
 380, ii. 17, 27, 36, 201, 242, 323, 435, 462. 
 Peebles, Alexander, commissioner for Perth, 
 elected moderator, iii. 264. 
 
 David, merchant in Campvere, iiL 166. 
 
 Peiling, see under Packing. 
 
 PeiU, Christian de, weaver from Leyden, ii. 
 
 117, 119. 
 Penal statutes, discharge of certain, iii. 149, 
 152, 169, 173, 216, 235, 241, 300, 323, iv. 96. 
 Penalties : penalties incurred by defaulting 
 burghs : also collection and recovery of, i. 
 vi-x, 26, 113-5, 130-3, 139, 185, 192, 199, 
 215, 241, 245, 260, 292, 317, 329, 348, 370, 
 416, 474, 477-8, 484, ii. 6, 27, 43, 101, 155, 
 157, 160, 173, 186, 192, 211, 213, 234, 258, 
 323, 358, 400-1, iii. 38, 57, 68, 79, 92, 106, 
 112, 117, 126, 138, 156 ; for searchers taking 
 bribes, i. 76 ; for false or forbidden measures, 
 i. 77 ; for sending an improper commissioner 
 to Convention, i. 80, 210 ; for burghs in dis- 
 pute not consenting to arbitration, i. 87 ; 
 certain burghs unlawed for non-attendance, 
 i. 90, 118-9, 123, 132, 138-9, 146, 148-50, 163, 
 180, 192, 199, 216, 233, 245, 280, 296, 311, 
 317, 354, 370, 395-6, 430, 473, 484, ii. 18, 21, 
 40, 42, 59, 61-2, 64, 72-4, 102, 124, 127, 165, 
 182, 201, 212, 233, 238-9, 249, 273, 323, 358, 
 361, 379, 384, 400, 435, iii. 19, 29, 44, 121, 
 133, 203, 207-8, 238, 241, 280-1, 305, 309, 
 319, 329, 356, 372, 380, 387, 390, 413, 419, 
 519, 553, 577, 628, 645, 666, iv. 14, 20, 22, 
 56-7, 67, 80, 87, 103, 144, 151, 163, 182, 196, 
 204, 213, 288, 375, 396, v. 168, 219, 355, 481, 
 537 ; penalty for non-attendance at Conven- 
 
 tion raised, i. 90, iii. 581, 624, iv. 14 ; for 
 not arresting forestallers fleeing from justice, 
 i. 99 ; for skippers contravening acts, i. 130, 
 141 ; for trading with papists and infidels in 
 foreign ports, i. 133 ; commissioners unlawed 
 for unlicensed departure from Convention, i. 
 136, 154, 266, iii. 16, 94, 280, 324 ; unlaws of 
 certain burghs disponed, i. 138, 140, 180, 
 267-8, 305, 361, 366, 379, 380, 415, 419, 445, 
 451, ii. 456, iv. 23; unlaws of certain burghs re- 
 mitted, i. 169, 171, 175-6, 179, 181, 210, 215-6, 
 241-2, 262, 266, 282, 291-3, 300-2, 342, 358, 
 376, 378, 380, 403, 417, 424, 450-1, 470-1, ii. 
 17, 29, 37, 53-4, 57, 78 9, 150-1, 161, 192, 
 205, 211-2, 215, 222, 239, 242, 250, 283, 376, 
 406, 416-8, 426, 462, iii. 4, 36, 48, 119, 129, 
 133, 146, 223, 250-1, 284, 288, 623, 653, 655, 
 672, iv. 2, 21, 56, 67, 71, 97, 155, v. 552 ; 
 certain burghs unlawed for non-payment, i. 
 219, 346-7, 417, 425, 450, 453, 457, 474, 481, 
 ii. 17, 36, 74, 110, 112, 237, 239, 240, 267, 
 323, 352, 459-64, iii. 29, 44, 46, 68-9, 121, 
 133, 146, 273, 287, 320, 561, 578, iv. 555, 
 558 ; for uncustomed goods, i. 227 ; commis- 
 sioners unlawed for late arrival at Conven- 
 tion, L 245, 248, 266, 354, 370, iL 27 ; ex- 
 penses of the clerk to be paid from the 
 unlaws of burghs, i. 260 ; for trading to 
 other places in Flanders than Campvere, 
 i. 264-5 ; for failing to duly warn burghs 
 to Convention, i. 268 ; great expenses oc- 
 casioned by burghs refusing to pay as they 
 ought : a remedy proposed, i. 273 ; for 
 burghs and seaports not miking due settle- 
 ment after warning, i. 278 ; for defaulting 
 burghs that abide the denunciation of horn- 
 iBg, L 283 ; penalties for defaulting cus- 
 tomers, L 289, 327 ; penalties for defaulting 
 magistrates, and deans of guild, i. 289, 322, 
 .340, 373 ; for merchants trading with factors 
 who have not found surety to abstain from 
 buying Scottish goods, i. 291 ; for reset of 
 pirates, or aiding and supplying them, i. 305 ; 
 for chapmen and unf reemen, i. 322 ; a commis- 
 sioner unlawed for misdemeanour, i. 326 ; for 
 commissioners voting contrary to the general 
 conclusion, i. 339 ; for factors disobeying the 
 conservator, i. 351 ; punishment of a commis- 
 sioner for false and insolent subscription, i. 
 
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 367-8 ; for a burgh receiving a freeman 
 deprived of his liberty, i. 402 ; a merchant 
 fined for not having his cocket and burgess 
 ticket, i. 410 ; for offences against the rights 
 and liberties of burgh, i. 413 ; unlaws up- 
 lifted within burgh to be included in common 
 good, i. 416 ; for merchants exporting goods 
 contrary to law, i. 509 ; for craftsmen trad- 
 ing in merchandise, i. 509 ; for freemen 
 trafficking with unfreemen, ii. 13 ; certain 
 unlaws returned by magistrates, ii. 181-2 ; 
 act anent voting for remission of unlaws, iii. 
 69, iv. 527 ; anent the unlawing of absent 
 burghs, iii. 328-9 ; penalty inflicted on the 
 provosts of Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Jed- 
 burgh, iv. 79, 96, 158. 
 Penningham, v. 162. 
 Pennok skins, impost on, ii. 177. 
 Pennour of Newhaven, i. 319. 
 Pensions, ii. 419, iii. 120, iv. 15, 24, 29, 56, 90, 
 150, 154, 192 ; acts rescinding certain pen- 
 sions : protested, iv. 56, 67, 74, 90, 150-1, 
 154. 
 Penstoun, see Penniston. 
 Perambulation, see Marches. 
 Personal estate, assessment of, iii. 415. 
 Persoun, see Pearson. 
 
 Perth : conventions at, i. x, xiv, and see under 
 Convention ; earliest records of the burgh, 
 i. xvi ; dispute with Arbroath anent petty 
 customs, i. 44 ; a tax imposed by Parliament 
 for support of the bridge of, i. 70 ; in dispute 
 with Dundee for priority, i. 84, 107, 112, 
 118, 124, 175, 186, 195, 230, ii. Ill, 116 ; to 
 ■write and send to the King the burghs' 
 answer anent the new customs, i. 132 ; be- 
 comes surety for part of a loan to Conven- 
 tion, i. 220-1 ; a party to a contract for pay- 
 ment of the clerk of Convention's stipend, i. 
 236-7 ; commission refused by Convention, 1- 
 248 ; a surety for expenses of commissioner 
 to the ambassador in France, i. 271 ; protest 
 of, anent the paying of certain interest, i. 
 286-7 ; an arbiter on behalf of Forfar, i. 377, 
 406, 459 ; to make payment of certain arrears 
 of taxation, i. 381 ; repairing the bridge of 
 Earn : supplications and grants for, i. 391, 
 488, ii. 106 ; to arrest nolt and sheep passing 
 to England, i. 455 ; to supplicate the King 
 
 for a gift of impost for the bridge of Bam, i. 
 488, ii. 108 ; protest of, against producing 
 certain evidents, ii. 57 ; claims exemption 
 from impost at Dundee, ii. 85, £99 ; to grant 
 the general charter of liberties of burghs for 
 confirmation, ii. 94, 129 ; Flemish cloth- 
 makers settled at, ii. 117; to send a commis- 
 sioner to the coronation of James VI., ii. 
 163 ; complaint against the customers of, ii. 
 165 ; in dispute with Wigtown, regarding 
 custom on cloth, ii. 188, 199 ; complaint of 
 the fleshers of Edinburgh against, ii. 205, 
 215-6 ; complaint of Forfar against, regard- 
 ing customs, ii. 222 ; charge to, anent out- 
 land burgesses, ii. 250, 274, 288 ; charge to, 
 anent outland burgesses, and reports, ii. 274, 
 iii. 139, 157, 187, 265, 287, 313 ; repair of 
 the bridge of Tay, supplications and grants 
 for, ii. 299, 320 ; charge to, anent election of 
 magistrates, and reports from, ii. 378, 411-2, 
 445, iii. 4, 18, 36, 57, 79, 103, 113, 129; 
 charge tr, anent unfree traders, ii. 403, 454, 
 iii. 287, 401 ; complaint against, for charg- 
 ing post-silver, ii. 463, iii. 12; charge to, 
 anent election of deacons of crafts, iii. 21, 
 27-8 ; setting the burrowmuir of, iii. 343, 
 372, 420, 635, iv. 234 ; dispute anent the 
 constitution of the magistracy of : and com- 
 missim on, iii. 365, 367, 375-8, 457, 466-8 ; 
 anent the common clerkship of, iii. 383, 653, 
 iv. 190 ; postmastership in, iii. 451, 458 ; 
 form of election of magistrates prescribed 
 for, iii. 467 ; setting the mills, fishings, and 
 inches of, iii. 588, 653, iv. 234 ; complaint 
 against a bailie of Cupar-Angus, iv. 304 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of the burgh, 
 iv. 568-71 ; dispute in the election of a dea- 
 con and boxmaster of the hammermen in, v, 
 413, 433-4 ; insufficient linen yarn sold in 
 the county of, v. 634 ; unlawed, i. 245, 403, 
 474, ii. 222, 267, 384, 418, 444, 455, 459, 
 461, iii. 4, 9, 36, 57, 666. 
 Pestilence : references to the pestilence in 
 Scotland, i. 200, 210-1, ii. 56, 62, 76, 150, 
 188, 220, 224, 239 ; act of Privy Council for 
 preventing infection of the plague from Bor- 
 deaux, i. 557-8 ; letters patent by Queen 
 Mary anent the plague at Dantzic, i. 558 ; 
 certain towns ravaged by the pest, crave 
 
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 support, ii. 56-7, 62, 76 ; precautions against 
 the plague, and letters to the sea-coast 
 burgiis anent, with relative papers, v. 267- 
 70, 285, 287, 290 ; acts of Parliament anent, 
 reference to, v. 268, 270 ; plague in the Isle of 
 Man, V. 268, 287 ; infection of, brought from 
 France, v. 285 ; methods for preventing the 
 spread of pestilential infection, v. 299-301 ; 
 precautions against the landing of a ship in- 
 fected with the plague, v. 329. 
 
 Peterborough, Earl of, victories of, in Spain, 
 reference to, iv. 386. 
 
 Peterhead : unfreemen in, ii. 349 ; repairing 
 the harbour of, iii. 91, 108, iv. 15, v. 492 ; 
 voluntary contribution for, recommended to 
 all the burghs, v. 493, 599 ; communication 
 of trade to Ptterhead and neighbouring 
 towns, iv. 361 ; rating of, for trade, v. 211 ; 
 lands and superiorities of, act anent, v. 
 465-7. 
 
 Peterson, Jacob, cloth-shearer from Leyden, 
 ii. 117, 119. 
 
 Van Essen, John, burgomaster in Camp- 
 
 vere, ii. 385. 
 
 see Paterson. 
 
 Petrie, Robert, commissioner for Aberdeen, 
 elected moderator, iii. 576. 
 
 Pettecruif, Pettigow, see Pettigrew. 
 
 Pettigrew, Thomas, merchant in Glasgow, i. 
 495. 
 
 Pettinain, iv. 149. 
 
 Pettinweme, see Pittenweem. 
 
 Petty customs : anent uniformity of, i. 2, 10-1, 
 69, 374, 432, 456; Edinburgh's scale of, 
 to be adopted by all the burghs, i. 11 ; 
 supplication and dispute regarding, i. 44, 
 373-4, 396-8, 403, 407, 432, ii. 168 ; petty 
 customs at ports of burghs, ii. 302, 313, 349, 
 354, 373, 403, 448, iii. 6, 20 ; see also Cus- 
 toms ; Impost ; Taxation. 
 
 Pettycur, harbour of, i. 138, 301, 410, ii. 279, 
 iii. 12, 43, 67, 90. 
 
 Peuder, Pewder, see Pewter. 
 
 Pewter : insufficiency of Scotch pewter and 
 pewter vessels, ii. 456-7 ; acts anent pewter 
 and pewter- working : quality of metal and 
 workmanship, ii. 456-8, iii. 3, 18, 36, v. 
 528. 
 
 Philip II. of Spain, ii. 386. 
 
 Philip, Robert, in Sanquhar, ii. 84. 
 
 Stephen, bailie of St Andrews, i. 487. 
 
 Phillan, see Fillan. 
 
 Phillorthe, Laird of, ii. 204. 
 
 Philp, see Philip. 
 
 Physicians, College of, opposition to and patent 
 for erection of, iii. 441-3, 448-51, 460, 468, 
 478, 481, iv. 27. 
 
 Pibillis, see Peebles. 
 
 Pioardy, in France, i. 457, 466, iii. 342. 
 
 Pieces (of ordnance), i. 242. 
 
 Pik, .'iee Pitch. 
 
 Pikes for defence of the realm, iii. 236, and 
 see under Burgh. 
 
 Pilchard fishing, iii. 325 6. 
 
 Pilmuir, common land of Forres, iii. 407. 
 
 Pilot ; pilotage at Campvere, i. 58 ; pilotage at 
 Flushing, i. 63 ; examination of pilots, ii. 
 145. 
 
 Pilschet, see Pilchard. 
 
 Pinkerton, liberty of, i. 407. 
 
 Pipes : a patent for making tobacco pipes, iv. 
 548. 
 
 Piracy : arrest of ships preparing to plunder 
 the Portuguese, i. 21 ; merchants to provide 
 ships for suppression of piracy, i. 27 ; a tax 
 for suppression of, i. 28, 31 ; complaint to 
 Prince of Orange anent pirates of Flushing, 
 i. 44 ; ships and merchants plundered by 
 English pirates, i. 50, 82, 101, 109 ; goods 
 plundered by men of Flushing, i. 60 ; redress 
 of, i. 50, 82, 101, 116, 239, 298; contribu- 
 tion claimed for ship and goods plundered 
 by pirates, i. 110 ; anent scat and lot for 
 loss by, i. 117 ; count and reckoning of 
 money levied for suppression of pirates, i, 
 134 ; Kirkcudbright and Whithorn charged 
 with reset of pirates, i. 197 ; suppression of 
 piracy, a ship and bark equipped by Lentron 
 for, i. 242 ; failure of the enterprise, and 
 prosecution of Lentron, i. 261, 288, 300, 
 306-7, 317-8 ; act anent aiding or abetting 
 pirates, i. 305 ; supplication for redress of 
 injuries inflicted by pirates of Dunkirk, 1. 
 306-7 ; redress for the pillage of a ship of 
 Dundee, i. 341 ; embassy to the King of 
 Denmark anent, i. 528 ; pillage of Scottish 
 ships in the neighbourhood of Antwerp, i. 
 549 ; pillage of Scottish ships in the neigh- 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 127 
 
 bourliood of Middelburg, i. 553 ; plunder of 
 ships from Holland lying at Crail, ii. 43 ; 
 ships for suppression of, fitted out by Edin- 
 burgh, ii. 305, 514 ; an English pirate in the 
 Forth, ii. 518 ; Scottish ships plundered by 
 Dunkirkers, iii. 241 ; ships of war required 
 for protection from, iv. 179, 195 ; a master 
 and his crew captured by a Sallee rover, v. 
 593. 
 
 Pistole, varieties of, iii. 666-7, and see under 
 Money. 
 
 Pitch, impost on, i. 441, 466, ii. 159. 
 
 Pitcur, Tutor of, i. 529. 
 
 Pitersone, see Paterson. 
 
 Pitscottie, Colonel, commander of the garrison 
 in Perth, iii. 376-8. 
 
 Pittenain, see Pettinain. 
 
 Pittenweem : admission of, as a free royal 
 burgh : Crail protesting, i. 84, 531 ; com- 
 plaint of, against its magistrates, i. 120 ; 
 protest of, anent the paying of certain inter- 
 est, 1. 286-7 ; to take impost on every load 
 of victual, i. 301 ; anent the customer and 
 customs of, i. 249, 326-7 ; certification to, by 
 the clerk, i. 352 ; complaint of Cupar against, 
 i. 364, 373, 396, 432 ; in dispute with Aber- 
 deen anent custom of an excise boll of salt, 
 i. 379, 400, 435, 458 ; in dispute with Inver- 
 ness anent an excise boll of salt, i. 379, 397, 
 433, 459 ; in dispute with Anstruther Easter, 
 i. 403 ; in dispute with Anstruther Wester, 
 anent the ladle, i. 403 ; repair of the harbour 
 of, supplications and grants for, i. 448, 461, 
 ii. 12, 43, 55, 67, 90, 159, 282, 285, 303, 359, 
 iii. 146, 164, 201, iv. 315, v. 537 ; to suppli- 
 cate the King for a gift of impost, i. 461, ii. 
 55, 159, 285, 303, 359; in dispute with St 
 Andrews anent markets, i. 472 ; in dispute 
 with Crail anent certain timber, ii. 53 ; 
 in dispute with St Andrews anent firlot 
 measure, ii. 181 ; charge to, regarding unfree 
 traders, ii. 295 ; charge to, anent repair of 
 causeway, ii. 304, 314, 344 ; charge to, anent 
 outland burgesses, and reports, iii. 244, 288 ; 
 in dispute with Crail, and to be assisted in 
 prosecution, iii. 436, 441 ; decay of trade in, 
 and poverty of the burgh, iii. 635, iv. 213 ; 
 petitions from, and grants in aid to, iv. 34, 
 234, V. 537 ; visitation of the burgh, iv. 97, 
 
 213 ; visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 
 619-22 ; warrant to set certain lands in, v. 
 123 ; disposing of certain lands in, v. 123, 
 238 ; petition from, anent a measure for 
 herring, v. 281, 313-5 ; ratification of an 
 heritable bond to the burgh of, v. 405, 476, 
 480, 484 ; in dispute with Lady Newark 
 anent the common muir, v. 524 ; exempted, 
 ii. 417, iii. 273, 420 ; represented by missive, 
 ii. 329, iii. 236 ; unlawed, i. 346 7, 354, 425, 
 473, ii. 27, 36, 12t, 435, 459, 461-2, iii. 319. 
 
 Pittenweem, James, Commendator of, i. 161. 
 
 Pittenweem, Lord of, i. 195. 
 
 Plaoks, see Money. 
 
 Plague, see Pestilence. 
 
 Plaiding, duty on, ii. 214, iii. 47, 600, v. Ill ; 
 frauds in the making and selling of, iii. 124, 
 130, 137, 272, 283, 302, 323, 326-7 ; manu- 
 facture, measure, and preparation of, iv. 431, 
 540, 542. 
 
 Plaids worn by women, ii. 253-4; duty on 
 plaids in France, v. 111. 
 
 Plantation : anent foreign plantations, and 
 Scottish trade with, iv. 133, v. 637. 
 
 Piatt, the, see under Church ; Parish Church. 
 
 Pleas, of&oe of, in the court of exchequer, v. 
 175, 187. 
 
 Plummer, Gavin, deputy receiver of cess, iv. 
 483, 505, V. 105. 
 
 Poem on the Scots fisheries, by Allan Ramsay, 
 V. 28,3,318. 
 
 Poinding, letters of , i. 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 29, 
 32, 34, 39, 43, 44, 45, 70, 90, 97, 154, 161, 
 226. 
 
 Polk or sack of wool, i. 2R9. 
 
 Pomaise, the laird of, v. 538-42, 544, 
 
 Poog, see Pollock. 
 
 Poor, see Power. 
 
 Poor : sustentation of, in landward burghs, i. 
 102 ; employment for idle and poor people, 
 iv. 452-3 ; act for making provision for the 
 poor, V. 42 ; support and employment of the 
 poor, and abstracts of the laws anent : also 
 a bill in Parliament for, v. 595, 601, 607, 
 621-3. 
 
 Popery : the King complains of the burghs for 
 not dealing with papists and Jesuits resort- 
 ing to the realm, ii. 260-1 ; acts for repress- 
 ing papists, ii, 450, iii. 3, iv. 550-1 ; 
 
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 threatened invasion by a, popish pretender, 
 iv. 450-1 ; all who are not of the reformed 
 religion, or have not signed the covenant, 
 debarred the privileges of the nation in the 
 Low Countries, iv. 550-1. 
 
 Topple, "William, secretary to commissioners 
 of trade, iv. 510-7. 
 
 Pork : export of, iv. 477 ; duty on, in France, 
 V. 113 ; salt pork, duty on, v. 530-1, 560-3 ; 
 transporting cured pork to England, v. 536, 
 5.39, 546. 
 
 Portage, allowance of for masters and mariners, 
 ii. 134, iv. 536, 544. 
 
 Porteous riot in Edinburgh, reference to, v. 
 633. 
 
 Porterfield, John, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 
 300, 308, iii. 102. 
 
 Ports of burghs, customs at, ii. 302, 313, iii. 6, 
 20, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Portsoy, V. 162, 211, 333, 483. 
 
 Portugal : piratical enterprise against the 
 Portuguese, i. 21 ; appointment and duties 
 of a consul in Lisbon, ii. 279-80 ; export of 
 salted and dried fish to, iv. 428. 
 
 Posting : anent posting merchants' letters 
 between Edinburgh and London, ii. 261 ; 
 postmasters, post-horses, and posting, ii. 317; 
 establishment of post-horses throughout the 
 country, ii. 426 ; commission to confer with 
 Sir William Seton anent the same, iii. 29-30, 
 32, 68, 72 ; complaint against Perth for 
 charging post-silver, ii. 463, iii. 12 ; pay- 
 ments to the common post, ii. 536, iii. 340, 
 354, 387, 546, 575, 637, 656, iv. 99, 163; 
 postmastership in Perth, iii. 451, 458, 472 ; 
 appointment of common post to the burghs, 
 iii. 578, 600, iv. 2, 229 ; common post crav- 
 ing money, iv. 91 ; illegal practices of a 
 postmaster, v. 172-3 ; postal stages between 
 Dumfries and Port Patrick, v. 182; post- 
 runners detained at ferries, v. 491, 499. 
 
 Post-silver, see Posting. 
 
 Potash : abolition of duty on, v. 442, 597, 601, 
 603, 624; encouraging the making of, v. 
 599. 
 
 Pots : impost on iron pots, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Pottey, Enoch, pensioner depute in Campvere, 
 ii. 385. 
 
 f oultry, rating the price of, i. 556. 
 
 Pound weight, the, see Weights and Measures. 
 
 Pow of Alloa, iii. 412, 426. 
 
 Powder : a patent for manufacture of, iii. 280. 
 
 Powers of Convention, v. 262-6, and see under 
 Convention of Burghs. 
 
 Pratous, land of, i. 494. 
 
 Pratus, see Pratt. 
 
 Prayer : prayers at Convention, i. 395, 418, 
 iii. 331-2, iv. 194, 558. 
 
 Preaching, see Religion. 
 
 Precentor : a precentor sent as commissioner 
 to Convention, v. 2. 
 
 Presbytery : the presbytery of Edinburgh to 
 prepare a grammar for the grammar schools, 
 1. 411-2; the presbytery of Edinburgh to elect 
 a minister for the Scots Kirk in Campvere, 
 i. 443, and see under Campvere ; the presby- 
 tery of Stirling to proclaim the forfeited 
 Lords, i. 444. 
 
 Preston, George, late bailie in Edinburgh, v. 
 292, 296. 
 
 John, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 530. 
 
 Richard, captain of the palace, ii. 48. 
 
 Preston of Fentonbarns, John, collector gene- 
 ral, i. 538, ii. 86. 
 
 Preston, Lord, ambassador to France, iv. 39, 
 49, 56. 
 
 Preston, town of, ii. 28. 
 
 Prestonpans, i. 218, iv. 360, 385, 463, v. 211, 
 219, 234, 333. 
 
 Pretender, the : references to the Pretender 
 and the Rebellion of 1715, v. 152-7. 
 
 Prick measure, ii. 379, and see under Weights 
 and Measures. 
 
 Prick stockings, iv. 431. 
 
 Prime-gilt, ii. 134. 
 
 Primrose, Archibald, in Culross, i. 405. 
 
 James, in Edinburgh, iii. 152. 
 
 Prince, Sir Magnus, provost, and commis- 
 sioner for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iv. 
 74, 81 ; sent to court with letters and repre- 
 sentations to the King : the expenses of his 
 commission disputed, iv. 74, 76, 81-4, 84-6, 
 88, 91-2 ; supplication to the burghs by his 
 widow, and act in her favour, iv. 134-6. 
 
 Pringle of Whitebank, Alexander, v. 4. 
 
 Priority in order of riding at Parliament, dis- 
 putes anent, iii. 530, 568, 576, and see under 
 Burgh ; Parliament. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 129 
 
 Prison : anent imprisonment of Scotsmen in 
 Campvere, i. 59 ; imprisonment in connec- 
 tion with the extent for bullion, i. 79, 81 ; 
 prisoners with the Turks, iii. 636, 660 ; anent 
 the maintenance of prisoners, iv. 80, 84-5, 
 96 ; act anent the royal burghs receiving 
 prisoners, iv. 199 ; escape of a debtor from 
 prison in Tain, iv. 341 ; wrongous imprison- 
 ment, iv. 388-9, 404, 438, 463 ; anent pri- 
 soners in Dunkirk, iv. 466 ; convoying pri- 
 soners taken at sea, v. 19 ; an insolvent 
 debtor in prison, v. 494. 
 
 Privateers : Swedish privateers, and Scottish 
 ships taken by them, iii. 493, v. 176 ; the 
 coast to be guarded against privateers, iv. 
 195, 429, 456 ; French privateers on the Scot- 
 tish coasts, iv. 456-7 ; Scottish ships taken 
 by French war ships and privateers, iv. 480, 
 489, V. 50, 63, 173, 490, 494-5. 
 
 Privilege : rights and privileges of Scotland 
 to be preserved, ii. 189 ; application to the 
 Privy Council anent the privilege of making 
 red herring, iii. 27 ; act of Parliament rati- 
 fying the privileges of the burghs, iv. 536-7 ; 
 complaint to the House of Lords of breach 
 of privilege, v. 285-6. See also under Burgh ; 
 Merchandise ; Treaties. 
 
 Privy Council ; supplication from Convention 
 anent passing to raids, i. 68 ; supplication 
 from Convention anent Sunday markets, i. 69; 
 action remitted to Convention by, i. 87 ; an- 
 swer of, to supplication of Convention anent 
 the King's customs, i. 148; the lords of, parties 
 to certain contracts, i. 158 61, 223-9, 291 ; 
 supplication regarding taxation of the burghs 
 by the Privy Council, i. 167, 305 ; supplica- 
 tion to, for aid to David Home, skipper in 
 Leith, i. 178-9 ; Crail comp'ains to, anent 
 extortions in the north isles, i. 213 ; com- 
 plaint to, anent the taxing of burghs by the 
 clerk of register, i. 214 ; letters of horning 
 issued by the Council for the admission of 
 Burntisland as a free burgh, i. 234 ; suppli- 
 cation from Convention for an act of, to 
 restrain the factors in Campvere from usurp- 
 ing the trade of merchandise, i. 290-1 ; pro- 
 duction of an act of, i. 331 ; commissioners 
 to "answer and vote uniformly when called 
 before the Council or the King, i. 339 ; cer- 
 
 tain commissioners sent for by, i. 344 ; 
 failure of commissioners to obtain payment 
 from, i. 349 ; Burntisland impetrating a gift 
 of impost from, i. 376 ; conference with, 
 anent exporting coal and wool, i. 478 ; a. 
 commission to deal with the lords of, anent 
 a tack of the King's customs, i. 482, 493 
 answer of the burghs to the request made by 
 the King and Council, i. 497-8 ; order of, 
 anent taxing the burghs for expense of the 
 marriage of Queen Mary to the Dauphin of 
 France, i. 524 ; act of, rating price of bread, 
 ale, flesh, fish, &o., i. 555-6 ; act of, anent 
 the plague from Eordeiux, i. 557-8 ; act of, 
 anent stamp money, i. 560 ; act of approv- 
 ing the conduct of James Colville of Easter 
 Wemyss as commissioner to France, i. 
 563-4 ; agent to obtain extract of an act of, 
 ii. 115; commission to, in answer to the 
 King's proposals anent clothmaking and fish- 
 ing, ii. 204 ; ships fitted out against pirates, 
 by order of, ii. 305 ; supplication to, anent 
 bullion and customs, ii. 325-6, 374 ; consulta- 
 tion with, anent the Book of Bates and 
 Customs, ii. 360 ; supplication to, anent 
 fishing in the North and West Isles, ii. 374, 
 iii. 142, 279, 292-4, 323-6 ; procedure of, in 
 the King's dispute with the burghs regard- 
 ing the expenses of the prosecution of Ster- 
 covius, ii. 416, 423, 433, 437, 537, 574, and 
 see under James VI. ; supplication to, anent 
 impost on victual, ii. 466, iii. 72-5, 148, 151, 
 170, 178, 184, 195, 207, 214, 225, 246, 268 ; 
 acts of, anent the conservator in Flanders, 
 ii. 480-2 ; extracts from the register of, ii. 
 480-2 ; act of, anent impost on wines, ii. 
 522 ; application to, anent the privilege of 
 making red herring, iii. 27 ; conference 
 with, anent the manufacture of woollen 
 goods, iii. 29-30, 144 ; enquiry of, regarding 
 a society to be formed in the East Countries, 
 iii. 46 ; conference with, regarding the 
 King's restraint on shipping, iii. 66-7 ; an 
 order of Council for settlement of the gauge 
 of salmon barrels, iii. 86 ; the lifting of ex- 
 orbitant customs at certain fairs discharged 
 by, iii. 113 ; enquiry by, anent certain 
 abuses in the working of plaiding and ker- 
 sey, iii. 124, 130, 136-7 ; supplication to the 
 
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 Index to the Becords of the 
 
 Council anent the tanning of leather, iii, 
 142, 148, 151, 169, 172, 195, 207, 212, 225, 
 246, 256 ; supplication to the Council for 
 restraint of the export of wool, iii. 160, 195, 
 207 ; anent defence of the realm, and fur- 
 nishing ships and arms for, iii. 214-5, 218, 
 233-7, 240 ; representations to, anent fishing, 
 coal, and coin, iii. 626 ; supplication to, re- 
 garding the inbringing and currency of 
 foreign coins, iii. 666 ; supplication to, anent 
 the manufacture of linen, iv. 145-6, 148, 155 ; 
 representation to, anent the treaty of com- 
 merce with France, iv. 259, 263, 
 Prizage : anent prizage wine, v. 31, 45, 49, 
 
 144, 146, 173. See also Wine. 
 Prizes : the Onslow prizes for linen, v. 628-9, 
 
 632. 
 Probation : anent probation of payment, i. 503. 
 Proclamation to be made at the market cross, 
 i. 4, 510, 558, 561, ii. 11, 53 ; proclamation 
 of the forfeited Lords to be made by the 
 presbytery of Stirling, i. 444 ; of the King 
 of France against Scottish merchants, i. 
 531-2 ; for prevention of the plague from 
 Bordeaux, i. 558 ; for recoining of the gold 
 and silver pieces in circulation, and issue of 
 new coins at fixed prices, i. 560-1. 
 Procuratory, letters of, i. 363, ii. 65. 
 Profanation of the Sabbath, i. 35, 103, 235, ii. 
 
 52, 238, 251, 274. 
 Property of burghs : all burgh property to be 
 duly rouped, i. 303-4, and see under Burgh. 
 Propine, see under Edinburgh. 
 Proportion of cess paid by the burghs, v. 58, 
 
 64, 72. 
 Pro rata contribution for payment of expenses, 
 
 i. 387, and see under Burgh. 
 Pro re nata Conventions summoned, v. 226, 
 
 288-9. 
 Prorogation of Convention on the approach of 
 
 the English army, iii. 358. 
 Prosecution of rogues and felons, v. 535, M9- 
 
 40, 555. 
 Protector of the Commonwealth of England : 
 acts emitted by, regarding forfeited estates, 
 debtors, and creditors, iii. 386, 395, 414, 
 429-35, 438 ; supplications to, anent the 
 trade of the burghs, iii. 391-6 ; a prosecu- 
 tion by the conservator before his Highness 
 
 and Council, iii. 440 ; commissioner from 
 the burghs to deal with his Highness for 
 abatement of taxation, iii. 455; supplica- 
 tions to, regarding the purchase of £30,000 
 of public debt by certain noblemen, iii. 468, 
 474, 483, 488, 510 ; grants patent of erection 
 to the college of physicians, iii. 479, 481. 
 
 Protests in Convention, and answers to certain, 
 see under Dissent. 
 
 Prussia, trade with, iv. 595, 597-8, amd see 
 Dantzic ; Konigsberg. 
 
 Public Funds, the commissioners on, v. 457-8, 
 462. 
 
 Parprestre, act anent, ii. 35. 
 
 Purves, George, clerk and commissioner for 
 Dunbar, iii. 230. 
 
 Qualification of burgesses, see under Burgh. 
 
 Qualification of commissioners, see Commis- 
 sions ; Convention. 
 
 Quality and estate of persons within burgh, L 
 241. 
 
 Quarantine : anent taking off the quarantine, 
 V. 104 ; regulations for, in time of the 
 plague, V. 267-70. 
 
 Quartering of soldiers : quartering for arrears 
 of cess, iv. 282, 288, 291, 301, 483, 505, v. 
 149, 162, 178, 238, 357 ; acts of Parliament 
 anent, to be laid before Convention, v. 224 ; 
 an abbreviate of the same to be prepared by 
 the agent, v. 225 ; Glasgow at law with the 
 officers of regiments quartered in the burgh, 
 V. 467. 
 
 Queen Anne, see Anne. 
 
 Queen Mary, see Mary, Queen of Scots. 
 
 Queensberry, Duke of, encroaching on the 
 burgh of Peebles, iv. 193 ; lord high com- 
 missioner to Parliament, iv. 387 ; Secretary 
 of State for Scotland : letters to and from, 
 iv. 418, 522; at variance with Lochmaben, 
 V. 93. 
 
 Queensferry: Convention of burghs at, i. x; 
 passage of the Forth at, i. 296 ; erection of, 
 in royal burgh, opposition to, iv. 541 ; enrol- 
 ment of, among the royal burghs, iv. 547 ; 
 tolbooth and common moor of, iii. 343, 372, 
 399, 407, 420, 589; dispute between the 
 burgh and certain seafaring men, iii. 407, 
 421, 438 ; sale of a portion of common land 
 
Convention of Boyal Burghs. 
 
 131 
 
 in, iii. 553, 635, 646 ; repairing the harbour 
 of, and grants in aid of, iii. 626, iv. 202, v. 148, 
 510 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, iv. 97 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 389, 435, v. 7, 461 ; 
 disposal of a tenement in, iv. 411, 415, 455 ; 
 prisoners in Dunkirli belonging to, iv. 466 ; 
 disputed election of magistrates in, iv. 507-8 ; 
 sett of the burgh ratified and recorded, iv. 
 508 ; visitors' report of the condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 660-2 ; burgesses of, removing 
 beyond burgh bounds, v. 16 ; undue prac- 
 tices at an election of magistrates in : con- 
 troversy and decree arbitral anent, v. 376, 
 379-80, 473, 480, 482, 489, 491 ; the burgh 
 eased in the tax roll, v. 432 ; prosecution of 
 a late bailie, and grant in aid for, v. 480. 
 
 Questions proposed to the Lord Advocate re- 
 garding unfree traders, and his opinion in 
 answer, v. 513-9. 
 
 Quhithom, see Whithorn. 
 
 Quott, payment of, i. 22, 241. 
 
 Quhytheid, see Whitehead. 
 
 Babbit skins, duty on, i. 213. 
 
 Rae, James, merchant in Edinburgh, iii. 242, 
 251, 253, 255. 
 
 Raids : raid of Jedburgh and Dumfries, i. 67 ; 
 vearden and lieutenant raids, burghs exempt 
 from, i, 68, 240 ; a moderator-elect sum- 
 moned to a raid, i. 295-6; a raid to the Isles, 
 and certain burghs abiding from it, i. 482, 
 493, 497, ii. 299 ; composition for burghs 
 abiding from the raid of Kelso, ii. 524. 
 
 Raisins, ii. 395. 
 
 Rait, the kirk of, i. 85. 
 
 Ramsay, Allan, poet, v. 283, 318. 
 
 ■ Sir Andrew, provost, and commissioner 
 
 for Edinburgh, elected moderator, iii. 414, 
 427, 458, 563, 569, 572, 583, 586, 589, 599, 
 607, 609, 611, 617, 629. 
 
 David, Crail, i. 84. 
 
 ^'Oeorge, post in Edinburgh, appointed 
 
 common post for the burghs, iii. 91. 
 
 ^ "Helen, relict of Mr John Ferret, minister 
 
 in Campvere, iii. 308. 
 
 • TTohn, agent for the burghs, iii. 339, Iv, 
 
 558. 
 
 Mr Thomas, minister in Drumfries, ii. 
 
 256, 275. 
 
 Ramsay, William, skipper, ii. 219. 
 
 Ranaldson, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 385. 
 
 Randerson haven, ii. 282. 
 
 Eane, see Rowan. 
 
 Ranfrow, see Renfrew. 
 
 Ranking of burghs, and disputes anent, i. 84-5, 
 107-8, 112-3, 118-9, 124-5, 175, 186, 195-6, 
 230, ii. Ill, 116, 297, 314-5, 344, 401. 
 
 Ranyng, see Raining. 
 
 Rates and Customs : preparation of a book of, 
 ii. 353-4, 360, 372-3, 375-6 ; commission to 
 the King to complain regarding the great 
 customs set in the book of, ii. 354, 374-5 ; 
 disputes between the burghs and the tacks- 
 men of the King's customs, ii. 354, 374-5, 
 425 ; old book and new book of, iii. 396, 484, 
 564 ; difficulties oauEed by alteration of, iii. 
 484, 563-4; rectification of the old book of, 
 of, iii. 564 ; amendments to the book of, iv. 
 204 ; petition to the King anent the book of, 
 iv. 540-1. 
 
 Ratification of acts of Convention, i. 84, 429, 
 iii. 5, 19. 
 
 Rating of burghs, see Tax Roll. 
 
 Rattray, Patrick, merchant in Perth, ii. 165. 
 
 Dr Silvester, iii. 448. 
 
 Rattray codling, iv. 515. 
 
 Raxing or stretching of cloth, i. 468. 
 
 Ray, see Rae. 
 
 Reader in the Scots kirk in Campvere, see 
 Campvere. 
 
 Realm, defence of, iii. 217-8, 234-7, and see 
 under Firearms ; Ship ; War. 
 
 Rebellion : a commissioner declared rebel, i, 
 353 ; rebels presented to justice, i. 444 ; re- 
 bellion headed by the Earl of Argyle, re- 
 ferred to, iv. 67 ; references to the Pretender 
 and the Rebellion of 1715, v. 152-7 ; burghs 
 engaged in, and losses caused by the rebell- 
 ion of 1715, committee on, v. 152, 155-6, 
 164. 
 
 Receiver General, the ; memorial from, anent 
 the land tax, v. 65, 79 ; anent sums due by 
 unfree traders to, v. 405 ; report by, of 
 accounts of the commissioners for manufac- 
 tures and fisheries, v. 490, 501, 505. 
 Records of Convention, earliest records, i. xvi ; 
 collection and preservation of, in ' ' ane gene- 
 
132 
 
 Index to the Becords of die 
 
 rail buke," i. xiy-xvi, 103, 112; copies oi 
 the whole or of parts of, how obtained, i. 
 128-9; anent custoiy ani production of 
 the book of, and extracts from, 1. 185 ; let- 
 ters from Count Maurice and the town of 
 Campvere to be entered in, i. 412, 420-2 ; 
 the keeping of the book of, entrusted to 
 Edinburgh, i. 416-7 ; folios of register want- 
 ing, i. 452, iii. 330 ; oompend of the acts of 
 Convention, iii. 628, iv. 210, 241, 273, 306, 
 319, 466, 525-58 ; making a table or index to 
 the acts, iv. 538. 
 
 Red herring : making of, iii. 26, 31, 34, 67, 72, 
 88, 105, 117, V. 277 ; duty on, v. 546. See 
 also under Herring. 
 
 Redemption of captives, see Captives. 
 
 Redpath, Mr George, agent in London for the 
 burghs, iv. 204, 210 ; the appointment re- 
 scinded, iv. 240. 
 
 Redship, ii. 139, 142. 
 
 Reels for yarn : reeling of woollen yarn, and 
 reels to be used, iii. 14, 28, 133, 139, 157, 
 187, 272, 284, 323, v. 226, 237, 273 ; a stan- 
 dard reel to be set up in every burgh, iii. 
 157, 187, 284 ; reeling of linen yarn, reels 
 and measures for, v. 436 ; see also Linen ; 
 Woollen. 
 
 Regent's claim for bullion, see Bullion. 
 
 Register of burghs, the King's, i. 137. 
 
 Register, Clerk of, i. 118, 188, 214, 563, ii. 235. 
 
 Register of the Great Seal, extracts from, ii. 
 469-79. 
 
 Register of laws and constitution of burghs, 
 see Records of Convention. 
 
 Registration : of letters of horning, i. 114; of 
 contract in books of Council, i. 161, 228 ; 
 certain documents to be registered in the 
 books of Convention, L 284 ; of certain acts 
 to be enforced in the western burghs, ii. 11 ; 
 of documents obtained by the commissioners 
 to England and France, ii. 241 ; of obliga- 
 tions, ii. 281, 291 ; anent the register book 
 of Convention, ii. 526. See also Records of 
 Convention. 
 
 Regrating : prosecution and punishment of re- 
 graters, i. 99, 103, 240, 371, 462, 476, ii. 44, 
 74, 155, 173, 196, 212, 233, 250, 273, 288, 
 310, 342, iii. 3, 18, 36, 54 ; burgesses re- 
 grating victual, i. 467-8 ; regraters repairing 
 
 to markets, ii, 5, 25, 155 ; burghs to enforce 
 the acts against, and to report diligence, ii. 
 44, 74, 128, 155 ; anent regraters in Camp- 
 vere, iii. 85, 93, 105, 227, 247-8. 
 
 Reid, Colonel, commissioner for Montrose, v. 
 230, 237. 
 
 James, merchant in Dunfermline, i. 448. 
 
 Nicol, factor in Campvere, i. 290. 
 
 Reidschip, see Redship. 
 
 Reine, see Rhind. 
 
 Rejection of commissioners, see under Conmiis- 
 sioners and Commissions. 
 
 Relief of burghs : certain burghs eased in the 
 tax roll, iv. 115, 235, 411, v. 334-5, 350, 368, 
 432, 463. 
 
 Relief of cess and missive dues, Iv. 159, 202, 
 229, 233, 250-4, 264, 304, 307, 372, and see 
 under Taxation. 
 
 Religion : meetings of Convention to be opened 
 and closed with prayer ; see Prayer ; Con- 
 vention ; Sunday markets and markets at 
 churches forbidden, i. 35, 103, 235, ii. 52, 
 238, 251, 274 ; provision and maintenance of 
 a, church and minister in Campvere, i. 59, 
 64, 79, 212, 234, 254, 276, 344, 443, iL 80, 
 245, 371, 384, 389, 407, 426, 439, iii. 22, 82, 
 100 ; and see under Campvere ; merchants 
 trading to foreign ports to have no dealings 
 with papists and infidels, i. 133; factors in 
 Flanders must be professors of the true reli- 
 gion, 1 33, iv. 551 ; a minister must not be a 
 schoolmaster or a notary, i. 241 ; grant for 
 support of Arbroath kirk work, i. 267 ; 
 enemies of the true religion to be appre- 
 hended, 1. 444 ; sentence of forfeiture for 
 enmity to the true religion, i. 444 ; division 
 of cities and towns into parishes for religious 
 purposes, i. 491 ; a chapel and altar for Scot- 
 tish mercha,nts in Middelburg, i. 552 ; com- 
 missioners of burghs must be of the true reli- 
 gion, and God-fearing men, ii. 145, 195, 233, 
 273, 400, iv. 91, 543 ; commission for plant- 
 ing kirks in the kingdom, iii. 43 ; dispute 
 regarding the furnishing of the communion 
 elements for the Scots kirk in Campvere, iii. 
 99, 114, 129, 143; importation of arms or 
 ammunition for malignants forbidden, iii. 
 352 ; building a Soots kirk in Konigsberg, 
 iv. 230 ; keeping the Sabbath at Campvere, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 133 
 
 iv. 539 ; the covenant ratified, and covenant- 
 ers only to be magistrates, commissioners, 
 or burgesses, iv. 543. 
 Remedy for burghs refusing to pay as they 
 
 ought, i. 273. 
 Remembrancer, the King's, v. 590. 
 
 Renfrew : repairing the harbour of, i. 415 ; 
 anent the common good of, i. 431 ; to suppli- 
 cate the King for a gift of impost for har- 
 bour, ii. 55 ; in dispute with Dumbarton 
 anent imposts, ii. 94-5 ; in dispute with Ayr 
 and Irvine anent herring fishing, ii. 151 ; in 
 dispute with Glasgow anent impost on her- 
 ring, ii. 151, 161 ; In dispute with Dumbar- 
 ton regarding unfree traders, ii. 178-202 ; 
 prosecuting unfree traders, regraters, fore- 
 stallers, ii. 233, 250, 402, iii. 57, 81, 104 ; 
 certain burgesses of, complaining against 
 Glasgow, ii. 240, 256, 277, 293, 315, 350 ; 
 anent pollution of the river Clyde, ii. 251 ; 
 complaint of, against Glasgow regarding 
 outland burgesses, ii. 266, 315 ; charge to, 
 anent outland burgesses, ii. 310, 342, 402, 
 443, iii. 48, 57 ; action by George Muirhead 
 against the burgh, ii. 463 ; complaint of, 
 against an impost granted to Dumbarton, iii. 
 48, 57-8 ; anent unfree traders in Kilmal- 
 colm and Greenock, iii. 382, 400, 417 ; claim 
 of the provost of Linlithgow against, iii. 384; 
 anent the common lands of, supplication : 
 also the common mill of, iii. 420, 453, 471 ; 
 supplication against the burgh, by a vassal, 
 iii. 453 ; election of magistrates not qualified, 
 Iii. 525 ; prosecution by, for seizure of cer- 
 tain common lands, iii. 615 ; grant to, in 
 aid of rebuilding the tolbooth, iv. 78, 90 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of the burgh, 
 iv. 628-30 ; exempted, i. 292, 439, ii. 56, 159, 
 211-2, iii. 29, 251 ; represented by missive, 
 i. 310, 352, 473, ii. 73, 172, iii. 156, 220, 263, 
 282, 310 ; unlawed, i. 245, 293, 317, 481, ii. 
 102, 267, 270, 352, 435, 459, 462. 
 
 Rening, see Raining. 
 
 Rennald, see Reynold. 
 
 Renunciation of trade with the burghs, see 
 under Unfree Trade. 
 
 Rental of burgh : burghs reporting the amount 
 and employment of, ii. 25, 43-4 ; see also 
 Common Lands ; Common Good. 
 
 Repledging forestallers, see Forestalling. 
 
 Rescinding acts of Convention, iii. 578, iv. 37, 
 240. 
 
 Reserved fishings, iv. 527-9, and see under 
 Fishing. 
 
 Reset of pirates, see Piracy. 
 
 Residence within burgh bounds, v. 169, 192-3, 
 and see under Burgh ; Trade. 
 
 Resisting oppressors of the lands or liberties 
 of burghs, i. 340, atid see under Burgh. 
 
 Restalrig, Laird of, i. 201. 
 
 Restoration of the Stuarts : preparations for : 
 agent and commissioners in London, and 
 correspondence with ; conferences of com- 
 missioners of shires and commissioners of 
 burghs in Edinburgh, iii. 493-505 ; commis- 
 sion to Breda : the burghs present £1000 to 
 Charles II., iii. 504; Charles II. in London, 
 and congratulatory letters to, iii. 505-8. 
 
 Retours : retouring of briefs, iii. 317. 
 
 Revels, Master of the, iv. 29, 32, 44, 57. 
 
 Revenue of burgh, see Burgh ; Common Good ; 
 Common Lands ; Magistrates. 
 
 Reynold, Robert, late provost of Montrose, iv. 
 260. 
 
 Rials, iv. 546. 
 
 Rice, measures for, iii. 402. 
 
 Richardson, Mr John, town clerk of Edin- 
 burgh, appointed clerk to the burghs, iv. 50, 
 65. 
 
 Riddell, John, bailie in Rutherglen, ii. 14. 
 
 Walter, provost of Rutherglen, iii. 471. 
 
 Riddooh, Alexander, in Aberdeen, i. 360. 
 
 Riding of commissioners at Parliament, iii. 
 530, 568, 576, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Riding of marches, see Marches ; Perambula- 
 tion. 
 
 Ridpeth, see Redpath. 
 
 Riga, trade with, iv. 512, 598. 
 
 Rights : rights and privileges of Scotland to be 
 preserved, ii. 189, and see Union with Eng- 
 land. 
 
 Riot : riots and tumults on account of the 
 malt tax, v. 366-7, 376-7 ; magistrates 
 charged to suppress riots and tumults, v. 
 367 ; reference to the Porteous riot in Edin- 
 burgh, V. 633. 
 
 Rissellis, Stephen, dealer in Campvere, ii. 
 50-1. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Ritchie, Hercules, skipper, ii. 219. 
 
 Roads : stoppage of common high roads, iv. 
 491, 503-4, V. 3, 79, 148, 526 ; making a 
 public highway between Edinburgh and 
 Glasgow, V. 621-4. 
 
 Robbery : reference to highway robbers, iii. 
 380. 
 
 Roberton, James, late admiral depute, iii. 486, 
 519. 
 
 Robertson, Alexander Ewing, burgess in Aber- 
 deen, i. 313. 
 
 Mr George, minister of the Scots kirk 
 
 in Campvere, iii. 454, 461. 
 
 John, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 John, burgess and skipper in Burntisland, 
 
 ii. 230. 
 
 Robeaoun, Robisoun, see Robertson. 
 
 Rocheid, see Roughead. 
 
 Rochelle, in France, ii. 133, iii. 591. 
 
 Roghe, Eustachius, Fleming, contracting with 
 the King, i. 291. 
 
 Rogues and felons, prosecution of, v. 535, 
 539-40, 555. 
 
 Rois, see Rose. 
 
 Rood Market, i. 32, 105. 
 
 Rosay, see Rothesay. 
 
 Rosemarkie, burgh of, supplicating enrolment 
 as a free burgh, iii. 430, 439, 451, 458, 462, 
 509 ; together with the Chanonry of Ross 
 enrolled under the name of Fortrose, q.v., 
 iii. 533. 
 
 Rose Noble, i. 383. 
 
 Ross, Andrew, writer in Edinburgh, appointed 
 agent pro tern, for the burghs, iv. 318, 342. 
 
 Archibald, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 191. 
 
 General, commissioner on treaty of com- 
 merce with Prance, v. 108. 
 
 James, treasurer of Edinburgh, advances 
 
 money for expenses of a commission : settle- 
 ment of accounts, i. 50, 134, 180. 
 
 Walter, commissioner for Tain, commis- 
 sion of, repelled, i. 374. 
 
 of Easterfearn, William, v. 150. 
 
 Ross, Chanonry of, iii. 430, 458, 462, 509, 533 ; 
 
 see also Rosemarkie. 
 Hosskeen, v. 127. 
 
 Rothes, John, Earl of, v. 280-1, 283, 285-6. 
 Rothesay : charged to settle arrears of taxes 
 and unlaws, i. 390-1 ; burgesses of, and their 
 
 goods to be arrested, i. 390-1 ; certain arrears 
 of taxation due by, i. 439 ; charge to, anent 
 election of Magistrates, and commission of 
 inspection, iii. 334 ; charge to, anent com- 
 mon lands and rental, iii. 334, 399 ; charge 
 to, anent unfree traders, iii. 372 ; complaint 
 of the magistrates of, against the sheriff of 
 Bute, iii. 569; visitation of the burgh, iv. 
 303, 314, 356, v. 64, 93, 122, 480, 493; 
 magistrates to report regarding condition of 
 burgh, iv. 319 ; visitors' report of the condi- 
 tion of the burgh, iv. 648-9 ; repairing the 
 harbour and bridge of, v. 148 ; grants in aid 
 to, V. 148, 508 ; burgh eased in the tax roll, v. 
 535; exempted, i. 439, ii. 78, 211-2, 320, 461, 
 iii. 45, 167, 251, 318, 456, iv. 162; represented 
 by missive, ii. 287, iii. 2, 77, 112, 125, 217, 
 220, 263, 282 ; unlawed, i. 216, 245, 280, 296, 
 317, 370, 481, ii. 42, 59, 74, 102, 110, 160, 
 165, 182, 201, 237, 267, 270, 273, 352, 358, 
 400, iii. 10. 
 
 Rotterdam : staple goods sent to, iii. 227, 344, 
 iv. 138 ; anent removing the staple to, iiL 
 561 ; answering bills at, iv. 298 ; merchants 
 of, spreading malicious reports, v. 386. 
 
 Rotuli Sootiae, the, extract from, ii. 482-4. 
 
 Rouen, i. 269, 284, 523, 532, ii. 98, 105, 334, 
 454. 
 
 Roughead, Mr James (afterwards Sir James), 
 town clerk of Edinburgh, appointed clerk to 
 the burghs, iii. 611, iv. 50, 65, 69 ; sued for 
 delivery of certain papers, iv. 57 ; letters to, 
 iv. 61. 
 
 Dame Janet, relictof Sir David Dalrymple, 
 
 V. 337. 
 
 Roup : all burgh property to be rouped : mode 
 of rouping, i. 303-4. 
 
 Rowan, Alexander, in Aberdeen, i. 459. 
 
 Andrew, in Kirkandrews, i. 455, 484. 
 
 Marjory, widow of late William Mac- 
 
 Cartnay, agent, i. 319, 380, 388, 411. 
 
 Thomas, flesher in Wigtown, i. 455, 484. 
 
 Rowane, see Rouen. 
 
 Roxburgh, Duke of. Secretary of State for 
 Scotland, letters to and from, iv. 418, v. 179 ; 
 in dispute with Dunbar regarding the closing 
 of a highway, v. 3, 79. 
 
 Royal Bank of Scotland, founding of the, iv. 
 206 ; the royal burghs open a cash account 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 135 
 
 with, V. 484 ; bringing copper money from 
 the mint in London, v. 486, 498, 599; 
 gratuity to one of the tellers in, v. 599. 
 
 Royal burghs, privileges of the, iv. 437, 467. 
 See also Burgh ; Convention of Burghs. 
 
 Eoyal William, outrig of the, iv. 381-4, 388, 
 and see under Ship. 
 
 Eudge, Jaques de le, wool-comber and spinner 
 from Ley den, ii. 117. 
 
 Ruglein, see Rutherglen. 
 
 Rungs, impost on, i. 471, ii. 214, iii. 47, 451. 
 
 Runners, postal, detention of, at ferries, v. 491, 
 499. 
 
 Russell, Mungo, treasurer of Edinburgh, i. 49, 
 86, 91-6, 101, 150. 
 
 Robert, commissioner for Stirling, elected 
 
 moderator, iii. 637. 
 
 William, commissioner for St Andrews, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 100. 
 
 Mr William, advocate in St Andrews, ii. 
 
 303. 
 
 Russia : Scottish trade with, iv. 512, v. 175, 
 601, 610 ; war between Russia and Sweden, 
 reference to, iv. 612 ; lint and hemp seed 
 imported from, v. 435 ; complaint of Scot- 
 tish merchants trading to St Petersburg, v. 
 601, 609-10. 
 
 Russian Company, the English, complaint 
 against, v. 601, 610. 
 
 Rutherford, Alexander, commissioner from 
 Aberdeen, contracting for the burghs, i. 
 223-9 ; elected moderator, i. 311 ; protest 
 against his election as commissioner, with 
 reasons, i. 312-5, 318, 353. 
 
 Sir John, alderman of Aberdeen, i. 504. 
 
 Robert, town clerk of Jedburgh, iii. 532, 
 
 536. 
 
 William, notary in Jedburgh, iii. 286. 
 
 Rutherglen : the common good of, i. 431 ; in- 
 quiry regarding estate and rent of, ii. 37 ; a 
 grant in aid of, for repair of tolbooth and 
 causeway, ii. 49 ; charge to, aneut unfree 
 traders, ii. 251, 263, 275-6 ; charge to, anent 
 outland burgesses, iL 258 ; payment to, by 
 the agent, ii. 259 ; complaint of, against Glas- 
 gow regarding its custom of the ladle, ii. 259, 
 277, 293, 315 ; at law with Sir Robert Hamil- 
 ton, ii. 462; controversy regarding election 
 pf magistrates and form of government in, iii. 
 
 653, 661-2 ; commission of, rejected, iv. 26 ; 
 poverty and decay of the burgh, iv. 78 ; 
 grant in aid to, iv. 357 ; visitors' report of 
 the condition of the burgh, iv. 650-1 ; ex- 
 empted, i. 170, 191, 239, 358, 439, ii. 53, 78, 
 146, 159, 211-2, 320, iii. 29, 94, 134, 297, iv. 
 162 ; represented by missive, i. 310, 352, 
 473, ii. 100, 172, 287, iii. 54, 138, 156, 185, 
 220, 243, 310; unlawed, i. 216, 245, 293, 
 296, 317, 358, 370, 481, ii. 27, 160, 201, 239, 
 258, 352. 
 
 Ruthven, Lord, i. 529. 
 
 Rye, impost on, i. 487. 
 
 Byn, see Rhind. 
 
 Ryswick, peace of, reference to, iv. 248. 
 
 Eyx, Arnold, merchant in Campvere, action by 
 the conservator against, iv. 282, 301, 317, 
 328. 
 
 Sabbath profanation, i. 35, 69, 103, 235, ii. 52, 
 
 238, 251, 274. See also Fairs ; Markets. 
 Saddis, paoksaddles, iii. 388. 
 Sailors : Scottish sailors in Flanders to be pro- 
 tected by the conservator, i. 40 ; gift to a 
 poor mariner in Kirkcaldy, i. 419 ; regula- 
 tions for sailors, skippers, and owners of 
 vessels, ii. 95-6, 105-6, 125, 132-45, 164; 
 contribution for mariners and others, cap- 
 tives with the Turks, iii. 636, 660 ; a master 
 and his crew captured by a Sallee rover, v. 
 593. See also under Piracy; Skippers ; Ship. 
 St Andrews : earliest minute-book of Town 
 Council, i. xvii ; to account to Convention 
 for money spent on repair of shore and 
 haven, i. 89 ; direction of missive to, i. 242 ; 
 customers of, and their accounts, i. 249, 327 ; 
 protest of, anent the paying of certain inter- 
 est, i. 286-7 ; repairing the harbour of, 
 supplications and grants for, i. 293, 299, ii. 
 79, 266, iv. 265, 506, v. 15, 366, 404; the 
 provost of, summoned to a raid, i. 296 ; to 
 make payment of impost for King's wines, i. 
 331 ; support and repair of bridge of, i. 
 380-1, ii. 36 ; to make payment of certain 
 arrears of taxation, i. 381 ; in dispute with 
 North Berwick and Haddington, anent im- 
 posts on wool, i. 404 ; anent the peck and 
 tirlot measures of, i. 414, ii. 181, 283, 289 ; 
 an arbiter in a dispute between Gulross and 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Inverkeithing, i. 435-6 ; dispute between 
 the crafts and the magistrates of, i. 460 ; in 
 dispute with Anstruther Easter, Pittenweem, 
 and Crail anent markets, i. 472, 485, ii. 33 ; 
 in dispute with Anstruther Wester anent 
 excise boll, i. 478 ; complaint against, regard- 
 ing an impost on rye, i. 487 ; complaint of, 
 against magistrates of Dundee, i. 487 ; anent 
 transferring the staple to Antwerp, i. 516 ; 
 diligence of, in setting the common good, ii. 
 33 ; supplicating an impost for repair of 
 Gair bridge, ii. 36, 113; protest of, against 
 producing certain evidents, ii. 57 ; to suppli- 
 cate the King for a gift of impost for the 
 harbour, ii. 79, 266, 304; in dispute with 
 the conservator in Flanders, ii. 161, 181, 200, 
 226-30; in dispute with Haddington anent 
 customs, ii. 165, 176-7, 201 ; anent commis- 
 sioners to Parliament, ii. 174, 196, 212 ; re- 
 duction of taxation granted to, ii. 220 ; 
 charge to, anent defaulting burgesses, ii. 
 251, 274, 290, 311, 348, 402 ; in dispute with 
 Cupar regarding customs, ii. 283, 296, 316, 
 350, 409 ; in dispute anent ranking of burghs, 
 ii. 344 ; depriving certain outland burgesses, 
 ii. 348, 402 ; charge to, anent John Lepper, 
 ii. 407, 425, 427 ; complaint of, against Crail, 
 Anstruther Easter, Anstruther Wester, 
 Pittenweem, and Kilrenny, ii. 438, 451, iii. 
 12 ; anent the university of, iii. 15, iv. 235, 
 349 ; charge to, anent election of magis- 
 trates and deacons of crafts, iii. 21-2, 38, 
 55, 80 ; complaint of, against neighbouring 
 burghs anent payment of the expenses of 
 their commissioner to London, iii. 406, 417 ; 
 grant in aid to, iv. 34 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 98, 234, 411, v. 366 ; burgh to be 
 eased in the tax roll, iv. 115 ; visitors' report 
 of the condition of the burgh, iv. 580 ; benefit 
 of unfree trade granted to, v. 175 ; overture 
 from, anent encouragement of trade, v. 218 ; 
 warrant to feu a portion of the commonty , v. 
 331 ; exempted, i. 529 ; unlawed, i. 154, 248, 
 
 266, 292, 342, 347, 370, 380, 403, 425, 474, 
 481, ii. 27, 37, 40, 53, 124, 151, 201, 242, 
 
 267, iii. 4, 38, 48, 666. 
 
 St Andrews, Archbishop of, i. 183, 539, 550, 
 
 iii. 209, 274, 287, 306. 
 St George's Channel, v. 512-3, 520. 
 
 St John, clachan of, ii. 251, 274, 298. 
 
 Lord of, i. 529, iii. 362. 
 
 St Johnstoun, see Perth. 
 
 St Laurence, fair of, iii. 37, 55, 79, 98, 113, 
 222, 269. 
 
 St Leonard's College, St Andrews, iv. 349; 
 and see St Andrews. 
 
 St Monance (Minanes), i. 114, 129. 
 
 St Nicholas Mett, i. 212, 400. 
 
 St Ninians, v. 149, 162, 211. 
 
 St Petersburg, Scottish merchants trading to, 
 v. 601, 610. 
 
 Saline, v. 124. 
 
 Sallee rover, capture by a, v. 593. 
 
 Salloway, Major Richard, iii. 362. 
 
 Salmon : packing, inspecting, and branding of 
 salmon, and size of barrel for, i. 89, 100, iL 
 12-3, 31, 242, 257, 276, 284 ; export duty on, 
 i. 218 ; impost on salmon in France, i. 466, 
 489, ii. 83, 90, 98, 104, v. 112; fraud of the 
 gangers of salmon in the west country, ii. 
 221 ; merchants in Dundee imitating the 
 Aberdeen brand for salmon, ii 239 ; com- 
 mission to fix the gauge of barrels for, iii. 
 86, 92-3 ; salmon not a staple commodity, 
 iv. 32; curing of, enforcement of the acts 
 anent, iv. 142, 153 ; salmon arriving at the 
 staple port, iv. 301 ; illegal fishing and kill- 
 ing of, iv. 429, 432-3, 482, 516 ; salmon fish- 
 ings in the north, iv. 432, 482 ; decay of the 
 salmon fishery, iv. 516 ; salmon fishing re- 
 served, iv. 529 ; claims of drawback and 
 debenture on, v. 282, 309, 561 ; magistrates 
 to enforce the laws anent curing, wrecking, 
 and packing salmon, v. 506 ; exporting in- 
 sufficient salmon, v. 537. See also Fish ; 
 Fishing. 
 
 Salt : regarding the salt-pans in Campvere, L 
 59, 64, 78, 100, 114 ; an extraordinary duty 
 claimed on, i. 75-6 ; exported to Norway, i. 
 76 ; exactions on, at certain English ports, 
 i. 180 ; exemption from custom on, i. 213 ; 
 export of, and export duty on, i. 241 ; cus- 
 tom of an excise boll of, and disputes anent, 
 i. 379, 397, 400-1, 433, 478, 487, ii. 16 ; see 
 also Customs ; purchase of Scotch salt in 
 England, i. 3S0 ; imposts on, and disputes 
 anent, i. 380, 397-8, 434-5, 441, 471, 489 ; 
 anent makers of, and dealers in, i. 389 ; toll 
 
Convention of Boyal Burghs. 
 
 137 
 
 on horse load of, i. 461 ; salting of herring, 
 ii. 284, 326, iii. 127 ; salt-upon-salt making, 
 ii. 300, 307-8, 317, 326 ; monopolies of, ii. 
 300, 307, 317, 326, iii. 435, 441, 452, 471, 
 580, 599, iv. 26, 72, 527 ; quantity required 
 for curing herring, iii. 127 ; that salt should 
 be a staple article, iii. 344, 373, iv. 558, y. 
 195, 202, 221 ; measures and measuring of, 
 iii. 402, 413, 417, 438, 447, 510, 636-7 ; duty 
 on bay salt, iii. 435, 441, 452, 471, 580, 599, 
 V. 530 ; excise of, iii. 452 ; cellaring of, in 
 unfree places, iii. 472 ; Spanish or French 
 salt to be used for curing fish, iv. 154, 428, 
 515 ; importing salt from Hamburg, iv. 523 ; 
 salt to be sold by weight, and prosecution 
 for selling otherwise, v. 137, 190, 369 ; me- 
 morial regarding the salt and fisheries of 
 Scotland, v. 146, 148 ; curing fish with home- 
 made salt, called small salt, and memorials 
 anent, v. 171, 173-4, 186-7 ; memorial anent, 
 from Inverness, v. 212 ; prevention of frauds 
 in the duty on Scots salt, v. 277 ; memorial 
 from the salt office anent curers of herring, 
 V. 309 ; duty on salt, and difference of the 
 duty in England and Scotland, v. 502-3, 530, 
 546, 562. 
 
 Salt fish, impost on, i. 441, ii. 159 ; and set 
 Fish. 
 
 Saltcoats, iv. 509, v. 162, 211, 333. 
 
 Salton, Lord, on behalf of Fraserburgh, iv. 
 381. 
 
 Saltpetre, a patent for preparing, iii. 280. 
 
 Sancheir, see Sanquhar. 
 
 Sancttewis, probably St Ubes, near Lisbon, ii. 
 133. 
 
 Sand, for ballast, ii. 327. 
 
 Sand-eel pocks, ii. 151. 
 
 Sanders, John, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 
 385. 
 
 Robert, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 Sanquhar : erection and enrolment of, in free 
 burgh, ii. 84; temporary extent set for, ii. 
 100 ; charge to, anent maiking of burgesses, 
 iii. 122 ; supplication of, against its propor- 
 tion of rating, iii. 385 ; poverty of the burgh, 
 and supplication from, iv. 34, 79, v. 128 ; 
 visitation of the burgh, iv. 79, v. 406 ; grant 
 for repair of the tolbooth of, iv. 241, v. 148, 
 456 ; grant in aid to, iv. 357, 375 ; visitors' 
 
 report of the condition of the burgh, iv. 
 658-9 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, v. 
 128, 405 ; exempted, ii. 204, 295, iii. 134, 
 251, 318, 420, iv. 91, 162, 235 ; represented 
 by missive, ii. 210, 232, 249, 272, 342, 399, 
 421, 442, iii. 2, 17, 35, 77, 99, 156, 217, 263, 
 282 ; unlawed, ii. 102, 182, 352, iii. 10, 203. 
 
 Savage, Mr Eiohard, clerk of customs, v. 234, 
 236. 
 
 Sayea, iii. 195. 
 
 Soaldings, i. 213, 511, and see Skins. 
 
 Scat and lot, i. 99, 449, ii. 297, 339. 
 
 Scheine, see Skene. 
 
 Scheme of the burghs' proportion of cess, v. 
 58, 64, 72. 
 
 Schewan, see Shewan. 
 
 School : the master of a grammar school must 
 not be a miuister or a notary, i. 241 ; edu- 
 cation in the grammar schools, i. 411-2, iv. 
 527, 532 ; anent tithes and kirklands morti- 
 fied for schools and colleges, iii. 241, 248, 
 266-8 ; Scots school at Campvere, iii. 347 ; 
 building and repairing certain schools, iv. 
 265, 355, v. 493 ; case of the schoolmaster 
 of Irvine, iv. 491-2 ; anent Wedderburn's 
 grammar in schools, iv. 527, 532 ; sending a 
 schoolmaster as commissioner to Convention, 
 and act against, v. 2, 311. 
 
 Schorlings, see Skins. 
 
 Sohuillis, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Sohyitland, see Shetland. 
 
 Scoon, Lord, i. 538, ii. 411, 445, iii. 4, 19, 36, 
 79, 113. 
 
 Scots Corporation in London, contribution to, 
 iv. 66. 
 
 Scots or Scotch hire, ii. 132-4. 
 
 Scots kirk in Campvere, see Campvere. 
 
 Scott, Anna, relict of Bryce Semple, v. 589. 
 
 James, bailie, commissioner for Selkirk, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 249. 
 
 Sir John, patentee, iii. 317. 
 
 Walter, customer of Dysart, i. 256. 
 
 William, writer in Edinburgh, i. 382. 
 
 of Elie, Mr William, ii. 94, 410, 451-2. 
 
 Scrope, Mr, v. 388. 
 
 Scrutiny of commissions, iii. 359, and see under 
 Convention. 
 
 Scrymgeour, Alexander, dean of guild, Dun- 
 dee, i. 20, 81, 84, 107. 
 
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 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Sea coal, export of, iii. 353, and see under Coal. 
 
 Seaforth, Earl of, iii. 257-62, 265-6, 276, 279, 
 281, 291, 300, 308-9, 318, 321-3, v. 152. 
 
 Seal of cause, see Seals of Burgh. 
 
 or stamp of cocket, see Cooket. 
 
 the great, a charter passing, i. 188 ; and 
 
 see under Register. 
 
 Seals of burgh, appending of the, iii. 447, iv. 
 547, and see under Commissioners and Com- 
 missions. 
 
 Seamen, see Sailors ; Skippers ; Ship. 
 
 Seap, saip, see Soap. 
 
 Seaports : charged to resist pirates, and to 
 refuse them aid or supply, i. 305 ; seaport 
 burghs to report regarding number of ships 
 and seamen,_iv. 478-9 ; letters to the seaport 
 burghs anent the pestilence, and relative 
 papers, v. 267-70, 285, 287, 290 ; merchants 
 forbidden to trade with unfree porta, iv. 42, 
 134, and see under Merchandise ; Unfree 
 Trade. 
 
 Searching : searchers claiming an extraordin- 
 ary duty on salt, and taking bribes, i. 75-6 ; 
 the King's searcher, i. 115 ; complaints 
 against searchers, i. 212, ii. 125, 221 ; anent 
 searchers of uncustomed goods, i. 227 ; 
 searchers to be appointed in each burgh 
 yearly, i. 505, 510 ; searchers of English 
 ships coming to Scotland, i. 555 ; exactions 
 of searchers on the coast of Fife, ii. 125 ; 
 fraud of the gangers of salmon and white 
 fish in the west country, ii. 221 ; searching 
 Scottish ships in Campvere, ii. 365. 
 
 Seath, seith, iv. 515. 
 
 Secretary for the burghs, see Clerk to Conven- 
 tion. 
 
 Secretary of State for Britain, letters to and 
 from, V. 83-5, 114-6, 179, 316, 493. See 
 Dartmouth ; Bolingbroke ; Oxford ; New- 
 castle. 
 
 for Scotland : a gratuity to each of the 
 
 secretaries, iv. 150 ; letters to and from, iv. 
 387, 418-9, 423, 432, 461, 522. ,See Lauder- 
 dale ; Murray ; Melfort ; Melville ; Master 
 of Stair ; Hon. James Johnstone ; TulUbar- 
 dine ; Sir James Ogilvy ; Queensberry ; 
 Roxburgh; Mar. 
 
 Seggat, Alexander, merchant in Edinburgh, i. 
 61-4, 79, 496. 
 
 Seith, see Seath. 
 
 Selkirk : oppression of the burgh, and en- 
 croachment on its common lands, ii. 236, iii. 
 318, 408, 418, 425, 456, 607, 653, iv. 19, v. 
 4 ; charge to, anent electing magistrates, 
 and reports from, ii. 447-8, iii. 6, 19-20, 38, 
 55, 86, 103, 272, 286 ; disposal of a public 
 mill in, iii. 539 ; complaint of, against the 
 cordiners of Peebles, iii. 653 ; fined in 1000 
 merks, iv. 34, 42 ; poverty and decay of, iv. 
 42 ; grant in aid to, iv. 44 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 266, 356, v. 461 ; visitors' report 
 of the condition of the burgh, iv. 625-6 ; 
 grant to, for repair of mills and caulds, v. 
 103 ; public work undertaken by, supplica- 
 tion for aid, and grant on behalf of, v. 235, 
 314, 317; granting a gift of the clerkship of 
 burgh, V. 457 ; exempted, i. 214, ii. 17, 110, 
 211-2, 320 ; represented by missive, i. 229, 
 294, 428, ii. 42, 71, 73, 100, 272, 287, 341, 
 iii. 126, 138, 156 ; unlawed, i. 280, 354, 415, 
 425, 473, 481, ii. 27, 36, 103, 160, iu. 7, 38. 
 
 Selkirk, Alexander, iu St Andrews, i. 307. 
 
 Robert, teller in the Royal Bank, v. 599. 
 
 Sellar, Patrick, customer of Linlithgow, i. 194, 
 258. 
 
 Semlar, see Sumler. 
 
 Semple, Bryce, tacksman of tiend fish, iii. 204, 
 207, 226, 246. 
 
 Sempill of Corinch, John, ii. 264-5, 282, 298, 
 318, 354, 412, 459, iii. 16, 204. 
 
 Septennial Parliament, v. 562-86. 
 
 Serf, St, fair of, iii. 37, 55, 79, 98, 113, 269. 
 
 Serge : manufacture of, iv. 431 ; duty on, in 
 Prance, v. 108, 111. 
 
 Session, Lords of, see Council and Session. 
 
 Seton, George, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 385. 
 
 Lord George, ambassador to Prance, i. 
 
 182, 186, 239, ii. 510. 
 
 Sir William, ii. 426, iii. 29-30, 68, 79. 
 
 of Parbroth, David, comptroller, i. 563. 
 
 Settlement of disputes in or between burghs, 
 i. 336, 355, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Setts of burghs : ratification and recording of, 
 iii. 61-5, iv. 179, 393, 396, 464, 481, 508 
 559, V. 3, 16, 144, 164, 192, 312, 317, 355. 
 
 Sewane, see Shewan. 
 
 Seytoun, see Seton. 
 
 Shalloon, duty on, in France, v. 108. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 139 
 
 Shambles, building and repairing certain, iv. 
 265, 284 
 
 Shambo (shamoy) leather, manufacture of, v. 
 801-2. 
 
 Sharp, Mr Alexander, president of the Mer- 
 chant Company in Edinburgh, v. 625. 
 
 John, writer in Edinburgh, i. 383. 
 
 Sir William, treasurer for the King, and 
 
 agent at court for the burghs, iii. 662. 
 
 Shaw, John, tacksman of tiend fish, iii. 204, 
 207, 226, 246. 
 
 Sir John, of Greenock, iv. 156, 177, 240, 
 
 254, 359, 370, 372, 374. 
 
 Shearer, Andrew, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 313, 
 459. 
 
 John, messenger, 1. 164. 
 
 John, commissioner for Stirling, elected 
 
 moderator, ii. 310, iii. 99. 
 
 Sheep, toll on, i. 302, 461, 488-9, ii, 209, iii. 
 47 ; transport of, by sea or land forbidden, 
 i. 447, 455 ; abuses in the export of sheep and 
 nolt, iii. 225, 232. 
 
 Sheill, see Shiell. 
 
 Sheriff : jurisdiction of burghs impaired by 
 certain sheriffs, i. 340 ; sheriffs excluded 
 from Convention, iv. 14 ; complaint against 
 a sheriff, iv. 505, v, 3 ; improper practices of 
 sheriffs at elections of Members of Parlia- 
 ment, V. 318. 
 
 Sheriff, Charles, merchant in Prestonpans, v. 
 126. 
 
 Shetland: certain wrongs done in, i, 197; freight- 
 ing ships to, ii. 145 ; branding of herring 
 from, Ii. 284 ; Dutch merchants buying and 
 curing fish in, iv. 428 ; a fort to be built in 
 Brassie Sound, iv. 429, 514; reserved fish- 
 ings in, iv. 529. 
 
 Shilling great, i. 408. 
 
 Shingle to be used for ballast, ii. 327. 
 
 Ship : all ships to be freighted in presence of 
 a dean of guild, i. 12, 105 ; certificate of 
 burgh necessary for ships sailing to foreign 
 ports, i. 12, 71, 83, 97, 121, 130; Scottish 
 ships forbidden to trade with Prance, i. 16 ; 
 pirate ships at Leitb, i. 21 ; a ship and bark 
 to be fitted out against pirates, i. 28 ; the 
 order countermanded, i. 31 ; Scottish ships, 
 their sailors and cargoes in Elanders to be 
 protected by the conservator, i. 40 ; privi- 
 
 leges of Scottish ships at Campvere, i. 58 ; 
 freighting of Dutch hoys, i. 60 ; Edinburgh 
 to superintend the freighting of ships, i. 78 ; 
 exorbitant tousting of ships, i. 78 ; anent 
 loss by piracy or jettison, i. 99, 117 ; ships 
 sailing to Flanders with staple goods, 1. 105 ; 
 freighting of ships to foreign ports, i. 105 ; 
 ship and goods of Dundee plundered by 
 pirates, i. 110; costly cargoes from Rouen, 
 Flanders, or Bordeaux, i. 117; anent skippers 
 sailing to foreign ports, i. 141 ; freighting 
 of a ship for an ambassador to France, i. 
 182 ; arrest of Scottish ships, commission to 
 England and France anent, i. 218-22 ; charge 
 to skippers anent payment of export duties, 
 i. 219 ; receipt of cocket by skippers and 
 masters of ships, i. 228 ; Allan Lentron's 
 ship outred for suppression of pirates, i. 
 242, 261 ; expenses of a ship to convey 
 James VI. and his Queen from Denmark, i. 
 334-5 ; impost on ships levied by Burnt- 
 island, and complaints against, i. 349, 375-6, 
 389 ; duty to be paid by masters and owners 
 of ships to the conservator, i. 350-1 ; a cargo 
 arrested upon a letter of marque, i. 360-1 ; 
 anent trading vessels driven into harbour by 
 contrary winds, i. 389; dispute anent ballast- 
 ing of ships, 1. 416 ; skippers forbidden to 
 carry wool for unfreemen, i. 447 ; imposts 
 on various kinds of ships, and cargoes, i. 
 461, 489, ii. 91, 209, iii. 47 ; impost on 
 vessels at Whithorn, i. 471 ; goods taken by 
 a Scotch ship from a ship of Bruges, i. 
 543-4 ; searchers of English ships appointed, 
 i. 555 ; regulations for sailors, skippers, 
 masters, and owners of vessels, ii. 95-6, 
 105-6, 125, 132-45, 164 ; Dutch vessels fish- 
 ing in the Lewis, see Fishing ; Herring ; 
 regulations for trading vessels, ii. 135-45 ; 
 freighting ships for the Caithness, Orkney, 
 or Shetland fishing, ii. 145 ; ballast and 
 ballasting of fishing boats, ii. 319, 327-8, 
 349, 361, 403, 445, iii. 5, 19, iv. 527 ; cus- 
 toms on Scottish ships at English ports, 
 ii. 422-3, 462, iii. 10-11 ; arrival of Scottish 
 ships in Prance, ii. 491 ; articles to the 
 Privy Council anent the shipping, iii. 53, 
 66-7 ; commission to conclude regarding the 
 proclamation against freighting in foreign 
 
140 
 
 hidex to the Records of the 
 
 bottoma, iii. 66, 7S-6, 87, 94; furnishing ships 
 for defence of the realm, iii. 214-5, 218, 
 233-7 ; cost of furnishing and maintaining a 
 ship of war, iii. 237 ; an armed fly-boat to 
 keep order among the herring fleets, see 
 Fishing ; Herring ; Scottish ships plundered 
 by Dunkirkers, iii. 241 ; merchant ships in 
 the Sound waiting for convoy, iii. 425 ; ex- 
 cise on ships bought from foreigners, iii. 
 435 ; Dutch ships seized at Leith, iii. 487, 
 490 ; anent passes for ships, iv. 84, 203 ; 
 seizure of two ships belonging to Ayr, iv. 
 87 ; anent the building of, iv. 95 ; traffic 
 with unfree ports forbidden, iv. 134, 551 ; 
 ships of war required for the Scottish coast, 
 iv. 179, 195, 429, 456, 478; convoys with 
 Scottish ships, iv. 180, 202, 223, 328, 358, 
 389, 392, 440-5, 456, 471, 488, 517-9, v. 6, 
 49, 150, 175-6, 219 ; arrest of a Scottish ship 
 at Campvere, iv. 181, 192 ; dues on shipping 
 iv. 303 ; outrig of war ships by the burghs, 
 and act anent the "Royal William,"! v. 381-4, 
 388 ; timber for shipbuilding to be free of 
 duty, iv. 429 ; maritime burghs to report 
 regarding number of ships and seamen, iv. 
 478-9 ; Scottish ships attacked and seized 
 by the French, iv. 480, 489, v. 50, 63, 173, 
 490, 494-5 ; act against casting furth of 
 ballast, iv. 527 ; anent payment of portage 
 to masters and mariners, iv. 536, 544 ; ships 
 and goods siezed by the English : and pay- 
 ment made for, iv. 547-8; ships taken by 
 Swedish privateers, v. 176 ; ships trading to 
 the Baltic Sea, v. 150, 175, 219 ; dues for 
 Scottish ships at Campvere, v. 220 ; vessels 
 from France and Spain put under quarantine, 
 v. 267-70 ; a master and his crew prisoners 
 in Algiers, v. 593 ; names of certain ships, 
 the "Gift of God," "Grace of God," 
 ii. 230; "James of Aberdeen," "Jean of 
 Alloa," V. 49; "John of Dysart," ii. 229; 
 "Kate of Dundee," i. 341; "Margaret of 
 Leith, " " Queensborough, " " Euby, " " Soars- 
 borough," V. 49 ; " William of Dysart," ii. 
 230 ; and see Reports of the coast burghs, 
 iv. 563-667. See also Mariners ; Skippers ; 
 Fishing ; Herring ; Merchandise. 
 Shipbuilding, timber for, iv. 429, and see under 
 Ship. 
 
 Shire : correspondence between commissioners 
 of shires and commissioners of burghs anent 
 public affairs ; articles proposed, iii. 492-9. 
 See also under Commissioners and Commis- 
 sions. 
 Shirrum, see Sherund. 
 Shoemakers of Edinburgh, petition of the, v. 
 
 526. See also Cordiners. 
 Shoes exported to Norway, i. 76. 
 Shore : repairing the shore of Pettiour, i. 301 ; 
 repairing the shore of Burntisland, i. 376 ; 
 shore levy, shore maill, shore silver, i. 299, 
 375, 406, ii. 165. See also under Harbour ; 
 Impost. 
 
 Shorlings, i, 213. 
 
 Short, John, burgess in Aberdeen, iii. 8. 
 
 Shrewsbury, Duke of, ambassador to France, 
 V. 82-4. 
 
 Sickman's Yard, lands of, i. 494. 
 
 Signature : the clerk instructed to sign for 
 Convention, i. 273-4; a commissioner pun- 
 ished for false and insolent subscription, i. 
 367-8 ; uniformity of commissions in signa- 
 ture and seal, iii. 446-7, 624, 643, iv. 89, 547; 
 signature in favour of the burghs, iv. 529 ; 
 signing the minutes of Convention, v. 43. 
 See also Commissioners and Commissions ; 
 Convention of Burghs ; Seals of Burgh. 
 
 Signet : present to the keepers of King's signet, 
 iii. 320 ; opening of the signet, iii. 524. 
 
 Signs at the door of inns, ii. 253-4, 274-5, 
 288-9, 311, and see under Burgh. 
 
 Silk : manufactures of silk and worsted, v. 
 604. 
 
 Simpson, Archibald, bailie in Lanark, iv. 303. 
 
 Mr David, librarian in Holyrood House, 
 
 iv. 414. 
 
 John, customer in Anstruther Easter, i. 
 
 359-60. 
 
 John, commissioner for Burntisland, 
 
 elected moderator, ii. 2. 
 
 John, customer of Crail, i. 217, 256, 277. 
 
 Mr Patrick, minister of Stirling, i. 444, 
 
 ii. 291. 
 
 William, customer of Anstrnther, i. 256, 
 
 381. 
 
 Sinclair, John, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iii. 300, 303, 305. 
 
 of Preswick, William, v. 172-3, 192. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 141 
 
 Sinclair of Rater breaks out of the prison of 
 Tain, iv. 341. 
 
 Lord, licensed to transport coal, i. 44G ; 
 
 his oppression of the burgh of Dysart to be 
 resisted, iv. 115, 192, 199. 
 Sise fish, relief from the impost of, iv. 513, and 
 
 see under Fish ; Pishing. 
 Skeldryke, ii. 81. 
 
 Skene, Mr Alexander, presents books to Con- 
 vention, iv. 68. 
 
 Andrew, factor in Campvere, iv. 4-6, 8, 
 
 12. 
 
 John, procurator in Aberdeen, i. 353. 
 
 John, commissioner to Denmark, i. 331. 
 
 of Curriehill, Sir John, clerk of Register, 
 
 i. 538, ii. 185, 373. 
 Skerries lighthouse, v. 512-3, 520. 
 Skinners : charge to the craft of, in Edin- 
 burgh, i. 506 ; skinners to buy only shorlings 
 and scaldings, i. 511 ; complaints and peti- 
 tions of the skinners of Edinburgh, and acts 
 in their favour, iv. 193, v. 42, 45, 62, 140, 
 501, 526 ; petition of the skinners and tan- 
 ners, V. 140 ; complaint regarding the duty 
 on kid-skins as putting the skinners in Scot- 
 land in a worse position than those in Eng- 
 land, v. 501-2 , manufacture of glove and 
 shamoy leather by, v. 501-2. See, also under 
 Skins. 
 Skins : act anent the flaying of sheep and 
 oxen, i. 21 ; customs for scaldings, schor- 
 lings, and footfalls, i. 23; hides and skins 
 exported to Flanders, i. 32, 105 ; custom on, 
 i. 90, 104, ii. 209 ; duty on lamb skins and 
 calf skins, i. 213, ii. 177 ; export duty on 
 hides and, i. 218 ; new impost on hides and 
 skins in France, i. 269 ; supplication to annul 
 restraint on export of hides, i. 306 ; buy- 
 ing of hides by unfreemen, i. 372 ; toll on 
 hides, i. 461 ; impost on hides and skins, i. 
 466, 489, ii. 98 ; anent fleshers selling skins 
 and hides, i. 511 ; export of, forbidden, iii. 
 391, 429 ; seizure of, iv. 129 ; act anent the 
 sufiSciency of skins, and the appointment of 
 inspectors or visitors, v. 176 ; complaint re- 
 garding the duty on kid skins, v. 501 ; sale 
 of skins and hides, act anent, v. 526-7. 
 Skippers : anent skippers sailing to foreign 
 ports, i. 141 ; regulations for sailors, skippers, 
 
 and owners of vessels, i. 510, ii. 95-6, 105-6, 
 125, 132-45 ; charge to, anent passengers 
 and goods, ii. 4, 13, 26, 44, 74, 450, iii. 3 ; 
 export of coal by, ii. 8 ; examination of 
 skippers and masters of vessels, ii. 145 ; 
 complaint of certain, regarding exactions at 
 Lisbon, ii. 280 ; charge to skippers taking 
 passengers to Flanders, ii. 450, iii. 3 ; re- 
 straint of shipping craved by skippers, iii. 
 66-7, 75-6, 87, 94. See also under Merchan- 
 dise ; Sailors ; Ship. 
 Skew (zow), ii. 81. 
 Skune, see Scoon. 
 Slaids, sleds, ii. 394. 
 
 Slaters, article against the abuses of, ii. 89. 
 Slates to be exempt from impost, i. 414, ii. 85, 
 
 264, iii. 45. 
 Sleich, Sleith, see Sleigh. 
 Small, William, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 465. 
 Smallet, see SmoUet. 
 
 Smith : toll on each smith selling his goods on 
 the causeway, ii. 91 ; crafts comprehended 
 under the denomination of smiths, v. 528. 
 Smith, Henry, of Edinburgh, i. 131. 
 
 James, late bailie in St Andrews, v. 
 
 461. 
 John, merchant and late provost of Jed- 
 burgh, V. 639. 
 Smollet, Mr George, provost of Dumbarton, v. 
 
 463-5. 
 Mr George, advocate in Edinburgh, ap- 
 pointed agent for the burghs, iv. 486 ; demits 
 office, V. 473 ; accounts closed by, v. 477-8 ; 
 bond for balance granted by, v. 510, 529. 
 Smuggling : running of goods on the Scottish 
 coast, V. 166, 176, 344, 506 ; danger of in- 
 fection from smuggled goods, v. 288 ; frauds 
 on the revenue in the tobacco trade, v. 
 325-6 ; connivance in, by customhouse 
 officers, v. 344 ; decay of trade caused by 
 smuggling, v. 344, 520 ; proposal for preven- 
 tion of, V. 345, 520, 609 ; representation to 
 the treasury anent smugglers outwith the 
 royal burghs, v. 500 ; anent smuggling of 
 brandy and foreign spirits, v. 506, 510-3, 
 519, 609, 613-6 ; letter to members of 
 Parliament anent the smuggling of foreign 
 spirits, v. 519 ; letter to the burghs anent, 
 V. 609, 611-21. 
 
142 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Smyth, Judge, commissioner from the English 
 Parliament, iii. 360. 
 
 Snype, Mr , minister of the Scots kirk in 
 
 Campvere, iv. 6, 12, 16. 
 
 Soap, imported from Holland, ii. 382 ; mono- 
 polies of soap, and restraint on importation 
 of foreign soap, ii. 300, 307-8, iii. 163, 168, 
 172 ; encouragement of soap works, iv. 95, 
 V. 592, 599 ; duty on soap and efforts for its 
 abolition, v. 442, 520, 603, 624. 
 
 Soldiers : arrangement for sustaining a levy of, 
 i. 392-3 ; approach of an English army to 
 Scotland, iii. 358 ; providing coal and candle 
 for the English soldiers, iii. 366-7 ; encamp- 
 ment of Scottish and English armies, refer 
 ence to, iii. 380 ; plundering by Scottish 
 soldiers, reference to, iii. 380 ; anent the 
 ordinance in favour of soldiers, iii. 429 ; 
 maintenance of, by the royal burghs, iv. 132 ; 
 quartering of soldiers, iv. 133, 279, 282, 288, 
 291, 301, 483, 485, 505, v. 149, 162, 178, 
 276-7, 357, 457, 469, 483, 519, 522, 524, 538 ; 
 anent soldiers exacting lodging, &c., iv. 198 ; 
 anent freight for soldiers passing by ferries, 
 V. 148, 276-7 ; furnishing coal and candle to 
 the forces, v. 181, 188, 214, 260, 271, 276 ; 
 officers refusing to pay for their rooms, v. 
 214, 260, 276-7. See also Quartering. 
 
 Solicitor general, the, consultation with, v. 
 538, 542, 602, 621. 
 
 Solme, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Somerville, James, usher to exchequer, iv. 35. 
 
 Somlar, Somlier, see Sumler, 
 
 Sound : merchant | ships lying in the Sound 
 waiting for convoy, iii. 425, 429. 
 
 South Esk, bridge of, i. 440. 
 
 South Sea Company, the, v. 276, 379-80. 
 
 Sowine, ii. 65. 
 
 Spain : treaty with the King of, i. 126 ; Scot- 
 tish merchants forbidden to traffic with 
 Spain, i. 402, 485, ii. 5 ; appointing a consul 
 in, ii. 242-3, iv. 78 ; victories of the Earl of 
 Galloway in, reference to, iv. 386 ; export of 
 salted and dried fish to, iv. 427-8 ; Scottish 
 trade with, iv. 512 ; ships from France and 
 Spain put under quarantine, v. 267-70. 
 
 Spang, Mr William, minister of the Scots kirk 
 in Campvere, iii. 306-8, Si 7-8, 367, iv. 538. 
 
 Spanish Netherlands, lint seed from, v. 435. 
 
 Sparginers (plasterers), article against the 
 
 abuses of, ii. 89. 
 Spars, see Joists. 
 Speaker of the House of Commons, v. 609, 628, 
 
 632. 
 Speaking and voting in Convention, see under 
 
 Convention of Burghs. 
 Special committees, see under Convention of 
 
 Burghs. 
 Speir, James, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 368, 
 
 382-3, 408, 412, 452, iii. 7-8, 20, 32, 40, 53, 
 
 59. 
 William, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 217-8, 
 
 224-6, 241, 337-9, 360, 368, 404-5, 416, 453, 
 
 iii. 7, 20, 43, and his son Thomas, 58, 89, 
 
 108, 122. 
 Spence, David, merchant in Edinburgh, iv. 
 
 100-3 ; grant to his widow, iv. 143. 
 
 David, in Rutherglen, i. 88. 
 
 George, in Dundee, i. 107. 
 
 Henry, deliverer of missives, ii. 73. 
 
 Robert, supplication for support from, iii. 
 
 489, 504. 
 Spice : spice and wine to be furnished by the 
 
 burghs at the baptism of Priuoe Henry, i. 
 
 430. 
 Spirits : anent smuggling of foreign spirits, v. 
 
 506, 510-2, 519-20 ; memorial from distillers 
 
 anent foreign spirits, v. 512-3. 
 Spirituality, see Clergy, and Church, 
 Spreull, John, merchant in Glasgow, v. 173. 
 Sprewte, see Sprott. 
 Sprott, Andrew, burgess in Inverkeithing, i. 
 
 494. 
 Spurriers, v. 528. 
 
 Stablers and postmasters, charge to magis- 
 trates anent, ii. 317. 
 Staigs, toll and impost on, ii. 91, 221, iii. 47. 
 Stair, Master of, Secretary of State for Scot- 
 land, letters to and from, iv. 145-6, 151, 156, 
 
 164, 169. 
 Stamp, or seal : delivery of half -stamp by 
 
 customers, i. 159, 194, 225, 263. 
 Stamp : hogsheads and barrels of fish to be 
 
 marked with the town's stamp, ii. 13; stamp- 
 ing of linen cloth, v. 438-41. 
 Stand mails, iii. 388. 
 
 Standard reel for yarn in each burgh, iii. 157, 
 187, cmd see under Burgh. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 143 
 
 Stane (stand or set) of Linlithgow, i. 414. 
 
 Stanehywe, see Stonehaven. 
 
 Staple : proposal to remove the staple from 
 Flanders to Calais, i. 26 ; staple goods ex- 
 ported to Flanders twice a year, i. 32, 105 ; 
 only merchants to export staple goods to 
 Flanders, i. 40 ; establishment of, in Flan- 
 ders, i. 51-3, 544 ; established at Campvere, 
 arrangements regarding, i. 53-64, 71, 125, 
 133, 187, 264 ; unfreemen trading in staple 
 wares, i. 372 ; letter from town of Campvere 
 to Convention, i. 412, 420-1 ; anent transfer- 
 ring the staple to Antwerp, i. 515-6 ; anent 
 fixing the staple at Middelburg or Camp- 
 vere, i. 517-8 ; contract anent the staple 
 trade between Antwerp and Edinburgh, i. 
 546-50 ; contract anent the staple trade be- 
 tween Middelburg and Edinburgh, i. 551-4; 
 letter from the King anent removing the 
 staple from Campvere, ii. 57-8 ; goods and 
 wares comprehended under the term staple, 
 ii. 130, iii. 615, iv. 217 ; anent continuing 
 the staple at Campvere, ii. 259-60 ; Scottish 
 wares for the Low Country must pass through 
 Campvere, ii. 298 ; proposal to transfer the 
 staple to Middelburg, ii. 334-5, 338-9, 354 ; 
 certain merchants transporting staple wares 
 to Holland, iii. 8 ; transporting staple wares 
 to other ports than Campvere, iii. 22, 31, 
 37, 102, 116, 128, 227, 247, 344, 534-5, iv. 3, 
 9, 13, 21, 204, 531, 538, 543, 545, 551-8, v. 
 162-3, 351, 513 ; factors in Campvere trad- 
 ing in staple wares, iii. 85, 93, 101, 116, 129, 
 155, 164-5, 216, iv. 289, 302 ; collection and 
 preservation of the acts, statutes, and re- 
 cords relating to the staple, iii. 201, 223, 
 252 ; anent removing the staple from Camp- 
 vere, iii. 270, 288, 301, 309, 314, 327-8, 561, 
 576, 600-2, iv. 46, 190, 203, 212, 531 ; com- 
 missions to treat regarding the settlement of 
 the staple, ii. 314, 354, 361-9, 381-4 ; com- 
 missioners sent to Campvere to renew the 
 contract anent, ii. 367-70, 381-4 ; salt to be 
 included in the list of staple wares, iii. 344, 
 373, iv. 558, V. 195, 202, 221 ; coal to be 
 included in the list of staple wares, iii. 
 353-4, 373, 417, 470, 475 ; supplication to 
 continue the staple port at Campvere, iii. 
 429 ; acts anent the staple at Campvere con- 
 
 firmed, iii. 465, 515; commission to Holland 
 to select a new port for the staple, iii, 600-2, 
 607-9 ; fixing the staple port at Dort ; also 
 act anent, iii. 607-10, 614, 616 ; acts anent 
 the duties of the conservator, factors, and 
 merchants at the staple port to be collected, 
 and enforced at Dort, iii. 614 ; unlaws for 
 illegal transport of staple remitted, iii. 623 ; 
 complaints regarding the staple port of 
 Dort, iii. 625, 629 ; resettlement of the staple 
 at Campvere, and terms of, iii. 642, 655-7, 
 661, 672, iv. 216-9 ; coal not a staple com- 
 modity, iii. 658 ; discussion of the terms of 
 settlement of the staple at Campvere, iii. 
 667-9, 672 ; previous acts anent the staple 
 at Campvere renewed, iii. 669, iv. 23 ; terms 
 of agreement for settling of the staple port 
 at Dort, iii. 675-88 ; terms of agreement 
 for settling of the staple port at Camp- 
 vere, iii. 689-706, iv. 4, 216-9 ; appointment 
 of factors at the staple ports, Iv. 5 ; acts 
 anent the staple port, iv. 28, 203, 212, 531, 
 543, 553-5 ; salmon not a staple commodity, 
 iv. 32 ; decay of the staple at Campvere, 
 iv. 137-8 ; all staple goods to be certified to 
 the conservator, iv.l43 ; contract with Camp- 
 vere altered, renewed, and ratified, iv. 216-9, 
 247, 275, 288 ; letters from and to the King 
 anent the staple port, iv. 219-20, 274-6, 
 324-5 ; factors giving the benefit of the staple 
 port to strangers, iv. 283, 289, 445 ; act 
 anent staple goods and staple factors, iv. 
 289 ; breaches of the staple contract, and 
 agent appointed to enforce the acts, iv. 315, 
 323,356,385, 445, 459, v. 162-3; commis- 
 sion to Campvere anent breaches of the 
 staple contract, instructions to, and expenses 
 of, iv. 323, 327-8, 333 ; committees anent the 
 staple port, and complaints regarding, iv. 
 333, 340, 344, 347, 356-7, 372, 385, 391, 
 438-45, V. 79, 105, 122-3, 130, 149, 164, 182, 
 199, 243, 282, 317, 331, 335, 349, 355, 505, 
 524, 535, 550 ; letters from and to the Queen 
 regarding the staple port, iv. 347, 438-44, 
 459-60 ; the lord advocate's opinion regard- 
 ing the staple contract, iv. 459 ; breakers of 
 the staple contract, and prosecution of, iv. 
 463, V. 163, 238, 317, 334 ; overtures anent 
 the staple port, iv. 555-8 ; that salt and 
 
144 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 herring should be staple articles, iv. 558, v. 
 195, 202 ; staple contract with Campvere pro- 
 longed, and commission for prolonging it, 
 V. 189, 194-5, 199-200 ; table of conservator's 
 fees at the staple port, v. 195, and see, under 
 Conservator ; Fishing ; Merchandise ; staple 
 contract with Campvere in 1697 as amplified, 
 ratified, and recorded, v. 214, 219-23, 475 ; 
 metsters at the staple port, v. 218, and see 
 Met; Metting; anent the confiscation of 
 staple goods, v. 222 ; decline of dues at 
 the staple port : petitions from the conser- 
 vator, and arrangements on account of, v. 
 237-8, 313-4, 334, 475, 492, 510, 525, 536, 
 552, 591, 597, 600, 608, 633; transgressors 
 of the staple port, report of committee anent, 
 V. 350- 1 ; anent certain customs entries of 
 staple goods, v. 356 ; staple contract with 
 Campvere in 1718 prolonged, and commission 
 for prolonging it, v. 606-8, 611-2 ; the staple 
 contracts of 1697 and 1718 entrusted to the 
 conservator, v. 612 ; prolongation and ampli- 
 fication of the staple contract of 1718, rati- 
 fied and confirmed, v. 623, 630, 633. See 
 also Conservator ; Merchandise. 
 
 Staple : infeftment by hasp and staple, iii. 240, 
 317. 
 
 Statutes, execution of, i. 132, 141. 
 
 Staves of barrels, iii. 243, 451, and see Barrels. 
 
 Steele, Andrew, merchant in Kirriemuir, v. 
 357. 
 
 Steiffing, see Stiffing. 
 
 Steinson, see Stevenson. 
 
 Stenhouse of Southfodd, John, iv. 491, 503-4, 
 V. 3. 
 
 Steps, see Staves. 
 
 Stercovius, prosecution of, for libel ; dispute 
 with the King regarding the expenses in- 
 curred, ii. 416, 423, 433-4, 437, 540, 574. 
 
 Sterling money, ii. 94. 
 
 Steven, Alexander, burgess in Aberdeen, i. 
 313. 
 
 Stevenson, Alexander, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 iv. 181, 192. 
 
 Stevenston, iv. 509, v. 162, 211, 333. 
 
 Stewart, Alexander, servant of the prior of 
 Blantyre, ii. 60. 
 
 Mr Charles, conservator depute in Flan- 
 ders, v. 471, 593. 
 
 Stewart, Gilbert, merchant in Edinburgh, and 
 factor in Campvere, iv. 219-25; appointed 
 agent to enforce the staple acts, iv. 315-7, 
 323, 356, 385, 474-6, 489, v. 163. 
 
 James, bailie in Glasgow, ii. 14. 
 
 James, commissioner for Bothesay, surety 
 
 for certain arrears of burgh, i. 439. 
 
 James, merchant in Dundee, iv. 234. 
 
 Mr James, town ,clerk of Edinburgh, 
 
 appointed conjunct clerk to the burghs, iv. 
 306. 
 
 Sir James, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 355, 475, 481, 486, 
 490, 503, 509. 
 
 Sir James, advocate, assessor for the 
 
 burghs, and Lord Advocate, iv. 195, 213, v. 
 64, 119, 126. 
 
 John, provost of Rothesay, i. 163. 
 
 Eobert, clerk of customs, v. 433. 
 
 Robert, provost, commissioner for Lin- 
 lithgow, elected moderator, ii. 42 ; claim by, 
 and payment of, iii. 384, 408. 
 
 Stewin, see Steven. 
 
 Stiffing, ii. 146, 395. 
 
 Stings and boards, toll on, ii. 34. 
 
 Stipend : stipend of the minister of the Scots 
 kirk in Campvere, i. 345, ii. 371, 407, 440-1, 
 449, iii. 8, 28, and see under Campvere; pro- 
 viding stipend for a minister, v. 455-6. 
 
 Stirling : particulars relating to the burgh, i. 
 v-x ; anent the Stirling jug or stoup, the 
 standard for liquid measure, i. 2, 237, ii. 157, 
 iii. 71, 402-3, ajid see Weights and Measures; 
 claim of Stirling in the ranking of burghs, i. 
 84, 113, 125, 187, 196, ii. 344 ; burgesses of 
 Edinburgh imprisoned in Stirling Castle by 
 Regent Morton, i. 107 ; injury and loss sus- 
 tained by, i. 202, 216; auditing of customer's 
 accounts, i. 249 ; claim of, for spoliation of 
 wines, i. 319 ; reimbursing Dysart, i. 330 ; 
 protest of, in relation to the dispute in Dun- 
 fermline, i. 448 ; to arrest nolt and sheep 
 passing to England, i. 455 ; customs at the 
 bridge of, complaint against, i. 462 ; in dis- 
 pute with Culross anent customs, ii. 18, 30, 
 46, 76-7, 193 ; action of, against Falkirk and 
 Airth, ii. 35, 93, 103 ; to supplicate the King 
 for a gift of impost to repair bridge and 
 causeway, ii. 36 ; complaint of maltmen in, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 145 
 
 ii. 129 ; charge to, anent the charter granted 
 to burghs by David II., ii. 156 ; to suppli- 
 cate the King for a gift of impost for its 
 haven and harbour, ii. 177 ; complaint of 
 the fleshers of Edinburgh against, ii. 205, 
 215-6, 236-7, 258, 278 ; charge to, anent 
 election of magistrates, and reports from, 
 ii. 255, 275, 290, 316, iii. 38, 55, 80, 110, 113, 
 369 ; craving a gift of custom to be taken at 
 bridge, ii. 258-9 ; granted to supplicate the 
 King for the same, ii. 279 ; charged with 
 aiding and abetting unfreemen, ii. 281, 293 ; 
 complaint of Glasgow against, regarding its 
 bread, ii. 322 ; complaint of Dunfermline 
 against, anent sale of bread, ii. 322, 351; 
 supplication of the crafts of, anent the liber- 
 ties of a free burgess, ii. 355, 411, 459, iii. 5; 
 craving support for repair of causeway and 
 bridge, iii. 109 ; form of election of magis- 
 trates prescribed to, iii. 110-1 ; charge to, 
 anent unfree traders, iii. 333-4, 457, 463 ; 
 complaint of, against Perth, anent burgesses, 
 iii. 610 ; injured by the unfree towns of Pal- 
 kirk and Kilsyth, iii. 626 ; sale of certain 
 lands in, for payment of debt, iv. 369, 454, 
 467 ; visitors' report of the condition of the 
 burgh, iv. 576-8 ; controversy between the 
 magistrates and the weavers of, v. 145 ; 
 action of suspension by certain burgesses of, 
 V. 333 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, 
 V. 405 ; great floods and damage to bridges 
 throughout the shire, v. 551 ; unlawed, i. 
 154, 233, 302, 403, ii. 21, 29, Hi. 9, 666. 
 
 Stirling of Garden, Sir Archibald, iii. 492. 
 
 Stockholm, imports from, iv. 597-8. 
 
 Stockings : anent stockings arriving at the 
 staple port, iv. 301 ; improvement of stock- 
 ing manufactures, iv. 431 ; duty on, in 
 Prance, v. 113. 
 
 Stonehaven : repairing the harbour and bul- 
 warks of, and grants for the same, ii. 113, 
 302, 320, 351, iii. 345, 579, iv. 15, 271, 466 ; 
 unfree traders in, iii. 187 ; arrangements 
 with, regarding trade, iv. 360-1, 380, 463, v. 
 162, 211, 333 ; lands and superiority in, act 
 anent, v. 465-7. 
 
 Stoneware goods, ii. 396. 
 
 Stone Weight : the stone of Lanark to be the 
 Standard weight, i. 2, 76, 237, 469, 482, iii. 
 
 71 ; stone and half-stone weights to be made 
 of brass and stamped, i. 76 ; disputes regard- 
 ing, ii. 165, 176. See also Lanark ; Weights 
 and Measures. 
 Storm : a great storm at sea in December 1655, 
 
 reference to, iii. 417. 
 Stornoway : erection of, in burgh royal, sup- 
 plication against, iii, 257-62, 265-6, 276, 279, 
 281, 291, 300, 302-4, 308-9, 318, 321-3 ; re- 
 moval of the customhouse from, v. 630, 
 635-6. 
 
 Stotfield, harbour of, ii. 356, 427. 
 
 Stots, toll on, ii. 91, iii. 47. 
 
 Strachan, David, in Earlsferry, i. 326. 
 
 George, burgess of Aberdeen, ii. 47. 
 
 John, in Leven, ii. 129, 155. 
 
 William, burgess in Cupar, ii. 274. 
 
 Straebrook, v. 161. 
 
 Straik measure adopted, i. 81. See Weights 
 and Measures. 
 
 Straiten, v. 126. 
 
 Stranaver, see Strathnaver. 
 
 Stranavrer, see Stranraer. 
 
 Strang, see Strong. 
 
 Stranraer : complaint against its erection in 
 free burgh, i. 483 ; erected in burgh of 
 barony, ii. 54 ; action by Wigtown against, 
 ii. 280-1, iii. 32, 67, 70, 87, 94, 296-7 ; ad- 
 mission and enrolment of, iv. 39 ; grant in 
 aid to, iv. 375 ; visitors' report of the condi- 
 tion of the burgh, iv. 666 ; benefit of unfree 
 trade granted to, v . 105, 468 ; poverty of the 
 burgh, and visitation of it, v. 174, 191, 405, 
 488 ; grant to, for repair of tolbooth, v. 492 ; 
 exempted, iv. 162. 
 
 Strathallan, Viscount, iv. 241. 
 
 Strathnaver, customing of goods discharged 
 in, i. 262-3. 
 
 Stray warde, ii. 39, 98, 105. 
 
 Streets, cleansing of, and swine at large on, 
 ii. 253-4, 274-5, 288-9, 311. 
 
 Stretching of cloth, i. 468. 
 
 Strong waters, the inbringing of, discharged, 
 iv. 547. 
 
 Stuart Restoration, see Restoration. 
 
 Stures, i. 350-1, ii. 227-8. 
 
 Sturman, John, wool-comber from Leyden, ii. 
 117, 119. 
 
 Subdivision of large burghs into parishes for 
 
146 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 religious purposes, i. 491, and see under 
 
 Burgh ; Parish Church. 
 Subscription, false and insolent, by a commis- 
 sioner, i. 367-8, and see under Commissioners 
 
 and Commissions. 
 Suburbs, meaning of the term uncertain, ii. 
 
 47-8. 
 Succession, movable, i. xi, 501-2. 
 Sugar : encouragement of sugar works, iv. 95; 
 
 imported from West Indies, iv. 589 ; duty 
 
 on, in France, v. 112. 
 Suitie, see Suttie. 
 
 Sumler, the King's, i. 147, 155, 160. 
 Summer session, act anent the restoring of, iv. 
 
 47. 
 Summoning Convention, see Convention of 
 
 Burghs. 
 Sumptuary laws, iv. 95. 
 Sunday markets forbidden, i. 35, 103, 235, ii. 
 
 52, 238, 251, 274. See Markets. 
 Supplication from certain burghs on account of 
 
 poverty, iii. 634-5 ; and see Burgh. 
 Supply, commissioners of, see under Commis- 
 sioners and Commissions. 
 Suspension of letters of homing, i. 330, 349, ii. 
 
 411, 424, 451, and see Horning; agent to 
 
 sue for suspension of a gift from the King, i. 
 
 400. 
 Sustentation of the poor, i. 102, and see under 
 
 Poor. 
 Sutherland, customing of goods in, discharged, 
 
 i. 262-3. 
 Sutherland, Robert, in Edinburgh, ii. 98. 
 Suttie, George, merchant in Edinburgh, impost 
 
 granted to, in payment of sums lent to the 
 
 burghs, iii. 197-8, 219, 227, 251, 269, 272, 
 
 304, 317. 
 
 Patrick, factor at Dort, iii. 653. 
 
 Suyne, see S weenie. 
 
 Swan, George, commissioner for Dunbar, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 220. 
 Sweden, freighting of ships to, i. 105 ; war 
 between Russia and Sweden, reference to, 
 iv. 512 ; imports from, iv. 597-8 ; Scottish 
 ships taken by Swedish privateers, v. 176. 
 Swine at large on the streets, ii. 253-4, 275, 
 
 288, 311. 
 Swinton, John, burgess in Inverkeithing, i. 
 475, 494. 
 
 Swinton, Mark, burgess in Inverkeithing, i. 475. 
 
 Swittie, see Suttie. 
 
 Sword skailles, ii. 39. 
 
 slypers, v. 528. 
 
 Swyutoun, see Swinton. 
 
 Sydserf, Archibald, commissioner for Edin- 
 burgh, elected moderator, Iii. 441. 
 
 Mr George, minister of Scots kirk in 
 
 Campvere, iii. 209-11, 228 ; sickness and 
 resignation of, 239, 252-3, 256, 268. 
 
 Thomas, post in Edinburgh, payment to, 
 
 iii. 546. 
 
 of Ruohlaw, William, iii. 209. 
 
 Symblar, see Sumler. 
 
 Syme (Sym), William, in Burntisland, ii. 112. 
 
 Symsoun, see Simpson. 
 
 Syze money, relief from the impost of, v. 543, 
 545, and see under Sise Fisli. 
 
 Tackle, tackling : impost on, i, 441, ii. 79, 177 ; 
 tackle of trading ships, ii. 143. 
 
 Tacks : setting of tacks of burgh property, i. 
 303-4. 
 
 Tailfer, Tailzepheir, see Telfer. 
 
 Tain : infringing the liberties of Inverness, i. 
 104, 115, 119, 163, 190; its claims as a free 
 burgh disputed, i. 116, 163, 190; missive of, 
 rejected by Convention, i. 295 ; at the horn for 
 payment of unlaws, i. 374 ; craving support 
 for repair of harbour, ii. 180; complaint of, 
 against Inverness for aiding and abetting 
 unfreemen, ii. 281, 294 ; decayed condition 
 of, commission to visit and report anent, iii. 
 408, 473; visitation of the burgh, iv. 78, 
 118, 192, 236, 266, 454 ; the burgh oppressed 
 by Captain Hugh Mackay, to be assisted, iv. 
 236 ; process of Lord Tarbat against, iv. 266, 
 410 ; escape of a debtor from the prison of, iv. 
 341 ; grant to, for rebuilding tolbooth and 
 steeple, iv. 355, 454, 467 ; renunciation of 
 certain commonty lands by, iv. 410, 414; 
 controversy in, anent the election of magis- 
 trates, iv. 458 ; report regarding the condi- 
 tion of the burgh, iv. 467-9 ; sett of the 
 burgh ratified and recorded, iv. 481, 493 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of, iv. 640-2 ; 
 warrant to set the moors of the burgh, 
 granted to, v. 105; poverty of the burgh 
 and loss through fire, v. 127 ; benefit of un- 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 147 
 
 free trade granted to, v. 127 ; complaint of, 
 against Ross of Easterfearn, v. 150 ; allowed 
 to elect a third bailie, v. 506 ; exempted, i. 
 238, 389, ii. 110, 159, 179, 211-2, 295, 461, 
 iii. 420, 472, 514, iv. 34, 68, 162, 202 ; re- 
 presented by missive, i. 229, 394, 499, ii. 23, 
 210, 232, iii. 2, 17, 77, 99, 112, 220, 243, 
 282, 310 ; unlawed, i. 119, 138, 163, 280, 295, 
 317, 354, 450, 473, 481, ii. 18, 42, 59, 74, 78, 
 102, 160, 165, 201, 267, 358, 400, 417, iii. 44, 
 203. 
 Tallow : inquest regarding the export of, i. 46; 
 impost on, i. 466 ; anent fleshers selling 
 tallow, i. 511. 
 Tanners : petition of the skinners and tanners, 
 V. 140 ; act in favour of the skinners and 
 tanners of Edinburgh, v. 526, 529 ; anent 
 the tannage bill, v. 529 ; cordiners disabled 
 from being tanners, v. 529, 531. 
 Tanning : new method of tanning leather, com- 
 mission on, iii. 142, 148, 151, 169, 172, 207, 
 211-2, 225, 255, 268, 287, 302 ; application 
 to the Privy Council regarding the tanning 
 of leather, iii. 142, 148, 151, 169, 172, 195, 
 207, 212, 225, 246, 256 ; new and old me- 
 thods of tanning tested by commission, iii. 
 177, 255 ; supplication for discharge of the 
 impost on, iii. 195, 225, 246, 249, 255, 268 ; 
 encouragement of, iv. 430 ; anent the tan- 
 nage bill, V. 529. 
 Tapsters : anent women tapsters, ii. 253, 255. 
 Tar ; impost on, i. 441, 466, ii. 159 ; tar im- 
 ported from Norway, iv. 613. 
 Tarbat, Viscount, iv. 190, 198, 266, 410. 
 Tarbet, Laird of, iii. 407, 426. 
 Tarbet, parish of, v. 127. 
 Tarleathers, i. 21. 
 
 Taverns : women serving in, ii. 253, 255, 275, 
 288-9, 311 ; price of meat and drink in, iv. 
 95 ; agent forbidden to pay tavern bills, v. 
 279-80. 
 Taxation : all extents and taxes fixed by Par- 
 liament allocated by the Convention, i. xiii ; 
 tax for reduction of duty on French wines, 
 i. 18 ; tax for expense of a commission to 
 Denmark, i. IS ; tax for expense of a com- 
 mission to the King of Prance, i. 19 ; tax 
 raised from burghs for raids, i. 23 ; tax for 
 suppression of piracy, and payment of cer- 
 
 tain commissions, i. 28, 31, 33 ; tax for pay- 
 ment of Regent's claim for bullion, i. 42-6, 
 49, 86, 91-6, 114 ; scat and lot for goods plun- 
 dered by pirates, or lost through jettison, i. 
 44-5, 99 ; tax for expense of a commission to 
 England for redress of piracy, i. 50, 82, 102, 
 109, 298, 315 ; impost on export goods for 
 expense of commission to Flanders, i. 52, 
 212, 215, 259, 278 ; tax imposed for support 
 of the bridge of Perth, i. 70 ; how taxes 
 should be rated and raised in a burgh, i. 
 87-8 ; audit of collector's accounts, i. 96, 277, 
 279, 283, 297, 327, 342 ; goods in sea-chests 
 not to scat and lot with merchandise, i. 
 100 ; inquest regarding a towst granted to St 
 Andrews for repair of harbour, i. 101 ; com- 
 plaint of injustice in rating for extents, i. 
 120 ; tax for expense of a, commission to 
 France anent certain imposts, i. 128, 522 ; 
 an impost of 300 merks for the repair of Elie 
 harbour, i. 135 ; all free burghs to scat and 
 lot alike, i. 137 ; impost on export goods for 
 expense of commission to France anent cus- 
 toms, i. 140, 178, 270-2, 278; imposts granted 
 for repairing certain bridges, i. 151, 300, 
 302, 332, 380, 388, 391, 425, 488, ii. 34, 36, 
 55, 86, 106, 113, 150, 283, iii. 14, 46-7, 251 ; 
 complaint against the Privy Council for tax- 
 ing burghs, i. 167, 305 ; rating certain newly 
 admitted burghs, i. 176, 545-6, ii. 100-1, iii. 
 581, 613 ; discharge from horning for extent 
 granted to Dunfermline, i. 194 ; taxing by 
 the clerk of Register, complaint against, i. 
 213 ; impost on export goods for expense of 
 commission to England and Flanders, i. 218, 
 235, 259, 282 ; tax imposed for inlaik of cus- 
 toms, i. 235, 245, 265, 344 ; tax for outfit of 
 a ship and bark for suppression of piracy, i. 
 242, 261, 286 ; charge to magistrates anent 
 uplifting the impost on export goods, i. 259; 
 charge to collectors anent audit and pay- 
 ment, i. 259, 277, 297 ; tax imposed for pay- 
 ment of wines furnished to the King's house- 
 hold, i. 267; great expenses caused by burghs 
 refusing to pay as they ought, i. 273 ; anent 
 defaulting burghs that abide the denuncia- 
 tion of horning, i. 283 ; impost on export 
 goods for expense of the commission to the 
 ambassador in France, i. 283 ; letter from 
 
148 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 the ambassador in France anent the new 
 imposts there, i. 284-6 ; protest of a burgh 
 against repayment of its imposts, i. 286 ; 
 granting an impost of shore-silver i. 299, 
 and see under Harbours ; an impost in aid of 
 the college in Dumbarton, i. 307 ; a tax of 
 £20,000 granted in aid of the King's mar- 
 riage, i. 309, 514 ; charge to certain burghs 
 anent arrears of taxation, i. 326, 346, 381, 
 407; imposts levied by Burntisland, disputed, 
 i. 337, 349, 375-6 ; commissioners called by 
 the King or the Privy Council to assent to 
 taxation to reason and conclude thereon uni- 
 formly and conscientiously, i. 339; anent cer- 
 tain exactions raised by the admiral, i. 339 ; 
 certain burghs unlawed for non-payment of 
 imposts, i. 346-7, 481 ; election and appoint- 
 ment of a collector general, i. 347-8 ; impost 
 on goods arriving in Flanders granted to the 
 conservator, i. 350-1 ; anent the duty on 
 victual claimed by Dundee, i. 356-7 ; statute 
 anent extenting, i. 366 ; tax of £200 to be 
 raised for the prosecution of unfree traders, 
 i. 372 ; a common scale of petty customs to 
 be set down for all burghs, i. 374, 456 ; im- 
 post on vessels claimed by Anstruther Easter, 
 i. 376 ; tax for payment of stipend and ex- 
 penses of the clerk, i. 387 ; a tax for pay- 
 ment of grant to relict of late agent, i. 388 ; 
 imposts granted for repairing certain har- 
 bours, i. 389, 414, 438, 440-1, 461, 471, 486, 
 489, ii. 18, 55-6, 79, 85-7, 109, 112-3, 149, 
 159, 177, 207, 214, 216, 221, 263, 266, 277, 
 295, 303, 356, 359, 409, 418, 452, iii. 13-4, 
 45-8, 109, 134, 251, 270-1 ; complaint against 
 the impost charged on bridge of Ayr, i. 390; 
 a tax pro rata for sustenance of a levy of 
 soldiers, i. 392-3 ; anent collection of the 
 tax of £300, i, 411; balance of an impost 
 due by Thomas Kinyow discharged, i. 415 ; 
 payment of certain arrears of, by Culross, i. 
 423 ; certain arrears of the taxation for 
 £3000, i. 425 ; a taxation of the sheriffdom 
 of Aberdeen and Banff, i. 425 ; caution given 
 for certain arrears of, i. 430 ; certain arrears 
 of, due by Rothesay, i. 439 ; certain imposts 
 on coal, i. 446 ; an impost on strangers 
 bringing goods by boat to Dumbarton, i. 
 448 ; burghs having right of impost to render 
 
 account, i. 461 ; a tax of £200 for prosecu- 
 tion of forestallers, regraters, coupers, and 
 unfree traders and craftsmen, i. 463 ; impost 
 granted for expenses of the Laird of Easter 
 Wemyss in France, i. 466, 478 ; collecting 
 imposts at ports of Picardy and Normandy, 
 i. 466 ; general taxation of the estates for 
 expenses of the baptism of Prince Henry, 
 i. 467, 480, 483, 498 ; burghs paying taxes 
 from the common good, i. 475 ; anent the 
 impost granted to Thomas Fisher, i. 483, 
 494, ii. 15, 64, 90, 122; conditions under 
 which imposts are to be granted to burghs, 
 i. 488 ; general taxation for West and 
 Middle Borders, probably in 1545, i. 518 ; 
 the general taxation for embassy to the 
 Emperor, i. 519 ; taxation granted to Queen 
 Mary in 1556, i. 521 ; taxing burghs for ex- 
 pense of Queen's marriage with Dauphin of 
 France, i. 524-6 ; tax for expenses of an 
 embassy to Denmark, i. 528-9 ; impost on 
 goods from England, ii. 9 ; impost in aid of 
 building the parish kirk of Burntisland, ii. 
 16 ; anent the new impositions raised at 
 Campvere, ii. 29 ; new imposts raised by 
 France on exports and imports, ii. 39 ; im- 
 post granted for expense of mission to 
 France, ii. 39-40 ; tax for £100 as a grant in 
 aid voted to Rutherglen, ii. 49 ; tax of £100 
 as a grant in aid voted to Burntisland, ii. 
 58 ; an impost for expenses of commissioner 
 to France for downgettiug of customs, ii. 90, 
 97-8, 104-5 ; a gift of impost to Dumbarton 
 for protecting it from inundation, ii. 90-1, 
 iii. 46, 270 ; a tax for 25,000 merks granted 
 to Dumbarton for repair and protection of 
 the town, ii. 247, 264-5, 282 ; an impost for 
 the expenses of importing foreigners for 
 cloth-making, ii. 98, 106-9, 120-1, 531 ; up- 
 lifting the impost granted to James Porret, 
 commissioner to France, ii. 115, 146 ; dis- 
 putes between burghs anent imposts, ii. 147 ; 
 payment of certain arrears of, ii. 152 ; tax 
 for payment of expenses of commissioners to 
 England to the coronation of the King, ii. 
 163 ; a tax for expense of transuming the 
 charter of liberties of burghs granted by 
 David II., ii. 170, 532; a tax for expenses 
 of sending commissioners to England to treat 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 149 
 
 of the union of the two kingdoms, ii. 182-3, 
 184-6, 208, 219-20, 221 ; a tax for expenses 
 of commissioners to England and France, ii. 
 217, 225-6, 230, 243, 267 ; taxation of certain 
 burghs remaining from the raid of the Isles, 
 ii. 299 ; a tax for expenses of commission to 
 the King anent customs, bullion, interest, 
 and commissions, ii. 330, 332, 351-2, 358; 
 a tax for expenses of a commission to the 
 King of France, ii. 334, 337, 404-5, 416, 
 452-3, iii. 7, 20, 43, 58, 89, 108 ; impost for 
 expenses of commissioners to London on cus- 
 toms and book of rates, ii. 354, 374, 405, 
 460-1, iii. 29, 46 ; an impost for expense of 
 commissioners to Campvere, ii. 368, 382-3, 
 408, 412, 452, iii. 7-8, 20, 32, 40, 53, 59 ; an 
 impost on goods for stipend of the minister 
 of the Soots Kirk in Campvere, ii. 371, 407, 
 441, iii. 8, 28, and see under Campvere ; tack 
 of an impost on wines, ii. 404, 416, 433; im- 
 post on Scottish ships to and from English 
 ports, granted to Andrew Forret, ii. 422-3, 
 iii. 11, 24, 42, 46, 59, 87, 106, 118, 133, 145; 
 expenses of certain commissioners to Edin- 
 burgh to be paid by the burghs, ii. 459 ; 
 arrears of taxation for agent at Court, ii. 
 459 ; arrears of tax in aid of Irvine : charge 
 to certain burghs for payment of, ii. 464 ; 
 anent impost on foreign victual imported, ii. 
 466, iii. 72-5, 82, 148, 151, 170, 178, 195, 
 207, 214, 225, 246, 302 ; act of Privy Council 
 anent impost on wines, ii. 522 ; arrears of 
 dues, taxes, &c., iii. 13, 44, 67-8, iv. 42, 132, 
 144, 179, 213, 235, 347, 487, v. 92, 104, 123, 
 143, 168, 212, 233, 238, 400, 481, 594; see 
 also Agents' Accounts ; Unfree Trade ; im- 
 post on red herring, iii. 31, 34, 42, 67, 72, 
 88-9, 105, 117 ; tax for the expenses of com- 
 missioners for planting kirks, iii. 43, 69 ; tax 
 for grant in aid given to Anstruther Easter, 
 iii. 107 ; an impost for payment of sums bor- 
 rowed from George Suttie, iii. 197-8, 219, 
 227, 251, 269, 272 ; anent an extraordinary 
 tax for the King, iii. 214, 217-9 ; a tax for 
 furnishing ships for defence of the realm, iii. 
 214, 218, 233-7 ; a tax for expenses of com- 
 mission to the King anent penal statutes, 
 &c., iii. 242, 251, 253, 255 ; impost for sti- 
 pend of minister in Campvere, iii. 320, 322, 
 
 544, iv. 374 ; impost on burghs in lieu of 
 proportion of levy of foot, iii. 355 ; suppli- 
 cating the Commander-in-Chief of the Eng- 
 glish Forces for ease of cess laid on the 
 burghs, iii. 366-71 ; general tax on burghs, 
 iii. 384-5 ; act anent payment of missive 
 dues, iii. 405 ; assessment of personal estate, 
 petition against, iii. 415 ; tax for expenses of 
 commissioners to London, iii. 436 ; anent a 
 general tax for payment of £30,000 of public 
 debt, iii. 468, 474, 483, 510 ; a tax for payment 
 of general expenses, iii. 484 ; anent the gene- 
 ral taxation in Scotland and England, iii. 
 493-7 ; a tax for payment of expenses of 
 public affairs, iii. 504, 510 ; impost on native 
 goods imported to England, iii. 564; impost on 
 goods entering or leaving France, iii. 567, 569, 
 573, 580, 600, 628-9, 645^7, 658, 665, 672-4, 
 iv. 31, 39, 249, 498-501, 539 ; a general taxa- 
 tion : proportion of for each burgh, iii. 583-6; 
 a tax for payment of expenses of the commis- 
 sion to Holland, iii. 611 ; supplication from 
 certain burghs for exemption from dues, iii. 
 620 ; commission to devise means of paying 
 the expenses of getting a discharge of the 
 French impost on goods, iii. 673 ; act anent 
 relief of cess and missive dues, iv. 159, 163, 
 202, 229, 233, 250-4, 264, 304, 307, 372 ; 
 quartering for arrears of. cess, iv. 282, 288, 
 291, 301, 483, 485, 505, v. 149, 162, 178, 238, 
 357, 469 ; disbursements to be paid by the 
 burghs, iv. 322 ; a land tax for an aid to the 
 Queen, iv. 448 ; anent paying deficiency of 
 supply, iv. 483 ; apportionment of cess on 
 £4 of the tax roll, iv. 505 ; an impost for 
 payment of expenses of the commissioner to 
 France, iv. 540; anent an impost for £300,000, 
 iv. 546 ; anent the land tax, and the burghs' 
 proportion of it, v. 30-8, 42, 46-9, 52-61, 
 64-5, 73-7 ; act anent raising the cess, and 
 offer of Edinburgh anent payment, v. 62, 
 64-7 ; address to Parliament anent the rating 
 of the burghs' cess, v. 67, 72-7 ; new rule for 
 valuation and rating for cess in burghs, v. 
 129 ; discussions on valuations, and scheme 
 of a tax roll proposed and accepted, v. 136- 
 40 ; anent furnishing coal and candle to the 
 forces, V. 181, 188, 214-5, 260, 271, 276; 
 anent the malt tax and equivalent, opposi- 
 
150 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 tion of the people, payment, and relief, v. 
 359-65, 368, 370 ; suspension of cess against 
 the magistrates of Dundee, and interlocutor 
 of the Lords of Session in, v. 500 ; prevent- 
 ing suspensions of payment of cess, v. 506, 
 519-20, 529, 531, 537. 
 Tax Roll : adjustment of the roll, i. 7-9, 12-4, 
 17, 33, 42-7, 66, 72, 137, 166, 172, 207, 235, 
 241, 245, 252, 265, 275, 319, 355, 407, 436, 
 ii. 7, 57, 87, 153, 158, 213, 283, 293, 359, 
 405, 528, 530, iii. 28, 39, 375, 399, 416, 455, 
 463, 513, 611, 654, 661, iv. 29, 31, 41-2, 72, 
 115, 287, 298, iv. 314, 339, 347, 355, 448, 487, 
 505, 540, V. 46, 52, 93-103, 124, 129, 137, 
 194, 331, 400, 478, 506, 535, 549, 590, 595, 
 630 ; old tax roll and book of acts and 
 statutes to be produced at Convention, i. 
 33 ; complaint and protest of certain burghs 
 against alteration of the roll, or the adjusters 
 of it, i. 120, 265, 366, iii. 336, 583, iv. 237 ; 
 rating certain newly admitted burghs, i. 176, 
 545-6, ii. 100 1, iii. 581, 613 ; certain burghs 
 eased in the tax roll, ii. 220, iv. 115, 235, 
 411, V. 334-5, 350, 368, 432, 463 ; visitation 
 of burghs for correction of the roll, iii. 340 ; 
 anent a tax roll of the shires, iv. 226 ; cer- 
 tain proportions in the tax roll augmented 
 for payment of the cess, iv. 282 ; tax roll 
 adjusted and fixed for three years, iv. 540 ; 
 four pounds of the tax roll proportioned, v. 
 7, 62 ; overtures regarding adjustment of the 
 roll and discussions thereon, v. 93-9 ; scheme 
 of adjustment prepared by committee, and 
 protest made anent, v. 100-3 ; instructions 
 to the agent in London anent, v. 117 ; fix- 
 ing the proportions for the burghs In, and 
 rule anent, v. 124, 126, 129 ; one fourth 
 part of the tax roll laid upon trade, v. 
 137 ; committee on valuations, and scheme 
 of a tax roll proposed and accepted, v. 
 137-40 ; form of oath to be taken by the 
 adjusters of the tax roll, v. 194 ; proportion 
 of 40s. of the tax roll set for unfree traders, 
 V. 461. 
 Copy of adjusted rolls : 
 
 Portion of roll set in 1483, i. 543 ; 
 
 Roll set for burghs in 1535, i. 514 ; 
 
 „ ? 1.518; 
 
 „ „ „ 1550, i. 519; 
 
 Roll set for burghs in 1556, i. 522 ; 
 
 „ 1556, i. 523 ; 
 
 ,, 1556, ii. 488; 
 
 „ 1557, i. 526; 
 
 „ 1563, i. 530; 
 
 „ 1575, i. 47; 
 
 ,, 1578, i. 73; 
 
 ,, 1583, i. 173; 
 
 ,, 1587, i. 246; 
 
 ,, 1587, i. 253; 
 
 ,, 1591, i. 365; 
 
 „ 1594, i. 451; 
 
 „ 1597, ii. 10; 
 
 „ 1601, ii. 562 ; 
 
 „ 1606, ii. 563 ; 
 
 ,, 1607, ii. 564; 
 
 ,, 1607, ii. 566; 
 
 „ 1612, ii. 567 ; 
 
 „ 1649, iii. 332 ; 
 
 ,, 1650, iii. 356 ; 
 
 „ 1665, iii. 585 ; 
 
 ,, 1670, iii. 622 ; 
 
 „ 1683, iv. 40; 
 
 „ 1690, iv. 121 ; 
 
 „ 1692, iv. 160 ; 
 
 „ 1697, iv. 236 ; 
 
 „ 1705, iv. 371 ; 
 
 „ 1714, V. 139 ; 
 
 „ 1718, V. 196; 
 
 „ 1723, V. 331 ; 
 
 ,, 1726, V. 401; 
 
 „ 1728, V. 478; 
 
 „ 1730, V. 507 ; 
 
 „ 1735, V. 598 ; 
 
 „ 1737, V. 630. 
 Tay, bridge of, ii. 191, 299. 
 Tea, smuggling of, v. 609, 613-6. 
 Telfer, Archibald, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 
 484. 
 
 Archibald, in Wigtown, i. 455. 
 
 Templar : statute anent templars, i. 503. 
 Tender : commissioners to Convention sub- 
 scribe the tender of the English Parliament, 
 iii. 360-3. 
 Test, the : reference to the passing of the act 
 anent, iv. 30 ; the test sworn and subscribed 
 by commissioners, iv. 30, 36, 43, 49, 55, 58, 
 62, 65. 
 Testament : confirming of testaments, i. 241 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 151 
 
 Thain, Alexander, late bailie of Inverary, v. 
 552, 592. 
 
 Thayne, see Tain. 
 
 Theobalds, court of, ii. 292. 
 
 Thirlestane, Chancellor, see Maitland of Thirle- 
 stane. 
 
 Thistle, crowned, i. 560-1. 
 
 Thomson, Colonel, commissioner to France, iv. 
 558. 
 
 John, of St Andrews, i. 106. 
 
 Peter, Islay Herald, ii. 487. 
 
 Roland, burgess in Wigtown, i. 433-4. 
 
 William, canon in Antwerp, i. 515. 
 
 William, clerk of Edinburgh, appointed 
 
 clerk to the burghs, iii. 362, 364, iv. 552 ; a 
 commissioner to the English Parliament, to 
 treat of union, iii. 391 ; appointed agent for 
 the burghs in London, iii. 397. See also 
 Agent in London ; Clerk to Convention. 
 
 Thorbrand, George, merchant in Edinburgh, 
 ii. 191. 
 
 Thomaquhat, lands of, iii. 409. 
 
 Thownis, Niool, in Linlithgow, i. 194,' 197. 
 
 Threepland, Patrick, commissioner for Perth, 
 elected moderator, iii. 633. 
 
 Tichborne, Alderman Robert, iii. 362. 
 
 Ticket of certification by the dean of guild of 
 burgh, see under Freight ; Merchandise ; 
 Sailors ; Ship ; Skippers. 
 
 Tiends : tiends of fish, and tacksmen of the 
 tiends, ii. 300, 307-8, 312-3, 343, 354, 374, 
 410, 448, iii. 149, 151, 204, 207, 226, 246 ; 
 anent tiends and kirklands mortified to 
 burghs, iii. 241-2, 248, 253, 266-8. 
 
 Timber : imported from the Baltic, Denmark, 
 and Norway, i. 76, 528, iv. 598 ; scarcity of 
 in the west country, i. 192, ii. 12 ; impost on 
 boards, rungs, stings, and trees, i. 441, 471, 
 486, 489, ii. 34, 214, iii. 47, 451 ; impost on 
 boats with, iii. 47 ; anent staves for barrels, 
 iii. 243, 452, and see Barrels ; timber for 
 shipbuilding to be free of duty, iv. 429. 
 
 Tithes, see Tiends. 
 
 Tobacco, a. monoply in, iii. 168, 172 ; gift of 
 impost on, iii. 635 ; recalling a patent on, iv. 
 539, 541 ; a patent for making tobacco pipes, 
 iv. 548; duty on, in France, v. 113; anent 
 the tobacco trade in Scotland, and frauds on 
 the revenue, v. 325-6, 
 
 Tod, Archibald, provost, commissioner for 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, iii. 366, 368, 
 370, 371, 388, 391, 396, 399. 
 
 Henry, burgess in Dieppe, i. 560. 
 
 Sir Thomas, provost of Edinburgh, i. 504. 
 
 Todrig, George, merchant in Edinburgh, ii. 
 408, iii. 26-7, 34, 67, 72, 88-9. 
 
 Tolbooth : building and repairing of the tol- 
 booth in certain burghs, i. 358, 440, 462, ii. 
 49, 239, 302, iii. 87, 343, 616, iv. 78, 241, 
 265, 355, 375, 392, 415, 463, v. 148, 456, 525, 
 599, 610. 
 
 Toll, see Impost under Taxation. 
 
 Tombling, Dougall, in Timmer Hill, i. 455, 
 484. 
 
 James, servant to James Lidderdale of 
 
 the Isle, i. 455, 484. 
 
 John, in Timmer Hill, i. 455, 484. 
 
 Tongland, William, Commendator of, i. 538. 
 
 Torbreck, Andrew, burgess in Edinburgh, i. 
 456. 
 
 Tories, robbers, plundering in the western 
 burghs, iii. 399. 
 
 Torphichen, v. 161. 
 
 Torry, v. 124. 
 
 Torryburn, ii. 310, iii. 14, v. 513-4, 590, 597. 
 
 Touchadam, see Murray of Touchadam. 
 
 Town clerk, see Clerk of Burgh. 
 
 Townland ports, ii. 313, and see under Burgh ; 
 Customs ; Ports. 
 
 Towst : improper towsting, i. 10 ; towsting of 
 ships, i. 78 ; for repair of shore and haven of 
 St Andrews, i. 101 ; for repair of certain 
 bridges, i. 300, 302, 332, 380, ii. 454. See 
 also under Bridges ; Harbours ; Taxation. 
 
 Trade : trade and commerce controlled by the 
 Convention, i. xiii; trade injured by the 
 traffic of unfree towns, i. 68 ; importing 
 foreigners for cloth-making and wool-dress- 
 ing, ii. 98, 106-9, 115-21 ; see also Manufac- 
 tures ; the King's proposal that the burghs 
 should undertake the trade of clothmaking 
 and of fishing, and the burghs' answer, ii. 
 202-3 ; anent trade marks, ii. 239, v. 354, 356 ; 
 articles anent the trade of the burghs, sub- 
 mitted to the Protector, iii. 391-6 ; overtures 
 to Parliament for the encouragement of trade, 
 iii. 535-6, 563, iv. 427, 446-8 ; decay of trade 
 in the burghs, iii. 634-5, v. 166 ; committee 
 
152 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 to consider the incumbrances of trade, iii. 
 656 ; privileges of, iv. 25-8 ; encroachment 
 on the privileges of royal burghs, iv. 25-7, 
 59-61, 72, 73, 110-1 ; petition anent a free 
 trade, iv. 96 ; act of Parliament in favour of 
 royal burghs, iv. 118-9 ; communication of 
 trade with burghs of barony, iv. 123-4, 139, 
 156-8, 180, 251, 280, 285, 390-1 ; trade and 
 state of burghs, iv. 181 ; address to Parlia- 
 ment anent trade and union with England, 
 iv. 390-1, 400-2; proposal that the whole 
 kingdom have the privilege of trade, iv. 391 ; 
 advancement of trade, acta and overtures 
 for, iv. 395, 412, 492, 496; committee to 
 consider and report anent, iv. 399, 402, v. 
 16, 79, 105, 130, 149, 157, 164, 182, 199, 
 219, 282, 320, 335, 355 ; trade with the West 
 Indies, iv. 447 ; charges on affairs anent 
 trade, iv. 463 ; means for the protection of 
 trade, iv. 478, 489 ; illegal practices in trade, 
 iv. 489, 496 ; corresponding anent, iv. 496 ; 
 memorials regarding Scottish trade, iv. 498- 
 501, 510-7, V. 83-5, 106, 137; particulars 
 regarding trade, iv. 537-8 ; companies to be 
 erected in burghs for the promotion of trade, 
 iv. 539 ; one fourth of the tax roll laid upon 
 trade, v. 137 ; traders must reside within 
 burgh bounds, v. 169, 192-3, and see under 
 Burgh ; ships trading from the Clyde to 
 the Baltic, v. 175 ; overtures for encour- 
 agement of trade and for relief from unfree 
 traders, v. 218 ; acts of Parliament anent 
 trade to be collected, v. 223 ; smuggling in- 
 jurious to trade, v. 344, 616-21 ; memorial 
 to the lord advocate regarding unfree traders, 
 and his opinion in answer, v. 513-9 ; crafts- 
 men and traders complaining of the encroach- 
 ments of unfreemen, v. 590, 593, 595, 607 ; 
 trade with foreign ports, see Baltic ; Den- 
 mark ; France ; Holland ; Mediterranean ; 
 Norway; Prussia; Russia ; Spain ; Sweden ; 
 Virginia ; West Indies. 
 Trade and Plantation, the lords commissioners 
 of : letter from, anent Scottish fisheries, 
 with reply and memorial to, regarding trade, 
 iv. 510-7, V. 4, 7, 17, 40 ; letter from the 
 burghs regarding the trade of the country, 
 iv. 520-2 ; letter to the provost of Edinburgh 
 from, V. 213 ; letter to the burghs from. 
 
 anent the contract with Hamburg, v. 21S ; 
 letter from the burghs anent the packing 
 and curing of herring, v. 216 ; letter from 
 the burghs to the secretary to, v. 225 ; letter 
 to the burghs from, anent the fishing copart- 
 nery, and answer returned, v. 263, 266. 
 
 Trading vessels, regulations for, ii. 135-45. 
 
 Traill, John, commissioner for Dundee, con- 
 tracting for the burghs, i. 223-9. 
 
 Tranent : complaint of the baxters of, against 
 the burgh of Haddington, iii. 382, 384. 
 
 Traquair, Earl of, iv. 212. 
 
 Traquair, town of, signature to, iv. 76. ' 
 
 Traquhen, see Traquair. 
 
 Travelling merchants, bill for restraining, v. 
 625-7, and see Merchandise. 
 
 Treasurer of burgh, election of, i. 3, 385. 
 
 Treasurer of France, i. 284. 
 
 Treasurer, the Lord Depute, iv. 381. 
 
 Treasurer, the Lord High, forbidden goods 
 arriving at the staple to be notified to, i. 40; 
 prosecution for exorbitant interest by, ii. 
 325 ; addresses to, iv. 30, 42, 387, v. 83-5. 
 
 Treasury, the Lords of the : supplication to, 
 for redress of certain grievances of the royal 
 burghs, iii. 589-94, 608 ; representation to, 
 anent smugglers, v. 500. 
 
 Treaties : treaty between the Emperor Charles 
 and the Convention, i. 60 ; treaty of com- 
 merce with Prance, and renewal of, i. 482, 
 493, 563, ii. 334, 337, iv. 248, 254, 259, 262, 
 V. 108-14 ; reference to a commercial treaty 
 with Holland, iv. 545 ; treaty between Scot- 
 land and England in 1641, iv. 547 ; refer- 
 ences to the treaty of Utrecht, v. 40, 82-5, 
 108-10 ; memorial to the commissioners on a 
 treaty of commerce with France, v. 108-14. 
 
 Treport, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Tributes levied in France, i, 557. 
 
 Tron weight, ii. 242, and see under Weights 
 and Measures. 
 
 Trone, see Troon. 
 
 Troon, harbour of, ii. 259. 
 
 Trotter, Edward, factor in Campvere, and col- 
 lector of impost for stipend, iii. 270. 
 
 John, younger, commissioner to France, 
 
 iv. 539. 
 
 Troy weight to be used in all burghs, i. 76. 
 See also Weights and Measures. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 153 
 
 Trumbill, see Tumbull. 
 
 Tuedye, see Tweedie. 
 
 TuUiallan, v. 124. 
 
 TuUibardine, Earl of, Secretary of State for 
 Scotland, letters to and from, iv. 226, 249, 
 277, 322. 
 
 Tulloch, Patrick, burgess in Forres, iii. 419. 
 
 Tulzies : article against trublance and tulzie 
 witliin burgh, ii. 89. 
 
 Tumult : mobs and riots on account of the malt 
 tax, V. 366-7, 377. See cdso Riots. 
 
 Tun, see Weights and Measures. 
 
 Tunnage, duty of, and commission to treat 
 regarding, iv. 539, v. 113. 
 
 Tuns or buoys at Campvere, i. 63. 
 
 Turing, James, merchant in Rotterdam, ap- 
 pointed a factor at Campvere, v. 622. 
 
 Turk, Henre de, spinner and weaver from Ley- 
 den, ii. 117, 119. 
 
 Turks, prisoners with the, i. 102, 122, 129, iii. 
 636, 660. See cUso under Captives. 
 
 Tumbull, William, in Burntisland, i. 477, ii. 3. 
 
 Turners, coining of, see Money ; Mint. 
 
 Turriff seeking enrolment among the burghs, 
 i. 438; unfreemen in, ii. 349; rating of, for 
 trade, v. 162, 211, 333 ; act in favour of, v. 
 482. 
 
 Tutor of Pitour, i. 529 ; tutors of Lord Mac- 
 kenzie, ii. 313. 
 
 Tyne, tin, ii. 456-8. 
 
 Uddart, Nicolas, bailie of Edinburgh, procures 
 an abatement of duty on French wines, i. 28, 
 31 ; commissioner to Flanders, i. 52. 
 
 Mr Nathaniel, in Edinburgh, gift of con- 
 servatorship purchased by, iii. 153-5, 162-4, 
 168, 171, 175-8, 187 ; a monopoly of soap 
 purchased by, iii. ] 63, 168, 172. 
 
 Umpire : mode of choosing umpires in a dis- 
 pute, i. 85. 
 
 Unclaimed money in the hands of the conser- 
 vator, iii. 344. 
 
 Unfair dealing, see Merchandise. 
 
 Unfree markets, dealing with, ii. 400-1, 447, 
 and see under Markets. 
 
 Unfreemen : freemen forbidden to traffic with 
 unfreemen, or to colour unfreemen's goods, 
 i. 11, 510, iii. 103, 510, iv. 118, 133, 547-8 ; 
 forbidden to freight ships, i. 12 ; forbidden 
 
 to export herring, i. 21, ii. 13 ; charge to 
 burghs anent unfree traffickers, i. 115; anent 
 unfree craftsmen, i. 116-7 ; unfreemen for- 
 bidden to deal in staple goods, i. 304, 322 ; 
 prosecution of unfree traders and craftsmen, 
 i. 371-2, 404, 436, 454, 462-3, 476, ii. 113, 
 130, 173-4, 196, 199, 212, 233-4, 250, 258, 
 273, 288, 290-1, 310, 342, 443, 447, 463, iii. 
 3, 18, 36, 54, 58, 81, 104, 245, 287, 313, 341, 
 365, 387, 3S9, 400-1, 417, 445-6, 457, 574, 
 576, iv. 16 ; charge against certain burghs 
 for aiding and abetting unfreemen, i. 437, ii. 
 281, 293-5 ; unfreemen transporting wool to 
 Flanders, i. 447 ; merchants forbidden to 
 sell goods for unfreemen or to colour unfree- 
 men's goods, i. 510, iii. 103, 510, iv. 118, 
 133, 547 ; anent export of coal by unfree- 
 men, ii. 8 ; acts against unfree traders, and 
 enforcement of, ii. 11-4, iii. 445-6, 576, iv. 
 133, 548 ; anent packing and peiling by un- 
 freemen, ii. 13, 155-6, 174, 195 ; anent un- 
 freemen dealing in bark, hides, and leather, 
 ii. 37, 46 ; burghs forbidden to aid or abet 
 unfreemen against free burghs, ii. 198 ; act 
 of Parliament against unfree traders, ii. 292; 
 agent to charge certain unfreemen in Leven, 
 ii. 463; anent merchants colouring unfree- 
 men's goods, iii. 103, 510, iv. 133-4; election 
 of unfreemen as commissioners to Conven- 
 tion, iii. 369, 379 ; liberties of burgesses 
 usurped by, iii. 381, 440 ; supplication anent 
 unfree traders, iii. 440 ; burgesses must not 
 be partners with unfreemen, iii. 552, iv. 
 133 ; burgesses forbidden to traffic with un- 
 freemen, iv. 118, 133-4, 547-8; traffic with 
 unfree ports or places forbidden, iv. 134, 
 551 ; restraining the trade of unfree burghs, 
 iv. 180 ; unfreemen discharged from trading 
 in or to certain districts, iv. 538 ; memorial 
 and act regarding unfree traders, v. 171, 
 204 ; interlocutor of the Lords of Session 
 anent unfree trade, v. 468 ; resistance to the 
 royal burghs and prosecutions by unfree 
 traders, v. 468, 500, 538-42 ; memorial to 
 the Lord Advocate regarding unfree traders, 
 and his opinion in answer, v. 513-9 ; crafts- 
 men and traders complain of the encroach- 
 ments of unfreemen, v. 590, 593, 595, 607. 
 Unfree trade : anent craftsmen in a barony 
 
 U 
 
154 
 
 Index to the Eecords of the 
 
 outwith free burgh, i. 197 ; the agent to sue 
 burghs of regality for their customs of Eng- 
 lish goods, i. 288 ; erection of petty towns 
 and clachans iu burgh of barony, ii. 54-5, 
 89, 130, 235 ; rights and liberties claimed 
 by burghs of barony, and letters of horning 
 to be raised against certain of them, ii. 235, 
 290, 292, 355, 373, 451 ; the royal burghs in 
 controversy with burghs of barony and regal- 
 ity, and commission to the King anent, ii. 
 411, 424, 451, iii. 3, 18, 36, 85, 94-6, 102, 
 115, 129, 139, 158, 194, 222, 244-5, 248, 256, 
 iv. 539 ; prosecution of unfree traders in 
 burghs of barony, &c., iii. 608, 615, 629, 
 656-7, iv. 380-1, 419, 445-6, 464, 492, 494-5, 
 502, 504, V. 16, 105, 149, 161-2, 174, 178 
 211, 213, 223-4, 237, 316, 332, 469, 503, 513, 
 519, 532, 590, 594-5, 597, 600; burghs of 
 barony encroaching on the privileges of the 
 royal burghs, iv. 25-7, 59-61, 72, 93, 110, 
 
 536, 546 ; trade with the porta of unfree 
 burghs forbidden, iv. 42, 134, 546, 551 ; 
 granting to burghs of barony accommodation 
 of trade with the royal burghs, iv. 123-4, 
 139, 156-8, 180, 251, 280, 285, 390-1, 483-5 ; 
 unfree traders treating with the burghs, iv. 
 139, 156, 177, 240, 356-62, 370, 379-81, 385, 
 401, 419, 464, 509, v. 72, 79, 149, 211, 333 ; 
 tack of the unfree trade of the kingdom, iv. 
 159, 202, 229, 233, 250-4, 264, 304, 307, 372, 
 V. 201, 203, 210; act of Parliament anent, 
 and petitions to the commission of Parlia- 
 ment on, iv. 280, 302, 356-7 ; quotas for un- 
 free trade, iv. 285, 302, 315, 339, 351-2, 358, 
 391-2, 419, 472, v. 72, 120, 210-1, 333, 461, 
 480, 508, 535, 590, 631 ; information regard- 
 ing unfree traders, and regarding unfree 
 places trading in export and import, iv. 298, 
 351-2, 390, 507, v. 204, 206, 210, 522, 527, 
 
 537, 594, 634 ; letter from the royal burghs 
 anent proportions of tax for unfree trade, iv. 
 352, 358 ; committees for receiving offers 
 from, and treating and transacting with un- 
 free traders, iv. 356, 358, 360, 363, 372-3, 
 379-81, 385, 390-1, 404, 406, 411-2, 414, 
 463-6, 483-5, 494, 502, 506, v. 16, 79, 105, 
 130, 149, 164, 182, 199, 201, 204, 206-7, 
 210-1, 219, 243, 282, 335, 355, 492, 510, 513, 
 524, 535-7 ; superplus fund of, iv. 372 ; ac- 
 
 counts of, iv. 374, 391, 410, 463, v. 17, 72, 
 79, 124, 126, 149, 171, 178, 217, 237, 278-9, 
 331-2, 353, 369, 401, 458, 477-8, 491-2, 510, 
 525, 536, 551, 591, 597, 608, 633; correc- 
 tion of certain errors in the accounts of, v. 
 483-4; anent arrears of tax for unfree 
 traders, iv. 483, 505, v. 149, 162, 178, 211, 
 233, 238, 405, 469, 478, 483-4 ; quartering for 
 arrears of unfree traders, iv. 485, v. 149, 162, 
 178, 238, 357, 469, 483, 519, 522, 52t, 538 ; 
 letter to the unfree traders, iv. 495 ; decree 
 of Parliament anent unfree traders, iv. 496 ; 
 act against granting certificates to unfree 
 traders, iv. 503 ; benefit of unfree trade 
 granted to certain burghs, v. 6-7, 103, 105, 
 124-8, 161-2, 174-5, 237, 349, 404-5, 481, 492, 
 597 ; renunciations of trade with the burghs, 
 memorial and action at law anent, v. 43, 
 147-9, 162, 532, 538-42 ; overture anent un- 
 free trade, V. 126 ; unfree burghs and traders 
 that have accepted communication of trade 
 invited to Convention, v. 141, 181, 204, 320, 
 .328 ; committee on state and condition of 
 trade, with report, v. 149, 279, 331, 337-47, 
 505 ; memorial anent unfree traders, v. 171 ; 
 act anent unfree traders, v. 204 ; charge to 
 the committee on unfree traders, v. 207, 461 ; 
 overture for obtaining relief from the tax on, 
 v. 218 ; acts of Parliament anent, to be col- 
 lected, V. 223 ; contract for communication 
 of trade, v. 225, 234 ; easement of rates 
 granted to certain towns, v. 279, 530, 536-7, 
 549, 600, 638 ; unfree traders evading their 
 share of taxation and payment of arrears, 
 V. 332-3 ; petitions from certain places 
 anent taxation for, v. 333, 401, 405, 
 457, 461, 481, 483, 491, 494, 506-13, 530, 
 535, 599, 624, 631, 634, 638 ; report on the 
 rights of the royal burghs in carrying on 
 foreign trade, v. 339-47 ; application to Par- 
 liament for an act in favour of the royal 
 burghs, and reasons for, v. 339-47 ; agent to 
 extend assignations of trade, v. 406 ; inter- 
 locutor of the lords of session anent, v. 468 ; 
 resistance and prosecutions by unfree traders, 
 V. 468, 500, 538-42; committee to consider 
 the burghs' right to unfree trade, v. 468; 
 report of committee on the tax roll of burghs 
 of barony, &c. , v. 508, and see Accounts of 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 155 
 
 Unfree Trade ; memorial on certain ques- 
 tions regarding imfree traders, and the lord 
 advocate's opinion in answer, v. 513-9 ; me- 
 morial anent Old Meldrum, and prosecution 
 by, V. 532, 538-40; craftsmen and traders 
 complain of the encroachments of unfreemen, 
 V. 590, 593, 595, 607. 
 
 Unicorn Herald, commission of, to Flanders, 
 li. 484. 
 
 Uniformity of vote, i. 339, and see under Con- 
 vention. 
 
 of weights and measures, iii. 402, 417, 
 
 420, and see under Weights and Measures. 
 
 Union with England : sending commissioners 
 to England to treat regarding the union of 
 the two kingdoms, with instructions, ii. 
 182-6, 189-91, and see under James VI. ; ap- 
 proach of the English forces to Scotland, iii. 
 358 ; commissioners from the English Parlia- 
 ment treat with the burghs anent union with 
 the commonwealth of England, iii. 360-2 ; 
 commissioners from the English Parliament 
 treat with the estates for union with the 
 commonwealth, iii. 360-3; commissioners 
 from shires and burghs sent to London to 
 treat for union, iii. 364-5, 392, and see under 
 Commonwealth ; equality of trade and com- 
 merce with England, iii. 528, 547-8, 555-8, 
 564, 570, 572, 574, 577; Queen Anne ap- 
 points commissioners to treat with Scotland 
 regarding the Union : terms proposed, iv. 
 343 ; expenses of the commissioners on 
 Union, iv. 344; summoning Convention 
 anent, iv. 390-1 ; committee to consider and 
 report anent, iv. 399 ; address to Parliament 
 regarding, iv. 400-2 ; the union of the king- 
 doms completed, and the rights and privileges 
 of the burghs reserved, iv. 412 ; improve- 
 ment of trade and commerce expected, and 
 arrangements for promoting the same, iv. 
 412-3 ; difficulties and disappointments ex- 
 perienced : ships and goods of Scottish mer- 
 chants seized in London : the burghs appeal 
 to the Queen, iv. 415-20 ; reply to the appeal 
 of the burghs, and settlement of the difficul- 
 ties, iv. 423-4 ; anent the equivalent, and 
 the proportion of it for each of the royal 
 burghs, iv. 413, 420-2 ; overtures for the 
 improvement of trade and commerce, iv. 
 
 427-34; recommendation on behalf of the 
 wool merchants who have suffered loss 
 through the Union, iv. 435, v. 2. 
 
 Universities : university of St Andrews suppji- 
 cating aid for completion of its library, iii. 
 15, and see Colleges. 
 
 Unlaws and unlawing, see under Penalties ; 
 Convention. 
 
 Urgency : arrangements in Convention for deal- 
 ing with urgent business, see under Conven- 
 tion ; commissions on urgent affairs of the 
 burghs, ii. 354-5, 360-76, 419, 458-9, iii. 143, 
 275, 339, 383-4, 422, 455-6, 473, 518, iv. 11, 
 23, 25. 
 
 Usury : persons called before the Lords of 
 Session for, ii. 325 ; reference to acts of 
 Parliament against, ii. 325 ; penal statutes 
 anent, iii. 235. See also Interest. 
 
 Utrecht, reference to the treaty of, v. 82-5, 108, 
 100. 
 
 Vagrants : burghs oppressed by idle and sturdy 
 beggars, i. 102 ; act against idle and vagrant 
 persons, iv. 453 ; regulations anent, in time 
 of the plague, v. 269. See also under Poor. 
 
 Vaitche, see Veitch. 
 
 Valleyfield, girdlemaking in, v. 146. See 
 under Culross. 
 
 Valuation : calculation of the equivalent and 
 of the proportion due to each of the royal 
 burghs, iv. 413, 421-2 ; valuation of burghs 
 produced in Convention, v. 47-9, 52-4, 58, 
 62, 64, 70-1, 130, 136 ; protests of certain 
 burghs regarding, v. 53-61, 70 ; report on 
 valuations produced, and recording of them, 
 V. 55-7, 71, 77 ; committee to revise the 
 valuations of the burghs, v. 136; overtures 
 and protest anent, v. 137-8 ; scheme of a tax 
 roll proposed by committee, v. 138-40 ; heal- 
 ing measure adopted anent, v. 138. 
 
 Value of foreign coins in use, iii. 666. 
 
 Vanhort, Abigail, spinner from Leyden, ii. 
 117, 119. 
 
 Vduard, see Uddart. 
 
 Veche, see Veitch. 
 
 Vere, La Vere, i. 548-9. 
 
 Verification of citation, see under Convention. 
 
 Vessels, see Ship. 
 
 Victual ; a market for victual to be established 
 
156 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 in Linlithgow, i. 197 ; extraordinary export 
 duty on, at Eyemouth, i. 201 ; metting of 
 victual, i. 301 ; customs on victual and dis- 
 putes regarding, i. 301, 320, 356, 377-8, 381, 
 398, 403, 441, 461, 486, 489, ii. 34, and see 
 under Customs ; toll on horse load of, i. 461, 
 ii. 34; anent forestalling, regrating, couping, 
 and girnelling victual, i. 467-8 ; customs on, 
 at port of London, ii. 380 ; anent the meas- 
 ure for foreign victual, ii. 418 ; impost on 
 all victual imported, ii. 466, iii. 72-5, 82, 
 148, 151, 170, 178, 195, 207, 214, 225, 246, 
 268, 287, 302 ; the measure of victual used 
 by each burgh to be reported, iii. 341-2, 375, 
 401-3 ; the standard measures for victual 
 fixed, iii. 401-3, 447, 576, 588 ; victual mer- 
 chants defined, iii. 423 ; drawbacks and 
 debentures on victual exported, iv. 447, 469, 
 472-5, 514-5, v. 173-4, 178, 186-7, 197-8, 
 204-6, 492, 495, 499, 502 ; imported victual, 
 iv. 533. See also Weights and Measures. 
 
 Vindication of the rights and privileges of the 
 royal burghs, v. 296-8, 305-7, and see under 
 Convention of Burghs. 
 
 Vinegar, inpost on, ii. 39, 98, 105. 
 
 Violent occupation within burgh, article to 
 Parliament anent, i. 413. 
 
 Virginia, trade with, iv. 570, 588. 
 
 Visitation of burghs, iv. 70, 92, 114, 119, 129, 
 193, 198, 210-1, 213, 234, 241, 264-6, 284, 
 288, 297, 300-1, 303, 314-5, 318-9, 340-2, 
 355-6, 374, 388-9, 406, 411, 419, 435, 481, 
 483, 490, V. 3, 5, 7, 16, 64, 104, 122, 171, 
 174, 191, 218, 278, 282, 331, 366, 368-9, 372, 
 405, 461, 490, 492-3, 506, 524, 535, 598-9, 
 610 ; instructions to visitors, and expenses 
 of, iv. 125-7, 130-1, 133, 162, 563-4; reports 
 by the visitors, iv. 563-667 ; burghs un- 
 visited, iv. 667. 
 
 Visitation of harbours and havens, i. 89, and 
 see under Harbours. 
 
 Visitor, i.e., inspector : appointment, office, 
 and responsibility of, ii. 12, 31, 60, 284-5, 
 326-8, v. 117. See ako Wracking; Fish; 
 Barrels. 
 
 Voting : claim of Edinburgh in voting in Con- 
 vention, i. 172, and see Edinburgh ; uni- 
 formity of vote in Convention, i. 209, 339 ; 
 purchasing votes to office, i. 413 ; act anent 
 
 voting for remission of unlaws, iii. 69 ; 
 several royal burghs excluded from voting, 
 v. 320 ; voting for deacons, question anent, 
 V. 357. See also under Burgh ; Convention 
 of Burghs ; Craftsmen ; Guildry ; Magis- 
 trates. 
 
 Vouchers, inspection of certain, v. 337, 519, 
 521, 539, 541, 593. 
 
 Vrrok, see Orrock. 
 
 Vrwing, see Irvine. 
 
 Wacker, see Walker. 
 
 Wad, Wade, see Woad. 
 
 Wadderburne, see Wedderburn. 
 
 Wade, George, mariner in Anstruther Wester, 
 
 iii. 13. 
 Walohe, Isle of, prob. Isle of Walcheren, iii. 
 
 350. 
 Walker, Alexander, commissioner for Aber- 
 deen, elected moderator, iv. 263. 
 Andrew, merchant in Dieppe, i. 188, 465, 
 
 478. 
 
 David, in Kirkcaldy, i. 456, 484. 
 
 Walkers of cloth, i. 468, 511, ii. 487. 
 Wallace, Hugh, writer to the signet, appointed 
 
 agent for the burghs, iii. 674, iv. 2 ; resigna- 
 tion of, iv. 36. 
 John, factor and conservator depute in 
 
 Campvere, ii. 339, 407, 427. 
 
 William, in Campvere, ii. 245. 
 
 Wallet, Waluod, see Welwood. 
 
 Walpole, Mr Horace, v. 388. 
 
 Sir Robert, prime minister of England, 
 
 v. 388. 
 Walter (Water) of Dornoch, see Dornoch 
 
 Erith. 
 Wapinshawing : musters and wapinahawings 
 
 to be held by the burghs monthly, ii. 83. 
 War : council of war for defence of the realm, 
 
 and furnishing ships and arms for, iii. 213-5, 
 
 218, 233-7, 240 ; war between Sweden and 
 
 Kussia, reference to, iv. 512. 
 Wardlaw, John, merchant in Edinburgh, and 
 
 burghs' officer, iv. 229, 349. 
 Thomas, commissioner for Dunfermline, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 54. 
 Warning to Convention, missive of, i. 214-5, 
 
 and see under Convention. 
 Warning of customers, see Customs. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 157 
 
 Warrant from the Lord General required for 
 Convention, iii. 443, and see tinder Conven- 
 tion of Burghs. 
 
 Warrender of Loohend, _George, afterwards 
 Sir George, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, v. 121, 132 ; member of 
 Parliament for Edinburgh, v. 155. 
 
 Warships for defence of the realm, iii, 217-8, 
 234-7, and see under Ship ; War. 
 
 Waste lands of burgh, setting of, i. 431, and 
 see under Common Lands. 
 
 Water : supply of water for certain burghs, v. 
 235. 
 
 bailiary, gift of, i. 410. 
 
 measures, i. 476, li. 5, 26, 33, 165, 
 
 418, iii. 401-3, and see under Weights and 
 Measures. 
 
 Watson, Alexander, commissioner for Dundee, 
 elected moderator, iii. 624. 
 
 Bailie, assessor for Dundee, dismissed 
 
 from Convention, v. 142. 
 
 David, customer for St Andrews, i. 
 
 256. 
 
 Walter, customer of Dumbarton, i. 257. 
 
 Watt, Mr Adam, town clerk of Edinburgh, 
 appointed conjunct clerk to the burghs, iv. 
 354. 
 
 Watter, lie of, i. 351, and compare with iii. 
 350. 
 
 Wauch, William, common clerk in Selkirk, v. 
 457. 
 
 Waus, see Vans. 
 
 Wax, impost on, i. 466. 
 
 Wddert, see TJddart. 
 
 Weapons, see Firearms. 
 
 Weather : commissioners impeded "be storme 
 of wedder," ii. 27 ; inundation of Dumbar- 
 ton by the Leven and the sea, see under 
 Dumbarton ; a great storm at sea in De- 
 cember 1655, iii. 417 ; storms and floods in 
 Stirlingshire, v. 551. 
 
 Weaving: web, webster, i. 269, 511, ii. 487 ; 
 weavers making cloth for sale, i. 511 ; con- 
 troversy with the weavers in Stirling, v. 145 ; 
 purpose of the stufif and silk weavers of Lon- 
 don, V. 226; marking of webs, v. 353-4, 356; 
 weaving and weavers of linen, v. 437-40 ; an 
 action against the weavers of Glasgow, v. 
 590, 593. See also under Linen ; Woollen. 
 
 Wedderburn, Mr Alexander, clerk of Dundee, 
 i. 261, ii. 222. 
 
 Sir Peter, clerk to the Privy Council, iii. 
 
 548, 568. 
 
 Wedderburn's grammar, iv. 527, 532. 
 
 Weems, Weemya, see Wemyss. 
 
 Weighage dues, ii. 176, iii. 388, 390. 
 
 Weights and measures : weights and measures 
 determined by the Convention, i. xiii ; acts 
 aneut uniformity of, and enforcement of, i. 
 2, 5, 76, 124, 237, 283, 437, 454, 476, 482, ii. 
 5, 26, 33, 44, 151, 242, iii. 69, 71, 643, iv. 39. 
 v. 315 ; the Stirling jug to be the standard 
 for liquid measure in all the burghs, i. 2, 
 237, ii. 157, iii. 71, 402, v. 315 ; anent the 
 ell and ellwand : ellwands to be adjusted to 
 the standard of Edinburgh, i. 2, 237, 482, 
 iii. 71, 4101, 545-6, 552, 577, iv. 212; the 
 standards produced at Convention, i. 5 ; to 
 be superintended by the dean of guild in 
 each burgh, i. 14 ; measurement of barrels 
 for fish, i. 23 ; regulations regarding weights 
 in burghs : the standard stone weight of Lan- 
 ark, pound and half-pound : brass weights 
 to be used, i. 76, 469, 482 ; half-boll measures 
 forbidden, i. 77 ; the standard firlot of Lin- 
 lithgow, i. 77 ; heaped measure abolished, i. 
 81 ; tun measure and measuring, and gauge 
 for, i. 81, 131 ; anent the bind of salmon and 
 herring barrels, i. 115 ; the excise boll, and 
 disputes anent, i. 379-80, 397, 400, ii. 16, 
 and see Excise Boll ; complaint against a 
 general gauger, i. 413 ; peck, firlot, and 
 other such measures to be adjusted to the 
 standards of Linlithgow, i. 414, 438, iv. 7, 
 13, 45, 406 ; act anent land measures and 
 water measures, i. 476-7, ii. 5, 26, 33, 165, 
 418, iii. 401-3 ; the Nithsdale measure, i. 
 477 ; measure and divisions of the firlot and 
 the boll, i. 477, iii. 71 ; foreign wares to be 
 weighed by the pound of sixteen ounces, i. 
 482 ; wracking of barrels and fish, and ap- 
 pointment of visitors or wrackers to gauge, 
 test, and stamp the same, ii. 12, 31, 284, 
 326-8, 349, v. 177 ; measure of hogsheads 
 and barrels for white fish, herring, and sal- 
 mon, ii. 12-3 ; dispute anent the oflice of 
 gauging, wracking and burning barrels for 
 fish, ii. 60 ; certain burghs enjoined to use 
 
158 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 the water metts, ii. 77 ; charge to Ayr anent 
 its measures, ii. 151 ; anent quart, pint, 
 chopin, and mutohkin stoups, ii. 157 ; ap- 
 pointing metsters of cloth, ii. 160, 175, 197 ; 
 uniformity of water metts, ii. 165 ; charge 
 to Glasgow anent its weights, ii. 242 ; anent 
 the measure and measuring of herring, ii. 
 319, 327, 349 ; lippie measure, and Linlith- 
 gow's standard of, ii. 374 ; price of a set of 
 firlot, peck, and lippie measures, ii. 374 ; 
 prick measure, supplication to the King 
 anent, ii. 379 ; commission to regulate the 
 weight of bread, iii. 28, 39, 55, 81, 104, 116; 
 reels for woollen yarn, measures of, iii. 28, 
 157, V. 273 ; measurement of glass, iii. 160, 
 186, 221 ; each burgh to report anent meas- 
 ure of victual and pais of bread, iii. 341-2, 
 375, 401-3, 447 ; the standard weights and 
 measures for salt, grain, bread, and drink, 
 iii. 401-3, 447 ; the water measure of salt, 
 contents of, iii. 417 ; visitation of the burghs 
 to secure uniformity of, iii. 420, 447 ; rati- 
 fication of acts anent uniformity of, iii. 510 ; 
 charge to the burghs that are keepers of the 
 standards, iii. 553 ; signature of the Laird 
 of Touch anent, iii. 565-6 ; measures of 
 linen cloth, iii. 643, iv. 95, 145, 430, 542, 
 V. 334, 438-41 ; inequality of, in royal and 
 other burghs : revival of the act of 1587, 
 iv. 96 ; seizing light weights and short 
 ellwands, iv. 212 ; fixing the mett for her- 
 ring, iv. 406 ; measures of woollen cloths, 
 iv. 431, 542 ; standards of, sent to the 
 burghs from England, iv. 459 ; act appoint- 
 ing a distribution of the standards to the 
 burghs, iv. 462, 483, v. 19 ; various meas- 
 ures used in selling herring, v. 281, 314-5, 
 404, 459 ; measure for lint seed, and enforce- 
 ment of, v. 281, 433, 629, 632; reels for 
 linen yarn, and measures of, v. 436. 
 
 Weir, Adam, merchant in Perth, ii. 165. 
 
 James, factor in Campvere, iii. 294, 315. 
 
 Thomas, pewterer, in Edinburgh, ii. 
 
 456-7. 
 
 Welandis, see Weiland. 
 
 Wemyss, town, parish, and harbour of, ii. 28, 
 iii. 118, 133, iv. 361, v. 162, 211, ,351, 457,484. 
 
 Wemyss, Earl of, letters to and from, iv. 478-9, 
 481, 490, V. 61, 351. 
 
 Wemyss, Laird of, supplicating aid for harbour 
 
 of Wemyss, iii. 118, 133. 
 Wemyss, Mr William, commissioner for St 
 Andrews, ii. 112, 303 ; elected moderator, iii. 
 2. 
 
 of Myrecairny, Andrew, i. 538. 
 
 West Flanders, ii. 298. 
 
 West Indies, trade with, iv. 447, 587, 589, v. 
 
 145. 
 Western burghs, certain acts to be enforced in 
 
 the, ii. 11-4. 
 Westray, v, 127. 
 Weyage, see Weighage. 
 
 Whale : whale-fishing, encouragement of, iv, 
 517, V. Ill ; whalebone and whale oil, duty 
 on, V. 111. See Fishing. 
 Wheat : a market for wheat and other victual 
 in Linlithgow desired, i. 197 ; wheat taken 
 from a ship of Danskene, i. 360 ; time of 
 wheat market in St Andrews, i. 485 ; quan- 
 tity of baked bread to be got from a boll of, 
 i. 556 ; imported from Holland, ii. 382 ; im- 
 post on, iii. 73, 75. 
 White Fish, see Fish. 
 White-iron smiths, v. 528. 
 Whitelaw, Patrick, of Edinburgh, i. 114. 
 
 Patrick, in Perth, i. 84, 122, 138. 
 
 Whitening of linen, v. 440, 603, and see under 
 
 Bleaching. 
 Whitherspoon, see Wotherspoon. 
 Whithorn : poverty of the burgh, i. 166 ; 
 charged with reset of pirates, i, 197 ; magis- 
 trates of, to appoint a customer, i. 258 ; re- 
 pair of the harbour of, supplications, grants, 
 impost, and contribution for, i. 448, 471, iii. 
 413, 515, iv. 5, 11, 21, 78, v. 236, 493, 598; 
 payment of certain arrears of taxation, ii. 
 152; complaint of, against Irvine, ii. 206, 
 222 ; commission to visit and report on the 
 harbour of, iii. 413 ; voluntary contribution 
 in aid of, iii. 535, 580, 667, iv. 5 ; commis- 
 sion of, rejected, iv. 9 ; visitation of the 
 burgh, iv. 301, v. 200, 218, 461, 598 ; grant 
 to, for rebuilding the tolbooth, iv. 463, 492 ; 
 visitors' report of the condition of the burgh, 
 iv. 644-6; burgh eased in the tax roll, v. 
 463 ; benefit of unfree trade granted to, and 
 afterwards resumed, v. 481, 597 ; exempted, 
 i. 166, -239, 439, ii. 149, 204, 295, iii. 134, 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 159 
 
 251, 318, iv. 162, 235 ; represented by mis- 
 sive, i. 294, 473, ii. 2, 210, 309, 341, 399, 
 421, iii. 54, 77, 99, 112, 220 ; unlawed, i. 
 90, 119, 123, 138, 150, 241, 245, 317, 354, 
 370, 396, 417, 451, 474, ii. 27, 36, 42, 59, 
 160, 165, 182, 211, 237, 249, 267, 270, 273, 
 352, 379, 459, iii. 10, 203. 
 Whittingham, Laird of, i. 529. 
 Wick : usurping the liberties of a free burgh, 
 i. 104 ; enrolment of as a free royal burgh, 
 iii. 534 ; anent payment of public dues by, 
 iv. 11 ; poverty and decay of the burgh, iv. 
 29, V. 335 ; anent unfree traders in Thurso, 
 iv. 390 ; burgh not reported by the visi- 
 tors, iv. 667 ; benefit of unfree trade in 
 Caithness granted to, v. 6, 103, 405 ; double 
 election of a commissioner by, and conten- 
 tions in the burgh, v. 45-6, 149, 189 ; peti- 
 tion from the burgh anent the election of 
 its^magistrates, v. 158-60 ;"oppression of the 
 inhabitants by adjoining landlords, v. 172-3, 
 192-4; burgh eased in the tax roll, v. 335, 
 350, 368 ; exempted, iv. 11, 29, 57. 
 Wightman, John, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, v. 273, 291, 311, 329. 
 
 Robert, late treasurer of Edinburgh, v. 
 
 209, 213. 
 Wigtown : commissioner for, rejected by Con- 
 vention, i. 83 ; magistrates of, to appoint a 
 customer, i. 258 ; anent the common good of, 
 i. 431 ; magistrates of, disponing ^common 
 lands, i. 433 ; commissioner of, discharged 
 from further service, i. 434 ; measures of, 
 greater than the standard of Linlithgow, i. 
 454 ; complaint against, for componing with 
 unfreemen, i. 465 ; complaint of, against the 
 erection of Stranraer and Ballanolath in free 
 burgh, i. 483 ; injured by fairs and markets 
 at Minnigaff, ii. 52; granted to supplicate the 
 King for gift of impost, ii. 149, 221, 419 ; 
 complaint of, against Kirkcudbright for aid- 
 ing and abetting unfreemen, ii. 150, 281, 
 293-4, iii. 41 ; regraters, forestallers, and 
 unfreemen at the markets of, ii. 155, 173, 
 199 ; undertakes to restrain regraters and 
 forestallers within its bounds, ii. 160, 173, 
 199, 214, 234, 250; appointing metsters of 
 cloth in, ii. 160, 175, 197; complaints against, 
 regarding custom on cloth, ii, 188, 199 ; re- 
 
 pair of the harbour of, supplications and 
 grants for, ii. 221, 281, 419 ; complaint of 
 Dumfries against, regarding custom, ii. 241, 
 257-8 ; complaint of, against Ayr for aiding 
 and abetting unfreemen, ii. 281, 293-4, 315, 
 350, iii. 14 ; charge to, anent election of 
 magistrates, ii. 293, iii. 80, 245, 265, 284 
 311 ; complaint of Dumfries against, for im- 
 peding merchants, ii. 321 ; complaint of, 
 against certain burghs of barony, ii. 357 ; 
 dealing with unfree markets, ii. 400-1, 447 ; 
 charge to, regarding certain outland bur- 
 gesses, and reports from, iii. 2, 18, 112, 126; 
 craving help in prosecuting an action against 
 Stranraer, iii, 32, 296-7 ; commission to de- 
 termine the best way of prosecuting the ac- 
 tion, iii. 67, 70, 87, 94 ; oppression of the 
 burgh by the Earl of Galloway, iii. 333, 401, 
 419, 445 ; charge to, anent feuing the com- 
 mon lands, iii. 365, 401 ; decree arbitral 
 anent Earl of Galloway, iii. 419, 445, 462 ; 
 complaint of, against Stranraer, iv. 28; grant 
 in aid to, iv, 34 ; to be assisted in main- 
 taining its privileges, iv. 44 ; a suspension 
 against the customs of, iv. 350 ; visitors' re- 
 port of the condition of the burgh, iv. 618-9; 
 benefit of unfree trade granted to, v. 162, 190, 
 237, 405, 597 ; exempted, i. 170, 197, 239, 
 380, 470, ii. 78, 159, 204, iv. 162, 235; repre- 
 sented by missive, i. 275, 292, 294, 310, 394, 
 ii. 100, 172, 232; unlawed, i. 216, 354, 450, ii. 
 155, 161, 173, 175, 205, 270, 461, iii. 9, 36. 
 
 Wilkie, David, commissioner for Edinburgh, 
 elected moderator, iii. 425, 428, 431, 433, 
 437, 443. 
 
 John, commissioner for Haddington, com- 
 plaint of, against Robert Gourlay, i. 263-4. 
 
 Wilkison, Alexander, in Eyemouth, i. 201. 
 
 Wilkyne, see Wilkie. 
 
 William III. : letters to the burghs from, iv. 103, 
 167, 219, 274; letters from the burghs to, 
 iv. 151, 163, 168, 220, 276, 324; suppUca- 
 tions to the King regarding the grievances 
 of the burghs, iv. 93-6, 99-101 ; commis- 
 sion to the King anent the grievances of 
 the burghs, iv. 99-101 ; supplications to 
 the King regarding violations of the staple 
 contract with Campvere, iv. 232, 324; ad- 
 dress from the burghs after the Peace of 
 
160 
 
 Index to the Records of the 
 
 Ryswiok, iv. 248 ; memorial to the King re- 
 garding the Scots privileges in France, iv. 
 262-3 ; address to the King regarding difiS- 
 culties at the staple port, iv. 318 ; the 
 burghs declare their loyalty and fidelity to 
 the King, when the French King acknow- 
 ledged the Pretender, iv. 320-1. 
 Williamson, John, clerk of Stirling, ii. 323. 
 Williesoun, see Williamson. 
 Wilson, Alexander, provost, commissioner for 
 Edinburgh, elected moderator, v. 605. 
 
 Andrew, clerk and commissioner for 
 
 Burntisland, i. 326, 337, ii. 17, 180, 198. 
 Windrem, see Winraham. 
 Wine : duty on French wines reduced, i. 18 ; 
 anent excise of, in Campvere, i. 78, 100, 114, 
 254, 276, 297, 323, 344, 376, 408, 443, 463, 
 ii. 9, and see under Campvere ; import of, i. 
 106, 111, 123, 130, 558, iv. 566 ; impost on, 
 i. Ill, 123, 130, 441, iv. 16, 96, 545 ; anent 
 allowance of wine for the King's household, 
 price of the wine, and payment of impost on, 
 i. 147, 152, 182, 225, 267, 331, 347, 562-3 ; 
 prices of wine, i. 183 ; burghs taxed for pay- 
 ment of the King's wines, i. 267 ; claim for 
 spoliation of, i. 319; Scotch merchants to have 
 wine excise-free in Campvere, i. 427 ; excise 
 of wine in Antwerp, i. 547 ; excise of, in 
 Middelburg, i. 551-2 ; ships with wines from 
 Bordeaux, i. 658 ; abatement of customs on, 
 granted by Charles IX. of France, i. 559 ; 
 anent tapsters of, ii. 255 ; customs on, at 
 port of London, ii. 380 ; tack of an impost 
 on wines by the burghs, commission on, ii. 
 404, 416, 433 ; act of Privy Council anent 
 impost on, ii. 522 ; wine-merchants defined, 
 iii. 423 ; wine and bread provided for com- 
 missioners of burghs by Edinburgh, ii. 507, 
 and see under Edinburgh ; prizage wine, v. 
 31, 45, 49, 144, 146, 173 ; petition from cer- 
 tain vintners, v. 79, 93; petition of the 
 wine merchants of Edinburgh anent over- 
 paid customs, and consequent suit in ex- 
 chequer, V. 371, 375, 382, 537 ; Spanish wine, 
 overcharge of duty on, v. 592. 
 Winraham, James, agent for the burghs, i. 
 348-9, 354, 360, 363, 370, 372, 382, 387-9, 
 393, 396, 402-3, 407-8, 411, 417, 419, 424-5, 
 430-1, 4,39, 442, 450, 453, 462-3, 464, 490, 
 
 493, 498, 538-9, ii. 17 ; said James and his 
 son, Mr Robert, appointed joint agents and 
 procurators, ii. 302. See also under Agent. 
 
 Witness : witnesses denounced for not appear- 
 ing in an action, i. 455, 459. 
 
 Wob, Webster, see Weaving. 
 
 Woad, ii. 39, 98, 105. 
 
 WoU, see Wool. 
 
 Women : anent women serving in inns and 
 taverns, ii. 253-5, 275, 288-9, 311. 
 
 Wood, John, of St Andrews, i. 106. 
 
 Mr, patentee, v. 492. 
 
 of Largo, Andrew, Comptroller, con- 
 tracting with the burghs, i. 223-9. 
 
 Wood's copper money, seizure of, in Aberdeen, 
 V. 494, 499. 
 
 Wool : haslocks stolen from skins, i. 21 ; acts 
 against the export of wool, and enforcement 
 of, i. 22, 75, 464, 478, 483, 493, ii. 5, 26-7, 
 63, 75, iii. 160, 195, 207, 391, 429, iv. 304, v. 
 348, 352 ; exported to Flanders, i. 32, 105 ; 
 new impost on, in France, i. 269 ; imposts 
 on wool, and disputes regarding, i. 381, 398, 
 404, 406, 433, 441, 466, ii. 165, 176 ; arrest- 
 ment of, for transport by unfreemen, i. 447 ; 
 burghs to report diligence in preventing the 
 export of wool, ii. 27, 47, 529 ; prosecution 
 for exporting wool, ii. 63, 75 ; article to Par- 
 liament for restraint of wool and coal, ii. 89; 
 anent customs on, in France, ii. 90, 104 ; 
 importing foreigners for wool-dressing and 
 cloth-making, ii. 98, 106-9, 115-21, and see 
 under Cloth-making ; custom of a fleece ex- 
 acted, ii. 165, 176 ; " weyage" of wool, and 
 charge for, ii. 176, iii. 388 ; transporting of, 
 complaint of the burghs regarding, ii. 529 ; 
 wool fairs of St Serf, St Laurence, and St 
 Bartle, and exorbitant customs at, iii. 37, 
 55, 79, 97-8, 104, 113, 222, 231, 269, 275, 
 288, 326; the lifting of said customs dis- 
 charged, iii. 113 ; commission on restraint 
 of the export of wool, iii. 160, 195, 207 ; im- 
 porting wool from Ireland, with port for the 
 same, iv. 430, v. 193, 195, 205, 208 ; recom- 
 mendation to the commissioners of the equi- 
 valent anent, iv. 435, 482; loss of wool traffic 
 through union with England, v. 2 ; anent 
 bonds for wool given by merchants, v. 218 ; 
 anent coarse and tarred wools, v. 411, 549-50. 
 
Convention of Royal Burghs. 
 
 161 
 
 Woollen, Worsted : reeling of woollen yam, 
 reels for, and. measures to be used in, iii. 14, 
 28, 133, 139, 157, 187, 272, 284, S23, v. 226, 
 237, 273, and see under Reels ; commission 
 to treat with the Privy Council regarding 
 the manufacture of woollen goods, iii. 29-30, 
 1 44; frauds in the making and selling of wool- 
 len goods, iii. 124, 130, 136-7, 272, 283, 302, 
 323, 326-7 ; letter from the King urging the 
 burghs to undertake woollen manufactures, 
 iii. 144; erection of manufactories of, iv. 
 287 ; woollen goods for export, sufficiency 
 and measures of, iv. 431, 542 ; duty on 
 woollen goods, v. 108, 111 ; marking of 
 woollen webs, v. 354, 356 ; act for en- 
 couragement of woollen manufactures to be 
 enforced, v. 474 ; manufacturers of silk and 
 worsted, v. 604. 
 
 Wraoker, Wracking, see Visitor ; Weights and 
 Measures ; Fish ; Barrels. 
 
 Wreck and curemasters, commissions to, v. 
 491. 
 
 Wrights : complaiiit of the Wrights of St An- 
 drews against the magistrates, i. 460 ; article 
 against the abuses of, ii. 89 ; petition from 
 the Wrights and masons of Dundee, iii. 297. 
 
 Writs, purchasing and extracting, iii. 154. 
 
 Wyce, John, burgess of Glasgow, i. 83. 
 
 Yares : destruction of cruves and yares, i. 
 
 102-3. 
 Yarmouth, port of, i. 242 ; exactions of the 
 
 customers at, ii. 408, 422, 462 ; red herring 
 
 cured at, v. 277. 
 Yarn, transported to England, ii. 300, 308 ; 
 
 reelmg of woollen yams, and reels for, iii. 
 
 14, 28, 133, 139, 157, 187, 272, 284, 323, v, 
 226, 237, 273 ; a standard reel of iron to be 
 hung in the market place of every burgh, iii. 
 157, 187, 284 ; yarn to be sold by weight, 
 iv. 527 ; linen yarn, reeling of, and meas- 
 ures for, V. 436-8; aneut dyed yams, v. 
 439. 
 
 Yeman, George, late provost of Dundee, v. 
 104, 120, 133, 557. 
 
 Ylis and Lochis, see Isles and Lochs. 
 
 Yoill, YoU, a yawl, ii. 137. 
 
 Young, Alexander, servant to the King, i. 
 249. 
 
 Andrew, clerk of Kirkcaldy, i. 369, 379. 
 
 David, late baQie in Brechin, v. 494, 599, 
 
 610. 
 
 Henry, clerk of Dysart, i. 394, 419. 
 
 James, late surveyor of Dumfries, iv. 177, 
 
 190, 208. 
 
 Niool, in Forres, iii. 407, 419. 
 
 Patrick, commissioner for Haddington, 
 
 elected moderator, iii. 416. 
 
 Mr Thomas, town clerk of Edinburgh, 
 
 appointed clerk to the burghs, iii. 587. 
 
 William, factor in Campvere, ii. 343. 
 
 of Seton, Peter, master almoner, i. 228. 
 
 Younger, Walter, metster in Campvere, v. 
 131. 
 
 Yule, Feast of, ii. 278. 
 
 Zealand, i. 133, 546-9, ii. 386 92, iv. 325, 471 ; 
 
 and see under Campvere. 
 Zetland, see Shetland. 
 Zoill, see Yoill. 
 Zow, see Skow. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
ABBREVIATIONS USED. 
 
 A.S. 
 
 Anglo Saxon. 
 
 0. Du. . 
 
 Old Dutch. 
 
 Dan. 
 
 Danish. 
 
 0. Fr. . 
 
 Old French. 
 
 Du. 
 
 Dutch. 
 
 Scot. 
 
 Scottish. 
 
 Eng. 
 
 English. 
 
 Swed. 
 
 Swedish. 
 
 Fr. 
 
 French. 
 
 Turk. . 
 
 Turkish. 
 
 Gael. 
 
 Gaelic. 
 
 We. 
 
 Welsh. 
 
 Icel. 
 
 Icelandic. 
 
 eorr. 
 
 corruption. 
 
 Ir. 
 
 Irish. 
 
 err. 
 
 error. 
 
 Lat. 
 
 Latin. 
 
 i.e. 
 
 id est, that is. 
 
 L. Lat. 
 
 Low Latin. 
 
 lit. 
 
 literally. 
 
 M. Eng. . 
 
 Middle English. 
 
 prob. 
 
 prohably. 
 
 Norm. 
 
 Norwegian. 
 
 pron. 
 
 pronunciation 
 
 The figures used indicate where the words occur. 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 Accusabill, blamable, fit to be called to 
 account or proceeded against, i. 26. 
 
 Acknawlegit, acquainted, aware, i. 323. 
 
 Administrat, to administer, v. 206. 
 
 Adois, concerns, affairs, business, occupa- 
 tion. M. Eng. at do. i. 270. 
 
 Aites, Aitis, oats, corn. A. S. dta, pi. 
 dtan. ii. 394. 
 
 Allegeance, Alegeance, allegation, asser- 
 tion. O. Fr. alleguer. ii. 147. 
 
 Amit, to lose, forego, cast away. Lat. 
 amittere. iii. 11. 
 
 Anchorage, a duty levied on vessels 
 coming to a port or roadstead for the 
 use of its advantages. It was origiu- 
 aUy a royal duty. ii. 303. 
 
 Angel, Angel Noble, an English gold 
 coin valued at 10s. At one time it 
 bore the figure of the archangel Michael 
 slaying the dragon : and hence its 
 name. i. 410. 
 
 Annetseid, annis, annis-seed. Lat. ane- 
 thum. ii. 382, 396. 
 
 Annuell, Annual, interest on money lent 
 or borrowed, ii. 121, 325. 
 
 Assize Boll, Sise Boll, Syze Boll, the 
 duty of a boll of salt paid by vessels 
 arriving in port. 0. Fr. assise, a tax. 
 i. 379, 397. 
 
 Assize Fish, Sise Fish, Syze Fish, an 
 impost of a certain number of fish paid 
 by each fishing-boat. iv. 513. 
 
 Assize Money, Syze Money, an impost 
 paid by each fishing-boat : prob. a 
 
 commutation of Assize Fish. iv. 513, 
 V. 543, 545. 
 
 Avail, Availl, Awaill, value, worth, valu- 
 ation, price, profit. 0. Fr. valoir, valer, 
 from Lat. valere, to be worth, i. 361. 
 
 Awarice, average, an allowance made to 
 the master of a ship for his care of the 
 cargo. 0. Fr. avaris, in the sense of 
 an award, ii. 134. 
 
 Awys, Awyse, to deliberate, advise : more 
 commonly avise. O. Fr. aviser. i. 59, 
 520. 
 
 Ball, a bale or round package, consisting 
 
 of a skin or bag filled and tied at the 
 
 four corners : seeds, dyestufFs, &c., are 
 
 so packed. 0. Fr. balle. ii. 382, 394, 
 
 396. 
 Bark, to tan ; barJcand, tanning ; barker, 
 
 a tanner, i. 511. 
 Bastells, sea-walls, bulwarks, pier. O. 
 
 Fr. bast He. v. 171. 
 Bay Salt, see Salt. 
 Beknage, beaconage or light dues. A. S. 
 
 bedcen. ii. 134. 
 Beltan, Beltane, 1st May, 0. S. : hence 
 
 used for Whitsunday. Gael. Beil-tine. 
 
 i. 160, 225, 306. 
 Bindis, barrels of standard size. A. S. 
 
 bindan, Du. binden. ii. 239. 
 Birlin, a small warship or cutter. The 
 
 galley of a Highland chief is also called 
 
 a birlin. iv. 381-2 
 Bitt, box, grate : " a fyre bitt," a fire-box. 
 
166 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 i.e., a beacon. A. S. hytt, or 0. Fr. 
 houte. iii. 328. 
 
 Blaiming, damaging, injuring. 0. Fr. 
 hlemir, to wound, v. 177. 
 
 Board, Boord, Brod, a stand or table for 
 display of wares : as in fish-hoards. 
 iv. 565, 568. 
 
 Bpngal, a light kind of cloth made of 
 cotton and linen : perhaps a corr. of 
 Bengal, v. 439. 
 
 Bowe, a buoy. Du. hoei. iii. 696. 
 
 Bowellis, bounds, limits, territory, juris- 
 diction, i 321, 355, 384. 
 
 Brown Linen, unbleached linen, iv. 
 430-1. 
 
 Brusun, bruised, crushed, indented : simi- 
 lar to hirzed. ii. 143. 
 
 Bulk, Buik, Book, body, carcase. 0. 
 Du. bulcke, buik. v. 177. 
 
 Burned, Brunt, Brynt, marked or stamped 
 with a red-hot iron : fish barrels are so 
 marked, ii. 361. 
 
 Busch, Eng. buss, a fishing-boat : gener- 
 ally applied to the boat or smack used 
 in herring fishing, ii. 202. 
 
 Byrne Yrne, burning iron, stamping iron, 
 ii. 284. 
 
 Cabar, a corr. of 0. Fr. gdbarre, a lighter : 
 also called a gdbert. ii. 142. 
 
 Cairds, cards for wool. ii. 375. 
 
 Cairsay, Kersey, a coarse woollen cloth, 
 said to have been first made in "Kersey, 
 a village in Suff'olk. iii. 124, 136. 
 
 Calfut, to caulk : from 0. Fr. ealfeutrer. 
 ii. 143. 
 
 Came, Kame, a comb. A. S. camh, ii. 375. 
 
 Canvess and Siffis, canvas and sieves, 
 used for bolting grain, i. 301. 
 
 Carding, a foreign coin, the fourth part 
 
 of a French crown : hence its name 
 quart d^eeu, which became corr. into 
 cardicue, kairdiqu, and carding, iv. 
 546. 
 
 Cammen, carters, carriers. Du. karreman. 
 iii. 685. 
 
 Casten, Castin, Cassin, cast or thrown 
 overboard : " guidis that was cassin.'' 
 ii. 297, 340. 
 
 Catch, a ketch, a small two-masted vessel. 
 Fr. cdiqvs, from Turk. qaiq. iv. 597. 
 
 Cavel, Cavil, lot, share, portion, as in 
 "to cast cavels," and "to ilk his ain 
 cavel," And as in a partnership or 
 joint venture each one's stock or contri- 
 bution was his lot, and his share of the 
 profit or loss was his cavel, when 
 burghal law declared that freemen were 
 " to have neither lot nor cavel " with 
 unfreemen, it meant they were neither 
 to company nor consort, combine nor 
 share with them in business. Icel. 
 kefli. i. 503. See Lot. 
 
 Cess, tax, assessment : short for assess, 
 and popularly applied to various taxes ; 
 but in these Records it is chiefly applied 
 to the Land Tax. iv. 592. 
 
 Cheim, see Chine. 
 
 Chine, Cheim, the name given to the 
 grooves cut on the inner surface of the 
 staves of a barrel for the purpose of 
 holding the ends or heads. The name 
 is also applied to the ledge or projec- 
 tion of the staves at each end of a 
 barrel. A. S. cinu, a chink, iii. 33, 
 iv. 541. 
 
 CMngle, Chyngill, shingle, gravel : a corr. 
 of Norw. singl. ii. 327. 
 
 Olachan, Clauchan, a village in which the 
 parish church is situated : also a popular 
 
Glossary. 
 
 167 
 
 name for a village or hamlet, and the 
 one which had the parish church was 
 called the hirh-elachan. Gael, dachan. 
 i. 469, ii. 52, 238. 
 
 Clagg, a charge against a person, an evil 
 report, a blemish : allied to dag, a spot 
 of mud, from A. S. dcsg, clay. iv. 301. 
 
 Clapboard, timber cut info thiri planks 
 for use in mending fishing boats : barrel- 
 staves are also called clapboards, iv. 
 428. 
 
 Common House, hostel or hostelry, inn, 
 tavern, alehouse, i. 409, 427. 
 
 Compromit, contract, bargain, agreement. 
 Lat. compromittere. i. 78. 
 
 Cop, to coup, exchange, bargain. M* Eng. 
 eopen, from Du. koopen, to buy. ii. 238. 
 
 Coper, Coper Bote, a couper Or trading 
 boat. iii. 47-8. 
 
 Cord, a denomination of quantity applied 
 to certain goods with the meaning of 
 pack, bale, bundle : thus, 100 skins 
 was called " a cord of skins." iv. 556. 
 
 Cordels, cordage, small ropes, ii. 143. 
 
 Cowbrig, mod. covering-board, the gun- 
 wale of a vessel : applied also to the 
 hatches or hatch-covers. Gael, cuiblirig, 
 a covering, ii. 143. 
 
 Cream, Crame, a booth, stalls or stand 
 for merchandise : to cream, to hawk or 
 sell wares on the street : creamer, a 
 hawker or pedlar. 
 
 Pedlar-wares, and goods exposed on 
 stands at fairs, are called cream-ware or 
 creamery. Du. kraam. iL 91, iii. 47. 
 
 Crear, Crair, a small ship. i. 376, 400, 
 435. 
 
 Crown, Croun, a native and foreign coin 
 of which there were several denomina- 
 tions in gold aud sUver. 
 
 Of the silver crown there were several 
 varieties, Scotch, English, and French, 
 ranging in value from 4s. 2d. to 78. 2d. 
 The old French crown was valued at 
 the latter rate ; some crowns ranked 
 with the silver rial and Spanish dollar j 
 and Scotch and English crowns were 
 rated at 5 s. 
 
 Of the gold crown there were also 
 several varieties, both native and foreign, 
 ranging in value from half a merk, or 
 6s. 8d., to 20s. 
 
 These coins were called crowns be- 
 cause they bore on one side in blazon 
 the crown of the reigning sovereign, 
 i. 532, ii. 132, iii. 666. 
 
 Crown of the Sun, a French crown having 
 as its mint-mark an emblem of the 
 sun, represented by a rayed star. This 
 coin was much used in Scotland, i. 
 269, 532, iii. 666. See also under 
 Crown. 
 
 Crowned Thistle, a mint mark on certain 
 coins, i. 560-1. 
 
 Cruve, Cruive, a fish-trap, a crib : also 
 applied to a pig-sty. Swed. hrubba. 
 i. 102-3. 
 
 Culverin, a small canon : also a blunder- 
 buss : so named from its long, thin 
 shape : from 0. Fr. couleuvrin. i. 103. 
 
 Cunning, a rabbit : eunningis skynnis, 
 rabbit skins. 0. Fr. connin. i. 213. 
 
 Cunyie, coin, coinage, money : so called 
 because it was struck by means of a 
 wedge-shaped die : from Lat. cuneus, 
 a wedge, i. 304. 
 
 Cunyiebouse, the mint. i. 28. 
 
 Dag, Dagg, a pistol. Gael. dag. i. 103. 
 Daker, Daiker, Dikker, a parcel of ten ; 
 
168 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 as, " a daJcer of hides,'' i.e., ten hides, 
 ii. 394, 397. 
 
 Dant, a form of dent, to indent or in- 
 denture, article, invoice : dantit, inden- 
 tured, reserved, promised. L. Lat. 
 indentare. ii. 284. 
 
 Deip, depth : the best deip, the greatest 
 depth of water, i. 57. 
 
 Deip, for Dieppe, a seaport in France. 
 i. 466. 
 
 Denier, the old French penny, which was 
 one-twelfth of a sou, and equal to one- 
 tenth of an English penny, i. 285, 
 557. 
 
 Denning, packing or setting in safe places. 
 A. S. denn. ii. 140. 
 
 Detbund, bound by law or duty, indebted, 
 ii. 143. 
 
 Dicker, see Daker. 
 
 Disione, breakfast : represents the Fr. 
 term dejeuner, ii. 531. 
 
 Divour, a bankrupt. 'Si. devoir, iii. 141, 
 147, 151. 
 
 Dock Mail, Dock Silver, harbour dues. 
 i. 416, ii. 303. 
 
 Dogger, Doggar, a fishing-boat. Du. 
 dogger, iv. 597. 
 
 Doit, a small Dutch copper coin, worth 
 about one-twelfth of an English penny. 
 Du. duit. V. 487. 
 
 Dool, Dowl, a spike or pin used in fasten- 
 ing joints of wood or iron : hence 
 doolled, dowlled, fastened with dools. 
 Du. dol. iv. 153. 
 
 Dornick, a kind of table-linen, first made 
 at Doornick, the Flemish name of 
 Toumay, in Belgium, v. 439. 
 
 Double Ducat, a foreign gold coin, see 
 Ducat. 
 
 Dowet, faded, not fresh, winded : as 
 
 " dowet herring." A. S. dol. ii. 326, 
 361. 
 
 Dowl, see Dool. 
 
 Drave, Draive, Dreave, Eng. drove, a 
 fleet or assembly of fishing-boats, as 
 a drave boat, ii. 296, 356 : also, time 
 or season for fishing, when the fleet is 
 at work, ii. 296, 436 : also, to fish with 
 the fleet, as " to go to dreave at Lambas." 
 A. S. drdf. iv. 621. 
 
 Drink Silver, drink money, a gratuity 
 given to workmen on extra or import- 
 ant occasions, ii. 1 15, iv. 92. 
 
 Ducat, a foreign coin of which there were 
 various kinds in gold and silver. 
 
 The silver ducat or rixdoUar ranged 
 in value from 3s. 4d. to 6s. 8d., and 
 was current in almost all the great 
 markets of Europe. A Dutch ducat, 
 named a dueatoon, and corr. to ducat- 
 doicn, was worth 5s. 5d. ; but it is men- 
 tioned, in iii. 666, as "cried up" to 
 70s. Scots, i.e., 5s. lOd. 
 
 The gold ducat ranged in value from 
 9s. to 16s., and sometimes even to 18s. 
 The Hungary ducat, also called "hun- 
 gar's ducat," was much used in Scot- 
 land, and is rated in these Eecords at 
 1 1 2s. Scots, or 9s. 4d. A double ducat 
 of the same denomination is also men- 
 tioned, iii. 666-7. 
 
 Ducat Down, a corr. of dueatoon, a Dutch 
 silver coin current in Scotland : it 
 ranged in value from about 5s. 6d. to 
 6s. iii. 666. 
 
 Dutch Ducat, iii. 666, and see Ducat. 
 
 Eleittis, leets, lists. Fr. elire. i. 386. 
 Eleuz, the assessors of aids, subsidies, and 
 imposts in France, i. 284. 
 
Glossary. 
 
 169 
 
 Escheines, Eschevins, Echevins, the civic 
 authorities in France and Holland, 
 whose duties were to look after the 
 streets, markets, traffic, &c. i. 554, 
 ii. 386. 
 
 Ewest, nearest, most contiguous : also 
 written yewest, and newest: prob. re- 
 lated to A. S. nedh, nih, nigh, whence 
 Scot, neist, next. i. 236. 
 
 Exeme, to exempt. 0. Fr. eximer. i. 
 341. 
 
 Fegs, figs. ii. 395. 
 
 Feir, a corr. of Vere, mod. Campvere. i. 
 59. 
 
 Fingram, a light woollen cloth used for 
 lining : lit. cloth of fine grain : from 
 O. Yv.fin grain, iv. 27, 431. 
 
 Flane, flayed, skinned. A. S.fledn. i. 21. 
 
 Flecks, also called flakes, hurdles, pens : 
 so named from being formed of frames 
 made of flakes, i.e. thin slips of wood. 
 Norw. flak, Swed. flaga. iv. 565. 
 
 Fleming, a kind of woollen cloth, ii. 108. 
 
 Flett, lit. flitting, i.e. household furni- 
 ture ; also called plenishing, i. 99. 
 
 Foirbodin, forbidden : foirhodin gudes, 
 contraband goods, i 41. 
 
 Forpet, see Fourt Pairt. 
 
 Foumart, Fulmart, a polecat : lit. a fid, 
 i.e. foul, marten, i. 213. 
 
 Fourt Pairt, Forpet, the fourth part of a 
 peck ; also called a lippie. i. 301, iii. 
 402. 
 
 Frane, a corr. of flan, a plate of metal 
 prepared for stamping ; also applied to 
 the plate when stamped. 0. Fr. flanc. 
 iii. 347. 
 
 Freith, to release or free from an obliga- 
 tion. A. S. gefrithian. i. 466. 
 
 French Crown, a coin of which there were 
 several varieties in gold and silver. 
 The silver crown ranged in value from 
 4s. 2d. to 5s. ; the gold crown, from 
 12s. 6d. to 15s. i. 269, 532, ii. 132, 
 iii. 666. 
 
 Furing, the amount of goods which the 
 sailors of a merchant ship were allowed 
 to carry free: also called ^orfajre. Du. 
 voering. ii, 136-7. 
 
 Gabert, a lighter : applied also to a small 
 coasting vessel. 0. Fr. gabarre. v. 476, 
 
 Galliot, a small galley : a Dutch lighter 
 or cargo-boat of the character of a bark 
 or brigantine. iii. 392, 
 
 Galloway Whites, a kind of light woollen 
 cloth made from Galloway wool. v. 
 111. 
 
 Girdle, an iron plate on which oatcakes 
 are baked. We. gredyll, greidell. iv. 
 92, 198. 
 
 Gimell Geir, goods put up in sacks, 
 barrels, or bunks, ii. 134. 
 
 Girths, Girds, Girr.s, hoops for barrels, 
 wooden hoops. Dan. giord, iii. 451, 
 
 Great Salt, see Salt. 
 
 Green, fresh, uncured : as in "green bur- 
 ring." ii. 319, 327. 
 
 Grograne, lit. stufi' of a coarse texture : a 
 coarse kind of silken stuff, made of 
 silk and wool ; but the best sorts were 
 made of silk and mohair. Also called 
 grogram. 0. Fr. gros grain, ii. 108. 
 
 Gros, Groots, small Dutch coins, each 
 worth two cents and a-half, or an Eng- 
 lish halfpenny, ii, 132. 
 
 Grott, Grote, a Scotch and English silver 
 coin of various values ; but latterly it 
 was rated at fourpence. ii. 132, 
 
170 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 Eegarding the Dutch groot or grot, 
 
 see Gros, Groots. 
 G-round-Leave, Ground-Lief, Grundlieve, 
 
 lit. liberty to ground or anchor, mod. 
 
 groundage: a duty charged on vessels 
 
 coining to anchor in a port or road. 
 
 i. 213, ii. 300, 354. 
 Gudling, a guildin, a Dutch coin. ii. 
 
 229-30. 
 Guidis, Gudis, cattle, live stock, ii. 205, 
 
 215-6. 
 
 Hagbut, Hakbut, a gun, musket. 0. Fr. 
 haquebute. ii. 366, 390. 
 
 Haid Hand, Haud Hand, see Hald Hand. 
 
 Haikis, anchorage ground, natural harbour 
 or haven : so named from the hooking 
 or catching of the anchor : from Du. 
 haak, a hook. ii. 282. 
 
 Haillie, err. for Baillie. 
 
 Hald Haud, Haid Hand, Haud Hand, 
 lit. to hold the hand, hence, to vrith- 
 hold, keep back : but vphen followed by 
 to it means to assist, to give support or 
 aid to. i. 460. 
 
 Halfit, Haffit, cheek, side of the fiice : 
 also applied to the side locks. A. S. 
 healfheafod. ii. 429. 
 
 Handwarp, an old form of Antwerp. 
 L. Lat. Uandoverpia. i. 60. 
 
 Hardhead, a small copper coin. i. 22. 
 
 Hardin, flax, flaxen, hemp, hempen, ii. 
 327. 
 
 Hards, undressed flax or tow ; also, the 
 •waste of flax. A. S. heordas. ii. 396. 
 
 Hasp and Staiple, the fastenings of a 
 door. The hasp was the bolt or bar, 
 and the staiple was the iron hook or 
 loop by which it was held ; and control 
 of these virtually implied possession of 
 
 the house. Hence, infeftment by hasp 
 and staiple, which was an ancient mode 
 of investiture in burghs, was a symbolic 
 declaration of lawful ownership and 
 possession. A. S. ficepse, and stapul. 
 iii. 240, 317. 
 
 Haven Silver, harbour dues. i. 375-6. 
 
 Head, Heid, a portion of yarn, half a 
 hank, hesp, or slip, or three heers : also 
 applied to the cross-bar on each arm of 
 a reel. iii. 157, and see under Eeels. 
 
 Harbour walls, or more properly, 
 the farthest out points of harbour walls 
 are called heads, and toion-heads. ii. 
 362. 
 
 Head-washing, a ceremony or form of 
 initiation gone through by aa entrant 
 to a craft or profession, for which a fine 
 was paid : also, a fine paid by merchants 
 for imposition in bargain making, ii; 
 297. 
 
 Heaped Measure, an old method of 
 measurement for grain which Tequired 
 each measure to be filled and heaped 
 to its utmost capacity, i. 81. 
 
 Herring Matt, the 200 herring mett wag 
 fixed at 42 pints liquid measure, iv. 
 406. See Met. 
 
 Hesp, a hank or slip of yarn containing 
 six heers : so called from the motion of 
 the reel being stopped by its hasp or 
 check when the correct measure was 
 run. A. S. hcbpse. iii. 157. 
 
 Heuch, a pit, a coal mine. Gael, uaigh, 
 i. 240. 
 
 Houpe, hops. Du. ho}x ii. 396. 
 
 Hude, Hwde, a hogshead, barrel. Du. 
 hoofd, head. ii. 394. 
 
 Huird, to hoard. A. S. hord. i. 468. 
 
 Humill Corn, light or inferior corn is 
 
Glossary. 
 
 171 
 
 so called, and also the meal made from 
 it. i. 468. 
 
 In some districts the maslin meal 
 made from barley and peas is called 
 Immill corn. Properly, however, the 
 term implies grain without a beard, as 
 peas, beans, &b. 
 Hungary Ducat, a gold coin nearly equal 
 to our half-sovereign. In 1645 it was 
 latod at £5 Scots, or 8s. 4d., and in 
 1676, at £5, 12s. Scots, or 9s. 4d. iii. 
 667. 
 
 Indomage, to damage, injure, oppress. 
 Fr. dommage. i. 273. 
 
 Intimy, Intemy, to intimate, make known, 
 ii. 81, 114. 
 
 Irrenscalleit, perhaps a misreading of 
 innsealleit, i.e. ensealit, attested by a 
 seal, certified, authorised, i. 520. 
 
 Isle of Watter, a misreading of Isle of 
 Walcer, a colloquial form of Isle of 
 Walcheren. (See wwcZer Walche. i. 351. 
 
 Jadge, ladge, gauge, measure, pattern ; 
 used also as a vb. ; and in the same 
 sense jadger, iadger, a measurer. 0. 
 'Ev. jau'je. ii. 12, 31. 
 
 Jornall, Jurnall, lit. daily work : hence 
 a day's work, an appointed task or 
 round of work, as a coinage. F. 
 journal, iii. 495, 502. 
 
 Kairtries, car-trees, timber for cart or 
 
 car-shafts, iii. 47. 
 Kame, a comb : see Came. 
 Keed, a misprint of Iceep. v. 476. 
 Keel, a barge or skow mostly used for 
 
 transporting coal. v. 128. 
 Keeling, Keiling, Keling, a general name 
 
 for large fish, including coal-fish, cod, 
 and haddock. Icel. keila, Sw. Icolja, 
 haddock, cod. i. 89, 218, 466. 
 
 Kenning, knowledge, sense or sight of: 
 " beyond kenning of land," beyond 
 sight of land. A small portion or 
 quantity of anything is also called a 
 kenning : as, " a kenning of salt." iv. 
 545. 
 
 Kill, Kil, a channel or narrow passage of 
 water, as the Kyles of Bute : applied 
 to the channel between the Dort and 
 the estuary of the Maas. Du. kil. 
 iii. 681. 
 
 Kirk-Clachan, the clachan or village in 
 which the parish church is situated ; 
 also called the kirk-town. See Clachan. 
 i. 469, 483. 
 
 Knaple, Knappald, oak wood for barrel 
 staves : applied also to bundles of oak 
 staves. Icel. knappr, hard wood. ii. 
 375, iv. 153. 
 
 Ladle, a petty custom, an impost on 
 grain or victual, consisting of a ladle- 
 ful from each load. i. 356, 398, 403, 
 ii. 259, 347. 
 
 Ladnj^ or Licht, loaded or empty, ii. 
 133. 
 
 Lambes, Lammas, 1st August, ii. 284, 
 319. 
 
 Lame, earthen, earthenware : from A. S. 
 lam, loam. iii. 388. 
 
 Land Measure, dry measure, the standard 
 for which was the measure of Linlith- 
 gow, iii. 402. 
 
 Land Ports, town gates, entrances to a 
 town. ii. 349. 
 
 Lang, Langis, along, alongst. i. 300. 
 
 Lap, to fold, measure, and stamp linen 
 
172 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 cloth : hence tapper and lapping, v. 
 438-441. 
 
 Lapper, a measurer and stamper of linen 
 cloth, and inspector of linen cloth and 
 yarn. 
 
 The lapper of linen cloth was also 
 inspector of linen yarn, and was in- 
 structed to search the houses, shops, 
 and warehouses in his district where 
 such yarn was likely to be found, and 
 to test both its quantity and its quality. 
 V. 436-441. 
 
 Last, lit. a load ; a weight estimated at 
 4000 lbs., but varying in different 
 articles. A lad of leer is reckoned at 
 12 barrels; a last of hides contains 
 20 dakers, or 200 skins ; a last of wool 
 is equal to 12 sacks, or by shippers' 
 measure, 10 sacks, i. 345, 408, 427. 
 
 Lastage, Last Gilt, the customs' duty of 
 tonnage, which is charged on certain 
 cargoes, but generally on goods that 
 are sold by the last. Dn. lastgeld. iii. 
 679, 694. 
 
 Lat, a form of let, prevention, obstruction, 
 hindrance, i. 98. 
 
 Lay Money, a name applied to small 
 copper coins, because they were layit or 
 alloyed, i.e. base or of inferior quality, 
 iii. 667. 
 
 Leased, yoked, bound, subjected to. 0. 
 Fr. lesse, a leash, iv. 236. 
 
 Leittis, leets, lists, i. 386. 
 
 Lentrln-ware, Lentron-ware, small and 
 inferior lamb-skins, i. 213. 
 
 Less Age, nonage, minority, state of 
 being under age. i. 37. 
 
 Licent, duty outwards ; a customs' charge 
 on vessels departing. O. Du. licent. 
 iii. 694. 
 
 Licht, light, empty, without cargo : 
 "ladnyt or licht," loaded or empty, 
 ii. 133. 
 
 Lime Potts, lime kilns, iv. 571. 
 
 Linen Reel, see under Keels. 
 
 Ling, lit. long fish, in which sense it is 
 applied as a general name for large 
 coal-fish and cod : the ling, however, is 
 more slender than these. A. S. lenga, 
 Du. leng. iv. 427, v. 327. 
 
 Linget, Linget Seed, lint seed, flax seed, 
 iii. 400. 
 
 Lippie, the fourth part of a peck : also 
 called a,forpet: prob. related to A. S. 
 leap, a basket, ii. 374. 
 
 LicLueres, liquorice, ii. 396. 
 
 Litster, Littistar, a dyer : from Icel. lltr, 
 colour, i. 104. 
 
 Livre, Liver, a pound : a denomination of 
 0. Fr. money equal to 20 solz, or 2s. 
 steg. The Paris livre, however, was 
 equal to 25 solz, or 2s. 6d. steg. i. 560. 
 
 Lockman, hangman, executioner : prob. 
 from A. S. loca, a fastening, iv. 587. 
 
 Lois, Loss, to undo, unpack, unload : 
 loissing, lossivg, unloading : lossares, 
 unloaders. A. S. losian. i. 58, 440, 
 ii. 137, 363. 
 
 Loist, the undoing or unloading of goods 
 or cargo : as loist mailles, dues for un- 
 loading cargo, i. 78. Also, undoing, 
 damage, loss : as deid and loist. i. 59. 
 
 Lorendryvers, perhaps, rein-holders, in 
 the sense of Eng. wire-pullers : from 
 O. Fr. lorein, a bit. iii. 348. 
 
 Lorimer, a bit maker. 0. Fr. lorein. v. 
 528. 
 
 Lot, portion, share, proportion, position 
 and responsibility, place and duty : 
 " lot nor cavel," neither partnership nor 
 
Glossary. 
 
 173 
 
 venture, fellowship nor alliance in 
 business, i. 503, 
 
 To lot, to share, to take or become 
 responsible for one's share, as when 
 burgesses scat and lot in their burgh, 
 i.e. share or take their share of the 
 taxation, and of the responsibilities and 
 duties. See Scat, Scot. i. 99. 
 
 Machler, a broker, factor, agent. Du. 
 maMaar. iv. 288, 290. 
 
 Make, Mak, to dress, prepare, cure ; as, 
 "to mafe herring." ii. 535, iv. 154, 642. 
 
 Meiths, marks of boundary or extent : 
 generally applied to objects that mark 
 a boundary line on land or a passage in 
 water. A. S. mythas, bounds, iii. 696. 
 
 Melteth, lit. sufficient food for one meal : 
 hence, a meal, repast, as in the old 
 Scot, phrase, " a melteth o' meat." 
 Icel. mael-tid, meal-time. i. 59. 
 
 Met, Mett, a measure. Regarding the 
 various metts see Weights and Meas- 
 ures. 
 
 Midden Lairs, places where the filth and 
 refuse from streets and houses were 
 collected : also, the heaps of dung so 
 collected : from A. S. midding, and 
 leger. iv. 571. 
 
 Midoz, prob. a name for starch, which 
 was also called moden, and stiffing. 
 ii. 382. 
 
 Mort Charge, dead weight, or heavy 
 goods, which were charged by the ton 
 of 2000 lbs. iv. 547, 552. 
 
 Moyane, Moyen, means, method, assist- 
 ance. Fr. moyen. i. 451. 
 
 Mucbing, Mwching, mutchkin. ii. 157. 
 
 Neif-Full, a handful; also, a measure 
 
 used in petty customs for wool, a hand- 
 ful being taken out of every wey or 
 smaller quantity brought to market. 
 Icel. hnefi. i. 381, 398. 
 Noble, a gold coin of which there were 
 several varieties ranging in value from 
 6s. 8d. to 15s. It was originally a 
 half-merk piece. The nobles most 
 frequently mentioned are the rose, the 
 angel, the Harry, and the thistle noble, 
 i. 383, ii. 561-2. 
 
 Olxin, ox or oxen : as olxin hydis. i. 21. 
 Onexemit, uuexempted. O. Fr. eximer. 
 
 i. 341. 
 OnrecMt, impoverished, weakened, put at 
 
 a disadvantage. A. S. rice. i. 12. 
 Ordinare, dinner, ii. 363. 
 Outred, to fit out, furnish, equip, make 
 
 ready for sea : the term is used also as 
 
 a noun. i. 242, 261. 
 
 Outredder, outfitter, one who charters 
 
 or freights a vessel. A. S. rmde, ready. 
 
 ii. 138, 141. 
 Outreik, Outreke, to rig out, equip, make 
 
 ready for sea : the term is also used as 
 
 a noun. Norw. rigga. i. 242, 261. 
 Owirlupe, mod. orlop, the lowest deck of 
 
 a vessel ; also, a temporary deck formed 
 
 for the safety of goods. Du. overloop, 
 
 of which orlop is a contraction, ii. 143. 
 Oylie, Uly, Wly, oil. i. 140, ii. 177. 
 
 Pack, Pak, a weight of wool equal to 240 
 lbs. i. 398. 
 
 Pack. This term in Scot, represents both 
 pack, a bundle, from Gael, pac, and 
 pact, a bargain, from Lat. pactum ; and 
 popular usage has to a considerable 
 extent confused the two meanings : 
 
174 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 hence the mixed and varied meanings 
 expressed by the verb to pack. It 
 implies to collect and bundle, to select, 
 assort, store, or despatch bundles : 
 hence, to procure and supply goods, to 
 traffic or deal in merchandise. It also 
 means to bargain, agree, unite, share, 
 act, or traffic with another. Hence, to 
 pack and peil herring is to traffic in 
 herring, and to cure or prepare them : 
 to pack and peil loith unfreemen is to 
 company or share and trade or traffic 
 with them : and to pack and peil within 
 burgh is to buy and sell and make 
 merchandise, or to act as merchant and 
 tradesman therein. See under Peil. 
 i. 131, ii. 147, 244. 
 
 Fackhouse, Pakhous, a warehouse for 
 receiving goods, a store, ii. 397. 
 
 Pais, weight : from 0. Fr. peis, pois. 
 iii. 341, 375. 
 
 Fasche, Easter. Pasche mercat, Easter 
 market, i. 33. 
 
 Fathter, see Pauchter. 
 
 Fatrickmas, Nth March, ii. 91. 
 
 Fatrone, a pattern. O. Fr. patron, ii. 
 327. 
 
 Paucht, Paught, duty, custom : applied 
 also to a note or invoice of custom. 
 T)u.2Jacht. V. 220, 222. 
 
 Fauchter, Pachter, a custom-house officer, 
 exciseman : misprinted pathter. iii. 
 702. 
 
 Feill, see Pile. 
 
 Fail, Peel, Pele, to strip, take off or out 
 of, withdraw : hence, to pick or cast 
 out, to separate, sort or assort, as, to 
 peil herring, i.e. to pick out the small 
 or inferior fish, in order that the herring 
 may be sorted according to size and 
 
 quality. Hence, peilled, peillif, or peill 
 herring are the small and inferior her- 
 ring that have been separated from the 
 better sort, — the leavings of the catch or 
 stock. 0. Yt. peler, to skin. ii. 361, 
 iii. 128. 
 
 Felling, Peeling, Peling, picking, assort- 
 ing, preparing, working, making : as, 
 peiling fish, peeling hides. 
 
 Packing and peiling, trafficking and 
 trading, sharing and working in com- 
 pany, having connection and dealings. 
 See under Pack. ii. 147, 150, 192. 
 
 Fennock, a pile, bundle, or small bale : 
 applied to skins : also called &pennikil: 
 from A. S. pennan, to enclose, ii. 177. 
 
 Pennour, cellarer, butler. L. Lat. penu, a 
 cellar, i. 319. (See Sumler. 
 
 Peutherer, Pewtherer, a pewterer, a 
 worker in pewter. 0. Fr. peutreur. 
 V. 528. 
 
 Piece of Eight, a Spanish coin of the 
 value of eight reals, better known as 
 the Spanish dollar, iii. 666. 
 
 Pile, PeiU, the under iron or die by which 
 money is struck or stamped : so called 
 because, when erected in its block, it 
 forms a little pillar or standard. The 
 upper die is called the trussel or tursel, 
 q.o. Hence the two dies are called ^i7e 
 and tursel. Lat. pila. iv. 546. 
 
 Pile, Pyle, a grain or particle, as of salt 
 or corn : applied also to salt used for 
 curing fish, in the sense oi pickle ; as, 
 fish in pyle, i.e. salted fish, or fish that 
 have been cured by sprinkling and 
 rubbing salt over them. Lat. pila. 
 ii. 427-8. 
 
 Pilleit, Pilleyit, pillaged, plundered. 
 Fv. pillar, i. 117, ii. 340. 
 
Glossary. 
 
 175 
 
 Pilschet, pilchard, iii. 325. 
 Pine, Pyne, to take pains with : hence, 
 to cure, kipper, as applied to fish, and 
 especially to salmon. A. S. yiii. iv. 
 154, V. 231. 
 
 Pink, Pinck, a small fishing boat : also 
 called a spink. Du. pink, 0. Du. 
 espincke. iii. 696, iv. 593-4. 
 
 Pistole, Pistoll, a Spanish gold coin valued 
 at 17s. 6d., and sometimes at 16s. 6d. : 
 this was the single pistole. There were 
 also double pistoles, and quadruple pis- 
 toles, iii. 666-7. 
 
 Flaccatt, proclamation, edict, statute. 
 Du. plakkaat. iii. 702. 
 
 Plack, a small copper coin equal to 4d. 
 Scots, or one-third of an English penny. 
 Er. plaque, i. 22. 
 
 Piatt, Plett, plot, plan, project ; also, the 
 arrangement of a plan or project, iii. 
 140, 164. Used also as an adj. in the 
 sense of model, standard, fixed, iii. 
 643, 663. 
 
 Portage, the amount of goods which 
 sailors were allowed to carry free of 
 freight : also called furing. Pr. port- 
 age, ii. 136-7. 
 
 Pound Great, Pound Greitt, a Dutch coin 
 valued at five pounds Scots, i. 408. 
 
 Powitt, puUed, plucked, i. 21. 
 
 Prewele, privily, secretly, clandestinely, 
 ii. 143. 
 
 Prick Measure, Prick Mett, the standard 
 measure for grain : it was regulated by 
 a cross-bar set on a central prick or 
 spike, ii. 379. 
 
 Prick Stockings, knitted stockings, i.e. 
 worked on pricks or wires, iv. 431. 
 
 Prime-Gilt, modern primage, an allowance 
 given to the crew of a ship when the 
 
 unloading of the cargo is commenced, 
 ii. 134. 
 
 Pyle, see Pile. 
 
 Pyne, see Pine. 
 
 Pynorie, street cleansing, cleansing de- 
 department, iv. 568. 
 
 Scavengers and common labourers 
 were formerly called pynours, i.e. 
 pioneers : from Fr. pionnier, 0. Fr 
 peonier, a term which was specially 
 applied to the foot-soldiers who cleared 
 the way for the army. 
 
 Quott, quota, share, proportion: " pay- 
 ment of i^Moii." JjaX. quota, i. 22, 241. 
 
 Raisins of Corinth, currants, ii. 395. 
 
 Batihabit, to ratify, homologate : to 
 identify oneself with. iv. 426. 
 
 Rax, to stretch, extend ; as in " raxing oj 
 claith." i. 468. 
 
 Bayis, yards of a ship. 0. Fr. raye. ii. 
 227. 
 
 Rebait, abatement, reduction. 0. Fr. 
 rebatre. iii. 311. 
 
 Rede, to counsel, advise, direct. A. S. 
 roed. i. 521. 
 
 Redship, Eeidschip, furniture, fittings, be- 
 longings. Du. reedschap. ii. 139, 142. 
 
 Reels for Linen and Worsted. The 
 standard reel for linen was a roll- 
 ing frame two and a half Scotch ells, 
 or 93 inches, in circumference, by which 
 the yarn was wound into cuts, each 
 consisting of 120 threads. And twelve 
 such cuts formed a slip, hank, hasp, or 
 hesp. V. 436. 
 
 The standard reel for worsted was of 
 two kinds — the long reel and the short 
 reel. The long reel was a rolling frame 
 
176 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 two Scotch ells in circumference, by 
 which the yarn was wound into cuts, 
 each consisting of 120 threads. Six 
 such ads formed a hank, and eight 
 hanks formed a spindle, v. 273-4. 
 
 The short reel was only one ell in 
 circumference J and 120 rounds of this 
 frame formed a cut, — called a sliort cut. 
 Three such cuts formed a hank, — called 
 a short hank; and eight of these hanks 
 formed a short spindle. A. S. hreol. 
 V. 273. 
 
 (Some districts, however, adopted a 
 different set of divisions in their long- 
 reel measure. The cut and spindle 
 were formed in accordance with stand- 
 ard measure : that is, each cut consisted 
 of 120 threads, and each spindle con- 
 tained forty-eight cuts; but six cuts were 
 called a head, two heads were called a 
 hank, and four such hanks formed a 
 spindle. This division is still in use.) 
 
 Kefuis, refusal, i. 400. 
 
 Beik, Eeke, to fit, furnish, equip : reik out, 
 rig out. Norw. rigga. ii. 305. 
 
 Bever, Eewer, a rover, privateer, pirate : 
 from A. S. redf, spoU. ii. 138. 
 
 Bial, KyaU, Eyell, a native and foreign 
 coin, of which there were several 
 vaiieties in gold and silver. 
 
 The silver rial, which was a species 
 of dollar, was of various kinds and 
 values, but French and Spanish rials 
 were the kinds chiefly used in Scotland 
 along with the native rial or crown. 
 The French rial, or French crown, 
 was worth about 4s. 8d. The Spanish 
 rial, generally called a ryall of eight, 
 or a, piece of eight, and latterly a Spanish 
 dollar, ranged from 4s. 2d. to 48. 9d. 
 
 At the latter rate its currency was fixed 
 by the Privy Council in 1676. 
 
 Gold rials were of native as well as 
 foreign mintage ; most of them, how- 
 ever, were English or French, and were 
 worth about 15s. each. iii. 666, iv. 
 546. 
 
 Rodings, applied to a village or town 
 common through which the roadways 
 to neighbouring towns or villages ran : 
 from A. S. rUd, a road. iL 345. 
 
 Bonrig, runrig, i.e. a piece of land formed 
 into parallel ridges and divided ridge 
 about among the tenants : lit. ridges 
 running parallel, iv. 634. 
 
 Rood, Kude, the cross : Rude mercat, a 
 market held on or about 14th Septem- 
 ber, — the festival of the exaltation of 
 the Holy Cross, i. 32. 
 
 Rose Noble, an English gold coin valued 
 at 6s. 8d., or half a merk. i. 383. 
 
 Rown, Eowin, roe of a fish : the M. Eng. 
 form of roe, from Icel. hrogn. ii. 284. 
 
 Rude Mercat, see under Eood. 
 
 Ryall, Eyell, see Eial. 
 
 Saddis, saddles, pack-saddles ; from Dan. 
 soede, a seat. iii. 388. 
 
 St James Day, 25th July. 1. 513. 
 
 St Nicholas Day, 6th Dec. i 334. 
 
 Saip, Seap, soap: saip hrewar, a soap- 
 maker. A. S. sdpe. iL 300, 307, 363. 
 
 Saithe, Saythe, Sythe, Syth, small coal- 
 fish. Icel. seid. iv. 427-8. 
 
 Sale, see Seal. 
 
 Salfit, safeguard, protection ; safe-conduct, 
 passport. 0. Fr. salut. i. 504. 
 
 Salt. Of this important product there 
 were several varieties, as : — 
 
 Bay Salt, the strongest and purest 
 
Glossary. 
 
 177 
 
 salt made at the salt works on the 
 shores of the Bay of Biscay : the best 
 of this kind came from Portugal, iii. 
 435, 452, 580. 
 
 Great Salt, so named on account of 
 its strength and size of grain, was 
 also caRed foreign gait, because it was 
 imported chiefly from France, Holland, 
 and Spain. Only great salt or Bay 
 salt was allowed to be used in the 
 curing of the best herrings and salmon 
 for export, ii. 284, iv. 153-4, 428. 
 
 Small Salt was chiefly native or 
 home-made salt, and of inferior quality : 
 but latterly the strength and purity of 
 native salt were greatly improved, v. 
 171, 173-4, 186-7. 
 
 Salt-upon-Salt, or refined salt, was 
 chiefly home-made, and was used as a 
 substitute for great salt in the curing 
 of fish for home supply, ii. 300, 307, 
 317, 326. 
 
 Salt Pans, pans or boilers in which salt 
 is prepared : also, salt works, i. 59, 64. 
 
 Sancttewis, prob. St Ubes or Setubal, 
 near Lisbon, ii. 133. 
 
 Sand-Eel Pokes, SandeU Poilkis, small 
 bag-nets used as traps for taking sand- 
 eels. L 469. 
 
 Sayes, fine woollen fabrics, iii. 195. 
 
 Scaldings, Scadlings, skins of small, weak, 
 or sickly sheep, i.e. inferior skins, 
 being small and having inferior wool. 
 The weak and sickly members of a 
 flock are still called scald, or ska'd 
 sheep, i. 23, 213. 
 
 Scat, Scatt, tax, taxation, tribute, contri- 
 bution, expenses ; also, share of a tax, 
 taxation, &c. : seat and lot, taxation 
 and liability, contribution and responsi- 
 
 bility, or obligation ; also, one's share, 
 of expense and obligations, or of cost 
 and risk. i. 99. 
 
 To seat, to tax, to apportion taxation ; 
 also, to share or take one's share of taxa- 
 tion : to seat and lot in a burgh, is to, 
 take one's share of its taxes and of its 
 responsibilities and duties. A. S. sceat. 
 i. 99, 123, 449. 
 
 Another form of this word is Scot, 
 q.v. See also Lot. 
 
 Sceik, see under Steek. 
 
 Schap Clerk, a law-clerk, a notary : lit. 
 a drafting clerk, one who draws out 
 deeds : from Du. scheppen, to draft or 
 draw out. i. 504. 
 
 Schorlings, see Shorlings. 
 
 Schuillis, shovels, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Schuyt, Skout, Skowtt, a Dutch lighter 
 or cargo boat. ii. 142, 394-5. 
 
 Schuyt Flott, Skout Flote, lighter- wharf, 
 landing-stage, dock, ii 394-8. 
 
 Scot, Scott, Shot, another form of scat, tax, 
 taxation, q.v. Scot, however, is generally 
 used in the sense of cost, expense, con- 
 tribution, share of cost or expense : as 
 in the expression, " to pay scot and scot," 
 i.e. to share the expenses equally, each 
 of the company to pay his share. 
 
 To scot and lot, to share expenses and 
 obligations, or, to share cost and risk. 
 See under Scat. 
 
 Scots Crown, a Scottish coin of which 
 there were several varieties in gold 
 and silver. 
 
 The silver crown was similar in value 
 to the English crown; and the gold 
 crown was of various values from half 
 a merk to 20s. il 132, and see under 
 Crown. 
 
178 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 Seal, Sale, a stamp or token, as in 
 " the seals of cocket : " also, a stamp 
 or stamping iron, as in " ane burning 
 sale." iv. 153. 
 
 Seap, see Saip. 
 
 Sequels, small parcels of corn or meal 
 given to the servants of a mill over ami 
 above the dues paid to the miller : also 
 called knaveship, bannock, lock, gmopen. 
 iv. 292-6. 
 
 Serpleth, Serplaith, a denomination of 
 weight, mostly applied to wool, and 
 reckoned equal to 80 stones : from 
 0. Fr. sarpillihre, a sarp-cloth or pack- 
 sheet, i. 140. 
 
 Shambo Leather, shammy, or shamoy 
 (corr. of chamois) leather, also called 
 wash leather, v. 501-2. 
 
 Shilling Great, a Dutch coin, rated at 5s. 
 Scots, i. 408. 
 
 Shipbroken, Schipbrokin, shipwrecked, 
 disabled for sailing, ii. 139. 
 
 Shoad Carts, rubbish-carts ; the scav- 
 enger carts which collected and carried 
 away the filth and refuse of the streets 
 and houses : hence used like ■pynorie, 
 as the name of the cleansing depart- 
 ment of a burgh. Prob. from Gael. 
 sgudal, refuse iv. 565. 
 
 Shore Silver, an impost on vessels loading 
 or unloading goods in port : also called 
 shore maill and shore dues. i. 299, 375. 
 
 Shorlings, Schorlings, skins of shorn 
 sheep, i. 23, 213. 
 
 Siff, a sieve. A. S. sife. i. 301. 
 
 Single Ducat, a foreign gold coin. See 
 Ducat. 
 
 Sise, Size, Syze, short for assize, excise, as 
 in syze boll, sise fish, size money : see 
 under Assize. 
 
 Skaff, a small boat. ii. 81. 
 Skaill, a creel or basket. Du. schaal. 
 iii. 703. Also, a plate, a forging, as in 
 "suord skailles," i.e. sword blades in 
 block or unground. 0. Fr. escaille. 
 ii. 39. 
 Skair, a section, division, or portion of 
 land. A. S. scir. ii. 346-7. 
 
 Skeldryke, a flatbottomed passage or 
 ferry boat : an application of Eng. shel- 
 drake, ii. 81. 
 
 Skout, Skowtt, Skout-flote, see Schuyt. 
 
 Skowis, thin slices of straight shoots or 
 branches, from which wooden girds, 
 girths, or hoops are made : from A. S. 
 sc6f, shaved, sliced. They are also 
 called sco&s. ii. 12. 
 
 Slaid, a sled. Dan. slcede. ii. 394. 
 
 Slipper, a maker of slips, i.e. cases or 
 covers, as sheaths, scabbards, &c. : 
 hence, sword slipper, a maker of sword- 
 sheaths, and generally a sword fitter 
 and finisher, a cutler, v. 528. 
 
 Small Salt, home-made salt. v. 171, and 
 see under Salt. 
 
 Sologne, an old district in north-west of 
 France, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Solz, pi. of 0. Fr. sol, a sous or shilling : 
 ten of which were equal to an English 
 shilling, i. 18, 130. 
 
 Somlier, see Sumler. 
 
 Sowine, the river Seine in France, ii. 65. 
 
 Spanish Ducat, see Ducat. 
 
 Sparginer, a plasterer. Lat. spargere. 
 ii. 89. 
 
 Spilt, spoiled, damaged. iL 142. 
 
 Spink, Spinck, see Pink. 
 
 Spurriers, spur-makers, v. 528. 
 
 Staig, a horse unbroken to work. Icel. 
 steggr. ii. 91, 221, iii. 47. 
 
Glossary. 
 
 179 
 
 stand, Stane, Stann, set, pattern, standard; 
 also, set or series of things, as a stand 
 of wires for knitting, " the stane of 
 Linlithgow," i.e. the series of standard 
 measures of Linlithgow, i. 414. 
 
 Stark, stout, strong. Swed. stark, ii. 
 284. 
 
 Steek, Steik, a piece, web, or length of 
 cloth : also applied to a piece of dress, 
 and hy tailors to a piece of work. A. S. 
 sticce, ii. 394. 
 
 Misprinted sceiJc in ii. 397. 
 
 Step, Stepe, a stave of a barrel or tub. 
 A. S. ste/. iii. 243, 451. 
 
 Stiffing, starch, stiffening, ii. 146, 395. 
 
 Sting, a pole : stings, rough timber cut in 
 lengths for coopers. Icel. stang. ii. 
 34. 
 
 Sbob and Stake, implying house and land, 
 from stol), post, doorpost, and stake, a 
 pale, paling, enclosure : hence, " to hold 
 stob and stake,'' to occupy house and 
 land, to have seat and settlement, to 
 make residence. Gael. stub. i. 99, 
 510. 
 
 Straik Measure, level measure, as opposed 
 to heaped measure. By this measure- 
 ment the grain, &c., had to be stroked, 
 or made level with the top of the 
 measure, by means of a straik or straight- 
 edge, i. 81. See Prick Measure. 
 
 Stray, straw: "stray warde," err. for 
 "stray, wade. A. S. streaw. ii. 39, 
 compared with ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Stuigs, err. for stings, poles, ii. 34. 
 
 Sture, Stuir, a stiver, a small Dutch coin, 
 i. 350-1, ii. 132, 227-8. 
 
 Sucken, Suicken, jurisdiction attached to 
 a mill, subjection due by tenants to a 
 certain mill, the dues paid to a mill by 
 
 the tenants who are bound to it. A. S. 
 soc. iv. 292-6. 
 
 Sume, Soume, the relative proportion of 
 cattle to pasture. One cow, or five 
 sheep, is reckoned " a soume of stock ; " 
 and "a soume of grass'' is as much 
 grass as wiJl pasture one cow or five 
 sheep, iii. 453. 
 
 Sumler, Sumbler, a butler j the officer who 
 had charge of the royal sumlery or 
 buttery. O. Fr. sommelier. i. 182. 
 
 Suord-Skailles, sword blades unground. 
 ii. 39. See SkaiU. 
 
 Suppost, a representative, one belonging 
 to a certain body, company, or nation. 
 0. Fr. suppost. i. 58-9. 
 
 Suyne, swine, iii. 388. 
 
 Sjth, Sythe, see Saithe. 
 
 Syze Fish, see Assize Fish. 
 
 Syze Money, see Assize Money. 
 
 Tafflin, table, schedule, card. Du. tafel. 
 iii. 669. 
 
 Taillie, a measure of cloth of about 50 
 ells. The term is used in a sense 
 similar to that of weh or piece. O. Fr. 
 tailU. iii. 668, 704. 
 
 Tallone, tallow, ii. 375. 
 
 Tarleather, Tar-Lether, a strip cut from 
 the belly of a skin. When cured and 
 dried it was used to tie or connect the 
 two portions of a flail. Gael, tarr-leathar, 
 belly-leather, i. 21. 
 
 Testaine, a form of testone, testoon, an 
 English shilling ; but the coin was so 
 much debased by Henry VIII. that in 
 the reign of Elizabeth the term became 
 the name of a sixpence : hence the 
 form tester as a name of that coin. 
 The testone was so named because it 
 
180 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 was stamped on one side with the Jieoul 
 of the reigning sovereign : from 0. Fr. 
 teste, the head. In these Records it is 
 valued at 6s. 8d. and 7s. 4d. Scots. 
 i. 560-1. 
 
 Thair-Allane, mod. " their lane," i.e. 
 themselves, by themselves, ii. 203. 
 
 Thistle, see Crowned Thistle. 
 
 Tinsell, err. for Tursell, q v. iv. 546. 
 
 Tod, a fox : toddis skynuis, fox skins. 
 Icel. tod. i. 213. 
 
 Tories, robbers. Ir. toiridhe. iii. 399. 
 
 Town-Heads, harbour walls, bulwarks, 
 breakwater, ii. 362. 
 
 Tows, ropes: from A. S. tedn, to tug. 
 ii. 382. 
 
 Towst, Toust, Towist, toll, tax, impost, 
 levy : also, to fix or levy an impost : 
 represents a pron. of toht, that which 
 is tolled or levied, and is similar to 
 0. Fr. tolte, an impost, i. 10, 78. 
 
 Traith, Treth, a tract or stretch of fish- 
 ing ground. 0. Fr. trai.de. ii. 323, 
 404. 
 
 Misprinted trech in ii. 285. 
 This name is still applied to a strelch 
 of deep water lying to the E. of Pitten- 
 weem, which is a famous resort of the 
 east coast herring fishers. 
 
 Transire, Transier, a, permit, a document 
 that gives permission to transport goods 
 from one port or place to another : also 
 called a sufferance. Lat. transire. iv. 
 304-5. 
 
 Trech, err. for treih, see Traith. 
 
 Tree, Treye, Trie, a barrel. A. S. tre6. 
 ii. 382, 395. 
 
 Treport, a port in the north of France, 
 near Dieppe, ii. 98, 105. 
 
 Treth, see Traith. 
 
 Trinch, Treinch, to fold or lay cloth in 
 plies. Du. trensen. iii. 283. 
 
 Trochltt, bartered, exchanged. 0. Fr. 
 troquer. i. 269. 
 
 Tryne, train, suite, company. Fr. train. 
 i. 529. 
 
 Tulzie, a quarrel, party or family quarrel. 
 0. Fr. touiller. ii. 89. 
 
 Tuns, lit. barrels : buoys set in a river 
 or harbour-mouth. A. S. tunne. i. 63. 
 
 Turner, a small copper coin. iii. 667. 
 
 Turns, duties, concerns, occupations, re- 
 quirements, i. 361. 
 
 Tursel, Tursell, a variety of trnssel, packer 
 or driver-home, the upper iron or die 
 used in stamping money : which, being 
 the one that is struck in the process, is 
 lit. the driver-home of the -impression. 
 The under die is called the pile, q.v. 
 O. Fr. troussel. iv. 546. 
 
 Tyne, tin, block-tin, pewter, ii. 456-8. ~ 
 
 Tyne, Tyn, Tin, to lose, to bear or endure 
 loss : as in " able to tyn and win." 
 iv. 91, 281, 486. See Win. 
 
 Uly, Wly, oil. Du. olie. i. 140. 
 
 Unhelsum, unwholesome. Icel. heil, 
 Swed. hel, hale. i. 64. 
 
 Un-Tarletheritt, unshorn in the belly, 
 having no strips cut from the belly of 
 the skin. i. 21. See Tarleather. 
 
 Vere, La Vere, short for Campvere in 
 
 Zealand, the staple port. i. 548 9, 
 
 V. 221, 223. 
 Vergus, verjuice, a strong acid made from 
 
 crab-apples, sour grapes, &c. O. Fr. 
 
 verjm. ii. 428. 
 Vijeil Gilt, the customs' duty of weighage 
 
 charged on cargoes arriving at Dutch 
 
Glossary. 
 
 181 
 
 ports. 0. Du. weegzelgeld, Mod. Du. 
 waaggeld. iii. 694. 
 Visit, Veset, to inspect, examine, test : 
 viintour, vesetour, inspector, examiner. 
 0. Fr. visiter, ii. 284, v. 177. 
 
 Wade, ■woad, a dyestuff. A. S. ledd, 
 waad. ii. 98, 10.5. 
 
 Misprinted warde in ii. 39. 
 Wadset, guarantee, pledge : in wadset, in 
 the hands of creditors, assigned as 
 security. A. S. wed. iii. 409. 
 Wainscot, Waynscote, timber for wain- 
 scoting. Du. wagenschot. ii. 375. 
 Walche, a colloquial form of Walcheren, 
 in Zealand, the most westerly of the 
 islands of the Netherlands. On the 
 N.-E. coast of this island the old staple 
 port of Campvere is situated, iii. 350. 
 The name is printed Walker in vol. 
 iv. 557 ; and it should have appeared 
 as Walcer in vol. i. 351, but through 
 some mistake it is there printed Watter. 
 Walker, a fuller of cloth. 0. Du. 
 
 tralcken. i. 468, 511. 
 Walker, see under Walche. 
 Wane, waning, falling : as, " a wane 
 
 market." A. S. wan. iii. 164. 
 Warde, err. for wade, woad. ii. 39. 
 Warrand, warrant, guarantee. 0. Fr. 
 
 warartt. i. 400. 
 Watch and Ward, Walk and Ward, to 
 act as watch or guard of a burgh : to 
 stand sentry at its ports, or to act as 
 watchman in its streets, i. 99. 
 
 The night service was called watch- 
 ing, or walking, and the day service 
 warding. 
 Water of Inverness, estuary of the Ness, 
 Inverness Frith, i. 190, 
 
 Water Measure, liquid measure, the 
 standard for which is specified in 
 iii. 402, 417. 
 Watter, see Isle of Watter. 
 Wecht, weight, a weighing, each quantity 
 weighed ; also, a weight of wool equal 
 to 13 stones, i.e. a wey. i. 381, 
 398. 
 
 At the tron or weigh-house each act 
 of weighing, as well as each quantity 
 weighed, was called " a weeht." 
 Weyage, weighing: the act of weighing 
 goods, also the payment or custom for 
 weighing, ii. 176, iii. 388. 
 White-Iron-Smith, a tinsmith, v. 528. 
 Whites, a kind of light woollen cloth. 
 
 v. 111. See Galloway Whites. 
 Whyt Pies, white peas, which were im- 
 ported from Dantzig and other ports of 
 the Baltic, iv. 595. 
 Win, to dry by exposing to the air, as in 
 " to WW hay or peats." v. 172. Also, 
 to gain, acquire, as in " able to tyne 
 and win," able to undertake risks, 
 having money or means, iv. 91, 281, 
 486. See Tyne. 
 Winbridge Wares, prob. wares from Wein- 
 berge in Bohemia, noted for glass- 
 making, ii. 396. 
 Wly, see Uly. 
 Wob, a web. i. 269. 
 Wobster, a weaver, i. 511, ii. 487. 
 Wood-Leave, Wood-Lieve, Wod-Lief, lit. 
 liberty to cut or procure wood for a 
 vessel : hence it became a duty charged 
 on vessels coming to anchor, i. 213, 
 ii. 300. 
 Worsted Reel, see under Eeels. 
 Wrack, Wreck, to fault or disapprove, to 
 reject whatever is faulty or defective : 
 
182 
 
 Glossary. 
 
 wracker, wrecker, tester, inspector. Du. 
 wraken. ii. 12, 31, 
 
 Yare, Yair, a fish trap. A. S. vjsr. i. 
 
 102-3. 
 Toll, Yoill, Yow, a yawl. Du. jol. ii. 
 
 81, 137. 
 
 Yme, iron : used as short for stamping 
 iron, as in " byme yme," a burning or 
 branding iron. ii. 284. 
 
 Zoill, Zow, read Yoill, Yow, local pron. 
 of Yoll, q.v.