Ofornell Hnioerattg Sltbtarg 3tt!aca, Ntta Ijork fflljite ?l5t0tntiral ffiibrars THE GIFT OF PRESIDENT WHITE MAINTAINED BY THE UNIVERSITY IN ACCORD- ANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE GIFT Cornell University Library DA 890.G5A3 1868 Memorabilia of tlie city of Glasgow 3 1924 028 092 785 The original of tliis book is in tlie Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924028092785 MEMORABILIA THE CITY OF GLASGOW, SELECTED FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BURGH. MDLXXXVIIL— MDCCL. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. GLASGOW: JAMES MACLEHOSE, BOOKSELLER TO THE UNIVERSITY. 1868. INTROD UCTOR Y. The selection from the Council Minute Books of the Corporation of Glasgow which is contained in this volume, follows generally the arrangement of one pubKshed in a Glasgow Newspaper many years ago. That publication obtained so much approbation, that some time afterwards, the papers were transferred to a volume, now become exceedingly scarce. But in executing the transfer, the various slips and clerical and typographical errors connected with newspaper productions of that time, were likewise per- petuated, and the compiler of the present volume has had the task of correcting a very considerable number of such mistakes. In the older records to which he has required to refer, the difficult penmanship of the period renders it quite possible that an equally large numb'Sr may have escaped his notice. Some of the minutes contained in the volume referred to have been omitted, being in no way connected with our City, others ex- tended, and some new matter has also been included, with a INTRODUCTORY. few notes, while the whole has been confined entirely, to the Records of Glasgow. The compiler entertains hopes of being able to make arrange- ments for the reproduction of another interesting selection of Minutes from the same Council Books, published many years ago in a volume under the auspices of the Maitland Club. If he succeeds it will form part first of a work, of which the present volume will become part second. The reader will accordingly notice that the various sheets of the selection now presented are marked Vol. II., and that a double title-page is prefixed, so as to render it equally convenient to regard this as a complete publication, if necessary, or as forming the second volume of a work. Council Chambers, Gl-ASGOW, August, 1868. MEMORABILIA CITY OF GLASGOW. V'XIIJ Ocfohris, 1588. — The quhilk day it is statut and ordainit be the baillies and counsall, in consideratioun of the apperant danger of the pest now in Paislay, That na persona indwellar within this toun, because of the mercatis of Paislay and Kilmacohiie approcheing, pas or repair furth of this toun thairto, vnder the pane of fyve pundis, to be tane of ilk persone repairing thairto, and banisched furth of the said toun for zeir and day, without leif askit and geven be the baiUies. And als it is ordanit, that ane man be placit for keiping of the Brig Port ; quhill farder ordour be tane and to be satisfeit for his panis at the discretioun of the baillies. 26/A Oct. — The quhilk day the baillies and counsall haifing consideratioun of the present perrell of the pest now being in the toun of Paisley, hes statut and ordanit that the brig port be kepit be twa honest men of the Briggait, and the officeris to wairne thame nichtlie : And quhatsumevir persone kepis nocht the said port, being warnit be the officeris, sail pay xxs. money. And als VOL, II. B 2 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. the said baillies and counsall ordanis, that Hecter Stewart and Johne Mwdie sicht and visie everilk day the said honest men swa that the statut be keepit; and ordanis Williame Stobo officer to warne the said personis. 26th Oct., 1588. — The quhilk day, the baillies and counsall haifand consideratioun of the wrang done be James Cochrane, contrair, Robert Rowat, baillie, for invading of him with ane quhingar at ten hours at evin ; requeistis the provest to ressave him in the castell, and thair incarcerat him during the baillies and counsellis will. Ultimo Odobris, 1588. — Tlie quhilk day the provest, baillies and counsall haifing convenit and foirsene the grit apperand danger of pest, lik to ensew throw the infectioun of Paislay and utheris places thairabout, and being maist cairfuU to sie the samyn preventit, lies thairfor statut and ordanit, first, that the haill commoun portis of the toun be repairit, and that twa honest men of the toun be appointit according to the auld ordinance maid thairanent, for keeping of everie ane of the saidis portis, to wit the Briggait port. The [ ] gait portis, the Stabill-grene and Castill portis, and these to be keipit be the indwellaris thairof according to the articles sett doune for that effect and the personis keeparis of the said [portis] to be nichtlie warnit be the officeris as wes appointit. Siclyk, It is statut that Lindsayis port, the Stinking vennall and Gray-freir port, to be all closit ; the Scule wynd to be likwayis closit, and keipit dayhe, as use wes, be the maister of the scule ; [the] wickit of the gray freir port to be patent to the nichtbouris besyd, and they to be answerable for the same; and the Rottin-raw port to be lokit nicht and day, and the kie thairof to be keipit ather be Mr. Andro Hay or Mr. Harie Gibsoun. Item, — It is statutit that euerie persone repair and hauld cloiss hair zaird endis and bak sydis, swa that nane may repair thair- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 3 throw to the toun, bot be the commoun portes, vnder the pane of fyue pundis to be taikin of ilk persone quha contravenis the same. Item, — It is ordanit that na indwellar within this toun ressaue any strainger or passinger within thair lugeing without the knaw- lege and licence of the baillies or quartar maisteris appointit for taking ordour in that mater, vnder the pane of fyve pundis, euerie fault vnfoirgevin. The quhilk day the present baillies and counsall, togidder with the Deaconis of the Craftis, viz. : — Deacone of the Hammermen, Johnne Hamilton; Deacone of the Baxteris, William Heriot; Deacone of the Cordineris, James Braidwod; Deacone of the Tailzeoris, Johnne Dalrympill; Deacone of the Wobsteris, Mathow Blak ; Deacone of the Masonis, Robert Burne ; Mairtine Petiicrew, Deacone, in absence of George Esdaill, of the Wrichtis ; Deacone of the Cowperis, Phillan Snyp ; Deacone of the Fleschouris, for thameselfes, and in name and behalfe of the communirie of the said toun; understanding altogidder that it behuiffit thame to tak the myln sumtyme perteyning to umquhill Archd. Lyoun in titill and few fra my Lord priour of Blantyre, Lord fewar of the baronie of Glasgow ; or ellis to tyne the samyn, incure grit expenssis, labour and pley thairthrow, in the law and utherwayis : And that they and the commoun guidis of the toun, maid and debursit be thaim throu the occasioun of the last pest being in the toun, and uther grite stentis and chargis cumit upon thame sensyne, quhairthrow the commoun guidis is nocht able to releiff the samyn : And that the [....] of the myln man be instantlie haid and uthir chairgis [••••] [with quhilk] they ar burdenit : And als throw this present pest appeirand, quhilk as they trewlie suppone will surmount to the soume of sex hundreth pundis money, quhilk the said toun, throw occasionis foirsaidis, ar unable 4 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. to fumeis at this present. Thairfoir they all with ane consent condiscendit and aggreit to gett samekle silver as may perfumeis the samyn, to latt furth and sett in few to sik personis, burgessis and indwellaris of Glasgow, as thai can aggrie with, samekle of thair east and west comoun landis of their comountie leist hurtfull, and that best may be spareit, in baith or ane places, as salbe appointit on, forsamekle interes silvir as may satisffie the said sowme and yeirlie dewtie that may be haid thairfoir, eftir the sicht and consideratioun of the saidis provest, baillies and counsall, as thai can aggrie tliairupoun ; and to that effect they haif appointit the provest, baillies and counsall, or the maist pairt of thame, with the foirsaidis haill deaconis, and fowre of the honestest of everie ane of thair craftis, -with twa fischearis, viz. Niniane Schyre and Mathow Mure ; and fowre meilmen and maltmen, viz. Johnne Mudie and Peter Patersoun, to convene upon thair saidis comoun muris and landis, upon ane day as they salbe warnit thairto to sicht and visie quhair the samyn may be spareit best and last hurtfull as said is ; and thairefter to convene in the counsalhouss to conclude tliairupoun, for putting the same to the maist availl, may be haid thairfor, swa that the samyn may be rowpit as salbe sett doun be the actis maid thairefter. 1 6//^ November, 1588. — Statittum. — The quhilk day it is statut and ordanit be the saidis provest, baiUies and counsall. That the sex penny laif salbe of xij unce wecht, and that the same be of guid and fyne flour, well baikin, vnder the pane of sextene schillings the first fault. The nixt fault dealing of the same to the pure, and the thrid fault the contravenaris to be dischargit of baiking for the space of yeir and day. Siclyk it is statut that the baiking of wastellis be dischairgit, conforme to the auld statutis maid thairanent of befoir. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, That the stane of candill be MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 5 sauld 'for thretfy schillingis, and na derrar, under the pane to be injoyiiit to the contravenaris thairof, contenit in the auld statu tis maid thairanent of befoir. Siclylc, It is statut that the pricis ot the talloun be observit conforme to the ordour set doun in the samyn statutis. 22^ Nov., 1588. — Truhlance — Elphinstoun, Reidis. — The quhilk day anent the trublance persewit be James Scott, painter, burges of Glasgow, againis Adame Elphinstoun, glasin-wright, David Reid, Thomas Reid, Arthour Fischour, and Andro BuckHs — The said Adame is fundin in the wrang and amerciament of court, for the streking of the said James Scott on the breist with ane pistolat, throw the force quhairof he dang the said James to the eird, and effusioun of his bluid in grit quantitie. And siclyk the said Adame is fundin in the wrang and amerciament of court, for cumin to the said James Scottis hous at Lambes last or thairby, and sutting of George Scott, sone to the said James, with ane drawin sword, and saying, gif he had him, he suld lay his pudenis about his feete, and biddin of the said George Scott come furth or ellis he suld haif ane cauld armefull of him. — And the said David Reid is fundin in the wrang also, for cuming to the said James Scottis dure with ane drawin sword, and making provoca- lioun to him thairwith, and als for taking of the said James and drawing of ane quhingar to him on Twysday last. [The others are also "fundin in wrangis and amerciamentis," and an act is passed ordaining them to find security.] 26M Nov., 1588. — Wrang. — The quhilk day Johnne and Richie Kirklandis ar decemit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for cumyng to George Kirkland thair fatheris houss, with swordis, basting thair father thairwith, and gevin of him injurious words, than and at sundrie tymes, and dome gevin thairupon. ^d Dec, 1588. — The quhilk day Colein Campbell and Margarete Lyoun, his spous, ar decernit and ordanit, be aith of partie referrit 6 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. thairto, to content and pay to Archibald Campbell the soume ol threttie nyne markis money, and that for ane silver piece and ane ensenzie haid in keeping be him in thair handis. T.T,th Dec, 1588. — The quhilk day Thomas Kneland is absolvit fra the soume of fyve markis sex schillingis, allegit promittit be the said Thomas Kneland to Thomas Myln, chirurgeon, for the cureing of William Dowglas, sone to Johnne Dowglas of Harwod, and that in respect of the said Thomas Knelandis aith gevin thaimpon, referred thairto be said Thomas Myln. 24th December, 1588. — Statutum Consilij. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, counsall, and hail deaconis of the craftis, with the haill personis contenit in the former act maid of befoir being convenit within the counsalhouss, efter they haid viseit the peitbog, milndame, Greneheid, and utheris, thair comoun landis- quhat might be best spareit thairof for releveing of thair necessitie, to sett the samyn in few, and being resolvit thairintill, they all in ane voce, findis and consentis, that the landis wnderwritten of thair said comountie may be best spareit be thame, viz. : — The Mylndameheid, as the samyn salbe stobit (reservand ane passage to be the rowme of ane cargait) ; and als the Peitbog and Dassie- grene (reservand the like passage) ; and siclyke the Greneheid betwix the gavill of the lands of Johnne Mudie, passing to the Brigend (reservand ane rowme for ane port passand to the waiter of Clyd, as salbe stobit) ; as als ane uther peice of land foiranentis Williame Muris sydwall of his houss to the hie calsay (reservand ane passage betwix the said Williame Muris sydwall of his said houss, and the houss that salbe set doune and biggit next tlie said Williame Muris houss — as als, the haill wall of the Westport, on baith the sydis of the samyn — (and swamekle thairof in breid and lenth as salbe stobit) ; and siclyk the senile sumtyme callit the sang scuile togidder with the foir front thairof, and swamekle mair of the samyn, as appertcnis to the toun, or sett in few be MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 7 thame, of befoir as salbe stobit inlikwayis with the foirfront of the meahnarket, as the samyn salbe stobit in like manner. [The act then proceeds to detail the feu duty to be exacted for the lands so stobbed off, and to specify the day when they were to be rouped, as well as to impose certain conditions regarding buildings at the West-port. The lands referred to in the above appear, by a subsequent marking, to have been rouped on the 2d January following, in order to liquidate the heavy charges the town had incurred in consequence of the pest, &c.J 2'&th Dec, 1588. — Statutum Consilii. — The quhilk day, the baillies, counsall, and deaconis convenit (within the counsalhouss and calling to mind how necessar, profitable, and comlie it wilbe to the decoratioun of the toun, to transport the West-port, presentlie ruinous, and to be repairit of new to the Stokwalheid, and ( ) to includ the haill rew and housses betwix and thair inwith the toun, condescendit, all in ane voce, that the samyn salbe done with all convenient speid, provyding the provest, at his returning, be content thairwith. 3irf Dec, 1588. — Wrang. — The quhilk day Patrick Wilsoun and Mathew AVilsoun, of their awin confessionis, is decernit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for bying of wyld foulis and uther pultrie in grit, contrair to actis and statutis maid thairanent, and taping of the samyn owir againe, and dome gevin thairupon. * \%th Januarij, 1588. — The quhilk day, it is statut and ordainit be the present baillies and counsall, that the officiaris sail put all rolmentis hereafter to executioun within xv dayis, baith quhilkis thai half in thair handis presentlie, or quhilkis thai ar to ressave within the said space, utherwayis thai ar to be depryvit of thair office, ipso facto, confirme to the statut sett doun for [ * The reader will bear in mind that in those days, and until 1600, the legal year in Scotland did not commence till the 25th March. — W.] 8 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. that effect. And thairfor hes ordaint, that all and sundrie the inhabitants within the burgh be warnit as efferis, to be present within the tolbooth agane the said fyvetene day nixt heirefter, to gif in thair complentis upoun the saidis ofificiaris, gif ony thair rolmentis beis, unput to executioun as said is. The quhilk day, the baillies and counsall foirsaid, hes grantit and gevin license and oversicht to Williame Robesoun thair thesaurar for his tyme, he being in office, to tak fra burgessis sones, for thair fienes, five pundis ; and fra sic as maries burgessis dochteris, not being widowis, in likmaner fyve pundis for thair fienes. 2\st January, 1588. — The quhilk day Jonete Bogill, spous to James Craig, is decernit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for the hurting of Jonete Clogy, spous of Johne Cuthbert, on the heid, with ane stane, to the efiusioun of her bluid in grite quantitie; and siclyk the said Jonete Clogy is decernit in ane wrang for streking of the said Jonete Bogyll on the halfatt, and ruiging of hir courch af hir heid, and dume gevin thair- upoun. ^ifih January, 1588. — The quhilk day anent the clame of airschipe persewit be Marioun Bar, dochter of vmquhill Robert Bar, and onlie air to vmquhill Patrik Bar, hir fathir brother, aganis Cristiane Raith, relict of the said vmquhill Patrik, executrix, at the leist intromissatrix with his guidis and geir, clameand and craifand fra the said Cristiane, the airschipe guidis following, of the prise and availl underwritten : — In the first, ane cloik of maldy, price thrie pundis, ane ooit of the samyn hew, price fourtie schillings, ane dowblet of [camlet ?] ane pair of gray breikis, ane pair of maldy schankis, ane lynning serk with ane neck, ane belt, ane quhingar, price of all ten markis ; ane pair of schone, price thairof fyve schillingis. Item, ane young meir, price thairof ten pundis, ane kow with ane stirk, price of baith MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. g twentie markis. Item, ane chymnay with the rakis, price thairof aucht pundis. Item, ane pair of [tangis ?] and ane rostin speit, price thairof ten schilUngis. Item, ane erne cruik, price thairof xiij. sh. iiij d. Item, ane beiff pott with the bouUis, ane . . . pott, price of baith thrie pundis. Item, ane acquawytie pott, and ane flaik with ane flaik stand, price of baith 13 Ubs. vi. sh. viij. d. Item, ane grit charger plait with ane counterfit, price of baith twentie three schilhngis. Item, ane gaird of brass, ane chandler of brass, price of baith xiij. s. iiij. d. Item, ane quart stoip of tin, ane pint stoip of tin, price of baith xlv. s. Item, ane weschell buird, price xiij. s. iiij. d., ane meil almarie, price thairof xl. s. Item, ane schyre, price vj. s. 8d. Item, ane brewing caldroun, price thairof twentie pundis. Item, ane middlewort caldroun, price thairof xl. s. Item, ane meikill pan, price xxvj. s. viijd. Item, ane lang settill bed, price thairof liiij. s. iiij. d. Item, ane stand bed, price xx. s. Item, ane credle, xiij. s. iiij. d. Item, ane mask fatt, twa gyll fattis, price of all fyve pundis. Item, ane buird stand, laid galloun and barrow, price x. s. Item, ane wort stand, price thairof xx. s. Item, an aill bott, price vj. s. viij. d. Item, ane wort dische, ane toptrie, ane maske ruther, price thairof X. s. Item, ane langsait buird, price thairof vi. £. Item, the best kist, price thairof vi. s. viij. d. Item, ane peuldar dische, ane trunscheor, ane elcruik and ladill, price thairof xxs. Item, ane flesche fatt, ane herring fatt, price of baith xxvjs. viii. Item, ane furnesit feddir-bed, with cod, bowster, schetis, blanketis, price xxvs. viiid. Item, ane sword, price xls. Item, ane speir, price thairof vis, viijd. Item, ane hagbut, price thairof iij. _£, ane halbert, ane Jedartstalf, price of baith xxs., ane steilbonnet, price thairof xxs., ane steill jak, price thairof iij. ^. Item, ane spynnyng quheill, and ane pair of kairdis xxxs. Item, ane quheill spynnill, price thairof iijs. Item, ane buirdclaith for serveittis, ane towall, price thairof xxxs. Item, ane crowne VOL. II. c I o GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. of gold, price thairof 50s. Item, ane xxxs. peice. Item, ane wonnow clayth, ane seif, ane sek, ane riddill, price xls. Item, ane erne graip, ane fut spaid, price of baith viijs. Item, ane heckle of erne, ane uther of brass, price of baith xxvjs. viijd. In another claim of a similar kind, under date 7th Feb., there appears the following specification of " airschipe guidis," viz. ; Ane coit of grayis russet, the breikis and schankis likwayis being of small valour. Item, ane coit half wome and mair, of auld blew. Item, ane cloik of blew, ane sark, ane wyliecoit of mylne walkit lyning. Item, ane jak, steilbonnet, ane sword, ane speir. Item, ane fwrneist feddir bed. Item, ane caldroun, ane mask fatt, twa gyle fattis, burne-stand barrow, laid galloun. Item, ane stand bed. Item, ane lang settil. Item, ane almarie, ane kist, ane sait buird. Item, ane pott of brass of ane galloun. Item, ane troche stane for wort. Item, ane counter. Item, ane pan of thrie pyntis. Item, barkit hyd. Item, ane plait trunscher, and saltfatt of pouder. Item, ane chandler of brass. Item, ane pynt and chopin stoupis of tyn. Item, chyre, ane weschell burde. Item, ane chimney with rakis, ime cruik, tangis and speit. Item,ane elcruik, ane ladell of trie. Item, ane flesche and fische fattis. Item, ane graip, schole redill, bark-seif, ane cleik, ane bark wecht. Item, ane lang thelking ledder, ane pair of schone. Item, ane rak stop with lastis, trescheors, irne schaping knyfe, elschingis, and schaving irne, and ane he^^'ing aix. * 2(ith Martij, Anno 1 589. — Hirdis. — The quliilk day the baillies hes electit and chosen Johnne Tempeltoun and Johnne Hair to be commoun Hirdis of the toun for this yeir to cum, viz. the said Johnne Tempeltoun for the nolt and guidis t aboue the croce, and the said Johnne Hair for the nolt and guidis t beneth the croce * See foot-note on page 7. + [Black cattle and Milch ccaas. Jamieson says that the word ' ' gad " is " used to denote hvestock," but this seems open to question. In a petition MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \ \ and the rest of the nether pairtis of the toun, and hes gevin thair athis of fidehtie for leill and trew administratioun in their office ; and for that effect hes fundin souirties and cautionaris for thaim, viz. for the said Johnne Tempeltoun, Robert Flemyng, elder, merchand, burges of the said burgh; and for the pairt of the said Johnne Hair, Thomas Mure, burges of the said burgh. Ilk persone under the pane of twentie pundis; and the saidis personis are actit to relieff thair souirties of the premissis. 1.2th April, 1589. — Statiitum. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, counsall, and deaconis, being convenit within thair counsallhouss, for consulting upon His Majesties missive derect to thame, for outtreding and furneissing to his Hienes, of the nomber of thrie scoir hagbutteris to await on his Majesties service in the North; and they vnderstanding that thai may nocht guidlie furneis swa mony, vnles the same be to thair grit hurt : And thairfoir condiscendit and concludit that fourtie hagbutteris, with thair commanderis, salbe furneissit and outtred for obedience of his Majesties missive; and for that- effect, hes grantit ane taxatioun of fyve hundreth pundis for furneissing of thame be the space of ane month, conforme to his Hienes charge, and for stenting thairof hes appointit and ordanit quhair that ony persone payit of the last taxatioun of foure hundreth pundis foure pennies, sail now pay fyve pennies, or xjcs. xxvs. be ressone this present stent is fyve hundreth pundis ; and for stenting and ingaddering of the same, hes electit and chosin Archibald presented to the authorities of Glasgow on 21st June, 1576, by the Deacons of the Trades, a request Is made for the use of certain portions of the common mulr, for the purpose of "pasturing their gudis,'' which might indicate cattle generally ; but farther on in the same document, complaint is made of the great want of the means of " the pasturing of guddis for the sustening of our babies."— W.] 1 2 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Wilsoun, merchand, and Williame Millar, maltman; and that ane of the thrie baillies be present thair day about, with the saidis collectoris to sie the same ingadderit. -igth April, 1589. — Staiutum. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, and counsal, conveinit within thair counsalhous, for consulting vpoun this last chairge, direct from Dundie the xv day of this instant. The provest and baillies, and counsall, being throuchlie resolvit thairwith, Findis that the fyftie personis hagbutteris, directit to his Majestie, conforme to his Hienes missive of befoir, sail satisfie the will of this last charge, and ordanit the saidis personis to be furneist according to thair remanyng as wes appointit be the saidis provest, baillies, and counsall, at thair departure, and swa the haill fyve hundreth pundis to be collectit for furneissing of thame in manner foirsaid. Statutum. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, and counsall, being convenit within thair counsal hous, for taking ordour with tlie passage of ane cargait to the Provestis Hauch and utheris nychtbouris landis, about throuch the landis of Peitbog and Dassiegrene, laitlie set furth in few to Thomas Mylne, chirurgene, concludit that the .saidis baillies and counsal, and deaconis, sail pas thaimselfes to the groundis of the said Peitbog and Dassie- grene, and thair limit and mesure the said passage. To witt, that the same be on all partis the braid of sex futtis, and that throuch the same ane horss chairgit with ane car full of corne or ony vtlier kind of stuffe may easlie repair thairthrow : And that the same sail pas alangis the bak of the dyk, beginning at the first entrie to the saidis landis of Peitbog to the said Provestis Hauch. — And the samyn passage to be mesurit fra the rute of tlie auld dyk, as it stude of befoir, and to the effect the said passage may be the better decernit, and that the said Thomas Myln and the remanent nychtbouris besyd may acknawlege c\-erie ane of MINUTES 6f town COUNCIL. 13 thame thair awin landis and richt merclies be utheris, it is appointit and ordanit the saidis baillies, counsall and deacons sail pas and visie the saidis landis, the xxi. day of May next to cum, and theirefter stob and mesure the same, ad perjietuam remaiwitiam. The Coble Court of Glasgow, halden at the Brunielaw thairof, be honorahell men, James Flemyng and Robert Roicat, baillies, the xxi. day of Aprile, the yeir of God lai. vc. four scoir nyne yeirs. The suittis callit, the Court co7ifinnit. Demfstar Joh?mie Maxvcll. Wrang. — The quliilk day Niniane Huchesoun is decernit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for the -wTangus and maisterful away taking fra Johne Clerk of twa salmound fische : As also for the forgeing of ane wrangus complent againis the said Johne, alleging him to haif tane schot of fische quhilk suld haif pertenit to the said Niniane ; and decernit the said Niniane to pay to the said Johnne instantlie nyneteen schillings for the said twa fische wranguslie tane be him, as said is and dume gevin thairupon. \st May, 1589. — The quhilk day, the provest and baillies, with awyse of thair counsall, ordanis Stevin Hill's fredome to be cryit doun, for his contempt done to James Stewart, baillie, and for breking of ward; and efter the crying doun of his fredome, ordanis him to be putt in the heigh houss, to remain thair for his contempt forrsaid, during the provest and baillies will. The quhilk day, in presence of the provest, baillies and counsall, being within thair counsallhous, comperit personallie, Gothray Howie, merchant, quha being challangeit and arreistit be the creditors underwritten, for the dettis and soumes of money 1 4 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. respective efter specefeit, awin to thame — [Here an enumeration of the creditors and the sums owing to them is given] — quhilkis soumes of money respective afoirsaidis, the saidis Gothray grantit, and confessit him to be addettit to the saidis persounis, for certane merchand geir bocht and ressavit be him fra thame ; and because of the grite nomber of the saidis dettis, and he haifing nathing presentHe to pay the samin, nor zit the merchandise within his buith being able to defray that quhilk he is addettit, the said Gothray wes content, and cravit be eamist sute the saidis provest, bailUes and counsall, with consent of the creditouris foirsaidis, to depute certane honest merchand men in cumpany, with twa of the bailKes and court clerk of the toun to pas to his merchand buith, and thair to visie, sicht and estimat his haill merchand geir, being thairin, with his compt buik of the haill dettis awin to him, and mak inventour of the saidis guidis, that the same may be calculat and laid in ane so'wine, and thairefter the samyn being done, wes content and consentit that everie creditour above written salbe payit of the ane equall halfe of the dettis above mentionat auchtand to thame, gif the same be able to sumiount thairto, and the samyn to be deliverit to thame be ane of the officiaris of the toun ; as to the vther equall halfe auchtand to the saidis creditoris, is content, with consent of the saidis creditoris, to pay the same swasone as God sendis him guidis. — [The minute concludes with appointing persons to value Gothray's goods, and to bring back such as had been previously given forth of his booth by way of preference.] T.oth May, 1589. — Statutum. — The quhilk day, the provest, baillies, and counsall convenit within thair counsalhous to consult quhow the hagbutteris direct to Aberdene to attend upon his Majesties service, may be gratifeit, lies concludit and ordanit, that the stent anent their outreiking salbe schortlie collectit and ingadderit according to ane act, sett doune of befoir and be MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 15 ressone thai ar recommendit to the saidis provest and baillies, be his Majestie, for thair guid service, the tyme of thair attendance upoun his Hienes service : Thairfoir, the said provest, baiUies, and counsall hes ordanit the saidis hagbutteris to be gratifeit with the soume of ane hundretli markis, by and attour the soume of money sett doune, for ane dayhe wage to thame, being ten shilUng to everie ane of thame in the day, during thair absence. And hes ordainit William Stewart and Thomas Pettigrew, thair tn'a commanders, to be gratefeit also, according to the provest and baillies descretioun. 1589. — Inqueist for Try all of a Truhlatue. Johne Grahame, Thos. Cliddisdaill, Thomas Fawsyd, Geo. Young, baxter. Johne Heriot, William Heriot, Thomas Glen, George Robesoun, James Andro, John Young, Patrick Glen. The quhilk day the inqueist above-written convictis and fylis -Huchesoune Baxter, Margaret Bar, his spous, Jonet and Katherine Huchesounis, dochters to Jonet Craig, of streking and skarting of Walter Locheid on the face, to the grite effusioun of his bluid, and absolvit the said Jonet Craig thairfra, and siclyk absolvit . . . . fra the complent gevin in be the said James Huchesoune haif struken the said Walter, and dome gevin thaimpon. 31^-/ May, 1589. — The quhilk day the baillies and counsall hes statut and ordanit that thair be na aill within this toun that be darrer sauld nor aucht penneis the pynt, vnder the pane of sextene schillingis, to be tane of the contravenaris for the first fait — The second fait fyve pundis, and the third fait breking of thair weschell and crying doune of thair fredome. And als the I 6 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. personis upon the counsall being warnit to gang with the baillies to tak ordour heirwith, incaice of any of thair absence ar content of thair awin consentis they be convict in ane unlaw. Hem, — It is statut and ordanit that all mesouris sic as firlottis and siclyk, and all sortes of stopis baith tyn and treyn, be brocht to the tolbuith and thair to be mesurit and markit be the Mr. of ■Werk, upon sik dayis as they salbe warnit be sound of drum, vnder the pane of sextene schillingis and the breking of thair weschellis that contravenis and refusis to do the same. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, That all personis quha hes ony of the tounes commoun landis that they haif ane merche stane for car dracht to be placit at everie half aiker end of the said commoun land, betwix and the twentie day of Junii nixt, to the effect at that tyme the provest, baillies and counsall may sie the same fixit, ad perpetuam rcmancntiaiii, under the pane of sextene schillingis to be tane of ilk person contravenar. Provest and baillies fenitoraris. — The quhilk day the baillies and counsall hes taxt and modefeit for everie boll of fy\-etene bollis malt, fyve markis vi s. viij d. And for everie boll of ten boUis meill, foure markis iij s. iiij d. awin be George Robesoun, William Glen and David Hall to the provest and baillies, and that for the Witsondayis dewties last bypast, in anno Ixxxix. of their wester myln ; and ordanit the same to be payit be thame incon- tinent to thair thesaurer. 3(/ Ji/ite, 1589. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies and counsall convenit within thair counsall houss, and thair becauss of the monifauld blasphemeis and evill wordis \sst be sindrie wemen, they haif concludit that ane pair joges be sett upp vpon the goves gangand up with tlirie or four fut stepis, and for that effect hes ordanit the Mr. of A\'erk to do the same incontinent, and that the said be sure and substantious, tliat the\- be nocht revin doune or carryit away be evill doaris. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \ 7 The quhilk day, in presence of the provest, bailHes, and counsall, comperit Thomas Myln, chirurgeon, being accusit be Flemyng and James Stewart, baillies, for calling of thame [tratouris], and dissavears and speiking sclanderouslie of the toun, [calling it the] hungrie toun of Glasgow. The said Thomas confessit [that he callit certane] of the saidis baillies treasonable dissevaris. As also [it wes previt] be witnesses that the said Thomas callit thame tratoris [and] he became in the prevest, baillies, and counsalis vill for [the quhilk] offence, wha declairit immediatlie thair will that [be resoun] of his odious and grit offence and sclander, committit as said is, and for geving of otheris example to abstene fra the lyk heirefter ; as also of vther grit wrangis and injureis done be him at sindrie tymes to certane honest men of the toun, as namelie to Thomas Millar, being thesaurer for the tyme, They half statut and ordanit, that the said Thomas Myln sail compeir at the Croce, and thair confess oppenlie, in presence of the people, his fault and grit sclander, committit be him, to the provest, baillies, and counsall, and thairefter his pensioun to be dischargit during the space of ane yeir, and furder during the provestis, baillies, and counsall willis ; and the same to be applyit to the bigging of their calsay ; and, in case he be evir fund in the lyk wrang agane, his fredome to be cryit doune, and to be dischargit perpetuallie of his pensioun — his persone to remane in the vnfriemanis warde quhill he pay the soume of fourtie pundis to the toun, besides the satisfactioun of the pairtie qvhome to he salhappin offend. The quhilk day the provest and baillies haifing consideratioun of the guid and thankful service done be William Stewart and Thomas Pettigrew, commanders to the cumpany of hagbutteris, quhilkis wer derect be the toun in his majesties service in the [The words within brackets in the above are supplied, the Record being in these places totally obliterated. ] Vol. II. D I 8 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. north, as also in respect of his hienes recommendatioun maid in thair favoiiris : And that the expanse of thair service wes simplie refcrrit be thame to thair discretioun. Thairfoir they, with adwyse of the counsal, hes ordanit that they sail haif thrie burges fynes of thair awin findyng out, besydes thair ordinar wage and daylie allouance sett doun to thame, 2ist June, 1589. — The, quhilk day the baillies and counsall being conveinit within thair counsalhouss, for consulting upoun our Souerane Lordis letteris, charging this burgh, and all uther burghis and tounis, to pas fordward to the north to await upon his Majesties service thair, they condiscendit, seing his Majestie is presentlie in Hamiltoun, that the thrie baillies, together wt Robart Chirnesyd, Hector Stewart, John Stewart, and Andrew Flemyng, thesaurar, pas to Hamiltoun, and thair bespeike his Majestie and chancellar, to sie gif thai can be ony moyan gett ane licent of his Gr. to abyd fra this present raid. i^th July, 1589. — The quhilk day Mr. Patrick Walkinschaw, subdene of Glasgow, is decernit and ordanit to flitt and remoue himselfe, servandis, and guidis, incontinent, furth and fra ane south mid chalmer, occupiet be him of the tenement of the Almous hous, besyde the Castell. The quhilk day Marline Pettigrew, wricht, is decernit and ordanit, as sourtie for Johne Park, to content and pay to Helene M'Neill, spous of Walter Logane of Blairquhon, the soume of f}'\'e markis money, within terme of law, resauit be him fra her vpoun the sevent day of Aprile last, quha promesit thaiifor to cure her of an deceis quhilk scho hes, and incaise he tailyed to redeliver to her the said soume back agane, and thairfor of the said Johne failzie is decernit of his awin confession as said is and siclyk, is dc( L-rnit to releiff his sourtie of the preniissis. The quhilk day Robert Gibsoun and William Sutherland, messenger, ar dcrcrnit, Iiinc iiulc, in ane wrang and amerciament MIA'UrES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 19 ot Court, viz. the said William for ciiming to the said Robertis houss and provocking him to fecht, and the said Robert for casting of his bonnet to the said "William, and provocking of the singular combat — and dome gevin thairupoun. 2(ith Julii, 1589. — Statutum. — The quhilk day the pro vest, baillies, and counsall, being convenit within thair counsal-hous, to tak ordour how and quhat maner the queir of the Metropolitan Kirk of Glasgow suld be repairit, and how sone the [werk sould] begin, conforme to ane act and ordinance maid thairanent, vpoun the twentie-nyne day of May last, and offer maid be James Flem3mg, Robert Rowat, and James Stewart, baillies, for thame- selfes, and in name of the provest, counsall, and [deaconis of the] toun, quhairof the tenor followis : The quhilk day, anent the complent of the ministeris, elderis, deaconis, and vtheris of the toun present in sessioun for the tyme, for non-repairing of the Hie Kirk, according to the chargis and ordinances maid thair- anent, James Flemyng, Robert Rowat, and James Stewart, baillies, being present, ofiferit to the reparatioun thairof, the haill taxatioun maid of fyvetene hundreth markis ; for thair awin pairtis sex hundredth merkis, that the samyn suld be reddy for the lielping and repairing of the said kirk : ProAvyding alwayis, that the parochin without burgh and personage suld half the rest, extending to nyne hundredth merkis, reddy for repairing of the said kirk : And ferder, offerit that gif the persone and intro- mettoris, with the fruitts of the personage and parichionaris without burgh, will mak sufficient securitie to the provest, baillies, and counsall of Glasgow, for the payment of the said nyne hundreth markis, to pay to thame within sax monethis efter the begynnyng of the werk, the said baillies, in name of the haill toun, sail begin farther furth and perfyte the said work, and find souertie to the persone and parichionaris for that effect, and compt and reknyng to be maid as efferis. Quhilk being 20 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. written and red within the counsal-houss, the provest, baillies, counsall, and deaconis present, and to cum wer content and consentit to abyd thairat, and band and obleist thame and thair successowris for performyng of the said act and ordinance aggreit upoun,'and offer maid be the said baillies, in the name of the rest of the toun as effeiris. The quhilk day, in presens of the provest, baillies, counsall, and deaconis of Glasgw., within thair counsal-hous, comperit the Richt Honerabill my Lord Commendator of Blantyre, and bering grit zeale and guidwill to the support and reparatioun of the queir of the Hie kirk of Glasgw., frelie offerit the sovme of foure hundreth markis money to be gevin and advancit for the repairing of the said kirk, confonne to the former act, and sail find cautioun immediatlie efter the beginning of the said work, to pay the foirnemit sowme for that effect (sic subscribitur) Blantyre. 19//; August, 1589. — Scott — Calderwood. — The allegationis of parties being hard, sene, and considerit, Jonete Calderwood, spous of Johne M'Kynny, and her spous, for his entres, are decemit and ordanit to content and pay to John Scott, Lowrie- meir, the soumes of money following, viz., the soume of fourtie fyve schillingis, in compleit payment of sevintene dayis fumeissing fumeissit be him to hir in viueris in the last pest ; Item, fyvetene schillingis for the price of ane hogheid ; Item mair, twentie sex schillingis vijd. for ane lining courchay ; Item mair, twentie schillingis for ane cod and codower; and twentie ane schilling vjd. for ane pair of stemyng hoiss furneisit be him to her at die tyime foirsaid. 22(f August, 1589. — Arbitratioun. — The quhilk day '\\'illiame Moderall, and AUaster Moderall, his sone, Archibald Hair, Johne Williamsoun, and Johne Ryburne, in Renfrew, on the ane pairt, Alexr. Stewart and Johne Smyth, on the \'ther pairt, ai^e com- MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 2 I promitted in the personis following, viz., for the pairt of the saidis Williame and Allaster Moderallis, Archibald Hair, Johne Williamsoune, and Johne Ryburne, Mr. Andro Hay, persone of Renfrew, and James Hall of Fulbar ; and for the pairt of the saidis Alexander Stewart and Johne Smyth, Robert Stewart and Johnne Stewwart, burgesses of Glasgow, juges, arbitratouris, and amicabill compositouris, commounlie and equalie chosin betwix bayth the saidis pairties. Anent the mater of trublance persewit, hinc hide, be ather of thaime aganis vtheris, and of the occasioun and originall thairof, and all uther materis debetabill betwix thaime, baith criminall and civill, that thai may lay to vtheris chairgis, or thair assistaris; quhilkis juges hes acceptit the said mater in and wpon thaime, and sail convene on Monynday nixt, the XXV day of August instant, and pronunce and gif furth thair decreet, in the said mater, betwixt and the fyveteenth day of September nixt to cum. 2(ith August, 1589. — The quhilk day Allane Winzett, wobster, is maid burges and freeman of the burgh and citie of Glasgow, and hes geven his aith of fidelitie quhais fines is gevin and assignit to Stevin Sellar, officiar, to be ane support and help to him to ane stand of claithis, conforme to ane act and ordinance of counsall thairupoun. Statutum. — The quhilk day, forsamekle as the provest, baillies and counsall, being informit and vnderstanding the grit hurt and dampnage done to thair nythtbouris of the toun haifand doucattis, and specialie the doucat in the grene, pertenyng to Marioun Scott and Robert Chirnesyd, throuch schuting and slaying of the dowis be sindrie men of the toun and utheris repairing thairin, and gif that the samyn be nocht remeidit, the saidis doucattis salbe allenarlie distroyit to thair hurt and aganis the comoun Weill and actis of parliament maid thairanent; thairfoir ordanis the drwme to pas throuch the toun, commanding and forbidding 2 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA . all and sindrie persounis of quhatsumevir degrie, that nane of thame tak upon hand to schute with culveringis, pistolatis, or ony other instrumentis, at ony dowis within the burrow ruidis of the toun or landis adjacent thairto, occupiit be the inhabitantis thairof — nor slay thame in ony sort, nor yett brek the doucattis thairof in tyme cumyng, vnder the pane of fyve pundis the first fault, the secund fait ten pundis, and the thrid fault banischit of the toun. To be applyit and vptane to the calsay. (^th Sept., 1589. — IVrang. — The quhilk day James Craufurd, Katherine Craufurd, his spous, and Thomas Craufurd, sone naturall to the said James, ar decernit, hinc imh; in ane wrang and amerciament of court, viz. The said Katherine Craufurd for streking of Margarete Pudzeon with hir neiffis on sindrie pairtis of hir bodie, and breking doune of ane glasin windo within the houss of vmqll. Mr. Archibald Craufurd, and for entering thairin ; and the said James for fortefeing and assisting of his said spous in doing of the said Avrang, and the said Thomas for haifing ane battoun in his hand, schoring the said Margarete Pudzeon thairwith ; and dome gevin thairupoun. 3^ October, 1589. — Jl'miig. — The quhilk day Johnne Rolland, in the Craigis of Ogilface, is discernit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for streking of David Wilsoun, sone to Archibald Wilsoun, merchand, with ane rung and his faldit neiffis and handis, as also for drawing of ane quhingar to him; and dome gevin thairupoun. 4th Oct., 1589. — Statutum. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, and counsall, convenit for taking sindrie thair [actis and ordinances] touching the comoun weill of the toun, and to the effect that thingis may be the better accompleischit, ratefies and confirmis all actis and statutis anent the con-\'cning of the coun- sallouris, and gif ony pcrsone of the counsall being personallie chargit .... of the toun at command of the magistratis MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 23 thamesefis, dew and lawful adverteisment being maid that .... sail pay aiie vnlaw of viij s. and to haif na voyce in court till the unlawe be first payit, and the samyn to be applyit to [and vptane] for thair calsay. Item, — It is statut and ordanit be provest, baillies, and counsal, becaus of the grit abuse and sleuth of the ordinar officaris in ■ nocht doing thair dewtie in awaiting . upoun the provest and baillies quhair they may resaue command, as occasioun sail serve, to execute thair office; thairfoir, for evading of the said abuse, hes ordanit in caice they be fund culpabill thairof, and decernit thairintil be the said provest and baillies onlie, or the maist pairt of thame, they be depryvit be thame upoun thair jugement, but awyse of the counsall, and nocht to serve in office for that yeir agane. Item, — It is statut for keeping of a dew gravitie and amitie in counsall, and reverence to be borne to the provest, baillies, and honourabell counsall of the toun, that quhatsumever he be that injureis ane vther in counsalhous, be word or deid, salbe depryvit immediatelie of the counsall, and will nocht be admittit for the space of thrie yeiris thairefter of the number of the counsall, besyd \-ther punischment that the counsall shall think meet to injoyne to thame for the tyme. Item, — It is statut and concludit, and siclyk decernit be provest, baillies and counsall, at the complent of Mr. Adame Wallace, comoun procurator of the toun, that ane act insert in the buikis of this auditorie, of the date the xxiij day of May, 158 1, bering Archibald Heigart to be admittit comoun clerk of the toun, being presentit be my Lord vmqll. Duik of Lennox, then provest, with command and authoritie of the Ivingis G., for that effect, to be simpliciter deleit, and put furth of the said buik, as repugnant and maist prejudiciall to the libertie of the toun, they haifand electioun in their awin handis of the said office in all tyme 24 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. bygane, and to haif na faith, credit, nor effect in any tyme cumyng. Statuta pro prcsenti Anno 1589. — The quhilk day the present baillies and counsall vnderstanding the name of God to be blasphemit be banning and swearing, and the command thair- anent oppinlie brokin, in this toun ; but punischment hes thairfoir statut and ordanit that na maner of persone blaspheme Godis name, be banyng or sweiring in tyme to cum, vnder the panis contenit in the actis of parUament : And it is inhibit that na markat be keipit vpoun Sounday, vnder the panis contenit in the saidis actis of parliament. Ite7n, — It is statut and ordanit that thair be na dearer aill sauld nor ten d. the pynt, aye and qll the provest, baillies, and counsall tak furder ordour thairanent ; and that the same be kingis aill, and very guid, vnder the pane of xij s. the first fault — the secund, dealing of thair brewing — the third, dealing of their brewing, and breking of thair fattis, and dischargeing brewing for zeir and day thairafter ; and that nane brew but friemen, under the pane of dealing of thair brewing, and breking of thair weschellis ; and that the browstaris mak thair aill patent to the taisteris, sa oft as thai ar requirit to that effect. Item, — It is stated and ordanit that the vj d. laif be twelve unce wecht, at the leist; and that na baxteris baike wastellis to sell agane, vnder the pane of xij s. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that na middingis be laid vpoun the hiegait, nor in the meill nor flesche mercattis. And that na flescheouris teme vscliavis in the saidis places, vnder the pane of xvjs. unforgevin. And that na stanes nor tymmer ly vpoun the hiegait langer nor zeir and day, vnder the pane of escheit thairof ; and that na truff stakis be maid vpoun the foregait \nder the pane of xvjs. ilk fait. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that na breiding of flesche nor MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 25 blawing of muttoun be, vnder the pane of xvjs. And that na talloun be sauld in grit quantitie to pas of the toun quhill fastrenisewin, vnder the pane of escheating thairof. And that na fleschouris by talloun nor deid flesche fra outten tonnes men fleschouris, but it be brocht all at anis to the mercat, vnder the pane of xvjs., to be tane of the tounes ileschouris and als mekle of the. sellar. And that the outten tounes fleschouris present the flesche to the mercat with hyd, skin and talloun. And siclyk that na fleschouris within toun by flesche fra ony vnfrie- maan to sell or by agane within the toun, vnder the pane of ten pundis swa oft as the contravenir beis fund culpabill heirof. Item, — It is statut and ordanit that na muttoun be scoreit on the bak nor na pairt thairof, nor lettin doun befoir, bot ane skore on ilk schulder, under the pane of xvjs. ilk fault; and that na mairttis be lattin doune vnder the pane foirsaid, and that all the hydis and skynnis be haill and nocht carledderit nor diminischit the scheep skynnis nather befoir nor behind be diminischit pairt thairof, and the talloun to be brocht to the mercat . . . bowk vnder the pane of xvjs. the first fault, the secund fault escheiting of the guidis presentit to the market deling thaim to the pure, the thrid escheiting thairof and dischargeing of thame . . . . of sic offices in tyme cumyng. Item, — It is statut and ordanit that na talloun be sauld derrar nor threttie schillingis the stane, and that nane be sauld nather to frie nor vnfriemen abone ten stane, without the knowledge of provest or baiUies, under the pane of five schillingis to be tane of ilk stane, baith fra the byer and sellar ; and that na merchandis fleschouris nor other friemen, by talloun, hydis nor skynnis with straingeris money, nor pennyworthis vnder colour, nor pakmen pein with any friemen, under the pane of escheiting of all sic VOL. II. E 26 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA, giiidis ; na ky be hocht on the hie gait for bluid lying thairon, vnder the pane of xvjs. the first fault, the secund xxxijs. Itetn, — It is statut and ordanit that the stane of candill be sauld for xxxvjs. ; and that they be small weiket and weill tallounit, under the pane of xvjs.; and that na vnfrie persounis mak candill to sell agane, vnder the pane of escheiting the same; and that the candill-makeris sail sell to sik as desyris ather pund or halfe pundis, and sail mak penny or twa penny candill. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that gif ony maltmen sell thair malt to vnfrie personis, browsteris within this toun, he sail nocht be hard to persew befoir provest and baillies for the samyn. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that all crameris of wollin claith stand abone the croce, under the pane of xvjs., provyding that it salbe lesum to friemen, that the buithis benetli the croce to stand with thair awin merchandise befoir thair awin buith duiris. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that thair be na sw}nie nor geiss haldin nor pasturit within the burrow ruidis of the toun, but haldin in houssis, under the pane of escheiting thairof Item, — It is statut and ordanit, for preservatioun of quheit sawin, or to be sawin and saifing of zairdes, that thair be na scheip pasturit within the burrow ruidis, symmer nor winter, vnder the pane of xvjs. the first fault — the second xxxijs. — the third escheiting thairof; and ordanis the poindar to exerceiss his office in crying furth of this statut, under the pane of depry-ving of him furth of his office. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that the markat place of com, gerss, hay and stray be in the new zaird in tyme cumyng, and that they present the same to na vther place vnder the pane of xvjs. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 27 Item, — It is statut and ordanit that the kail fruite the flaikis thairof be put betwix the gutter and gybett, and that ilk [flaik] be elne lang and als braid. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that na fleschour haif ma flesche stokis nor ane, and the vnfriemen to haif nane. Item, — It is statut and ordanit, that na usschavis nor . . . nor na vther thing be waschen in the burne of Malindonar, vnder the pane of xvjs. the first fault, the secund confiscatioun of the guidis, the thrid wairding of thair personis and punischment of thame. [At the Head Court of the Burgh held after Michaelmas yearly, it appears to have been the custom for the Water Baillie to make a return to the Court of the number of Lepers who were in the Hospital at the Brigend. Under date 7th Oct., 1589, we find the following names as Lepers : — Andro Lawsoun, merchand ; Stevin Gilmor, cordener ; Robert Bogill, sone to Patrick Bogill ; Patrick Birstall, tailzeour; Johne Thomsoun, sone to Johne Thomsoun, tailzeour ; Daniell Cuninghame, tinclar.] loth Oct., 1589. — The quhilk day John Scott, Lowrioneir, and Euphame Gewan, ar absolvit and quitt fra the soumes of money and guids following, acclamit be Jonete Calderwod and Johnne M'K3mny, hir spous, for his entres fra thame : They ar to say, ane blak paitlatt barrit with weluot, worth foure punde, ane sword intromettit with be the said Johne Scott, worth foure punde, and ellevin quartis aill, price of the quart xxxd. except fyve pyntes thairof, fetcht fra the said Jonete, ane zeirsyn or therby, quhan the said Euphame wes lyand in cheildbedlare, and that in respect of the said Johne Scott and his spous, aithes, &c. 25//? Oct. — The quhilk day Johne Watsoune, zounger, fleschior, is decemit of his awin confession in ane wrang and amerchiament of court, for the hurting and wounding of Johne Wan, fleschior, with ane quhingar, fyve ynsches on the left syd, within the lang 2 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. ribis, to the effusioun of his bluid in grit quantitie, and is ordanit to satisfie the chirurgiane, &c. 31^-^ October, 1589. — The quhilk day, Williame Purdeane and Johne Scott in Pertik, ar decernit, hinc inde, in ane wrang and amerciament of court for trubling of the toun under clud of nycht ; and the said Johne Scott for the bluiding and wounding of Arthour Millar, servand to the bishop of Aberdene, he being reddand hame, and dome gevin thairupoun. ^th Nov. — The quhilk day, anent the bill and clame gevin in be Jonet Aulderstoun, relict of umqll. Williame Lindsay, aganis Jonet Aulderstoun, spous of George Menzeis, and hir said spous, for his entres, bering that quhair about the feast of Pasche last, or thairby, thair being word of the depairture of hir said umqll. spous, the said Jonet Aulderstoun, spous of the said George, come to hir dwelling hous in the Briggaii, under clud of nyght, without ony , guid ordor, and thair maist wranguslie, at hir awin handis intromettit with, and away tuik the gudis and geir follow- ing, of the availl and prices efter specefeit, the samyn pertenyng to hir as hir awin proper guidis. They ar, to say — Twa cruikis, worth xxs. — item, twa raxis, speit, and irne tangis, worth xs.- — item, ane pair of woe cames, worth xiijs. iiijd. — item, twa t)ai pynt stopis, ane worth xiijs. iiijd., the other xxiijs. — item, twa chandleris, xxs. — item, twa pottis, xls. — item, ane pan, xiijs. iiijd. — item, nyne plaitis, price of the peice xxs., inde, nyne pundis — item, aucht tyn trunscheors, price of the peice vjs. \-iijd., inde, foure markis — item, ane dosane of trend weschell,* worth iiijs. — item, sex pund of wowin zairne, worth xxs. — item, sex courches, worth sex mark — item, sex quartaris of semyg, worth xxxs. — item, ane bairl, and ane couquet buik — item, ane fedder bed, worth aucht marks — item, bowstaris, worth fortie shillingis — item, ly\e coddis, worth xls. — item, ane bassing, worth xxs. — item, foure * \Voodcn vessels. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 29 coueringis, price of the peice xxvis. viijd., inde savin merks — item, ane pair of doubill scheittis, and ane endil scheitt worth xxs. — item, ane schone home of irne, ane quheill spingill, and ane quhingair, worth xiiijs. —item, ane pain tit clayth with ane front ell courtingis, worth xls. ; quhilk is guidis and geir, particularlie foirsaide, the said Jonet maist wranguslie intrometit therwith and away tuik the samyn : And awail the said Jonete, relict of the umqll. Williame, hes oft and divers tymes requirit hir and hir said spous to deliver the samyn, or ellis the avail prices therof respective foirsaid, not the les they refuissis to do the samyn, without they be compellit, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said bill gevin in therupon, &c. (Decree is given for restoration of the goods or the prices thereof, on proof by witnesses, and the confessions of parties). ith Nov. — The quhilk day the Provest, Baillies, and Counsall hes given and grantit, and be thir presents givis and grantis to Thomas Cloggy the chaiplanrie or alterage of St. Johne Baptist, foundit be umqll. Mr. AUane Blacator, Subdene of Glasgow, situat within the Hie Kirk therof, quhairunto is annexit the new hospitall, besyd the Stabelgrene, last possesst be Sir Williame Crawford, last Chaiplaine and Maister of the said hospitall, with the rents, dewties, and emoluments pertenyng therto, during all the dayis of his lyftyme, and ordanit the said hospitall to be viseit on Wedensday cum aucht dayis, by the thrie Bailies, David Hall, Archebald Wilsoun, Maister of Werk, Thomas Mure, and James Lyoun, of the Counsall, to sie what estait the samyn is presentlie ; and he to find caution for uphauld of the samyn, and keip the tenor of the fundatioun, quha fand Williame Hereot and James Lyoun cautioners and soureties for him, and becum actit for that effect; and the said Thomas actit and obleist him to releifif his said soureties of all damage and skaith they may sustene, thair- throw. Of the quhilk gift the tennor foUowis. — (A blank page left in the Record for the insertion of the gift.) 30 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. 2ist Nov. — The quhilk day, Johne M'llreo, Helandman, is decernit in ane wrang and amerchiament of Court, for the vvrangous and wrongfull away taking fra Thomas Preb, servand to David Cunynghame, of ane meir, and taking away fra him of his awin stalfe, and streking him thairwith on the thie, to the effusion of his bluid, and saying, gif he had ane hoill, he wald stik the said Thomas, and clape him in : of sett purpois to haif slane him, and dome gevin therupon. iith Dec. — The quhilk day, the Provost, Bailleis, and Counsell, grantis to Archibald Faullis, merchand, ane gift of fynes of his awin seiking out, for his pains takin be him in collecting and ingaddering of the toun stent of thair pairt of the taxatioun of twentie thousand punds, condiscendit upoun be the burrowis, to the Kings Majestie, for furtherance of his Hienes marriage; and the said Provest, Baillies, and Counsell, haifing tane compt and reknyng of the said Archibald of the said stent cassing for the effect foirsaid, the said Archibald, Collector, foirsaid, is dischargit of the samyn. X2th Dec. — The quhilk day Archibald Brewhous, smyth, is decernit in ane wrang and amerchiament of court, for injuring of Adame Fairy, officer, in his awin hous, calling him theiff, cadger, knaif, and saying to servandis of my Lord Glencairns, quha were in his hous for the present, that gif they come to the gait the morne their hochis wauld be cuttit, and dome gevin therupon. ■x,oth Dec. — The quhilk day the Bailleis, accompaneit with Uavid Hall, Thomas Mure, Thomas Pettigrew, and Archibald Wilsoun, Mr. of Werk, past viseit and sichtit the hospital!, besyd the Stabelgrene, last possesst be Sir Williame Cra\\furd, last maister of the said hospital), quhilk hospitall is anncxit to the chaiplanrie or alterage of Sanct Johnnc Baptist, foundit be umqll. Mr. Allane Blacator, Subdcnc of Glasgow, situat within the Hie MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 31 Kirk therof, conforme to ane act and ordinance of the Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall, sett doune of befoir for that effect, and fand the samyn in the estait and maner following, viz., the zaird dyk, the north syd therof, weill dykit, and kaipit with stane, and ane haill hedge on the south syd therof, -the wall weill kaipit with stane, ane elne above the zaird zett sufficient and lokfast. Item, the heich chalmer of the said hospitall well loftit and jestit, twa windois witliin the samyn staincherit with ime, ane stand bed fixit in the wall of the said chalmer, weill burdeit, ane panttrie dure and ane saig dure without has ane sufficient guid dure, and foir zett weill wallit and lokit with ane raill galrie stair, and ane turlies upoun the northmost windo therof. Item, fand the laich hous therof with sex stand beddis_ of aik sufficient, with ane paintrie lokfast, and ane mekill kist, standand within the same, claspit with irne on everie nook. Item, fand the coilhous dure sufficientlie lockit and bandit, weill wallit and kapit round about — item, the haill house of the said hospitall sufficient in ruif, tymmer, sklait, and watterfast — item, fand ane doubill foirzett bandit, without ane lok, with the wallis of the clois weill kapit about, Quhilk hospitall, with the zaird and pertinents, being viseit and sichtit in maner as said is, the saidis Baillies deliverit the samyn to Thomas Cloggy, Maister of the hospital, quha grantit ane ressait thairof in the estait foirsaid ; and obleist him to uphald the samyne, and to leve the said hospitall, with zaird and perti- nents, in als guid estait as it is sichtit presentlie, and to observe and keip the tennor of the fundatioun in all pointis. 23^ Jan., 1589-90. — The quhilk day, the Baillies find, be the sleuth and abuse of the officers, that thair tolbuith is filthillie usit be certane persones repairing thairin, nyght and day, be ressone the dure thairof is not lokit be the said officeris of Thairfoir, it is statut and ordanit, in caice, ony tyme heireftir, the said tolbuith dure be fund unlokit in the nyght, and all tymes of 3 2 C LA SCO W MEMORABILIA. the clay, except quhan the BailHes sail resort therto : in that caice, they sail be depryvit of thair office. 3IJ-/ Jan. — The quhilk day the Bailleis and Counsall, being convenit within the Counsal-hous, wnderstanding that Mathow Cameroun, cordiner, and James Cameroun, his sone, are wairdit for deforceing of Johnne Patoun, officer, in executioun of his office, putting ane decreit to executioun, obtenit at the instance of Williame Clerk, wobster, aganis the said Mathow : As also for streking of the said Johnne, to the effusioun of his bluid, and harling and pudling of him in ane gutter. Thairfoir, it is concludit and ordanit by the said Bailleis and Counsall, that the said Mathow sail pay for the unlaw of ane deforcement, as also the bluid and wrang committit aganis the said officer and unlaw thairof : And siklike ordanit his friedome to be cryit doune on Monynday nixt to cum, the secund of February nixt, at ten hours ; At the quhilk tyme, ordanit the said Mathow, and his said sone, to compeir at the said Mercat Croce, barfuttit and bairheidit, and thair to sitt upoun their kneis, and ask first God, the said Baillies and Counsall, and partie foirsaid quhome to they haif offendit, forgiffines, and that they sail abstein fra the lyke in tyme cumyng, under the pane of banishment furth of the toun : And sikl5'k ordanit thame, in the menetyme, to remane in waird quhill the premissis be done. 2d,th Feb. — The quhilk day, Johnne Young, wobster, is deceniit and ordanit, of his awin confessioun, to rander and delyver to Mathow Blak, wobster, ane irne chymnay, with rakis and boddc- mit, with irne on the erss, betwix and Witsonday nixt, the quhilk pertenit to James Bryss, wobster, and sauld be the said Johnne to the said Mathow, in May last, or therby, for the soum of Ave markis money, togidder with fyftie viijd., ressavit be the said Johnne for the hyre and profeit of the said chimna>-. And the said Mathow is discernit to pay to the said Johnne the soum MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 37 of three pundis viiijd. les .restane of the price of the said chimnay. e^th March. — The quhilk day, in presense of WilUame Cunyng- ham, Bailhe, Johne Stewart, merchand, and Johne Crawfurd, citineris of Glasgow, ar bundin, actit, and obleist, conjunctlie and severallie, for thame, thair airis, executoris, and assignais, of thair awin proper confessiounis and consentis, as cautioneris and sourties for Gilchrist M'llcallum and Thoryll M'Millane, helandmen in Skippinage, to waiTand releiff and keip Robert Broun, merchand, John Broun, in Skippinage, and William Flemyng, burges of Glasgow, as cautioner and sourtie for the said Robert, skaithles anent the deliverance of ane siluer peice, weyand sixtene unce siluer, to the said Gilchrist and Thoryll M'Millane, at all handis, haifand entres therto, quhilk siluer peice wes deliverit to the said Robert Broun, be Robert Cunynghame, in Skippinage, in custodie and keiping, and of all dampnage and intres and expenss that may ensew or follow therupoun, in all time heireftir, anent the deliver- ance of the said peice to the said helandmen : And the said Gilchrist and Thorlis renunceand thair awin jurisdictioun, ar becum actit to releiff the said Johne Crawfurd and Johne Stewart, thair sourtie of the premissis, and of all that may follow therupoun in all tyme cumyng. 17M March. — The quhilk day Johne Mure, tailzeor, and Johne Touris, cordiner, ar decernit hinc inde in ane wrang and amerchia- ment of court, viz. the said Johne Mure, for casting of ane stane at Margarete Stewart, spous of the said Johne Touris, and for casting of stanes at her pigis ; and the said Johne Touris for streking of the said John Mure twyss on the left chulder with ane quhingar, to the efifusioun of his bluid, and dome gevin therupoun. 31J/ March, 1590. — The quhilk day, James Blackburne, mer- chand, is decernit and ordanit, be aith of pairtie referrit therto, to VOL. II. F 54 GLASCOIV MEMORABILIA. content and pay to Thomas Kneland the soume of sextine schillinge money, within tym of law, for the hyre of ane hors to Lanerek, quhilk he promesit to satisffie the said Thomas therfoir twa zeiris syn, or therby, and absolvit the said James fra fourtie schilhnge, for the pryce of ane buik, callit the buik of Nurtour Allegit, borrowit be tlae said James fra him, and that in respect of his aith referrit therto be the said Thomas. The quhilk day, John Muirheid, maltman, Alexr. Wyerspvne, in , and Gilbert Gray, maltman, are decernit in ane wrung and amerchiament of Court, viz. : — The said John Muirheid for taking of Alexr. Wyerspvne the first kuff with his neif ; and the said Alexr. Wyerspvne for streking of the said Johne Muirheid likwayis with his neiffis ; and the said Gilbert Gray for streking of the said Johne Muirheid, and d (inging) of him ovir ane treddill ; and dome gevin therupoun. znd May. — The quhilk day, the Provest, Bailleis, and Counsal, for the speciall luif and favour quhilk they haif and beiris to INIr. Johne Cowper, thair Minister, as also for the better sustenyng of him into his chairge, of thair meir liberalitie, lies gevin and granted to him the soume of fyftie markis money, togidder with foure dousane burges barnis coilis, and twentie pundis money for his hous main, to be payit to him zeirlie be thair thesaurer, present and to cum, in maner following, viz. — the said siluer at twa termes in the zeir, Witsonday, and Martimes in winter, be equall portionis, and the saldis coillis to be delyverit to him at Lambes or thairh)- zeirlie, and for his seniice in the ministrie at the kirk of Glasgow, and ay and untill the said Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall provyde him als mekle and als guid during his said seniice, as said is, and the sam(yn tyme) dischargeis all actis of giftis grantit be the saidis Provest, Balleis, and Counsall to him, befoir the dait heirof for that effect. The quhilk day the ProNcst, Bailleis, and Counsall, absolvit MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 35 James Stewart, Bailie, fra the wrangus complent gevin in be Andro B.iillie, and Alex. Baillie, his sone, allegeand that the said James suld haif ewinit thame to hanging in the Bromelaw, the day of last bypast. dth Alay. — The quhilk day, Johne Stewart, merchand, is decernit and ordanit, as cautiouner and souretie for Patrik and , Helandman, to content and pay to Patrik Allansoun, merchand, the somne of nyne pundis nyne schillinge money, betwix the date heirof and the feast of Lambess nixt to cum, for the quhilk soume the said Helandman wes gevin to the said Patrik in pledge, quha being put in waird at the said Patrik instance, the said Johnne resavit him furth thairof, and that in respect of the said Patrikis aith gevin therapoun, in pena contumacie, the said Johne Stewart being la^vfiilie wamit, and not compeirand. 29//? May, 1590. — The quhilk day, John Andersoun, buris, is decernit, of his awin confessioun, in ane wrang and amerchiament of Court, for casting doune of Issobel Burne, servand to Mr. David Wemyss, on her back, presing to haif deforceit hir, and for casting of ane clod at hir, and betting hir on the heid : As also for speking of sindrie abhominable wordis, nocht wordie of reheirsall, scho being doing the said Mr. David, hir maisteris, dois at the schellis mylne. The quhilk day Alspaith Clogy, dochter to Thomas Clogy, is decernit in ane wrang and amerciament of court, for casting of stanes at Cristiane Sauchie, and byting of hir throuch the airme, and latting the peice flesche quhilk scho bait, fall in the water : And absolvit Katherine Richie, spouse of the said Thomas, and Marioun Clogy, hir dochter, fra the complent gevin in be hir aganis thame, and absolvit Christiane Sauchie fra the said Alspaith Clogys complent. 2dJum.—T\\.Q quhilk day, the Baillies vnderstanding that Jonne Andersoun, buris, was convict, of his awin confessioun, in ane 36 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. wrang, for castyng dovne of Issobell Burne, servand to Mr. David Wemyss, and presing to haif deforceit hir, to the grit offence of God, and sclander of the said Issobel, Thairfoir, statut and ordanit that the said Johnne Andersoun will dispasche himself furth of the toun, and (byde ?) af the same during the Dempstare and Baillies will ; And in caice he be fund at ony tyme thaireftir within the said toun, it is expreslie prowydit and ordanit that he sal be instantlie tane and scurdgit throuch the same, and to be perpetu- allie banischit thairfra in all t3Tne cumyng. The quhilk day, anent the bill and claime gevin in be James Stewart, ane of the Baillies, aganis Elisabeth Mairtine, relict of umqll. Allane Grenelies, merchant burges of Glasgow, makand mentioun quhair upoun the twentie day of Nouember, 1589, the said umqll. Allane was decernit of his awin proper confessioun to content and pay to the said James twentie crounis of the sone of gold and wecht, at his hame cumyng out of France, quhairinto he wes bound, in the schipe callit the George of Glasgow, provyding in caice he payit and del)rverit to the said James, or his factore in his name, haveand his power in the pairtis of France wher it suld happin the said schipe to arryve this present woyage, at the halfe of the dischargeing of hir ladenyng thair ; fyvetene crounis of the sone gold and wecht : In that caice the samyn suld haif bene compleit payment of the twentie crounis, as the decreit and rolment of the dait foirsaid beris, As also in presense of Robert Rowat, Baillie, the said umqll. Allane was decernit of his awin confessioun to pay to the said James ten bollis watter mett grit salt, bebvixt and Michaelmes nixt, eftir the dait of the said rolment, quhilk is the twentie of June, 1589, as the samyn beiris, quhilkis dettis contenit in the said rolment, the said umqll. Allane diferrit to pay in his tyme, and, therfor, the said Elizabeth Mairtine, his relict, executrix, at the least, intromissatrix with his giidis and geir passive, and scho decernit to pay to him tlie samyn sikl)-k as her MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 37 umqll. husband wes decernit of befoir, as at mair lenth is contenit in the bill and claime gevin in thairupoun. (Decree of transference is pronounced in common form). A^h June. — The quhilk day, the Provest, Baillies, and Counsall, hes statut and ordanit that upoun Whitsontwyisday zeirlie, in tyme cumyng, becauss the mylndame is sett in few, quhilk wes the place of thair conventioun for rouping of thair commoun gudis, and other thingis, that, aftir the outputting of the Outlandimeris in the morning, and ryding about the Marches, they all convene betwix the buttis of the Grene, and thair rope all thingis that suld and aucht to be ropit zeirlie, in presence of the haill commounaltie ; and immediatlie the said Provest, Baillies and Counsall, pas to the tolbuith, and thair, in thair Counsallhouss, chuse and elect sik honest men as Thesaurar, Clerk, Maister of AVerk, and Menstrallis, as they wer wont to chuse at the mylndame in tyme bypast. Witsontwysday Court. — The Court of the Peranibulatioun of the Marchis of the Burgh and Citie of Glasgow, haldin at the Buttis of the Grene, be honorahill men, Sir Mathow Stewart of Mynto, Knyt., Provest, Williame C^mynghame, Robert Rowatt, and James Stewart, Bailleis of the said Burgh, the nynt day of Junii, the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure scoir ten zeir is. The suttis callit, the Court confer mit: Demfster, Jon Robesoun. The Names of the Outlandimeras. Thomas Pettigrew. Johnne Dalrumpill. Mathow Trumbill. Johnne Fairy. Johnne Bornis. James Braidwood, zounger. Andro Andersoun, officere. Patrik M'llvane, pwndar. 3 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. The faltis gevin up be the Outlandimeris : — Ifcm. — They find fait with ane chop biggit out vpoun the hie gait be David Ramsay, potter, in his land, lyand in Stokwall, contrair all gude ordour, and evill example of otheris. lU-m. — They find fait and querrell in the Kow lone, holkit be quhome they know not. /fern. — They find fait with Convell Strutheris, for taking in of ane piece of gude land in Sanctroikis lone, to the quantitie of ane quartar guid land, and thairby hes diminischit the lones. Item. — They find the haill lones of the Bromehill and passage to the Scelleis Mylne is nocht sex quarteris breid, quhilk suld be auchtene elnis of breid. Item. — They find the haill lones of Garnegad, that passis to the Litill Brwme at the eist end thereof, to be diminischit. Item. — They find the haill middingis in the Drygait sett furth upoun the calsay, quhilk settis the watter upoun the same, and hoillis the said calsay. Itc-m. — Findis that Alesoun Watsoun hes sett furth hir dyk upoun the eist lone that passes fra Litill St. Mungois Kirk to Cumlachie Brig. Itc-M. — Johne Cochrane hes sett furth his dyk, and hes tane up the hail lone passing doune to St. Mungois treis, whereby it is not possibill to ane hors to gang by ane othir. Jtem. — It is to be remembered to visie Johnne Dalrumpills zaird. £rtg. — The quhilk day the casualities and costumes of tlie brig ar ropet and sett to Johne Clerk, for this present zeir, for payment of the soume of foure scoir markis money, to be payit at !Martimes, usit and wount, and the said Johne hes fundin sourtie for payment of the samyn. Item.— It is statut and ordanit, for the observatioun of the MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 39 Sabboth day, that the raid of the Somerhill salbe continewit till the tweiiti thrie day of Junii instant, being Twyisday of that oulk, and to stand swa this zeir onlie, or langer, as salbe concludit be the Provest, Baillies, and Counsall. The quhilk day, the Provest, Baillies and Counsall, hes gevin thair twa commoun bells, viz., the mort and skellet bells, togidder with the office of pwnterschipe, to George Johnstoune, fur ane zeir, to cum bund for the soume of thrie scoir pundis, to be payit in maner following, viz., twentie pundis thairof in hand, twentie pundis at Lukismes, and twentie pundis, in compleit payment of the said thrie scoir pundis, at Beltane therefter, and hes fund Johne Mure, flescheor, and Williame Hereot, cautioneris and sourties, conjunctlie and severallie, as sourtie for gude payment of the said soume permittit be him, as for gude service to be done, and the said George Johnstoun is decernit to releiff his said sourties of the premissis, and of all that may follow thair- upoun. Item. — For guid ordor keiping, and for eschewing the tumult and out(cry) of the commoun people,' to the offence of the said George (in using of) the said offices foirsaids, the Provest, Bailies, and (Counsall) hes decernit and ordanit that gif ony persone rais ane outcry aganis the said George, in using of his said offices, to be punischit in this maner, viz., ony being of the of ane to pay for everie fait xvis., for otheris, and being beggeris, to be scurdgit throw the toun, and othirwayis punischit at the discretioun of the Bailleis. x'jth June, 1590. — The quhilk day, in presence of the said Baillie, compeirit personally Niniane Schyre, flescheor, and Mathow Biggert, cowper, burgessis of Glasgow, and granted thame to haif resavit actuallie, and in effect, in numerat money, fra ane venerable man, Mr. Archibald Crawfurd, persone of Eglischame, the soume of fourtie sex pundis, vsuale money of 40 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. this realme, off the quhilk soume they dischargit the said Mr. Archibald, his airis, executoris, and assignais, for evir : Thairfoir, of thair awiii confessiounis and consentis, ar decernit and ordanit, conjunctlie and severallie, for thame, thair airis, executoris, and assignais, to thankfulhe content, pay, and delyver to the said Mr. Archd. and his foirsaidis, the said soume of fourtie sex pundis, in numerat money, and na penny worthis, betwix the dait heirof and the ellevint day of Junii, in the zeir of God J. N. vc. foure scoir ellevin zeiris; but langer delay, skaith, dampnage, interes, and expenssis tliat the said Mr. Archibald, or his foirsaidis, sal happin to mak and wair in the law in pursute heirof, or sal happin to sustene in default of nonpayment of the said soume at the said day, als weill to be payit as the said principall soume, and na remeid of law to be allegit in the contrair, provyding gif it sail happin thame or ony of thame, to thankfuUie delyver to the said Mr. Archibald ane barrell of guid and sufficient Lochfyne hering betwix and Zule nixt to cum, in that caice the said barrell salt hering being sua delyverit, the said Mr. Archd. discharge the said sex pundis of the said fourtie sex pundis, and sua in that caice the said Mr. Archibald sail defalt thairof the said sex pundis, other- wayis nocht and siklyk the said Niniane and Mathow ar content and consentis, in caice of nocht payment of the said soume at the day foirsaid, that lettres of hoirnyng, wairding, or pounding, the one not to be prejudicial! to the other, and the hoirnyng to be direct vpoun ane simple charge of sex dayis allanerlie, to pas heirupoun againis thame in forme, as effers, togidder with ijs. for thair presents. 2T,d June. — The quhilk day, anent the complent gevin in be Mr. Adame Wallace, commoun procuratour, bering that there it is not unknawin to the Provest, Baillies, Counsall, and communitie of this toun, that thair is ane commoun ordour tane \poun the quantitie of treis, and ane gadge appointit for the same, quhilk is MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 41 ressavit and vsit, for the maist pairt, throuch the haill seyferand touns, and na ordour tane in this toun as zit thairintill, desyreing that sik ordinance wer tane in this toun that the tries wer not to the extreme quantitie, becaus of penuritie and skairnes of tymer, nather yit ouer htill quantitie far differant fra the principall gadge for eschewing of the breking thairof be the serchear, and tliat the said treis that ar to be sett vp may be of sik quantitie as salbe thoucht expedient : Thairfoir, the said BaiUies, Counsall, and communitie, being therwith rypehe advvysit, hes aggreit and condiscendit, all in ane voce, that the haill treis that ar to be sett up salbe of the quantitie of fyvetene gallounes, and the houtipas treis not to be translatit, and that ane gadge sal be appointit be the toun for that effect, and continewit the penaltie upoun the contravenaris of this act, till it be sett doune be the Provest, Bailleis, Counsall, and Deaconis, within thair Counsallhous. 26th Jtme. — The quhilk day James Reid, messinger, and Robert Reid, wricht, ar decemit and ordanit to render and delyver to Helene Wynnyng, relict of umqll. Robert Darrot, merchand, ane lang sedill of aik, ane Flanderis pen with levis, ane kist, ane vthir lang sedill, and ane schr)me, being standing in the houss feued be George Abimethy to thame, and intromettit with be thame, the samyn pertenyng to the said Helene as hir awin proper guidis, and that in respect of the said Helenis aith, referrit therto be the saidis personis. 2()th June. — The quhilk day, in presence of James Stewart, Baillie, compeirit Mathow Colquhoun, brother germane to Walter Colquhoun of Kilmardynny, as principall, Thomas Mylne, chirur- gane, and James Scott, burgessis of Glasgow, as cautioneris, sourties, and full debtoris for the said Mathow, and grantit thame to haif borrowit and resavit, reallie and with effect, in numerat money, fra the handis of Mr. Archibald Crawfurd, persone of Eglischame, in name and behalf of Cristiane Herbertsoun, dochtei VOL. II. G 4 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. naturall to iimqll. George Herbertsoun, the soume of twa hundreth markis money, wherof they bald thame, weill content, and payit ; and discharge the said Mr. Archibald and Cristiane, their airis, executoris, and assignais, therfra for evir : Thairfoir, the said Mathow, as principal!, and the said Thomas and James, as cautioneris for him, ar decernit and ordanit, conjunctlie and severallie, of thair awin proper confessiounis, for thame, thair airis, executoris, and assignais, to content pay and thankfullie delyver to the said Mr. Archibald, in name and behalfe of the said Cristiane, the said soume of twa hundreth markis money, betwix the dait heirof and the feast of Witsonday nix to cum, in the zeir of God, J.M. vc. foure scoir ellevin zeiris, but langer delay; and in caice of nocht thankfull payment, the said day being bypast, they ar content and consentis thair personis be wairdit within the tolbuith of Glasgow, till the samyn be payit in numerat money, or poindit, at the plesour of the said Mr. Archibald ; and gif he desyreis poinding rather nor wairding, the said personis conjunctiie and severallie consentis that the best and reddiest of thair gudis and geir be poindit ilk thrie penny within the availl, viz , for ilk xxs. xxxs., and for ilk xs. xvs. worth, and deliverit to the said Mr. Archibald, to the vtilitie and proffeit of the said Cristiane, swa that it sail not be lesum, in na maner of way, to pay the said soume to hir, bot to the said Mr. Archibald, in hir name ; and, in caice of his deceis afoir the said day, to be payit to said ■\\'illiam Herbertson, in hir name, and to hir vtilitie ; and siclj-k ar content quhat other expensis be maid, in caice of nocht pajinent riierof, the samyn to be payit with the principall soume; and that execution- allis of hoirning pas heirupoun, as upoun ane simple charge of sex dayis allanerlie; and the said Mathow is deccriiit to relieff and keip skaithless his said sourties of the premissis, and of all that may follow thairupoun, togidder with ijs. for thair prcbcntis. 30M ///;/(■, 1590. — Tlie quliilk day, Johnc Tark is decernit and MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 43 ordanit, of his awin proper confessioun, to content and pay to Archibald Pawtoun, tailzeor, the soumes following, viz. : — The soume of twentie sex schillingis viijd., for the pryce of ane hatt, lynit with colfacie coft, and ressavit be him fra the said Archibald, ane zeir syn, or therby, — item, xxvjs. viijd., for the pryce of ane halfe elne and ane naill of Columbie flennyng, — item, for making therof, with silk and , xld., — Item, sex schillingis for making of ane stand of schepishen claithis. Item, vthir sex schillingis viijd. for ane pair of doublat slevis of canvouss. The quhilk day Williame Smith, merchand, is descernit and convict of his awin proper confessioun of ane wrang and amerchia- ment of court, for the wrangus cumyng to Dauid Robesoun, servand to Mr. Johne Ross, court clerk, he being in sober and quiet maner cumyng doune the Kingis Streit, and thair for pulling furth ane quhingar, and streking at him thairwith, of very sett purpois, prouisioun, and foirthought fellony, to haif bereft him of his lyfe, and dome gevin therupoun. The Court of Craignacht, haldin thairat, be honorabill men, Williame Cunynghame, Robert Rowatt, and James Stewart, Bailleis of the Burgh and Citie of Glasgow, the sevetit day of Julij, the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure sioir ten zeii-is. The siittis callit, tlu Court confer mit : Dempster, Andro Fairy. The quhilk day, the Sute Roll being callit, the absentis they ar vnlawit and amerchiat, conforme to vse and wont, and dome gevin therupoun. The quhilk day, the peace of the fair wes proclamit be David Coittis, mair of fie, upoun the Grene, and be James Andersoun, toun officer, vpoun the tolbuith stair, eftir the forme and tennour vnder writtin : — Forsamekle as the sevint day of Julij approched, 44 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. is the fair day of the burgh and citie of Glasgow of auld, Heirfoir, I, in our Soverane Lordis name, and als in name and behalf of the Baillie of Regalitie of Glasgow, and Provest and Baillies of the same, commandis and chargis, and als inhibites and forbiddis all our Soverane Lordis leiges that nane of thame tak vpoun hand to molest or trouble ony persone or personis repairand to the said fair, remaneand thairin, or passand thairfra, for all feid or new, for auld dett or new, or brek the peace of the said fair, be way of tuilzie or trublance, for the space of aucht dayis nixt thairefter, under the pane of ten pundis ilk fault vnforgevin. yWiJuIy. — The quhilk day, comperit, within the Counsalhous of Glasgow, in presence of the Baillies and Counsall thairin convenit. Sir Mark Jamesoun, and producit ane lettre of founda- tioun of fyve pundis zeirlie annuall rent to be vptane furth of his mans and orchaird, besyd the Stabilgrene therof, thair suld be payit to the foir almoushous thrie pundis — to the bak almoushous, pertenyng to the toun, twenty schillingis, and to the hospitall of the seik folkis, at the Brigend of Glasgow, twentie schillingis zeirlie, of the dait of the xxvjo. of Marche, the zeir of God J.I\I. vc. thrie scoir sevin zeiris, ratifeit and approvit be Mr. Robert RoUok, upoun the fourt day of Sept., the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure scoir ten zeiris, as also ratifeit and authoriseit be the Presbi- terie of Glasgow, the last day of Marche, the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure scoir ten zeiris. Item, ane obligatioun of Mr. Dauid Rollokis of Knitlady, for payment of the samyn zeirlie annuall rentis, conforme to the fundation, of the dait the xxviij. day of INIarche the zeir of God J.M. vc. thrie scoir sevin zeiris, as also ratifeit be Mr. Rollok, his sone. Item, ane instrument of seasing of ane zeirlie annuall rent of fourtene schillingis, to be vpliftet furth of ane barne in St. Tenois Gait, foundit to the toun clerk of Glasgow, and the annuall of St. Nicolace almshous, equallie betwix thame, for thair ingaddering and distributioun of the foirsaidis annuallis. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 45 of the dait tlie last day of Febmar, the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure scoir ana zeiris. Item, ane instrument, quhair the said Sir Mark Jamesoun was infeft in the manss and orchard, above wrettin, be Johnne Panter, his mother brother, vpoun conditioun that he suld fund tlie foirsaid zeirlie annuall to the pure, of the dait the aucht day of Januar, the zeir of God J.M. vc. threttie aucht zeiris. Item, the auld fundatioun, quhair the said Sir Mark, conforme to the will of the said Johne Panter, and the speciall conditioun of his awin infeftment, foundit the foirsaid zeirlie dutie furth of the foirsaid manss, of the dait the fyft of Nouember, the zeir of God J.M. vc. threttie nyne zeiris. Item, sex instrumentis of seasings, all in ane parcheament skjm, countenand in haill fourtie ane schillingis zeirlie annuall, foundit be the said Sir Mark, to the pure of the Hospital of Glasgow, with particular seasingis of the same annuall, besyd the parcheament skyn, with ane transumpt of ane insti-ument of ellevin schillings, to be vpliftit of Johne Brownis hous, in Tronegait. Item, the copy of the chartour of the setting of the few to Mr. David Rollok, be the said Sir Mark, of the tenement and orchaird, besyd the Stabilgrene. Item, the copy of the fundatioun of the foirsaid fyve parkis. Item, ane transumpt of ane instrument of schillingis annuall rent, to be vpliftit of the tenement now pertenyng to Mathow Boyd, in Tronegait. Item, ane decreet obtenit befoir the Commissar of Glasgow, aganis Johnne Ottirburne, and Issobel Baillie, his spous, tennentis and occupyaris of the foirsaid mans and zaird, of the foirsaid annuall rent of fyve pundis, of the dait the aucht of Marche, the zeir of God J.M. vc. foure scoir aucht zeiris, quhilkis evidentis the said Sir Mark delyverit in ane litill box, to be keipit in the commoun kist, for furth cumyng, to the weill of the pure, and to be patent at sik tymes as neid requyrit, quhilk they acceptit, upoun the conditioun foirsaid, quhairupoun the said Sir Mark askit instru- mentis. 46 GLASGO \V MEMORABILIA. The quhilk day the Bailleis and Counsall hes condiscendit tliat Johne Forquhar, merchant, sal be payit of the soume of ten pundis money, restand awand him of ana hogheid wyne, quhilk wes delyverit to the Kingis symbleris, and that of the rest of the fiel of twa severall stentis, viz. the rest of the stent collectit for outreiking ane schipe to Denmark, and the rest of James Dalzells stent, togidder with the rest of the compt collectit to the men of weir that geid to the north. i8//« July, 1590. — The quhilk day, in presens of the baillies and counsall, comperit David Duncane, seruand to George Esdaill, and Williame Blair, pypar, and become in the provest and baillies and counsallis will, viz. the said David Duncane for clymmyng upoun the croce and breking of the samin, and the said Williaum Blair for being upoun the held of the said croce, and playing upoun the heid thairof with ane pyp. And George Esdaill is becumin sourtie for the said David, and Johne Mure, fleschour, for the said AVilliame, for fulfilling of the baillies and counsall will, and to enter them this day aucht dayis. 21st July. — The quhilk day Johne Donaldsoun, merchand, is decernit in ane wrang and amerchiament of court, of his awin confessioun, for cumyng to the Lady Knokdodelanis zaird, and breking of the cropis of the treis, and dinging doune of the fruit of the same, and hes cumyn in hir will thairfoir. [The Council records are unfortunately wanting for the eight succeeding years. Consequently the next selection of Extracts commences in February, 1609.] MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 47 In the Council-hous, the xxv day of Februar, 1609, being convenit, the richt honourable John Howston of that ilk provest, James Braidwood, baillie, John Anderson, Robert Rowat, George Master, Dean of Gild, Ninian Anderson, dekin convener, James Bell, A\'illiam Symmer, Patrik Maxwell, Alexander Caldwell, Thomas Fawsyde. Act for Bo)-roiait Silver. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, and counsell, being chargit befoir this tyme for payment making to the clerk of Register, of the soume of ane hundrith pundis for printing of the bulk, callit Regiam Maiestatem, and under danger of horning for the sameyn not being yit stentit upone the inhabitants of the town; for escheuing of horning, be the tenor hereof grantis thame actualie to half borrowit, and resavit fra \\'illiam Burn, merchant burges of the said burgh, the soume of ane hundrith and sex pund for the effect foirsaid. Act for the stent of the His. — Zth April, 1609. — The quhilk day the provest, bailleis, and counsell, understanding that the stent set down for outrecking of the men of weir to the His conforme to his hienes proclamatione, is not as zit compleitlie payit be the collectors appointit for collecting thairof be the Dean of Gild for the merchandis, and be the deakinis as collectors for yair awin craftis, thairfoir ordains the general roll to be producit be Thomas Brown, &c. Act for warning of this Toun. — ic)th May, 1609. — The qlk day the provest, bailleis, and counsell, understanding that the Erll of Glencarn and the Lord Sempill wt thair friendis, ar to be in this toun Monday nixt, ye 2 2d day of May instant, conforme to the ordinance of the secreit counsell, for appoynting of their deidlie feidis : Thairfoir, for eschewing of all incon- venientis of trouble qlk may happen (qlk God forbid) hes consultit and advysit that the number of fourtie persons, wt one of the bailleis and haill counsell, attend upone the provest. 4 8 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. and follow his L. ; and that ilk ane of the uther twa bailleis and threscoir men with ilk ane of thame, shall attend upon the ludgeingis of the same nobillmen; all the foirsaidis personis to haif lang wapinnis and swordis, quha sail accumpanie and convoy the said nobillmen wt thair friendis in and out, in making thair reconciliatioun conforme to the ordinance of the secreit counsell ; and the drum to pas throu the toun, to advertiss and warn all the inhabitants in general to be in redines wt their armis foir- said, upon Monday nixt at sevin hours on the Green, wt the provest and bailleis, that the foresaid number of the saidis per- sonis may he chosin and electit to the effect foirsaid, and that under the payne of five pundis; and na fyre werk to be usit that day. \f)th Aug., 1609. — Qlk. day the baillies and counsell ordanis, ane warrand to be grantit to the Mr. of Werk, John Bomis, for answering him of ^41, los. as for expenssis of vyne and comfectis, spent at the croce upoun the fyfte of July, the Kingis day, my Lord of Glasgw being present, with sindrie uthir honorabil men. 22d Jan., 1610. — The qlk. day George Smyth, rewller of the tolbuth knok, hes bund him to the town to re«'ll the said knolc for all the dayis of his lyfe tyme, for the sowme of twintie pundis money yeirlie, to be payit at the terms following, viz. ten pund at Candilmes, and uther ten pund at Lambnes during his thankfull service. And siklike oblissis him to rewll the hie kirk knok, and keip the same in gangand graith, and visie hir twa se\-erall dayis in the week, &c. Act for Scollaris and Priiitkisiss. — 14/// April, 16 10. — The qlk. day the provest, baillies, and counsell, upone complainte maid be Mr. John Blackburn, as Mr. of the Granier Scole, and be the Dekinis and Mrs. of Craftis, and certan utheris ncjlioris of yis toun upone the grit and comoun abuse done be scolleris and MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 49 printicess towardis thamselfis and thair Mrs. in haunting the yardis quhair the Aliebowlis, Frenche Kylis, and Glaikis are usit, in withdrawing thamselfis fra the scole, and thair Mrs. service to thair grit hurt and deboucherie, baith of printissis and scolleris ; besyd the grit skaith and hurt done be thame to the neytbouris yardis lyand nixt and ewest to the uther yards quhare the pastymes forsaid ar hauntit, and usit in breking thair treis and distroying of thair herbis, and seidis sawin in ye saidis yardis. — For remeid quhairof it is statute, and ordanit that al sik personis quha hes the saidis aleis and yardis, and quhairuntill the saidis pastymes ar usit, that they, nor nane of thame, resaif in the saidis yardis to play at the saidis pastymes ony scoller orprinteiss, begor or deboschit personnis, in tyme cuniing, under payne of ten pund, how oft they do in the contrar; and that they permit nane to play in the saidis yardis, at nane of the saidis pastymes, upon the Sabboth day, forrownone nor eftemone, under ye payne foirsaid ; and that the Mr. of the Gramer Scole ordane his scolleris prepair their bowis for the archerie to thair pastyme. Act for warrand of xl. libs, to James Sraidwood. — 26t/i May, 1 6 10. — The Quhilk day, the provest, baillies, and counsall, understanding that James Braidwood, baillie, resavit fra Wm. Craig, sone and air of umqll. Thomas Craig, the soum of fourtie pundis money, as by run dewties of the saidis Thomas yard, as to ane of the new kirk yardis, set in feu be his father to the toun, addebbet and awand be the tounj and that the said James Braidwood debursit and gaif furth the said soume to Peter Low, pairtlie for his fey, and pairtlie for the expensis maid be him in bowelling of the Lard of Houstoun, lait provest. Thairfoir, the said James, be this present act, is dischargit of the said soume, resavit be him as said is; and siklyke ordainis ane warrand to be direct to Robt. Hogisyard, under subscriptioun of the clerk VOL. II. H 5 O GLASGO W MEMORABILIA . to answer Mareoun Steward of the soume of 371b. los. as for vyne and uther expensiss, furnist and maid be hir the tyme of the said provestis bowelling. Middingis. — dth Oct., 1610. — Item, It is statut and ordanit that thair be na middingis laid on the foir yait, nor yit in the flesche mercat, meille mercat, or vthir mercat steddis of this brught, undir payne of i6s. ; and that na skynnis nor tymbir ly upoun the hie gait attour yeir and day, undir payne of escheting thairof ; and that na turfe stakis [be maid] nor hnt be dryit upoun the hie gait, under the payne of i6s. Kaill. — Item, It is statut and ordanit that the haill fruit kaill and unzeonis cramis stand and remane betwix the gutter and the gibbet, and that ilk stand and flaike be ane ell of breid and ane ell of linth, under the payne of i6s. Upper.- — Item, It is statut and ordanit that the lipper of the Hospital sail gang onlie upon the calsie syde, near the gutter, and sal haif clapperis and ane claith upon thair mouth and face, and sail stand afar of qll they resaif almous, or answer under the payne of banischeing thame the toun and Hospitall. 15/^ Dec., 1610. — Act for Tukeoiirs. — The quhilk day the baillies and counsell haifing weyit and considdrit the manifold trublanciss, wrangis and bludis quhilk comounlie fallis furth and ar comittit be notorious tulzeors, fechtaris and nycht walkeris, quha his not substance or geir to satisfie for thair unlawis and the pairties quhome they injure and offend, and thairby takis occasioun to comit daylie bluids and trublanciss, becaus they ar na uthir punischement condinglye inflictit upone thame, to tlie grit disquyetnes of this toun and nybours thairof; for remeid of quhilk it is statut and ordanit, that all sic personis, men or wemen, quha beis convict of wrang, blude, or trublanciss heiraftir, and hes not geir and gudis to pay unlaw or pairtic, gif he be ane man, frie or unfrie, sal be wardit the space of aucht da)is in ano unfrie MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 5 I manis ward, and gif they be wemen, to be put in the brankis upon ane Mononday and ane Fryday, fra 10 hours untill 12 hours, and thaireftir the saidis personis to ask God's mercie and the personis offendit be thame. Act for Bardis and Scallis. — 26th January, 161 1. — The qlk. day the provest, baillies, and counsall, upoun consideratioun of the grit abuse dune to honest wemen be scalhs and bardis quha cannot be punist in thair gudis throw thair mister and povertie, for restraining and remeid thairof, it is ordanit that all sik scallis and bardis quha heirefter hapins to abuse wemen with thair blasphemous langage, upoun tryell of thair blasphemie, be punist in prissoun 8 dayis, and theireftir brankit upoun ane mercat day fra 10 houris to 12 houris. Contempt of Dean of Gild. — The qlk day Wm. Laurie, werkman, being accusit for blaspheming and contempning of James Bell, Dean of Gild, in that t3Tne the said Dean of Gild was in trying of ane lyning betwix nychtbouris the 19th of Januer instant, according to his dewtie and office, the said Wm. personallie present confessit the same schewing and declaring that ye same sin hapnit in him throw occasioun of ovir mekle drink, quhairof he repentit him. The provest, baillies, and counsall ordains him to be wardit quhill Tysday next that farder ordour be tane with him for the same. Contempt of Stevenson. — The qlk. day the provest, bailleis and counsall, haifing weyit and considdrit the injurie and blasphemie done be Willame Stevensoun, in judgment to Archibald Heygait, clerk of this burght, and the said Wm. personallie present, being accused thairof confessit the wrang done and utterit be him against the said Archd., in saying the said Archd. had cancellet and vitiat the actis of the Court Buik become in the Provest and Bailleis will for the same : Ordains the same Wm. to big ane rude of Calsie for his said blasphemie, and to compeir in ane 5 2 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. fensit Court, and thair to ask the Provest and Bailleis, and the said Archd. thair clerk, pardoun for his said blasphemie. \oth /any., 1612. — The qlk day Malcolme M'Caullau, being befoir convict for Iiurting and bleeding of Jon. Patirsoun, semitor to Archd. Fyndlay, customer of the brig, and he haifand nathing to mak satisfactioun to the said Jon. Patirsoun for his hurting and bleeding of him, nor yit for his unlaw, nor yit to the barbor quha curit him, of his awin consent, is banisht this Toun for evir, and gif ever he be fund in the Toun heirefter, to be nailit be the lug to the trone, excipt he pay the said Jon. ;!^2o for his hurting and curing of him, and submittand him to the jurisdictioune of the Provest and Bailleis of this Burgh, consentis that decreit pass upone him in the manir foirsaid. Hcrbcrtson for Oppressioun. — 25M Jan., 1612. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies and counsall haifing accusit Richeart Herbert- soun, fleschour, for the maist barbarus bangsterrie done be him against James \\^atsoun, elder, flescheor, and Jon AVatsoun, his sone, in the howss of Archd. Schelis, merchand, and upon the morn thaireftir, for stiking of the said James Watsounis grit dog, maist necessar and profitabile for him, worth to him the sowme of ;^4o ; and that upone complante maid be the said James Watsoun, and Jon Watsoun, his sone, craifand to be fred of his oppressioun, bost and bangsterrie in tynie cuming, and to mak the said James satisfactioun and recompens for his said dog : The said Richeart personallie present and accusit, confessit the stiking of the said dog causles upone malice and hattrent. Thaireftir the said Jon Watsoun gaif his aith that he dred and ferit the said Richeart Herbertsoun bodilie herme, and of his lyfe. Quhilk being considdrit be the said provest, baillies, and counsall, and that the said Richeart, is of dissolut lyfe and disparit in himself: Ordanis the said Richeart to be wardit qll Mononday nixt, tlie 27 of Jany. and that day stockit at the croce, and tlie dog to be MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 53 laid befoir him, during thair will, and thairefter to be put in sure ward qll he find lau souerties to the said Jon Watsoun, that be salbe hermless an skathless of him in bodie, gudis, and geir. 15//; Feb., 1612. — The provest, bailleis, and counsall, haifing conducit Thomas Kilmauris in the office of the Mort Bell to this day, for tryell of his aptness and sufficiencie in the said office, after consideratioun had thairof hes admittit the said Thomas to the said office of the Mort Bell, during the Townis will, and that upon conditioun of the pryciss following, to be tane be him for buriallis, viz. : — For ane persoun of age, 13 s. 4d. ; for ane bam, 6s. 8d. : and ordanis the said Thomas to claith himself in blak apparell, as is requirit in him, in respect of the nature of his office. 22d February, 1612. — The quhilk day the provest, baillies, and counsall, above written, being convenit, and Wm. Watsoun, alias Blackhous Wm., personallie present; quha being accusit for contempt and misbehaviour done be him to the magistratis, in uttring disdaynfull speichis to thame with his bonet on his heid; and being desyrit be ane of his nychtbors to tak af his bonet and reverence the magistratis, answerit and said with bannyng, that he wald not take af his bonet to the baillie, quhilk his misbehaviour, the said Wm. confessit, quhilk lykewise being weyit, hes fund the same ane hie and proud contempt, and evill example to utheris to do the lyke. Thairfoir, is fynit in ten pund — to be payit to ye pure, &c. [He is afterwards convict of contempning the Magistrates, in saying " he wald naithir acknow- ledge provest nor baillie, king, nor casart;" and being accusit of saying he wald set the Tolbuth upone fyre, confessit that "being wardit in ane hie chalmer of the Tolbuth, he pat fyre in ane pekle straw, in his anger, for qlk. he came in will of the provest, bailleis, and counsall ; but denyit the rest." He is ordainit to be wardit 54 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. in ane unfreemans-ward, quhill the mom, being mercat day, when he is to walk " bare heidit to the Croce," and after being put in the irnis thair, be the space of 4 hors, he is thereafter, " humblie, on his kneis, to ask God mercie, and the bailhes pardon, for his hie and proud contempt."] 2i)th July, 161 2. — The quhilk day Mathou Thomesoun, hieland man fidler, being apprehendit upone suspitioune of forceing of ane young damesell, calht Jonet M'Quhirrie, of aucht yeir aid, qlk. being denyit be him and hard to be verifeit : Finding him ane idill vagabound, ordanis him to be laid in the stokis qll. the evening, and thaireftir put out of the toun at the west port, and banist the same forevir ; and gifevir he be fund \vithin this toun heireftir of his awin consent, to be hangit, but ane assyze. Act anent herring to the Towis advocate. — \f)th December, 161 2. — The qlk day the provest, baillies, and counsall, for the guid and thankful service dune be John Nicoll, wryter in Edr. to the toun, speciallie in advertiesing the toun of the action persewit be ane Jon. Levingstoun, against thame, for suffering David Anderstoun, tailyour, to eskaip ward, being committit to ward be verteu of captioun, and for the expectatioun qlk they half of his service to the toun, hes ordanit the Thesa^vrer and Mr. of werk to send ane half barrel of herring to him, for this yeir only, with twa half barrelis to Mr. Alexr. King, twa to Mr. Thomas Hendersoun, ane to Mr. Wm. Hay, and ane to James Winrame, with 10 lb. to ilk ane of thair clerkis. Act anent the punising of tJiaim quha blaspheme the stent makers. — Wi May, 16 13. — The qlk day the said bailleis and counsall, being of mynd to elect and cheis certain personis for stenting of thair nytbors the inhabitantis of this burgh, for payment of the taxatioun gi'antit to his Majesty ; and being informit that thair ar sindrie inhabitantis in this burgh quha in lyme bygane haif MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 55 blasphemit the stent makeris : Thairfoir, and for eschewing of the lyke in tyme earning, that quhatsumevir persone within this burgh blasphemis or cursis the stent makeris, or gevis thame evill langage, thairfoir being tryit, sail pay twentie punds. EXCERPTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TREASURER OF THF BURGH OF GLASGOW. The Treasurer Compt. of Jon Alexr. merchand, i6og. Item. — Gifin upone the viii. day of Junii, to John Vilsoun, blind man, and to Mr. Alexr. Rowat, minister of the Baronie, conforme to ane warrand, . . . . . xl.^. Item. — Gifin upone the xvth day of Julie to certan pillet- Frenchemen, as the warrand beris, ..... n.jQ. Item. — Gifin to Jon Andersoune, ane boy, upone the xxvii day of Julii, for proclaiming of proclamatiouns throu the toun. vis. viijd. Item. — Gifin upone the xi. day of August, to Elizabit Flemyng, spous to Jas. Steward, for vyne, sek, and confeitis furnist be hir, at the bailleis command, to My Lord Uchiltrie, Lieutenant, vi.;^ xvis. viijd. Item. — Gifin upone the last day of August, to Mr. Petir Lou, chyrurgin, for his pensioun in Anno. 1608, addettit be the toun to him, conforme to ane warrand, . . . liii.;^ vis. viijd. Item. — Gifin upone the xxiij. day of September, to ane puire seik suldart, as the warrand beris, . . . xxvis. viijd. Item. — Gifin upone the xxviij day of October, to Andro Andir- soun, Mathew Mathie, Mathew Ker, and Blaif Barrie, for thair expenssis and paynis, in walking nycht and day, nyne dayis in the tolbuth, for sure keping of Mr. Robt. M'Gill, . . iiij-^. Item. — The samyn day, gifin be the compter to sindrie personis of this toun, for vyne desart, sukar and frutis, and uther expenssis ^6 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. maid and wairt upone the duik of Wirtinbrig, and James Mr. of Blantyre, for his welcum furth of Ingland, and that conforme to an act of counsall, .....•• xxxi.;£. //^;«._Gifin upon the xix day of Novembir to two puire Inglis- men, at command of the baillies, as the warrand beris, . xxs. Item.—Q.x'aa. to Robt. Calmeron for twa paper buikis, . xs. Item. — To Thomas Gray, conforme to ane precept the last day of Januar, for ane stand of claiss promist to him the tyme of the Pest, for his service done be him in the toun in cleingeing at James Grenleis, as the precept beris, . . . iij.;!^' xs. //^OT._Gifin upon the xxviii. day of Feb. 1609, to John Neill, cordoner, younger, for fute balUs to the town, at fasterins evin, conforme to the aid use, xxvis. viiid. Item. — Gifin upon the third day of Merche, 1608, to Jon Buchan, Mr. of the Sang Scole, for Witsonday and Martymes termes, mail! of his hours, 1608, .... xx.;;^- Item. — Gifin to ane boy callit Jon Andersoun, for the reding to the drumer throu the toun, ten sundrie proclamations, as the precept beris, xxxiiis. iiid. Item. — To Mareoun Steward, spous to James Inglis, baillie, for yyne propynit be the toun, to the baptisme of the provetiss bame, the soume of xxx.;^; and to Jon Lawsoun, the soume of XX. ;^ for sugir and sweit meitis, propjmit thairwith, extending to 1.;^. Item. — Gifin to Jonet Lugie, spous to Jon. Gibsoun, for ane hogheid of hering, to be send in barrelis to the tounis men of law xix.;^ xiis., with \\\.^ for barrellis to pak thame into, with iij.;^ xvs., for the carriage thairof, extending to . xxvi.;^ \"iis. Item. — Mair gifin to Mareoun Steward, for vyne, confeitis, and breid, and sum aill, furnist be her and send to the Counsal-hous, that day the lard Auchinbrek was made burges ; the soume of l._;^ iijs. iiijd. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 57 Item. — Payit to Elizabeth Flemyng, spous to James Steward, confomie to ane warrand for vyne propynit to James Wynrame, agent for the burrowis, iij.^xs. Item. — Debursit be the compter at demand of the bailleis for pulder and leid to the men of weir, quha war send to the IHs, as the particular compt thairof, with the mennis names beris xvi.^ xs. Item. — Mair debursit at comand of the baillies for poulder to the young men of the toun, that tyme quhen the Dwik of Wortinbrig came to this Xo\ra., as the particular compt thairof beris, ........ -s..£, vis. viid. (From an Account presented 17th Nov., 1610.) Item. — Debursit be the comptar on the penult of May, 1607, to ane schip-brokin Inglisman, callit Jon. Quhyte, conform to the warrand, iij-^- Item. — Upone the laste day of Mai, 1607, gifin and debursit be him to S3rmon Stewards's wyfe, for the outlandmeris* disione, and for vyne, presentit to the bailleis of Dumbartan, conform to the warrand, ....... xiiij.;^ vis. Item. — Gifin be him. upon the first of Junii, 1607, for twa budgellis acquaveytie, send to Jon. Arnott and Jon. Neisbit, for onwaiting in the townis affairs, against Dumbartan, conforme to the warrand, ........ iij-;^- Item. — Gifin be him upone the fyfte of Junii, 1607, to Mr. Johnne Bell, minister, for his expensis, being chargit befoir the Counsale, for his transportatioun to Edinburgh, and for his horss wages, conforme to the warrand and act of Counsale, xxij.^. Item. — Upone the xv of Junii, 1607, gifin and debursit by him * In other parts of the acct. this word is thus variously spelt — outlandemeris, outlandmeris, outlandmetteris. VOL. II. I 5 8 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. to Mareoun Steward, for vyne presentit to Commissioneris at sundrie tyme, ix.;^ ijs. viijd. Item. — Given to the post of the Burrowis be Jon Hall for his hors wage to Mathou Mathie, and for tursing of ane pakatt to Edin., conforme to the warrant, . . . iij.;^ vis. viiid. Item. — Upone the xi of Julii, 1607, gifin and debursit to Hew Glen and Jon Quentance, for ane throcht stane to umqll., Mr. Johnne Cowper, his buriall, confonne to the warrant, iiij-;^- Item. — Upone the xi of Julii, gifin and debursit, be him to Claisse Barrie, for dichting of twelf halberts, conforme to the warrant, xxvis. viid. Item. — Upone the vi of August, 1607, gifin be him to Thomas Pettigrew, to pay for vyne and confeitis that came to the Tolbutli, to my Lord Dukis G., and my Lord Gordoun, conforme to the warrand, ....... v.;^ vis. vid. Item. — Gifin and debursit be him upone the 28 day of August, 1607, to Mareoun Pollok, for taftie and buttonis, to umqll. Robt. Heriot's claithis, ....... xixs. Item. — Gifin be him upone the 8 of Junii, 1607, to Thomas Fallowisdailles vyfe, Jas. Lyonis vyfe, Wm. Youngouris vyfe, and for hors hyris for the bailleis, counsall, and George Hutchisoun, quhan they raid and come to and fra to Dumbartan, quhan they held court in Dumbartan against the Dutcheman, conforme to the warrand, . . . . . . . xx.^^ xiis. iid. Item. — Upone the first of September, 1607, gifin be him to ane pure crwikit man, conforme to the warrand, . . xiijs. iiijd. Item. — Upone the x of Decembir, 1607, gifin be him to ane pure crippill man that come out of Paslay, conforme to the warrand, ........ xxxs. Item. — Upone the 20 Feby. 1608, gifin be him to George Smytht, temperar of ye knokis, for his fie of the Candilmes terme last, conforme to the warrand, ...... x.;^. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 59 Item. — Upone the 27 of Febr. 1608, gifin be him to thanie quha fand the boltis of ime that com out of the brig, vis. viijd. Itefti. — Gifin be him to twa Frenchemen and ane Polian, con- forme to ane warrand, . . . . . . • 1-j^. Item. — Upone ye i6th of Merche, 1608, gifin be him to Rot. Hamiltoun, for sweit meitis presentit to my Lord Dwikis G. and uthir nobillmen wt. him, conforme to the warrand, . '^A-£>- Item. — The xxvi of May, 1608, gifin be him to Wm. Wemes, merchand, for the price of thre treis to defend the Brigat, conforme to the warrand, ....... xxij.^^. Item. — Gifin to Umphra Richie, for ganging throu the toun wt. proclamatiounis for the wapinschawing, . . . iijs. iiijd. (From the account given in xxix Deer. 16 10.) Item. — The xix of August, 1609, to John Bornis, for vyne and confittis fumist be him, spendit at the croce upone the kingis day, xvi.;,^ xs. Item. — The xxij of Novembir to Mathou Mathie and Andr. Andirsoun, offrs. for thair expensis in taking Jonet Lyn to Edinr. and for ane laid of coiUis, .... yi.£, iis. viijd. Item. — The x of Merche (16 10) to twa puir Frenchemen, vi.;^. Item. — To ane Irlandman for his support, . . . xls. Item. — The 19 of May, to Blaiss Barrie, for dichting of the halbertis, xs. Item. — The 26 of May, 16 10, to Mareoun Steward, spous to James IngUs, provest, for vyne and uther expenss furnist be her, and for bowelling of the Lard of Howstoun, provest, xxxvij.^^ xs. (From Acct. given in i8th Sept., 161 1.) Item. — The xx of Julij (1610) to Mareoun Pollok, spous to Allan Conyngham, for twa tin watter pottis send to the castell to the Erll Dumbarris chalmir, '^y\-£- 6o GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Item.— The xvii of August, to Patrik Maxwell, for grein silk fustean and uthir furnesing,^ furnist to the twa grein clathis to the counsall satis in the kirkis heich and laich, conforme to the warrand, . .... xxxvij.;^ xis. xid. Ifem.— The xxvi Septembir, to Margret Young, for candill furnist be hir the nycht the fire was in Salt Mercat, conforme to the warrand, xxs. I/fc-m. — The xi of Decimbir, to four men for the expenss in transporting of four hielandmen to Lynlithgow, conforme to the warrand, ........ xx.;£'. lUm. — The xxii of Decimbir, to Andro Andersoun and Jon Rob, for yair expenss, in followyng ane of the said hielandmen qaha fled fra thame, conforme to the warrand, . . x.;^. IUm. — The X of Januir, 1611, to Walter Miller, merchand, for nyne ellis of grein steming, to be twa covirs to the twa consalis saitis, conforme to the warrand, .... xxiiij.;^. I^f//i. — For mending ane halbert* to Andro Andersoun, ofhr., at command of George Mure, baillie, . . . xxiid. liem. — To Jon. Baillie, pewdrer, for mending of Andro Parkeris plaittis, yt war send up to the Caste//, at demand of Jas. Braid- wood, Baillie,t ....... vis. 8d. Ifi'm. — Tint of twa piece of gold, qlk Mathiou Mathir gaif me of the stent, ........ iiij-^- I/em. — Be comand of Mathiou Trumble, baillie, to ane pure man yt geid on his kneis, ...... xs. I/em. — To Mathou Mathie, for cordis bocht to fessin the prison- ers tane to Edr., ....... iiijs. * Probably damaged in the pursuit of the twa hielandmen, above-men- tioned. + Some vessels of another description, we are told a little before, were borrowed for my Lord Dunbar's chalmir, besides Andrew Piker's plates ; but they do not appear to have met with any damage. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 6 I (From account gevin in xix Aug. 1612 : — ) Item. — Gifin be the comptar, the xi of Junii, 161 1, to twa schip brokin men, as the warrand beris. . . vii.^ xs. viiijd. Item. — The 10 of Februar, 161 2, giffin to Thos. Pettigrew, for casting of the bell, as the warrand beris. . xlvis. iiijd. Item. — Ye 15 of Februar, gifin to ane young man, quha was rubbit of his pak, as the warrand beris, . . . '^■£- Weshariss on the Foregait. — i\th Oct. 1623. — It is statut and ordanit that na manir of persone stramp or wesche ony claythis, plading yame, or ony uthir thing, in the foirgait or baksyde, quhare thay may be sene bot onlie in houssis and privat plaissis — ilk persone under the pane of xls. toties qiwties. Wilson for Fournissing of Candills. — 31J/ Oct. 1624. — The quhilk day the provost, baillies, and counsall, haif allowit to Patrick Wilsoun, for furneising of candill in the Laich Kirk, in maner as followis, the sowme of twentie pundis, viz. — he furnising auchtene candill, six in the pund, in prayer time, morning and evening ; and fra ijwt houris in the morning, to prayer tyme, four candill, four in the pund, and als mony fra prayer tyme at evening, to aucht houris at nycht, and that during the wintir quartir. Horss Raiss. — \/^h May., 1625. — Item. — Ordainis the Horss Raiss to be proclamit to the xxv. day of May instant, and the cours to be maid. Campbell and Neisbitt to carry the Cullouris. — The said day Robert Campbell and Gilbart Neisbitt, younger, be pluralitie of voittis, six being on lyte, ar chosen to carie the toun's cullouris this yeir, and ordainis thame to be warnit to be befoir the toun counsall this day aucht dayis, to the effect. [There are future appointments of persons to carry " the toun's cullouris, the tyme of the musteris as anseingeis."] 62 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. ^ Stanis for the Tolbuith.—TXit said day they all, in ane voice, hes concludit, that ane numbir of stanis be provydit for building the tolbuith, about twa thousand peis of hewn work, and some wall stanis ; and ordainis the Dean of Gild deacon convener and mr. of work, and Gilbart Neisbitt to sicht the quarrell, and enter the quarreours to won stanis, and agrie with thame theiranent. 2ist May, 1625. — The said day ordanis the Mr. of Werk to repair the buttis in the Gallowmuir, for exerceiss quhen schutting quha pleiss. wth June, 1625. — The said day ordanis the theasaurir to tak off to ilk ane of the officiaris, and to the drummer and pyper ilk ane of thame fyfe eln of reid kairsey claithe, and becaus Andro Stark, Wm. Letham, Rot. Wilsoun, eldir, and Robt. Glasgw ar bigger nor the rest of bodie to ilk ane of thame half ane eln mair, to be thair claithes for the mair thankfull service to be maid be thame heirefter, all to be maid be thair selfs in Jupe fassoun. [There are future appointments to the same effect, viz. " to by als meikle reid kairsay claith as Avill mak a coit, brekis, and hoiss, to the said officeris.] Pestilence. — 23;/ July, 1625. — The quhilk day, the provest, baillies, and counsall being certainlie informit of the contageon of the plage of pestilence within the kingdom of Ingland, at Gods will and pleasour, quhilk daylie increisis, and that ane great number of merchands burgess are daylie passand thereto with merchand wairis, and cuming back with wairis to this countrie, and speciallie to this burghe, quhilk is verie dangerous, not onlie to this burghe, bot to the haill countrie about. Thairfoir, it is statut and ordanit, that na maner of person, burgher, nor inhabitant within this burght, pass heiraftir to the said realme of Englande, without thai first foirsie the provest and baillies that thair names may be sett doun in roll, and quhair thai go, that thai may returne testimonialls with thame ; and that the said James Inglis, customer MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 63 for the present, gif na custome bill to ony sic as pass away unfoirseing the magistrates, within the libertie ; and that na maner of persoun or persouns, presentlie in Englande, be ressavit within the said burghe ; and that the customer ressave not their entries before the said provest and baillies be foirsein, that order may be tane with thame as accords, &c. Taking down of the Old Tolbuithe. — wth Feb. 1626. — The said day it is concludit, that the provest and baillies deill with Jon Boyd and Patrik Colquhoun, anent the down taking of the tolbuithe, and to sie quhat can be gottin doun of three hundrith marks, as thai have alreddie offerit to tak down the saime for the said soume ; and also to deill with John Neill, knock maker, to make ane new knok, and to try thae price ; and als to deill with the tenents of the buithis under the tolbuithe, that thai may remove. The Laying of the Grund Stane of the Tolbuithe, a?id the Maissones Names. — ^'^th March, 1626. — The said day, the grund stane of the tolbuithe of Glasgow was laid, the workmen ar thais : (follows their names, which we omit.) Sch£rping Massounis Irnes. — %th April, 1626. — The said day, Gabriel Smythie undertuik to scherp the haill masoun irnes, during the tyme of the building of the tolbuithe and stipell thairof, ql. the work be endit, for fourtie pundis money — viz xx.^ in hand, and xx.;^ when the wark is endit — and in cais he be a loser, he referris himselfe in thair will, thairfoir, &c. Sanderis. — \^th July, 1626. — The said day the provest and baillies aggreit with James Sanderis to instruct the haill bairnes within this burghe that is put to his schole, musik for ten schillings ilk quarter to himself, and fortie pennes to his man ; and thairfoir the said provest and baillies discharges all other sangsters within this burghe, to teache musik in tyme coming during thair will allanerlie. Warrand — Sept. 1626. — Ordainis ane warrand to be gevin to 64 GLASGOW- MEMORABILIA. the treasurer for the soume of fourtie merk debursit be him to ane Grecian Bishop at command. To speik the Regents of the CoUedge for taking mair fra Toune hairnes nor is allonit. — i6M Nov. 1626. — Ordainis the BailHes to speik the Principall and Regentis of the Colledge of Glasgow anent the brek of the ordnance sett doun quhat the Regents sould haive thairbie fra the burges sonnes for thair learning, and about the toun's burssors, quha ar urgit to gif ane siluer spune at thair entrie, againis the auld forme, and tak sik ordour thairanent as apperteinis, &c. Forsyth dischargit. — 25M Nov. 1626. — The said day, Mr. Mathie Forsyth is ordainit to be dischargit to procure for this burghe in tyme cuming as ane of the ordinar procurators, for his misbehaving and rasche speiches befoir his Majesty's Secreit Counsell, and discharges his pensioun in tyme cuming. Cuthbertson, Drummer. — \i)th June, 1627. — The said Johne Cuthbirtson is admittit and ressauit ane of ye ordiner drummers of this burgh during his guid behaviour and thankfull service, and he undertuik to learne Jon. Jeimesoune, his collig, the tailzeour craft swa lang as ye counsall sail appoint, becaus they are onlie thame twa to be drummers. Warrand. — 29M Sept., 1627. — Ordainis the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of fourtie-sax pund xvs. givin for brass and copper to be the kok, and thanes of the tolbuith, coniform to the compt, and als twentie merkis to A^^m. Duncan for the workmanship thairof, and the clipings thairof to himself Kok Giltit. — 20th Oct., 1627. — The said day the said provest, baillies, and counsall has ordanit the thesaurer to pay to Valent)'ne Ginking the soume of thrittie pund for gilting the kok and thanes, and culloring of the same yallow, with the glob and stfindart, and stanes above the steiple heid. Calsy, Saltmarkct. — ^th January, 1628. — The said day it is fund MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 65 expedient that the calsey fra the croce down the Salt Markett be put out and laid als neir as can be to the buiths on baith the sydes of the gaitt to make the Hie Street braid. 2i,th Feb. 1628. — Ordainit the dean of gild to aggrie with Dunlope, and to ressaue him burges and gild brother ; and gif his fyne to Mr. Robt. Scott for releif of the French minister's sonnes debt. Liberarie Hoiiss. — e^th April, 1628. — The said day the provost, bailhes, and counsall, has considderit and aggreit, that James Colquhoun, wrycht, and Jon Boyd, masoun, build and repair the dekayit partis of the Librarie Houss of the Hie Kirk, putt the ruiff thairon, geist and loft the samyn, and theik the samyn with leid, and do all things necessary thairto, for three thousand and ane hundreth merks, to be payit be the toun to thame, conform to ane contract. Ordainis the thesaurer to gif to Wm. Park, myller, twentie pund for his supplie, becaus accidentalie he brak his leg quhen he had the ladills, fra Witsounday 1626 to Wits. 1627, and culd not attend his service to his grit loiss. -i2th Nov. 1628. — The said day ordanit the haill mylnes belongis to the toune, heretablie and intak to be servit be an myller and ane knave, twa persones allanerlie, and ane of thame salbe he that taks up the fermoraris deutie in all tyme cuming in ilk ane of the said mylnes, and the myller to susteen his knave upone his bonok, to be uptaken be the said myllers and ilk ane of thame with the measor gevin to thame be the dean of gild. 27,d May, 1629. — The said day ordanis the Thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of sax scoir twelf pund, debursit be him to Jon Bornes and his pertiners, for twa higgeit of wyne to the archbischop of Glasgo by and attour the custome bill to be gifin be him to thame. 2i>th June, 1629. — Ordanis the Thesaurer to give Henrie VOL. II. K 66 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Conynghame, carter, ten pund to help him to by ane hors to sus- teen his wyff and baimis that they be not burdingsum to the toun. 4//? Jidy, 1629.— The said day the Provost, Baillies and Counsall, for guid and ressonable caussis and considerationis moving thame, and for the love and favor they beir to Mr. Rot. Wilkie, thair minister, and speciallie for help to pay his dochter's tocher guid, ordainis the Thesaurer to give to him fyve hundreth marks money. 2i,th April, 1630. — The said day ordainis the new well in the Trongait to be sklaitit in the best forme, and twa pumpes maid and clengeit with all diligencie. \c^th May, 1630. — The said day the provost, baillies and counsall has thocht it expedient that ane trustie youthe be maid ane post for this burghe for ane yeir to cum. ^th June, 1630. — The said day the provost, baillies and counsall ordainis the thesaurer to have ane warrand for fourtie punds money, debursit be him in this manner, viz. : to Linlithgow drummeris ten merkis, to the fifears and drummeris of Air ten merkis, to the drummer of Paslay ane dolor, to the Post brocht ane letter frae the secreit counsall xxixs., to the dreill maister twentie merkis, and to the Touns drummeris aucht pund xixs. viiid., for thair services the tyme of the muster. \'jth July, 1630. — Ordainis the Thesaurer to give to Mr. Wm. Wallace, Mr. of the Gramer Schole, twentie mark, to beir his chairges to ryde to Edinburgh about the Gramer to be imposit upone the countrie. The said day, ordainis the Thesaurer to have ane warrand for threttie pund, debursit be him to Valentyne Ginking, for geiting the cok, and als the Thrystell and Croune and Scheptor above the King's armes, and to gelt the tounes armes aboVc the cnterie to the gevil of the tolbuithe, and to culor the post of the black freir stcpill. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 67 College Library. — 2i,th Sept., 1630. — The quhilk day, the provest, bailHes, and counsall of the said bmght, upoun petitioun maid to thame be the principal and regentis of the college of Glasgow, for help and supplie to the building of ane new wark within the said college, have condescendit and aggreit to give to the building of the said wark, ane thousand markis money quhen the wark is in building, and as the samyn gois on ; and ane uthir thousand markis money to buy buikis to the librarie, quhen ever they buy their buikis, to mak ane librarie to the said college, be advys of the provest and bailleis of the said burght for the tyme. (From the Treasurer's Account — Anno 1629). Item. — To ane distrest minister of Moravia, , xvi.;^. Itei7i. — For gelting of the horolage brodis and palmes to Valentyne Jenking, vi.^ xiiis. iiiid. Item. — To John JafFra, smyth, for forging the knok, mair nor wes promeist him, xxxiii^ viis. Item. — To James Read, wryclit, because he poyntit the hie stiple Weill, v.^ xvis. Item. — To four puir Dutchmen, quham Sir Wm. Alexander tuik,* vi^. xiiis. iiiid. Item. — To John Clydesdaill, for carrying of ane crippill man to Paslay, ........ xxvis. Item. — To Andro Mylnes man, to rin to Edinburgh for Dr. Jolie to Mr. Robt. Scott, ..... iiij-;^ Item. — To ane puir man that had his bark castin away, Lviiis. Item. — To twa menstrillers quha did play in John Rouats on Witsonday, Lviijs. Item. — To James Stewart of But, for the laine of ane tou to win up the horolage brods, vi.^. xvis. * This is Sir William Alexander of Menstrie, afterwards created Earl of Stirling, a poet of considerable celebrity in his day. 68 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. l\st August, 1636. — The said day the provest, baillies and counsall allowes and approves the letter direct be Mr. Alex. Gobray, clerk to the burrowes, at the command of the commis- sioners thairof, to Henrie Alexander, the burrowes agent at Court, in favour of this burt. quhairof the copy was read to thaim be the provest, and thai doe heirby promise, gif the said Henrie doe tham any guid anent the mater thairin containit, not to prove ingrat. The said day ordainis the thesaurer or provest, present or to cum, to give to the mending and beitting to the decayed brige of Dennie, ower Carron water, the sowme of xv;^. money, to be payit quhen the work is half compleit. 3^ October, 1637. — The quhilk day comperit Maister Robert Stewart, servitor to ane reverend Fathir in God, Patrick, Arch- bishope of Glasgow, and producit ane missive lettir direct from the said Archbishope, desyring the said baillies and counsall to receive James Stewart of Floack, merchand, burges of the said brught, provest of the same to the first Tuisday efter michaelmas nixtocum in anno. 1638 yeirs. The quhilk desyre they thoucht ressonable, and thairfoir the said baillies and counsall sent for the said James, quha cam and acceptit the said office in and upoun him, efter thair admission of him thairto, and gave his aithe de fideli administratione thairintil ; and thairefter the said provest nominatt and sett doun the lyttis for the baillies, and being \ottit be pluralitie of vottis, the persounis following were put on lytt to be presentit to the said Archbishope, that he might nominal thrie of thame to be baillies for ane yeir to cum. — [Follows the names and subsequent presentations to the Archbishop, who accordingly nominates three persons to be baillies, and this is done yearly.] \^th Oct., 1637. — The said day ordaines A\'alter Stirling to ryd to Edinbrught with maister Robert AVilkie (thair minister) to the MLVUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 69 next counsall day, thair to attend ane giacious ansuer of his Majestie, anent the buik of common prayer. iitk .N'ov. 1637. — The said day, it is statut and ordanit, that the toun sail be liberat heireftir be the majestrats of ony charges sail happin to be spent heireftir, upone the fyft day of November yeirlie, being the King's night. 2'jth Jiviy. 1638. — The said day ordaines the wall at the croce to be takin doun, and maid equall at the calsay, in the best forme can be devysit be craftisemen ; and that the provost, bailies, dean of gild, and deacon convener, speik and deal with James Colqu- houn, to draw and convoy doun the spouts of the tolbuith in maist cumlie forme that can be for saifing of the drop to fall upone the plain-stanes, and that upone als chaip a pryce as they can. Anent the Manufactorie. — 31^-^ Jany. 1638. — The said day, foirsameikle as Robert Fleyming, merchand, and his pairtineris ar of mynd and intentioun to erect and take up ane hous of manufac- torie within this burgh, quhairby ane number of the poorer sort of people within the samin may be imployit and putt to wark. And the said provost, bailies, and counsall, considering the grait good, utilitie, and proffeit, will redound to this burght, and haill incor- poration thairof, thairby, they have concludit, all in ane voyce, for the said Robert, his better incuragement to the said god wark, to sett to him ane lare and tak of thair grait ludging and yaird att the back thairof lyand within this burght, in the drygaitt, except the twa laich foir voultis and back galreis att the back of the samin lyand be eist the entrie of the said grait tenement, and of the buithe under the tolbuithe, presentlie occupayt be James Wood, all maille frie, or ony uthir kynd of deutie, during the space of fifteen yiers efter his entry. [The lease is afterwards extended to 17 years ; and on 5th May, 1638, the "deacon convener reportit that the weivors friemen ^o GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. within this burght, feirit that the erecting of the manufactorie sould prove hurtfull and prejudicial! to thame : Thairfoir Patrick Bell, ane of the undertakeris, for himself and in name of his partineris, was content that it sould be enactit and ordanit, that there sould be no woovis wovin of townis folkis thairin, be thair servandis, in hurt and prejudice of the said friemen, bot be thais onlie quha ar frie with this calling."] 2^th Feb. 1638. — The said day Coline Campbell, ane of the present baillies of this brught, Gabriell Conynghame, Ritchard AUane, and George Portirfield, are electit to ryd to Edinbrught as commissioners for this toun, to concur with the remanent burrowes of this kingdom, so far as lawfully may be done anent the Buik of Canones and Comon Prayer. iT,th April, 1638. — The said day the provost, baillies, and counsall, understanding the grait abuse done and committit be William Andersone, present breker of the salmond, in taking such grait and exhorbitant pryces for the taillis of salmond, att his awin pleasour and optioun, far exceiding the pryces that was wont to be takin of old ; for remeiding quhairof it is statut and ordanit, that the said William nor na utheris, the brekeris of salmound att the tounis comoun stock, tack na mair for salmound taillis heireftir, except the pryces following, viz. : auchtpennies for ye taill of ane lytil salmond, and sixtein pennies for the taill of ane meikle salmond, and that under the pain of deprivatioun, presentlie the samen being tryit and yeit for the regaird they beir to the said William, they will oversee him to tak, during thair will, onlie twelf pennies for the taill of an lytill salmond, and twa schillingls for the taill of ane meikle salmond. ^th May, 1638. — The said day forsameikle as of befoir thair was ane act sett doun in favouris of James Sanderis, reidder, tiiat na maner of persone sould be permittit to teiche musik \\-ithin tliis brught, or keip ane schole to that effect, except himself allanerlie. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 71 as the act in the self bearis. And now, seing that the musik school is altogidder dekayit within this said brught, to the grait discredit of this citie, and discontentment of sundrie honest men \\-ithin the samin, who has bairnies whom they wold have instructit in that art : And that Duncan Birnet, who sometime of befoir teatchit musik within this brught, is desyrous to tak up the said scholl againe and teitche musik thairin ; quhairupoun the said baillies and counsall convenit the said James Sanderis befoir thaim, and eiftir deliberatioun thairanent, they, with consent of the said James Sanderis, (in respect of the former act sett doun in his favour) hes grantit licence to the said Duncan Birnet to tak up ane musik scholl within this brught, during thair will and pleasour ; he taking fra the toun bairnis such skoUegis as is contenit in the act set doun of befoir, in favor of the said James Sanderis. wth August, 1638. — The said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of fyftie pundis money debursit be him to John Boyd, for translaiting of the stock wall of the hie streit, and setting the samyn doun in ane uthir place, and for taking doun ane wall at the croce, covering the samein, and for translaiting the heid that was thairon, and setting it on the said new wall in the Stockwall gaitt. The said day it is concludit and ordainit, that William Hyn- schaw, Mr. of wark, by to the townis use, fyftie muskatts, with stalfis and bandeleiris conforme, and fyftie pickis : and becaus he is gone to Flanderis, ordanis ane letter to be derect to him to that effect. Wi Sept. 1638. — The said day it is ordanit that thair be electit thrie score of young men, apt to be tranit up in handling of thair armis, and to begin on Tuisday nixt ; and the dreiller to have for his panes fourtie shillingis ilk day for his cuming out of Edr., till he be dischargit, with his hors hyre home and afeild. Wi Oct. 1638. — The said day, for sameikle as the provest. 7 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. baillies, and counsall understanding that His Sacred Majestie hes been graceouslie pleasit to indict ane generall frie assemblie to be haldin, and beginnin in this citie, the twentyane of November nixt, to the quhilk it is expectit that ane grait number of noblemen, commissioneris from presbyteris, and utheris commissioneris, will repair hither : Thairfoir it is statut and ordanit, that na burges nor inhabitant within this brught, sett, or promeiss to sett, for main deutie or utherwayis, or yeit let to ane freind any hous, chalmber, or stables, untill thay first acquent thaime thainvith, who salbe appointit be the provest, baillies, and counsall, to that effect, and obtein their licence thairto, to the end that everie ane may be ludgit according to thair quallitie and abilitie of this citie, under the pane of ane hundreth pundis, lossing of thair libertie, without favour to be execut, and imprisonment of thair personis during the magistratts wills : And lykways, that all give obedience to thais, who ar appoyntii to sui-vey the haill houses within this burghe, conforme to the ordour gevin thame be the said provest, baillies, and counsall. And als, that nane expect moir dewtie for thair housis, chalmberis, bedis and stables, nor sail be appoyntit be the said provest, baillies, and counsall. And ordanis the same to be intimat throu the toun with sound of drum, to the effect that na person pretend ignorance. 2oth Oct., 1638. — The said day, for sameikle as the said provest, baillies and counsall, understanding the grait panes that is to be takin about the hie kirk for making of the sait for the assemblie approching, repairing of the flure of the uter kirk, taking doun certain windous in the inner kirk biggit up with stane, and putting glass thairin, and uther wai-ks thair incumbent, as occasioun sail offer : Quhilkis wark cannot be commodiously attendit upone be the provest or baillies, or Mr. of wark, in respect they are utherwayis imployed. (The remainder of tlie minute refers to the appointment of men to oversee the work.) MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 73 ■^d Nov. 1638. — -The said day the provest, baillies and counsall understanding arie grait number of people to convein within this brught at the assemblie, enschewing, thairfoir, they have statut and ordanit that thair be ane gaird of men keipt within this burght be day, and ane watche be night, at the sight, will and arbitrement of the provest, bailies and counsall. ■lWi Dec. 1638. — The said day ordanis the thesaurer to buy to the toun's use ane hundred muscattes, with staff and bandeleiris, threttie pickis, four hundred wecht of powder, four hundred wecht of matche. 22d Dec. 1638. — The quhilk day the saidis provest, baillies and counsall understanding the guid and comendable ordour that was keipit within this burght the tyme of last generall assemblie, be reteiring of the poor off the calsay, and susteining of them in thair avvin houses, to the grait credit of the citie, and contentment of all strangeris resorting heir for the tyme. And seing the same is both godlie and honest, thairfoir they have statut and ordanit that the poor be keipit and sustenit in thair houses as they are now at this present, and the inhabitants of this burght to be stentit to that effect : and this day aucht days ilk counsallor to propose his best overtour what way it can be best accomplished. The said day ordanis the provest, bailies and counsall to unlaw and punish thae inhabitants within this brught wha did not put out candills and bowattis the tyme of the lait assemblie, conform to the act sett doun thairanent. The said day the said provest, baillies, and counsall, undir- standing how cumlie and decent it is, and creditable to this citie, to have the calsayes frie of middingis and foulay, Thairfoir, it is statut and ordainit that the samein calsay be keipit clein heirefter ; and that na middingis or foulay be sufiferit to lay longer thairon, or ony pairt of the samin, towards the Kingis hie stre'it, nor the said foulay can be brought of backsydis and VOL. II. L 74 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. borne and led pairtlie away, and comittis the cair heirof to the baillies, &c. ()th February, 1639. — Anent Inglisch Scooles. — The said day, for certaine guid considerationes moveing the saidis provest, bailzies, and counsall, it is statut and ordanit be thame that nae mae Inghsch scoolles be keipit or haldin within this burghe heireftir bot four only, with ane wrytting schooll, and the maisteris thairof to be admittit be this place, and receave injunctions thairfra anent the place of thair duelling and utheris neidfull, and ordaines this to be intimat be sound of drum. \i>th February, 1639. — Anent Wapinschaiu. — The said day it is statut and ordanit, that thair ^^•apingschaw, be keipit within this brughe be the haill inhabitants thairof, without exceptioun of persones, upon the first Wandisday of April next ; and that intimatioun be maid heirof be sound of drum, to the effect that all raaner of persouns may be in reddiness with armis sufficient efFeirand to their qualitie and estait, and not to be atisent thairfra, ilk persoun undir the pane of fouHie pundis money ilk person unforgiven. \2th March, 1639. — Muscaftis. — The said day it is statut and ordanit, that the money ingottih of the stent sail be ad\'ancit and debursit be the bailyies for bying and provyding of mae muscattis, powder, and match to the townis use, and to pay for thaise, that the provest hes spokin for in Edinburgh. 15//?. — Hangsinzcis cicctit. — The said day, Thomas Morsoun and ^^^alter Neileone ar electit and choysine to carie the cullowris this nixt enschewing wapingschaw. I dth. — The said day ordainis the thesaurer to ha\'c ane warrand for the sowme of ten markis money, debursit be him at thair comand to James Watsoun, flesc her, to help him to s;>w his land ; and for the sowme of aught pundis, debursit also be him at thair comand to Robert Cauklwell, malssoun, for tlic hcwin" of the MLXCTES OF TOU^V COUNCIL. 75 tounis aniiis to the toun mylne, scherping of the maissounis ironis thairto, and for beitting and mending of InschbeUie bridge. 22,d Mair/i, 1639. — Prodaniatiouiie. — The said day it is ordainit that ane proclamatioun be sent throw the toun be sound of drum, That na nianer of persoun lend liis armis to ane uther, under the pane of fourtie pundis ; and that all man be reddie to give his aith at the wapinschaw, that the armis he careis ar his awin, under the lyke pane. \oth April, 1639. — Men sent out. — The said day it is concludit be the saidis provest, bailzies and counsall, that thair be sent out ane hundreth men to the bordor, to the comoun defence, and to be maintenit upone the comoun chargis of the toun, and to intimat with all diligence be sound of drum, to requyer all eable men, wha ■will goe on the said service, to inroll themselis. 13//? April, 1639. — Portej-field Capitane. — The said day George Porterfield is electit and choysine Capitaine to that companie, to goe out fra this brughe to the border, and ar to martch in my Lord Montgomries regiment, conforme to the promeis maid be the saidis provest, bailzies and counsall to his Lordschip thairupon, and the said capitaine and his companie ar to be subject in all thingis to the magistratis of this citie during thair abod thairin, as also efter thair return thairto. Nota. — The lettir direct from the committee, datit the fourt of this instant, anent the outputting to the bordor of the fourtman, cam not to thair handis quhill this day. xbth April, 1639. — Provision of Poivder ami Matche. — The said day ordanes ane proclamatioun to be sent throw the toun with sound of drum, comanding all inhabitantes within the samin, wha ar myndit to carie musquattis, that they have in redines ilk persone twa pund weght of powder, twa pund leid, and fyve fadom of match ; and that all persones be readie with thair arniis upon twelf hours warning; and who sail be fund negligent in 76 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. provyding of the said powder, leid, and matche, he sail be onlawit in twentie pundis, and farther punischit at the sight of the magistratis. Mae men sent out— The said day the saidis provest, bailzeis, and counsall, hes concludit to send fyftie men further to the border nor the hundrethe they appoyntit of befor. 25M May, 1639. — Anent Tymes of Dreilling. — The said day Capitaine Cunynghames and Capitaine Doroches companies ar ordanit to dreill ilk tuisday in the weik, Capitane Nisbitt and Capitan Morsounes companies ar ordanit to dreill ilk wandisday in the weik, Capitane Andersones companie and Captane Flemyngs are ordanit to dreill ilk thursday in the weik, Captane Colquhoun and Captane Nelsones companies ar ordanit to dreill ilk fryday in the weik. 15//? June, 1639. — Proclaniatioun anent Silver Plait. — The said day it is ordainit that publicatioun be made throw the toun, be sound of drum, that the inhabitantis of this brughe bring thair haill silver plait, to be bestowit in defence of the good comoun cause in hand, conforme to the ordinance of the comittee at Edr., and ordaines James Stewart, lait provest, Walter Stirling, deane of gild, John Barnes and Gawaine Nisbet, to attend upon the ressauing of the said silver plait, and to meitt the dayis following, at nyne houris in the morning, &c. The said day ordanis the thesaurer to have ana warrand for the soume of twentie seavin pundis money, debursit be him to Johne Cuthbertsoune, drummer, in consideratioune of the extraordinarie paines he has takine thir tymes bygane. \^th June, 1639. — Silver Wark. — The said day ordanis the personis eftir namit to goe throw the toun, and tak up the inventar of the silver wark, to the effect the samein may be moir readie to send to Edr., conforme to the directioun of the committee of supplie for the comoun cause, viz. Henrie Glen, &c. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 77 The said day ordainis the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of thrie scoir pundis money, debursit be him to Robert Wilsoune Smythe, for 29 scoir and 2 swanis fetheris that was sent to Edr. Penultimo Junij, 1639. — Aiient Fortis Buldi7ig. — The said day it is statut and ordanit that ane dyk be buildit at the Stockwall heid, and ane port put thairin, and to build ane dyk from the Ht- hous to the custome-hous, with ane port thairin, lykwayes ane betwixt the bridge and umqll. Johne Holmis hous ; in ane cumlie and decent forme, and with all convenient diligence. 2,(1 Jtdii, 1639. — Salt Bargane. — The said day, compeirit James Lawrie, skipper of that good schip callit the David of Queensferrie, of the burding of scoir tunes or thairby, and maid offer to them of the said schipis laidnyng of Frenche salt of Sanct Marteinis, brought in be him within the River of Clyde for sex punds the watter boll — twenty-twa, and ane half for twenty to be payit within dayes aftir the ressait thairof ; and the said Provost, Bailzies and Counsall having considderit the said offer, after advysement thairanent, they imbraced the said bargain, and ordanit to signifie the same to the Bailzies and Counsall of Dumbartoun, to sie if they will tak the half thairof \2,th July, 1639. — Ordaines the Thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of thrie score sextein pundis, ten schillingis, ten pennies, debursit be him to Margaret Forrett, for making the tounis denner, quhilk sould have been maid on Witsonday last. 2Qth Julii, 1639. — Porterfield Commissionar. — The said day the saidis provost, bailies, and counsall, understanding that thair Hie Kirk is now vaikand of ane minister, to the grait grief and sorrow of hart to them and the inhabitants of this brughe, and being most willing that the samein sould be filled and supplied with ane apt and qualified man, meit for sutche ane eminent place, they have thairfoir appoyntit George Porterfield to ryde to the wast countrie. 7 8 GLASGO W MEMOKA BILL I. and thair to speik Maister David Dick, minister att Stirling, to that effect, and to vse all the fair and lawful! means he can for his transportatioun hither. 27//? July, 1639. — Licence Dowglas. — The said day thair is Licence grantit to Sir Robert Dowglas to gett ane hundreth kairtis of the tonnes quarrell to help to build out the dyk of his zaird, narrest Clyde, bezound the bridge. \oth August, 1639, — The samein day, forasmeikle as Johne Gilmor, merchand, and James Muir, cordiner, did both petitionat the said provest, bailzies, and counsall, for that waikand place, last occupyit be Johne Zoung, in making of the gravis ; and becaus they war equall in voittis, the counsall having ane respect to them baithe, they have thairfoir concludit, statut, and ordainit, for baith thair weillis, that the said Johne Gilmor sail have the said waikand place, and to begin presentlie; and ordaines the thesuareris of this brughe, present and to cum, to pay to the said James Mure, fourty schillingis, and to begin presentlie, and so to continew, whill he be provydit to ane commoun place of als mutche worthe as the said monethlie pay will extend to. 20th Oct., 1639. — The said day the saides provest, baillies and counsall, understanding the commendable cair has been had of the poor this tyme bygaine, be keiping them aff the calsay fra opin beging, and interteining of them in thair awin houses to the glorie of God and good report of this citie ; Thairfoir, it is statut and concludit that ordor be keipit for this yeir to cum ; and that the contribution be collectit to that effect, and intimatioun be made be sound of dnmi to certifie all personis -wha cumes not to pay thair contrabutioun at " the ringing of the bell, as sail be appoyntit to that effect, sail be poyndit for the double, and thair names oppinlie publisched in the kirkis wha refuss to doe the samyn. 23^/ November, 1639. — The said day, ordaines the thesaurer to MLVUTES OF TOIFAT COUNCIL. 79 ha\-e ane warrand for the sowme of fourtie markis money, debursit be him to INIr. Johne Maxvellis wyf, for causis knawin to them. 4/// January, 1640. — The said day ordaines the thesaurer to pay to George Andersone, prenter, ane hundredthe pundis, in satisfactioun to him of the superplus he debursit in transporting of his geir to this brughe, by the ten dolloris he gave him of befoir to that effect ; And als, in satisfactioun to him of his haill bygane fealhs fra Witsonday in anno 1638, to Martimes last. ist Feb., 1640. — Ordaines the thesaurer to pay Margaret Forrett fyftein pundis for the denneris givin to the Ministeris of the Pres- bitrie, at thair command. 2W1 Feb. 1640. — The said day ordanis the Thesaurer to pay to Johne Corss twenty markis, to help to pay for the curing of his sones leg that was cut from him. \oth March, 1640. — The said day the Mortificatioun granted to vmquhyll George Hutcheson anent his hospitall to be buildit, is presentit and producit be James Stewart, to whom the same was intrustit be the said vmquhyll George. 1 4^/4 March, 1640. — The said day, ordaines the drum to be send throw the toun, to warne all the inhabitantis of this brughe to have their armes in reddines. I \th Aprilis, 1640. — Ordaines to by fourtie muscattis and twenty pickis, to be adcit to the comoun magasine. \6th Aprilis, 1640. — The said day ordainis Patrik Bell to ryde to Edinbrughe to attend this present meiting of the estaitis, and to concur with them in all things that may contribut for the glorie of God and good of the comotm cause now in hand, and if his advyse be sought anent the unioun of the haill sh)rre, to answer, if the full body of the shyre had unittit togidder Glasgow had been content, but seing the hail rest of the regalitie of Glasgow, quhilk is very considerable, as also sundrie parochis narrest Glasgow, and proper pairtis of the shyre has not unitit, Glasgow as zitt cannot uneit 8o GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. untill farther advyse, or otherways lett it be att the determinatioun of the Table. 27M May, 1640.— The said day, the saides provest, bailzies, and counsall, ordanes Patrick Bell, lait provest, to ryde to Edin- brughe to attend the doun-sitting of the parliament, the secound day of Julii nixt, to the whilk the samein was prorogat be his Majesties authoritie ; and in caice it fall out, as God forbid, that his Majestic give not warrand to continue and conclude the said parliament, quhairby the estatis in the exigence of tyme may resolve and conclude upon sik things as they think most conducible for the publict good, and for preservatioun of thair liberties, lyfis, and estaites, and requyr the said Patrick his consent thairto ; and thairfor they, be the tenor heirof, gives thair full power and commissioun to the said Patrick, in caice foirsaid, to consent to sik things as be plurall or commoun consent sail be thought necessar for the publict good, and preservatioun of thair religioun, liberties, lyfis and estaitis. Pemiltimo May, 1640. — The said day, ordaines the Thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of Twenty pundis money debursit be him to John Jamesone, drummer, in satisfactioun of his last zeirs fie, to help him to by ane stand of cloathes, and for his extraordinar paines heirtofoir. 9M Junii, 1640. — The said day ordaines thir persons followng to revis the roUis, and to mak up ane perfyt catallog of the haill names of the persones within this brughe, able for weir, viz. James Stewart, Wm. Neilson, James Bell, John Baines, John Andersoun, Harie Glen, Niniane Gilhagie. 29M Junii, 1640. — Ordaines the thesaurer to have an warrand for the soume of fyve hundreth aughtein pundis threttein schillings, debursit be him to the colonel for payment of the sojours of fortoun, thair fialls for the monethis of Februar, Maiche, Apryle, MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 8 I May last, and Jimii instant, conforme to the compt and discharge in Williame Yair's handes. idth Julie, 1640. — The said day, ordaines Johne Kirkwood to goe out with the companie, who ar direct for ane recrew to Captain Porterfield, and to convoy them to Dunglas to the armie. ist Atigi/sf, 1640. — The said day, it is ordainit that twa barnes be takine for the imputting of the tynd schaves of the aikers about this brughe, that was wont to be drawin be the bishop. nth August, 1640. — Silver JVark. — The said day, ordaines James Hamiltoun, WilHam Neilsoun, Cohne Campbell, zounger, and Johne Kirkwood, to attend in the tolbuithe for receaving in of the haill silver and gold wark sail be brought in conforme to the instructiounes, for help of the common cause, and ordaines them to sett doun ane perfyt not of all that is inbrought ; and they to sit twa hours efter noon, and twa hours befor noone, for receaving of the samen, conforme to the instructiounes : and ordaines the same to be intimat be sound of drum, and als to invit all wha will lend moneys for supplie of the common cause, or give any voluntar contrabutioun for supplie of the same. nth August, 1640. — The said day, Gavend Nisbeit is appoyntit to ryd to Barrowstouness with the fiftie shouldiers that ar to con- vey thidder, the Governour and others who were in the Castell of Dumbarttaine. e^th Sept. 1640. — The said day the provest is appoyntit to goe to Edinbrughe vsdth the silver and gold wark, the lent money, and the contrabutions coUectit for the common cause, and to tak John Kirkwood with him, for delyverie of the silver wark, and Coline Campbell, younger, and to get securitie thairfoir, conforme to the instructiouns. 12th Sept., 1640. — Anent Ramsay, minister. — The said day, the bailzies, with Patrik Bell and utheris, wha war appoyntit to VOL. II. M S 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. meit with Mr. Robert Ramsay, upoun the aught of this instant, anent the matter of his stipend, maid this report this day, anent thair aggrement with him, quhilk is as foUowes i— He sould have aught hundrethe pundis of stipend be zeir, ane house maill, and twa mairtis zeirlie ; and sould have in hand aught scoir fyftein marks, for causes knawin to the toun; and to be payit of his stipend efter the first Sermone maid be him, his admission to Mertimes nixt, pi-o tanto. Quhairunto, the saides haill bailzies and counsall did accord and agrie. 17M Oct. 1640. — Anent Blair. — The said day, efter lytting be plurahtie of voittis, Mr. Hew Blair is electit minister to serve in the hie kirk, and it is thought guid that he be spoken to and delt with anent the serving of the cuir at the said kirk, to sie if he will abyde the hazard of the stipend belonging thairto, and ordaines the dean of gild and deacon convener to meitt thair folkis on Wandisday nixt, and to crave thair opiniouns anent the man. 23 Oct. 1640. — Anent ane Bell. — The said day ye Deid bell delyverit to Patrik fforsyth, qm. ordains to give ye half of ye prycis of his pairt of ye bell to Willia Bogle during his lyfetime, and ordains ye Deane of Gild to caus mak ane new Deid bell, to be rung for and befor ye deid under hand.* * The following excerpt from the Council Minutes of 1st August, 1867, has, no doubt, reference to this very Bell : — \^Read (he following letter from the City Chamberlain, date August \, 1867]. My Lord Provost and Gentlemen, I BEG on behalf of Miss Morgan of Gretna to present to the Corporation an ancient Bell formerly its property, and bearing the City Arms, and the date 1641. It is no doubt the "deid bell" referred to in the following Excerpt from the Council Record of the City of date 23d Octdbcr, 1640, and was probably the "passing bell" of former days : MINUTES VF TOWN COUNCIL. 83 //fWj—Recomendis to the Dean of Gild to caus form ane new port to the new west port. Ultimo Octobris. — The said day, be plurality of vottis, Gabriell Cunynghame is appointed to goe east to the lordis of the Comittie, with ane letter from the Counsall and ane uther from my lord Montgomerie, for getting back fra the Comittie als meikle of the voluntar contributioun and the tent pennie and twenty pennie quhilk they have receavit for provyding of the armie in claithis and hois and shoes. ^th December, 1640. — Anent ffoivstoun.— The. said day the " Anent ane Bell. — The said day ye Deid bell delyverit to Patrik ' ' iforsyth, qm. ordains to give ye half of ye prycis of his pairt of ye ' ' bell to Willia Bogle during his lyfetime, and ordains ye Deane of "Gild to caus mak ane new Deid bell, to be rung for and befor ye " deid under hand. " The Corporation is gi'eatly indebted to Messrs. Michael Connal, William Henry Hill, and William Keddie, through whose kind intervention this relic of the past has returned to its original place. I have the honour to be, My Lord Provost and Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, (Signed) Wm. W. Watson, Chamberlain. The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of the City of Glasgow. On the motion of the Lord Provost, the Council unanimously accepted the ancient relic — accord their thanks to Miss Morgan for her very interesting gift — direct a copy of this minute to be transmitted to her, and resolve that the Bell shall be preserved in the Corporation Galleries. On the motion of the Lord Provost, the Council also accord their thanks to Messrs. Michael Connal, William Henry Hill, and William Keddie, through whose instrumentality the Bell had been obtained. 84 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Deane of Gild and Deacon Convener maid their report of the dealling with Mr. James Howstoun, anent his preaching in the toun, quhilk is thus : That the said Mr. James is content to aggrie to preach anes on the Sonday, and anes in the weik day, during the Counsalls pleasour, and referris to themselffis his price. 26th December, 1640.— /tow.— Ordaines the thesaurer to have a warrand to deliver to AValter Stirling ten dollaris, to be gevin be him to Mr. Johne Campbell, blind minister, for his preaching heir, and out of charitie to supplie his necessitie. toth April, 1641. — Item, Ordainis Johne Liddell to plant twelff asche tries of seven inches of greatnes, at the L}Tnehous, betwix and Candilmes next. 17//? April, 1641. — Ordainis a warrand to be gevin to the thesaurer to pay to James Dunlop, travellour, xv. dollors out of charitie, for the loses of his horses in their absence ; to be allowit in the first end of his horse pryces and wages, at thair returne. Zth May, 164]. — The said day ordainis the counsallours to meit heir on AVeddinsday next, at nyne hours in the morning, and ordainis Thomas Scot to produce the letter of Deaconheid of the baxters that day, that some ordor may be taine anent the abuse of quheit bread. 15/72 May, 16^1.— JDaxteris.— The said day it is statute be the counsall that in all tyme cuming the baxters baik no bunnes to be sold, bot onlie sufficient loafes to serve the toun and countrey, under the paine of fyve pund toties quoties. 12th June, 1641. — The said day ordainis the thesaurer to have ane warrand to pay to James Colquhoun fyfc dollars for drawing of the portraict of the toun to be sent to Holland. ic)th June, 1641.— Warrand.— Ths said day ordainis the thes- aurer to have ane warrand for the soume of three scoir dolloris, extending to the soume of a hundreth three scoir twa pundis, deliverit be him to Mr. Gawin Forsythe, for his b)-gane service MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 85 within this brughe in baptising of infantis, visitatioune of the seik in the tyme of the tounes necessitie, examinatioune of ane of the toune at the desyre of the magistratis, and for preaching of Godis word ilk Tysday fra the day of Janiwarij last to the day of Julij next tocum for making up half ane yeir. 7^/; August, 1641. — Prodamatioun aneni Stowpis The said day ordainis ane prodamatioun to be sent throw the toun, anent the stowpis, commanding and charging that na vender or drawer within this brughe, of wyne, aill, beir, or ony vther soirt of liquour, to tak upon hand to sell any stoup ayther of thair awin, or of ony uther personis, except such war sealed with this present yeir of God, undir the paine of fyve pundis money, unforgeven ; and gif ony doe come to by with ane unscallit stoup, the seller is ordainit not to fill the samyn, but to schawe the same to the magistrates, that the owneris thairof may be punisched accordinglie, &lc. ii\th Aug. 1641. — It is ordainit, that ane new commissioune be direct to Patrick Bell, anent the divisoune cravit of the parochine of Glasgow, and to supplicat his Majesty anent the dissolutione of the personag from the Bishoprick, and for the ministeris mainten- ance out of the Bishoprick, as they formerly had ; and for ane minister to be mantenit out thairof, in place of the Bishop ; and for ane competent allowance out the said Bishoprick, for upholding the great kirk, and for helping the poor of the Bishopis Hospitale and gramer scooUe : and becaus the clerk is now in Edinburghe, ordanis ane letter to be sent to him to draw up commissiounes, ane or mae, to the said Patrick, as he sail requyre him for managing of the saidis particularis ; and als ane commissoune for defending this brughe fra that craveing be Gabriell Conynghame, for his attending the valuatioune of the Tythis, and doe his best to hold it of the toune. gth Oct. 1641.. — Anent Electioun of Baillies eftir twa zeiris. — The said day it is statut and ordainit, that in all tyme heireftir ther 8 6 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. sail no baillie be ressaveit in office eftir the zeir he has been in office, quhill twa zeir thaireftir, so that he be frie for twa zeiris. \(ith Oct., 1641.— Item, ordainis ane warrand to be gevin to James Tran, kit Thesaurer, to pay the cadgeris the soume of ane hundreth and threttie pundis and ten schillings for carriage of tlie sojouris bagage from Tweed to Mussilbrughe, and from thence to this toun, conforme to the particulaT compt gevin in thairanent. 2i>th Oct., 1641. — The said day, James Bell producit Thomas Conyngham, factor of Campheir, his discharge of his ressait of the townes proportioune of thair gilderis adebtit for the amunitioune, togidder with James Murray, his band of Corroboration, quhilkis ar ordainit to be put in the charter kist. Item. — Ordanis a letter to be direct to Patrik Bell, to deall the best he can anent the accomodating the bussines anent the libertie of the electioun of thair awin magistrates, and they sail approve the same qlk he sail doe be advyse of ^\'alter Stirling, thair for the present at Edinbrughe ; and any other of the tounis commissioners wha sail be thair east for the tyme ; and that he aid and assist Renfrewe, and give thame his advyse anent the mater concerning Paislay. \st Dec. 1 641. — Item, It was ordanit that sume Holland cloathe and Scottis linning cloathe, with sume plydes, be sent as a propyne to Mr. Web, the Duikes servand, as a testimonie of the tounis thankfulness to him for his paines taine for the tounes bussines. 4M Dec. J 641 — The said day Mr. Pa. Gillespie producit a presentatioun grantit to him be his Majestie of the place of the Highe Kirke, instead of the bischope. Efter he was rcmo^•ed, it was appoyntit that the provest, Patrik Bell, dean of Gild, and deacon convener, should si)cik him thairanent, and to report at the nixt melting. Zth December, \(ij,\.—Aihitt tiai!s/>or/ing men for Ir/aiiJ.—T\\t MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 87 said day, my Lord Marqueis of Argyll exhibit, in presens of the coimsall, ane commissioune from the secreit counsall, anent the transporting of fyve thousand men to Irland, and to provyd boatis and barkis for their transport. Efter reasoning, it is thocht fitting that the fraucht of ilk sojour be threttie schillings, and that ilk persone, baith of sojours and boatmen, have sex schillings in the day for victualls during the tyme they ar at sea, to be payit be the publict, and sume proportioune to be advanced befoir they goe aboord. To agree with sic boatis for transport that it may be lawful to thame to return back quhen they have dischargit thair companies at Irland, and that ilk boate to be hyred, be twentie foote of ground at least, and ilk slayer boate have twa straikis above, and ilk couper ane, or mair as they sail think fitting; and that ilk boat be in readines at ane port, within xlviij. houris, as they sail be requyred, and that ilk boat get half fraucht befoir their away going, and the rest quhen thai cum to Irland ; and that ilk boat quhen it cumis to the place quhare they ar taking in ther sojours, the boatmen sail have thair paye daylie. Item, It is thocht expedient that Jon. Andersone, the baillie, and the clerk, goe to Paislay the morne to the presbytrie, con- cerning Mr. Hew Blair, his transportatioune to this toun. \i^h Dec, 1641. — The said day, ordainis a letter to be direct to the Duik of Lennox, giving him thanks for byganes, and intreating his favor in tyme cuming. Item, Ane uther letter to Mr. Web, his servand, with a propyne of Ix. elnes of lining cloathe, twa gallounes of aquavytie, and four half barrels of hering, and twa pair of plydes. 27M December, 1641. — Item, Ordainis the maister of wark to send east to the tounes advocattis and thair agents thair fies and thair herring ; and to Mr. Robt. Bruce, the Duik of Lennox, his agent, twa half barrels of herring. '^th Jan., 1642. — The said day the saids provest, baillies. 8 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. coimsall and deacons, being informed that Robert Hogis yaird had spred and distribut amongst certain of the deacons of craftis of this brughe certane letters anent ane minister, and he being ane privat man, having no warrand of this place, finding the sam ane great wrang, ordainis him to be warnit to Saturnday nixt to ansuer thairto. Item. — Act anent Tysters to stibscryve writtis nnthoiit warrand. — It is statut and ordanit that na maner of persoune within this brughe presume nor tak upon hand heirefter to tyst, intyse, or perswad any persoune to subscryve any kind of writt quhat sumever concerning the publict good of this toune without special consent and warrand of the counsall, certifieing all those who dois in the contrair sail be hauldin and reputt as seditious persounes and disturbers of the comoun peace, and thair friedome to be cryed doun and punisched conforme to thair burges ticket. \<^th Jan., 1642. — The said day the forsaids provest, baillies and counsall, with the bretherin of the dean of gild's hous, with the deacons of crafts, all for the moste parte being present, whose votes and opiniounes being requyrit, if this place sould submitt any thing concerning thair patronages to any persounes quhatsum- ever, who, all in on voice, disassentit that the counsall sould submitt any privilege belonging to the toune. \2th February, 1642. — Act anent Fatrik Adam. —This said day forsameikle as the said provest, bailies, and counsall, was certainlie and trulie informit that Patrik Adame, tailyour, had so far Adlependit and vilefiet the magistrates of this bmghe, in saying to the foi'said John Clark, thesaurer, that he regardit not the provest, bailies and counsall of this brughe, ane fart of his erse, anent his cautionrie to thaim, for Jonnet Baird ane delinquent, accused be tlie sessioune, for abusing of the ministers of this brughe, and that he had des>-rcd the said Johne Clark to tell thaim that from him ; as also being certainlie informit, that the said Patrik com upon Monunday last, MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 89 to the said Johne, and avowed and repeited the samein words over again at several tymes, and did avow and approve the same ; and he being conveined this day to answer thairfor, missregarding the saids provest, baillies, and counsall, did say in thair presens to the said Johne Clarke, that he sould be avenged of him, ather ther or some other place : And thairfor the saids provest, baillies, and counsall, ordainis the said Patrik to enter his persoune in ward, and remaine thairin, within the tolbuithe of this brughe, the space of eight dayes, shorter or langer at the sight of the saids provest or baillies, and to pay twentie pundisto the procurator fiscall, to be applyed ad pios iisiis. Schohnaster. — Item. — Ordainis Johne Andersoune to ryd to Stirling, to try anent the schoolmaster his qualitie and present conditioune ther ; and to trye the man himselff, if he be willing to transport himselff. Drummers. — The said day ordainis the drummers to touk throughe the toun weik about, and he who toukis for the weik • sail onlie have power to touk to the haill Lords and strangers sail cum to the toun for that weik, and John Cuthbirtson to begin upon Mononday morning nixt, and to serve so for the first weik, and this to stand onlie during the counsalls will allanerlie ; and ordains tham to leave together peacablie as brether, and not wrang or injure uthirs, and if John Jamie- sone wrangs his colligue be word or dead heireftir, he sail lose the place of the right hand, quhilk he sould bruik untill September nixt. Item. — It is statut and ordainit in respect of the great increse of the poor, speciallie these that cicm from Irland, that the Thesaurer give to the Mr. of Wark twa hundreth merkes, moneye to be gevin out be him to the use of the poor allanerlie, and thaireftir to geve in. his compt thairupoun. Item. — Ordains the act of Parliament mad anent linnen cloathe VOL. II. N go GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. to be published at the crosse vpone Mononday nixt, that non pretend ignorance. 26th Feb., 1642— /i'm.— Ordainis ane letter to be sent to Pa Bell, at Londone, to schawe him how the toun is abusit with theifes without punishment, and to entreat him to doe his best indeavour to gett the sam remeidit, and that so soon as can be. e^fh March, 1642.— The said day, ordains ane proclamatioune to be sent throw the toun to desyre all these who w ill geve or contribut any supplie to the distressd people that com from Irland, that they cum upon Weddinsday next, at the ringing of the bells. Item. — Ordains the dean of gild, deacon conveiner, Walter Stirling, James Hamiltoune, Niniane Gilhagie to meit at such tymes as they think convenient, and to tak consideratioune of these poore people, and to geve them support out of the contribu- tion to be collectit for that end, according to thair necessitie, and as they shall think meit and expedient. 19M March, 1642. — Ad in favour of CapUane Gibsoiu. — Hem. — Ordains the maister of wark to lend to Capitane Gibsoun ane of the tounis tentes. He acting himself to restor the same to the toun at his homcoming; or else the pryce thairof, to be modefiet be the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveiner. Item. — Ordains Mathow Colquhoun, to have ane rowme under the galrie of the Castell, during the counsals pleasour. Change of the Mercat from Moonday till Weddinsday, Oct. 15, 1642. — Item, ordains a proclamatioune to be maid be touk of drume on Mononday nixt, discharging the meill mercat, beir, yron, salt and schooe mercates, and all craimes vpon the Moonday, to be hauldin heirefter vpon the Weddensday weiklie, (except the fairs and principall mercat dayes that sail happen to Ml vpon the Moonday), and that vnder the paine of confiscatioune. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 91 Commissioner Bell, Oct. 22, 1642.— //«;/, be pluralitie of votes, James Bell is chosen commissioner for the toune to goe to Edinr. for the erecting of manufactories. Anent Electing of the Provest.—Item, it is statut be the counsall, all in ane voice, That in all tyme cumming, at the electioune of the provest, that the provest vifho was the zeir befor sail be onlie put in lyt for the zeir therefter ; swa that no provest sail be ather lyted or chosen provest but for two zeirs togidder, and no langer. Ransome Melvill. — Item, ordains that when Archibald Melvill his ransome is payit, the thesaurer pay for the tounes pairt thairof, seavin punds sterling, extending to four scoir four punds Scotes moneye. Entries excerpted from the " Comptaris Discharge" 1 2th Nov., 1642. Item, to Mr. Gavine forsythe, for his service in preaching of Gods word, fra Julij 1641, to Januar thereefter, . . . Ic. lib. Item, to Gabriell Conynghame and others, qlk they deburst for John Hamiltoune, officer, for his expenss and cuiring of his hurt hand in Edin., .... xxiij. lib. vs. iiijd. Item, to Mr. Thomas Thomsone, for preaching, and uther service, . . Ix. lb. Item, to sindrie travellouris for their horsis that went to the armie, . . . Ixx. lb. Item, deburst to the Mr. of wark to be distribut be him to the poor comis from Irland, . . . . . ' . Ix. lib. xvjs. xd. Item, to John Andersone, for his charges in going to Stirling, for the Grammer School Mr., . . . . XV. lib. viijs. 92 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. Item, to ane blind man, . . • Hiijs. Item, to Travellouris for their horsis, as before specifiet, .... Ixxx. lib. Ite7n, gevin to the Mr. of the Grammer Scholl, at his entrie, . . • jc lib. Item, to Mr. Gawine Forsythe, for preaching of God's word, .... jclxij. lib. Item, debursit, for calseying of Parthwick lone, Ixxij. lib. viijd. Item, to Mr. Thomas Thomsone, for preach- ing God's word, and examinatiounes, 1. lib. Item, to Johne Jaipe, to help to cutt ane baime of his, probably for the stone, xiij. lib. xs. Fallowes the sowmcs ddmrsit upon discharges. Item, to Mr. Edward 'W'right, minister, viijc. lib. Item, to Mr. Robert Ramsay, minister, ixc. lib. Item, to vmqll. Mr. ^^^illiame Wallace, last master of the Gramm Scholl, . . xl. lib. Item, to Mr. David Will, present master thereof, for his fiall, at lambmas last, . jcxxxiij. lib. vjs. viijd. Item, to George Andersone, prenter, . Ix. vj. lib. xiijs. iiijd. Itetn, to Gabriell Wilsone, for fumeising candle to the new kirk the last winter, skouring of lamps, and uthers, . . xxviij. lib. xiijs. iiijd. Item, debursit to sindrie persones of annual rent, fra Witsounday 1641, to Witsounday 1642, for the moneye barrowit fra them to pay the factoris of Campheir — this burghis part of the gilderis was awne them, vjc lx\j lib. xiijs. iiijd. loth December, 1642. — Ordains the thesaurer to have ane MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 93 warrand, for the soume of one hundrethe merkes moneye, debursit be him to Mr. Robert Baillie, for the transportatioune of his gudis to this brughe, in hope he will continue his service to the toune. 31J'/ December, 1642. — Ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of four hundrethe punds money debursit be him to Mr. Robert Baillie in parte of payement of ane zeirs and ane halffs stipend, the toune is oblised to paye him conforme to the contract past betwixt them and the college theranent. 2%th Jan., 1643. — The said day, forsameikle as Rot, Rowane is presentlie building ane chop in Rattoun Raw, against the quhilk his haill nightbours lies compleinit that it will hinder and imped them of the sight of the Hie Streit vp and doane, in respect it cumis farder out nor any of his nightbours does ther; and efter severall visitatiouns, the samein being fund to be trewe, and that he vilipending the ordinance of the Dean of Gild, be bringing out the said wark farder towards the King's Hie streit nor the said Dean of Gild and his bretherin had ordainit, above thrie fut and ane half, Therfoir, the saidis Baillies and Counsall ordains the said Robert Rowane to demolische and tak doune his foirsaid chope, now building be him, and to build the samein out conforme to the said Dean of Gild, his first ordinance, &c. 4 March, 1643. — Ordains the thrie bailleis, dean of gild. Deacon Convener, &c., to meit with such as the Presbitrie sail appoint to meit with them, anent the inlaik of ministers of this burgh. 18 March, 1643. — The said day, efter reasoning and voting, be pluralitie of votes, it is appointed that ther sail be twa ministers presentlie chosen, with all conveniencie. I April, . . . — Grants commissione to James Bell to deal and agrie with the toune of Edinr. anent Mr. Williame Strathers legacie left to the college. 22 April. — The sd. day ordains ane warrant to be gevin to the thesaurer, to pay to James Bogle the soume of ane 94 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. hundrethe punds, for helping of him to pay his ransome from the Turkis. zoth May, \()/^T,.—Ordinaiue for Collecting of Moneys for the Irische armies sttfplie.— Item.— OxAains the bailleis, dean of gild, deacon conveinar, Harie Glen, James Bell, and Coline Campbell to meet in the counsall hous, on Thursday and Friday nixt, befor and efternoone, the tyme of the ringing of the bell, for receiving of offers of such as will lend money to the publict for the supphe of the Irishe armie. The gars of litle St. Mungows kirkzaird is sett to Johne Andersone for ane dollar, payit in hand, and gevin be the bailleis to the poor. iph Junii, 1643. — Ordains the kings and counsals declaratioune to be red and proclaimit at the croce, vpon Weddinsday nixt. I'jthjulij, 1643. — Ordains James Trane to goe to Dumbartane, to meit with them anent the buying of the dails offerit, and to try them if he can gett ane pennie worth thereof. i^h Aug., 1643. — C/cangi/ig of Clyd. — Grants Commissioun to Coline Campbell, Thomas Glen, and Thomas Morsone, to aggrie with workmen to tak awaye the staines out of the water about the brig, and to tak away the stobs out of the water on the south syd. 25//? August. — Andersone Commissioner. — The said day ordaines Johne Andersone to goe as Commissioner from this place to the sessioune of Eastwood and Presbyterie of Paislay, to deall for Mr. Hew Blair his transportatioune to this burghe. In favours of George Duncaiu. — The said day, the saids Bailleis and Counsall taking to ther consideration, that Georg Duncane of Borrowfield, out of the good will, love, and affectione, he hes to this burgh, hes gevin into them sex hundrethe merks money, to be warit and bestowit upon ane bell, to be hung in the steple of the Blackfriar Kirk, and to be rung at thir tyms following \-iz. : e\-erie MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 95 morning at five hours, to the morning and evening prayers, and on the Sabbothe day, and uther preaching dayes in the week, at the ordinar t}Tnes, according to as the rest of the bels in the toune does, and ilk night at eight and ten hours at evin, and oftner, as the Provest BaiHies and Counsall of this burgli sail think meit and expedient. And therfor the saids bailleis and counsall dois heirby rander to the said George Duncane hartie thanks, and ordains the said bell to be hung in the foresaid place appoyntit be the said George, and to be rung at all tymes, as is above writtine, according as he hes desyred, Midster. — 2d September, 1643. — Item, Ordains ane mister to be proclaimed be touke of drume, to be in this burgh the xxv of this instant Cuschin. — Item, Ordains ane velvet cuschein, and ane velvot black clothe to be laid in the kirks before the provest in tyme cuming, and to be readie against the tyme that the magistrates be chosen. 23^ Sept. — The said day ordains the muster to be proclaimed of new againe to the threttein day of October nixt to cum. 2d Odobris, 1643. — For Exercersing of Armes. — The said day the foirsaids persones taking to ther consideratioune his Majesties proclamatioune gevin out anent the puting of this haill kingdome in ane present postour of war conforme to the tenour thereof, They have thought good, that in everie ane of the four quarters of the toune, ther be the provest, or ane baillie, with twa considerable men of the counsall, and under them twa capitaines and four serjands, who sail tak notice, and cans everie man be in readines at all tymes with sufficient armes, and that they use and exerce the same, and continues the electioune of ther bailleis and counsallours for everie quarter, whill the electioune of new Magistrats be by past, and hes maid joyse of ther saids capitanes as fallows, quha, in all things, sail be subject and obedient to the provest, bailleis, C)6 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. and counsall, and for that quarter calit Mr. Robt. Ramsayes quarter, Walter Neilsone, Peter Johnesone ; and for that quarter caht Mr. Edward Wright's, Thomas Pollok, and Thomas Mor- soune ; and for that quarter caUt umqll. Mr. Robert Wilkies, Rot. Dorroche, and Androw Conyngham; and for that quarter caht umqll. Mr. Johne Behs, Johne Donyiig, and Johne Muir; and gevs ordour to the foresaids Capitanes to mak chois of their serjands, as they sail think most fit and expedient. Prodamatioune. — Item, Ordains the King's proclamatioune to be proclamit publicklie on the croce, be sound of drummes ; and that ther be ane proclamatioune sent through the toune immediatlie therefter commanding all the inhabitants of this burghe to be readie at touk of drume, to cum out at all tymes, as they sail be appoyntit by the foresaids persones choisine be the saids bailleis and counsall to that effect under sik paines as sail be injoynit. dth October, 1643. — That nane of the counsall depairt out of the Counsalhous quhill the provest and bailleis ryse, without licence craved and granted. Ordains the drum to goe throw the toune for the officers, and that they bring in their wands this day eight dayes. Excerpts from the " Comptar's Discharge." — 17TH Nov., 1643. Item, to Gawin Naismith, for sustening certain thiefs in the Tolbuithe, . vl. xiijs. iiijd. Item, to Wm. Mylne, for dighting the Tolbuithe twa zeirs, . . . vl. viijs. Item, for transporting of Mr. Robert Baillie, his household geir, from Kilwinning to burghe, Ixvjl. xiijs., iiijd. JU-m, for the twa doossoune of lather buckats, lijl. xijs MIXUTES OF TOWN COUXCTL. 97 Itein, to James Bogle, ane burges sone, to help to pay his ransome, being taken with the Turks, . . . . jc. lib. Item, for sklaiting the custom hous at the bridge, ...... xxxiijl. vjs. viijd. Item, debursit to the maissouns, for building the new flesche mercat, . . . jniijc. xiijlib vjs. viijd. Item, to Johne Lyouns wyf in Greinock, to help to cut ane bairne of the stone, . viijlib. Item, to George Andersone, printer, , . Ixvjlib. xiijs. iiijd. Item, for furneishing candle to the laighe kirk, and skouring the lamps, . . xxviijl. xiijs. iiijd. 18M Noveinhris, 1643. — Hamiltone. — The said day it is ordaint that the toune has aggried with Mr. Gawine Hamiltone to preache, in the Laich Kirk, in Tronegait, qll. they be further provydit for payment, conforme to twa hundreth merks be zeir, and his entrie was at Martimas last. Unlaws. — The said day the lait bailleis producit ane compt of last zeirs unlaws, extending about twentie three doUours, and they have requestit that ane or twa of the windows, on the south syd of the Black Frier Kirk, nerest the est gavell, the staines therein may be taken doune, and build agane with glas, so far as the moneys will doe with diligence. xij Decembris, 1643. — Sojours. — The said day ordains the drum to be sent throw the toune on Mononday nixt, to requyre all to inroU themselffs for the present comoune expeditioune, that they com and doe the same, and to certifie all those who will willinglie inroll themselues out of them ther officers will be chosen. And if it be found that any countrey men be hyring for sojours within this burghe, that notice be mad therof to the magistrates, to the effect they may be presentit to the committee. Item, Capitane George Porterfield is now of new againe VOL. II. o gS GLASGOW AIEMORABILIA. electit Capitane of the companie qlk the touue is presentlie to sett out. 2d JanuariJ, 1644. — George Porterfield is ordanit to buy in Edin. fourtie muscats for the tounes use to be gevin to the sojours going out. The said day, Williame Barclay is choisine levetennent, and Johne Buchanane is electit ensigne. Act anent the Breking of Salmond. — Decimo Seftivio Februarii, 1644. — The said day the forsd Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall, taking to ther considera°une the great wrongis and abuiss done be Wilhame Andersone, Breker of ye Sahiiount, not onhe in taking far greater and more exhorbitant pryces for the tails of salmount nor hes bein done heirtofor, or allowed be ye Counsal, as also for buying of salmount from these who brings them in to sell, keiping them up for ane derth, and not suffering the inbringers to sell the samyne as the mercat rolls, to ye great hurt and prejudice of ye inhabitants of this burght. And the sd. 'Wm. Andersone being convenit this day theranent, he denyit the buying of any salmount in manner as said is, but granted that he had taken greater pryces for the salmount tails nor is allowit to him conforme to the Act sett doune theranent, upon the threttein day of April, 1638.* And the sds. Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall, knawing both the sds. alledgances to be true, and that therfor they might justlie have depryvit him of his sd. charge and benefit his therby, yet they having compassioune towards him, and for the many promises mad be him in keiping of good ordour in tym cuming, hes continuet him in his sd. place and charg, he fulfilling the condi^nes fallowing and no other wayes, viz : That he tak no moir for the taill of ilk salmount he breiks of ye pryce of twentie schilings and benetli but twelff pennies Scots monye allanerlie, and for the tail of ilk salmount he breks that is of ye pryce betwixt twentie and threttie * Sec ante page 70. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 99 schilings, sixtein pennies, and for the taill of ilk salmount that is above threttie or fourtie schilings or above, of his breiking, twentie pennies Scots moneye, swa that the dearest taill of salmound that he sail brek sail not exceid the sd. soume of twentie penneis moneye. And to the effect the sd. Williame may better observe and keip the haill premisis and pryces above written, he sail be herby bund and astricht to lay the tails of ye salmount to these ptes that he sail brak, that gif it be the buyers will and desyr to have the tail with that part of ye fische they buy that the persone sail have it to whom it sail fall be lot or cavill, the sd. William sail render the samein upon payt. of ye pryces on the taills as is above written, having respect to ye pryces of ye salmound as is above speit. Nather sail it be leasum to him to cut the salmound above the crumbe, or any pairt therof. Nather sail it be leasum to ye sd. Williame to presume or tak upon hand heirefter to buy any salmound aither in haill or in pairte fra these who brings the samen to the mercat to be sold. And gif it sail happen him to contravein in any of ye premisis heireftir he is herby content pairtlie to be dischargeit of his sd. charge and haill casualities he hes therby, and never to be reddmited therto, notwithstanding of any request or solicitatioune sail be mad for him in the contrar. In witness wherof ye said Williame has subt. yr. pentis wt. his hand. {sic subtr.) Wm. Andersoun. 24ih Februarij, 1644. — Ordainis the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of twa hundrethe, fourscoir, sexteen punds money debursit, be him for outrecking of the sojours, baggage men and horsis in the lait expeditioune quhairof ilk sojour baggag men gott conforme to the ordinance of the committee of Estats and was deburst as follows : — In the first for outrecking of eight scoir nynteen sojours nyne hundrethe fyftie four punds threttein schilings iijd. Item, for outrecking of other threttie sojours seavine hundrethe and four punds. Item, to sex baggage men. lOO GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. threttie twa punds, and the seaventhe man the toun payit. Ite7n. for fourtein baggage horsis at fyftie merkes^ the piece, four hundrethe thrie scoir sex punds threttein schillings viijd. money. Item, for thrie other baggage horsis, quhairof the toune bought twa for four scoir eight punds, ane hundrethe and twentie punds. Itein, to the last twa baggage men to the thrie last horsis, iywt pund vi. s. viij. d. Item, to twa cariers that helpit to carie the armes of the first companie to Lawder, thretten punds vi. s. viij. d. money. 2 Martij, 1644 — Watche. — Item, ordains ane watche to be keepit nightlie heirefter of the halff of ilk quarter of the toune, fra sex hours at evening, and to cum af at fyv hours in the morning. 22,d March. — The said day ordains the haill hoislar wyfes to be payit this efternoone the soumes awand be the sojours to them. e^th April, 1644. — Ane warrand to pay to Coline Campbell, the soume of fortie-nyne punds, vi. s. viij. money, for the charges warit be him and his companie to Edinr. with the marqueis of Argyll, and the Chancellours bairnis. i,th May, 1644. — The said day, ordains ane warrand to be gevin to the Thesaurer for the soume of Thrie scoir seventeen punds, money debursit be him for twa horsis sent out wth George Mitchelsone, chirurgean to the lait expeditioune, to him and ane of his twa men to ryd on; And for the soume of twentie-four punds, money debursit be him to Johne Lykprivick, for twa hors carriage to Dumfreis, with the said George, his chests and baggage, and ane horse to his other man to ryd on. \Wi May, 1644. — The counsall all, in ane voyce, ordains Peter Johneson, ane of the Capitanes who went out in the lait expeditioune to be written for to com back agane. \ith June, 1644.— The gws of little St. IMungow's kirk-yaird, is MINUJES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \o\ sett to Johne Andersone for one dollar gevin to the officers to buy ther denner. \oth August, 1644. — Musqueis. — Item, Ordains those persones who hes lent out ther musquets in the lait expeditioune, to have musquets gevin to them, and these who hes bought musquets to give out to have the pryces thereof restored to them. 24/// August, 1644. — Oviftur anciit the Ministers Preaching. — The said day the foresaids provest, bailleis, and counsall, taking to ther consideratioune that now be the mercie and providence of God, the wholl kirks of this burghe, ar provydit they did think it fitt they sould preache in the places, and at the tymes vnder- writting, viz. — Mr. Edward Wright vpon the Sabbothe, in his kirk, before and efternoone ; Mr. Rt. Ramsay, in the Blakfrier kirk, befor and efternoone ; Masters Hew Blair and George Young, in the New Kirk, and vpon the Tuysday and Thursday ilk week. And what the foresaids ministers getts, be Maisters David Dick- sone and Robt. Baillie, they doe think it expedient the samein accres to all their behuiffs, per vices. And this to be presentit to them as ther overtur. 2,1st Aug. — Itefn, Ordains ane proclamatioune to be sent throw the toune, commanding all maner of persones betwixt sextie and sextein, to be in readines with ther best armes, and to this effect, to cum out presentlie with ther severall capitanes, with matche, powder, and lead, and also to provyd themselfs with twentie days' provisioune, to marche according as they sail get ordours, vnder the paine of deathe; and syklyk that no maner of persone presume, or tak vpoun hand, to goe within any hous to drink or stay ther in tyme of the night watch, vnder the paine of warding of ther persounes in the tolbuithe. 14th Sept., 1644. — Guard. — Item, Ordainis ane guard to be keepit at all ports of this burghe in the day tyme. Port. — Item, Ordainis the salt mercat port to be taken doune. I02 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. and to be buildit of new nearer the water, at the end of the umqll. CoUn Campbell his hous. i^th Oct., 1644. — Beir. — The said day ordainis eight tun of beir to be presenthe furneised be the toune, for outreiking of that schip whereof Capitan Kerse is Capitan, conforme to the act of the committee of estaits. — [This schip was called the " King's Eight Whelpe," as appears from some subsequent entries.] Aill, Candcll, Gt'C. — The said day ordainis the pryce of the pynt of aill with the excyse, to be twentie pennies. The haill bun to be twentie unce weght ; and the half to be ten unce ; and the fadge to be twelff unce weght; and the pryce of the stane of good maid candell xlviijs. 2 6//z October, 1644. — Officers. — Item, Ordainis the officers of this burghe to weir, in tyme cuming, everie man his sword and halbert. Swords. — Item, Ordainis the master of wark to send to Holland for sex scoir sword blads. ()th Nov., 1644. — Proclamatiotinc. — The said day the foresaids persones haveing considerit that it hathe pleased God to \isit the south countrie with the plague of pestilence, doe ordaine ane Proclamatioune to be sent throw this toune, commanding all inhabitants fence and build up their close foots and }-ards, that no passage be had throw ther closes, and lykwayes that no inhabitants within this burgh suffer any strangers to enter the samen, or recept them to ther houses, without testimonialls to be shawne to the Magistrats, and that nane of the inhabitants that ar now furthe of this brughe in these bounds be receavit within the samein to ther owne houssis till they shaw the Magistrats ther testimonialls. 2d Dec, 1644. — Porterjiel,!. — Item, grants commissione to tl^e Provest to complein to the Committie of Parliament upone the wrong done to George Porterfield, in his absence, be reasone MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 103 of his seikness, be imposing of ane new Capitane upon his companie. Excerpts from Treasurer's Account. — Discharge. \']th February, 1645. — Debursit to Capitane Porterfield, for fourtie muscats he bought for the use of the companie, went last •n-ith him to Ingland, and for new cuUours to the said companie, iiijc. xxxviij. Hb. Item. — Debursit for outreiking of the sojours baggage, men and baggage hors, that war sent out last with Capitane Porterfield, ijm. ijc. Ixxxvi. lib. lie?)!. — Debursit for entertainment of the Lord Sinclair's regi- ment,' the tyme they war quartered in this toune, vijc. Ixxxivl. xvi. iv. d. Item. — Debursit for quartering Lowthian's regiment, iijm. vie. lib. 22d March. — Item. — For the soume of fourtie-thrie punds vis. debursit for the troupers that cam in with old Colkittoche, and for the ofliicers and horse hyres that went with them to Linlithgow. 2,0th Sept. — The said day being the day of electing of the Magistrats, according to the accustomed form, compeirit the Right Honourable the Earle of Lanarke, and be vertew of the commissioune grantit to his Lordshipe be the Lords and others of the Committee of Estates of Parliament, dischargit Gilbert Merschell, Daniell Wallace, and Thomas Pollok, who war joined in commissione with the Commissare, to capitulate with James Grahame of any publict charge within the said burghe, and ther- after did discharge James Bell, Provest, of his office of Provestrie, his tyme being expyrit, and the tyme com of the electioune of ane new Provest, until farder tryall be takine be the said Committee of Estates. The said day the said Noble Earle being authorised with a commissione from the State, to sie all such Magistrates within this 1 04 GLASGOli^ MEMORABILIA. burghe suspendit and dischargeit of ther oflices wha have bein actours in ther capitulatioune with James Grahame, or accessorie thereto, and their places filled with men weill affected to the caus and cuntrie, did also desyre to knawe from the thrie Bailleis in charge, and Toune Counsall of this burghe, gif they will, for the preservatioune of the liberties of this burghe, (quhilk he desyrit may inteirlie and inviolablie be preserved,) presentlie proceid to the lyting of their Magistrates out of any other lyte than that of the present Counsallours. (This being declined by the Baillies, who, after due considera- tion, resolve "to stand firm to the ordour they have been in vse to choise their Magistrats out of the present Counsall, and no other- ways.") Therefter compeirit the said Earle, and gave in, subscrivit with his hand, ane paper, quhairof the tenour followes : — The Earle of Lanerke, finding that the Bailleis and Toune Councell of Glasgow have declared that they Avill onlye chuise ther Magistrats out of ther present Councell, and no vtherways, as by ther declaratioune given him, and signed by ther clerk doethe appear: And con- sidering that, by the commissioune granted to him by the Estaites, all such as have bein actours in, or accesorie to their capitulatioune with James Grahame, ar to be suspendit, or dischargit of their offices, and finding by ther depositiones of the 29th of September, that the Provest, Bailleis, and wholl Towne Councell, (except George Porterfield,) war accessorie to ther sending to and capitu- lating with James Grahame, Therfore, he finding that he cannot be answerable to the Estaites if any of the said Councell shall be choisen or admitted to the charge of being Provest or Bailleis within this burghe, did (be vertue of his commissioune,) discliarge them to proceid to the electione of any persone of their Councell. or any others within ther toune wlio hathe bein accessorie to ther capitulatioune with James Grahame, to any publict office within MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 105 ther burghe, untill they knowe the Estates' further pleasure, which, with all possible diligence, he will labour to have returned vnto them, wherein they ar not to faill, as they will be answerable vpon ther heighest perrill, at Glasgow, the 30th September, 1645. (Whereupon a protest is taken, to preserve the liberties of tlie burgh in electing, their Magistrates, in consequence of the election not being "perfyted" this day.) x\th Oct. — The said day compeirit personallie Sir Williame Baillie of Lammingtoune, Sir James Lockhart of Leye, Sir Wm. Carmichaell, and others of the Committee, of Clydisdaill, and producit a letter direct to them be the Committee of Estaites, willing them to wait in Glasgow, and sie the Magistrals therof accept ther charges, and in ther names to tak ther oathes of ther faithful discharge of ther dewties therin; and therefter producit ana other letter, direct be the Committee of Estates to the burgesses of Glasgow, quhairin ther was conteinit ane list, sub- scrivit be the Earle of Crawfuird Lindsaye, conteining the names of such as war to be Provest, Baillies, and Counsall of this burghe, viz. George Porterfield, Provest; Robert Hamiltoune, Peter Johnestoune, Baillies. (Then follow the Councillors' names.) Quhilk list being red, it was protested be the foirsaids old Provest, Bailleis, and Councell, abovenamed, that the said elec- tioune sould nowayes be derogatorie or prejudiciall herefter to the liberties and privileges granted to the said burghe anent the electioune of their Magistrates and Councell, conforme to the Act of Parliament, their ancient and laudable custome observit therir, past memorie of man ; Sieing all who are now nominat, at least the most pairt of them, ather war accessorie to the capitulatioune with James Grahame, als weill as such as ar chargit, or then would have bein if they had bein present. (Then follows the election of the persons named in the list, the Council consisting of 12 VOL. II. P 1 06 GLASCO W MEMORABILIA. " merchands " and 12 " craftis, " in addition to the Provost and Baillies already named). Lykas the saids Commissioners being removed, Mr. Harie Gibson Clerk, producit ane letter, quhilk he received from the Earle of Lanerke, and quhilk was directed be the Committee of Estaites to the Provest, Baillies, and Counsall of this burghe, daitit at Perth the 27 th day of September last bypast, quhairintill the said Committee desyres the said toune to choise no Magis- trates, nor Commissionaris to Parliament, who had treated with James Grahame, or receaved protectiones from him. \'^th Nov. — The said day, in regard it is ordainit be the Com- mittee of Estaites, that fyve hundrethe bollis of meill be advancit for the vse of the people that cumis in to help to cast up the trinche about this citie, quhilk is to be payit out of som so'n'mes of monye the Provest is to receave for the vse of the publict ; and becaus the meill can not be commodiouslie gottine, the said Provest, Baillies, and Counsell, hes concludit to pay to everie man that cumis in to wirk at the said wark, ten schilling Scots for the haill tyme they wirk, in satisfactioune of the peck of meill ilk man sould have conforme to the act and ordinance of the said Com- mittee, and ordains the same to be payit be John Grahame out of the excyse monye quhill it be payit back againe. 6//z Dec. — The said day the said Bailzies and Counsell tacking to their consideratioune the lamentable estaite and conditioune of the poore people within the toune of Pasley, and of the hard sti-ait they are brought to, by God's visitatioune of the plague of pestil- ence lying upon them now this long time, for thair present supplie, they have condiscendit to bestow upon them twentie bollis meill, and to tak als much monye out of these mon)'es as wcr collectit for Kelso as will pay thairfor. 13//! Dec, 1645. — The said day ordains the saids Bailzies to goe about be all meins, and use thair best diligence to get in and MLXUTES OF TOIKV COUNCIL. 107 collect the sax moneths' mentinaiice that are awand be the inhabi- tants of this burghe, conforme to the stent roll sett doune thair- anent; and as they goe throw the toune, and gets in money, ordains to pay all those who wants for quartering of the dra- gunners, rebaitting aff thame quhat is awing be thame of the scalt money, and thair pairts of the monethlie mentinance. 15//? Dec. — The said day they appoint Wm. Lightbodie, Williame Neilsone, AValter Bryce, and James Forgisoune, to cognosche upon the loisses of this toune, by cornes cuttine and plunderit. — Item, Ordains the toune Quarter-Masters to tak up the haill quarterings of the toune, ather be the enemie or be our awine armyes. Item, Robt. and Thomas Allen and James Armour to tak up ane note of the plunderit guds. Item, Ordains Johne Andersoune, callit Woodsyd, Wm. Neilsoune, George Louck, and Thomas Scott, to cognosce vpon the loisses of the toune, by the trinche casting, to be referrit to the Parliament, that they may be brought in with the commoune burdings. 2otk Dec. — Item, ordains that ane tounsman be in the watche at ilk port, betwix sevine in the morning, and ten at night, for taking notice of testimonialls. •jth Jan., 1646. — The said day Thomas Browne and Robert Mack ar appoyntit to have the charge of the magaseine, and that the haill pouldir in the toune, ball, and vthers armes and amouni- tioune, be brought into the tolbuithe, and put in thair keipping vpon ther noitts of recaite, to be furth comand, ather for the pryce of delyverance thairof, for the quhilk they are to be comptable to the Councell, and the Councell to pay that quhilk sail be imployit for the publict use of the toune, in caise the inhabitants receavers thairof, may not pay, and ordains them to provyd and munt the armes they have, with all possible speide. 21st Feb. — The said day Francis Bunteine, nottar, is unlawit in fourtie punds for his miscarriage in judgement, some few weeks 1 08 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. since, and to remaine in warde during the Magistrats pleasoure, and the unlaw to be disposit upon be the Magistrats at their pleasoure. Nota, That that for quhilk Francis was challancit was, that he said to the Bailzies sittand in judgement, that he wald anger the best of thame, and if they wer out of judgement, he wald tell thame ane vther tell, quhilk he confessit to be trew, and cam in the Councells will for his fault, wha unlawit, as said is. EXCERPTS FROM THE TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. DISCHARGE. 1th March. — Item, For 8 tunnes beire, fumeschit to the schip that Capitaine Kers had chearge of, jc Ixxxx. ijii. Item, To the said Capitaine Kers, for outreiking of the said schip, . . iijc. Ixxxiijl. vis. viijd. Ite7n, Debursit to the baxters, for beiscat furneischit be thame to the forsaid schip, iiijc. xlviij''''. Mair be the same warrand, debursit be the thesaurer, for mentinance of some troupers convoyit in the Marqueis of Argyll, . xxxvijl. iijs. Item, Debursit for the chearges of the troupers that brocht in old Colkittoche, xliijl. vis. Item, to ane poor seick sojer, at com- mand of the Provest, .... xviijs. Item, debursit to Peter Patoun, at com- mand of the Magistrats, for braid clothe to be ane stand of cloithes to ane of David Leslie's Quarter-Masters, . . . xlviijl. iiijs. lifh March. — Item, ordains the thesaurer to pay to the Mr. of wark jcx. lib. money, debursit be him to the cleangers the tyme they war cleining the foull houses and people in toune, for tlie quhilk the recait of the subscrivit extract hereof, sail be his warrand. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 109 2\th March. — The quhilk day it is ordainit that ther be 500 lib. sterhng advancit to the officers of Baylzies' regiment lying in toune, they alwayes giving retentione and allowance of ther haill quarters and of tlier horses' quarters, conforme to compt and reckning. 2^th March. — The said day it is ordaint that all the armes lent furth of the tolbuithe, be brought in, and diligence to be reportit the nixt weik. \Zth April. — The said day Thomas Brown producit and laid up 54 swords, quhilk were gevine out to be dressit, and declarit he had debursit 40s for the dressing of the peice of them, inde jc. viijl. quhilk the thesaurer is ordainit to pay. The said day ordains Jon Johnstoun to goe to the Presbiterie of Lanerk, and get answer from them anent ther sending of men, or monyes to hyre men, to work at the trinch ; — As als ordains to wryte to the rest of the Presbitries for ther deficiencie, and to report diligence. 2'-^th April. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to Daniell Brown, Chyrurgiane, twelf punds money, for the helping and curing of certane poore sojurs hurt at Kilsyth, at command of the lait Magistrats. ^th May. — Wark at the TrincJies. — The said day ordains the haill inhabitants of this burghe to come out ilk Mononday of the weik to the works, and to begin on Mononday nixt, and ilk Mr. of famileis to provyd materialls necessar for thair servants thairin, and these who comes not out, bot neglects the same, sail be countit disafifectit to the caus in hand, and punishit be the Sub- Govemour, according to the will of the Magistrats : And ordains publication to be maid heirof be touck of drum ; and for this end, quhill the work be finischit, ordains the exerceisses, quhilk was usit to be on the Mononday, to be changit to Weddingsday, and ane note heirof sent to ilk Minister to mack publicatioun thairof I I o GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. out of the pulpit, and to exhort the people to the work, and to be present thameselfes. 2T^d May. — The said day Thomas Allane is nominat and electit to repaire to Dumbartane, and thair to agrie with thame anent the bargaine of tobacco brought in be strangers, for the behuif of baith the brughes. 6th June, 1646. — The said day it is ordaint ane compt be sought of the moneye gathered for the outreick of these men went to St. Johnston. The said day Rot. Hamiltoun is chosine to Lanerk, anent the outreick sent to St. Jonston, and report diligence. 24t/i July. — The said day the Provest is maid choyce of to go to Edinburghe anent the summonds given to the touns people for complyence with the enemie, to supplicat that they may be examinat heire. \st Aug. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to give David Logan tuentie-four pund, for dressing of muskats to the regiment, for quhilk these presents sail be his warrand. 8//z Aug. — The said day ordains that the Magistrats tack up ane list of the haill horses in the toune, and caus ane competent number of thame serve weiklie at the trinche, for quhilk seiTice the people, awners of the horses, are to be frie of watching and service at the trinche. e^ih Sept. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to give Mirriane Gilhagie twa hundreth punds whairwith to buy ane hundreth and four picks to be laid up in the long magasein, and he to report his diligence the nixt meitting. \2ih Sept. — The said day, anent Jon Cant, Musician, it is inactit, concludit, and agriet, that the Provest, Baylzies, and thair successors in office, sail pay to him zeirlie, for the space of iyvt zeirs, efter Witsonday last, quhilk was his entrie, for to raise tlie psalmes in the Hie Kirk on the Saboth, and in the Blackfreirs at MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \ \ \ the weik sermones, and for keipping of ane musick schole, fourtie punds moneye; and, with all, recommends him to the Kirk Sessione, that he get the eight scoire merks zeirhe the saids fyve zeirs, usit to be payit of befoir to James Sanders, with fourtie merks farder quhairunto they by thir presents present him, he ahvays teaching the tonnes bairnes vocall musick for threttie schiUinges in the quarter, and both vocall and instrumental! musick for fourtie schillinges ilk quarter. The said day Rot. Muir is ordalnit to get fyve pund ten schill- ing, for dressing of the Gardiners drumes, quhilks wer brockin in the toune's service. 3^ Oct. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of fyftie-four pund iijs. ijd. debursit be him to the cleingers, and for help and supplie of the poor folkis that ar closit up, and for vthers particulars conteinit in the compt. 5M Nov. — The said day the foirsaidis Baylzies and Councell, fairing the plague of pestilence to increase in this citie, They thair- fore conforme to the laudable custome observit of before thairintill in ilk exigence, did mak choyce of the persones following to be Quarter-Masters in the severall bounds beneathe designit, and ordains thame to tak up the names of everie famelie, and to wisit everie famelie ilk day, and tak notice of thair healthe, to the effect they may report to the Magistrals whair they find any seik persone, viz. : — (Follows the list of the visitors' names and their bounds.) Ordains intimatioune to be maid be touck of drum, that na maner of persone goe out to the mwir whair the foull persones are, without leive of the Magistratis, and to certifie all thes who does in the contraire, schalbe put out to the mwr, with the haill famelies they ar in. 1th Nov. — Ordains Alexr. Japhray to goe to the Hie Kirk, I I 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Johne Walkinshaw to the Blackfreir Kirk, and Thomas Pollok to the New Kirk, to collect the morne eftemoone for the poor Hielanders. Ith Dec. — The said day ordains ane warrand to be given to the thesaurer for the soume of thrie scoir punds monye, debursit be him in smallis to the Hielanders, when they war put aff the toune. 1 2th Dec. — The said day ordains the Hielanders to be removit of the toune on Monday nixt, and to give everie ane of thame som meill for thair supply. The said day it is statute and ordainit that na man transport thaimselvis of the towne, except women and children, and that thair be na melting at lykwakes nor efter burrialls, and that this be intimat be touk of dmme. The said day compeirit the haill takismen of the raylne, laidells, tron, and brig, and intimat to the Councell that, in respect of the seikness and visitatioune, they could get nathing of thair dewties. 25//? Jan., 1647. — Anent the wrytting of passis, ordains the same to pass under the little seall, and to be subscrivit be the clerk, and that he tak knawledge of the requyrers thairof Ordains the Bailzies to be wryttine to, and that Doctor Rae be wryttine for. 1 2th Feb. — The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to remove the lampis out of the new Kirk, in regaird they ar spoilziet, and na use for the present was or could be maid of thame ther, and to place thame in the hieche galrie for a tyme. loth Feb. — The said day James Robiesoune, baxter, is maid choyce of to be visitor of the mwre, quhair the uncleane folkis ar, and to set doune in a register all occurantes daylie anent the infectione; and gives warrand to the Bailzies to aggrie with him thairfore for ane monethe to come, and to tak notice of the graves. MINUTES OF TOIVX COUNCIL. 113 Itetn, Ordains that ther be ane constant watche, night and day, and ane chackt watche ; and that the officers warning the ordinar watche, bring dayhe thair names to the clerk's chamber, with ilk severall man's chairge that day : That the chackt way try give they keipe, and the chackt watche to report the failzears to the Magistrats, that soe they may be punisched. Item, In regaird the Mr. of Wark is forcit for the townes guid and saiftie to advance monyes for suche as ar responsall themselves the tyme they ar inclosit upone suspitione of the infectione ; Thairfoir it is ordainit that he collect these soumes, and give up the names for which they ar advancit be the towne, to the effect that they may be compellit to repay the same. 21th Feb., 1647. — The said day James Robiesoune compeirit and acceptit the chairge as visitor of the mwire, quhair the foull folkis ar, and gave his aithe, and referrit himselfe in the Councells will anent what satisfactione sallbe givene him for his paines. The said day the Bailzies report to the Councell that they, having been crediablie informed that Thomas Schaw was come furthe of places suspect of the infectioune, and thairfoir, when he came to the townes ports, they dischargit him to enter without ane testimonial!, notwithstanding he come in secreitlie to his awne hous, and resawit his wyff with him contrair to thair command, and remainit thairin, notwithstanding of his promise to remove : Thairfore they have ordainit and ordainis his freedome to be cryit doune. The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to cans build, with all diligence, the dyke at Hde St. Mungoes kirk yaird, neir the Gallowgait port, and the port thair to be calsiet. \oth March. — Anent the tacking awaye of suspect fuilzie, it is thocht expedient that Thomas Stewart be hyrit to goe with ane hors and closs cairt, to remove it, and the Bailzies to doe the same. VOL. II. Q 1 14 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. i2,th Afanh.—Or(\a:ms Johne Grahame and Rot. Findlay to reveise all the compts debursit for honest men the tyme that they wer closit up for feir of infectioune, and to report the nixt weik ; and the haill lodges quhairof thair is no present use, to be takine doune, and the graves quhair suspect folks war buried, to be markit, and this to be done be Wm. Lightbodie, and to report the nixt raeitting. It is ordainit, that, in all tyme coming, the Deane of Gild and his bretheren ressawe no man burges or Gild brother, quhil first they subscryve the league and covenant. 20th March. — Ordains the Mr. of Wark to cause pleughe and harrow the Grein, in swa far as is flaine* thairof, and to mak it evine, and to dress about the stanke. 2T,d April. — The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to caus mak a pillarie with all diligence. Manorandiim, The fourtie pund sterling that was in the custodie of Williame Hindschaw, and was collectit for releive of the puir that ar with the Turkis, is intromettit with be the towne ; and quhilk fourtie pund sterling is ane pairt of twa thousand, twa hundrethe, nyntie-ane pund Scottis monye, quhilk was taine out of the tolbuith, and delyverit to the thesaurer, thairwith he is to chargit in his accompts. 22d May. — Ordains Sein Rokis kirk zaird to be castin about, and ane entrie maid thairto. The said day ordains ane bank to be sent throw the toune be touck of drum, dischargeing the casting doune of the trensche, or medleing thairwith, quhill first the Estaits be acquentit. The quhilk day the Provest, Baillies, and Councell of the said burghe being conveinit, doe heirby inact and obleis thame and thair successors, that how soon they happin to obteine payment of the twentie thousand punds lent to the publict for the use of • Flaine or flayrle — Ihe turf pared off. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I I 5 Lievtennent Generall David Lesslie, and annual rents thairof, to pay to ilk persone lender thairof, thair proportionall pairts, with the annual rents of the samyn, conforme as thair proportiouns are sett doune in ane act of Councell of the daitt the xxvij. day of September, 1645 zeirs, And ordains the clerk to give ane extract heirof to any persone wha requyres the samyne, and to incluid the particular soume lent be ilk persone, conforme to the tenour of the said Act. i^th Aiay. — The said day, by recommendatioune from the Sessioune, the Mr. of Wark is ordainit to sett upe ane publict place of repentance in the New Kirk and the Blackfrier Kirk. EXCERPTS FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. DISCHARGE. In the first to ane executionar, that was sent for out of Iruein, and for his chairges, &c., ........ xlii. ij^. viiid. Item, For ane hundrethe picks, . . ij"^ ''• Item, Debursit to the cleansers and supplie of the pairs on the muire, .... ^iiij". iij'. ijd. Item, For certane coals, peitts, and strae, fumischit to thes on the mwre, conforaie to the warrand subscrivit be Rot. Hamiltoune, bailzie, iiij'- xvs. ;;i Item, To Johne Conyngham, ane old burges, but wrackt in Irland, . . • vnj'. xnijs. Item, To ane sojor's wyif, callit Janet M'Lurgie, ^viijs. \oth July. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of fourtie ane merks, debursit be him to thos men who tuik Johne Kincaid to Edinburghe, for thair chargis hors hyr and vthirs. I 1 6 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. Ordains Niniane Andersoune to ryd to Dunbartan on Mononday nixt, to joyn with the Commissionars of Dumbartan, anent the buying of the last ventour daills, for the wiell of the twa burghes, fra the Dutcheman. I ith July. — The said day the Proveist, Baillies and Councell, taking to thair consideratioune the grit hurt and prejudice the inhabitants of this burghe susteins throw exhorbitant pryces takein for flesche, and that the fleschors in the towne mercat hes slightit the towne this day altogether be presenting no flesche to the mercat, and becaus it is very needfull that the towne be servit with vivers, Thairfoir, it is ordainit that ane bauk goe throw the towne presentlie be touk of drum, granting license and libertie to all men in the countrey to bring in flesche or beif, and muttoune, and all other sort of flesche, all the dayes in the weik, and they sail have libertie to sell the same at all occasiones frie of payment of any excys, till Lambes nixt. T-'jth July. — The said day it is ordainit that ane Councellor weiklie, and he to choyse ane uthir honest man in the toune, to goe with him, and that they tack ane list of all that ar on the muire, and that they deburse to James Robisoune suche moneye as he sail requyre to susteane the puir on the muire, and to viseit the muire tweiss or thryiss in the weik, and to geive in thair compts ilk Setturday, with the list of all on the mwre, and quhat persones ar deid thair that weik, and to try that ilk poore on the muire gett thair allowance ; and James Stewart is to begin, and he makes choyis of Patrick Park to begin the nixt weik. 26//z Jicly, 1647. — The said day geivis power and commissione to the Deacon Conveinor and Johne Graliame, to meit witli Doctor M'Cluir, and aggrie with him to attend the visitatioun of the toune for ane monethe to come, and to geive him ten dollors for bygane service, to incuradge him. 29//; /z//j'.— The said day ordains James Hamiltoune, Baillie MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 117 John Barnes and Robert Mack, to goe doune the morne to meit with the folks of Ranfrew and Govane, anent the bringing of the herring botts to the Broomelaw now in this dangerous tyme. T,ist July. — The said day ordains Wm. Lightbodie to goe to Hamiltoun, and Niniane Andersoune to Paisley, to desyr the Moderators of thes twa Presbiteries to convein thair Presbitrees for setting downe some soleid course for correspondence. It is appoynted for better expeading of the cleanging of houses, that John Walker, and ane Uthir with him, be cleangit, and be maid ane cleane cleinger Thomas Stewart and Hew Mitchell, to goe and cleange the rest of the foull houses ; and Claud Snodgras, and ane vthir with him, to cleange clothes on the mwire, and to begin on Mononday nixt, without delay ; and appoynts the Mr. of Wark to buy ane hors, to be employit in drawing furthe of foule cloathes and sweipings, and also that ane vthir naige be bought for James Robiesoune, and lent to him during the Councells pleasor, the better to mak him dischairg his dewtie, and attending upoune the muir. The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to the Deane of Gild, four scoir threttein punds for the dailies and spares of his ludges in the muir, and in satisfactioune to him of the pryces thairof, and als to pay him fourtie-twa punds for his chairges twentie-ane days absence in the tounes efifaires, in winter last, with aucht punds for his hors hyre, comeing and goeing the said time. j^th Aug. — The said day the foirsaids persones fearing the increasing of the seiknes, and knawing that the Magistrats ar not able to doe all the paynes incumbent thairanent, hes thought fitt and convenient that twa able men be appoyntit out of ilk quarter of the four quarter of the toune weiklie, dureing the tyme of the visitatioune, to attend vpon the Magistrats, and to receave ordours from them, and to put the samyne to executioune. The said day ordains ane bauk to be sent throw the toune this 1 1 8 GLASGO W iVEMORA'BILIA. efternoone, be touk of drume, to wame all suche wha will tak the teynds for readdie monye, to com to the tolbuith, on Teysday nixt, at ten hours, and they wha bids maist thairfore sail have them. zZth Aug. — The said day, anent the vacand place of our kirk. Its thocht expedient that ane letter be sent to Mr. James Durham, to desyre him to preach heir, and a commissione to be gevin to Mr. Robert Ramsay, to supplicat the Assemblie for referring the plantatioun of our Kirk to the Commissioune of the Kirk. The said day, anent the increas of the number of the puire, and suche as may not helpe themselfs, it is recommendit to the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveinar, to conveine thair severall bodies, that eache of thame may tak course for susteining of the puire of thair awn vocasioune. The said day Johne Grahame producit ane new seale, maid be direction of the toune, for which was payit xlijli. is., which is ordainit to be payit to him be the thesaurer. \%th Sept. — The said day compeirit Mr. Robt. Ramsay and Mr. George Zoung, ministers, came by warrand fra the Sessioune, to requeist and desyre that the Magistrats and Councell would concur in suitting for Mr. Patrick Gillespie to be minister, conforme to the presentatioune produceit be the Proveist, and eftir gevine up to him : Quhilk, when it was first proposit, it was thought necessar that ane part of the outter hous of the grit kirk be repaireit, for to be ane place quhairin thair sail be ordinar preaching ; lykas it was condiscendit that Mr. Patrick sould be written to fra this place to entreat that he would imbrace chairg in this burghe. The said day Johne Hall is ordainit to gett fourtie punds, in satisfactioune of all his bygane paynes, in sichting and %-iseiting such as deceasit of the pestilence ; and ordains the Deacon Con- veiner and Johne Grahame to speik Doctor M'Cluire anent what sail be gevine him for his paynes. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 119 The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to Mathow Thome- sone, Maltman, fourtie punds money, in full satisfactioune to him of ane stain dyk he was vrgit to build for furthering of the trenche when it was begun to be cast : And it is heirby declairit be thame that the said dyk is his awine, and may dispois thairupoun at his pleasour. 2d Oct. — The said day Rot. Findlay gave in his compt of the money debursit be him, for the one thousand paires of schoone bought be him at directioune of the towne, which extended to ane thousand thrie hundrethe thrie scoir sax punds xiijs. iiijd. Item, for twentie barrells girthing and heiding and seller * maill, threttie four punds xs., which was allowit, and he ordainit to delyver to the Deane of Gild and Mr. of Wark the schoone, to be laid up for the use of the publict, being alreddie allowit to the towne in thair mentinance. wth Oct. — The said day, anent the injurie done be Major Inneis and that pairt of the regiment lying in this schyre under his command, to this burghe, and to the Magistrats thairof. The Provest, Baillies and CouncelU geives full power and commissioune to George Porterfield, late Provest, for thame, and in thair name, to seik reparatioune thairof, as accords by all fair wayes and meanes, haldand, and for to hald, all and whatsomever he sail doe in the premisses firme and stable. -Ltjth Oct. — The said day, anent the cleingers, it is ordainit that nae hous be clengit heirefter, bot that the Bailleis tak notice thairof; and gif the houshold be puire, that the Bailleis aggrie with the cleingers, on the tounes pairts, to pay what sail be aggreit for clenging of thair houses, and gives them power and commis- sioune heirby to that effect, and for thes who are able that they be maid to pay the cleingers themselves : And as for the hors bought for the use of James Robiesoune, it is ordainit that the sam3me be * Cellar. I 20 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. delyverit to Gilbert Currie for clenging of the streits ; and he is allowit to have xxiiijs. for each day he works with man and hors, and twa pecks of come in these weiks he works to susteine the hors. 26th (9^/.— The said day ordains the Master of the Grammer ScooU to conveine the samyn presentHe, and intimatioune to be maid thairof. The said day appoynts the severall persones efterspecyfeit, to oversie the severall ports eftermentionit, viz., Wm. Stirling for the Stable Green, John Weir for the Kirk port. Rot. Reid for the Drygait port, Rot. Rowane for the Rattonraw, Walter Bryce for the Grayfreirs, George Porterfield for the Grammer Scooll, Richard AUane for the Vennall, Rot. Hoggiszard and Robert Findlay for the Gallowgait, pervices ; and ordaines Coleanes port to be closit, and the Findlays port lokit, James Peadie and Robert Comeing for the Brig ports, Andrew Sempill and Androw Mudie for the Trongait port, and the watche to be changit ner the day, and nane to be lettin in bot be the centrees, and they to acquent the Quarter-Masters. The said day ordains Weinziet, tailzor, to have fyve dollors, in satisfactioune of ^his meall that was distribute on the foule muir. \2,th Nov. — The said day ordains James Robiesounes pentioune to be dischargit fra this tyme furthe, and he to be thankit 27//? Nov. — The said day the said Baillies and Councell grantit to the relict of umqll. George Andersoune, printer, and his bainies, swa long as they continow in prenting in the toune, tiie pentioune that wont to be payit be the toune to the said umqll. George Andersoune, for thair better incuragement thairintill. Item, In answer to the Doctors of the Grammer Scoole, thair supplicatioiine for thair straits the tyme of the pestilence being in the toune, it is condiscendit that the thcsaurer sail geivc equallie MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \ 2 i betwix them fyftie-fyve punds, for the which thair recept and thir presents sail be his warrand. The said day, anent the twa hundrethe and fourtie merles dew be Johne Auldcorne for the brige the zeir 1645, thair is remitted to him nyne scoir merks thairof, for recompense of his loss by publict enemeis, and warrands the thesaurer to tak fourtie punds, in satisfactioune of the said sowme of twa hundrethe and fourtie merkis Scotts money. \^th Jan., 1648. — The said day ordains the Deane of Gild, Deikine Conveiner, and Mr. of Wark, to put to workmen for casting of ane watter syvor, for drying of the Blakquarrell, quhairby stones may be had for the Kirk. 2 9//? Jan. — The said day the Magistrats ar appoynted to geive the Ministers thair denner at Mr. Gillespies entrie, on Thrusday nixt, and to receave him ane honorarie burges and gild brothir. i^th Feb. — The said day, anent ane motioune maid of ane bargane the towne micht halve of the Gorballs, Its thocht expedient that thair be Commissionaries chosin to go eist to buy the same, and for that effect, George Porterfield and Niniane Gilhagie are chosine, as als James Bell, laste Provest, and Coline Campbell, are to be intreated to joyne with them for that effect, and gives power to thame, in name of the towne, to mak ane iinall clois with the said bargane ; and for thair better ingetting and advanceing of monyes, its ordainit that the'moneys of Hutchesones Hospitall be takin vpe, and imployit for acquyring of that land, and that conforme to the proportionall of the pryce of the land, thair being ane proportionall pairt thairof allottit herebie be the towne to the Hospital, resers'and the superioritie to the towne, for quhilk they ar to give consideratioune be itself 19M Feb. — The said day ordains ane bauk to be sent throw the towne be touk of drum, to warne ilk familie to send out ane persone for ane dayes space, according as they sail be warnit be VOL. 11. R I 2 2 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. the officers, for help and removeing of the red fra the cast that is making for the winning of the quarrell, and that they come out with schooles, spaides, manes, and vthirs necessar for that effect and ilk familie quha contraveines, to be poindit for xijs. 2(ith Feb. — The said day, in answer to James Love, takisman of the pecks, his supplicatoune for los he susteinit thairin be the pestilence, Thair is remittit to him ane hundrethe marks, in com- pensatioune thairof, provyding he pay the thesaurer the rest thankfullie. FROM treasurer's ACCOUNT. DISCHARGE. wtJi March. — Item, Debursit to the officers of the Earle of Cassills regiment, for thair horses quarters, conforme to the warrand, . jm. l.xxxlb. Item, For ane new seall, maid of silver, conforme to the warrand, . . . xlijib. is. \'&th March. — Memorandimi, Thair is borrowit of Hutchesones Hospitall, for the use of the toune, sax wainscott for bigging the pulpeit, quhilkis ar to be repayit the first that coms home. ist April. — The said day, anent the overtour made for ane reidar or scoolemaster of Hutchesones Hospitall its tliought expedient that thair be ane placed thair, and the man to be thought vpon, and the toune to have tryell of the man befoir he be setlet thair. The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to tak fra James Jaffrae the haill musketts he hes dressing, by directioune of Lievtennant- Collonell Dick, and to pay him xxxs. for the peice thairof, and to report his diligence. %th April. — The said day ordains the aleivine punds ten shilling sterling to be gevine vpe to Johne Cochrane, in pairt of payment of these moneys colected for reliefc of those takine MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 23 captives be the Tuikis, in reguard he was forced to pay the lyke sowme for ane pairt of the ransome of James Bogle, wha was takin captive be the Turk with the said Johne Cochrane. \()th April. — The said day it is thocht expedient, anent the companie of men intendit to be quarterit upon the towne be the Committee of the Shyre, tliat befoir they sould be any violence gevine to thame, the Magistrates sail give thame some considera- tioune according to thair discretioune. 2()th April. — The said day ordains ane uthir wainscott, and ane half to be tane out of Hutchesones Hospitall, for making of the pulpeit in the Hie Kirk, and to be repayit be the towne. The said day ordains letters of lowborrowes to be sent for against the townes haill neichbours. The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to the takismen of the bridge ane hundrethe punds moneye, in recompense of thair losses susteant throw the infectioune of the pestilence being in towne this last zeir. 23^ May. — The said day the supplicatioune underwritten, was red in presence of the Provest, Baillies and Councell, and considerit be them, and was ordaint to be presentit be the Dein of Gild and Deikine Conveaner befoir the Noblemen, Gentlemen, and vthirs of the Committee of the Sh)T:e of Clyddisdaill, the morne. And ordains Niniane Andersone, James Hamiltoun, Piter Johnestoune, John Wallace, elder, to ryd to Hamiltoune, and to concurr with them thairintill ; and the Proveist and Clerk to subscryve the petitioune in the name of the haill rest ; of the quhilk petitioune the tennor follows : — To the Ry'. Honourable the Noblemen and vthers of the Committee of War of the Shereffdome of Clydisdaill, The Proveist, Bailleis, and Toune Councell of Glasgow, for themselfes, and in name of the haill communitie of the said burghe, humblie sheweth, that, quhairas, after serious and par- ticular dilegence used to know the mynd of this burghe, we find a 124 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. general vnwillingnes to engadge in this warr, throw want of satis- factioune in the lawfulnes thairof, especiallie amongst these quho have alwayes heirtofoir shewine muche readines in obedience to the pubUct for resolutiounes, and finding ourselves not satisfied in our consciences concerning the lawfulnes and necessitie of this present engadgment, so that we may give our concurrence thairin without sine against God. Being also about to mak our humble addressis to the Parliament for further cleiring of thair Lordships proceedings, to the satisfactioune of all the weill affected, quhairby we may be enabled more cheirfullie to give obedience to thair commandis : Heirfore, we beseiche you to tak in good pairt that the postore of war is not so spidilie advancit as the ordor issued by you did requyre : And to doubt nothing of our readines to obey the Parliament, so far as we can, without offence of God, and to geive us your best assistance and concurrence to supplicat the Parliament to enable us for thair Lordships service and obedience, by cleiring the lawfullness and necessitie of your Lord- ships proceedings toward the intendit warr, and in the mean whiles, till we know the Parliaments pleasoure herein, that it wald please you to forbeir to preisse us to concurr in such a course as we con- ceive cannot be promoved by us with a saife conscience. And your Honours answer. 2e,tk May. — The said day, anent the summonds and chairge geivine to the towne to compeire befoir the Parliament for not outreiking the leavie, its thocht expedient that twa of their number be appoynted to go eist to attend the same. The men ar ane of the Baillies and Piter Johnstoune, and they to jopie with George Porterfield thairin, and ordains ane supplicatioune to be drawine. 6th Jan., i649.^The said day appoynts the Dene of Gild to buy ane thowsand staine of leid for the Hie Kirk, and James Colquhoune to be spokine theranent. 2ist Feb. — The same day ordainos the four men appoynted to MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 125 goe to Edinburgh, to attend the call geivin to Mr. Patrik Gillespie for transporting of him to Kirkcaldie, with ane commissioun to them to doe everie thing that may stop or interrup that transport. The men chosin ar, Niniane Andersone, Bailie John Graham, Wm. Lytbodie, and the Clerk. Ejipenses debursit on account of Mr. P. Gillespie occur after- wards in the Treasurer's discharge — follows the sowmes of money debursit be the comptar upon dischairge. [17th April, 1649. J In the first to Mr. Robert Ramsay, . ix'^xxxiij . 6s. 8d. Item. — -To Mr. George Young of stipend, ...... viij'^.''''. Item. — To Mr. Hew Blair of stipend, . viij'^.i't. Item. — To Mr. Jas. Durham of stipend fra Mertimes, 1647, to Witsonday, 1648, viij"^.''''. Item. — To the Mr. of the Grammor Scoole of fiall, for the termes of Candilmes and Lambes, 1648, . . . ij<:lxvji'''. 13s. 4d. Item.— To Johne Cantt of fiall, . . xlii^. Ite7n. — To the printers relict of fiall, conforme to the two discharges, . . Ixvj''''. 13s. 4d. Proceedings regarding the stipend of Mr. Zacharias Boyd, to 26th June, 1649, 28th ditto, ult. ditto, when an assignation of sax chalders victuall. — 8th Sept., Johne Graham t^-goe to Edinburgh anent Mr. Z. Boyd's stipend, and to cloise with him therin. See also last of March, 1650, 8th March, 1651, 6th Dec, 1651. Last of April, 1640. — Arthour Temple, chirurgeon, admitted free of the calling of chirurgeon, and to receive from the town 100 merkis yeirly for fiyve yeirs, and to be free of all publict burdeings, taxes, watcheings, and wardeings, during that tyme. \<)th Jan., 1650. — The said day the Magistrats, Dene of Gild, I 2 6 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Deikin Conveiner, ar appoynted to deall als effectuallie as they can with Mr. David Dicksone, for staying of his transport cravet to Edinburgh, and to doe all other things neidfuU to this end. 2d Feb. — The said day appoynts the persones following of this meitting to goe eist, and attend anent Mr. David Dicksones transportatione, viz. the Provest and 8 others. EXCERPTS FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT, 9TH FeB., 1650. Item. — Debursit to Johne Boyd, in pairt payment of the Kirk work, confomie to, &c., ij^.''''. Item. — To Mr. Hew Young, for his service in raising of the Psalmes in the New Kirk, xl'ib. Item. — To the maissones, in compleit payment to them of 800 merkis for the building the mid wallis in the Hie Kirk, to the Ministers, &c., conforme to discharge. In the first debursit to Mr. Robert Ramsay, (blank). Item. — To Mr. Jas. Durhame, for his stipend frae Witsonday, 1 648, to Witsonday, 1649, ix'=.'''>. Item. — Mr. Geo. Young, ditto, . . ix'^.i'i'. Item. — To Mr. Patrick Gillespie, con- forme to thrie dischairges, for the yeir 1648, and half yeir 1649, ..... jm'\'<=.''^ Item. — To Mr. Hew Blair (same terms as Durhame), ...... L\"=.''''. Item. — Debursit to Mr. Zacharias Boid, for the amount of twa thowsand pundis that was awin him preceding Witsonday, 1648, ij'^lxx.xxij''''. \'. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 127 Wi July, 1650. — Four men named to goe eist, and attend the transporting of Mr Johne Carstairs, and Mr. Robert Blairs appeal. Ult. Aug. — The said day ordaines the Dene of Gild to have ane caire anent the repairing of the Rottonraw Port. EXCERPTS FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS, i6tH NOV., 1 650. Item. — Lxxx'i'. allowed to the Ministers for their stipends and house mail], for the yeir 1649 : — Mr. Rt. Ramsay, Mr. James Durhame, Mr. Patrik Gillespie, Mr. George Young, and Mr. Hew Blair. Item. — To Mr. Zacharias Boyd, in compleit payment of his stipend the yeir 1648, iijcxxxiij''''. vj^. viijd. Mr. David Mill, late Scoolemaister of the Grammer Scoole ; Mr. Francis Kincaid, present Maister ; Mr. Johne Andirsoune and Mr. Robt. Speir, Doctours of the said Scoole. 2T,d Jan., 1651. — The said day it being reported to the Provest that the College hes tanne course to declare Mr. James Durehames place in this Toune and Colledge vacant, and gone about to supplie his roume with ane ither, without evin awneing the toune therin, quhilk was verie havilie takine ; and a lettre ordanit to be wryttin to Mr. James recenting it; and the Magistratis, with (three others), to speik with the Colledge theranent. 6th Sept. — The said day the Magistratis and Counsell allowis the call givine, be the Commoune Sessioune, to Mr. James Dur- hame, to be one of the Ordinar Ministers of this borough, and promeisid heirty to concur with thame therintill. i2,th Sept. — The said day the electing and chooseing of George Porterfield and James Hameltoune be the Sessioune, to goe and give ane call to Mr. James Durhame, was approvine. I 2 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. eth ncc.—\Nhtn it is condiscendit that Mr. David Diksones land and rent within the tonne, be fred of all publict burdeings, bygane or to come, dureing his awin lyftyme, and that in consider- atioune of the gud service done be the said Mr. David to the toune. ■Loth Jan., and 2^tk Jan., 1652.— Supplication given to the Counsell by the Buikbinders. (No particulars stated). i^th March. — Two hundrethe pundis given to Mr. Hew Binning, in conipt of his stipend the yeir 165 1. 22d Jtine. — The same day, forsameikle as it lies pleased God to raise on Thrusday last was the 17 th of this instant, ane suddent f}Te, in the hous of Mr. James Hamiltoune, above the Crose, quhilk hes consumed that close — the haill close — on both sydes, belonging to AVm. Stewart, Thomas Norvell, and ithers ; with the haill landis nixt adjacent therto, quhilk belongit to umqll. Peter Jonstoun and Patrik Maxwell, baith bak and foire ; and the haill tenement, bak and foir, on the south syde of the said umqll. Patrick Maxwellis tenement, betwixt that and the lands occupyet be Jon Bryssoune and siklyk; the haill houssis, bak and foir, upon bothe sydis of the Saltmercat ; with the houssis on the west syd of Wm. Lawsounis close in Gallowgait ; and the houssis on the west syd of Gilbert Merschellis close ; with divers housses on the north syd of the Briggait, — VVherby, efter compt, it is fund that there will be neir fourscoir closses all burnt, estimat to about ane thousand families, so that, unles spidie remidie be vscit, and help soglit out fra such as hes power, and whois harte God sail move, it is lyklte the toune sail come to outer ruein ; and, tlier- fore, they have concludit and appoyntcd that the Pro\-eist, widi Johne Ecll, to ryde to Air to the Inglisch officers tliore, quha hes bein heir, and seen the townis lamentable condition — such as Collonell Overton, and others, and to obtoine from them lettros of rccommendatioun to suche officers or judges who sitts in Edin- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 129 burgh, to the effect that the same may be recommendit be them to the ParHament of Ingland, that all helpe and supplie may be gotten therby that may be for supplie of such as hes thair landis and guidis burnt. 25//? June. — Persons appointed to visit or survey the haill landis burnt, and tak the names of the heretors and occupyers therof, &c. Same Day. — Regulations for the payer of workmenis wages, " seeing the work is lyklie to be great anent the building up and repaireing againe of the decayit pairts of the toune, and that the work is of such a necessitie that it might be presentlie gone about." 2W1 June. — The said day appointis those who formerlie teuk up the number of the brunt houssis to tak up now the value of them also, and of other losses sustenit be the laite suddent fyre. The same day order takin for cleiring of the calsay of red, and for opening the Kirk dooris. as may benefit people now want chalmberis, and other places, to reteir to for making of their devotioune. [Here follow various other entries in regard to the losses sustained by this fire.] \']th July. — Mr. Zacharias Boyd : arrangements in regard to his teynds, and a bond for 500 merks. See also 24th July, and nth September. ()th Aug. — Report anent what is awin the Ministeris : [viz., Mr. Patrick Gillespie, 736''''. 13s. 4d., and to Mr. John Carstairs, Sio"''-] \^th Sept — Mr. John Wilkie, burges of this borough, employit to goe to London to petitione, in the tounes name, the Parliament there, for ane contribution for helping of the making up of the losses of the toune be fyre, &c. VOL. II. s I30 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. 2^th ^f?iA— [Payments in the Treasurers Discharge to the Ministers]. Committee to meet with Mr. Zacharias Boyd, to heir him anent his demands, and to report : 2d Oct. — To deall with him in the fairest way they can, for the ^^'eel of the toune, and to report : 27 th Nov. — To speik with him as of befoir : 4th Dec. — To see quhat he will quit of his stipend the years 1650 and 1651, the haill croppis being destroyit, and if he will the toune also ease, as they gave the heretours. [The entries of ist Jan., 1653, 19th Feb., and 5th March, refer to the same subject, and payments of the Ministers stipends, in the Treasurers Discharge, are entered under 2d April]. 2T,d April, 1653. — Four persons appointed to meit with the executors of umqll. Mr. Zacharias Boyd, for composeing the compts that wer betwixt the toune and the defunct, but to conclude nothing quhill they report. 2-i,d July. — The said day it is unanimuslie concludit that the contraversie betwixt the toune and the executores of the deceist Mr. Zacharias Boyd, anent the payment making of the pryces of the victuall cravit be them, be absolutlie referrit to jNIr. Patrik Gillespie, Principall of the CoUedge. i>th Aug. — The Provest and two others to meit with Mr. Patrik Gillespie, Mr. James Durhame, and Mr. Johne Carstairs, anent the filling of JNIr. Patrick Gillespies place in the Hie Kirk. — [Sec also 2 2d Oct.] x-T,th Aug. — The same persons to meit with the Principall of the CoUedge, anent the moneys a«ine be the toune to the Colledge, and anent the mater bet^'\'ixt the toune and the execu- tores of the deceisit Mr. Zacharias Boyd. — [See also 17th Sept., 1653; 17th, 24th, and last of Dec, 1653 ; loth Feb., 1654; also, Sth Aug., 1654.] 5^/? Nov., 1653.— Two persones to meit with the relict of iMIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 131 umqll. James Sanders, and to get from hir the rentall and pepers belonging to Saint Nicollas Hospitall. \Cjth Nov. — Treasurers payments to the Ministers. wth March, 1654. — The haill Scottis Scoollis to be visited. 2^th Ma rdi.— 'Long entry respecting the result of this visitation — persons who received warrants to keep Scottis Scoollis for instructioune of youth — fees to be exacted, &c. 25/A Nov., 1654. — Conveint the Bailyeis, and with them James Bell, &c., &:c. The said day appoynts ane bank to be sent throw the towne be touk of drume, to discharge all solitarie weemen to keip houss, and that no man sett houss to such persons, and recommends the samyne to the Magistrates to see the samyne put to executioun. 12th Dec. — The same day grant libertie to the haberdascher, that Balyie Neilsoune spak to the Councell of be information of Capitane Quick, to exercise his calling here. 7,0th Dec. — The said day appoynts Mr. Archibald Grahame, ypothecar, to be admitted burges and Gild brother without pay- ment of any fynes, and the benefite thairof is to redound to his bearnes, with this provision, that he visie the seik poore of the towne, and help them in all things relateing to his calling, they paying for the medicaments. The said day ordains the townes herring to be provydit, and sent to the Advocats, to wit, to Sir Johne and Mr. Andro Gilones, Mr. Jon. Nisbet, Mr. Arch. Fleming, and Johne NicoU. (From the Account of Johne Louk, Tliesaiirer.) T,d Feb., 1655. — Itejn, To David Stewart, quhilk, he payed out for the maill of ane house to put the poore folkis in, that were in St. Nicolas Hospitall, when the guards were keipit thairin, . .... 4''b. ©s. o*^. I 3 2 OLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Item, To ane wyfe, for clenging the casie, . i^*'. i8=. ovne lyked not the pryce, they grantit him libertye to sell it to whom he pleisit, he not selling it cheaper than he offered it to the towne, and giving something to the poore : As also James Hamiltoune, Deane of Gild, made offer of fourtein or fyftein tunnes of French w)rne, for threttie pundis sterling the tunne ; and because the towne could mak no guid vse thairof, they grantit him libertye to sell the samyne the best way he can. 2'&th July. — The said day, notwithstanding the towne payed of befoir to the CoUedge twa thousand merks for the help of the fabrik thaurof, yett, for the love and respect they have to the flourisching estait of the samyne, It is aggreit and condiscendit to be thame to bestow farder therin sax hundrethe pundis, and ordains John Andersoune to deburse the samyne out of the first end of the moneys he receaves from the collectors of the mylnes. 2']th Oct— The said it is concludit that the officers get clothis, and the Deane of Gild, with Thomas Allane, to wail the cloth lOi".^ Nov.— The said day appoynts the Magistratis to putt the wyfe of vmquU. Patrick Wryt off the towne, because it is alledgit schoe ludges all vagabonds and strangers that comes to hir hous, contrair the proclamatiounes emitit thairanent. VOL. II. T 138 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. 2i^th Nov. — The said day it is condiscendit that James Col- quhoun sail have fyve hundrethe markis Scots money, for the hewing, forming, and putting up of Mr. Thomas Hutchesouns portraitur in the Hospitall, and he hes vndertaken to accomplish the samein with all diligence. 22d March, 1656. — The day foirsaid the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of ten pund starling, quhilk was debursit in Edinbfo to ane friend for dooing the towne ane guid tume. 1st April. — Baxteris. — The same day the foirsaids Provest, Bailleis, and Counsell, taking to thair consideratioune how that oft heirtofore they have admonisched the baxters of this burghe to baik guid and sufficient breid heir as as is done elswher in weill governed cities, and that they wald never amend to the great discredit of this brughe, and seing thair are twa honest men baxters cume from Edinburghe, and hes ofiferit their service to the towne, -wndertackes to baik als sufficient wheit breid heir as is baikin in Edinburghe, It is, thairfoir, unanimously condischendit upone and aggreit be the saidis Provest, Bailleis, and Councell, that the mater be brought to sume guid perfectioune, and for that efifect, appoynts BaiUie Walkinschaw, James Bell, the Dean of Gild, and Dekin Conveinar, to settill with thoes men the best commodious way they can for the townes credit, and to report. The said day ordains the haill officers to provyd thair halbertis, and to wear the samyne at all occasiounes, and not to be sein walking on the streit without them, vnder the paine of deposing all sutche who contraveines, from thair office. \<)th April.— Reddmg of the Calzis.—-'Y\\. os. od. Item, Be warrand, dated 23d Aug., to James Colquhoune, for his paynes tackin in going to Edinbrughe, to visite the ingyne thair for slockining of fyre, . 23'ii>. 14s. od. 29//; Nov.—-'\\\^ same day the saids Magistratis and Counsall MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \\\ tacking to thair consideratioun the grait trubell the Maister of Work is daylie put to throw occasioune of the twa new walls* newlie buildit in Trongait and at the Vennall, and the great chargis the towne is daylie drawin to be balding of the sameyn right, They have, thairfoir, accordit and aggried with Johne Scott, mylne \\'right, to rewle and goveme the saidis twa walUs for ane yeir to cume, and to pay him fyftie merkis for his paines, he acting himself to vphald the said wark, dureing the said space, in cogis and rungis, and to pay twa markis for ilk day ony of the said waUis lyis iydle thrughe his default, the towne vphalding all ganging greth, quhan ather it weiris or breckis. 2\st Feb., 1 65 7- — The same day appoyntis the hail horologis to be mendit in the lettres, for better knowing of the houris, and that with all conveniancie, and Baillie Hall to speik James Colquhoune thairanent, and to report. loth May. — The same day ordains James Bomis to have ane warrand for the soume of twentie fyve pund stairling, debursit be him to James Colquhoune out of the money he colectit for the buckets, and that for the pryce of the ingyne laitlie maid be the said James Colquhoune, for the occasioune of suddent fyre, in spouting out of water thairon, conforme to the Counsallis former ordouris given thairanent. \2,th June. — The said day it is concludit that the ingyne laitlie maid be James Colquhoune, be saitlit neir himself, and the Mr. of Wark to mack ane hous of daillis thairto. 20th June. — The said day appojmts the Provest, Bailleis, and vthirs of the Counsell wha pleisis to goe with them, to pas at ony convenient tyme heirefter to the Gorballis, and sie the twa corballis putt out be Johne Logane cuttit, becaus he was several tymis dischargit of befoir to doe the samyn. 22d July. — The same day the saidis Magistratis and Counsell * [Wells.] 142 GL.ISGOW MEMORABILIA. vnderstanding that the printer is now cume hither, and that the towne is only to pay to him for his transporting ten dollouris, and being certanlie informed that he has above laidis of graith broght hither, and is to pay thrie pundis thrie schillings four pennies for the cairadge of ilk laid thairof, and seing that the said printer, Androw Andersoune, has wndertaikine to prent the table of the bridge customes, the thesaurer is thairfora ordainit to have a warrand for the soume of four scoir punds debursit be him to the said prentar, to help to pay for his said transporting quhairin the saids ten dollors ar to be included. Zth August. — The same day it is concludit and agraid upone be the saids Magistrats and Counsell, that James Colquhoune paint and fix the townes amies, and zeir of God on everie horologe brode, and that being done, grantis wan-and to Jamas Bornis to pay to the said James Colquhoune for the paynting and cullouring of the four horologe brodis of the tolboothe, and gilting the lettres thairof as they now stand, the souma of four hundrath merkis money out of the money colectit for the buckats, and quhat the said James does fardar to the globis, lie is to be satisfied thairfore be sicht of Johne Walkingschaw. ^th Sept. — The said day appoynts Johne Flyming to -iiryt to his man wha lyes at London, to send hom for the towmes use weiklie ane diurnall. 26^'/z Sept. — The same day ordainis ane bauck to be sent thrcw the tomie with touck of druma, to charge all maner of persouns to pay thair locallitie thankfullia, without any troubling of tlie Magistratis thairfor, or these to certifie them to pay the double thairof 2gM &//.— The said day the Provest producit ane letter direct from his Highnes the Lord Protector, quhairb>- his Hienes des3-res the electione of the Magistratis of this burghe be deferred untill lie sail be mor fullic informed in thai particular, MINUTES OF TOirN COUNCIL. 1 43 2d Jan., 1658. — The said day appoynts-the Dein of Gild, Dekin Conveinar, John Walkingschaw, Johne and Williame Andersones, to compeir, in name of the haill Magistrats and Counsall, befoir the Committie appoyntit be the Counsall of Stait for examining of the witnesses to be producit for proveing of the lyfe and conversa- tioune of the saidis Magistrats and Counsall, and to propone thair defeness against the thing itself and the witnesses. /\th Jan. — Report Campbell from the Lord Keiper. — The said day, James Campbell haveing returnit from Edinburghe, made report that, at the emest requeist and desyre of the Right Hon. the Lord Desbrowie, and for peice caus, that he and uthirs the Townes Commissionaris thair eist, had yieldit to remove nyne persounis of the present Towne Counsall at the electioune at Michalmes nixt, and that be lawfull electioune, at the said tyme thair sould be nyne persounis of that pairtie quha ar awned be Mr. Patrick Gillespie, and sould be named be the fore- said Lord Desbrowie, put in thair placis quha war to be removit of the said Towne Counsall, and that for the most saif preserveing of the townes freedome of electioune, and that the said Lord Des- browie had writtine lettres to the said Mr. Patrick for that effect ; quhairupone Johne Andersoune and the said James Campbell war appoynted to repair to the said Mr. Patrick Gillespie, and to try his mynd thairintill : And thairefter report was made be them to the Magistratis this same day, that they had made thair redres to the said Mr. Gillespie, according to the Counsalls appoyntment, quha altogether refusit to receave thair offer. \(yth Jan. — The said day the foirsaid Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall, being conveined, and concludit to follow the laudable custume of vthir burghis observit in the particular wnderwritten. It is, thairfor, heirby enactit, statute, and ordained, that ilk Coun- sallour vicissim ilk tyme the Councell sittis and space thairof, sail attend the opning and steiking of the Counsallhouse dore, the 144 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Magistrals, Deane of Gijd, and Dekine Conveinar, being exceptit, and zit, notwithstanding thairof, the Dekin Conveinar did begin and actit the samyn this day. The said day, in respect thair was no electioune of Magistratis and Counsall made at Michalmes last, and so no aithe tackine as aught to be, thairfor the foirsaids haill Provest, Bailleis, and Coun- sall present, gave thair great oathis to give thair best counsall in everie thing for the townis good, and to keip counsall, and to reveill nothing spokine of or concludit vpone at the Counsall table. 23^ Jan. — The said day appoynts the Dekin Conveinar to caus cutt ane trie at the burnesyd of the craigis, for mending of the townes wack mylne. \2,th Feb. — The said day appoynts ane dyall to be sett up and fixit at the brige, and James Campbell to have ane cair to sie the samyn done, and that in the most fitest and commodious place. 20th Feb. — The said day appoynts the Bailies to discharge the womane that hes tackine vpe ane schole in the heid of the Salt Marcatt at hir awin hande. 21th Feb. — The same day compeirit Major Henrie Domie, and producit ane act sett doune be the Counsall of Stait, for removeing and away tacking the stope was putt to the electioune of the Magistratis of this brughe, and appoynting ane new electioune to be maid, daitit the twentie-four of this instant, togidier ^rith ane lettre direct fra the said Counsall of Stait to the Provest, Bailleis and Counsall of this brughe, for that effect, qulia for gi\eing obede- ance thairto, ordains the said electioune to be made on T)isday nixt, and the Counsall to be choj-sine on Frida)- fliairefter, tlie Deane of Gild, Dekin Conveinar, and \thir members on 'Wandisday thairefter, conforme to old vse and wont. \oth March. — The same day appoynts ane seat to be maid in the Laich Kirk, for Mr. Robert Baillie and his w)ie, be sight of the Baillies. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 1 45 13M March. — The same day appoynts Bailleis Walkinshaw and Neilsoune, tlie Deane of Gild, and James Pollok, to repair to Edinburghe for defence of the townes liberties now agitating befoir the Counsall of Stait, and for giveing obedience to the citatioune given out thairanent, and the Clark to see ane commissioun sub- scryvit to them accordinglie, beiring expresslie that they sail not medle with any capitolatioune whatsomever quhilk in any wayes in the leist may infringe the townes liberties in its freedome of electioune of the Magistratis and Counsall thairof, and wthirs office beirers thereintill. The same day ordains the Clark to wryt ane lettre to the Lord Cochrane by way of excuis for refuising of the Duik of Lenox Commissionar his nominatioune of the present Provest, and commissioun producit for that effect, and Baillie Walkinshaw and Mr. Archibald Grahame to ryd to his Lordship with the said letter. 2']th March. — The same day, efter lang resouning to and againe, it is concludit to cleir with the Minister at the Barronie Kirk, for aught chalders zeirlie of victuall, at ten merkis the boll, and the Deane of Gild and Thomas Allane to speik to him theranent. ith April. — The said day the foirsaids Magistratis and Counsall being conveined to considder the great ryott committed be the towne of Dumbartoun, the agenting thairof is recommendit to the Provest, the thrie Bailleis, the Deane of Gild, with Johne Bell, Thomas Allan, and Fradrik Hamiltoune, and ony sex of them to be quorum, and heirby commissionates them to use all meanes that may tend for the good of the burghe and credit thairof in all maters relateing thairto, and to mak report to the Couunsall ther- anent ilk weik. \(ith Aprill. — The same day Johne Graham is commissionat to goe to Dumbarton, and ther, in the townes name, joyn with the VOL. II. u 1 46 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Magistratls of Dumbartane, for electing of ane third persone for collecting of the dewes of fra schippes arryving in Clyd, conforme to the Counsall Estaites ordour set doune theranent, and to requyre from the Magistratis and Counsall of Dumbartane restitu- tioune of the haill saills, amunitioune, missoures, armes, guid and geir, quhich the people of Dumbartane took out of the schippes belonging to this brughe ; And also to requyre them to sett Robert Bogle, burges of the said brughe, frie out of prisoune, conforme to the said Counsalls of Staites ordoures. 22d May. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of thrie scoir pundis, debursit be him to William Breaddie, for his bygane service by ane, besyd fyftein pundis schillings hes lying in his hand of ane vthir compt, and for vthir thrie scoir pundis debursit be him to Robert Mair- schell, for his bygane service anent Dumbartanes mater, and ordainis the thesaurer to pay to the mane that did cut out the townes airmes in paper, on ane brode, quhilk is now in the heigh hall, twelf doUours, extending to xxxiiij''''. xvi=. <^th June. — The same day it is thought convenient that the Magistratis sail settle with Williame Lightbodie and John William- sone, warkmen, to putt the sturdie beggaris, and vtherie the lyk, aff the towne, and to punisch delinquentis, by putting them on tlie cock-stool, or vthir wayes, as the Magistratie sail appoynt, and appoynt, and ordainis the dark to subscryve to them such instruc- tiounes as the Magistratis sail sett down theranent, and the towne to pay to ilk ane of them monethlie threttie schillings Scotis. Followis the instructiounes given to the saidis Williame Lightbodie and Johne Williamsoune : — First. They sail suffer no strange beggers to beg, bot to pass throw the towne, and sie that they goe closs out. 2. They sail suffer no towne beggers quha receaves contribu- tioune, to goe to door to door to bege. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 1 47 3. They sail tack notiss of all vagaboundis quha hes no calling, and sarch out the way of thair living, and if they be any wayes suspected, to inform the Magistratis thairof. 4. They sail attend everie day about the Cross, but specially at the sitting of Justice Courtes, for executing ther decreits against blasphemers, raillers, cursers, and other vicious livers. And quhat persoune in towne sail wrang or abus the said Williame Lightbodie and Johne Williamsoune, for executing of the premiss, sail be condignelie and severlie punisched be sight of the Magistratis. \Zth Sept.— No Cartis on the Brig. — The same day the customer of the brig is ordained not to suffer any cairtis with wheilleis goe alongst the brig, vntill that the wheilleis be takin off, and the boddie of the cairt alone harled by the hors. z(>th Feb., 1659. — Bauk anent the Soldaris. — ^The said day ordaines ane bauk to be sent throw the towne, to discharge all maner of persones from vtring rude or incivil speaches to the sojors, wnder the paine of most severe punishment, according to the qualitie of the offence and offender; As also that no persone be fund vaigand on the streits after the taptow be struckin. 23^ April. — The same day Johne Hall being knocking at the Counsallhous doore desyring to have entrie, and it being granted that he sould com in his alon, and speak quhat he pleased. Because, he was not permittit to come in with ane multitud at his back, he refiiised to com in, but protestit at the door. 9//^ July. — The same day ordainis ane bauk to be sent throw the towne be touk of drume, to command all maner of persounes to receave the Commounwealthes coyne, without ony exceptioune, the samyn being fand sufficient silver and weight. \st Oct. — The said day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Robt. Marshell, pyntor, showing that he hes skill in washing I _! 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. and pynting of houss, and given proof therof in sundrie places within this brughe, and seeing that ther is but on (e) the lyk within the samyn brughe, and not ane vthir in all the Wast of Scodand desyring therfoir license to practise and occupy the samyn peace- ablie heirefter, within the said brughe (that occupatioun being rather ane science nor ane craft) quhilk being weighed and con- sidered be the said Provest, Bailleis, and Counsall ; They, after consideratioun had theranent, doe heirby grant licence and libertie to the said Rot. Marschell to wash and pynt houss to any wthin this burghe or territorie thairof, who pleases to imploy him for that effect, without ony impediment to be made be him thairintill. ^th Nov. — The same day ordaines ane bauk to be sent throw the toune with touk of drum, dischargeing all maner of persounes to sett houss to straingers vntill first they win and acquaint the Magistratis, and that wnder the paine of ten punds how oft and swa oft as they sail contravein, and ordaines the Magistratis to sie this put to executioune. 22d Nov. — The said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of threttie punds, debursit be liim to Charles M'Lane for his extraordinarie paines in attending the tolbuith this long time bygane, having had no employment but keiping of some lounes wer wardit thairintill. Croce to be takin downe and removed. — The same day the said Magistratis and Counsall haveing receavit warrand and ordours for downe takeing of the guard hous was buildit about and \^T)one the Croce, and in regaird the samyne Mercat Croce throw the building of the said guard house thairupon, was altogetlier defaced, It is therfor now concludid to remove the samyne with all convenient diligence, and mak it equall witlr the grund, and to la)- tlie timber and Staines of the said guard hous apairt tliameselfes, conforme to the tenor of the said ordour. 3rt^ Dec. — Watch. — The same day, for preventing of the great hurt MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 149 and damage in the futur, quhairof sundrie inhabitants has fand the smart heirtofoir throw the breking of their houssis and buithes be thiefes. It is therfor heirby statute and ordained that ane watch be keipit nightly heirefter, during the Counsalls will, to be set ilk night be the Bailleis in dew tyme vicissim, to consist of sik ane convenient number as they sail think meit; And ordains ane bauk to be sent throw the towne be touk of drum to command everie persona to com out, or ane sufficient man for tliat effect, according as he sail be warned therto, and that vnder the paine of xxxs. Scotis, ilk time thay contravain vnforgivana. To Calsay where the Croce stood. — Tha same day appoynts and ordaines that pairt of the streit where the Croca did stand of befor, to be calsayad in ane most comly and decant maner, and that by the sight and advyca of James Colquhoun, Baillie, as he sail think it most fitting to bedone with the best convaniancy. \oth Dec. — F}-uitmen and Saltwyfes. — The same day, after reading of the supplicatioune given in be thais who of old keipit craimes * at the Croca, and war ordained in tyme coming to keep at thair awn houssis, Their is this day libartie grantit to thame to keipe thair craimas on the marcat day in the Tron- gait bewast wher the cordoners stands, but to keipe at their awn housis the rest of the walk, and to kaipe within tha guittar; and recommends to the Baillies to sie the weemen and wyfs who sells salt on the Hie Streit, to stand beneth Dowhills foirzett. 3 xst Dec. — The said day, in answer to the desyre maid be Mr. Gillespie, craving payment of the vacana stipend to the Colledge that is awand since the decease of Mr. James Durhame, and lofting of the wtter Hie Kirk, It is rasolvit be the foirsaids haill Magistrats and Counsall that they will give no answer tharto, nor what concerns the Colledge, vntill thay gett satisfactioune anent * [Booths or stands.] ISO GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. the Bibliothecar now placed be the said Mr. Gillespie in the Colledge. The same day ordains the thesaurer to have ana warrand for the soume of twentie pundis, debursit be him to ane distressed gentle- man, and for ane hundreth twentie six punds debursit for the tonnes herring. •jth Jan., 1660. — The same day Hendrie Glen, Maister of Hutchesones Hospitall, is warrandit heirby to wrytt to Pearth for ane plaisterer there to com heir for plastering of the said Hospitall. 2\st Jan. — The said day the Deane of Gild and Deacon Con- veinar maid report that they had sightit the townes foott mantle, conforme to the ordour, Thairefter it is concludit that the samyne should ly still with Jon. Millar, tailzeour, where it now is, and ordains the Mr. of Wark to caus mak ane meikle buist or litle kist for keiping therof, be sight and advyce of tlie said Deane of Gild. i,th Feb. — The said day the Deane of Gild maid report that he and the Deacon Conveinar, conforme to the CounsaDs ordours, had maid search and tryell of the worth of the old mylne of Partick to the towne, in respect of the great dewtie the towne payis thairfor zeirlie, and having tryed almost the haill former taksmen of the mylnes. they find that the haill malt broune in Partick and Govane is scars worth ane furlott moulter per weik, but tliat the said mylne was werie stedable to the towne in tyme of ane drouth and frost : As also they maid report that the weavers wer willing to tak the hous of manufactorie for seavine years for thrie scoir punds per annum, And that the Litsters wer wilUng to tak the walk mj-lne for ane hundreth pundis Scots per annum the said space, and tliey to be bund to keip it the said space of seavin yeares, but tlie towie to be frie to remove them at ony tyme they intend to mak ane vthir use they pleas of the said mylne. The said day, in answer to the desyre given in be Mr. Patrick Gillespie anent ane saitt to the Colledge in the Uter Hie Kirk, It MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 5 I is resolvit that when the Facultie sail requyre the samyne, that ane answer sail be given thereto.* The same day recommends to the Provest and Baillies what sail be given to Jon. NicoU for giveing of weiklie intelligence this long tyme bygaine. EXCERPTS FROM THE TREASURER'S ACCOUNT GIVEN IN OF THIS DATE — FROM THE "DISCHARGE." xZth Feb. — Item, debursit to Patrik Wilsoune for drawing the paissis of the Heigh Kirk knock, be warrand datit the twelf of the said month of Febmarii, 6''''. 13s. 4d Item, to Johne Boill and Johne Fischers charges for thair raid to the Generall to adver- teis him of the piracies in the wast seas, be warrand, ....... Item, to Andrew Purdoune, for his fiall for meling of the knocks, conforaie to his twa discharges, ...... Item, to Andrew Andersoune, printer, for his fiall, conforme to his twa discharges, * This Mr. Patrick Gillespie was in very bad odour with the Magistracy. He, a short time since, had obtained a gift of the place of the High Church, and seems to have inquired rather too closely into the Burgh politics, as it was through his influence, and that of his party, that the freedom of electione, and the laws and conversation of the Magistrates of the guid toune, were so strictly inquired into, as cost the town much in raids to Edinburgh to attend the Coun- cil of State, and brought an interim order from the Protector suspending the election of Magistrates. — Matters seem to have gone farther after this ; for, on 2d October, 1660, there is mention made of a warrand, for which the town "had delt with the Committee of Estaits," for the expenses the town had debursit in apprehending of Mr. Patrick Gillespie and Mr. Simpson. 23lib. o=. 0^. I24l>''. o^ o\ eeiib. I3^ 4". J e 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. The same day report maid be the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveinar anent the libertie grantit be them to Johne Bomanno, for out-putting of ane stair on the eist syd of his candle hous, was allowit and approvine ; And it is rememberit that the said Johne hes payit thairfoir fyftine pund, quhilk is to be employit vpone ane calsay, to be built or layd betwixt the Gramer Schole Wynd and the heid of the townes rigs, whervpone the candle hous ar buildit, and it is concludit that non geat libertie to put out the lyk stairs there until they give full satisfactioune to the to^vne therfoir. The same day recommends to Baillie Campbell and the Deane of Gild to caus plant some tries about the Grein, and to consider vpone the overtour maid be William Cummyng anent the cuttmg of ane trie in the Hie Kirk Yaird, and he to plant twelfe thairfoir elsewhere. \Wi Feb. — The same day commissionats Baillie Colquhoun, the Deane of Gild, Johne Walkinschaw, and Mr. Archibald Grahame, to meit with such as are commissionat from the Facultie of the Colledge, and to conferre with them anent what is best to be done for rectifeing of the present debait betwixt the towne and Jlr. Gil- lespie anent the the Bibliothecar, and to report theranent the nixt melting. The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Janet Younger, craveand libertie for setting downe tries at her dwelling hous in Briggait, for drying of her litted clothe, grants the samyn to her, but the Deane of Gild and his bretherine ar to designe tlie bounds. \f)th March. — Bank anent the Doyts. — The said da)- the Counsall being informed that the towne and cuntiy is l)-ke to be abused be the frequent inbringing and passing of French do\'ts, quhilks ar alreadie discharged be the laws of the natioune, ordaines therfor ane bauk to be sent throw the towne with touk of drum, for inhibiting and discharging of all personis quhatsumever from MINUTES OF TOWN COUNC/L. I 53 inbringing and passing of all sort of such bais capper coyne but such as is allowed be the lawes of the natioune, and coyned witliin the samyne, and that wilder the paines contained in the lawes and actis sett downe theranent, and that they sail be halden and bund to mak up all skaith and loss any people quhatsumever sail susteane throw their defaults. The same day the Provest maid report anent his last diligence in Edinburghe with Generall Major Morgane, and producit ane lettre direct to the towne, for furnisching of coall and candle to the Guards, and ordains his and James Hamiltons charges, wha was with him, to be payit. Voting's relict. — The same day the desyre made be the relict of the deceast Mr. George Young, Minister, with hir waik and sad condition, was recommendit be the haill Counsall and Provest and Baillies, and therafter it was concludit be thame all that the sowme awand be Johne Thomsone restand of excys money be his band, sail be bestowed wpone hir, and appoynts the Provest and Baillies to sie the samyne made eflfectuall to hir. 2(>th March. — The said day recommends to the Magistratis to mak choys of some to goe to Hamiltoune to end compts with the Ladie Dutches anent the tynd tak dewtie of Cambusnethan, con- forme to the last report maid theranent. loth April. — Letter to Argyll. — The said day ordaines the Clark to wrytt ane lettre to Argyll, in name of the saids Magistrats and Counsell, shewing his Lordship that seeing he is awand them above seavine yeares annual rent of twentie fyve thowsand marks, and that his commissioners ar only willing to pay ane year thairof, and desyres not only ane discharge of that year, but ane continowa- tioune 'of the principall sowme, quhilk was never at no tyme of befor requyrit. That they could not with ane saiff conscience grant the same, but wer willing to accept of ane yeares annual rent, and give ane discharge accordinglie, and withal, to show his VOL. II. X J r,, GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Lordship that if lawcs wer patent, they wer bund in conscience to seik in these sowmes, with the bygoune annual rents, for the Weill of their ministers and poor, for whois guid theis said sowmes are mortified. \()th May.— The said day recommends to the Magistrals to send east to Johne Nicoll and William Roe, that they think convenient for directing heir the newes and the diurnalles, and that the samyne be sent east with Johne Walkingshaw, the townes commissioner, to the burrowes. 26f/t May. — The said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of threttie shillings starlmg, debursit be him, according to the Magistrats ordours, to twa poor merchands in Divining, who had their schips and guids cast away. Aitent Address to his Majestie. — The same day it was vnanimously concludit and agried vpone, That ane address and applicatioune should be made to the Kings Most Excellent Majestie, in name of this burghe, and the Provest haveing red some instructiounes alreddie scrolled and drawn up be him, they wer all allowed and approvine in Counsall, and what letters and vthir papers quhat- sumever, ar to be drawne up thairanent ; As also the electioune of the persones who sal mak the Address, in tlae townes name to his Majestie, is all referrit to the Provest himselfe, and he is appoyntit to be soil actour thairintill ; and quhatever papers ar sent up, the dark is to have ane double thairof, to keip for the towTies vse; and ordainis Johne Walkinshaw to pay out of the monyes he receaves fra the collectours at the mylnes, twentie punds starling to be imployed about that busines, and to dehiirs for the exchange thairof in Gohl. The said day the foresaids Provest, Baillies, and Counsell of the said brughe, being conveined, and Patrick Brjce, theii" taksman of their coalheughs in Gorballs haveing informed them that severall tymes, throw scarcetie of water, he cannot gett his coalls loaded MINUTES OF TOWX COUNCIL. '55 at the Broomelaw ; for the quhilk cans he hes bein necessitat to crave Hcence of the Right Worshipful Sir George Maxwell of Nather Pollok, Knight, to lead his coalls fra the saids heughs, throw the said Sir George, his land, for loading of them neare to Meikle Govane (quhilk is no comoun way) : And now the said Sir George refuissis to grant that former licence and libertie, fearing theis who occupyes the saids heughs may claime right thairto heirefter, be verteu of that licence and toUerance, granted be the said Sir George to the foirsaid Patrick ; Quhilk being well weighed and considered be the saids Provest, Baillies, and Counsall, They doe heirby declair that what licence and libertie the said Sir George hes formerlie grantit to the said Patrick Bryce, for leading of his coalles throw his lands, as said is, was of his awne frie will and that nather they, their successors, nor their taksmen of their saids heughes in Gorballes, could or should claim any right or privilege heirafter but what the said Sir George wold grant of his awine guid will, as he hes done formerly, if necessity requyre the same. /^h June. — The same day recommends to James Hamiltoune to ryd to Dumbartane, to intimat and show to the Captane of the Castell there the ordour brought home be Baillie Campbell for not stopping of boats comes up the water as formerlie. The same day recommends to the Deane of Gild and his bretherine to stob this aftemoone the wast syd of Johne Ander- sounes land that is outwith the Gallowgait port nan-est the lone, in respect of the complents made yeirlie thairanent be the land meithers. <^th June. — Tynd fisch. — The same day it was concludit not to sett nor roup the tynd fisch as formerlie, in regaird of the great discuragement of theis who brings in the killing, in respect ther was takine from them sex of their best killing, in name of tynd, out of everie boat, quhilk is now dischargit to be exactit heirafter • J 2 6 OLASGO W MEMORABILIA. and dry killing and dry ling, and all small fisches, to be frie of tynd heirafter ; but that ilk boat that brings in fresh killing, ling, or skait, pay, in name of tynd, xiii'. iiijd. ilk tyme, and the herring and vthirs to pay as of befor, and the Water Baillie to collect the same vntill farder advysment. 162"^ June. — The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be the Commissioners of the burgh of Crail, craving help for repairing agane of their herbrie that was brokin out throw storme, it is condischendit that ane contributioune be gathered for that effect, and to be brought in with that of Banowstounes. i?>th June. — Prodamatioitne anent the Kings Majesties gratious returne. — The same day, forsuameikle as ther is ane congratula- tioune to be keiped this second tyme, for the happie returne of our dread Soverayne, the Kingis Majestie, and restauratioune of his throne and dignitie, Aproves of the proclamatioune drawine vp be the dark for thar effect, for onputting of baill fyres, and vsing the remanent solemnities requisitie in the lyk, and ordainis twa hodgheits of wjme to be provydit for the vse of the sojours now in towne, and the Deane of Gild, Fredrik Hamiltone, Rot. Rae, and Johne Barnes, to provyd all vthir necessar for the said solemnitie. 13^/? Aug. — IPKin?iie anent the examining of the people in the wast quaricr. — The said day ane desyre being preferit be the Ministers of this burgh to the Magistrats and Counsall thairof, desyring that ane young man might be maid choys of to examine tlie people dwelling within this burgh in the wast quarter, and that for the better furthering of the celebratiowne of the Lords Supper, quhilk hes bein now so long a tyme delayed, And that thair may be somthing payit to the said young man sua to be choysin out of the vacand stipend for his paines ; And Mr. Hugh Blair, ane of the ordinar ministers of this burgh, in name of the rest, ha\-ing presentit ane lytt, conteaning twa persounes, to the said Magis- tratis and Counsall, to the effect tliat they might chuse on of them mijvvtes of town council. I 5 7 for the effect abovwryttin, they did mak choys of Mr. Norman M'Kinnie, sone law", to Alex. M'Kinnie, merchand burges of this burgh, to examine the people in the said wast quarter, and they will talc his paines into consideratioune. Corss. — The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be James Corss, Mathematician, shewing that he was borne within this burghe, and educat therintill, and haveing studied the knowledge of the mathematicks, and obteined ane compitent knowledge thairin, and vthir sciences thairto belonging, being naturallie addicted thairto from his infancie, and that he resolves to tak up ane schoole heir, for teaching of theis airtes and sciences in the vulgar native tongue, quliilk hes not bein done formerlie in this kingdome, for want of incuragments therto, and the tyes of birth and educatioune press him to mak the first proposelles therof to this his native towne ; the saids Provest, BaiUies, and Counsell, therfor haveing weill weighed and con- sidered the said supplicatioune, they heirby grant licence and libertie to the said James Corss to tak up ane schoole within this burghe for teaching of the mathematics therintill, confomie to the tenour of his petitione, and promiss heirby to grant to him their best incuragments for that effect. loth Sept. — The same day Baillie Pollok made report that he had gottine in from James Porter, the thrie great Bybilles belongs to the Kirks, and that they were now lying in the clarkes chamber, quhilk dilegence of his wes allowed and approvin be the Counsell. The same day it is condeschendit unto and agried that ther should be payit to Baillie Colquhoune thrie scoir twelfe punds for the paines and travell takin be him the tyme of the laying the calsay in Briggait, for convoying away of the water in the syvor on the north syd of the said calsay.* * A goodly sum for such paines and travell ; but this was, we think, the same universal genius formerly noticed, and now a Baillie. I 5 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. The said day there was producit ane act of Burrowes, daitit the fiftine day of this instant, conteaning therin ingrossit ane coppie of ane letter directlt from the Chancellor to the said meeting of Burrowes, anent the electing of the office bearers within ilk burgh, and be quhilk act it is ordained that in the inshewing electioune of Magistrats, Counsellors, and all vthir ofiice bearers -within burgh, That no persone or persones who contryved or subscry-vit the Remonstrance or Associatiounes, or concurred in the prosecu- tioune of ony cours for promoveing the ends therof, or protested against any publict Judicatories their determinatioune, or ony wtherwayes disaffected to his Majesties government, or indeavoured by factioune or seditioune, to the disturbance of his Majesties peace, or desertit any charge of his Majesties armies without ony lawfull warrand, That non such be admittit to any place of Magis- tracy, Counsell, or ony office of Deaconrie within any burgh ; and ordaining also the said act to be speedilie communicat to ilk burgh that now pretend ignorance thairof, and ilk burgh to mak thair report, &c. (Lists of all the crafts, &c., ordained to be made, with a view to the intended purgation). 2d Oct. — Election of the Magistrats. — The same day, being the first Tuesday after Michaelmes, and so the ordinarie day for electing of the Magistratis of this burgh, for the year enshewing, ther was producit ane letter direct from the Right Noble the Earle of Glencaime, now High Chancellor of Scotland, wherein his Lordship desyres that, to the effect the towne may show their wonted affectione to his Majesties service, theis INIagis- tratis that wer most vnjustlie thrust from their places in Anno 1648, may be made use of as Magistratis for the )'ear enshev/- ing; and it being votted quhether obedience should be given to the said letter or not, it was condeschendit that obedience should be given thairto : And vnderstanding that Coline Campbell, elder, was then Provest the said zear 1 648, and that Johne Ander- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 59 sone, elder, umqll. Jas. Trane, and Wm. Neilsoune, war the thrie baillies then with him, and wer all thrust from their charge. The said Magistrals and Counsell did send for the above named Colin Campbell, and shew him the said letter, and their willingnes to give obedience therto. And wnderstanding that the said Johne Andersoune was Provest sens)me, and so could not beir office as ane Baillie for the year enshewing, and that the said James Trane was depairted this lyfe, they sent also thrie of their number to the above named WiUiame Neilsoune, and requyred him to be pleased to come to receave his charge, to wit, to beare office as ane Baillie for the year enshewing, who declared he was now com to ane great age, and was becom so waik and infirme of bodie, that he was no wayes able now for that charge, and intreated earnestlie that he would be excused, quhilk was sufficientlie known to be trew by the saids Magistrats and Counsell; and the said Coline Campbell, elder, being com to the said Magistrats and Counsell, (after send- ing for him as said is,) declared his loathsomenes to receave the said charge, in respect of his age, zit was persuaded thereto be the earnest requeist of all theis present ; And for their better keiping of common use and ordour observit in the electioune of the Pro- vest, as formerlie, the said Coline was lytit with the rest of the merchand rank, and Johne Bell, now present Provest, being layd asyde as having borne office theis twa yeares bygane, and the said Coline, with the rest of ye merchand rank, being divydit in thrie lyts, to the effect that thrie persones might be choysen out therof to be presentit at ye Castill of Glasgow to the Duk of Lennox, his Grace or his commissioner, to the effect that ane of them might be named to bear office as Provest of ye said burgh for ye year en- shewing, out of the qlks thrie lyts theis thrie persones wer choysen, viz., the said Coline Campbell, elder, James Campbell, and James Pollock, merchands, twa of ye last Baillies, and the said lytt being sent up to the said Castill, with James Colquhoun, baillie, Johne 1 60 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Walkinsliaw, Frederick Hamiltoune, and Wm. Zair, commoune dark deput, to have bein presentit to the Duk of Lennox, his Grace or his commissioner, to the effect foresaid, and they having com to the said castill zett, and finding it closit, after thrie knocks given be the said James Colquhoune, and no opening made or answer given nather be the Duk of Lennox nor his commissioner, nor be no uthers in their names, the said James Colquhoun, ane of the present Baillies, for himselfe and in name of ye rest of ye Magistrats and Counsell, askit instruments therupon in the hands of the said Williame Zair, notar pubKc. And therafter the saids persones returned to the Counsell-hous, qr. the remanent of ye saids Magistrats and Counsell were sitting, and after report made be them that nather ye said Duk of Lennox nor his commissioner wer at ye said castill for receiving of ye said lytt to the effect above wryttin, then ye saids Magistrats and Counsell, be vertue of ye power grantit to them be the Act of Parliament (the said thrie persones above-named being removed), did vott qlk of ye samyne thrie persones should beir office as provest for the yeir enshewing. And therafter, be pluralitie of votts, the said Coline Campbell, elder, was choysen to be Provest of this Burgh for ye year enshewing, who being present did accept, and gave his oath as, use is. And then the said new electit Provest, and Johne Bell, last Provest, and his thrie Baillies (all the rest of ye Counsell being removed from the table), did set doune ye lyts of the haill mer- chand rank, to the effect two of that number might be choysen out to bear office as twa of the thrie baillies of this Burgh for the year coming, and they who wer to be votted being divydit in sex lyts, viz. in twa thries and four twas, their was choysen ane persone out of ilk lyt to mak up the number of six persones — and after \-oyce- ing theis six, viz. John Walkinshaw, James Barnes, Johne Barnes, Hendrie Glen, Coline Campbell, and Williame Cumyng, wer choysen. And againe theis same sex persones being di'^'j'dit by MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. l6l lyts in twa thries, for choyseing ane persone out of ilk thrie, be pluralitie of vots the saids Johne Walkinshaw and James Barnes wer electit out of the saids twa lyts to beir office as twa of the thrie baillies of this Burgh for ane year to come. And then the haill craftismen on Counsell who wer to be lytit being divydit, in maner forsaid, in thrie lyts of thrie fours, for the choysing of thrie persones out of them that ane of them might be choysen as the third baillie of this Burgh, for the year fallowing. After doeing qrof and voyceing, as use is, these thrie persones, viz. Johne Ker, WilUame Boyd, and Thomas Atchesoune, war eleetit and choysen out of the sds thrie lyts to the effect forsaid. And they again yrafter being removed, after voyceing be pluralitie of voits, the aforsaid Johne Ker was electit to beir office as the thrid Baillie of this Burgh for ye said year enshewing. And the saids Johne Walkinshaw, James Barnes, and Johne Ker, who wer ye thrie new electit Baillies, being all present, did accept the said charge, and gave their oathes of fidelitie, as use is. * 6tk Oct. — The same day recommends to the Provest and Bail- lies to consider on the supplicatiounes given in be severall of the inhabitants, anent the commodities broght to this burgh from the Hielands be water. The said day the foresaid Provest, Baillies, and Counsell of the said burgh, being conveined, and forsuameikle as be act of the Right Honble. the Committee of Estaits, daitit at Edinburghe, the threittein day of September last, the Magistratis of the said burgh of Glasgow are heirby warrandit to call for George Porterfield, sometyme Provest therof, and all uthir persones, heavers of ane contributioune was gathered within the samyne, under the name of charitie for the distressed Protestants in PoUand, Bohsemia, and was not given accordingly ; and to receave from them the samyne, to be imployed for pius vses, as the said burgh should think fitt ; * [This minute of election is here given uncibridged. — W. ] VOL, II. Y 1 6 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. And now, seeing the said George has realHe delyverit the soume of four scoir seaventine punds ten shillings in reddie monye, And lies also subscryvit an assignatioune conteining the sowm of four scoir punds starling that was borrowit, &c., (a discharge is ordained to be given the said George ; and shortly after 600 merks is ordered to be given to Borrowstounness, and 400 merks to Craill, "in satis- faction of the helpe and supplie they wer seiking of the toune, and the rest therof to be laid by for the wse of the Colledge.") 20th Oct. — Pulpit, and Kirk to be pewed. — The same day, be pluralitie of vots, it is condeschendit that the pulpit in the I^aigh Kirk be maid, and that the wast end of the said Kirk be pewed in ane comlie and decent forme, as uthir Kirks abrod, and that with the best conveniencie. The same day recommends to the Baillies to tak up the names of all persounes, men or weomen, who keepes Scots schooles within the toune, by quhat warrand, and to report the nixt melting. The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Wm. Cokburne, goldsmith in Edinbrughe, desyring libertie of the Magis- tratis and Counsell to com to this burgh, and setle himselfe ther, for exerceising of his calling. The saidis Magistratis and Counsell did grant the sam)Tie, and to com and mak his residence therin for exerceising of his calling, and to enjoy his freedom during their will and pleasour. zTjd Oct. — The quhilk day it is condeschendit, that seing Collonell Clarks regiment, now lying in toune, is to remove presentlie, and thatt here are manye debts awand be them to die inhabitants ; And the Magistratis and Counsell being most willing to help them therto, that ane hundrethe punds starling be ad- vanced to them out of the excys monye for tiiat effect vpon thair band, and ordaines ane warrand to be given to Rot. Rae for that effect. The said day, be pluralitie of vots, its agried wnto and con- MINUTES OF TOWX COUNCIL. I 63 dischendit, that ane thowsand punds Scots be given to the Colledge, to helpe to put on the roof on the foir wark they ar building. — Theis who wer appoyntit to treat with them anent the Bibhothecar having first receavit satisfactioune ther- anent. z']th Oct. — The same day appoynts James Pollok to goe east to Edinburghe, and to receave fra the officiares of CoUonell Clarks Regiment, and to wphft fra them the haill monye he can gett that is awand be the severall companies to the inhabitants, conforme to the severall compts to be sent east with him for that effect, and grants him heirby full power and commission to subscryve to them sufficient discharges wpon receipt therof, als ample as if the Magistratis war their present themselfes to grant the samyne, and what monyes he receaves, he is heirby warrandit to committ the samyne in the hands of Williame Mitchell, merchand in Edin- burghe, for the tounes wse, untill they have to doe to pay their debts there. The said day ordaines ane bauk to be sent throw the toune to charge the inhabitants to pay quhat moneyes they ar awand for assistance since the threttein of September last bypast, to theis havand right therto, and not to suffer the Magistratis to be trubled therwith wthirwayes to pay the double. The same day appoynts the Magistratis. with James Colquhoune, Wm. and Gabriell Cummings, Rot. Rae, Andro Hoodie, and Wm. Boyd, to meit and divyd the toune in eight pairts, and to give in such names as out of everie quarter they think such persones convenient for setting of the watch, and its heirby concludit that ane watch be keipit nightlie, seing the regiment is removed, and to begin the same night. \oth Nov. — Siipplicatioune, Deane of Gild in name of the Merchands anent the Hospitall. — The said day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Fredrik Hamilton, Deane of Gild, 1 6 4 GLASGO iV MEMORABILIA. for himselfe, and in name of the rest of the merchand rank, showing that they being of lait at the hearing of the compt of the Merchand Hospitall, and finding that ane guid pairt of the stok of the said Hospitall hes bein waired out on the bwilding therof, and that the voluntar contributioune gathered throw the raerchands hes not answered according to the expec- tatioune therof; And now the steiple of the said Hospitall is to be raised, qahilk will prove far moir profitabill to the toune than to the Hospitall, and to lett it ly as it wes, now being brought to such ane heicht as it is, it will be a shame and disgrace both to the- toune and Hospitall .- Quhilk being at length considerat be the saidis Magistratis and Counsell, they declared themselfes all most willing, for the helpe and advancement of the said work ; but, considering the tounes burdin, they did all con- deschend and agrie that quhat is restand in Jon. Kerrs, Baillie, hand of his last excys compt, and what is restand in Rot. Ander- sounes hand of his last compt he made of the excys, as also what glenings can be gottin belonging to the toune, as what is restand undebursit of the bukit monye, and the house in Evandaill, should be all takin in and applyed for advancement of the said work ; But wpone this condition, that when the craftis sail have to doe therafter for the building of their Hospitall, they may have the lyk power conferred on them. The same day recommends to the Baillies to settle with the post. \^th Dec. — -The same day, for suameikle as Johne Wright, merchand in Edinburghe, being addebtit to Wright, his sister, the sowme of ane hundreth and sex marks, Becaus shoe remainea within this burgh, and is borne therin, and ane pupill, not able nor in capacitie to give ane discharge therof, and that shoe is seek, and so lyklie the toune to be burdined with her. It was resolvit that the toune should tak it in and delyverid it to the toune thesaurer, and the annual rent to be bestowed on the said M/yuTES OF Toirx cou.vciL. 165 Wright, or sua meikle of the principall as shoe sail stand in neid of; and, therfore, they bind obleis them, and their successores in office, to warrand and releive the said Jon. Wright at the hands of the said Wright, his sister, theranent, and of all cost and expensis he can incur therthrow, and ordainis the thesaurer to be chargit therwith. 24/^ Dec. — The same day it being fund that Douglas was formerlie appoyntit to remove himselfe aff the toune, quhilk he hes not obeyed as zit, and is brunt on the cheik, and is known to be ane idle vagabound, without ony lawful! calling. He is, therfoir, heirby ordained to remove aff the toune, and all his, and that within ten dayes, and not to retume therto heirafter, wnder the paine of scurgeing him throw the towne and benishing of this burghe. The same day ordains the theasurer to have ane warrand for the so-ivme of ane hundreth marks Scots, debursit be him to James Cors, mathematician, for his better incouragment and helpe ; and for ten dollors debursit be him to the man in Edinburghe who keips correspondance with the toune. The said day Johne Bell, the tounes Commissioner to the enshewing Parliament, having showine that there was somthing agitat be his procurement befor the burrowes, anent this burghs ranking and place in ryding at the said Parliament ; and that he being desyred to submitt the mater to the burrowes, answered, that he had no such commissione, and therfor was desyred to com afterwards sufficientlie instructed thairanent : And after considera- tione had therof be the said Magistratis and Counsell, they did remitt that mater to the said Johne Bell himself, and to theis of this burgh should happin to be with him at Edinbrughe at the ryding of the said Parliament, being considerit they will doe their best thereintill for the guid and credit of this burgh. e^th Ja7i., 1661. — The foirsaid Magistratis and Counsall taking I 66 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. to their consideratioun how that of laitt the toune is overburdened and pestered with straingers and beggars, and if tymous remeid be not vsed theranent, the toune and inhabitants will be greatlie pre- judged, and seing the taking notice therof is greatlie neglectit be theis who should doe the samyne. They have, therfor, made choyse of the persones fallowing, to goe throw the haill towne in the severall parts therof as is heirefter divydit, and to tak wp the haill names of everie Mr. or Mrs. of everie familie, with the designa- tioune of their calling, with their servands names, and to try theis who ar new intrants within their severall bounds, and what orray weamen ar within the sam)me bounds, and who sets to all such housis ; that they do the same with all diligence, And to give ane compt therof to the Magistratis and Counsell with all convenience. And that they continew the doing of the same monethlie untill Michaelmes nixt, &c. (Follows the names of the persons, and the quarters for which they are appointed.) 19M Jan. — The same day it is concludit to lend and advance to Johne Fergusone, post, fourtietwa punds Scots, to helpe to buy ane sufficient hors to serve the toune, and he is (to) serve the toune thankfulhe, thairfor until the first of May nixt to com, without ony weiklie waiges all that tyme as he got formerlie. wth Feb. — The same day recommends to the Mr. of Wark to caus bring ane cowbar full of sand, from Cardrois, to mix widi lyme for casting of the steiples battellin of the tolbuith, and uthir commoune workes. ZTyd Feb. — The said day, forsuameikle as the said Magistratis and Counsell, taking to their consideratioune that there being formerlie ane regrait and complent presentit to the Right Honble. the Committee of Estaits, wpon the first day of November last b}' past, in name of the Magistratis and Counsell of this burgh, who did bear charge therein in Anno 1645, and in Anno 1648, Shew- ing that Mr. Gillespie having procured ane wavrand from the lait MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 167 Vsurper, in Anno 1656, dirett to Lievtenant Coll. Simones, Major Dornie, Captane Davies, and utheris, for the petitioners loyaltie to his Majestie, and anent the trying of their lyfes and conversatioune, since they wer borne to the dait of that warrand, James Porter, Clark to the Sessiounes of Glasgow, did intrude himselfe amongs theis to whom the warrand was direct, to be their dark and mformer, notwithstanding the petitioners did earnestlie desyre him to forbeir ; Zit he still insisted against the petitioners, and caused laid against them above ane hundreth and fyftie witnesses, without giving them any lybell to answer to : And the petitioners did never knaw zit what was witnessed against them, the lyk quhairof was never hard heirtofor, to the great hurt, chairges, and damages of the petitioners, and defamatioune of their guid names. And of sett purpos to draw them under the compas of imprisonment and fynes, Cravand, therfor, that the said James might be conveined, and ap- poyntit to delyver wp the scroll of the foirsaid process, with the extract of ony vthir proces he satt as Clark for against any of the petitioners ; And the said James Porter being therwpon summoned to compeir befor the said Right Honourable the Committee of Estaits, and he having compeired accordinglie. The said Commit- tee of Staits did then confyne the said James Porter to his hous in Glasgow, therin to remayne untill course be takine with him for his cariage conteined in the said petitione or bill, and remitted the doing therof to the Magistratis of this burghe; And the said Magistratis and Counsell having often delt earnestlie with the said James Porter to exhibit and produce the foirsaid proces led against the Magistratis of this burgh, and sundrie vthir honest men within the same, he ever hitherto refuised to do the samyne, (ordain him to remove "aff this burgh," and "bounds of ten miles;" and meantime Wm. Andersone, merchant, to " supplie the same place as Clark therto, with the helpe of the ministers, for taking wp the names of the manages, and bairnes who ar to be baptized.") I 6 8 GLASCO W MEMORABILIA. 2ist March. — The same day it was'concludit be the Magistratis and Counsell to pay yearhe to Evir M'Neill that cuts the stone, ane hundreth marks Scots, and he to cut all the poor for that frielie, wherwpon a contract was subscryvit betwixt the toune and him theranent this day. The said day, in respect ther is on J MacKartor, who hes suffered verie much heirtofoir for his loyaltie to the Kings Majestie, and is now under cure of James Phrank, who reports he may be recovered, if he had means for his sustentatioune, it is therfor concludit that the Mr. of Wark give him daily, until he recover, twelfe shillings Scots for his enterteanment. 2d April. — The same day the saids Magistratis and Counsell being informed that ther was ane citatioune to be given to them for summonding them, at the instance of Mr. And Flemyng, befor the Parliament, its thought convenient, seing the Provest is there alreadie, that ane commission be sent to him for that effect, to answer for them, &c., and also to wrytt ane letter, in their names, to Jon. Bell, their Commissioner, to give in bill to the Parliament for repayment of the twenty thousand pund the toune payit of fifyne quhen Muntrois com here, and to complein wpon the wrong done then be George Porterfield, then Provest of Glasgow, and his Counsell, anent the expenss and burdines that thrie scoir twelfe honest men wer drawine to wnder notioune of malignants, be quartering wpon them without warrand. <)th April. — The same day Jon. Bell producit ane tiket wr)-tting subscryvit be Mr. Archibald Flemyng, quherin he discharges the Counsell and vthirs therin specifit, of the thing he was craving of them befor the Parliament. The said day ordaines the thesauror to pae to Charles M'Cleane, Jylor, twenty punds for his extraordinarie paines in attending the tolbuitli this long tyrae bygane, ha\eing got no jjrofeit therby, having only theifcs and lounes his ]ivisoners. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 69 The said day, forsuameikle as umqll. Mr. Johnstoune, at Lon- don, did dott and mortifie divers sowmes of monye to severall burghs within this kingdome, and to this burgh among uthiris, for erecting of manufactories and utheris the lyk within the samyne ; and seing that Rot. Spens, his nephew, who (as is reported) should have succeided to all theis meanes, and that the remanent burrowes to whom the said monyes were dotted, upon considera- tioune therof, hes condischendit for the said Robert Spens his supplie, in respect he hes fallin in distres and povertie, to bestow ^vpon him some helpe and supplie for his lyfliehood, it is therfor this day agried and condischendit wnto, be the said Magistratis and Counsell, to pay and bestow yearlie to the said Rot. in tyme coming, such ane quantitie of monye as uthir burghes who gott the lyk monyes dotted and mortified to them, effeir- and to the sowme mortified be the defunct for the wse of this burgh. i)th April, 1661. — The same day, forsuameikle as John Wood, Cordoner, did present to the Magistratis and Counsell conveined, ane petitioune subscryvit with his hand, showing that he hes bein incarcerat within the tolbuith of this burgh theis seavin weiks bypast, and that he confest it was deservedlie, in consideratioune of his bygaine miscariages, and that the Lord knowes he was never the inventor of theiss businesses, but that he was coactive thereintill, and that he is sorrowful from his heart that ever he should have been active or accessive to any mater of offence to the Magistratis or Counsell, and that he was long agoe and now weiried of his long imprisonment, and desyred, therfor, that the saidis Magistratis and Counsell wold tak his sad conditioune to their wyse consideratioune ; Quhilk being red, after consideratione had theranent, the said Counsell remits him to the will of the Magistratis. 20th April. — The same day ordains the thesaurer to have ane VOL. II. z 170 GLASGOW MEMIORABILIA. warrand for the soume of twentie punds Scots, debursit be him to Robt. Sanders, for prenting of the preaching was preached be Mr. Hugh Blair befor the Parhament. The same day ordains ane bauk to be sent throw the toune this efternoone, to command that Twesday nixt, the 23d instant, be keiped as ane thanksgiving day to God, in relatioune to the Kings Coronatioune in England, quhiik is to be that day, and for uther his blessings shawine to the Kings Majestie, and that all repair to the kirks when the bells adverteis them for that effect, and that they put on bail fyres at night at the rynging of the bells, and that all maner of persones carie themselfes as becumeth. The same day, forsuameikle as it is sufificientlie knowne to the saids Magistratis and Counsall that Wm. Watsone, candlemaker, hes caried himself most baislie heirtofoir many and divers wayes, and will no wayes amend his lyfe, but proves alwayes a bad example to all vitious livers, and was apprehendit this last night, be the guard, with uthers, his companiounes, drinking in the hous of Mr. James Hamiltoune, at two or thrie hours in the morning, and that throw that occasioune ane honest man, that was on the guard, had his face brokin to the effusioun of his blood ; Ordains, therfor, the said Williame presentlie be put in the stokes, and therein to remayne during the Magistratis will, and thereafter to enact himself to remove aff the toune ; And that also Jon. Stark, for his bais cariage, be also benisched this burgh ; Lykas, seing the said Mr. James Hamiltoune and his wyfe keipes ane xsne. lewd hous, and will not amend though oft admonished, he is, therfor, discharged brewing during the will of the l^^agistratis and Counsall. 27/72 April. — The said ordains Wm. Cumyng to ha\'e ane warrand for the sowme of thrie scoir sex punds, deburst be him to the thrie trumpeters com heir, and for ten dollors deburst to ane distressed gentleman. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 171 Zth May. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to Androw Andersoune, printer, the sowme of fyftie marks to helpe to trans- port his guids and flitting to Edinburghe againe, he discharging his pensioun for all byruns and in tyme coming. 2/^th June. — The said day ordaines the sour milk mercatt, quhilk is now keiped at the Croce, be transported from thence, and keiped at the Gallowgait brige heirafter. 2oth July. — The said day the Provest maid report that the ministers had faithfullie wndertakin to celebrat the Communioune within this burgh in September nixt. 3^/ Aug. — The same day the said Magistratis and Counsell taking to their consideratioune how many and sundry strangers mae nor formerlie repaires to this burgh with all sort of staple wair to sell, and for ane faschion, maks ane offer therof to the Deane of Gild, But finds their burgesses greatlie prejudged therby; and for preveining of the abuses therintill heirafter. It is therfor this day enactit, statut, and ordained, that all sorts of staple war that sail happen to be brought to this burgh, be strangers, be land, heirafter, to be sold, sail be laid and put in into the Merchand Hospitall, in ane roume, there to be provydit for the same, and there to ly untill they be all sold, conforme to the offer made therof anent the pryces, and appoynts ane collector or dark to be choysen, for booking of all such guids imported be land allenarlie, and ilk persone to pay four schillings Scots for ilk pund starlings worth of the saids guids imported be land, as said is, to the said collector or dark. The same day appoynts the Mr. of Wark to cans lyine with hair and fries the haill furmes of the Laigh Kirk Counsell saitt, with the best conveniencie. 3IJ-/ Aug. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the soume of fyftie shilling starling, debursit be him to Wm. Rowand, in recompence for the loss he susteined be I 7 2 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. carieing ane young orphane to Irland, at command of the Magis- tratis. 7//? Sept. — The said day the foirsaids Magistratis and Counsell being conveined, and taking to their consideratioune how that be publict act it is statut and ordained that no maner of persone or persones who contr)rved or subscryvit the Remonstrance or Association, or concurred in the prosecutioune in any course promoving the ends therof, or any wayes hes shoune themselfes disaffected to his Majesties government, should be permitted to bear any office or charge within burgh ; and seing Mr. John Spreull, Clark therof, is notourlie knowne to have bein ane of that rank and number, and hes bein incarcerat and keeped in waird for the same, The said Provest, Baillies and Counsell therfor doe heirby declair the said Mr. Johne his office and place as Clark of this burgh, to be vacand, &c. 23;/ Sept. — The said day the Magistratis and Counsell taking to their consideratioune how that the maner of the electioune of their Magistratis is lyk to be invertit be the restauratioune of Bischops wtherwayes than is sett downe in the Act of Parliament, in anno 1641, recommends, therfor, to the Provest, Baillies, Deane of Gild, Deacon Conveiner, and such wthers as they sail pleas to call to thame, to meit theranent, and to consider therwpon, for making ane address to his Majestic, to the effect the toune may have the electioune therof in their awn hands, and power lyk wthir frie Royall Burrowes, and to think wpone and find out the best way and meanes how the samyne sail be effectuat. The same day, for Robert Sanders, his better incuragment to hold up his prenting hous heir, within this burgh, in respect tliat Androw Andersoune, last printer therin, is gon away, who had ane hundreth marks of yearlie fiell. It is concludit, therfor, that there be payit be the toune thesaurers yearlie, to the said Rot. Sanders, the soume of fourtie punds, at twa termes, in the }'ear, Mertimes MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. \ 73 and Witsonday, so long as he keips up his prenting press within this burgh, and he to print gratis any thing short the toune sail imploy him to print. \st October. — The said day, it being resolved that Bogilles well should be assayed for bringing and convoying the water of the same to the Hie Streit, according to the right the toune hes therof, Recommends, therfor, to the Magistratis to speik and agrie with James Colquhoune for convoying the watter of the said Bogils well to the said Hie Streit by conduits of led, the most commo- dious way for the coramoditie of the toune. The same day ordains the theasurer to pay to James Corss, Philomath, ten dollors, for dedecating his Almanak to the toune, and to ilk ane of the clarks men sex pund Scots for their bygane service. th April. — The same day appoynts the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveinar to appoynt some of their number, as they think convenient, to taist the seek now cellered be Mr. Campsie. I Zth April. — The same day its concludit that the monye quhilk is to be debursit for the paill of belles to the steiple in Briggait, be sent to Holland wpon the tounes venter. The same day it is concludit that the axeltrie now lying at Hutchisones Hospital, be giftit frielie to Sir James Dalrymple, according to the desyre of ane letter. The same day it is concludit that all meanes be vsed and gon about for disolving the personage of Glasgow from the Bishoprik, and to get the same allocat for payment of the steipends to the ministers of this burgh and barrony ; and recomends this to the cair of the Provest, Baillie Campbell, and such wthirs they please to joyne with them, for effectuating the said mater. The same day appoyiits Mr. Patrik Bell and Frederick Hamil- tone to meit with Rot. Ingles, who offered himselfe to teache musick within this burgh, and they to try what he would be att, and to report. 23^ May. — The same day recommends to the Provest, Colin Campbell, elder, Baillie Colquhoun, Deane of Gilde, and Deacon Conveinar, to have ane cair of the new key now in building at the Broomelaw, and to see it done in height and in baking, and all wthir wayes as they think fittest. dth June. — The same day recommends to the Provest, Baillies, Deane of Gild, Deacon Conveinar, to lay downe ane way hois, the back of the new key at the Broomelaw should be filled up with sand, and in the interime appoynts ane bank to be sent throw the toune, for commanding of masters of families to be send out their servands for beirlng of sand for that effect. MIXrTES OP TOWN COUNCIL. I 85 \-^th June. — The said day it is ordained ane bauk be sent throw the toune be touk of drum, to command all theis who wer accomptit as strangers and burdingsome persones, to remove aff the toune ivith all diligence, with certificatioune to all who refuises sail be kairted publictlie throw the toune, and all their landlords to be punished, conforme to the will of the Magistratis. The same day appoynts the key at the Broomelaw to be heightit twa stones heigher nor it was ordained to be of befor, and ordains the Deane of Gild to try for moir oakin timber, aither in the Hie Kirk or bak galrie, for facing therof The same day, considering that all sort of blomng of muttone is discharged, and that now the fleshors, slayers of muttone, does mak holies in the foirmost leg, and therby works in wind throw the whoill bouk, to the great greif of the beholders, and cannot eschew to be dangerous to theis who maks vse therof, And, therfor, it is declared be the said Magistratis and Counsall that such working of muttone sail be punished, conforme to the blowing of muttone, and ordains intimatioune heirof to be made to the haill fleshors. 2^th July. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of threttie eight punds four shillings, deburst be him to James Ffrank, for drvgs, plaisters, and wthirs bestowed by him wpon the curing of divers poor persones, recom- mended by the Magistrats to him for that effect. 2\st Aug. — The same day recommends to the Deacon Con- veinar, and wthirs of the Counsell dwelling in Stockwell gait, to advert and sie to the commoune wel there that it be not wronged, as is reportit, by washing therat, or wthrwayes. The same day recommends to the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveinar to advert to the wrong done by the fleshers by tuging & touking, & cutting the sheip skinnes. 17M Oct. — The same day recommends to the Magistrats to caus try out thrie men who are meit for puting the beggers aff the VOL. II. 2 B l86 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. ,. streit ; and who refuiss to vndertak, that the Magistrats, if they think fit, benish thame aff the toune. 3 1 J-/ Oct. — The same day, forsuameikle as the hors post is dischargit, its concludit that Johne Fergusone, post, be con- tinowed foot post, and to have, as befor, thrie punds Scots per weik, and he only to receave a penny starting for ilk letter he receaves, and als much for ilk letter homwards. \oth Nov. — The same day it is concluded be pluralitie of vots, that Johne Clark, measoune, be not payit of the monye awand be the toune to him, till first he mak wp againe the defect of the new peir he builded at the Broomelaw. \^h Nov. — The same day the kirk bedelles being conveined anent the neglect of their dewtie, ordains ilk ane of them to carie in their hands, at all respective meltings of diyyne service, ane whyt staff, as was in vse of old, not onlie for wakining those that sleips in the kirk, but also to walk to and fro, from corner to corner, in the kirks, for removing of barnes and boyes out of the kirks, who trubles the samyne by making of din in tyme of divyne service. The said day the persones following were permittit to keip and hold Scots Schooles within the toune, they and their spouses, if they ony have, keipand and attending the ordinances within the samyne, viz. : — Jonet Ramsay in Drygait ; Elisabeth Miller, Wm. Bogill, Marion Watsone, spous to Wm. M'Nab, Alex. Wilsone, George Steinstounes wyfe, Mr. Johne Moresoune and his spouse, Margaret Murray, Geo. Frissal, Wm. Brock, Rot. Forrest, Agnes Hutchesoune, Elisabeth Boyd, Jean Mauchen. The said day licence is grantit to James Hadden, sone lawfull to vmqll. Mr. Johne Hadden, to keip and hold ane Scots Sclioole within this burgh, he keiping and attending the ordinances within the samyne. 2\5t Nov. — The said day, in answer to the supplicatioune given MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 8/ in by James Bamardon, Professor of the Ffrench tongue, danceing, and ffencing, After consideratloun had therof, they grant to him license and libertie to hold and keep a schoole for that effect ; and the lyk license is not to he grantit to any wthir persone for the space of fyve yeares ; As also, they have condischendit that he sail be frie, during the said space, of all impositiones and burdings, and to have ane yeirhe fiell of fourtie shillings starling. \(ith Jan., 1664. — The same day'appoynts the signator obteined in anno 16 11, to be sent east to the Provest, conforme to the desyre of his letter, with the ratificatioune therof; and ordains the Clark to wryt a letter to the Provest and theis with him, anent the business of Dumbartain to give them thanks, and to requeist thame not to wirie. 2-^d Jan. — -The said day compeired Mr. M'Math, and his come- rad, who has laitlie brought in a ship of seek to Clyd, and made offer therof to the toune at sextine pund starling the butt, to be re- ceavit at the ship syd, frie of all charges, and for seavintine pund starling the butt, pick and choyse. After consideratioune had therof, be pluralitie of vots, it was concludit that the said wyne be first cellered, to the effect it may the mor comodiouslie be tasted, and then the toune to offer for it. 2,0th Jan. — The said day, for good reasones moving the toune, it is concludit that the drummers doe not touk to no strangers comes to the toune, or no uthir persones publictlie, without licens of the Magistratis. ■i2ih March. — The same day it is concludit that the poor boy James Crawford, measone, who hes gon madd, have for himselfe and theis that keips him, four shillings starling during the Coun- sells will. 2\st May. — The same day the Magistrats and Counsell taking to their considoratioune that the twentie nyne of this instant is appoynted to be keipit as ane solemn day, conforme to the Act of I 8 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Parliament, in commemoratioune of his Majesties birth day and restauratioune, and seing the same falls this yeare on the Sabboth day, and they being carfull that all deboshrie and profanitie should be eschewed in respect of the said day. They have, therfor, con- cluded that there sail onlie be some particular bail fyres set on wpon the tounes charges, in such places as the Magistrats sail appoynt, and that all things theranent be done modestlie and civillie, without ony kind of profanitie, for the caus foresaid. iZth June. — The same day, in respect of the heigh ting of the calsay at -the Barraszett, ordains the well there to be heightit twa stones heigher round about, for preservatioune of childerin falling therin. 2d July. — The same day the saids Magistratis and Counsell, taking to their consideratioune the great hurt and skaith persones that ar comeing and goeing to and from tlie toune, to the com- moune lones, gets, throw the casting of buUots therintill, and the great proplianatioune of the Lords name, suering, and banning, and debolishing, and that fightings and janglings foUowes tlierupon, They, therfor, heirby statut and ordaine that non of the inhabitants within this burgh presume or tak wpon hand the casting of bullots, and that vnder the paine of punishing the contraveiners in their persone and guids, at the will of the Magistratis : As also, they heirby statut and ordaine, that all who hes bark holies or lymm holies, that they caus mak their zaird dyks closs and fensible, that no barnes get skaith therby, vnder the paine of punishing the con- traveiners in their persone and guids, at the will of the Magistrats, and ordaines ther presents to be intamat throw touk of drum. The said day the said Magistrats and Counsell vnderstanding that divers tymes heirtofoir, severall young barnes hes fallin over foir stairs that ar open, to the Iiazard of their l\'fes, and the\' being most desyrous to have the same preventit hcirafter, Tlic)' doe heirby command and charge all manner of persones within this burgh, to MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. I 89 whom theis staires pertaines, that they put rachters throw the haill lang open stairs, for the better preservatioune of young childerin getting skaith therby, wnder the pane of punishing the contraveiners at the will of the Magistratis, and recommends to Baillie Rae to sie this done. 21th Aug. — The same day recommends to ony of the Magistrats, after the skailling of ony buriell, to sight the calsay in the heid of the stinking Vennell, and, if neid be, to give order for mending and repairing the ill places therof 31^ Sept. — The quhilk day ther was red ane letter sent from Mr. David WiUiamsone to the Provest, as ane answer of ane former of his direct to the said Mr. David, wherin he refuisses to imbrace the call given to him, wpon the same reasones and grunds con- teined in his former letter, quhilk is thought be the toime not to be satisfactorie, and, therfor, its concludit that the mater be farder insistit wpon, and the Clark to wryt ane letter to him that they will tak no excuse afif his hands, but fallow that call to the vtter- most, and appoynts Baillie Colhoune and Dowhill to acqueint the Bischop heiranent. 24i/z Sept. — The same day the Provest made report that, according to the Counsells ordour, and Mr. David Williamesones letter, he did ryd out to him to Kilsyth, and conferred with him anent the call given be the toune to him, who declared he had setled -with the paroch wherin he was, and so could not nor wold not transport himselfe. i^th Oct. — The same day it is statut and ordained that ane bank be sent throw the toune, to command all maner of persones to remove and away tak their red, stones, and timber aff the Hie Street, betwixt and Wednesday nixt, vnder the paine of twentie punds, and ordains that no fleshour, nor uthirs, suffer their kyne to stand on the Hie Streits in the night tyme, vnder the paine of xx^ the piece. I 90 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. 22d Oct. — The same day it is recommendit to the Provest to repair to Edinburghe, for doing and agenting the tounes business, and to tak with him whomsoever he pleases : And he is to wakin Dumbartane busines, and the actioun against Silvercraigs, and to sie to all things tends to the guid of the toune, and to mynd the monye awand be the lait Argyll, and to be m)mdfull of Silver- tounhills busines, and to imploy in thir things whom he please th ; and if Baillie Pollok aithir goe with him or after him, he is to mynd Puckie mylne. The same day, it being regraited that Finnisone, that maks the graves, does not carie himselfe as becometh his station but wrongs many poor people in goeing to their houses after the corps ar buried, and does there miscarie himselfe shamefullie, It is, therfor, recommendit to the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveinar to try owt ane man to joyne with Finnisone for a tyme, for making of the graves. The said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of fourtie punds Scots, debursed be him to Margaret Semple, for hirselfe and Hugh Marjoriebauks, her sone, for their supplie for the losse they susteined by sea and fyre ; and its con- cludit to give to the gentleman who is seiking contributioune for repairing the brig of Die, and ane wthir there in the north, ten or twelfe pund sterling, or then to let him tak the benefite of ane contributioune. 2()tk Dec. — The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Thomas Montcur, goldsmith, showing that he had servit his prentiship in Aberdein, and that sensyne he had servit four yeare jumayman in Edinburghe, with Deacone , and that now he was atteined to be a perfect craftismaii, and was of intentioune to transport himselfe to this burgh, and tak wp ane buith tlierin, the toune making him burges and gildbrother, for his better incuragment. It was concludit that so soone he taks -vvp ane MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 191 buith, and settes himselfe here, he sail be made burges without payment of any fyne, and zit to be holden as payit, that the bene- feit therof may redound to him and his childerin, and also promeis, wpon his guid behaviour, he sail therafter be admittit gildbrother. 2,\si Dec. — The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be James Andersone, travellour, craving supplie, in respect he hes laitlie haill four horses dead at ane instant, it is concludit the toune lend him ane hundrede punds, be band, and ordains Johne Walkinshaw to deburse the samyne. ifh March, 1665. — The same day appoynts the Provest and BailHes to speik with the Principall and Regents of the College, anent the great wrongs and abuses done by the CoUegianes to the Gramer Shoole. %th March — The same day it is concludit that Glasgow raice be keeped in maner, and as is set doune and conteined in the diumall, and recommends to the Provest to caus provyde what is necessar to be made for that effect. 25//^ March — The same day the beddellship of the Laigh Kirk in Trongait, is conferred wpon and given to James Smith, merch- and ; and he is not onlie to be carfuU anent the ringing of the belles, but also he is to walk throw the kirk in tyme of divyne service, with ane whyt staif in his hand, as wont to be of old, for the crubbing of bairnes and wthirs that maks disturbance in the kirk, and for impeiding of all abuses therin. 2zd April. — The same day ordaines ane bauk to be sent throw the toune be touk of drum, to charge the haill inhabitants, in his Majesties name and theirs, to bring in their haill armes, and to delyver the same to the Magistrats, to be keeped in the tolbuith, with certificatioune to all who neglects to doe the samyne, sail be looked wpon as disaffected to the present Government, and sua punished accordinglie. The same day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be the 192 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. tounes fewers and tennents in Gorballes, grants to thame that old hous neir the tounes barne their, last occuped be , to be ane schoole for instructing and training wp of their bairnes, and that during the tounes will and pleasour allenarlie. The said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of twa hundreth punds Scots, deburst be him to Wm. Boyd, in part payment of the building of the brig at Linning- shaugh; and for ane hundreth punds deburst to the goldsmith, in part payment of the coups he is making to the toune for the raice. 1 2th May. — The said day, forsuameikle as Wm. Selkrig, wrytter, had takin on him at his awine hand, not acquanting the Magistrats and Counsell for obteining of any warrand of thame, to found ane laigh chope, quhilk he intends to build wnder his foir hinging stair, and quhich has bein discharged to be so done be sevarall Acts of Counsell, and seing that place quherin he intends to build his said chop, is ane comodious walk to people to repair in, in tyme of rain and foull wether, Its, therfor, heirby declared be tlie said Provest, Baillies and Counsell, that it sail be nowayes leisome to the said WiUiame, or ony of his successors, to build the said chop in that place, but that the same remain as it was, for ane commodious walk heirafter. \'^th July. — The said day it is concludit that twa hundretli punds be lent out of the Excyse monye, to Jon. Gemmell, mer- chand, in respect he is knowne to be ane verie honest man, and hes lost his stock by sea venter ; and ordaines Dowhill to deburse the monye, receave the band aud compt therof at making of his compt. The same day the saids Magistrats and Counsell taking to their considerationne the lamentabill estait of Margaret Monteith, who is now distractit, and that shoe was borne within this burgh of honest parents, and the wyfe of ane honest man, Its, therfor, con- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 193 cludit that there be payit her ilk day be the Mr. of Wark, during her distractioune, sex shilling Scots. ^d Sept. — The said day ordaines the Mr. of Wark to cause mend, beat, and repair the whoill ports, and to mak thame all fixit with diligence ; and ordains ane bauk to be sent throw the toune be touk of drume, to command tlie whoill inhabitants to clois tlieir closs foots and ends of their zairds, that no repair be made therby now in this dangerous tyme, for fear of the plague of pestilence, and that betwixt and this day eight dayes, vnder the pane of ane hundreth punds, and farder punishing of their per- sones, be sight of the Magistrats. 7M Oct. — Act i7i favor of ye Sojors. — The said day there being ane letter producit in Counsell from Sir James Turner, shewing that of lait it pleased the toune to confer some litle thing moneth- lie wpon the first thrie companies come heir to be quartered, to be bestowed wpon sojors who had wyfes, and that for the keeping of honest mens houss frie of the burdine of married persones, aud that the Lord Lithgowes company hes got notheing of that kynd since they come first here, and, therfor, at desyre of the said Sir James, it is concluded that the said four companys sail get for this moneth, and in tyme coming, during their lying heir, and the Counsells will four pund starling monethlie for the caus forsaid, to be bestowed vpon married sojors. ij^h Oct. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of thrie scoir eightine punds eightine shilling, deburst for the new cock put on wpon the heigh steiple of the Hie Kirk, weightand twentie ane pund weight of copper, and four gold binks, and guilding therof, and wthir expenss in putting wp the same, conforme to the particular compt therof given in be the Mr. of Work. ()th Dec— The same day the said Baillies and Counsell taking to their consideratioune how the toune hes been sHghtit be Jon. VOL. II. 2 c 1 94 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Brodbreidge in not performing his ingadgment in relatioune to the perfecting the knock in Briggait, It is concluded that he be seased wpon by the Magistrals, and compelUt to perform theis his ingadg- ments ; and as for the chymes he wes to mak there, for sundrie guid reasones it is concludit that the samyne chymes be maid and put up in the stiple of the tolbuith. zd Feb., 1666 — The same day it is concludit and ordained, be all theis present, that theis guids laitlie brought to this burgh, fra Jedburgh, and theraway, contrair his Majesties proclamatioune, be brunt all publictlie at the Mercat Croce. I '}th March. — The same day George Pollok, officer, being com- pleined vpon, for taking some monye out of the collectiounes maid for the poore at the kirk doores, in absence of the collector, and for drinking and debusching part therof, and for sundrie uthir enormities and wrongs, is deposed and put out of his place. The same day the said Magistrats and Counsell vnderstanding the coalles to be become verie scant and dear, so that the hutch bought of befoir on the hill for four shilling, is now bought for no less than sex shilling, and that in regaird of the decay of the coall hewes about the toune, quhilk maks ane great out cry among the inhabitants, and mainlie the poore_. and the said Magistrats and Counsell knowing the same to be most trew and being informed that coalles may be win and gottin in their awin land in Gorballes, They have, therfoir, concludit to give to Patrick Bryce, weaver, ane thousand marks monye, to sett downe there twa shanks presentlie, &c. Tyd April. — This day there being produced in Counsell ane letter direct therto be the Archbishop of Glasgow, in the quhilk his Grace declaires that efter search, he findes severall persones, both men and weomen, who ordinarlie dishantes publict ordi- nances, and flateres themselfes with hope of impunitie, bot knew not from whence their confidence springes, and therfor thought it MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 195 his Grace dewtie to adverteis the Counsell, that his Grace intendit (gif thair fynes be not exactlie leived- be them) to employ some of the officers of his Majesties Mehtia, both to observe who with- drawes from ordinances and also to exact the penalties imposed by law, which his Grace is verie vnwilling to doe : Both becaus his Grace did foirsie it will be ane dishonour and loss to the toune, and also ane greater prejudice and punishment to the persones that offends, as the said letter in itself mair fuUie pro- portes ; quhilk being severall tymes red, efter mature advyce and deliberatioune had theranent, and the mater being stated quhether it was best for the toune that the Magistratis should ingather and collect theis fynes imposed vpone dishanteres of the ordinances, nor to commit the collecting thairof to sojors, Efter dew con- sideratioune had thairanent, it was concludit be pluralitie of votes, that it was better for the toune that thes fynes war coUectit and wpliftit be the Magistrats, (to the effect they might be applyed to pius vses,) then that any sojors should have the collecting thairof. loth Jufy.—'Th.t said day ordaines the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of twentie punds, deburst to Mr. Wm. Abercrumbie, to helpe to paye for his clothes quho was lowriat. i?itk Aug. — The same day ordaines the actioun against Dum- bartain, anent their last ryot, to be prosequit to the full as accords of law, and the Magistrats of Dumbartain to be summond for that effect. 2otk Sept. — The said day, forsuameikle as it is regraitit, by divers and sundrie persones, that the syre in Trongait, on the north syde therof, from Hutchesounes Hospitall, wastward to St. Tenowes bum, was levelled and maid once straight for convoyeing away the water that way, but now, of lait, divers persones, yea, almost all who hes houses and killes narrest the said syre, casts in stra, ilk ane foiragainst their awin land, to mak fuilzie of, quhilk stops the passage of the water should goe that way, and jorgs wp 1 96 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. so that filth and myre is made to be sein in the gutters, quhilk is verie lothsome to the beholders, and the said Magistrats taking this to their wyse consideratioune, and being desyrous that that abuse should be remeided, They, therfoir, doe heirby statut and ordaine that no maner of persones presume to doe the lyk heir- after, but that everie heritor or tennant of the said lands narrest the syre, keip the same frie, ilk ane foiragainst themselfes for thair pairts therof to the effect the passage of the watter be not gorged or impeided therby, and that vnder the pane of ten punds to be exactit aff everie contraveiner how oft and sua oft they contravein heirafter the premises. The same day, forsuameikle as the said Provest, Baillies and Counsell, taking to their consideratioune that it hes bein the vse and custome of the fleshors of this burgh heirtofoir to slay and bluid the whoU bestiall they kill on the Hie Streit in Trongait, on both sydes of the gait, quhilk is verie lothsome to the beholders, and also raises ane filthie and noysome stink and flew to all maner of persones that passeth that way throw the Kings Hie Streit, and is most vnseimlie to be sein that the lyk should be done theron : And the said Magistratis and Counsell, vnderstanding that th,e lyk is not done in no place within this kingdome, or outwith the same, in any weill governed citie ; And now seing the said fleshors may be provydit uthirwayes, and far moir commodious for blooding and killing the haill bestiall they kill, and also they being most desyr- ous that the said abuse remeided heirefter, Tlierfor comands and charges them and ilk ane of them to provyd houses in baksyds for the doeing therof, as is done in Edinbrughe, and uthir weill governed cities, and that betwixt and the term of Witsonday nixt to come, vnder the paine of ane hundreth punds monye, to be exactit aff ilk ane of the said fleshors, to be applied aJ pios usus, and that how oft and sua oft, &c. 20th Sept. — The quhilk day, forsuameikle as divers com- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 1 97 plents hes bein made this summer be the tanners within the same burgh, against the inbringars and sellars of barks for thair vse of tanning, quhilks, of lait, they vse to cut far longer and broader nor of befoir, for in foir tymes they wer dung neir all small, as they ar, quhen applyed to lether. The quhilk abus is not to be fund in noe pairt of this kingdome, nor elsquhaif, quhairby the saids tanners ar greatlie prejudgit and damnified \ And againe, divers regrates and complentes hes bein made be John Calder, Patrik M'Clin- tocke, Patrick M'Inturnor, and wtheres, who bringes barkes to this burghe to be sold, for that the sayes now maid vse of quhair- with thaii barkes ar missourod, ar maid of greater quantitie nor of befor, quhilk tends also to thair great hurt and prejudice : And the saids Magistrates and Counsell being most willing to remove the ground and causes of the saids compleintes, hes concludit that thair be four new sayes maid agreable to ane of the old sayes lyand now in the tolbuith having ane brokin step in the boddome, and marked with the Deane of Gilds mark, with the quhilk both pairties hes declaired themselfes content to the Deane of Gild of this burgh, and appoynts the said new sayes to be marked with the said Deane of Gilds mark, not onlie in the boddom but also in everie step therof, to the effect they be not altered or changed, and that noe sayes be vrged vpone the sellars of the said bark bot the saids new sayes, soe sealled and marked as said is ; And again the saids Magistratis and Counsell statuts and ordaines that the whoill barkes quhilk sail be brought and missoured within this burghe, sail be onlie of the lenth of thrie or four inches the lang- est speall thairof, and twa inches broad, to the quhilk the said sellares of bark hes given thair consent to the said Deane of Gild ; And this is but prejudice to the said inbringers of the said bark, to mak thair awne pryce thairof as they and thair merchands can agrie, bot onlie that the said barkes be dung and cutted sufficient- lie, as they wont to be of old. 1 9 8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. 2d Oct. — The said day, anent the supplicatioune given in be Johne Rowat, merchand, mentioning that quhair it was the pleasour of the saids Magistrats and Counsell to admitt the suppHcant keiper of their Lordships tolbuith, quhilk he hes attendit theis divers yeares bygane, and laitlie ane of the prisoners therein, the Laird of Branshoyle, haveing far exceided the bounds of ane prisoner towards the supphcant, his keiper, trew it is that in ane passioune the suppHcant did exceid his power and commis- sioune, in laying him in the irones, for the quhilk he is very sore grived from the bottom of his heart, albeit he wes heighlie pro- vocked therto, And trewlie he dar say that he hes dearlie payit for it, for with the anger he took at that time, he hes never sens)Tie bein quyt of ane most creuell collick and gravell, quhairby he was verie lyklie to have lost his lyfe, and is not zit fullie quyt of it ; And seing it did pleasor your Lordships, for his said great -wrong and fault, to suspend him from his charge, quhilk he confesses was most deservedlie done, in respect of his great rashnes, zit now the supplicant wold most humblie beseek the said Provest, Baillies and Counsell, to pitie him at this tyme, seing their Lordships know he hes lived honestlie heirtofoir, and come of honest and ancient parents within this burgh, besyde that he is awand fyfe thowsand marks, and hes the burdine of four motherles childerin, and that your Lordships wold be pleased to readmit the supplicant againe to his charge, and be the grace of God, the lyk should never be sein in him againe, but sail endeavour to carie himselfe in all things as your Lordships most humble servant. As the said supplicatioune more fully proports : Quhilk being red, and the same being weill weighed and pondered, the said Johne RoT\'at being send for, who come and declaired his grieff anent the foirsaid wrong committed be him. (He is accordingly reponed, but, unfortunately, in a short time after, allows some prisoner to escape out of ward, and is finally deposed without hope.) MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. igg ^1th Nov. — The same day, in respect the report goes that thair is some rysing in the West, contrare authoritie, in Golloway, and uthir partes in the West Cuntrie, it is thairfoir concludit that the tounes people be putt in ane good postour for defence of the toune. dth Dec. — (From the Treasurer's Account, audited this date.) FROM THE DISCHARGE. Item, Deburst, be warrand of the same date, for the expenss in putting vp the new wather-cock in the steiple of the New Kirk, 78''''. 18^. cA. Item, For the Advocats herring, be war- rand the same date, 1871'!=. i6^ 8'^. Item, Deburst, be warrand daitit the 9th of Junii, to Jonet Reid, for the tounes denner, at Witsonday last, .... 201''''. 10^. o^. Item, Be warrand daitit the 17th July, to Wm. Andersone and Rot. Forrest, for thair service, as precentors, .... 80'i''. o=. oi'. o^ cA. Item, Deburst to Mr. Jon. Bowie, minister, for his stipend and hous maill the Mertimes terme 1665, and Witsonday 1666, conforme to his twa discharges, ..... 1080''''. o^ 0"*. Item, To Mr. Wm. Stirling, for his stipend and hous maill the said twa termes, . . 1080''''. o^ o"*. 200 GLASGOW MEMORABIUA. Item, To Mr. Alex. Mylne, for his stipend and hous maill the said twa termes, Item, To the Mr. of the Gramer Schoole, for his fiall and hous maill, conforme to his discharges, ...... Item, To Mr. Johne Andersone, ane of his doctours, for his fiall, conforme to his dis- charges, ....... Item, To Mr. Jon. Wingatt, the uthir doctor, conforme to his twa discharges. Item, To Rot. Inglishe, the tounes musi- tiane, for his fiell, Item, To James Frank, for his fiell, as the tounes chyrurgione, conforme to his dis- charges, ....... Item, To Evir M'Neill, (that cuts for the stone) for his fiell, conforme to his twa dis- charges, ....... Item, To Andro Purdowne, for keiping the toune knocks, conforme to his twa dis- charges, Item, To Rot. Sanders, as the tounes printer, conforme to his twa discharges, 22d April, 1667. — ^The said day the foirsaid Provest, Baillies and Counsell being conveined, and taking to their consideratioune how that his Excellence the Lord Generall his regiment of foot ar now lying within this burgh, quhairof some hes lyne longer, and some shorter, and seing the single sojors of tliame hes notliing to pay for their quarters, in respect they have got no pay for a long tyme, and that his said Excellence the Lord Genei-all may prove heirafter als behoveful and stedable to die toune as all tlie wordi loSoUb. OS. Od. 306"!'. i3=- 4d. 133"'- 6s. 8d. 100''''. o^ od. 80"!=. OS. Od. 66"b. 13^ 4d. 66«b. 13^ 4^- I24''b OS. Qd. 40'ib. o^ Od. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 20I of their quartering will extend to, Therfor, the said Magistrats and Counsell does heirby vnanimouslie frielie discharge the payment of the said quarters that is dew and awand be the said sojors since their said entrie to this toune, and ordaines Wm. Zair, their Clark, to subscryve this discharge for thame, and in thair names. /^h May. — The said day the said Magistrats and Counsell taking to their consideratioune the great danger sundrie of our nighbors may fall, in regaird of the lait proclamatioune emittit anent the inbringing of armes, and that many of our nighbors 'and comburgess may not now frielie travell abrodd, as they wont to doe, without carieing of some armes, It is, therfor, concludit that the Provest sail ryd to Edinburghe, and petitioune the Lords of his Majesties Privie Counsell, for granting libertie to our honest nighbors for carieing armes quhen they goe abroad. idth Jidy. — The said day the said Magistratis and Counsell, considering they have onlie four silver cupes for serving of the communioune tables, and that when they had the lyk to doe of befoir, the toune was necessitat to borrow from uthirs, quhilk was noe credit. It is, thairfoir, this day concludit that the Deane of Gild caus mak uthir four cupes for that effect, soe that the toune be not putt to borrow the lyk in tyme coming, and ordaines the thesaurer to pay therfor. zith Sept. — The same day, forsuameikle as Thomas Justice, merchand, having ane idiot to his daughter, named Issobell, and least shoe should prove burdingsome to the toune, in caice he war removed by death, he hes payit in to the toune ane thousand marks, quhairof he and Margaret Hall, his spous, are to have the lyfrent during their lyftymes, they having a cair of the said idiot that space, and after their deceass the annual rent of the said ane thousand marks is to be waired vpon the said idiot, for her man- tenance, and after her deceass the principall sowme is to be pajat in to the said Thomas Justice, his narrest of kin, being ane sone, VOL. 11. 2 D 20 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. daughter, or oy, gottin of lawfull mariage, and failzieing of theis the monye is to belong to the toune, quhairupon the toune sub- scryvit this day ana band conforme therto. The same day, in answer to the complent given in be sundrie nighbors in Salt Mercat Streit, anent the hous now sett wp be Alexander M'Kinnie, for drying of his pyps, appoynts the Baillies, Deane of Gild, Deacon Conveiner, &c., to sight the samyne, as also the maner of the baxters placing and setting their hedder aud sticks, and to mak their report thairanent, for better prevening of skaith be fyre may come thairby heirefter. tjth Oct. — The same day, it is concludit and ordained that ane book be maid, and to ly in the Clarks Chamber, to the effect that the entrie of each ship that come in this river of Clyde, may be booked thairintill, and the awners to pay for the entrie of ilk ship, as sail be heirefter declaired, and appoynts fyve salt farlotts to be maid with all diligence. Coak Stool to be sett wp againe. — The same day ordaines James Andersoune, the Bishops Chamberland, to be payit of that he wants, conforme to his charge ; and that ane coak stool be maide and sett wp, for punishing of malefactors. \()th Dec. — The same day its concludit be the said Provest, Baillies and Counsell conveined, that the pewes in the haill kirks of this burghe, be sett out for maill to theis who pleises to tak them ; and appoynts Baillie Cauldwell, Dowhill, younger, the Mr. of Wark, to visit the haill seats, and lay on the quantitie of mailles thairon. The same day the said Provest, Baillies, and Counsell, taking to their consideratioune how that this haill citie is greatlie overbur- dined with ane number of commoune beggars, all straingers, quhilk aught not to be permittit in any weill governed citie witiiin the kingdome and therfoir, and for remedeing thairof in tyme cuming it is heirby statut and ordainit that the whoill beggers, being MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 203 straingers, be all removed aff the toune, and that non be permittit to begg therin but such as ar weill knowne to have bein borne within the same, and to the effect they may be the better knowne, appoynts ane badge with the tounes armes theron, to be maid and given to each one who is suffered to begg, and that non be suffered to begg except such as hes the said badge. The said day ordains the thesaurer, to have ane warrand for the sowme of four pund sterling, deburst be him to Andrew Purdoune, for causes knowne to the toune. The same day ordaines Johne Andersoune, yr. of Dowhill, to have ane warrand for the sowme of eight hundrethe fourscoir sevine punds twa shillings, deburst be him out of the monye receavit be him fra the collectors at the mylnes to Thomas Moncur, goldsmith, for making the propyne of silver work, was given to the Ladie Elphingstoune, the Bischops daughter, at her manage. Afh Jan., 1668. — The same day the Provest declared in Coun- sell, that he, and wthirs with him, had had ane melting yeasternight with the lairds, elder and younger, of Newark, and that they had settled with them anent the taking of ane piece land of theirs in feu, for loadning and livering of their ships there anchoring, and building ane harbor there, and that the saids lairds had subscryvit the contract of feu this morning, quhilk was all allowed and approvine be said Magistratis and Counsell, and efter this the twa feu contracts made betwixt the saids lairds of Newark, elder and yor., and the toune were red and sub- scryvit, beiring that the saids Newark, elder and yor. had set ane mark land, as a pairt of their lands of Newark, to the toune, in feu for payment yeirlie of four merks feu dewtie, and releiving them of the Kings taxatioune effeirand to a merk land, &c. 204 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. EXCERPT FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.— DISCHARGE. 6th Jan.— Item, Deburst to Jon. Bor- breidge, in compleat payment of his making of the knock in Briggait, and chymes in the Tolbuith, and uthir wark, .... 312I'''. q'. o''. Item, Deburst for four new silver cupes, for serving the communicatioune tables, . 262I'''. ii=. od. Ititm, Deburst be warrand the same date, to Jon. Mein, in Edmbrughe for the news lettres and Gazettes to this day, . . . 36"i'. 8=. oth Oct. — The said day grants libertie to Wm. Wood, merchand in Edinburghe, to sell to any persone in towne he pleases, eight buts of seek, or thairby, with some botle glasses, and window and drinking glass, for quhilk libertie he is to pay twa hundreth marks Scots, to be equallie divydit betwixt the merchands and crafts * i.e.., attends. VOL. II. 2 F 2 I 8 GLASGO VV MEMORABILIA. hospitalls, conforme to the offer maid therof be James Fairie in his name. Act — Whytfoord for setting wp a Coffee-Hous. — wth Oct. — The same day, in answer to the suppHcatioune given in befoir them be CoUonell Walter Whytfoord, craving libertie to sett wp within this burgh for making, seUing, and topping of coffee therin, They have given and grantit, and heirby gives and grants hbertie to him to sett wp, to sell, top, and vent coffee within the samyne burgh for the space of nynetine yeares nixt after the dait heirof, and that during that space, no vthir strainger sail have that libertie and privilege, provyding alwayes, as its heirby provydit, that he sail set wp, for the effect foirsaid, within the space of four moneths nixt after this day and dait. \oth Jan., 1674. — The said day appoynts the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveiner to sight the guids offered to the toune be Wm. Johnstoune and Wm. Bouk, quhilks ar as fallowes, viz. : fourtie hodgisheids of Virgin leiflf tobacco, twelfe barrells roll and cutt, at threttie-sex punds per cent., guid and bad, eight casks of cassnutt sugger, at sextine punds xvi^. per cent., four thousand pund weight of ginger, at eightine punds per cent., a tune of vngrund logwood, at ane hundreth and twentie punds per tune, and they to report. \'^th Jan. — The said day ordains Donald M'Gilcreist to have ane warrand for the sowme of twa hundreth fourtie punds Scots, deburst be him for French wyne, given be the towne to Sir Johne Harper, at severall tymes, for service done be him to the said burgh. \2fh May. — The said day, in answer to ane offer of thrie fourt pairts of ane ships loadning of French wyne, importit be ^^'m. Wood, merchande in Edinburghe, and his partiners, in the ship callit the Broun Fisch of Dronteime, and maid offer of be him to this burgh at twelfe pund starling the tun, the recea\crs paying custome, excyss, and bullion, or at eighteen punds starling the tun, MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 2 I9 frie of custome, excyss, and bullion, The said Magistrals and Counsell appoynts Rot. Rae, Peter Gemmill, the Deacon Con- veiner, and Wm. Wallace, to taste the said wynes, and to tak notice how much therof is vvhyt, and how much claret, and quhat the haill quantitie is ; And befoir tasting, they are appoyntit to receave fra the said 'Wm. AVood twa hundreth marks, quhilk he offered to the towne in winter last, for getting hbertie to sell eight or nyne buts of sek quhilk he had offered to this burgh, with power also to the saids four persones to quat the said twa hundreth marks to the said Wm. Wood, if he condischend to thame to tak the said W5rne aff the toune, and not sell the samyne therin, quhairof he is heirby discharged on theis termes. <)th June. — The said day appoynts Bailhes Walkinshaw and Hall, the Deane of Gild, Conveiner, Peter Gemmill, and Rot. Rae, to meit and setle with Johne Graham, post Mr., and to setle with him anent the establishing of a post in the toune the best way they can. 20th Jiine. — The said day appoynts the Deane of Gild to call for the bark mesours, and to tak informatioune how big the samyne war formerly, and to cans mak them so as they wer : As also appoynts the Deane of Gild to agrie with Johne Clark, measoune, for setting wp of thrie pearches wpon the thrie lawes betwixt New- port and Grinock, &c. As also ordains Thos. Boyll to pay to Archd. Gray threttie punds Scots, in satisfactioune to him of a hors, with sadle and brydle, he lost in the tounes service, when the blew-coats wer put out be the- toune : As also to pay theis persones who keepes the militia horss for this year, conforme to vse and wont. The said day the Magistratis and Counsell being conveined, it was represented to them that Mistres Cumyng, mistres of maners, was to goe aff and leive the toune, in respect of the small imploy- ment shoe had within the same, quhilk they fand to be prejudiciall 2 2 O GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. to this place, and in particular to theis who hcs young weomen to breid therin, It was, therfor, concludit by the saids Magistratis and Counsell, for her farder incurragement, if shoe will stay within the said burgh, that shoe shall have payit to her ane hundreth marks yearlie in all tyme coming, to pay her houss maill, so long as shoe keepes a school, and teaches childerin, as formerlie, and quhilk they obleist thame and their successors to performe accordingly by thir presents. ^d April, 1675. — The said day appoynts ane proclamatioune to be sent throw the toune anent the setting of the tounes sellars to burgessis ; and that ane vthir be sent for rouping of the greines ; As also a proclamatioune to be sent throw that ther is a foot raice to be run thrys about the New Grein, on the xxii of this instant, that who desyres to run may be admitted, and that he who wines, sail have twentie shilling starling. The said day the Magistrats and Counsel being conveined, In answer to the desyre arid supplicatioune given in be John M'Claine, pypper, craving to be admitted as the tounes ministrell, They have given and granted, and heirby gives and grants to him that office as commoune pypper, or ministrell, within the said burgh, ordaining him heirby to goe throw the towne every day, morning and evining, or at such tymes the Magistrats sail appoynt, vsing his office, for quhilk they ar to pay to him yearlie during his service therintill, the sowme of ane hundreth marks Scots money, at twa termes, &c. 25//^ June. — The said day there was produced and red, in presence of the Magistrats and Counsell, ane act of his Majesties Secreit Counsell, quhairby the Magistrats of this burgh ar appoyntit to quarter sojors in the toune on theis who ar suspi\lit to keip convcntickles, or resett vtted ministers. In obedience (luhairunto, the Counsell of this burgh lies recommended the samyne to the Magistrals lo caus put the said act to execu- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 2 2 [ tioune, and to order the quartering accordinglie, as they sail think fitt. 22d July. — The said day appoynts the BaiUies, or ony of them, to grant warrant to the collectors at the mylnes to suffer malt to pas out of the mylne, excyse frie, for bruing to any persona my Lord Neill Campbell sail employ for bruing of ten or twelfe tunnes of beir, for the vse of my Lord Argyll, to be caried to the Hielands, the said persones declaring wpon oath they sail not taak use of any therof within the toune. \j^h Aug. — The said day, quhairas it being presentit to the Magistrate and Counsell of this burgh that severall of the inhabi- tants within the samyne buyes severall quantities of woolnzairn and wool, butter, tallow, cheis, lint, tow,^and uthir commodities within the said burgh, and caries the samyne home to their chops and houssis without bringing them to the tron or weigh houss, to be weighted therat, and pay the ordinarie dewes therfor, quhilk is " fund to be prejudicial! to the commoune guid of this burgh, and to their taksman of the trone, quhilk being takin to the said Magis- trats and Counsell, their serious consideratioune, they ordained and enacted that all and sundrie the inhabitants within the said burgh bring quhatsoever guids or commodities they buy or receave within the samyne, and in vse to be weighted to the weigh hous or trone, and weigh the samyne ther, and pay the ordinarie dewes to the troner therfor, in tyme coming, &c. The said day, its concludit Wallace sail be the tounes trumpiter, and ane hundreth marks to be payit to him yearly by the theasurer, as that quhilk former trumpiters had, by and attour some little thing at the Magistratis pleasour, to be payit to him be thame that day he sail have occasioune to ryd in the militia, and that he be obleist to wait and attend wpon the Magistrats for goeing of irrands, or quhair they sail be pleased to send him. 2']th Sept. — The said day the said Magistratis and Counsell 2 2 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. being conveined, it was concludit that their be ane breist wark bigged at the tounes harbor at Newport, and appoynts the Magis- trals to speak and agrie with what measoune they think fittest to build the samyne. The said day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in to the said Magistrats and Counsell be Michael Leiper, coock. They appoynt the Deane of Gild to mak him burges of this burgh gratis, and appoynts him to be keiped frie of quartering and locallitie, for his better incuradgment to tak ane guid hous for serving the leidges as ane commoune coock within the same. TyOth Oct. — The said day the persones following wer appoyntit to goe throw the toune for collecting a contributioune, for releive- ing of Walter Gibsone, skipper at Innerkeithing, and Jon. Reid his mate, from their slaverie, being prisoners with the Turks, viz', &c. ()th Nov. — The said day recommends to the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveiner, at the melting of the Merchands and Crafts Houss, to tak their bretherins advyce anent the exacting of four shilling Scots for ilk pynt of brandie topped and vented within this burgh, aither be importers or ventiners, to helpe to defray the tounes burdings, in respect of the litle excys gottin at the mylnes. ^th Feb., 1676. — The said day ordains ane bank to be sent throw the toune to adverteis theis who lies not payit their Zuill wadges to the drummers, that they pay the same, uthirwayes the Magistrats will caus poynd them therfor. C)th Jan., 1677. — The said day it is concludit that there be ane commissioune sent to Niniane Andersoune, in A\'aterfoord, in Irland, to try if he can get four or fyve hundreth oackin trees to buy there, for the use of the breist-wark at Newport, at f}iuiie foots of lentil, and eight inches squar; and if they can be gotten, that he fraught a vessel ther for bringing them over, and appovnts the Provest to wryt to the said Niniane, in name of the toune, and to draw a bill upon the toune for jxiyment of the said tries. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 223 24M Feb. — The said day appoynts the kit Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveinor, to call for the whoill doytts and aitchesounes * in the tounes hands, and to sell and dispose thervpon, or roup them, as they best can, for the weill of the toune. The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of fyve punds starling, given to Walter Corbett, lait prenteis to Andrew Purdoune, for chynging the note of the ch)Tne of bells in the tolbuith, quhen his Mr. was at Holland, and to helpe him to buy worklumes to sett up his trade ; and for the sum of four hun- dreth four scoir twa punds ten shilling Scots, deburst be him for herring given to the tounes Advocates, and vthirs the tounes pensioners, this last year ; and for carriage of the said herring to Edinburgh, and for their said Advocats their fialls and Pensioune. •i.i)th June. — The said day appoynts the Provest to use all dilli- gence to get the portratur of King Charles the First, that it may be hung in the Counsell-hous, with the rest now there. The same day Archd. Gray and Jon. Drew ar appoyntit to find cautioune that they sail forbear the eating of the grass at the foot of the New Vennell, quhilk is appoyntit for washing and bleitching, and that all hors or kyne that beis fund theron be poyndit till they pay xx^., and ordains the Deacon Convener to sie to the exacting therof. The said day recommends to the Deane of Gild and Deacon Conveiner to try the sufficiencie of George Wallace to be a p)mter, and to be a plaisterer, and ordains them to be maid burgess. dth July. — The said day it is concludit that some persone goe east to Edinburghe to assist the Provest to deall with the Duk of ' Atclieson, a billon coin, or rather copper washed with silver, struck in the reign of James VI., of the value of eight pennies Scots, or two-thirds of an English penny — from the name of the then Assay Master of the Mint. Jamieson. 2 24 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA . Lauderdaill, who is on his way for Scotland, for getting some restriction put to the fisching company, and some hbertie grantit to burgessis to salt herring, in caice the Provest think fitt, and appoynts a letter to be wryttin to him to know his mynd therin. 2oth July. — The said day Jon. Bell, lait Provest, is appoyntit to repair to Edinburghe anent the tounes affaires, and specialhe to try if ther can be any restrictioune put to the priveledge of the Royall Company. Wi Sept. — The said day there was ane letter, subscryvit be the Magistrats and Counsell, direct to Bischop Lightoune, quhairof the tenour foUowes : My Lord, Wee receavit ane accompt from Mr. Andersoune of your favors and munificence towards the poor of this place, by the mortificatioune of thrie hundreth punds starling, one half towards ane bursarie in the Vniversitie, and the vthir to twa poor men in St. Nicollas Hospitall ; and we cannot but with all gratitude, and sense of obligatioun to your cair and zaill to our poor, returne you most heartie (thanks) for this liber- alitie, so, in complyance with your pious and charitable inten- tiounes, we declare that we are verie weill satisfeit to accept on ws, and our successors, the debt of these sowmes to be payit in to ws, and that we will not only mak deu and thankfuU payment of the annual rents therof, in maner as they ar by you mortefeit and designed, but we will endeavour, by all meanes in our power, that the whoill vthir circumstances and desygn of your so pious and charitable a work, be dewly observed, and intearlie and punctu- allie ordored according to your awne method, without innovatioune ; and hoping your cair and affectioune for the poor sail not want its awne rewaird by him who repayes quhat is given to them, we doe alwayes remayne, my Lord, your Lordships most humble servants. ■2<)th Sept. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to ha\c ane warrand for fyftie sc.x punds Scots, payit to Rot. IM'Cuir, for a MIXUTES OF TOWX COUNCIL. 225 terce of wyne furnished to Torrens on the tonnes account; and for sextie fyve punds nynetine shilKng twa pennies, payit to Jon. Robesoune, for drogs and medicaments furnished to poor people att command of the Magistratis, sen the twenty sex of May ; and for hventie thrie punds x\ Scots, payit to Colin Hammill for furnishing coall and candle to the guards sen the first of August last ; and for ten pund starling given to Mr. Niniane Patersoune, to help to print a book he has dedicat to the toune ; and fyve punds starling, given to Rot. Mak for his supplie, and for ten pund Scots, to Gabriell Con)rnghame and James Brounlie, for warning the Counsell the last year, as also for sex punds starling, payit to James Thomesoune, in part payment of quhat he is to get for cutting the Kyngs armes, and for fyve punds starling, payit to Johne Hendrie, in part payment of quhat he is to get for drawing the Kyngs Chorles the First his portratur, Likwayes for twentie- seavine punds, ten shilling, payit to James Cleland, for making wp the excyse of the shyre this last year for the lands of Gorballs, and for twelfe punds Scots, given to on James Williamesone, for helping the bigging of a brig betwix Hamiltoune and Lanerk, &c., &c. ifh Dec. — The said day, the said Magistrats and Counsell, taking to their serious consideratioune the great impoverishment this burgh is reduced to, throw the sad and lamentable wo occasioned by fyre, on the secund of Novr. last, that God, in his justice, hath suffered this burgh to fall under, and lykwayes the most pairt of the said burgh being eye-witnesses twyse to this just punishment for our iniquities, by this rod, which we pray him to mak us sensible of, that we may turn from the evill of our wayes to himselfe, that so his wraith may be averted, and we preserved from the lyk in tyme to come : And becaus such things ar mor incident to burghs and incorporatiounes, by reasone of their joyning houss to houssis, and, on being inflamed, is reddie to VOL. II. 2 G 2 26 GLASCO IV MEMORABILIA. inflame ane uthir, especiallie being contiguouslie joyned and reared wp of timber and deall boards, without so much as the windskew of stone ; Therfor, they out of their dewtie to sie to the preserva- tioune of their burgh and citie, doe statute und ordain, that quhen it sail pleas God to put any of their nighbors in ane capacitie and resolutioune to build de novo, or repair their ruinous houss, not only for their probable securitie, but also for decoring of the said burgh. That each persona building de novo on the Hie Strait, or repairing, sail be oblaigad, and is heirby obleist, to doe it by stone work from heid to foot, back and foir, without ony timber or daill, except in the insatt therof, quhilk is vndarstood to ba partitions, doors, windows, presses, and such lyk ; and this to ba done, or engadged to, befor they be suffered to enter to building; And seeing that severall heritors at present are not in a capacitie to build, and many vthirs having wnder boothes, and no intrast in the houss covering tham, they being at present aither not fitting to build, or unwilling, or may be belonging to minors, by which they have their chops uncovered, repairing to the Magistrats for libertie of covering themselves the best way thay can for present, till it sail pleas God to capacitat the o\vners to doe the same, which des)Te the said Magistrats and Counsell thought but just, Tharfor, thay thought fitt to licence the same to be done ba the grund heritors. They alwayes enacting themselves to uncover tlie same againe quhan it sail pleas the super heritor to build, and not to com no fardar out with the wppar structur nor the foir face of the vndar chops, and to build the same with stone, except the toune Counsell licence them, quhilk they will tak into their consideratiouna how far they may, without spoyling the broadnes of the strait, thay alwayes repairing it with stone in tlie foir wark, by arched pillars, and how many as the Toune Counsell, by the ad\7ca of archi- tectors, sail think most convenient, &c., &c. The said day recommends to Provest Ball, the Baillies, Deane MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 227 of Gild, and Deacon Conveiner, to lay doune some fitt way for getting the red of the brunt houssis takin aff the streit. e^th Feb., 1678. — The quhilk day the Provest, Baillies and Counsell being conveined anent ane order sent be his Grace the Duk of Hamiltoune, as Sheireff of the Shyre of Lanerk, and present Baillie of the Regalite of Glasgow, conforrae to ane ordor direct to him be the Lords of the Committee of his Majesties Privy Counsell for the Wast, requjTing him to present the band ordored be the said Committee, to he subscryvit be all heritors, lyfrenters, and uthirs, within the said shyre and burghes therin, That they, their wyfes, bairnes, servants, and coaters, sail not be present at any conventickles or disorderly meitings, but sail live orderly, conforme to the Acts of Parliament made theragainst, vnder the paines and penalties mentioned in the said Acts of Parliament, but sail observe and fulfill the haill uthir heids and artickles conteined in the said band, vnder the paines and penal- ties therin mentioned, quhilk being (takin) to the said Magistratis and Counsell their consideratioune. It was concludit and enactit be them, in obedience to the said Act, that the haill Magistratis and Counsell should immediately tak and sign the said band ; and farder ordains the Deane of Gild to conveine the merchand rank, and the Deacon Conveiner the haill crafts, in their respective houssis, for taking and subscryveing the said band to the effect above wryttin. (They afterwards, 26th March, get a bond of relief by the burgesses, " to relive the said Magistratis and Counsell, and their successors in office, of any hazard they or the communitie of the said burgh sail happin to sustein throw their taking the said band," &c.) ibth Feb. — The said day the said Proveist, Baillies and Counsell considering what obligatioune they ly vnder by taking the band oblidging them that they, their families, and tenants, sail live 2 2 8 GLA.SaUll' MEMORABILIA. ordorly, and fulfill tiie vthir heids therin conteined, as is ordered by the Committee of his Majesties Privie Counsell, be the quhilk the toune may be prejudged by their tennents of Gorballs and Provand that sail happin to live disorderly, They, therfore, have heirby enactit and ordained that their Baillies of Gorballs and Provaud to sie the lawes put to executioune against the said tennents within their respective bounds, who does not live ordorly, that the said toune and communitie therof be frie of any hazard they sail sustein therthrow, Certifying the said Baillies if they failzie therintill, that quhat prejudice foUowes theron, sail be on their awne hazard, and the toune to be frie of the samyne ; and appoynts the present Magistrats to intimat the same to them. The same day the said Magistrats and Counsell considering the greit loss susteined by many of the burgessis inhabitents, be having their houss and chops brunt be the lait accidentall fyre, and to let be sein how reddie they ar for the guid and weill of the toune, and of those people that hes a mynd to rebuild their houss and chops that were brunt on the foir streit, to advance to them some thing out of the tounes commoune purs als amplie as they can allow, for their incuradgment to build. The said persones who sail happin to build, doeing the same in such ane regular way as the toune, or the Committee aftermentioned, sail think expe- dient, wpon guid advyce had theranent ; And, in the mean time, its heirby concludit that all persones who sail build houssis, that their wind skewes be made of stone work ; and they heirby com- missionat and appoynt the Proveist, Baillies, Deane of Gild, and Deacon Conveiner for the tyme, and them they pleis to tak with them to consider on the said affaire, and to determine anent the said buildings, and quhat sail be given to the said persones that sail build for their incuradgment, and to report, &c. 2d April. — The quhilk day the Baillies and Counsell, being conveined anent the complent given in befor them be John MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 229 Grahame, Procurator Fiscall of this burgh, against Thomas Craw- forde, merchand burges therof, makand mention that upon yeaster- day, the ist of April instant, James Campbell, present Proveist of the said burgh, with sundrie uthirs the Magistratis and uthir burgessis, being standing on the plaine stones beneth the tolbuith, the place ordinarie for the Magistratis ther waiting and attending to heir the complents and grievances of the burgesses and uthirs, and to give them Justice incombent to their office accordingly : And at that tyme, being about thrie houres in the afternoone, severall persones of qualitie and strangers war standing besyd, the said Thos. Crawforde, in ane arrogant and prowd maner, without consideratioune or respect that he, as a burges of this burgh, oweth to his Magistratis, to whom he is sworne be his burges oath, to give them all dew obedience, most contrair therto, in a furious way, come to the said James Campbell, Proveist, and there fell in questioning him about sundrie things, and did challing him ther- upone ; and the Proveist having desyred him severall tymes to decist, becaus of the straingers onlookers, and marvelling at the Proveists patience and the miscarriadge of the said Thomas, Trew it is, the said Thomas wold nowayes decist, but said in a disdain- fiill way to the said Proveist, that he knew his malice, and wold byd the butt of it, and that within a short tyme its lyk he wold get word about with him, and that he defyed him with many more approbrious speeches, laying asyd both the fear of God, and his bundin dewtie to his Magistrats, Be all whilks, he hes committed ane great insolent wrong, And, therfor, craving the said Baillies and Counsell to wnlaw and fyne him, and to rive and destroy his burges and gild brother ticket, and to cry down his fredome, &c. (All which is ordered to be done accordingly.) 2()th July. — The said day ordains Frederick Hamiltone to have ane warrand for the sowme of four hundreth marks, payit to Wm. Hoome, merchand in Edinburge, for twa yeares sallerie, advanced 230 GLASCO W MEMORABILIA. to him in hand, for setting wp and keeping the stadge coach betwixt this and Edinburgh, conforme to the agriement made theranent, quhilk agriement was producit and red, and the Proveist and BaiUies commissionat to subscryve the samyne in name of the toune, &c. The same day the Proveist made report of his dilligence at Edin- burgh, at the burrowes and conventioun of Estaits, and vthirs the tounes affaires, and producit a ticket grantit be Sir Wm. Sharp, of ane thousand and fyftie sex punds Scots, for paying sex hundreth seaventie f)rve punds Scots, quhilk the toune deburst for shooes made to the Angous regiment, the remanent of the quhilk sowme is to be payit to the Earle of Strathmoir himselfe, being his regi- ment, quhilk he payit out for shoone to the said regiment. ith Sept. — The said day appoynts the Deane of Gild to buy t A-a tries to lay betwixt the on syd of the Hie Kirk and the vthir. The said day appoynts the doyts and dinneries '"' that wer lying in the clarks chamber, and extending to twa hundreth threttie-four livers, ten sous, to be given to Hugh Nisbet, to be sent to France, to be disposed on ther, for quhilk he is to be comptable to the toune. ^Ui Oct. — The quhilk day, the said Magistratis and Counsell, considering the irregular carriadge of Johne Hamiltoune, their tennent in Provand, throw his keiping of conventickles, and how the Secreit Counsell is insensed against the toune for suffering him to doe the samyne ; for preventing, therfor, the danger the toune may sustein, they heirby ordain Jon. Barnes, their Baillie of Pro- vand, to eject and cast the said Johne Hamiltoune out of the said lands, and to secure his guids and plenishing, ay and until the toune be satisfeit of the rent, and that he bring in the ke}'es of the tounes hous till the samyne be disposed wpon, and for this effect appoynts the said Jon. Barnes to tak with him such * Dciiiers. — Fr. The tenth part of a sou. AriNUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 23 I persones as he thinks fitt, and for doeing therof this sail be his warrand. (jth Oct. — The said day, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be Alex. Thorn, architector, vpon severall consideratiounes, the said Magistrats and Counsell hes given and grantit, and heirby gives and grants libertie and licence to the said Alex. Thorn to reside within this burgh, and to exerce his imployment and calling in architectorie or in measonrie, and that fra the dait heirof, to the term of Candlemes 1680. \%th Jan., 1679. — The said day ordains* to pay to Johne. Craig ten dukadounes, t quhilk is threttie-fyve punds Scots, quhilk he is to send to Holland to Jonet Hutchesoune, naturall daughter of umqll. George Hutchesoune, for her supplie ; And it is concludit that als much be sent her yearlie during her lyftyme. 3 \st Jan. — The said day complent being made be the Principall and Masters of the Colledge that some persones keeps Bulzard Tables, to the prejudice of the young men their scholars, frequen- ting the same neir the Colledge, quhen they sould be att their books, and particularly be on J , who lives in Thomas Millers land. Its concludit that he be discharged to keep the same, and that no Bulzard Board be keiped betwixt the Wynd Heid and the Croce ; and ordaines the Deane of Gild to sie this Act tak effect, and be put to executioune. 22d March. — The same day there was ane ordor producit be the Lords of the Committee of his Majesties Privie Counsell, ordaining the Magistrats of this burgh to give wp a list of the names and designatiounes of the haill persones that ar or sail be * Blank in original. tDucatoons — A silver coin once common in, Italy, of the value of about four shillings and eight pence sterling. Ogilvie. t Blank in original. 2 32 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. ludged in the Citie of Glasgow each night, to the guards, that the same may be given wp be them to the Lord Ross, or vthir Com- manding Officer vnder him, vnder the paine of ane thousand marks; As also commanding the Magistratis to turne out the wyfes and families of all vtted ministers, fugitive and vagrant preachers, inter- communed persones, from the Citie of Glasgow and suburbs therof, betwixt and the tenth of April nixt, vnder the paine of ane hun- dreth (punds) starling for each of the said persones who sail be fund therin after the said day. As the said Act of the dait the nyntine of March instant, at mair lenth beires, quhilk being takin to the said Magistrats and Counsell their consideratioune, they ordaine proclamatioune to be made throw the toune be touk of drum, to the effect forsaid, that non pretend ignorance, and remits to the Magistratis to sie the said Act putt to executioune. Cjth Aug. — The said day ordains Jon. Goveane to have ane warrand for the sowme of thrie thousand, twa hundreth, and alevine punds Scots, payed for the charges and expenss bestowed be the toune on the souldiers at the barracads, provision to their horss, and spent on intelligence, and for provision sent to the toune to the Kings camp at Hamiltoun and Bothwell, and for interteaning the Lord General, quhen he come to this burgh, and the rest of the noblemen and gentlemen with him, and for furnishing of baggadge horss to Loudoun Hill, Stairling, and to the camp at Bothwell and uthirwayes, conforme to the par- ticular compt therof, &c. 22,d Aug. — The said day ordaines the Mr. of ^Vark to paj- to ilk ane of the toune officers twa rex dollars, in respect of the loss of the custome at the fair of Glasgow last ; and also to paj' to the Gorball officer vthir twa rex doUors ; and lykewaj'cs to pay to Rot. Hill twentie punds Scots, for the loss of a baggadge hors that was lost at Loudon Hill, sent alongs -with Clavors Iroup and dragounes, and to place the sauic to the touncs account. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 233 \2,th Sept. — The said day recommends to the Proveist to tak quhat persones he pleases with him to the buriell of the Lord Cochrane, who is to be interred on the xxv. of this instant, con- forme to the letter direct be the Earle of Dundonald for that eflfect. The said day the Magistrats and Counsell having considered Mr. Harie Marschells petition, quhairby he compleines of the chyrurgians and formacians, their refuisall to admit him frie with them, as they doe to uthirs. They ordaine intimatioune to be made to them to produce their rights, or quhat they have to say why he should not be admittit, against the nixt Counsell, quhairin if they failzie to make certificatioune, the Toune will grant' him licence to set ^vp. [The Surgeons refuse to admit him, but without assigning reasons, and a long Council minute of 23d Sept. grants him the required licence.] 231/ Sept. — The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to pay to Wm. Blak twentie punds Scots, to helpe him to build ane stone lumheid in his hous. 30//? Sept. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for allowing in his awine hand seaventie-nyne punds, ten shilling, iiijd., for drogs furnished be him to the poore people in the toune, since the fyftine day of May last, at command of the Magistrats, and to pay to James Robesoune, baxter, twentie punds, for helping him to build ane oven to baik plack pyes in, as also the sowme of twentie punds Scots, to buy him ane laid of wheat, to incurradge him to baik guid breid^ and to pay to Maister Thomas Findlay fyftie punds Scots, to buy him clothes and books. 30/;^ Dec. — The said day ordains threttie-sex partizans to be made for the vse of the toune handsomlie, and to be gilded at the heid. 30M Oct., 1680. — The same day recommends to the Baillies to VOL. II. 2 H 234 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. tak strick cours with theis inhabitants that gives not up a list of these strangers they quarter nightly, vnto the guard : As also with these that dights not the streits confonne to former proclamatiounes emittit for that effect. 2ist Dec. — The quhilk day appoynts the Deane of Gild and Conveiner to caus helpe the old bukits, and to mak ane hundreth and fyftie new ons ; As also to caus mak some short leddirs. The said day ordaines Jon. Robesoune to have ane warrand for the sowme of thrie hundreth sextie punds nyne shilling Scots, payed be him for the expenses and hors hyres of these that went tp the buriell of Kilburne his Ladie, and to the buriell of the Ladie Blackhall. The said day appoynts the Deane of Gild, Deacon Conveiner, with James Colquhoune, to sight the spout was made for quench- ing of fyre, and sie if it can be made zit vse of in caice of neid. T,oth April, 1681. — The said day there wer some proposells producit fra the ministers regraiting the great paines they are at in preaching so oftin, for want of a fyft minister, they not being able to conteniow any moir in preaching, taking notice of skandaills, and doeing the rest of the dewtie incumbent to their imployment, they finding the same to be so weightie, and, therfore, cravand the toune wold be pleased to present some fitt persone in place of the minister of the Blakfreir kirk, for easing them of a pairt of the burdine, quhilk, conforme to ane letter from the Archbishop, was eamestlie recommended to the said Magistrats and Counsell for granting therof and siclyk, that the Archbishop did declair tliat whomsoever he should present to exerce the function of the parsone in the Hie Kirk, that he wold doe (the) same be tlie joynt advyce of the said Magistrats and Counsell, quhilk being t;ikiii to their consideratione, they appoynt thanks to be gi\-en to the said Archbishop for his cair in provyding on to be pai'sone, and MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 235 taking their advyce theirintill, and that the Bischop may be desyred that he will insist to gett Mr. Kairne- corss to supplie the office of parsone in the said Hie Kirk, and that he be told that they will have their thoughts on some persona to be the said fyft minister. The same day appoynts Wm. Carpander, servitor to Mr. Richard Crump, Esquyr, somtyme Major of Bristoll, to be admittit burges and gild brother gratis, for several favors done be them to our tounes people at Bristoll. '2'^th June. — The same day there was ane letter direct be the Earle of Argyll, in answer to the tounes, sent to him,* quhairby he doubts not but they all know that his Majestie, out of his Royall bountie, did bestow wpon him a part of that estait quhilk was his faythirs, frie of ony burdine, and disposed on the rest, conforme to his Royall prerogative, so that by no law or reasoun he can be lyable to these debts mentioned in the tounes letter to him, but that he is verie reddie at all occasiounes to serve the toune, quhair- in it is possible without ane indispensable ruine to his familie. The said day ordains James Colhoune to have ane warrand for the sowme of twelfe hundreth threttie-sex punds, payit to him for French wynes, given be the toune to the Archbischop of Glasgow and uthirs, this last year, and for sek and uthir things, sent to Edinbrughe, to friends there, conforme to the compt therof, quhilk sowme is to be allowed to the said James, at his compt making of the excyse. The said day ordains George Jonstoune to pay to Rot. Corss twa hundreth and eighty punds Scots, for French wyne sent to Edinburgh to the Duck of Albany and vthirs, of the growth 1680, conforme to the compt therof, quhilk is to be allowed to him at his comptmaking of the excyse. * The "tounes letter" craved payment of a debt constituted by bond, and due by the Earl of Argyll to the "toune." 2 36 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. \->,th Sept. — The same day ordaines the Clark to wryt a letter to the Proveist at Edinburgh, showing him that the Deane of Gild, Conveiner, and sundrie of the Counsillors, wer afif the toune, and so could not get a quorum, but that they who wer present had pervsed his letter direct to them, quhairby he craves their opinion as to the Earle of Argylls affaire, and resigning the tounes privi- leges in his Majesties hand, and to show him that they had agried and concludit that the persuit against Argyll anent getting satis- factioun of quhat he is due to the Hospitall and Minister of the Blackfreir Kirk, should be prosecutt, and to tak such wayes and methods for doeing the same as should be most proper ; and as concerning the privileges of the burgh, if he cannot get them repaired as to their liberties, to desyre him to vse his indeavor to get quhat they have preserved, for they resolve on no accompt to resign their royaltie. jst Oct. — The said day the Proveist acquainted the Counsell that he had got advertisment that his Royall Heighnes wold be att Glasgow on Moonday nixt, and therfor appoynts the haill Counsell to attend vpone the Magistratis, for waiting on him, That the handsomest of the young men of the toune be warined to beir pirtizains in their (hands), to wait wpon him, as sail wait wpon him ; * and ordains a proclamatioune to be sent throw the burgh, ane proclamatioune, * ordaining the inhabitants to put out baill fyres at the heid of ilk closs at such tymes as they be warned by rining* of the bells, vnder such penaltie as the Magistrats sail condiscend on. Zth Oct. — The said day the Proveist, Johne Bell, gave ane accompt of the haill expenss the toune hes bein at in intertaining his Royall ■ Highnes and these that were with him, the tyme he was heir, quhilk is as follows, viz. : To Robert Brock, for silver * The singular construction of this minute indicates a considerable amount of excitement in the Town Clerk's mind. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 237 and gold boxes given to his Royall Highnes with his burges ticket, and to his servants with their burges tickets at their admis- sions, and for uthir silver work made for the intertainment wpon the tonnes accompt, one thowsand, fyve hundreth, eighty-eight punds, fourtein shilling. Item, To Alex. Vaws, for confections at that tyme, four hundreth, threttie-twa punds. Item, Drink money given be the Proveist to the Dukes servands, sex hundreth and sixty punds. Item, To Hugh Blair and his servant, for coming out of Edinbrughe, and their attendance heir at that tyme, sixtie-four punds. Item, For provisions in the Proveists hous, the tyme the Duke was there, and these that were with him, eight hundreth and sixtie punds. Item, For wynes, the said tyme, four hundreth and twa punds, extending in the haill to the sowme of four thowsand and one punds, twelfe shilling, quhilk compt wbs approven, &c. 20th Dec. — The said day, in answer to the letter direct to the Magistrats and Counsell of this burgh be the Ministers in Litle Poland, It is concluded that ane letter be sent, in name of the toun, to James Cornwall of Bonhard, to be transmitted to the saids Ministers, declareing that the toun hes condescendit and agried to accept of such two young men as the said Ministers shall think fitt to send hither for the Colledge, and that they will men- tain and keep them at the Colledge ay, and till they shall be found qualified for being Ministers of the Gospell. 4//^ Feb., 1682. — The same day grants libertie to John Bucklie to sett wp a wark hous within the toune, for dying of silks arid linens, and the lyk, in answer to the supplicatioune given in be him desyring the same. 25M April. — The same day the following letter direct to the Magistrats and Counsell of this burgh, be the Marqueis of Mon- trose, was produced and red, quherof the tennor follows : — jEdin- burgh, Sth Apryll, 1682. — My Lord Proveist and Gentlemen, His Majestic having appoynted me Baillie of the Regality of Glasgow, 238 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. in quhilk, as in all other capacities, I am or shall be stated, I resolve to imbrace every occasion faithfully and zealously to advance His Majesties service, and being confident that you will be no less forward, in your respective statiounes, to promote the Royall interest ; and withall, having many resons to have a singular respect to your city, in which I have my friedome, and intend to have my neighborhood, I thouglit none fitter to discharge the dewty that office owes His Majestie, both for His Majesties service and my credit, then Baillie Nisbett, your Deane of Gild, whom, for my respect to your city, and the personall kyndnes I have for himself, I have deputed Baillie of the Regality, as by the commission heirwith sent appears, and I do resolve to continow it to his successors in that Magistracy, without some indispensable caws to the contrary, this being the greatest testimony I can at present give of my respect to your city. I expect reciprocally that you will see that office dewly and honourably discharged for His Majesties service and ray credit, which is my great concern ; And if any thing else fall in my way wherein I may be serviceable to you, it shall appeir wpon all occasions that I am really your affec- tionat friend and servant. — Sic subscribitur Montrose. — Conforme thairunto, the forsaid commissione was produced and red. And the saids Magistrats and Counsell ordained that there should immedi- ately be ane letter of thanks written and subscryved be them to the said Marqueis of Montrose for the honour and fa^■our His Lordship hes put wpon the toune by his said letter and commis- sione, and quhilk was accordingly done, quhairof the tenor also follows : Glasgow, 25 April, 1682. — May it please your Lordship, your servants the Magistrats and Counsell of Glasgow, witli all humility and thankfulness, have received your Lordships most oblidging letter and commission therin contained, to Hugh Nisbett; our present Dean of Gild, which (as a new chain of obligation to your Lordships noble predecessors kyndnesses to MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 239 this place,) hath so straitly obleiged ws, that, without being reckoned among the chiefest of ungrate, we cannot hot acknow- ledge the true sentiment we have of your Lordships great and undeserved favor, and especially for your Lordships coniidence in this, and our readines to serve his Majestie and the royall interest . in our stations, wherof we hope your Lordship sail never have grund to doubt, either of your Lordships present choice of the person, or his successors in office, bot that it shall rather prove to your honour, in seing justice administered to the people without their grudge, the peace preserved, and your right mentained, for all quhilk, (most noble Lord,) The Magistratis and Counsell thought it their dewty to insert this favour and their gratefull acceptance therof in their Records, and to return your Lordship their most hearty thanks and humble obedience, and doe promise and declare that your Lordships satisfactioun therin shall be our great endeavour, and that they hope your Lordship shall never be under that indispensable necessity of alteration, so long as it shall please the Lord to preserve them in any capacitie to serve your Lordship, and chearfully they will imbrace all occasiones to serve His Majesties interests and your Lordship with that hum.ble dewty and dew respect that becometh them who wisheth all increase of honor, health, weilfare, and happiness to your noble family ; And that God may long preserve it is the earnest des)Te of them, who begs pardon to subscribe themselves. c^th June. — The said day ordains the Proveist to have a warrand for two hundreth and fourty punds Scots, payed to Edward and James Fountains, masters of the revells, for discharging the ventners in toune of the charges of horning given them, for keiping games or playes, of quhatsomever kynd, in their houssis, and for frieing them of the lyke in tyme coming, during their gift ; and for twenty punds starling, payed to Mr. Richard Tweddale, for trans- porting him fra Kelso, to be parson in Glasgow ; and for ten pund. 240 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. ten shilling, for the charges and expenses the toune was at the 29th of May last; As also for four hundred punds Scots payed to Litlegill, for helping to build the twa bridges wpon Clyd and Dunedin, in respect he hes given his obligatioun, as the toun desyred, for freeing the burgessis and inhabitants from paying any custome thereat. 1st July. — The said day appoynts the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveiner to take ane inventar of the bibleothick in the Gramer Schooll, and to caws mak ane press to put them in, and delyver the same to the Master, and tak his receipt thairfoir. ■L^th March, 1683. — -The said day ordaines the thesaurer to pay to John Maxwell, wright, the sowme of fyve pounds starling, quhilk he payed to the montebank for cutting off umqll. Archibald Bishops legg. FROM treasurer's ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. xWi Sept. — Item, For helping to bigg a stane bridge at Innernes over the river of Ness, be warrand, dated 4th May, 1682, 400''''. o^. o''. Item, Debursed to Johne Grahame, for his expenss in ryding with the Primat and the Archbishop of Glasgow, and uthirs, . . T95''''. o^. o"*. Item, To Johne Bell, called Birgen Johne, for quartering the ordnance of rutters* and dragoons, ....... 100''''. o'. o*. Item, Be warrand, to Jas. Gait and his wyfe, for quartering the ordnance of rutters and dragoons, ...... 40''''. o'. o"*. * The only word in Jamieson's Dictionary resembling this is Ritmaster, a captain of horse. May the word not have some connexion with the French Haulier — a person who knows the roads well — and be applicable to some class of pioneers ? MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 2\l Item, To Walter Colquhoim, for taking account of these who come into the toune without testimonialls, 29''''. o^ o^. Item, To Doctor Brisbane, for his years fiall, as the tounes physitian, this last year, . 66"''. I3^ 4"*. Ite^n, To John Robisone, for his yeirs fiall as the Touns Chirurgian, .... 66''i'. 13=. 4"*- Item, To Androw Purdoun, for his yeirs fiall for keiping all the knocks, except the Tolbooth and High Kirk, fra Lamb. 1681, to Lamb. 1682, i8o«'>. o^ o'^. Item, To Walter Corbett, of fiall for keiping the Tolbooth clock and chimms the said yeir, 60'*. o=. o"*. Item, To Evir M'Neill, for his yeirs fiall for cutting poor people of the stane this last yeir, 66''''. 13^ 4''. Item, To Alex. Thom, to ane accompt for cutting the Kings armes, conform to his receipt and Provost Bells ordour, . . . 120''''. os. o'*. Item, To John Bryssone, in name of umqll. George Hutchisones naturall daughter, for her yeirs pensioune, allowed to her yeirly, . 60''''. o^. o''. 28M Sept. — The said day . . . ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand, &c., and for fyve hundred merks payed to Mr. John Bell, which was allowed to him be the toun more than what he gote formerly, for building his land in a decent way, and decoring Bells Wynd, &c. 2()th Sept. — The same day appoynts the Proveist, Baillies, Deane of Gild, and Deacon Conveiner, with Johne Crawfurd, to take ane accompt of what sack and wynes hes bein furnished be the toune to severall persones the last yeir, and to report the same VOL. II. 2 I 242 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. to the Counsell the nixt melting, As also to take ane account what reckonings is restand in any taverns in the toune, that hes bein spent wpon the tounes accompt this last yeir, that warrand may be granted for paying the same, and to report, as said is. The said day, &c., to pay to George Duncan twenty four pounds, for service done be him in furnishing of roses and flowers to the Counsellhous and Kirks, to the Magistrats and Counsell, &c. \st Oct. — The said day James Campbell, lait Proveist, gave in ane protestation, quhairof the tennor follows : — Wheras, ther was ane voluntar gift made by the Merchands and Deacon Conveeners Houses to the Magistrats for the tyme, of raising the excyse of the boll of malt from two merks vpon each boll, (con- forme to Act of Parliament,) to three pounds Scots, of purpose for defraying the charges and expenss of the burgh, and for paying of the debts and vthir publict burdens affecting "their toune and commone good therof ; and now finding that the same hes, con- forme to the said voluntar gift, bein exactit these twelve moneths bygane, by you, the present Magistrats and Counsell, without imploying the same for the ends and vses aforsaid, and without so much as making ane compt therof, contrair to the practise of former Magistrats and Counsells, Therfor, I, James Campbell, lait Proveist, for myself, and in name of the Merchands and Trades of the Toune Counsell, and of both the saids House, adhereing heirunto, doe heirby protest against My Lord Proveist, Baillies and Counsell, refusers to adhere, that ye may_be liable for compt, reckoning, and payment of what shall be made appeal- to be received by you, or any of you, of the said excyse since Michael- mas last, to the effect the same may be imployed for the ends and vses above rehearsed, and that befor the Judge Competent, and for what coast, skaith, and damnage this burgh hath rccea\-ed b\- your misapplying the same, Ami v|Hine this, my protestatioune, MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 243 for myself, and in name forsaid, I ask and take instruments, &c. ; and farder, that no money be allowed in any compts, except what there is warrand for of the Toune Counsell, conforme to the con- stitution of the toune : Quhilk protestation being given to the Proveist, he made and gave in the following answer therto : The Proveist, Baillies, and Counsell of Glasgow, and sua many as will adhere to them, asserts and maintains that the protestatiounes given in be James Campbell, lait Proveist, are in themselves most calumnious, groundles, and vnjust, and meere forgeries, in so far as the protester himself was Proveist of Glasgow for severall years and his accompts ought and should be canvasced als weill as ever any Proveists accompts were (without reflection) ; As also his successor to that office, and who was Proveist prior to him in the burgh, his accompts is in that same station with his : And the absurdities committed by both of them, not only by inverting the state of the Counsell, sett of the burgh, and inhansing the excyse in their own hands, is too palpable, especiallie sieing that Johne Bell, when he was Proviest of Glasgow, did by himself intromett with the excyse of the toune of Glasgow, and disposed wpon the same at his pleasour, having no warrand therfor from the Toune Counsell of Glasgow; yea, farder, many of his procedors and actings, when he was Proveist, was without any booked or registrat act of Counsell, to the great hurt and prejudice of the common weill therof, as can be instructed : As particularly the said Johne Bell, being Proveist of the said burgh, did, in the year 1681, at his own pleasour, without any Act of Counsell, provyde severall silver plate and rich furnishing for intertaining of great persones wpon the toune of Glasgow its proper and great expenss, and did appropriat the same for his own behove by ane surreptitious or clandestine Act of Counsell ; And his accounts now gevin in to the Magistrats and present Counsell of Glasgow, cannot be allowed by them to him, either in conscience or reason, being 244 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. most exorbitant ; bot it seems, and may easily appear, their refusall therof to him, is the occasion and caws wherfor the said James Campbell and he is drawing ane factious and contentious pairtie with them, (that was joyned with them the last year,) which party hes occasioned great dispeace, trouble and expenss to the toune of Glasgow, in severall actions, and particularly before the Lords of His Majestys Most Honourable Privy Counsell the last yeir, By whose Lordships they wer found to be factious persones, conforme to severall sentences, &c., By all quich, it may appear the forsaid protestatiounes are of purpose to disturb the peace of the toun of Glasgow, and are in themselves meer j anglings, proceeding from ane discomposed, unjust, and fanatical! principle, (and party whom they formerly connived and complyed with against his Majestie and lawes,) who, of purpose to reesta- blish themselves in that former imployment, for monopolizing the toune of Glasgow in their own hands, makes so great clamor ; And with all submission, this answer is remitted to the Judge Com- petent, &c. ; And farder, as to the last addition, that no money be allowed, &c., it is answered, that the protester and his adherers have been, and are for the present, the reall impeders of the allegance, because they wer about the same, when the protes- tatioune was entered against them. iT^th Oct. — The said day it is enacted, statute, and ordained, that no persone shall ryde, in convoying any persones aither fra or to the toune, nor spend any money in taverns or othersvayes, without ane ordour fra the Proveist, or in his absence, fra the eldest Baillie present and the Deane of Gild, otherwayes the same is to be wpon their own expenss and the toune not to pay tlie samyne. The said day ordains Robert Fynnisone to have ane warrand for the sowme of twenty pound sterling, pa)'ed be him to tlie ■ Proveist, quhilk he deburset for the portraiture of his Royal MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 245 Highnes, quhilk is put wp in the tolboothe, in that rowme where the Tonne Counsell sitts. 2ist Nov. — The said day ordains the Mr. of Wark to pay to Donald Nicolsone four rex dollors, for helping to mak vp the loss of a horse he had stolin from him. \'jth Dec. — The same day appoynts the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveener to conveen their respective Incorporatiounes, and try if they can sell the salt and cask, and knappell'"' belonging to the Fishing Society, either by rowpe, or to get them to take it amongst themselves, for the touns best advantage. FROM THE treasurer's ACCOUNTS. DISCHARGE. 1th April, 1684. — Item, Payed to John Maxwell, wright, quhilk he was ordained to pay to the montebank for cutting of umqll. Archibald Bishop's leg, &c., . . . 60''''. o^. od. Item, To Thomas Young, for the touns part of the Gorballs, for helping of Govean Kirk bell, &c., 13''^. 4s. od. Item, To Mr. John Bell, for incouradging him to build his hous in Bells Wynd, for decoring the said Wynd, .... 333''^ 6=. 8^. Item, Debursed to James Colquhoun, for putting wp and gilding the new horologes in the steiple of Hutchesones Hospitall, &c., . 300"''. o^. od. Item, To the trumpeters that waited wpon the Lords the tyme of the Circuit Court, by the Magistrats ordour, .... 17'''^. 10=. od. Item, Debursed for cloath and making, to hang before the Kings portraitures in the Counsell-hous, 15'*. i6=. o''. * Oak for staves from Memel, Dantzic, &c. — Jnmieson. 246 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Item, For a cloak to Jas. Hepburn, and a suit of cloathes to Jon. Hepburn, and another suit of cloathes to the Tounes Scourge the Poor and for furnishing and making, conforme to the compt thairof, 35'"''. 4^- ^i. 22d April. — The same day ordains one proclamatioune to be sent throw the toune to-morrow, ordaining all non-conforiTiist preachers to remove themselves off the toune, within forty-eight hours after the proclamatioune, and their families betwixt and Whitswnday nixt, conforme to ane Act of His Majesties Privy Counsell, dated the 27th of July, 1680. -i.'jth May. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to have ane warrand for the sowme of eight rex dollors, payed to Mr. ^A"m. Geddes, minister, for his incouradgment to print the twa books called Memoriall Historicum, and another book sett out by him. \']th July. — The said day ordaines John Fleyming, Dean of Gild, to pay to Jean Main thretty pounds Scots, for helping to pay the funeralls of Jonet Hutchesone, ane pensioner of the toune, who deceist in Holland, &c. 2i>th July. — The said day Andro Purdoun is appoynted to receive the excyse fra the Collectors at the Mylnes, and to begin this day eight days ; and the Mr. of Wark is to receive the black money'*' thairof 2T,d Aug. — The said day ordains Robert Fynnisone, thesaurer, to pay to John Finlay, maltman, the sum of eighty seven punds nyne shilling, restand to him, quhilk was spent in his hous at severall tymes, be the Magistrats on the touns account, since Michaelmes 1682, &c. ; And lykwayes, to paj' to James Anderson the sowm of ane hundreth twenty eight pounds Scots, for rosa The designation given to the early copper currency of Scotl.nml in tlie reign of James III. — Jauiicson. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 247 solis and chestnuts furnished be him to the Magistrats, that was given be them to some persones the last yeir, conforme to the accompt therof red and allowed, &c. 2(>th Sept. — The said day the saids Pro vest, Bailleis, &c., made report that they had considered John Woddrops petition, with the loss of his hydes that was taken out of his holes, and laid on wpon the sydes of the housis for saving them from the lait fyre in Gallowgait, which they fund to be very considerable, and therfor, for helping to repair the same, they thought fitt to give him vp his band of nyne hundreth and fyftie merles, granted be him to the toun for the drawin teynds this cropt 1684, whilk report was thought just and reasonable, &c. The said day Baillie Anderson gave in ane accompt of the haill particular furnishing, furnished be him, that is within the Generalls lodging, quhilk he was desyred to buy for that end, wpon the tonnes accompt, and quhilk compt extends to seven hundreth, twenty-fyve punds, ten shilling, and was allowed and approven, and ordains the said Baillie to be payed of the said sowme, he making the said plenishing forthcoming, and delyvering the same, -conforme to the said compt, to some person, in name of the toune, quhilk they ar to keip for the use above written. The said day ordaines to pay to John M'Cuir, ^vryter, the sowm of ane hundreth pund Scots, for his pains and expenss in going to Edinburgh laitly for getting the Archbishops hand to a new tack of the teynds of the Barony, and going throw the countrey and getting the Dean and Chapters hands to the same, &c. The said day Alexander Thom gave in ane compt of his cutting the Kings armes wpon stone, furnishing ane stone thairto, peyn- ting and gilding thairof, and cutting the Kings armes on timber for the Kings seat in the High Kirk, contryving the modells of the frontispiece of the lafts thairof, and for cutting severall 2 4.8 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. thistles and crouns for the use of the said seat, and his haill panes and attendance thairon, and the taking doun and putting wp the said lafts, and for eight cedar tables and the pertinents belonging thairto, furnished be him for the use of the toun, whereby the toun will be restand to him by and attour what he hes receaved formerly, the soum of four hundreth and fyve punds Scots, quhilk compt was allowed and approven. 27M Sept. — The said day ordains Rot. Fynnisone, thea- surer, to have ane warrand for the sowm of twa hundreth and fourty pounds Scots, payed be him for silver and gold ribbens for burgess tickets, given to noblemen and gentlemen, and thair ser- vants, since May, 1683. The said day ordains to pay to James Muir, Richard Manuell, and James Heriot, writers in the clerks chamber, the sowme of ane hundredth and eighty punds, for taking up severall lists of the haill inhabitants in the toune, and wryting bilyets, and helping the Quarter Mr. for quartering the soldiers, and for attend- ing at the chamber for a considerable space till ten o'clock ilk night for taking up of strangers names and giving them into the guard ; and for furnishing of parchment to gratis burgess tickets these twa yeirs ; and for severall tymes wryting the test, and vther extraordinar pains and wryting, quich was very meikle this last yeir. 27//^ Oct. — The said day the said Magistrats and Counsell con- sidering the sad condition the town is in throw the great debt they are resting. It is, theirfoir, concludit that the toun shall make use of no persone as the touns physitian, or chirurgian, in tyme com- ing ; and if any persone who is unwell, and deserves to be cured, wpon their application to any of the Magisti-ates, They are em- powered to recommend them to any physitian they shall think fitt ; And discharges the paying of any monc)- to any pensioners, or vthirs, on the touns account, till the Counsells farder ordour, &c. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 249 The same day the Magistrals and Counsell, considering the great clamour made be the tounes people by the abuses committed by the lait Magistrats these few yeirs past, by decerning severall persones to pay debts and sowmes of money to others, and extort- ing and exacting fynes from several of them, without vsing ane probatioune or decerning any formall sentence against them in public court, far contrair to the law and practique of the burgh ; for remeid therof, it is enacted and concluded that, in tyme com- ing, none of the Magistrats within the burgh, Baillie of Gorballs, nor Watter Baillie, shall have power to fyne any person except by conveining the transgressors in a publict court, &c. ifh Nov. — The quhilk day the said Provest, &c. being conveined, and taking to their consideration ane former act of the Magistrats, &c. daited the 27th day of Sept. last, ordaining the thesaurer to delyver wp to John Barnes, lait Provest, his band, granted be him to the Magistrats, &c. for the tyme, of the sowme of seventeen hundred and six punds, twelve shilling and six pennies, quhilk he is restand to the tonne, without any payment, and declairing him to be free of the samyne sowme, for the great pains and trouble he hes bein at in ryding and doeing the tounes affairs these two yeirs ; and also finding, by the accompts given in be the said John Barnes, and allowed to him be the Magistrats, &c. for the tyme, that the same is very exorbitant, and far beyond any allowance given to former Proveists, considering the tounes affairs was in agitation for the tyme, and lykwayes taking to their consideration that their was never any allowance given be the toune to any for- mer Proveist, for his paine in their affairs, but only allowance for their just debursements and expenss, and sua they conceave it wnreasonable that he should be exonered of the said band ; Ther- for, &c. (rescind the said act, and ordain the clerk to produce the bond, and ordain it to be put to execution.) i^th/an., 1685. — The said day the Proveist made report of his 250 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. dilligence at Edinburgh, and produced Sir George Lockhart, and the rest of the tounes advocates, their information anent what is fitt to be done in the tounes affairs, and particularly to call the lait Magistrats and Counsell to ane accompt for imbazling the tounes revenews aud cornmou good, and that ther wer summonds of reduction raised for reducing some bands and acts of Counsell granted be the lait Magistrats, quherof one granted to the lait Archbishop of Glasgow, now of St Andrews, for twenty thousand merks, granted for a tack of the teinds, with the bands granted to Coustoun, Baillie Andersone, and Jon. Andersone, Mr. of wark, quhilk report was allowed and approven, and appoints the reduction to be prosecute, &c. The said day the Magistrats and Connsell considering how unbeseeming it is in the streets of the toun, to sie the samen so filthie, by peoples letting middings and fulzie ly therupon, and not elating the streets as they ought to doe, Therfor, they heirby inact, statute, and ordaine, that no persons shall lay out, or suffer any middings to ly on the street longer than they may have a competent tyme to take them away ; and that the streets be elated and made clean once every week ; and that the samen be done be ilk persone forganes his own land, be these to whom the land pertains, at least, be these who gets the fulzie of the closs, and that under the pain of four shillings Scots toties quoties they failzie to cleanse the said street once a week, quhilk is to be paid to Thomas Vrie, quhairof thrie shilling to be applied to his o-n-n use, who is heirby appointed to sie this Act put in exeeutioune ; and the vther twelve pennies to one of the toun officiers, whom he is to take alongst with him to sie the samen done ; And if any of the inhabitants shall suffer any fulzie to ly longer wpon the streets than they may conveniently take the same away, the said Thomas is heirby impowered to cause take the same awii)', and imploy tlie same to his own use ; and in respect there is several] persons that MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 25 I hes not convenient places in backsydes to lay their fulzie in, they appoynt Baillie Johnston and the Dean of Gild to look for some convenient place by the way leading to Crapenstock, quhair the people may lay their fulzie ; and also appoynts the said Thomas Vrie to look for what strangers and persones that want testificats come into the town, and to give in ane list theirof to the Magis- trats weekly, or monthly, for quhilk he is to have 40s. for his pains. 14/A Feb. — The said day ordains John Ritchie to pay to the Provest the sowm of ane hundredth fyfty nyne punds fyftein shill- ings Scots, that was spent be him on the touns accompt, the t3Tne the Earle of Carnwath and remnant Commissioners of Counsell and Justicarie sate here aiment the apologeticall declar- ation. 2%th Feb. — The said day the said Magistrates and Toun Counsell taking to their consideration that our dread Soveraigne the King (James VII.,) hes be his proclaimation, ordained a Parlia- ment to meet at Edinburghe the nynth of Apryll nixt, commanding and requyring all shyres and burghs to make choyce of thair res- pective Commissioners, and thame and all vthers concerned to attend the same at that tyme, In obedience to the quhilk procla- matioune, the saids Magistrats and Counsell have unanimously elected and choysen John Johnston of Clachrie, present Provest, to be Commissioner for this burgh at the said Parliament, and ordains the Clerk to give ane ample Commission, &c., (which Commission, after the usual clauses, proceeds) ; — Attour, we testifie and declare our said Commissioner to be a man fearing God, of the trew Protestant religion, presently in pubhct profest and authorised by the laws of this kingdome, without suspiction of the contrair, ane merchand inhabitant in our said burgh, bearing all portable charges with his neighbours within the same, and is such as may tyne, and win in all their affairs : In witness wherof. &c. 252 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. i^th March. — The same day ther was ana humble address, subscryved by the Magistrats and Toune Counsell, to be present- ed to his Sacred Majestic quhairof the tennor follows : To the Kings Most Excellent Magestie, &'c., As we, your Majesties most dutifull and loyall subjects, could not bot in a very special manner have a deep sense of, and be much afflicted for, the inexpressible loss of our lait gracious Monarch, by whose care and protection we wer so Weill defended from the dangers that did constantly threaten ws from disorderly neighbours, for quhilk loss each of your Majes- ties subjects is truly greived, according to the degreis of his sense and loyalty : So this grateful and decent sorrow does not at all hinder us from blessing Almighty God, and having our hearts filled with sincere joy for your Sacred Magesties accession to the throne of your Royall ancestors, by whom we and our predecessors have been so long protected, and from whose own extraordinary ex- perience als Weill as wisdome and courage, we have just reason to expect that this corner of the kingdome will be again reduced to quiet and happines, and the trade, by which this place is only supported, will be secured and incouraged by that extrordinary skill which your sacred Majestie hes in affairs of that nature, in return of all which, we shall endeavour, with hearts far more loyall then any professions we can make, not only to concurr ourselves in our own stations in your Majesties service, bot be very exemplar to othirs, in spyte of all dangers and opposition, though we have very good reason to hope that none of these will threaten your Majesties peaceable reigne, which, that it may be als happie as your Majes- ties great vertue deserves, and as our sincere loyalty should inspyre us to wish, shall be the constant and ardent prayer of, may it please your sacred Majestie, your Majesties most humble, most faithful, and most dutifel subjects. \(ith May. — The said ordains the Mr. of '\^'ark to pay to one Anthoine Nauder, a Frenchman, thrie rex dallors, to help to c;irry MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 253 him and his wyfe off the toun, he having left his countrey for his rehgion. loth Aug. — ^The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to John Hall, younger, chirurgian the soum of fourty pounds Scots for cureing of James Hamilton, son to vmpll. James Hamilton, wryter, of ane whyte scabbed head, being ordained to be cured be the Provest, quhilk sowme shall be allowed, &c. The said day ordains Robt. M'Millen to pay to George John- stoun, Baillie, the sowme of ane thousand, fyve hundreth, twentie- eight punds, thrie shilling, four pennies, Scots money, debursed be him for baggage horses, furnished for carieing the artillery and others belonging to the Kings forces, and furnishing of post horses and their ryders, and for foot posts the haill tyme of the lait rebellion, fra the tyme that the lait Argyle and his accomplices invaded this kingdome, conforme to the compt therof, &c. The same day ordains the thesaurer to pay to John Hall, elder, the soum of fyfty fyve pounds two shillings Scots, for dressing the lait Argyle, Rumbold, Mr, Thomas Archer, Mr. Lockhart, and ane poor Dutchman, the tyme they wer prisoners in the tolbooth, being all wounded, and for furnishing drogs to thame, conforme to the compt. The same day the Proveist made report that he had been dealling with my Lord High Thesaurer and Cash-keeper for getting the toune reimbursed of what money they had payed for baggage post horses, and uthirs, the tyme of the lait rebellion, quhilk my Lord Thesaurer was very willing should be done, but that ther was no money at present to pay the same, bot that my Lord Thesaurer and Cash-keeper had offered to give als much meall out of the Castle of Stirling as wold pay the same, at such rate as they should aggriej quhilk being taken to consideratioune, they appoynt the Proveist to repair to Edinburgh anent getting payment of the tounes said debursment, either be meill or what other way 254 GLASGO ?r MEMORABILIA. he can obtain the the same, and to speak my Lord Thesaurer anent the tounes other affairs, befor he goe for London. \()th Sept. — The said day the Proveist made report of his dili- gence at Edinburgh anent the tounes affaires, and that he had got ane order from his grace My Lord High Thesaurer and Cash- keeper for getting als much meall, at seven merks the boll, lyeing at Stirling, for paying what money the toun advanced for baggage and post horses, and vthirs, the tyme of the lait rebellion, quhilk meill he declared is come to Glasgow already, and ordaines the same to be sold at the best advantage, for the touns use. ()th Jan.., 1686. — The said day appoints the Proveist, Baillies, and Dean of Gild, to gratifie such of the touns friends as they shall think fitt, by sending them what wynes they think convenient, on the tounes accompt, and to caus pay the samen accordingly. \oth April. — The said day ordains John Ritchie to pay to George Johnstoun, Deane of Gild, tlie soume of thrie hundreth punds Scots, depursed be him the t)Tne of the lait rebellion, by and attoure what was allowed and paid him formerlie vpon that account, of quhilk he declares he can give noe accompt, but that he depursed the same. c^th July. — The whilk day compeared John Johnstoune of Clachrie, lait Proveist of the said burgh, who, in obedience to ane decreet and ordinance of the Lords of His Majesties Most Hon- ourabell Privy Counsell, did, before tlie saids Magistrats and Toune Counsell, crave pardon for his cryme and injurie done to his Grace the Archbishop of St. Andrews, in the termes contained in the saids Lords of Privy Counsell tlielr decreet pronounced against him theranent, dated the 25th day of June last : 'Wherupon the said Proveist Johnstoune took instruments.* 28M Jan., 1687. — Whilk day the gift granted be His Most This apology seems to have been consequent on some " a'yine and injurie" arising out of the action ordered to be pursued on 17th January, 16S5. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 255 Sacred Majestie to tliis City, was produced and read, wherby His Majestie grants to the Proveist, Baillies, &c., ane imposition of four pennies Scots money upon every pint of ale and drinking beir browne or imported, &c. ; and lykwayes an imposition of fifty punds money foresaid, on everie tunn of French wyne; 50''''. on everie butt of Spanish or Ranish w)me; 50''^ upon everie butt of Brandy, Aquavytie, or strong waters ; and twentie shilling money foresaid, upon everie barrell of Mum beir, t vented, sold, and retailed within the said City, to be applyed in maner mentioned in the foresaid gift, Whilk was very acceptable to the saids Proveist, &c. ; and ane letter of thanks ordained to be sent to His Majestie of their acknowledgment of His Majesties clemencie and bountie to this City, wherof the tenner follows : — May it please your Most Sacred Majestie, In the deepest sense of gratitude, wee most humblie prostrat ourselves at your Royall feet, acknowledg- ing your Majesties clemencie and bountie towards this your Citie of Glasgow, in rescuing it from sinking under inevitable ruine, by your Majesties late princely grant of a moderat imposition on such liquors as are consumed amongst ourselves. By this new and seasonable relieff, your Majestie puts a fresh and lasting obli- gatioun upon that important place. In retume to which we can humblie assure your Majestie that as this your new bountie shall be carefullie applyed and improved for the support and relieff of this Citie, so it, our lyves, and our all, shall be continuallie devoted to the service of your sacred person, crown, and monarchie, upon all occasiones ; and wee shall make it our most indefatigable care and indeavor to make this City eminent and examplarie in its loyalty to all about us, so that your Majestie shall never have cause to repent your Royall care of and munificence toward it; for our pairt, who, by your Majesties nomination, represent + A species of malt liquor much used in Germany — made from wheat, oat- meal, and beans. ^ — Ogilvy. 256 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. your authority here, wee shall, under the prudent conduct and un- spotted loyal example to the Most Reverend Archbishop, your Majestie hath been graciouslie pleased now to nominat for ws, witness to the world our fervent zeall against all your adversaries, and unshaken fidelitie to promot your Majesties interest and service, as is the bounden dewtie of, may it please your Most Sacred Majestie, your Majesties most humble, most loyall, and most obedient subjects and servants. — Follows the tennor of ane other letter, whilk was sent be the Magistrats to the Earle of Melfoord (his Majesties Secretary : May it please your Lordship, As we are eternallie bound to His Sacred Majesties bountie and munificence to this city, in granting the lait imposition, &c. ; so wee consider ourselves infinitely indebted to your Lordships care and goodness in giveing a true representation of the perishing state of this place, and soliciteing his Majesties Royall help, without which it would have utterlie perished. By this, your mediation and intercession, you have done true and excellent service to his Majestie, als well as to this poor place, by putting new lyfe in it for serveing the ends of the Monarchic, from which it was quite disabled, and for freeing and relieving itself from such sad pressure and burdens under which it must needs have sunk : For this great and seasonable servise to his Majestie and to ws, wee offer you our most humble and heartie thanks, and most eamestlie beseeches your Lordship to accept of ane humble present, or gratuitie, from ws, which, though it be farre below your merit, and bears no proportion to the benefite aryseing from His Majesties gift, yet it is a small testimony of that gratitude wee owe to your Lordship for so great favour and pains, and for saveing us the great charges and expenses of sending Commissioners to Court to solicite and agent this necessary support and releiff for this Citj- ; and though we cannot offer your Lordship ane suitable remuneration, yet wee shall pray that God, for this and all other your eminent ser\-ices MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 257 rendered to the Crown, and to this your native country, may reward your Lordship with all honor and prosperity here, and eternall happiness heirafter, for wee are. May it please your Lord- ship, &c. The said day the saids Magistrals and Counsell taking to their consideration that there is ane gratuitie to be given to the procurers of the said gift from his Most Sacred Majestic, They ordaine ane thousand pounds sterling to be borrowed, and made readie with all expedition, to be payed in the first end of the said gratuitie. \i\th May. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to Allan Glen the scum of sex pound nyne shillings sterling, for the pryce of ane horse quhilk he lost, being spoilled and died with ryding ■with the Provest to Edinburgh, and whilk was ordained to be payed to the said Allan Glen by Act of the Magistrats, &c., dated 29th Sept., 1684, [authorizing him to be paid "be the toun of the six pounds nyne shillings for a horse he had new bought that died at Edinburgh, being bursten ryding thither be the Proveist."] \T^th Sept. — The quhilk day the saids Proveist, &c. being con- veined anent ane act made be them in favours of the Archbishop of St. Andrews his Ladie, of the date the nynth day of August last, by which they had appoynted her fiftie pounds sterling, in satisfac- faction of ane gratuitie promised to her, the tyme the personage teinds of Glasgow v/as set to them be the said Archbishop, and considering that the foresaid soume is over and above the pryce payed be them for the saids teinds, and that any promise she had for the same was only made to her by some few members of the Toune Counsell, and never allowed nor approven of by the rest, and lykwayes considering that, since the making of the said act, they have, be the advyce others, fuUie considered the worth of the said teynds, and therupon finds that the highest rate that can be gottin or exacted be them for the same will come fare short of the pryce payed be them therefor, sua that they, upon all the foresaids VOL. II. 2 L 258 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. considerationes, and after mature deliberation, &c. find sufficient ground and cause to recall and annull the foresaid gratuitie and act above specified : Therefor they have rescinded, &c. and declares the same to have been frae the beginning to be now, and in all tyme coming, void and null. 2W1 Sept. — The said day the Provest, Baillies, &c., being cer- tainlie infomied that severall of the inhabitants marie, and baptize their children, at the meeting houses. They heirby ordaine the haill inhabitants within the said burgh, to booke their marriages, and what children they shall baptize, in the publict and authentic Register as forraerlie, That hazard may be evited, and minors may not be prejudged when extracts of their age may be called for at the publict Register, and that they pay the ordinary dues, therefor, to the Clerk, Beddells, and others concerned, conforme to use and wont, under the pane of three pund Scots, to be exacted afi" the contraveeners toties qiwties. i-jth Dec. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to James Smith, merchand, the soume of ane hundreth punds, Scots money, for tries and cabers, that was taken frae him be the Duke of Gordones men, that wer here the tyme of Argyles rebellion, whilk they brunt upon the Green of Glasgow for their eldine,* &c. 2']th March, 1688. — The said day there was ane testificat pro- duced in favor of Duncan Campbell, subscryvit be the haill doctors and most part of the chirurgianes in toune, of his dexteritie and suc- cess in cutting of the ston, as also in sounding with great facilitie, and has given severall proofes therof within this burgh, whilk being taken to the said Magistrats and Counsell their consideration, tliey nominat and appoynt him to cutt such poor in toune as he shall be desyred be the Magistrats, in place of Evir M'Neil, who is become unfit to doe the same through his infirmitie. 26th June. — The quhilk day their was ane letter direct by his * Fuel nf iiiiy kind. — yaniirsoii. MIA'UTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 259 Grace my Lord Archbishop of Glasgow, to the Proveist of the said burgh, whilk was pubHcly read, narrating, that his Grace finds, by the depositiones of the Master of the Gramar School, and one of the Doctors of the same, that Mr. Hugh Muir deserts his charge sometymes for one day, sometymes for two, without leave from Magistrats or Master; As, also, both by witnesses and his neigh- bours, it is found that he doeth exerte too rigide and cruell methods of dissipline, and doeth rudely and unworthilie treat the Master ; and that he did insolentlie upbraid Baillie Gilhagie in ane publict place and companie, to whom, as being ane present Magistrat, he did no honour and reverence. And therefore, and for other reasones contained in the said letter, his Grace judges he ought to be removed frae his office as Doctor in the Gramer SchooU, and this to be his oppinion ; Whilk letter and determination of the said Archbishop was acquiesced and condes- cended to be the saids Magistrats and Counsell. The said day ordaines the theasurer to pay to Baillie Bell the soume of twelve pound sterling, for ane hodgeshead of sack, and fourtein pound sterling, for halfe ane tun of French wyne, and seven pounds, sextein shillings, and eightpence, more foresaid, for two cask of rasenies and two cask of figs, all furnished by him, on the tonnes accompt, of the growth 1687, whilk were given to severall of their friends the last year, extending in Scots money to the soume of ffour hundreth and sex pound four shilling, conforme to the compt therof yd Aug. — The said day ordaines the thesaurer to pay to James Gibsone the soume of ffyve hundreth and fyfe pund, fyve shillings Scots, whereof thrie hundreth and fiftie pund is for seven barells of gunpowder, and ane hundreth, fiftie and fyve pund, fyve shill- ing, for French wynes, furnished be him on the tounes accompt, and whilk powder and wyne was made use of at the solemnitie for the birth of the Prince of Scotland and Waills, &c. 2 6o GLASGO W MEMORABILIA . \T,th Crf.— The whilk day there was ane letter produced, sub- scribed be my Lord Chancellor, direct to the Proveist, &c., wher- of the tennor followes ; — Gentlemen, your heartie offer to raise ten companies, consisting each of ane hundreth and twentie men, for the service of the King, and securing the peace of the citie ot Glasgow, is equallie acceptable to the Privie Counsell, as it is dutiful to the King ; And, therfor, you are heirby not onlie author- ised and empowered to raise and levie these companies, and to appoynt ofiiciers to them. But I am desired, in the Councills name, to give you their hearty thanks for this seasonable service, and, tender of your duety to his Majestic. Such citizens as arheretors, who may be necessary for ordoring these companies in your city, are remitted to your Archbishop, to be, in the name of the Counsill, dispensed with from their attendance, with the heretors of the shyres, as he shall judge needful. This I am appointed to signifie to you, in name of His Majesties Privie Councill, and to desire the continuance of your zeallous endeavour for His Majes- ties service, to whom your duetifull letter shall be transmitted. — I am, gentlemen, your verie assured friend, (sic subscribitur,) Perth, Cancel]. J. P. D. The said day it is concluded that the haill widowes within the toun that are able, cause provyde ane sufficient man with ane fire lock and ane sword, and keep guard frae tyme to tj-me, as it falls them, with the rest of their neighbours, and appoints ane proclam- ation to be sent throw for that effect ; As also the haill other in- habitants to bring sufficient armes with them at ilk mounting of the guards, and to bring powder and ball with them ; Also certi- fieing ilk person that failzies, they shall be fyned and unlawed in twentie merks Scots. 13/// Nov. — The whilk day it being represented that se\-erall of the inhabitants neglects to appear and keep the giiards when it falls to their turne, Therefor, it is hereby enacted and concluded, MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 26 I that whatsomever persone that shall be absent frae the guard, and shall not mount the samen at the ordinar tyme, sufficientlie, armed with ane sufficient fyrelock and ane sword, that they shall be fyned and unlawed in twentie merks Scots ilk persone, &c. ; And that noe persone goe off the guard without leive of their officers, under the paine of being fyned in three punds Scots, and punished as the Magistrats shall think fit. iT^d Jan., 1689. — The said day, in respect that the regiment in the toune refuises to obey the Magistrats, it is concluded that the said regiment be disbanded, and are frae this tyme disbanded, bot that ther shall be ane guard keeped nightly of sextie men, for pre- venting of stealing and accidentall fyre, as God forbid, and to goe on nightly, and dimiss in the morning, and the toune to furnish them coall and candle ; As also, that these who hes colours and syths, either give in the same to the toune, or pay the samen them- selves, and these that gives back the same for the tounes use- that the toune pay for them ; As also, that the touns partizans be called in for, and recommends the Dean of Gild and Deacon Con- veener to sie the samen done. 24th Jafi. — The said day the Proveist gave in ane adress to be presented to his Royall Highness the Prince of Orange, whilk was allowed be the Magistrats and Toune Counsell, and subscryvit be the most pairt, and appoynts the Proveist to advyse whether he send the samen or not, and by what persons it shall be presented to his Highness, and the said adress was delivered to him for that end. 2d Feb. — The whilk day, there being ane letter direct to the Proveist of Glasgow, be Mr. John Buchan, agent to the burrowes, at desyre of the Proveist of Edinburgh, desyring the toune to send some persone to meet at Edinburgh with the commissioners for the burrowes of Edinburgh, Perth, Dundee, Stirling, and Kirkaldie, for consulting anent the calling of ane Convention anent what 262 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. measures shall be taken for promoting ane unioun of trade betwixt Scotland and England, The Proveist of Edinburgh having re- ceaved letters frae London that the Peers and Commons of Eng- land did inclyne thereto, whilk being taken to consideration, they appoynts and commissionats the Proveist to repair to Edinburgh and meet with the Proveist of Edinburgh and remanent burrowes, and to commone anent the said affaire, and to advyse with them and to give report, &c. i8M May. — The said day appoints the Proveist and Baillies to call and convein these persons who brack the pecks in winter last, and these who had accession thereto, and use all dilligence possible against them, confonrie to law, till they make als many pecks in the place of these that were brocken, or, at least, pay in the money for doeing the same, and otherwayes to fyne them and punish their persons by and attour payment of the pecks ; As also, that the like be done against these who brack the tolbooth, for doeing whereof this shall be ane warrand to the saids Magistrats. The said day the saids Magistrats, &c., being conveened anent the petition given in to them be William Somervell, takisman of the pecks, craveing allowance and defalcation afif his tack dewtie, for the loss and dammage he sustained by brecking of the pecks, whilk was done on the eightein day of December last, and the loseing of his change since that time, and the ale he had spoilled, and other abuses in his house, through the persons thronging in that brack the pecks, and by keeping the horse guards in die Meill Mercat be the gentlemen of the shyres, in winter last, whereby he was necessitat to keep servants for preser\ing the victuall in the Mercatt, and for furnishing some candle to the said guard, whilk being taken to saids Proveist, &c., tlielr consideration, They quatt and give doune to the said William Somcr\ ell the soume of two hundreth and twentie fyve merks resting be the said Wm. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 263 of his years tack dewtie, for the said pecks, and ordanies John Boyd, the thesaurer to allow the samen to him. &c. xdth Aug. — The said day, there being a double of a signator or letter of gift produced and read, quhilk is to be presented to their Majesties King William and Queen Marie, for getting the election of the Provest and Bailies of this city in their owne hands (bishopes now being abolished), whilk was allowed and approvine. And ap- points John Andersone of Dowhill to repair to London, for pre- senting the samen to the King and Queens Majesties for getting the same made effectuall, and ordaines a commission to be given to the said John Andersone for that effect. &c. -iZthJan., 1690. — The said day the said John Andersone, pro- veist, produced ane Letter of Gift, granted be their Most Sacred Majesties King William and Queen Marie, whilk their Majesties ordaine to be made and passed under their Great Seall of this Klingdome of Scotland, not onlie ratifieing, approveing, and confirm- ing the haill, charters, priveledges, grants, and concessions, from any of their Majesties Royall Predicessors, to and in favour of the communitie and city of Glasgow, to the Gildrie, Trades, and severall Incorporationes or Deacones therof, as effectuallie as if every severall erection, chartor, or grant, were particularlie enumerated, or therein repeated ; And likewayes, their Majesties being come in place of the Archbishop of Glasgow, for themselves, and for any other right competent to them of new, Give, grant, and dispone to, and in favours of, the said City of Glasgow and Towne Counsell thereof, full power, right and libertie to choise and elect their Proveist Bailhes, and haill other Magistrats, In the ordinar maner, and at the ordinar tyme, as freelie as any other royall burgh in the said kingdome doe or may choise their Proveist, Baillies, and Magistrats, begining the first election at Michaelmas nixt, and so to continow in all tyme comeing ; and their Majesties ordaines the said letter to be extended in the most ample and best forme, and to pass the 264 GLASGOIV MEMORABILIA. great seall, and promise to ratifie the same in the nixt Session of their Majesties Parliament. irf Feb. — Proclamation to be sent throw the Toune against De- baushrie, i^c. — The said day ordaines ane proclamation to be sent through the toune prohibiting and dischargeing the haill inhabitants, and others reseiding within this burgh, that they, nor nane of them, drink in any taverne after ten a clock at night on the week dayes, or in tyme of sermon, or therafter, on the Sabbath dayes, vnder the paine of fourtie shillings Scots, to be payed be the fur- nisher of the drink, and twentie shillings Scots be the drinker, for ilk failzie totics quoties, wherof the one halfe to the informer, and the other to be applyed to the use of the poor ; As also prohibiting and dischargeing the saids inhabitants and others that nane of them sell or buy any kaill pott-herbs or milk on the streets upon the Sabbath day, under the paine of twentie shilling Scots to be payed by the seller, and the like soume to be payed be the bu)-er, totics quoties ; and likewise prohibiting and dischargeing the saids inhabitants and others that nane of them bring water from wells, or doe any other servile work, on the Sabbath day, under the paine of twentie shilling Scots of penaltie for ilk failzie ; and that nae person profane the name of God by cursing and swearing ; and prohibiting all persones that nane of them set any houses to tennents, or fie servants, who are strangers or vagrant persones, who produces not ane testimoniall of their good behaviour frae these places from which they came, under the paine of ten punds, Scots money, for ilk failzie totics quoties ; and lastlie, dischargeing any person, or persones quatsomever, to suffer any of their bestiall to goe on the old or new Greines, or to take away any of the stabbs belonging to any of the saids Greines, under all sc\eere punishment, at the will of the Magistrat. 24^/2 Fell. — The said day ordains the thesaurcr to pa>' to Wil- liame Baxter the soume of two hundrcth fourtie two punds, four MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 265 shilling, eight pennies, Scots money, for whyte and bleu teffities furnished be him for the touns collours, being ten pair of them, And for silk, threed, ribbens, and other furnishing therto, and for the pryce of ane new hatt and ane hatt band, whilk was given be the Magistrats to ane of the officers of the English Dragounes, conforme to the accompt therof given in and allowed. 1th Aug. — The said day the Proveist produced a letter direct to the Magistrats of this burgh, frae the Earle of Crawfurd, Lord President of their Majesties Privie Counsell, giveing thanks to the Magistrats and Toune, for their good service in drawing the inhabi- tants together, and keiping them in armes for their Majesties ser- vice, and defending the Toune, and ordains the samen to be insert in the Counsell-book, of the whilk letter the tennor followes : Right Honorabell their Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of Privy Counsell have thought fitt to signifie to you, that they doe not onhe approve your meeting and keeping together in armes, for the securitie and peace of your toune, and the encouragment of others to be foreward in their Majesties service, als weell as to be in readiness to goe against the rebells in the Highlands, that threatned the countries safety, bot also to tell you how sensible wee are of this seasonable and readie expression of your affection and dewtie for their Majesties service, and the preservation of the peace of the kingdome, for which we give you heartie thanks, assureing you, that, as the mantenance of the true Protestant religion, now hapiely satled in this Church, and of our lawes, rights, and liberties, are, and will be, their Majesties chiefif care, So your quiet and contented peace and prosperitie, in mutuall love, sobrietie, and the solid practise of true pietie, will be ever their greatest satisfaction. — Signed by warrand, and in name of the Councill, by your most humble servant, {sic subscribitur,) Cra- FURD, J.P.D., S". Con., daited thuss — Edinbr., 2d August, i6go, VOL. II. 2 M 2 66 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. . and directed thuss — For the Magistrats of Glasgow, for their Majesties speciall service. nth Aug. — [The Royal Charter in favour of the town, dated Kensington, 4th January, 1690, and referred to in the minute of 1 8th January quoted above, is here engrossed at length.] EXCERPT FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. DISCHARGE. i^fh Sept., 1690. — Item, for fyve nights keep- ing of ana boy dying upon the calsey, and burying of him, per ordor, .... 4''''. 4=. C*. Item, Payed to Elisabeth Muirhead, for keeping of ane foundline for ane quarter of a year, g''''. o^. o^. Itejn, To Patrick Mitchel, for carying in the Proveists coffer, and severall other things, to Edinburgh, S'"''. 12=. o'^. Item, For burying the Professors wife, two pund, and to ane English woman, ane full daller, per ordour, 4I'''. i8s. o"^ Item, To some pynors,^ for claingeing of the wells, 2iib. 8=. o-^ Item, To the fiddlers and drummers on the King's birth day, four rex dallors, per ordor, . ii"''. 12'. 8"*. Item, For sevine horse hyres to cary the Generalls baggage to Kilsyth, at 30=. the piece, per ordor, inde, 10''''. 10=. o''. The said day the said Pro vest, &c., taking to their consideration that their Majesties High Commissioner did grant ordour to the toune of Glasgow to send four hundretli of their tounes people to Stirling, for defending of that place in absence of tiieir Majesties * Pynors, poiners, pineris, scavangers. — jfnmieson. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 267 forces frae that place, And, accordinglie, the toune having sent ther about three hundreth men, or thereby, whilk coast the toune for their charges, expenses, and intertainment, ane considerable soume of money, for defraying wherof ther was delivered to John Aird, who went to Stirling with them, the soume of ane hundreth and threttie pound Stirling, Ordains warrand, &c., for said sum. i'jth Sept. — The said day ordains the thesaurer to pay to John Baxter, meilman, the soume of three score ane pund, 13 shilling, four pennies, Scots money, for eight bolls of meill sent be the Magistrats and uthirs to the garison at Drumikill, in their streats, at desyre of Captaine Stewart, who commanded the said garison, with twentie eight shilling for cariage of the said meill. afh Oct. — The said day, the saids Proveist, &c. being conveened, and taking to their consideration the severall abuses hes been committed these severall years past, by electing and choiseing of Magistrats and Deacon Conveeners in this burgh who keeped change and publict taverns, which occasioned much debaushire and drunkenness, and poor people to spend their money, need- lesslie in the saids taverns. It is, therefore, hereby enacted, statute, and ordained, in all tyme comeing, that nae person or persones be elected and choisen to bear office as Proveist, Baillies, Dean of Gild, Deacon Conveener, Baillie of Gorballs, or as Water Baillie, who keepes ane publict tavern or change-house, and that in caice any such persones, who do presentlie keep ane publict change shall be elected and choisen to be in any of the saids offices, before they be admitted to exerce the same. Ordains them to find cawtion, obleidgeing themselves that they shall not keep any change dureing the tyme of his exercing therof, vnder the paine of ane thousand merks, Scots money, &c. 6M Oct. — The said day, the said Magistrats, &c., being con- veened, and takeing to their consideration that, be Act of Parlia- ment, dated loth of Septr. last by past, the soume of fourtein 268 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. shilling Scots, for every hearth within the kingdome, is to be payed, and the Lords of Privie Counsel!, for the better ingathering of the said Hearth Money, have, be their Act, dated the 29th of the said moneth of Septr. last, ordained the Magistrats of the royall burghs to meet in their severall burghs, at the tyme specifit in the said Act, and make a true and exact tryall, and inquirie what number of houses, tenements, mylnes, smiddies, kills for drying of graine, ovens, furnacess for brewing, salt panns, glass and soapworks, are within their respective jurisdiction es and liberties, alseweill these inhabited as these which are waste, and who are the possessors of the houses and vthirs foresaids inhabited, and who are the owners of such as are waste, (excepting allwayes Hospitalls, and tbe houses of poor people who are vpon the charitie of the severall burghes), and what number of hearths are in each house, lodgeing, or tene- ment, and vthirs foresaids, and what the totall number of these hearths does amount to, and transmitt ane duplicat therof, vnder their hands, to the Clerks of their Majesties Privie Councill, con- forme to the said Act, &c. They, therfore, nominate and appoynt John Brysone, &c. 2\st Nov. — The whilk day the said Magistrats, &c., takeing to consideration, that, upon the threttein day of October last, John Reid, Wright, being killed in the execution of his office, being corporall of the tounes guard, by hindering some abuse was com- mitted in the toune that night. They have enacted and concluded that the persones who were present and committed the said deed, be persewed therefore, on the tounes expenses and charges, &c. dth April, 1 69 1. — The said day ordaines the theasurer to haVe ane warrand for the soume of ane hundreth fiftie three punds, twelve shilling, eight pennies, Scots money, payed to James Hamil- tone, wrytcr in Edinburgh, that he disbursed in raiseing the crimiiiall process at the instance of Elizabeth Cochrane, relict of the deceast John Reid, wright, and their children, MINUTES Oil TOWN COUNCIL. 269 against Capitane Bryce and vthirs, officers in Sr. James Leslies regiment, and their servants, for killing of the said John Reid, &c. EXCERPT FROM TREASURER'S ACCOUNT. DISCHARGE. 231/ May. — Item, To Christian Reid, for ane quarters mantenance of ane fundline, . 9'*. o^. cA. Item, To Mistres Crawfurd, for drink and vthir necessars at the election 1688, . . 20''''. 2^ o^. Item, To James Wilkie, for rubbors to the tounes use &'^. o=. ofi-. Item, For horse hyres, and foundlines quarter wages, be the Proveists ordour, not subscryvit, bot in a naked accompt. Item, To Hieland Donald, be Baillie Pater- sounes ordour, (inde,) ..... Item, To Johne Bryssone, for ane foundline, be the said ordour, (inde,) .... Item, To Johne Bogle, merchand, for tarr towes, be ordour of the Dean of Gild, (inde,) Item, For cariage of daills from the sopp- house and the Grein to the back galrie. Item, To Margt. Smith, for ane foundline, be James Gibsons ordor, (inde,) . Item, To James Cumings wyfe, for wyne and vthirs on Zuill day, 1688, be the Dean of Gilds ordour, ...... Item, To Margaret Sinclare, for ane fund- line, be Baillie Patersones ordor, . . . i'''' Item, To Isobell Muirhead, for manten- ance of ane fundline, be bailhe Patersones ordor, 9'''' 104'''=. 4=- Qd. 4"b. o=. Od. 3iib. o=. Qd. glib. IO=. Qd. o"b. I8^ o\ glib. o=. od. 4oi:b. 5^ od_ 2 70 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Item, To the 12 ofificers and Hieland Donnald, be ordor of Baillies Gibsone and Patersoune, ...... 9''''. i6s. od. Item, For burying of ane fundline, be Baillie Patersones ordor, ..... 2''^ I6^ o. 8^ od. 2lib_ i8^ od. 271 2lib. r8^ Od. 2lib_ 14^ Od. 9'ib. OS. Od. jUb_ I^ 6d. 4«i'. I0=. Od. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. Item, To Hieland Donnalds wife, Item, Spent in receaving the Muterers money, ....... Item, To Issobell Muirhead, for ane fundline. Item, Spent when Capitane Young came from the Hielands, ..... Item, To Christian Reid, for ane fundline, Item, To the officers for seeking baggage horses, o''''. 4=. od. Item, To Alex. Leckie, be Baillie Patersones ordor, for carying Marrs regiments amuni- tion to Kilmarnock, ..... Item, To Catherine Gemmill, for ane fund- line, ........ Ite77i., For wax to the Quarter Mr. 14=., and to Jean ^Vinning, for ane fundline, be Bailie Corse ordor, ..... Item, Spent at proclameing of K. William and Q. Marie, per accompt, .... Item, To the two tounes drummers at the land meithing, ...... Item, For carying a dead fundline from the Cow Loan to the Laigh Kirk, Item, To Robert Dobbie, a double kairt to Campsie, Elgintouns baggage. Item, Sevin double kairts and a single one with Clellands baggage to Stirling, per warrand, ....... Item, To Hieland Donnald, for dichting the sinck at the back of the Tolbooth, . Item, For 5 double kairts to Stirling with Argylls bagagge, 28'ib. 0=. Od- Slib. 14=. od. 9!"=. i5=- od. S9l!b. I8^ 6d. rlib_ I6^ od. oiib. 5^- od. 4lib. o^ od. 38iib. qs. od. llib_ 0=. od Jjlib. 4=. od. 272 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Item, To Christian Reid, for keeping ana fundline, ....... Item, To David Pollok, for two double kairts to Stirling with baggage, . . . to'"'', g^. o"*. Item, To Thos. Younger, for two guns he had in the Maggazine, by warrand, . . 6''''. o'. o'^. Item, To Isobell Muirhead, for keeping a fundline, 8"''. o^ o'^. 22,d May, i6gi. — The said day ordains Thomas Peter, late thesaurer, to have warrand to detaine in his oune hand the soume of two hundreth four score twelve pund nyne shilling, whilk was lost be the hay and conie that was furnished to the Danish forces when they lay at Glasgow, more nor the money payed be him to these who furnished the same, and what he receaved therefor frae the saids forces ; and for eightein punds Scots, &c. ; and three score ten pund to Baillie Brock, for paying that whilk was furnished to the English horse and dragounes when they were quartered here, &c. The said day the said Proveist, &c., being conveened, the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveener made report, that, conforme to the ordinance of the saids Magistrats and Counsell, They had met with Margaret Hamiltone, widow, and had agreed with her that she shall have libertie to keep ane commone cookrie within this burgh during her lyfetime, for serving the burgesses, and strangers tliat shall come to the towne, for whilk she hes condescended to pay fiftie merks Scots to the toune, whilk report is allowed and ap- provine, With power to the said Margaret to keep the said cookrie, and to have the freedome as ane burgess and gild brothers relict dureing her lifetyme, as a widow, she paying in the fiftie merks foresaid to the thesaurer. 12th Sept. — The said dny, &c., considering whereas great and MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 273 many abuses in the night tyme, have been of late committed by severall inhabitants of the toune, by maskerading, and . other insol- encies offered to the guards and others of the toune, to the great scandall of rehgion, and contempt of authoritie, and hurt to severall persones, for preventing whereof, these are hereby dis- harging and prohibiting all and whatsomever persones, upon whatsoever pretext, to goe through the toune in the night tyme maskerading, or sirenading, or in companie with violls or other instruments of musick, in any numbers, Certifying all such who shall corjimitt any such abuses, shall be fyned in ane hundreth punds, toties quoties, and punished in their persones, and pro- ceeded against by Church censure, as persones nottoriouslie scan- dalous, and appoints a proclamation to be sent throw the toune to intimat the samen. 24/^ Sept. — The said day, &c., John Corse and John Gibson, late Baillies, who were nominat and appointed to meet with Mr Lewis de France, musitian, and to agree with him to teach the inhabitants in toune to sing musick, made report that they had met with him, and that he very willinglie condescended to teach the inhabitants music, and to take onlie fourtein shilling per moneth, for ane hour in the day, from these that comes to the schooll, and fourtein shilling for wryting the threttein comon tunes and some psalmes, the schollars furnishing bookes, and also condescended to teach such poor in the toune as the Magistrats be their ordour shall appoint him, and that for nothing, whilk report was allowed and approvine ; And for his incouradgement, the saids Magistrats and Counsell have agreed that the said Mr. Lewis de France get ane hundreth punds Scots money payed him yearlie be the toune, and that dureing their pleasure, and no longer, commencing frae Lamb- mass last, and that there shall be no publict schoolls teaching musick dureing the tyme foresaid, except what the said Mr. Lewis shall keep, &c. VOL. II. 2 N 2 74 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. i^th Oct. — The said day ordains the toune theasurer to pay to Walter Brock the soum of , for intertaining Irish persones in meat and drink in the tolbooth of this burgh, by order of the Magistrats, that were taken in the Hielands, and sent here be the Earle of Argyle and others who apprehendit them, and that frae the 4th day of Augt., 1689, till the 27th day of March, 1690, con- forme to the accompt thereof given in and allowed. T.2th May, 1692. — The said day the address that was given in to the Right Honorabill the Lords of their Majesties Most Honor- abill Privie Councill, in name of the Citie of Glasgow, to be trans- mitted to their sacred Majesties King William and Queen Marie, was produced and read, &c., quherof the tenour followes : — To their Most Excellent Majesties King AVilHam and Queen Marie, our dread Soveraignes, The most humble and loyall address and offer of the Magistrats and Counsell of the Citie of Glasgow, for themselves and the communitie therof, presented to the Most Honorabill the Lords of their Majesties Privie Counsell, to be transmitted to their Majesties, May it please your sacred Majesties, Wee, your Majesties most humble and faithfull subjects, takeing into our consideration the report of ane invasion and descent into Brittane, said to be intended by cruell and barbarous French and Irish Papists, and others their adherents, to the indan- gering of our religion, ly\'es, liberties, and lawes, and that we doe reallie owe the preservation of all these dear and precious interests to the Kings most Excellent Majestie, as the great and glorious de- liver, whom God raised up and honoured, to save us from that sore and violent oppression, under which wee had long groaned, and to rescue us from Poperie and slaverie, whereby wee were at lenth readie to have been swallowed up, (a releifFe and blessing never to be forgotten,) doe, therfor, most humblie, heartilie, and cheerfullie offer our lyves and fortunes for the defence of this Iving- dome, and of the true Protestant religion, and your Majesties roy- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 275 all authoritie and government therin, against all who shall attempt to invaide, quarrell, or impugne the same in any sort, promising that wee, and all of us, will be readie on all occasions to come furth with our armes and competent provisiones, vnder such faith- full officers as shall be appointed over us, to oppose, overthrow, and vanquish, to our power, all such enemies as shall darre to rise up against God, your Majesties, and us, over whom wee trust that God shall every where, and ever more, give your Majesties all success and victorie. Subscryvit, and presented be the ordour, and in name, of the saids Magistrats and Counsell, at Edinburgh, the 6th day of May, 1692, &c. wth March, 1693. — The said day ordaines the theasurer to pay to John Patersone, wright, the soume of ane hundreth and twelve punds, Scots money, for making ane cabinet of shottles to hold the tounes chartors and papers, and for furnishing timber and other necessars thereto, conforme to his accompt, &c. 172'^ Nov. — The said day ordains John Robertson, late theasurer, to pay Ninian Hill, of Lambhill, the soume of ane hundreth pounds sexteen shilling for come that was eaten and taken away aflf Rams- horn, that belonged to George Stirling, tennent to Lambhill, be the Inglish regiment that was commanded be Sir John Lanier, whilk soume was allowed to the toune be the publick, being the free money. The expenss in obtaining the allowance being de- duced. I'ith Jan., 1694. — The said day ordaines the Mr. of Wark to pay to Adam Todd four dollars, to help to pay the cure of James Todd, his son, who wes deadlie woundit at Killicrankie. \jth Feb. — Mr. Robert Park, advocate, was elected Town Clerk " dureing the saids Magistrates and Counsell their pleasure," and in the minute of 17 th Feb. there is a detailed statement of the fees chargeable by rhe Town Clerk, as well as of the " dewes of the Dean of Gild his court." — See below, minute of 2d Nov. 1694.] 276 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. 1 2th May. — The whilk day the Provest, Bailzies, and Counsell, haveing it formerly under their consideration that Ninian Hill of Lambhill, was about to sell his lands of Ramshom and Meadow- flatt, and that some person, or persones, who might purchase the said lands, might, perhaps, improve the samine, to the prejudice of this burgh, Therefore, and to the effect any such prejudice might be prevented, the Toun Councill did formerly appoint and recomend to the Provest, Bailzies, and some others of the Town Councill, to commun with the said Ninian Hill anent the buying and purchasing the saids lands from him in favours of this burgh, And now the saids Magistrats and Town Councill, considering that the forenamed persons had agreed with the said Ninian Hill, for the soume of twentie thousand three hundreth merles Scots money, as the pryce of the saids lands, to be payed at Whitsunday nixt, at which t)Tne the disposition thereof is also to be subscryved ; Therefore the saids Magistrats and Town Councill doe now heirby approve of the said transactioun and agreement, and in regaird it is agreed betwixt the Town Councill and the three Hospitalls after specifit (viz. the Merchants, Trades and Hutchesones Hospitalls), That the said Hospitalls shall equallie and proportionally make pay- ment of the said pryce, and therafter get from the saids Magistrats and Town Councill rights and dispositions of the saids lands proportionablie to the soumes so to be payed be them, to be holden in few of the said town for the yearly payment of small few dewties, and their dispositions and rights to be burdened with such burdens, provisions, and conditions, as shall be thought fitt to prevent the improveing of the saids lands heirefter to the pre- judice of the town : Therfore, the saids Magistrats and Town Councill heirby binds and enacts themselves that immediatly after receaveing of the said disposition frae the said Ninian Hill, in their favours, and the forsaid pryce from the saids tliree Houss, or Hospitalls, they shall denude tiiemselves of the said lands propor- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 277 tionablie to be holden, and with the conditions and burdens above specifit ; And in caice the said Town Councill shall failzie to grant in favours of the said Hospitalls the foresaids rights and dispositions, that then, and in that caice, they shall refound and pay back to the saids Houss, and ilk ane of them, their respective soumes, so to be payed out with the annual rents of the samine, from the tyme of the advanceing thereof, [In a previous minute regarding these lands there is the following clause : — " And there is ane gratuity to be given to Larabhills Lady, not exceeding fifteen guineas."] %th Sept. — The whilk day the Magistrats and Town Councill being conveened, There was a supplicatione presented be the tradeing merchands of this burgh, craveing that the Magistrats and Town Councill would take to their consideration the great advan- tages and conveniencies specifit in the said supplicatione, that would arryse not only to the merchants and traders within this burgh, bot also to the haill inhabitants therof, by establishing of three posts in the week. And establish three posts in the week to goe for Edinburgh and return, and that they would consider such methods as to make the same effectual, which petition being read in presence of the saids Magistrats and Councill, They appointed and heirby appoints and recommends to John Corse, Dean of Gild, and John Anderson of Dowhill, late Provest, to consider upon what methods may be taken to establish the saids three posts a week, and what expenss the same may coast, and to report their diligence therin and judgment therof, &c. 2i Nov. — The whilk day the Provest, &c., being con- veened, they doe heirby commissionat and appoint James Peadie and John Anderson e, late Provests of this burgh, and James Slosse, ane of the present Baillies therof, or any two of them, to repair to Edinburgh as soon as possible, and make a just and true representation of the way and maner how umqil. Mr. Robert Park, 278 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Town Clerk of this burgh, was murdered by umqll. Major James Meinzies, and of the way and maner how the said Major Meinzies wes killed be one of these persons who, be ordor of the Magistrats, went in persute of the said Major for apprehending and bringing of him to justice : As also the said Magistrats and Town Counsell doe heirby commissionate and appoint the said three persons, or any two of them, as said is, to use all diligence, and take all care, to defend John Gillespie, tailzeor, burges of this burgh, against any persute that may be against him upon the accompt foresaid, &c. [The expense of defending an action at the instance of Major Menzies' friends, amounted to ;^3S4o: o: 4: Scots, or ^^295: o: 9J: sterling.] 17//? November. — Ordain the thesaurer to pay Andrew Angus, litster, sex pounds Scots money, in respect that he being one of these that persewed aftor Major James Menzies, murderer of Mr. Robert Park, late Town Clerk, he wes hurt and wounded in his returning by some of the officers of Lord Lindsayes regiment (as informed) wherby he is unable to work, and this for supplying of his present need because of his poverty. \()th Jan., i695.^[The Council records upon its minutes that although the Magistrates and Town Council had on " the fifth day of this instant subscryved " an address to King William " upon the sad emergent of the death of his Royall Consort Queen Mary,'' yet they " thought it not convenient to ingross the said addresse in their Counsell book untill the same might have come to his Majestie's hands, therfore they now ordain," &c., &c., &c.J bth April. — Whilk day, in answer to a supplication given in be Archibald Haddua, a student of Philosphie, presently lawried, or to be lawried, * ordains the thesaurer to pay to tlie said Archibald the soume of twentie four pounds, Scots money, for * To laureate — to take a degree in any Faculty. — JamUson. MIXUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 279 supplying his present wants, and helping him to buy cloathes and books. 2Qth April. — -Appoints the thesaurer to have allowance in his own hands of two hundreth merks, payed out be him as the pryce of ane hogsheid of wine given to a friend of this town, whom it is not fitt to name. * The whilk day, &c., ordains the Thesaurer to pay to the Mr. of Wark the soume of two hundreth ffourtie ane pounds eight shilling eight pennies depursed be him of incident charges in the persewing of the deceist clerk his murderers. 1 2th Sept. — The whilk day the Magistrats and Town Counsell conveened, Takeing to their consideration that the publick work of this burgh hes been in tyme bygain very expensive, and that the towns circumstances are now low, Therfore, ordains that in all tyme comeing the Dean of Gild and Master of Wark of this burgh present, and for the tyme being, undertake no publick work the expenss wherof exceeds the soumes respective efter specifieit, viz. : — The Dean of Gild not above fourtie pounds, and the Master of Wark not above ten pounds, and that without ane act of the Town Counsell warranding to that effect, with certification to them that doe in the contrair, they shall obtain no payment nor allowance yrof from the Counsell. jfith Sept. — The whilk day the Magistrats and Counsell, con- veened, In answer to ane petition given into them, be James Smith, merchant, craveing that the town would give him somewhat in consideration of his pains and depursements when he was ordered to goe to the woods of Buchanan, to seek for palisadoes for the Kings use, att Inverlochie, Ordains the thesaurer to pay to the said James Smith fourteen pounds Scots, in full of all he can ask or crave for the causs foresaids, &c. ■zd Nov. — Whilk day the Magistrats &c., conveened, considering * To whom can this refer ? 2 8o GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. that the number of Students att the CoUedge is so increased, that their seatt in the High Church is not able to contain them, doe therfore appoint the Dean of Gild to make up what seats or ac- commodation he thinks (fit) for that effect. [zd Dec.—T\\t minute of this date contains a list of regulations to be observed and dues to be exacted at the " Harbour and Key of Porttglasgow," and at the " Key att the Broomielaw," — the dues at the latter being expressly stated to be, " And that by and attour what old dews are payed for the Bridge." The maximum tonnage contemplated in the former port seems to be " att or above ane hundreth tuns burden,'' and at the Broomielaw "att or above twelve tuns burden.'' There are likewise regulations and dues for " the Carters in and about ye toun of Glasgow who have shod cairts." These last dues were applied to the laying and repairing of the " Calseys."] \i6th Jan., 1696. — A long statute, entitled "against nestines,"* principally prohibiting the casting " out att their windows be day or night, either on fore or back streets, or in lanes, or closses, any excrement, dirt, or urine, or other filth, or water foul or clean," also " That no person whatsomever voyd or lay down their excrement of dirt or urine within any tumpyck or stair, or on the High Street, or other streets, lanes, closses, entries, or passages," &c., under the penalties therein named, "and all masters or heads of families shall be lyable for all persones within their families their transgresseing of ye premiss or any pairt yrof," &c., &c.] Act for Sweeping of Lums. — Whilk day the Magistrates, &c., conveened, takeing to consideration the hazard, terror, and amazement, As also the great prejudice that frequently falls out be soot takeing fyre in chimney heads and braces, through the negligence and carelessness of tlie inhabitants in not * Nastiness. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 28 I sweeping of and keeping the same clean, Therfore, they statute and ordain that in all tyme comeing the haill inhabitants of this burgh shall once every quarter of ane year sweep and make clean the haill braces and lums possesst and keeped in constant use be them, whether they be of kitchines, halls, chambers, baik- houss, brewhouss, smiddies, or others whatsomever, and such other chimneys and braces that ar not keeped in constant use, to be sweeped at leist once every year, and that under the pain of four- tie shillings Scots for each faillie ; And in caise any fyre shall break out in any brace or chimney head, through the defect of not t)'meous sweeping therof, as said is, the persons guilty shall be lyable to the fyne of ane hundreth pounds Scots, and punished farder in his person att the will of the Magistrats. 5M March. — The Towns Interest in tJu African and Indian Trade. — Whilk day the Magistrats, &c., conveened, takeing to their consideration that the company of this nation, for tradeing to Africa and the Indies, lately appoynted and established be Act of Parhament, dated the 26th day of June, 1695 years, seems to be very promiseing, and apparently may tend to the honour and profite of the kingdome, and particularly to the great advantage of this burgh to share therin, and seing by the late Act of Parliament, dated the 17 th of July last, power and liberty is thereby granted to royall burrowes to adventure and putt in money for a share and pairt to be purchased be them in the said company, Therfore the saids Magistrats and Town Councill (with consent of the Merchants and Trades, their respective houss previously conveened for giveing advyce in the said matter) doe resolve and conclude to stock in and adventure for this burgh, and common good therof, in the said company and trade, the soume of three thousand pounds, sterling money, and heirby enact themselves, &c., for payment of the said soume, &c. (They afterwards grant bond to the company for ;£'JSo, the VOL. 11. 2 o 282 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. fourth part of their subscription ; — but it would appear the com- pany had called up more money than they knew what to do with, for in Oct., 1696, they again, under a power to that effect, lend to the town two-thirds of their subscription, or ^500, for three months, at 4 per cent.) 2-Lsl March. — Ordains the thesaurer to make payment to Walter Rob, servitor to Hugh Blair, postmaster, of fyve dollars, upon consideration that he being imployed to carry in to Edinburgh the haill Councill books since the year 1658, he receaved such stresse and prejudice therby that he lay sick in Edinburgh for twentie days, to his great expenss and losse of tyme, &c. \iith May. — The whilk day the Magistrates and Town Counsell conveened ordain the dewties and impositions laid on be former Acts of this Town Counsell with consent therin specified upon veshells, boats and goods att Bromielaw, and upon carters and their carts, in maner specified in the saids Acts to be rouped within the Old Grein of this Burgh the first Tuesday of June nixt att the ordinary tyme of roups there in order to a tack yrof to be granted be the Town Counsell to those who shall bid most therfore of rent at the said rouping for the space of ane year therefter and appoints the Magistrates, Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveener to draw up the terms of the said roup and the Magistrates to make usuall publication of the said roup. [The June " nixt " here named appears to refer to June, 1697, for upon the first day of that month " the dues payable for the conveniencie of the key at Bromielaw and use of the Cran are sett to Thomas Calder for tlie soume of thretteen hundered merks Scots money."] 2^th Aug. — Ordains the thesaurer to pay to David ^^'eir, hammerman, twentie four pounds Scots, for his changeing of the chimns of the musick bells, so as to ring before the hours, while as formerly they did ring eftir the hours, &c. ^th &//.— Ordains the Mr. of ^Vark to pay to John MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 283 Dunlop, a poor scholar, six pounds Scots, to help to buy him a coat. Ordains the Wx. of Wark to give to Baillie Aird, elder, six pounds Scots, for the use of John Whyte, a poor lad, who hes a leg cutt from him. t^th Oct. — The whilk day the Magistrates and Town Counsell conveened takeing to their consideration that the Directors of the African and Indian Company are willing to lend out to these who are members of the said Company two third pairts of the propor- tion of the stock payed in be these members, for three months att four per cent, doe therfore resolve to borrow frae the said Com- pany Five hundreth pounds sterling to be imployed (with what other money the town can provyd) for payment of their debt at Mertimes nixt. (\oth Nov. — The treasurer's account of this date contains an account extending to two pages, entitled, " Ane Accompt of Dis- bursements and Expenss in the Criminall Proces before the Lords of Justiciarie, pursued be the friends of Major Meinzies, who murdered Mr. Robert Park, late Town Clerk," amounting to ;i£"44S6 Scots — £371 6s. 6d. sterling. 2gi/i Dec. — Appoynts the thesaurer to pay to John Corse, late Baillie, the soume of seventie five pounds eight shilling Scots, as the pryce of the lamp now affixt to the corner of the Tolbuith, and fraught and expenss of bringing the same frae London, con- forme to a particular accompt, &c. ((jlh Feb., 1697. — This minute includes "An Act in favour of the Town Clerk, "authorising him to exact a fourth more than the dues appoynted, for each sasine that shall lye in his hands fourty days after the date therof ; and a third more than the ap- pointed fees for each sasine that shall lye in his hands three months after the date therof, without prejudice to his pursuing for the fees in a summary way before the Magistrates, whenever 2 84 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. he sees fit, after the "despatching" {i.e., recording,) of the sasines.] (6M March. — This minute includes " Overtures for maintaining of the poor," consisting of twelve articles, which include the nomination of " supervisors and overseers of the poor within the city," in short a Poor Law Board, with power build or purchase buildings for the reception of the poor and the suppression of public begging. The funds are to be provided by three fourths of the collections at the Church doors, and the balance by assessment, by donations, fines, and finally, and by an income tax "not exceeding one in the hundred yearly of the yearly incomes by rent trade or labour of the said inhabitants." A slight amendment was made on the regulations by minute of 21st Aug., but the above extract includes the chief alteration.] \_2Wi Mav. — Additions and rectifications of the Broomielaw and cart dues in preparation for the roup of first June.] 4//? Sept. — ^Vhilk day ordains the thesaurer to pay to Alexander Cunninghame, servitor to Wm. Carmichell, keeper of the Tolbuith, the soume of four score two pounds, fouiteen shilling, four pennies, Scots money, depursed be him for the mantainance of the witches, who are prisoners here, in the Tolbuith, be order of the Commis- sioners, from the 2 2d of May last to this day, conforme to a particular accompt therof. FROM treasurer's ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. 19//? Feb., 1698. — By losses upon fourtie shilling pieces being cryed down, and English crowns and English money reduced to bullion, and other expenses. Imp., Twelve pound ten shilHngs sterling of EngUsh money, and some dipt fourteens, sold at 10*. the piece, is of loss .... 2<^*'. los. o^. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 285 Item, Twelve ginies of gold received at 26^ sterling the piece, and sold at 22=- sterling the piece. — Item, Three Jacobuses received at 30^ sterling the piece, and sold 26^. 8''. : loss lo^ Both is 34''!'. 1 6=. od. Item, Ther was in my custodie, when the fourtie four shilling was cryed down, ane hun- dreth threttie and three, there being of loss 4=. Scots on the piece, is ..... 26'"'. 12=. oa. Item, Ten English milned crownes, being of loss 6=. Scots upon the piece, is . . 3''b. o^. od. Itejti, Expense in causeing Alex. Murray, broyther jermon to the Laird of Black Bar- ronie, take his money ten merks Scots, . . 6"''. l3^ 4^ Item, Of light Cobbs clypt English mone)'-, and some dipt fourteens, the first vallow two hundred and eight pound Scots, being sold be weight, there is of loss .... 44''''. 9^. o^. Item, Of light cobbs clypt English money and light fourteens, at the first vallow is ;^33i 15^ Scots, being weighted, is seventie eight ounces, so there is of loss . . . 82"''. ii^ o^. Item, Sold fourtie seven pound 6^. Scots of the late King James his copper shillings and six pences, quherof ther was othir copper pieces, weighing 2J lb., sold for 25^ Scots, and the rest sold at twentie pound 9^ Scots. — There is of loss 26"''. 17 s. 8d. Item, Of loss of the money gotten ■ from John Coatts of the stent, .... glib, 13s. od. Item, Of loss of the money gotten from John Miller, collector of the rent of the seats 286 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. in the churches, being twentie pound sterling of dipt English money, being sold at \o^. the shilling, is 4o''''- os. od. Item, By loss of English money, being appoynted to pass for bullion, the first vallow sixteen pound 13^ starling weights fiftie two ounces fyve drop, so there is of loss . . sa''''. 4^ o"*. Item, By loss upon ane thousand fyve hundreth fourtie one fourtie four shilhng pieces, being among the money sent to Edin- burgh, to pay the townes fourth part of their part of the African and Indian Company, being of loss 4^ Scots upon the piece, and 24=. Scots in loss of telling over again. — Both is 309^*. 8=. od. Item, Of loss of seven pound fyve ounce 3 drop bullion, 7 drop and ahalf money, . i^''=, IO^ o'^. Item, To a nottar pubUct, with other two men, to be witnesses to instrument the Laird of Bedlay, to take his money, and two horse hyres, is G^"^. 12=. 8^. Itetn, By loss upon ten pounds 13^ Scots of harped babees, being sold at 8=. Scots, for the shilling sterling, so there is of loss ........ 3''''. ITS. od. Item, Of loss of Mr. Wm. Denham, Mr of the Mint, of his band of nynteen pound 6s. 8d. Scots, he detained therof .... o''^ \. 6s. 8"^., (inde,) 200 o o To Duncan Campbell, Cutter of the stone Gravell, his yearly pensione, . . . . 66 13 4 To fyve Toun Ministers there yearly stipends, 54°° o o To Barrony Minister his yearly stipend, . . 950 o o To Minister of Port-Glasgow the touns half of the stipend, ....... 333 6 8 To Master and three Doctors of the Grammar Schooll, there yearly sellarie, .... 693 6 8 To the Keepers of the Toun Clocks, yearly, . 166 13 4 To tack dutie of the Barrony tyths, yearly, . 200 o o To Precentors of the Churches yearly sellarie, 186 13 4 To Keeper of the High Church yearly, and glass to it, 133 6 8 To feu duties paid Nicolas Hospital and others, yearly, 66 13 4 To Tounes Quarter-Masters yearly pensione, . 120 o o To coall and candle to the Toun Guards, yearly, ........ 800 o o To Toun and Provans yearly ^quies, . . 15200 To coall and candle to the Counsell-house, yearly, ........ 26 13 4 296 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. lib. s. d. To Macers of Counsell and Sessione, yearly, . 24 o o To Touns Agents yearly pensione, . . . 100 o o To Gazettes and News Letters, yearly, . . 7200 To Touns Officers, there cloaths, yearly, . . 360 o o To Magistrats and other Officers, there yearly fialls, 165 o o To Touns Drummers, there yearly pension, . 26134 To a Schoolmistres pension for teaching young gentlewomen, ....... 133 6 8 To Keeper of the touns bookes yearly, . . 240 o o To Sir John Shaw, for tack dutie of the fishaiie closs yearly, ....... 66 13 4 To the Master of Works compts yearly, for reparatione of Calsies, Bridges, Dycks, and other publict works, and Charitie to the Poor, 4000 o o To maintenance of the High and other Churches, . . 333 6 8 To flowers yearly to Counsell-hous, and seats in the Churches, . . . . . . 1200 To the annual rent of 158584''''., whereof 9000''''. borrowed for the Affrican Company, att 5I per cent is yearly, . . . . . . 8722 o o To Touns Wells, keeping them in repair in all things needful, as per agreement and contract with Andrew Whyte yearly, . . , ' . 333 6 8 To Provan cess and timber, for reparatione of the Provan Houses yearly, . . . . 120 o c To rent of the Meeting House in the Wynd, . 32 o o To Schoolmaster of Port-Glasgow his yearly sellarie, ..... . . 33 6 8 MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 297 lib. s. d. To coall and candle to the Sessione House yearly, 20 o o CONTRA CREDITOR, ByTouns Milnes, yearly, . „ Touns Ladles, „ Meall Mercat and Pecks, „ Troan and Weigh House, „ Bridge, ,, Broomielaw and Cran Dues, „ Drawn tythes of touns aikers „ Touns 4th pairt of Gorball lands and tythes „ Gorball yeard rent, yearly „ Gorball house rent, „ Touns Walk Milne, „ Lands of Provan yearly rent, „ Touns Few Duties, yearly, „ Milne Lands, yearly, „ Petershill Land rent, „ Common Lands, yearly rent „ Green Rent, „ Old Greens Jyearly rent, „ Flesh Mercat yearly rent, „ Flesh-land Mercat yearly rent „ Two shopes in Salt Mercat yearly rent „ Correction-house yeards yearly rent, „ Port-Glasgow Lands and Fishare Closs. „ Burges and Gild Brother Fynes, 24289 4 4666 13 4 3666 13 4 866 13 4 713 6 8 -^■^2,7, 6 8 253 6 8 933 6 8 687 13 4 SZ 6 8 66 13 4 66 13 4 3600 300 200 266 13 4 137 6 8 1080 120 200 66 13 4 34 5° 2480 0. 133 6 8 21175 13 4 VOL. II. 2Q 298 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. lib. By ballance of this accompt, that the revenue does come short of its yearly charge 31 13''''. 7^, and some years may be more, and that over and above the support and mantinance of the Govern- ment, which cannot be compted less than 4000''''. more, the ballance is, I say, . . . . 3 113 7 24289 o 4 To be remembered that the seats in the Churches is not here reckoned, because the toun hath gott nothing of them these fyve years past but what hath been appropriat for building of the Blackfreir Church, and they are now mortified for paying a sixth minister. iWi Jan., 1702. — Ordains James Coulters, theasurer, to pay to David Weir, clock maker, one hundreth threttie seven pounds, four shilling, Scots money, restand be the toun to him, whereof there is 66''''. 13^ 4"*. for taking down the Tolbuith clock — putting her throw the fyre — cleansing and dighting of her, and making her a pendulum Avith a minute hand, being fourtie eight days about that work, and 36''''. given to David Donald, for furnishing twelve pound of iron, and forging the same, for wheells to the said clock att 3"'^. per stone, and 22'ii'. 6^ S''. given to a workman that helped to cutt and fyle the wheells and sett up the clock again, being threttie fyve days and eight nights work, and the remainder for lead, &c. \oth Oct. — Whilk day the Proveist, &c., conveened, taking to their consideration that her Majesty has been pleased to nominate and appoynt Hugh Montgomerie of Busbie, Provest of this burgh, to be one of the Commissioners to treat about the Union proposed betwixt the two kingdomes, their first meeting being appo)'nted to be MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 299 att London, the twenty seventh of October instant, and notwith- standing that they doe expect that the pubhct will lay down a way for bearing the expenses of the saids Commissioners, yet, never- theless, the saids Magistrats and Toun Councill doe judge it very reasonable that the said Provest should not be exposed to ane un- certainty thereanent. Therefore, they hereby enact and oblige themselves, &c., for good and thankful payment, &c., of the haill charges, &c. ^th April, r7o3. — Whilk day the Magistrats and Toun Counsell conveened, being certainly informed that diverse persons, inhabi- tants of this burgh, and others, doe break slope and hole, the glass windows and leads of the High Church, and hurt the fabrick of the samen, by shooting at, or towards, the said High Church, for killing of doves, or for some other cause, Therefore, the said Majis- trats and Toun Counsell doe heirby prohibit and discharge all such shooting att, or towards, the said High Church, &c., under the pain of ten pound Scots, &c. 2%th July. — Ordains Stephen Crawford, theasurer, to pay to Thomas Hamilton, Deacon Conveener, ^263 i8s., Scotts money, whereof there is ;^i88 6s. debursed be him att Edinburgh to Henry Lochead, vintner, there, which soum_e was spent in his house att some treats and entertainments given be the Provest, &c., to those that attended the Provest to the Abbay to the ryding of the Parliament in May last. (The remainder for horse hyre and other ordinary expenses. <^th Feb., r704. — The Dean of Gild exonered of some old roustie Musquets. — Whilk day, &c., John Aird, yr.. Dean of Gild, repre- sented that about the tyme of the late Revolution, the publict having ordered a certain number of musquets to be sent to this Burgh, off which there being many ordered to be dispersed throw the countrey, there were about four hundred of the said musquets, all matchlocks, keeped by the Magistrats, and put in the hands of 300 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. the inhabitants, for the safetie of the place, and which four hundred being thereafter gathered in from the inhabitants, they have lyen by these many years, so that they became altogether useless, except as to the roustie ratches, and that the Dean of Gild, considering present circumstances; thought fitt, by the advyce of the Magistrats and others, to give out and divyde the saids ratches amongst such of the inhabitants as were notourly known to be affected to the Go- vernment, to be stocked and made up be them, in order to their being armed for keeing of the guard and defence of the burgh, which did in some pairt encourage the receavers to the effect forsaid, albeit they saved little expenss thereby, Whilk being heard and considered, &c., (approve of the distribution, and grant warran- dice to the said John Aird, and exoner him of the saids " roustie musquets. ") {i^th Feb., 1704. — Some gunpowder, 515 lb. weight, at a merk the pound, bought for the town's use, " because of present circum- stances, " and the Dean of Gild appoynted to lay up the same in the " south-east torrett in the Queens Hall.") {16th Nov., 1705. — A report of the procedure anent the list of tounes debts, and a detailed list of these debts, amounting, in all, to £^A9 13s. 4d. Scots, at this time.) \?>th Nov., 1706. — Whilk day, &c., the Representation under- written, was given in, in Councill, by John Bowman, Dean of Gild, and George Buchanan, Deacon Conveener, of this Burgh, whereof the tennor follows : — Unto the Right Hon. the Provest, Baillies, and Councill of Glasgow, the Representation of the Dean of Gild and Deacon Conveener of the said burgh, and members of their respective ranks, Sheweth, that where wee takeing to our serious consideratione the late tumults and uproars that has been in this city, and the indignitys and abuses done to the IMagistrats in the tumults, to the great scandall and opprobiy of the place, whereby the Magistrats cannot in safety to their persons officiat, MINUTES UF TOIVN COUNCIL. 30 1 nor the inhabitants be protected from injuries, by reason of such tumults, and the Merchants House having mett, &c., in order to the considering of such proposealls and overtures as may be found requisite to the keeping of the peace in the city, &c., and in pursuance thereof, did meet, &c., and have made the overtures and proposealls following, to be presented to your Lordship and Councill, and your authority to be humbly craved thereto, viz. : That the tounes guard be duly kept, and that a wholle company be mounted att once, and every master of a family, if in health or upon the place, be there in person himself sufficiently armed, or if unwell or not upon the place, that his family send out a sufficient person for him, to the satisfaction of the Captain of the Guard, and that the guard be mounted every day att three in the afternoon, and to continue upon guard till the next day att the same tyme that they be relieved ; and that the drumm beatt att two in the after- noon, for the mounting of the guard, and that the company that falls to be on the guard meet all together, with their arms, before three in the afternoon, att their Captains quarters, and to march from thence, in order, to the guard, and that each upon the guard, whither Merchants or Trades, be subject to their officers upon the guard, their orders, and observe the same punctually. And in regaird it was concluded by the severall Deacons and their crafts, that when any tumult arises in the city, that a certain number of every trade should repair immediately to the Guard, in order to compesce""' these tumults, therefore, it is agreed betwixt both ranks, that whatever merchants or trades, in caise of such disturbance, shall repair to the Guard, they shall be subject to the Commanders of the Guard, whether they be merchants or trades. That all women, boys, young men, and servants, be strictly prohibited and discharged to be upon the streets after cloud of night above what number together your Lordship and Counsell * To repress. 302 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. shall think fitt ; and that if any tumult arise in the city, that masters of families be lyable for these in their houses found in these tumults. That all masters of families, alse weell of private as of publict houses, give up the names of the strangers they harbour in their houses, to the Captain of the Guard, before ten of the clock att night. That a proclamation be sent throw the toun with tuck of drumm, ordering the haill fencible men to be upon the Green in arms upon Munday next, being the i8th of Nov., Jmvij C and Six, that publict intimation may be made to them of the above proposalls. May it, therefore, please your Lordship, &c. [2 2d Jan., 1708. — The Council considers a " suplication given in by Baxters," complaining that at the present price of wheat, viz. £10 Scots per boll, they were unable to sell bread at the price to which a former act had restricted them, and the Council conse- quently ordains, " that the twelvepenny loaf of fine flower and weell baken shall be eleven ounces and three drops,'' and other bread in proportion. See minutes of 29th March, 1709, 17th Oct., 1713, and 2nd July, 1714.] \2t/i March, 1708. — Whilk day the Provest having represented that he having bought from Mr. Scowgall, Limner in Edinburgh, two portrays, the one of King William, the odier of Queen ALiiy, both of full length, for twentie seven pounds sterling, the Magistrals, &c., doe approve of his buying of the same, &c. {^d May. — The oath of abjuration quoted, and is taken by the present and late office-bearers, who are named.) {2d Oct. — Detailed account of intromissions, with the Bai-ony and " Burrow aikers, teynds, grassum," &c.) 29/^ March, 1709. — "The Baxters" again apply in consequence of the advance in the price of wheat to ;^i2 los. Scots per boll. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 303 and are authorized to make the twelvepenny loaf weigh " 8 ounces and 15 drop,'' and so on. 'jth Nov. — Whilk day, &c., considering that there are many complaints made by the foreign tradeing merchants in this burgh, and divers other inhabitants, of the want of a horse post betwixt the burgh of Edinburgh and this burgh, Therfor, recom- ends to the Magistrats, &c., to address the Earle of Godolphin, Lord High Treasurer, for obtaining an order from him for establish- ing a horse post betwixt Edinburgh and this burgh, as said is, &c. The which day the Magistrats and Town Counsill conveened, have subscribed an address to Her Majestic Queen Anne, which they recomend to Provost Rodger to deliver in an aggreeable manner. (22d Get., 17 1 1. — " The sett or accustomed way of the Burgh of Glasgow in their elections of Provost, Bailies, Town Council, Dean of Gild, Deacon Convener, Treasurer, and others, " detailed and engrossed, and ordered to be transmitted to the " Clerk of the Burrows. ") {■Loth Jan., 1712. — Call subscribed to Mr. Robert Woddrow, minister of Eastwood, to be minister of the South Quarter.) 2-]th May. — The "new English weight, and none other to be observed and used by all merchants and others in this burgh, both in buying and selling of all foreign and also of all English goods and wares, in time coming. " (From Francis Stevensorls Account of Wright-work, done for the Town, 1 7 03-1 7 1 2, rendered i^tk June, 1712.J lib. s. d. Item, Taking down the Mare* and the Picket,* 060 Item, Making a new door, and several things that were brokan in Wm. Wilson, maltman, his house, be the Collegions, 400 * Implements of military punishment. 304 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Item, For a pick (pike ?) to the Provost collours, and a pair drumsticks, my own timber, . Item, Putting up a spout above the Weigh-house door, making a new door, a pair of new weight-brods, making trone feet and brods, .... Item, Heading the lances, 2 men 12 days, . Item, Making a mortification brod for the Laigh Kirk Session, holding three mortifications, furnishing timber, glew, naills, &c., Item, Mending the drystooll heads in the Tol- booth, Item, Making up the souldiers mare and a new Gentry box, a man 4 days, Item, Rounding, blocking, and turning 1 1 pair of drumsticks, ........ Item, Putting up two large pictures in the Counsal hous, ......... Item, Cutting Glenlies mortification brodd, and Mr. Crawfords, making it larger for his wifes name, and planting it new, 100 Item, Roofing and sarking the herds house, and making a new door to it, . . . .■ . 20 o o Item, Making triangles and brods for weighing the dragoons forage, 2 men \\ days, . . . . 200 Item, At the canale, cutting of cabers, sharping them at the end, dryving the same, making up breasts, &c., . . . . . . . 10 13 o Item, Eiking the soldiers hole door that was burnt throw, and mending the meall girnells, . . . 168 [This formidable account fills six pages of the Council folio minute book]. lib. '• d. 4 8 13 4 16 3 6 8 2 13 4 3 6 2 13 4 MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 305 2d Aug., 17 12. — Ordains \Vm. Gow, treasurer, to pay to John Scougall, elder, painter, fifteen pound, sterling money, as the pryce of the picture of Her Magesty Queen Anne, painted and furnished be him, and now put up in the Counsell house of this burgh, &c. (On a fly leaf at the end of this volume (vol. XVIII.) there are notes of sundry " passes " granted to individuals, betwixt the years 1708 and 17 10, inclusive; some to pass through North Britain, some through South Britain, some to Ireland, some to Holland, and from which it appears there had been then a pretty strict surveillance instituted.) \'jth Oct., 1713. — Statute of wheat bread and tallow. — The which day the Magistrats, &c., conveened for setting doun the pryces of wheat bread and candle to be sold within this burgh for the year ensuing. [They accordingly decide that wheat, being now at ten pounds ten shillings the boll, the twelvepeny loaf shall weigh "ten unces and ten drops," with smaller bread in proportion; also, that the " stone of good and sufficient rough tallow shall be sold at 53/ Scotts, and of good and sufficient candle at 56/ Scots]. 2d July, 1714. — Act anent the pryce of the wheat bread. — [The irrepressible " Baxters '' are again up with a " supplication," com- plaining that wheat having now risen to ;^i3 10/ Scots "^ boll they cannot afford to sell at the limits of the Statute of 17th Oct., 17 13, whereupon the twelvepenny loaf is ordered to weigh " 8 unces and 4 drops,'' with smaller bread in proportion]. {\st Oct. — An address to the Electoral Prince George Augustus, Duke of Cambridge, on his being expected to visit this country, and sending him a burgess ticket, with his reply in French, thank- ing the town for their billet de bourgeoisie — a translation thereof, and the towns rejoinder.) 1 St. Jan., 1 7 15. — Which day the Magistrats, &c., conveened, The Magistrats represented that, by ane act of the Lords of Justiciary, VOL. II. 2 R 3C6 GLASGOiV MEMORABILIA. dated 30th of Nov. last on a petition given in be the burgh of Jedburgh, that, in May last, the persons afternamed, viz., Peter and Mary Faas, Mabile Stirling, Janet Yorstoun, John Finnick, Elizabeth Lindsay, Jean Ross, and Mary Robertson, prisoners in the tolbooth of Jedburgh, were sentenced by the Lords of Justiciary at the then Circuit, to be transported to the plantations, for being habite and repute gipsies, sorners, &c., and that the said burgh could get no occasion of transporting them, and, therefore, craving their Lordships to grant warrant for transporting them to Glasgow tolbooth, The Lords did, thereupon, ordain, &c., and ordained the Magistrats of this burgh to receive, keep, and detain the saids gipsies until occasion offered for transporting them ; and ordained the Magistrates, &c., with the first conveniencie to sett them aboard of any ship going to the plantations ; and to take (a) receipt for them from the master of the ship, &c., and that, according there- unto, the saids gipsies are transported here, and the Magistrates, conforme to the act, were obliged to receave them in prison, where they have lyen these severall days bygone, on the touns charge, there being no fond laid down by the publict for their mantenance. That, on the said gipsies coming here, they (the Magistrats,) had written to Edinburgh to the Clerk, to represent to the Lords of Justiciary how that the town was brought under a burden by receiving of these gipsies, they being neither judged here, nor belonging to the place, nor any fond laid doun for their manten- ance, and that the lyke was never done to this burgh, which Representation was accordingly made to the Lords, who acknow- ledged they were sensible it was a burden upon the place, but for the future the toun should not be troubled with the lyke; And that since, they had used endeavours with several merchants who have ships now going abroad to Virginia, to take them, who, upon no terms, would condescend thereto, there being six of the eight women, one of them having a young child, and some of them in MINUTES OF TOirX COUNCIL. 307 age, except they got money for taking them ; and the Magistrates considering that their mantenance continuing here would be a burden on the toun, and in a short time exceed what they could agree with the merchants for their transportation, Therefore, and for freeing of the toun of the saids gipsies and somers, &c., they had agreed with Robert Buntine of Aairdoch, James Lees, and Charles Crawford, merchants, concerned in the ship Greenock, James ^^''atson, commander, bound for America, to transport them aboard the said ship, and for which they are to give them thirteen pound Stirling. (Receipt is granted for them, and the transaction approven of) 26^/2 Aug. — Which day the Magistrates, &c., conveened, The Provest represented, that being informed that upon severall occa- siones their Royall Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales had expressed their affection to the toun of Gla^^gow, and their speciall notice of and regard to every token and evidence of affection and duty from this city, it was, therefore, judged not improper to send to Her Highness a swatch of plaids as the manufactory peculiar only to this place, for keeping the place in Her Highness' remembrance, and which might contribute to the advantage thereof, and to the advancement of the credite of that manufactory, and that, accordingly, he had sent some pairs of the best plaids which the place afforded at the tyme, with a letter to Her Royall Highness, which had been tendered to Her Highness by Mr. Smith, Member of Parliament for the City, and was graciously received by her Highness; and thereupon she had directed Mr. Smith to return her thanks to the Magistrats, who acccordingly had wryten a letter theranent, and another letter was also \vryten to the same eifect, by his Grace the Duke of Montross, by whom Mr. Smith was introduced to her Highness ; As also repre- sented that, upon the evidences of a designed invasion from abroad, signified by His Majestys Royall Proclamations, the inhabitants ot 3o8 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. this city, having, by the Magistrats authority, mett to concert meas- ures most proper for their own security, and the defence of his Majesty and his Government, and of our rehgion, laws, and Hbertys, and having proposed to the Magistrats to address his Majesty, and to make ane offer of a Regement, to consist of five hundred centinels, and to be commanded by ten captains, and other proper officersi to be payed by the inhabitants for the space of sixty days, for the ends above-mentioned ; in prosecution whereof the Magistrats, &c., did make the above offer, which was presented to his Majesty by his Grace the Duke of Montrose, and was very graciously received as a seasonable testimony of the city of Glasgows singular zeal and affection, and upon which his Majesty had directed his Grace the Duke of Montrose and my Lord Secretary Tounsend, to acquaint the Magistrats of his Majestys gracious reception, &c. (The address and letters read and procedure approved of, and the address and letters ordered to be recorded in the principall Council! book. Then follows the letter by the Magistrates to the Princess of Wales, with the plaids, which are described as " generally used over that pairt of the United Kingdom, called Scotland, by our women, for covers, when they goe abroad, and by some men for the morning guns (gowns ?) or for hangings in bed-chambers," — next, the address and offer to his Majesty, signed by the Magis- trates — then, the letter by the Duke of Montrose, Secretary Tounsend's letter, and Mr. Smith's. The following are copies of the two last letters : — ) Whytehall, Aug. 17 15. — My Lord — Having received from my Lord Duke of Montrose the letter of the city of Glasgow to his Majesty, I took the first opportunity cjf delivering it, which his Majesty received very graciously, looking upon it as a very season- able testimony of the city of Glasgows singular zeal and afliection to his Majesty's person and government ; and )'our Lordship is directed to return them his Majestys thanks, for the cheerful! offer MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 309 and tender they make of their duty and service on this occasion : But his Majesty hopes such measures have been taken for the security and defence of those pairts as shall be effectuall for that end, vvidiout putting his subjects of your city to any furder trouble and expenses ; for orders have been given for returning the three regiments which were lately sent to Ireland, and which we hope may be with you before this, and also for the marching into these pairts of Generall Carpenters regiment of dragoons, and of the levying vdth you of the regiments of foot, to be commanded by Brigadier Grant, and for the augmenting of all the regiments now in North Brittan to twelve companys each, and sixty men a company; and if any furder reinforcement shall be judged necessary, shall not be wanting as soon as the new levies here are compleated, which we hope may be by the first of September. This your Lordship will take the first opportunity to communicate to the Magistrats and City of Glasgow, that, at the same time, they may take the satisfaction of knowing the just sense his Majesty hes of their zeal for his service, and the care the Govern- ment hes taken of the peace and quiet of these pairts. I have nothing furder to trouble your Lordship with, but to assure you that, so long as I have the honour of serving his Majesty in this station, I shall always make it my study to promote the interest and concerns of your city, I am, with great truth, my Lord, your Lordships most humble servant (sic sub.) Tounshend. Mr. Smiths Letter. — My Lord, yesterday the Duke of Montrose presented your letter to the King, which was most graciously received by his Majesty. My Lord Townsend told me yesternight that he was ordered by the King to thank you for your zeal, &c., which, I suppose, he does by this post. This day I presented the plaids to the Princess. She was extreamely pleased with the complement, and said a great many kind things of the city of Glasgow, — that she would make that use of the plaids as should 3 I O GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. keep you in her remembrance. I had the honour to kiss her hand ; and when I was going out of her clossett, she said, pray, Mr. Smith, forgett note to return my hearty thanks to the Magistrats of Glasgow for their fyne present. FROM TREASURERS ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. lib. idth Aug., 17 15. — To WilHam Boyle, stamper of the linnen, per act and receipt, &c., . . . 36 o o To Robert Thomson, postmaster, for his pains and charges in going twice to Edinburgh for pro- cureing liberty to take in letters at this post office for London, without paying the postage here to Edinburgh, and getting ane post settled from this to Borrowstoness, &c. . . . . . . 24 o o Payed to Archibald Allison in full of what he can seek or crave upon account of a piece of ground taken off his shops in Trongate for enlargeing the walk under his peatches, . . . . . 48 o o (\2th Oct., 1715. — The following letters from the Duke of Argyll and Lord Secretary Townshend presented, and ordered to be recorded as above : — ) Stirling, \%th Sept., 1715. — Sir — I am informed by Baillie Brown that there are 500 of your people upon their march to joyne me here, for which I return you most hearty thanks, and shall be sure, as it is my duty, to represent your great zeall and faithful service to his Majesty, by ane express to-morrow morning. At present I will not insist upon any greater number, but desyre you will, with the greatest dispatch, inform all his Majestys friends in the West Country, that I think it absolutely necessary for his Majestys service that all the fencible men should draw together at Glasgow, and be ready to march, as I shall acquaint them. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL 31 I that his Majestys service requires. I am, &c. (sic. subscrivitur) Argyll. * Whytehall, 2\th Sept., 17 15. — My Lord the Duke of Argyll having, by his letter of the i8th, to Mr Secretary Stanhope, acquainted him with the City of Glasgow having sent 500 of their militia to joyn his Grace at the camp at Stirling, and this having been communicated to his Majesty, I have received his ordors to return the City thanks for this new demonstration of their zeal for his Majestys service, and to assure them that, in all their concerns, they may depend on his Majesty's countenance and favour. It is with pleasure I obey his Majesty's orders, which your Lordship \vill be pleased to communicate to the Magistrats and City ; and beheve me to be, with great truth, &c., Tounshend. t ■2()th Oct. — Which day the Magistrates, &c., conveened, the Magistrates represented that, in this tyme of common danger, the toun is put to vast charges and expenses in fortyfieing the toun, and many other ways which they cannot evite, and that it is the advyce of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, Generall and Commander in Chiefe of his Majestys Forces in North Brittan, the toun should be put in a better posture of defence by drawing lynes of intrinch- ment about the toun, in case of ane attack against it by the rebells now in arms against his Majesty, and that the same be done with all expedition, which will be a furder charge upon the toun ; and in respect of the present stope of payments, that the toun cannot gett up money from the tacksmen, and others, their debtors, there is a necessity that the toun borrow money to save the touns credit. (Therefore order the Treasurer to borrow to the extent of ^500 sterling.) \2th Dec. — Which day, &c., Robert Robertson represented that * See M'Ure's History, p. 104, edition of 1736, for a previous letter by the Duke, of 14th September, and another without date. + See M'Ure's History, edition 1736, p. 200, &c. 3 I 2 GLASGO IV MEMORABILIA. he, with a pairty of the inhabitants, being appointed be the Magistrats to goe into Edinburgh to receive 300 stand of arms and cartridge boxes from the storekeeper of the Castle of Edin- burgh, by ane order from his Grace the Duke of Argyll, which the Magistrates procured for the service of the toun, He had, accord- ingly, brot here the saids arms, and, by the Magistrats orders, had distributed the said three hundred stand of arms, with the cartridge boxes, among the several! captains of the touns trainbands, for supplying of such of the inhabitants in their severall companys who wanted arms for watching and warding, and other duty, and that he had taken receipts, &c. They ordain the saids receipts to lye in the Clerk's hands, to be made forthcoming when there shall be occasion for calling in of the saids arms. Appoynts the Magistrates to wryte to his Grace the Duke of Argyll, &c., that his Grace would be pleased to give orders for removing of the 353 rebell prisoners, who are lying on the touns hand, and in custody in the Castle prison, and easing of the toun of the burden of them and of their mantainance, in respect the Militia who formerly guarded them are now gone home, which now lyes upon the toun ; and that, besides the other guards, which are very numerous, these prisoners require a guard of about ane hundred men always upon them, without which they might have opportunity to escape, which very much weakens the toun, and dissables the toun to make that opposition which otherwise the toun might make, in case of ane attack, and also exposes tlie toun to be attacked by the enemy, in order to the reliefe of the prisoners. \6th Feb., 1716. — From "Accompt of the extraordinary charge and expenses the toun of Glasgow was put to upon account of the present Troubles and Rebellion, from the latter end of Jul)-, 1715, to I St Jan., 17 16." MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 3 i 3 Follows the accompt depursed by Patrick Cree, late Mr. of Work, &c. Imprimis, To ane express that came from Edin- burgh to the Provest, with letters about the Pre- tenders design of invading, ..... jQT) ° ° To ane express to Edinburgh with farder accounts, 4 16 o To ane express from the Highlands giving account that the Highlanders were up in arms, . . . 600 To fraught for bringing up the great guns from Port-Glasgow, £1 10 o To cartage for bringing them from the Broomie- law to Glasgow, ....... 250 To workmen for carrying the great guns from the Cross, and planting them at the Ports and con- venient pairts, . . . . . . . I 16 o To 14 stone lead, for ball, at 2 merks per stone, 19 6 8 To 3 large ponder horns, for priming the great guns, 140 To a Serjeant and five men, for conveying pouder from Port-Glasgow, ...... 600 By Provests order, to John Picken, for his three horses to goe express to Ayr, with ane officer and his servant, that was sent over express to Ireland with orders for the regiments there to march for Scotland, 10 o o To Walter Barton, for express to Killeam for in- telligence, ........ I 10 o To Mrs. Littlejohn, for her horse hyre to the country for intelligence, . . . . . 200 To Jo. Baxter, sent express to Air with letters to inform the West to be upon their guard, . . 1160 VOL. II. 2 s 314 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. By B. Alexander, for ane express from the Sheriff of Argyll with intelHgence, £o i8 To a Councill post from Edinburgh, with letters from the Justice Clerk, ..... 3 o To James Henry, for going throw the Presbytry with letters to informe their paritioners of the Re- bellion, 14 To James Anderson, for 32 cartridge boxes for the cannon, . . . . . . . . 416 To Alex. Smith, for coming express from Edin- burgh with accounts of the Pretender, . . . 312 To Wm. M'Intyre, going express to the Highlands for accounts, ....... 44 By the Magistrats, to James Dunlop, for leading stones to the ports for barracading, ... 49 To James Henry, sent express to Port Pat- rick with letters to the captans of the men of war, 60 To David Summervell, for the h)rre of his horse to Drymen and Buchanan for intelligence, . . 20 To Widow Littlejohn, for the hyre of her horse to Stirling, for advyce from that art, .... To Francis Wilson, going express to Roseneath with letters, ....... To 20 carts, for carting the bagage of Forfars regiment to Kilsyth, being 20 double, carts, To 20 double carts, for carting the bagnage of the regiment of fushileers, ...... To cartage of Shannons regiments bagage to Stirling, ........ To nyne carts, for carting of Grants regiments bagnage to Kilsyth, 2 14 3 33 60 13 4 14 17 MINUTES OF TOIVN COUNCIL. 3 I 5 To fyve double carts, for carting the Glasgow Volunteers bagnage to Stirling, .... ^y> To carting from Edinburgh to Stirling 100 fire- locks, and basses to wrapt them in, . . . 18 (The amount of the account, from which the above entries are taken is ^480 3s. lod.) Follows the account of the charge and expenss depursed by Robt. Scott, present Mr. of Work, in Oct., Nov., and Dec, 1715. 13//% Oct., 1715. — By the Provost, to a post that came from Stranraer, with a packett from the men of war, to be forwarded, ..... £^0 12 o xafh Oct. — To Robert Mitchell, for going express with his horse to Greenock, to the men of war, . 2 14 o To Duncan Buchanan, for going a guide with his horse to Biggar with Capt. Campbells dragoons, . 4 10 o By the Magistrates, to David Grahame, for going express to Stirling, and coming back with Argylls answer for raising the militia, . . . . 3120 19M Oct. — To Dun. Bucjianan, sent express to Edinburgh, and guiding a patroll, . . . . 740 2\st Oct. — By the Provost, to John Lewis, sent express with letters for Argyll to Islay, at Inverary, 600 By him, to John Baxter, sent express to Greenock, with letters from Argyll to Islay, . . . . 280 22d Oct. — By him, to John Gilchrist, for his horse hyre and expenses, in going to Irvine to bring up Wightmans regiment that landed there, . . . 200 24/^ Oct. — By him, to Archibald Menzies, sent express to Provan and Munkland to be on their guard, . . ..... 140 3i6 CLASGOyy MEMORABILIA. To Robert Ferguson, sent express to Mayboll, to Coll. Hawley, to hasten him forward with the regi- ment, £/^ 4th Nov. — To William Johnston, for his horse to goe in pursuite of the Highland rebells beyond the Shotts, . I To a guide to a pairty of Captane Campbells dragoons that went in quest of the rebells, . . i i8//z IVov. — To Alex. Johnston, sent express to Stirling in the night tyme, and for quick dispatch, . 24//z Nov. — ^To Duncan Buchanan and two other horse hyrers, for a guide to the officers of 2 rege- ments, ........ ii^tk Dec. — To John Craig, for his horse to Drumikiln, Cardross, and Gartartan, sent with John Wood, who was sent express, .... 16th Dec. — To John Wood, for his going express another tyme to the said garisons, 16 4 4 3 6 [This account for expresses extends to ^^300 4s.] (The above entries from these two accounts, which fill five pages, are only those that were in any y^z.-'j peculiar. There are, besides, numerous entries of expresses generally " to the country," and to the following places : — ) Killearn, Drymen, Hamilton, Calder, Kilsyth, Lanark, Stirling, Dumbarton, Biggar, Irvine, Paisley, Dumfries, Kilmarnock, Buchanan, Silverbank, Port Glasgow, Doune, Shotts, Greenock, Campsie, Douglas, Govan, Drumikill, Cardross. Gartartan, MINUTES UP TOWN COUNCIL. 317 Money depursed for carting of Souldiers Bagage. 20th Oct. — To George Craig and other carters of advance money in carting the bagage of Hawley's dragoons, ^18 o o To carters in carting of bagage belonging to Wightman's regement to Stirling, . . . . 2680 22d Oct. — For carting of bagage belonging to Montagues regement, . . . . . . 36 6 o 28//% Oct. — For carting of bagage belonging to Holleys dragoons to Kilsyth, and thereafter to Stirling, 50 8 o 15//^ Nov. — -For cartage of bagage belonging to Claytons regement to Stirling, . . . . 18 8 o For cartage of Capt. Campbells bagage to Kilsyth, ........ 170 iZth Nov. — To James Gemmell, for removing of bagage and ammunition from one place to another, in the town, belonging to the regements, . . 0120 i^th Nov. — For carting of bagage to Stirling, belonging to Morrisons regement, . . . . 300 25M Nov. — For carting of the drums belong to Claytons regement, to Stirling, . . . . 300 28M Nov. — For carting of camp equipage belonging to Clayton, to Stirling, . . . . 2140 Summa (the above being only excerpts), £,2'j\ ■l'j's,. Money payed out for leading of stones for the Barracads, aud stoping and building up of Passages. i^h Oct. — To John Rowand for leading 21 draught, £,2 11 o 3 1 8 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. iitk Oct. — To James Hunter, for leading and laying 500 divots to the barracads, . . . £i u 8 To 4 men, for casting up earth at the barracads at the Old and New Vennells, and Roapwork, . 2100 To 3 men working at the Ports, . . . . 3 3° gth Nov. — To James Gemmill, for carting 60 daills, o 10 o loth Dec. — To 93 lb. lead, for running of batts in the gates of the barracads, and a pound soap to the great guns, 838 Summa (the above being only excerpts), ;i{^203 3s. 2d. (There are upwards of 1500 " draught" of stones, &c., paid for in this and another account for that branch.) Money payed out upon the Trinches. xoth Oct. — To John Robertson and others, at the West Port in barracading, To III shovells for trinching, at 14s per piece, and mending, To 83 mattocks to said work, at 20s. 6d. per piece, To 13 shafts to mattocks, when the old broke, . To 19 spaids to said work, at 4s. starling per piece, ......... ■^d Nov. — By B. Miller, for bread and drink to the trinchers, ....... ^h Nov. — To ane officer and drummer going throw the toun with proclamation for coming out with their spaids and shovells, &c. Zth Nov. — To 147 militia at trinching, £<> 13 4 77 18 8 85 1 6 I 12 6 45 I- 14 1 I 4 14 14 MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 3 1 9 <^th Nov. — For drink to 60 militia men at trinching, ^d 4 8 30M Nov. — To ane officer, to warn the gardners to trinch, . . . . . . . . 0120 ist Dec. — To 36 coalliers at trinching, . . 3120 ^th Dtc. — To Jo. Steven, for 8 dozen and 4 loaves, ......... 430 i2,th Dec. — ^To Andw. Mitchell, for drink fur- nished to measons at barracading, and gardeners at ditching, 360 30//2 Dec. — To 60 dealls, foryeatts to the trinches at Glasshouse, Cowloan, and St Tennochs Bridge, at 14s per piece, ...... 42 o o To two men overseing and taking care of the work looms at the trinches during the whole time of the work, at 8s per day, and 3 axes to said work, . 36 o o To drink to said overseers, per accompt, . . 5 11 o Summa (the above being only excerpts), ;^69o 14s. (There are payments in this account to upwards of 2700 militia- men and others.) Money payed to Gardners. Summa, ^447 i o Money paid Matliew Craig, Davd Cross, 77ws. Scott, and Samuell Carruith. gth Nov. — To Mathew Craig, and ten measons and three barrowmen, barracading at the Gallowgate and St. Tennochs Bums, £2 16 o 2^tk Nov. — To David Cross, for stopping the passage at Buns Wynd, 2168 3 20 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. To him, for a dyck at Deensyde, . . . £a 7 To him, for stopping the passage at the Merchants Hospitall, 7 ° ie,th Dec— To Thos. Scott, for 5 draught wall stones and i draught quemzies, . . . . 316 Summa (the above being only excerpts), ^.^243 4s. 8d. Money payed out for KirkiniuUoch Bridge. \Zth Oct. — To Thos. Young, &c., for 3 draught timber leading, ....... jQt^ 1 2 2^th Oct. — For 8 double cart of trees and timber, at 3s. sterling each cart, ..... 14 8 4M Nov. — To Mathew Craig and the other mea- sons, &c., . . . . . . . . 310 8//« Nov. — To John M'Fie, casseyer, for casseying at the two ends of Bridge, ..... 48 5 2IJ-/ Nov. — To Mathew Jack, for carrying the measons tools, &c., . . . . . . 012 26M Nov. — -To John M'Fie, for ale and buns to the workmen, ....... 34 Summa (the above being only excerpts), ;^i9i 18s. 4d. Money payed out on the Great Guns. 14M Oct. — To James Wood, for 4 draught timber carting, for the carriages, j^c 8 To John Gray, sawer, for sawing timber for the guns, 3 12 iSM Oct. — To workmen carrying the guns from the Cross to the Westport, 016 o To William Wood, gunner, overseer of the work, 12 18 o MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 32 I 2<)th Oct. — To James Anderson, for 40 cartrige boxes, . . . . . . . . 7 12 o 3(/ Nov. — To Robert Paterson, for fraught of eight great guns from Port-Glasgow, . . . 3 iz o ^th Nov. — To 2 gunners 15 nights watching the guns, at 8s. per night, . . . . . 1200 Summa (the above being only excerpts), ;^ii6. Money payed on account of the Castle Prisoners. 23^ Oct. — To ane accompt payed for locks and bands, ........ ^£'22 10 o 7.(>ih Oct. — To George Craig, for straw to the prisoners, ........ 100 3 xst Oct. — To David Neill, appoynted keeper of the prison, to account, ..... 23^ Dec. — To cartage of 50 draught bread to the prisoners, ........ 31^-^ JDec. — To 5 barrells, to hold water to the prisoners, at 3 s. starling per piece, and five dishes, at 6s. per piece, ....... To the coupers, for eleven tubs, To 30 daills, for doors and other reparations made in the Castle, to make the prison fencible, . 21 To 60 daills, for making a large gate at the Castle gate, 42 24 5 10 10 24 4 Summa, (the above being only excerpts,) £,■^(12 3s. Money payed for carting of arms, ^'c, and for Guns, and Drummers and others, on th^ Touns account. 12th Oct. — To Provost Aird, for 5000 flint stones to Glasgow Volunteers, £^^0 o o VOL. II. 2 T 32 2 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. To William Liston, and other four carters, for their subsistance on the road in bringing from Edin- ■ burgh 300 stand of arms to the toun, . . . ;£^3° To Robt. Robertson, for the subsistence of the pairty that went with him to bring home the saids 100 26M Oct. — To John Lewis, for carrying flint stones to Stirling, 300 \(ith Nov.— To two carters, for carting of baguage of Glasgow Volunteers that went to Stirling for a reinforcement, . . . . . . . 12 o o 26tk Nov. — By 129 preceipts to drummers to the severall guards, besides the touns own drummers, . 7980 To 60 daills, for making centry boxes, . . 42 o o To David Maine, for ale to the fire guard that stayed in his house 113 nights, by order of the Committee, and for coall and candle, . . . 7368 To coalls, for the Rattonraw guard and Gallow- gate guard, 104 19 4 To 796 load of coalls, at 7s. per load, and 58 stone and f candle, at 5s. 6d. the lb., extending, in haill, to 537*'''. 2^, furnished to the Main guard, Tolbooth guard, two guards at the Wyndhead, Dry- gate guard, Colledge guard, and Bridge guard, and candle to the Rattonraw and Gallowgate guards since ist of October, out of which there is deducted 100''''. Scotts, to which the coall and candle to the Main guard did usually amount to in the winter quarter when in peace, so remains of extra- ordinary, ........ 437 2 o Summa, (the above being only excerpts,) ;^i027 3s. 8d. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 323 Abstract of the payments made by Robert Scott, Mr. of Work. ^3°° 4 271 17 By money depursed on account of expresses, By money payed for carting souldiers baggage, By money payed for leading of stones to the barracads, ....... By money payed on ditching. By money payed to gardners, and drink to them By money payed to Mathew Craig and others, By money payed for Kirkintulloch Bridge, By money payed on the great guns, By money payed on the Castle prisoners, . By money payed for cartage of Glasgow mens bagu- gage, and arms, and to Drumming, and coalls to the guards, 203 3 690 14 447 I 243 191 116 362 4 18 Summa, 1027 3 8 Mo7iey payed by John Armour, Treasurer, for pouder and arms, and for carriages to the Cannon, and for bread to the Rebell prisoners in the Castle, by preceipts granted by the Magistrats, &=€. Summa, £,i\A\ 2 10 Follows severall accompts, yet owing by the toun, of piiblick charge. Impr. — To Mathew Crawford, merchant, for 400 weight pouder, at 51''''. lo^, To John Craig, wright, for timber and daills fur- nished to the gates and barracads. To Francis Stevenson, wright, for making pallisado gates, and at barracading severall pairts of the toun, making wheell barrows for trinching, firms for the guards, &c., 250 £206 o 538 19 324 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. To William Tailfer, hammersman, for iron work for the cannon, ports, Castle prison, barracads, and ditching, &c., 603 lo o To Samuell Carruith, for meason work and wages at the barracading, and building up of passes and avenues, &c., ....... 100 o o To sundry persons, for stones, . . . . 39^ 16 o Summa, (the above being only excerpts,) ;£2467 10 8 Summa Totalis of the whole preceding extraordinary expenses is as follows : — By Patrick Cree, late Mr. of Work, . . . £\%o 3 10 By Robert Scott, present Mr. Work, . . . 3853 10 o By John Armour, Treasurer, .... 3444 2 10 By accompts not yet payed, . . . . 2467 10 8 Summa, ;^io24S 7 4 16;"/? Feb., 1716. — ^Whilk day John Aird, late Provest, represented, that, in May last, before the rebellion broke out, there was ane information given in to him, &c., that there was some fire-arms brought into this city, with a design to be transported to the High- lands, for the use of some nonjurors and disaffected persons ; and that these arms were carried to broomielaw, in order to be put on board of a boat for the highlands. The said John Aird, on giving in of the said information, having gone along with some others to the Broomielaw, they found there, among some other chists and barrells belonging to the boat, whereof one Alex. M'Donald owned himself the master, three chests or boxes, where- in there was in one of the boxes thirteen firelocks, three pair of pistolls, and twelve speir bayonets; in ane other box, ten firelocks, seven pair and ane single pistoll, and nine speir bayonets; and in MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 325 the third box, nine firelocks and five pair and ane single pistoll, quhilk arms the said Provost caused secure and carry them to the Tolbuith, where they lay till the rebellion broke out, And that when the volunteers from Glasgow went to Stirling to joyn his Majesty's forces, the saids arms were taken out and delivered to such of the volunteers as wanted arms, and seeing that the said arms are yet imployed in service by the inhabitants, &c., (There- fore, exonerate the said John Aird of the said arms, and of all costs, skaith, &c., thereanent.) 1 2th March. — Ordains James Smith, Treasurer, to pay to James Luke, goldsmith, ;£35 is. gd., sterling money, for a silver tankard, weighing fourty eight unce thirteen drop, at 7s. sterling per unce, and a sett of suggar boxes, weighting nineteen unce fourteen drop, at 8s. per unce, and a server wing, weighting therty one unce and twelve drop, at 6s. 4d. per unce, conform to ane account thairof, Quhilk silver work was sent to Coll. Wm. Maxwell of Cardonnell, as a mark of the touns favour and respect towards him for his good service in taking upon him the regulation and management of all the guards that were kept in this city, quhilk, during the rebellion and confusions in the neighbourhood, were judged neces- sary to be kept in and about this city, for the security thairof, and of the circumjacent country, both by the inhabitants and by the volunteers, fencible men and militia, &c., The said Coll. Maxwell having left his own family and country, above 70 miles distance from this place, at the desyre of the Magistrats and chiefe of the inhabitants, to take upon him the said charge, and continued here, undergoing the said toyll and trouble, from the 2d of Oct., at which time he came here, to the 9th of February last, that the rebellion was in part supprest, and the rebells scatered and chased. 2(jth Juiu, 17 16. — Account of the farder extraordinary charge and expenss the Town of Glasgow has been put to, by reason of the 326 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. late troubles and rebellion carried on from January, 17 16, quhilk is besyde what is before revysed, as per account, booked 16th Feb., 17 16. Follows the account of the said extraordinary expenses payed out by Robert Scott, Mr. of Work. Money payed for carting of Souldiers Baggage and Forrage, <&^e. if A Jan., 1716. — To Thomas Pollok and Com- pany for 16 draught of forrage carting, from this to Stirling, for the army, ...... ^48 o o i?>th Jan. — To David Breadine, for carting Caft. Semples bagage, ....... 146 23^ Jan. — To Robert Wilson, in Gorballs, for corn and straw to his two horses, when he went to Edinburgh, to carry the artillery to Stirling with the other cartage horses, . . . . . . 6 i8 o 30M Jan. — To James Whytlaw, &c., for three draught of Stanhops dragoons bagage from this to Stirling, . . . . . . . . 10 16 o 141/1 Feb. — To Thos. Young, for a double cart dragoon of Newtons dragoons bagage from this to Perth, ......... 600 I'jth Feb. — To Mathew Tarbets relict, on account of her two horses, that were imprest to carry the artillery which were detained behind the rest, and she necessitat to hyre horses, for tilling her land for want of her own, ....... 600 24th Feb. — To Rob. Hill, for carting oi Edgertotts regiments baggage from this to Dumbarton, . . 100 2C)th Feb. — To William George, to help to main- tain his horse while cureing, being imprest to Aberdeen, and returned home lame, . . . 600 MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 327 \Gth March. — For carting the souldiers bagage that went to the Highlands, £2 10 o 21st March. — To Wm. Stewart, for five horse hyres to tlie officers of Edgertons regiment that went to Jnnerlochy, . . . . . . 5 10 o To Thos. Roy, &c., carters, for carting the Scofs Grays baggage to Stirling, . . . . . 300 Money payed to drumers to the extraordinary guards, by the Magistrats warrants, in 20 precepts, 880 By the Magistrates written warrants, for coalls to the Gallowgate, Rattonraw, and Wyndheid guards 53 18 6 Money for Expresses. 1st Feb. — To Mathew Salraond, for going express to StirHng, and staying there two days, and return- ing with news from the camp, . . . . 280 ^h Feb. — To John Baxter, going express to Perth for inteUigence when the rebells fled, having stayed away 7 days, . . . . . . 440 \%th Feb. — To John Weir, for going express to Dunglass to Mammoir, with letters from Argyll, . 0120 20th Feb. — To John Baxter, for going express to the Earl of Kilmarnock and Master of Ross, with letters from the Duke of Argyll, . . . . 200 Money payed out on the Castle Prisoners. To James Forester, keeper of the Castle prison, as his fie for 12 weeks service, from 22d Dec, 1715, to 15th March, 1716, at 6s. weekly, . . . £,12 o o To payed for 20 thrieve of straw to the prisoners, 800 328 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Money paid on acoimt of the great Guns, and other charges. £i ^d Jan. — To Daniel Wemyss, &c., for watching the cannons one night when they were set at St. Enoch's gate, 2T,d Ja7i. — To B. Hamilton, for going to Sterling for procuring a warrand for arms to the toun, and going to the Shotts and other places, when accounts came from the south that the rebells were flying, all of charges for himself and others, ......... To John Robertson, towards defraying his charge, being sent by the Magistrats to follow the army from Stirling to Perth, Dundee, and Monross, and return accounts, ....... 4//z Feb. — To James Currie and others, for making up 6000 cartriges, ..... To B. Buchanan, which he spent at Calder with a party that was sent on there to wait for sloping the Highlanders, ....... 1st March. — To James Montgomerie, jaylor, for aliment to S of the Highland prisoners in the Tol- buith, from 8th Nov., 1715, to 1st March, 17 16 113 days, at 2s. per day, .... 28M March.— To payed for 68 ells blanketing, for the sick souldiers to lye in, at 7s. 6d. per ell, Payd for 6 coverings to them, To bolsters, and making of them, Summa, (the above being only excerpts,) £fizit iis. 6d. 32 14 o 6 16 56 10 r 25 10 12 8 2 16 MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 329 Money payed by James Smith, Treasurer, for the maintainance of the rebell prisoners in the CastL Prison, by precepts from Manstrats. I Summa, (being from ist January to 14th April, 716,) ^^2331 19 Follows severall accoimts owing by the Totcn of publick charge. To James Struthers, wright, for his extraordinary- trouble, pains, and dilligence, both at Stirling when the Glasgow Volunteers were there, and when they came home, in being Adjutant, and taking the charge of the extraordinary guards in the place, . 60 o To Thomas Hamilton, chyrurgeon, for cureing a complicat fracture on the hand of Robert Russall, the touns master gunner, which he receaved by one of the great guns ; and for curing Samuel Forsyths face, neck, and breast, with a contusion on his shoulder, and a large compound wound, which he received by the firing of one of the great guns ; and for curing a large abscess on the thigh of George Dowglas, who went to Stirling with the Glasgow Volunteers; and for curing the fractured arm of James Steill, with several wounds and contusions ; and for blooding one of the Highland prisoners, . 48 o To John Craig, carter, for the pryce of his horse, to quhilk he was apprysed, being imprest to" go carry the artillery to the North, and returned lame and died, valued to ...... 48 o To John Robertson, wryter, for going to Stirling, and from thence to Tulliebardine, and to Perth, Dundee, and Monross, by the Magistrats order, after the army, for intelligence, and for sending ex- VOL. II. 2 u 330 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. presses back to Stirling, where the town had one waiting for his return, and for his panes, trouble, and great wrytings, on the towns account, during the rebellion, deducing ^1^32 5$., payed him by the Mr. of Work, ;^i43 IS o Account of Kaill Plants and Leiks quhilk were destroyed by the Trenches, and comprised to the Sums following: — To John Gibson, waiver, for his kaill plants and leiks, To him, for rid kaill, .... To John Craig, gardner, for his plants. To Andrew Gilchrist, weiver, for rid kaill. To William Mackie, gardner, for rid kaill. To Isobell Boyll, for rid kaill, . To Patrick Tenant, gardner, for kaill and plants, To John Mason, gardner, for kaill plants and leiks, ......... To Andrew Murray, for rid kaill. To Andrew Adam, tacksman of the Correction- house yeard, for damages done thereto by the trenching, Summa, Robt. Scots expenses, &c., Summa, Ja. Smith, Thesaurer, his charges. Other accounts noted by them above. o 4 o 6 2 7 4 I 18 16 o 14 o o o o 4 834 II 6 2331 19 4 603 4 2 £Z1^9 15 o Farder accounts of the town of Glasgows extraordinary charge, carried on by the Committee foresaid. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL 33 1 Money payed by Robt. Scott, Mr. of Work, upon account of the Castle Prisoners. By the Magistrals precepts, payable to James Forrester, keeper of the Castle prison, as his fie for 14 weeks and 3 days service, at ;Q(> per week, . £,'^0 o o To 140 thrieve straw furnished to the prisoners, . 55 ° ° To Duncan M'Farlane, for drawing water to the prisoners 1 1 days, when the well ran dry, . . 12 o o To Alex. Porterfield, chyrurgeon, for old sheets for the use of the sick prisoners, . . . . 4 4 Summa (of which the above are excerpts), ;^299 19s. Money paid by the Thesaurer for the Castle Prisoners. (The amount of this account, being from 14th April to 2Sth June, " on which day they were liberat," for bread, &c.),* £^^ll i 6 iith Aug., 1 7 16. — Ordains James Smith, Treasurer, to pay to Robt. Russall, skipper, ;^5 sterling, for his pains and trouble in taking care of the great guns which were brought here for defence of the city, the tyme of the rebellion, and seeing them mounted on the carriages, attending the wrights and smiths, and giving directions how the carriages should be made, in fitting them with spunges, screws, and ladles, and other necessaries, and trying and proving the guns, and making them fitt for service, and other considerable services done by him during the rebellion, during which tyme he had the misfortune to have one of his fingers bruised by the rowling of the breatch of one of the guns, when they were putting her on the carriage. Ordains James Smith, Treasurer, to pay to James Robertson, * See an abstract of the town's whole charges during the Rebellion laid before the Merchants and Trades in Dec, 1717. ?>y- GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. writing master, 40s. sterling, for drawing ane description of the rebells ensigns taken at the battle of Dumblain,* upon their defeat by his Majestys arms, under the command of his Grace the Duke of Argyll. 2<)th Sept. — Which day, &c., George Buchanan, late Baillie, represented that he, with John Riddell, yr., merchant, being sent out with a party of the inhabitants, in winter last, to Calder, by the Magistrats order, to keep passes there, and intercept the rebell deserters who had broke off and deserted when they had marched from Leith to the borders of England, in case any of them were coming back that way, and that, while they were searching sus- pected houses and places in and about Calder, for rebells, they got information there were some arms hid in a barn, within a mow of corn, where a party of Cuninghame militia had taken up guard, who were sent out with the touns party to the effect foresaid, and that upon searching of the said mow of come they found ten guns and five shablcs, which they seiz'd on ; but in respect they were found under the roofe where the party of the militia kept their guard, and no person owning the saids guns and arms, the said John Riddell and he were obliged to give their recept to the cap- tain of the militia. (Exonerate them of the said arms, the same having been delivered to the toun.) id Feb., 1717.— Which day, &c., complaint being tabled, &c., against David Mathy, flesher, and Mary M'Crea, spouses, that they have been for severall years, sub fesshna fama, in keeping a base and scandalous house, and allowing the same to be a common bawdie house, by entertaining men and women together in their house at unseasonable hours, somctymes a single man and single woman together by themselves, in a room all night, and particu- larly on Saturdays night last, a man was in their house witli Eliza- beth Watson, their servant, all night, and known to the saiil Mai-y * Shcrifimuir. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 333 M'Crea, who severall tymes came to them with drink throw the night, and satt doun upon the mans knee, and took him in her arms and kissed him, and lykwise took up her cloaths before him, and now and then leaving the man and the said EUzabeth Watson, the servant, together in the room, who both went to bed together; and that witnesses were adduced thereupon, who fully proved what was alledged against them, and much more not suitable to be exprest, &c. ; and in respect the crime is so gross, the Magistrates desired the Council might give their judgment what is proper to be inflicted on them, they being a scandall to the place, and the more for a terror to others, (They are ordered to be fined ;^ioo Scots — to lose their freedom in the place — the said Davids burgess ticket lacerat over the tolbuith stair head, with touk of drum — both to be committed to prison, to lye for 30 days — and on each of 3 next Wednesdays Mary M'Crea to be put in the pillory, to be erected for that purpose, on the market place, with a paper on her "brow," or above her head, containing her crimes, and thereafter both to be banished furth of this city and precincts thereof. 5M March. — Ordains Francis Hopkirk, Thesaurer, to pay to Robert Wilson, son to Wilson, weiver, who was one of the touns volunteers that went to Stirling at the late rebellion, and lost his eye there by ane accident, £,\Z Scots money, to help to defray the charges for the mending his eye, &c. 2\st Sept. — Ordains the Treasurer to Robert Robertson, mer- chant, j£i^ sterling, as the pryce of the picture of his Majesty King George, now put up in the Councill house. (12M Oct. — The whole procedure before the Presbytery and Synod, relative to the call of Mr. John Anderson,- Minister at Dumbarton, to be Minister of the North-west Quarter of Glasgow, engrossed; — and on 22d Feb., 1718, there is farther procedure engrossed; — and on 31st May, 1718, there is recorded a Report of the General Assembly's decision, on appeal to 334 CLASGO W MEMORABILIA. them, ordering Mr. Anderson to be transported to Glasgow, and ordaining him to be received the "last Thursday of August nixt.") 23^ Dec, 17 17. — Abstract of the toun of Glasgows extraordinary charge the time of the late Rebellion, as the same is recorded in the Councill books, quhilk is besyde what was payed by the inhabitants for the subsistence of the Touns 600 Volunteers that went to Stirling. By ;^io245 7S- 4d., contained in a particular ac- count, &c., 1 6th Feb., 17 16, being expenss for ex- presses, carting of soldiers baggage, &c., &c., &c., deducing therefrae £y\()\o 14s. 2d., as a part of the expenss paid for the maintenance of the rebell prisoners, and £2<)q 3s. for straw to them, and servants wages, &c., ^£^8305 10 2 By £2il^9 'Ss-j by another account, for the causes foresaid, deducing therefrae ;^223i 19s. 4d., as a furder part of the expense payd for the main- tenance of the rebell prisoners, and ;^i74 12 s. for straw to them, and servants wages, &c., . . 1363 3 8 By 50 merks allowed to John Gray, tacksman of the New Green, for damage the Green sustained by rendevouzing, per Act of Councill, . . . 33 6 8 To Robt. Dicky, for timber and workmens wages at Kirkentalloch bridge, pay'd out be him, quhilk is besyd what was payed by the messons, . . . 21220 By Robt. Russell, for his service the tyme of the rebellion, in overseeing and attending the cannon, &c., ......... 60 o o By Hugh Ronald, gardiner, for service at the ditches, . . . . . . . , 40 o o MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 335 By allowed to the tacksmen of the weigh house, for loss they sustained by having the weigh house cellars and gimells taken up by the militarys baggage, j£i2g 12 o By allowed to Robert Dreghom, for stones lying in his yeard, and taken to build up the pass there, . 20 o o By Patrick Mitchell, for his horse, which was lost in the service, and never returned, . . . 120 o o By Jon. Gordon, for a chest of drugs and band- ages to the touns volunteers that went to Stirling, . 118 o o By the carters that went to carry the artillery to the north, quhilk was resting to them by the Government, 684 o o By payed by the toun, for the funerall of Walter Therms, who died at Stirling of his wounds, . . 16 16 o By furder charge to David Main, for a room in his house for keeping a piquet guard, and for coall and candle, . , . . . . . 26 13 4 By John Armom, late Thesaurer, for subsistence of the touns volunteers at Stirling, the subscription money having fallen short, 27776 By James Smith, Thesaurer, upon the same account, 588 6 o By maintenance of the rebell prisoners, and for strae, and servants wages that attended them, which, though allowed by the Government, is not yet payed, 8840 i o ;^2o834 8 4 To be deduced from this account which j[OT;__Ann.ain" received of the touns pouder, 91 16 o To be deduced for pouder which Fras. Hopkirk, Thesaurer, received, ^55 o o 846 16 o ;^i9987 12 4 336 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. x^tk Jan., 1 7 18. — Which day, &c., the Magistrats represented that Daniel Campbell, of Shawfield, Member of Parliament for this district, had writt from London for a power of Attorney from the toun, to demand and receive for the touns behoove, the £,TZ^ 13 s. 5d. sterling ordered by the Parliament to be payed to the toun, for the maintenance of the rebell prisoners quhilk were brought here the tyme of the rebellion, quhilk being considered, (grant the warrant for a power of Attorney). Which day, &c., the Provost represented that the arms which the toun received from the Government the tyme of the rebellion, being called for from the toun, there were sent in by the toun to the magazines of Edinburgh Castle, three hundred and fifty snaphans, two hundred eighty-five cartrige boxes, and fourty-eight belts, with nynety-nine bayonets, which are no part of the Kings arms, but being made upon the touns charge to fit the snaphans for service, were sent in to satisfie, in so far, for these musquets which are amissing ; and that he had received back a recept from the Commissary of the Field Train, accordingly which he produced, &c. {2^th Jan. — Rules to be observed by the fleshers engrossed.) (29M April. — Shoremaster appointed for Port-Glasgow, and rules and regulations to be observed by him laid down, and a " Table of dues, as a fond for the Shoarmaster his encouragement, and lykways some deus to be pay'd to the officer in Port- Glasgow.") 2']th Oct.— A. long letter from James Lowdon to the Rev. Mr. Ramsay, minister at Kelso, containing political accusations against the Magistrates, relating to the call to Mr. Anderson : * among others, that they had joined the Tories to embarass the King's Government, for which he is deprived of his freedom as a burgess.) * See before, 12th Oct., 1717, &c. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 337 \T,th Jan., 1719 — Ordain John Orr, late Treasurer, to pay to William Steward, elder and yr., gardeners, tacksmen of Hutchesons Hospitalls yeard, at the head of the Candleriggs, the soume of £,\oi 1 6s. 4d., Scots money, in full satisfaction to them for the loss and damage by the rooting out of their cherry and aple trees, goose berry and curran busses, kaill, leeks, and other ground herbs, upon the one rood and ane half taken off the said yeard for a church and churchyeard to be builded therupon, and benefit of the gooding of the said ground, &c. {•jth iVi??/.— There is engrossed of this date, "An Act deter- mining the difference betwixt the Surgeons and Barbers," and after a good deal of discussion, the Surgeons give in a Demission and Renunciation of the Letter of Deaconry in their favour, in conjunction with the Barbers, which Renunciation is, by an Act of 22d Sept., 1722, accepted, and the stock divided between the Surgeons and Barbers.) (ixth Dec. — Petition to Parliament against prohibiting the weaving of " painted, printed, and stained linen," which had been petitioned for by the weavers of London, and other parts of South Britain. See also a subsequent petition, i8th Nov., 1721, to have the duty taken off linen cloth.) 31^/ March, 1720. — Which day, &c., the Magistrates and others of the Committee, appoynted by a former Act, &c., reported that, in respect the Provost, as Chiefe Magistrat, whiles in that station, is oblig't to keep up a port suitable thereto, and cannot but be at considerable charge in furnishing his house with wines, for the entertainment of gentlemen who may have occasion to wait on him at his house. That it is their judgment there should be fourty pound sterling settled upon the Provost yearly, for defraying the said charge, and he may therewith furnish himself with what wines he thinks most fitted, which being considered by the Council, they agree thereunto, &c. VOL. II. 2X 338 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. 2C^th April, 1 7 2 1 . — " Model anent calling a Minister, and draught of a call" engrossed, shewing the mode of procedure to be adopted in future calls.) Y^th Jan., 1722 Which day the Magistrats and Toun Councill, conveened, have agreed that the Barras port be taken down, and the door of the Green be made a tirlie door, and remitts to the Dean of Gild and Mr. of Work to see the same done. (2,2d Jmie. — Masons agreed with to build and furnish stones to the "key" from the Broomielaw to the "Dowcat Green.") The minute includes a minute specification. 2ii^h July. — Which day, &c., the Provost produced ane act of the Convention of Burrows statuting and ordaining that for here- after, in all the burrows, fresh herrings shall be sold by mett, and not by tale, viz. : — In the North and AVest, by the measure commonly called the barrell, containing sixty six pynts ; — and in the Firth of Forth, by the measure called the mett, containing fourty two pynts ; and recommending to the Magistrats of the respective burrows to execute the same, &c. (Ordain the same to be put in execution.) 21^/ Sept., 1723. — Ordain James Luke, Treasurer, to pay to James Robison, schoollmaster three guinzeas, for his encourage- ment, and compiling and prenting a litle book, entituled a dialogue betwixt a young Lady and her Schoollmaster, shewing the right way of sillabing, &c. (T^oth Dec. — " Minute of agreement betwixt the town and Borrowfield, anent the sale of the said estate to the toun,'' engrossed and signed; and on 28th May, 1724, "Report of the Magistrats of the estate of Borrowfield, and price thereof, and way of their ending with Borrowfield." 2.(ith Sept., 1724. — The town's ground annuals ordered to be sold at 25 years' purchase. 'jth July, 1725. — Which day, the Magistrats and Town Councill MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 339 conveened, Represented that by the Edinburgh newspaper called the Calladonia Mercury, quhilk gives account of the late tumult and ryott in this place, of the mobbs entering upon and pillageing of Shawfields house, and of attacking the kings troups at the guard, and the troups fireing upon the mob, whereby severalls who were innocent were killed, and others wounded, There are severall things in that print set furth not fact, and likeways contains gross reflections on the conduct of the Magistrats and inhabitants, And that the Magistrats, upon their getting account of the said jjrint, judgeing it their duty, for their and the inhabitants vindication of their conduct, did, with the concurrance and advice of severalls of the Councill and principall inhabitants, draw up a true account of the wholl matter, made up of informations taken from persons who were eye witnesses of the facts, and had sent the same into Edin- burgh, in order to be put into the publick prints, which, though refused, yet with difficulty was printed, by way of letter from the Magistrats, and a considerable number of copies cast of and disperst, whereby many entertained a juster notion of the Magis- trats and inhabitants their conduct dureing these molestations, then what they were formerly imprest with by the account in the Mer- cury, And that before the Provost went to Edinburgh, to the Con- vention, where he is at the time, it was concerted and agreed to among the Magistrats and severall of the Councill meet in a Committee, that when he, the Provost, went in to Edinburgh, he should employ some of the ablest lawers, and draw up a Repre- sentation, or Memorial, of the whole affair, and transmitt the same to London to the Lords Justices, with all dispatch ; And farder represented that they had this day received a letter from the Provost at Edinburgh, giveing account that he had been with the Generall, and with the Kings Advocat, and that in a day or two the Generall, with some regiments, and train of artillery, were to be here upon account of the late tumult, and likewayes the Ad- 340 CLASCO W MEMORABILIA. vocat or Solicitor, with some others, to take a precognition in the said affair : Quhilk letters the Magistrats produced, and craved the Councills mind what answer to return to the Provest, All which being heard and considered by the Council!, and that severalls of the Councill were present, and concurring with the Magistrats in drawing up of the foresaid account, and that the Magistrats could have done no less. Therefore (approve of the procedure, and direct the Provost to lay a statement before lawyers, and a Memorial to be transmitted to the Lords Justices, and the Provost to come West, and bring with him lawyers to appear on the part of the town in the precognition.) 2,1. st July. — AVhich day, Sic, empower the Provost to sign two doubles of the following Address, &c. : To the Kings Most Excel- lent Majesty, &c. Most Gracious Sovereign, Wee, your Majesties most loyall and dutyfuU subjects, beg leave humbly to represent to your Majestic the great sense we have of the many blessings your kingdom do enjoy under your Majesties mild and auspicious go- vernment, and to express our utter abhorrence and detestation of these ryotts and disorders that have lately happened in this your Majesties loyall tho', in so far, infortunate city of Glasgow. Wee are deeply sensible how highly criminal such outragious pro- ceedings are, how destructive to society, and how unbecomeing a corporation, that hath endeavoured to distinguish itself by an examplary affection and zealous adherence to your Majesties government, and the interest of your Royall and illustrious family ; but as these disorders were begun and carried on only by tlie lowest and abject sort of the populace, without the countenance or approbation of any person of note or consideration in the place, wee humbly hope, from your Majesties known justice and great goodness, that neither the folly nor wickedness of such mean, obscure, and, for the most part, unknown miscreants, will be charged to the account of your Majesties most loyall city. Your MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 341 Majesties most faithful and well meaning citizens have, with no small concern and astonishment, seen their Magistrats committed to the goall of that town, with the government of which they are intrusted, without being allowed the benefit of finding baill, and carried, in ane extraordinary way, prisoners throw a considerable part of the country, and then thrown unto the nauseous common prison of Edinburgh, as favourers and encouragers of tumults, which they utterly detest. But, while we are conscious and persuaded of their innocence, we presume to approach your Majesties royall throne, with humble confidence of your Majesties most gracious protection and countenance, and to lay before your Majesty the true and faithfull account, hereunto anexed, of the severall circumstances of these unhappy disorders ; and, although we cannot take upon us to justify their behaviour from errors in point of judgment, which may readily have fallen when under the concern and anxiety that naturally arrise from so an unexpected emergent, yet, with regaird to the sincerity of these our intentions, and candour of our endeavours to setle and mentain the peace of the town intrusted to our management, wee do most humbly submitt our conduct to your Majesties great wisdom. — That your Majestie may enjoy a long, glorious, and quiet reign, &c., &c. A True and faithful account of the proceedings touching the ryots and tumults which have lately happened in the City of Glasgow. — 1725. Upon the 23d and 24th days of June last, the day before and the day on which the malt tax commenced in Scotland, for the service of the year 1725, there was ane appearance in the streets of some disorderly persons, consisting chiefly of women and boys, who were soon dispersed by the Provost and other inhabitants. Upon the 24th, in the evening, two companies of his Majesties forces came to the town, under the command of Capt. Bushel, which drew a concourse of people into the streets, but that being 342 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. usual on such occasions, gave the Magistrats no appearance of any ryots, untill the Provost (who is chief Magistrate) had notice brought him that the persons he had ordered to prepare and fit-up the guard-room, for the reception of the forces, were dispossessed by a mob, the doors of the guard-room lockt, and the keys carried off. The Provost thereupon sent the town officers to break open the doors of the guard-room, but they being bruised and beat off, he went in person from the Town-house towards the guard, to have the same made open, and in his way was informed that the mob was much increased, and threatened to pull him in pieces if he came there on that erand, and was thereupon advised by several! of the most respectfull burgesses that it might tend to quiet the disorders should the souldiers be sent to quarters that night, upon billets, and the common Town-guard advertised to attend as usuall. Of this the commanding officer being advertised, he agreed thereto, by reason his men being fatigued and few, and saying he expected to be reinforced next day with two other companys, upon which the Town-guard was advertised to meet at the ordinary time, which is between ten and eleven at night. The Provost, with Mr. Campbell of BIythswood, the only other Justice of Peace then in the place, with severall of the burgesses of best account, con- tinued in the town house till towards nine a clock at night, and then there being no appearance of the least disorder, they went together to a tavern hard by. A little after ten at night, accounts was brought to the Provost that the mob had again gote together, and were making ane attempt upon Mr. Campbell of Shawfields house, situated in one of the extremeties of the town, whereupon the Provost, and gentle- men with him, went imediately to Mr. Campbells house, and by entreaties and threats had prevailed upon them to retire, having then done litle other damage then breaking some of the win- MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 343 dows ; and at that time, when there was good hopes of their dispersing, great numbers of disorderly and ryotous people ad- vanced from severall quarters tovvards the house, insulted the Provost, beat down the town officers, and threatened the Provost and burgesses with him, on some of whom they laid violent hands, so that they, seeing it was impracticable to stay the torrent, were obliged to make their escape, which they did with great difficulty, haveing been pursued by severall fellows armed with clubs, — After which, being then near twelve at night, while the Provost was consulting with some of the burgesses about calling the military together, a serjant came to the Provost from the comanding officer, offering (if there was occasion,) the assistance of the military ; To which the Provost answered, he was most willing, provided they could be gote together, adding, he only feared they would be in bed, and would be disarmed and knockt in the head, before they could be brought to meet together (the mobb being then in full possession of the house, and very numerous and outragious), to which the serjant answered, that was the case, for the men would be in bed. The nixt day, being the 2Sth, for preventing farther confusions, the Provost desired the comanding officer that he might have his troops readie to take possession of the guard-house ; and while they were conveening, the Provost, and a good many principall inhabitants went to Mr. Campbell's house, caused secure and shutt up the entries and doors in the best maner and returning to the guard-house, where the military were drawn up, gave possession of it to the officer, and two companies under his command. Im- mediately after the Kings troops were lodged, the Provost gave orders that twenty men of each of the towns companies of train- bands should conveen at the Town-house, at three o'clock after- noon, in order to assist in suppressing any tumults might happen. Betwixt two and three, a considerable number of riotous persons, 344 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. consisting chiefly of women and boys, haveing gote together, near the Town-house, the Provost, with the assistance of sundry of the inhabitants, caused them soon disperse and fly; but in a little time (as the Provost was afterwards informed) a good many more appeared before the guard-hous, and insulted the military by throwing stones. It has not hitherto appeared any of the troops were disabled or hurt by this insult, nor does it appear that the ofiicer, or soldiers under his command were at this time in any great danger. However, the commanding officer ordered them to fire, by which first fire two men were killed, who had no way been concerned in the ryott, and were then at a good distance from the guard house ; and thereafter continued to fire by platoons towards the four principal streets though in some of them there was no mob, nor not so much as a single stone thrown. The Provost, on hearing the first fire, sent a gentleman with a request to the commanding officer that he might fire no more, and to acquaint him that a sufficient number of townsmen should be sent to assist in quelling the mob. The Capt. promised not to fire till the gentleman should return, notwithstanding which he did fire. Upon the gentlemans return to the Provost, he found him invironed by a more formidable mob then was at the guard, com- plaining highly of the injury done the town by firing sharp in the streets, whereby some of the inhabitants were killed, and severalls wounded. The Provost did all he could to pacifie them by threats and smooth words, but all was of no avail. The multituds was so incenced, that they proceeded to break open the doors of the townhouse, in order to ring the alarm bell, and to take from thence some old fire arms and halberts were therein lodged. The Provost, hereby perceiving lie should not be able to quell the inraged mob, who were encreasing every minute, and \\'ho, he presumed, would still be greater upon the ringing the alarm bell, dispatcht again the same gentleman immediately to the officer MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 34 ^ with a message that he believed it would tend to the safety of the officer and the kings troops, and the quieting the present tumult, for him and his men to retire out of town. The officer accord- ingly retired, and though there were no numbers pressing upon him, he continued fireing upon the streets, whereby, in all, there were nine persons killed, particularly one gentlewoman, out of a window, two stories high, some in the sides, and others crossing the streets, going about their lawfull affairs, and sixteen danger- ously wounded, whereby not above five or six at most (so far as can yet be known) were any way concerned in the mob. Upon the troops leaving the town, some of the mob followed after, and came up only with two of the souldiers, who, throw indisposition, had fallen behind. These two being brought back to the town, one of them was dismissed, and the other being hurt in the head, was carried to the Town-house to be taken care of, and in a few days, being fully recovered, was likeways sent off. (14//^ Aug. — A letter is produced from " Secretary Delafay," relative to the above, and a reply ordered to be sent, in which the town state they are sorry their account does not agree with that furnished by his Majesty's Advocate, and it goes on, " We are very much mistaken if our account does not perfectly agree with the examinations taken by his Majesties Advocate, when he was pleased to allow us to be present : As for other examinations which his Lordship may have thought fitt to take in presence of Major-Generall Wade, Colonell Spotswood, and Collonel Guest, without allowing us to be present, or acquainting us of such examination, we can say nothing about them, &c. We cannot think my Lord Advocate will give the name of examinations to some discourses past betwixt his Lordship and some of the Magistrats in a tavern, when the honourable persons you mentiou were present, &c. We did not doubt that his Majesties Advocate had done the malsters in this city the justice to represent that, in VOL. II. 2 Y 346 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. conformity to the law imposing the malt duty on grain malted, they have given security for the stock in hand, and for all the malt they made from the 23d of June, and that the officers of excise have free, quiet, and ready access to all their barns alse oft as they require it.") 2tjth Sept. — Ordain Arthur Tran, late Treasurer, to pay to John Stark, Dean of Gild, ;!£^So sterling, which he payed at London for a fire engine, for the service of the town, which is now upon the way coming home. 22d Jan., 1726. — Which day, &c., the Magistrats represented that, in pursuance of a former act, &c., they had mett with the proprietars of the suggar houses, and had received in from them some proposals, viz : — That, upon the towns exeeming their servants from keeping of the town guard, in respect their labour and work in the sugar house necessarly requyres their working in the night time as well as throw the day, they, in lieu thereof, aggree and condescend that the suggar boyler of each of their sugar houses, with their servants, which will be ten, at least, from each sugar house, shall be ready at all tymes when fire happens in the city, on their being advertised by the drum, or bell, or first allarm thereof, to attend the Magistrats, and give their best help and assistance. The toun provyding each suggar house with four slings, and stands and buckets, So that, upon the first occasion of fyre, they shall come to the place with them filled with water, and thereafter observe the orders and directions of the Magistrats, and others whom they shall appoynt. — (Agreed to.) {iitk March. — Act anent linnen and cotton handkercheffs. [This act is directed against the use of false or loose colour, and against handkerchiefs being made " shorter in lenth than they are in breadth."] 12th April. — Which day, &c., considering that tliere is ane aggreement, signed by several of the heretors within the burgh, for MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 347 a mutuall insurance of tenements and houses from losses by fire, do aggree that the touns corner house at the Crofs be lykeways insured, &c. {22d April. — Address to the King, on the Commons having passed a resolution to enable his Majesty to grant the sum of ;!£"6,o8o out of the supplies, to Daniel Campbell of Shawfield, in consideration of the damage he sustained by the riots of 24th and 25th June, and that it had been moved that such sum shall be replaced out of the fund that arises to the town from the grant of 2d. on the Scots pint of ale and beer sold within the town. This grant is on 26th May, 1726, vested in his Majesty, in security for the above sum ; and there is subsequently the following entry. 13//^ June. — The CouncUl to have their thoughts in reference to the 2d. — Which day the Magistrats and Town Council conveened, they recommend to one another to have their thoughts upon what is proper for the town to do in reference to the ^6080 sterling granted by the Parliament to Daniel Campbell of Shawfield, for his dammages, and wherewith the touns 2d. on the pint is burdened with the repa)rment thereof to his Majesty, whether the toun, in its present circumstances, should borrow the money for the payment thereof, or that the 2d. should continue vested in his Majestie till repayment, &c. (The sum is afterwards borrowed by the town on bonds to sun- dries, and the 2d. on the pint relieved.) FROM treasurer's ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. 7,d Oct. — Payed to Provost Miller, which he gave in compliment to the Lady Burrow- field (this was on the purchase of the lands by the town, ;£'iS7S o o To the surgeons, for cureing several wounded people by the military, on 25th June, 1725, . 302 8 o 348 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. (i^th Jan., 1727. — Address to his Majesty on the threatened invasion by a " popish pretender.") {2(ithjune.- — Address to King George II. on his accession.) (2t^th Jan., 1728. — Statute regulating the weight of wheat bread, at " nine pund, five drop," for the twelvepenny loaf, wheat having risen to ;^i2 the boll, and again (30th April) a statute on the same subject, the wheat having then risen to ;£i4 the boll.) {ith March.- — Agreement with John and Thos. M'Fies, for keeping up the causeways in town.) •2\st Oet. — Which day, &c., approves of the contract betwixt the Magistrats, &c., on the one part, and Susannah Smith, relict of the deceased Mr. Archd. Wallace, minister at Cardross, on the other part, dated 12 th Sept. last, whereby the said Susannah Smith is nominate Mistress of the Public School, erected in this city, for teaching girles to spin flax into fine yearn fitt for making threed or cambrick, upon an encouragement of thirty pounds sterling annually, granted by the Commissioners and Trustees for im- proveing Fisharies and manufactories in Scotland, out of the publick money which is put under their manadgement, and that during the full term of three years, from and after the nth No- vember instant, &c. The which day, considering the great dammage which the streets of this city and avenues thereof sustain thro' a late method of fixing the iron bands to the trades of carts by square-headed stob-nails, and the vaste expense the toun is at in mentaining and upholding the caussies and streets thereof without any relief from or burden upon the carters occasioning the said damadge, do therefore strictly prohibite and discharge, &c., and from and after the first of January next, &c. {\%th June, 1730. — New regulations as to tlie price of bread wheat being now down to ten pounds the boll, and again on i3tli July, 1732, wheat being then declared to be down to fy per boll.) MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 349 ■2.1th Aug. — Which day, &c., allow Isobell Marshal, relict of James Hepburn, late bellman, to have the benefit of each third week of the bell, for the space of half a year from the date hereof, in respect of her poverty, she furnishing one to cry the bell. FROM THE TREASURERS ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. 2,<)th Sept., 1730. — By William Dunlop, painter, for painting and gilding the south and north dyall plates of the Bridgegate horelatch, . . . £fi^ 4 o By William Waddell, painter, for painting and gilding the east and west dyall plate of the Bridge- gate horolage, 71 16 o By John Robertson, bookbinder, for gold foulzie to said horolages, . . . . . 142 i6 o By John Robertson, for transporting of four louse women and a man, who were in the Correction house, to Virginia, per act 5th May, 1729, . . 60 o o 2/Sfth Sept., 1 73 1. — By James Struthers, for spinning wheells, and chack wheells, and chack reells, to the girles in the Spinning School erected by the Trustees, 60 o o By Robert Craig, hammerman, for two sett of saws, for risping of logwood to the Correction House, 44 8 o By Hew Rodger, for two new lamps from Holland, 16 16 o By Robert Luke, goldsmith, for a silver tea kettle and lamp, given in complement by the Town, to Alex. Finlayson, clerk, . . . 385 16 o 2Zth Sept., 1732. — Which day^ &c., there was a proposal given in by the Masters of the University, that instead of changing the 350 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Liberary Keeper every four years, to make the office ad vitam aut culpam, they remit the said proposal to the quarter committee to consider thereupon and report. "ith Nov. — Which day, &c., ordain Robert Luke, late Treasurer, to pay to Mr. Robert Wodrow, Minister of the Gospel at East- wood, ten pounds sterling of charity, for the behoove of the poor sufferers at Saltzbrugh, who have been constrained to leave their country for their steady adherence to the Protestant religion. (3(f April, 1733. — Statute as to the wheat bread-wheat being of this date at £,% Scots per boll; and again on 13th Aug., 1734, when wheat was up at ^11 Scots per boll; and again on 4th Feb., 1737, when wheat was at fy los. per boll.) \^h Jwic. — Which day, &c., the Magistrats represented, that, considering the deplorable circumstances of many of the inhabi- tants of the burgh of Paisley, by which they are reduced by the violent conflagration by fire which happened there on the second instant, whereby in a few hours a third or fourth part of the town was laid in ashes, and many families dislodged, and their effects consumed. The said Magistrates, out of charity and compassion, and for a present help and relief to such of the sufferers as are reduced to want and indigence by the said fire, did recommend to the inhabitants of this burgh for a voluntary contribution throw the city for the present relief and supply of the saids sufferers, and recommended to the Sessions of this city to nominate fitt persons of their number, as they should think necessary, for in- gathering the said contribution, and the same to be paid in unto John Craig, thesaurer, and be paid in by him to tlie Baillies of Paisley, to be distributed, &c., which being heard by the Councill, they approved, &c. ; and furder ordain John Craig, thesaurer, out of the towns common good to pay in to the Baillies of Pasley, or any of them, to the end foresaid, fourty pound sterling money. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 35 I xst Oct. — Ordain John Craig, Thesaurer, to pay to Robt. Mackie, hammerman, ;^io 7s. 2d. sterling, for making a large copper weather cock to the High Church steeple, busked with four pieces cast brass, and screwed together with fourty brass screw naills and roves, gilding the cock with gold leaff, and a brass globe made of two pieces, and screwed together with two brass screw naills, con- form to an account, &c. Ordain John Craig, Thesaurer, to pay to James Nisbett, glazier, ;^2 I2S. 8|d. sterling, whereof 12s. sterling for glass to a window of thirty-eight foot, new glass in the Outter Church, broke by one Campbell, a prisoner, who made his escape throw the said window, and the remainder of the account for glass to brokin lamps, and new tirlies* to the Clerks chamber windows, and colouring them, and other glass work. lifh March, 1734. — ^Which day the Magistrats represented that they are informed that this Session of Parliament there is a bill to be presented to the House of Commons for repealing the septennial, t and restoring the trienniall law, and that severall counties and corporations have sent, and are to send, instructions to their Members thereanent, which being considered by the Councill, they remitt to and appoint the Magistrats, in their name, to write to such of the Members of the House of Commons as they shall think proper, in favours of so good and desireable an act. {^\2th April. — An address to the King "on the happy conclu- sion of the marriage of the Princess Royal with his most Serene Highness the Prince of Orange.") 21th Sept. — Which day, &c., anent a memorial given in by the Company of Archers, signed by George Leitch, merchant, their Preses, craving the Councils encouragment to give them a prize, * TreUis. + The Act for Septennial Parliaments was in the year 1716. 352 ■ GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. which is never to go out of the Company, but to be kept by them as a lasting instance of the town, favour, which being considered by the Magistrats and Council!, they ordain John Gartshore, thes- aurer, to pay to the said George Leith, the Prases, jQ^ sterling, for defraying the expense of the prizes and to be made by the direc- tion of the Magistrats, &c. 2d May, 1735. — Ordain the Dean of Gild and Bretheren to admitt Mr. Laurence Hill, Minister at Kilmarnock, burgess and gildbroyther, by the right of Hill of Lambhill, burges and gildbrother. Sac. FROM treasurer's ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. 2()th Sept. — To Walter Lang, tacksman of the multures and trone, from June, 1731, to June, 1732, upon account of loss sustained by steel milns set up in the Caltoun, &c., jQ& 10 o To Robert M'Kell, a stranger miln wright, of gratuity, for making the modell of an engine for slitting and clipping of iron, and rolling of iron hoops, &c., 300 2<:)th Jan., 1736. — Ordain Robt. Finlay, late thesaurer, to pay to Alexr. Horsburgh, surgeon, ;£i 13s. 6d. Stirling, for curing of Thomas Calder, late officer, and his wife, who were poxt some years ago by a fundling child, which they had in keeping upon the towns charge, &c. Which day, &c., considering that the town is under contract with Andrew Dickie, clockmaker in Stirling, to put up a new chyme of bells, and that the Magistrats have writt to London for casting the said bells, which are expected here shortly. But that, by the agreement, they are not to be played upon by the hand, so tliat, unless a new bell be cast B flatt, which will not be much cost, and MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 353 cannot be done in a more proper time than now, in regard both the ways can be carried up at a time, and would be chargeable to do thereafter, the Magistrats and Councill agree to the above, and remitt to the Magistrats to write to London for the said odd bell. 2d July. — Ordain Robert Cross, thesaurer, to pay to William Craig, Baillie, JC^ Stirling, which he paid out as the price and value of a small set of musick bells in Edinburgh, which were made by John Fife, and delivered to Rodger Redburn, musician here, for the use and behoove of the town, and which bells are lodged with the said Rodger Redburn, for his practising, in order to enable him to play upon the towns great chime of bells. ^h Oct. — Ordain Robt. Cross, thesaurer, to pay to Robt. Fulton, coppersmith, j[^2 3s. 2d., for making a new jack pinnet* and new ensign, raising the main mast and fore mast, and making a new rudder, and other reparations on the ship on the Bridgegate steeple, per account revised, &c. Which day, &c., remitt the petition given in by John M'Ure, writer, craving . some consideration for defra)dng his charges in putting furth a book which he calls the Hystory of the present state of the City, to the Annual Committee. TREASURERS ACCOUNT. — DISCHARGE. %th Nov., 1738. — Paid Neill Buchanan, by his bill on the town, for nineteen musick bells sent from London, ....... ;^3ii i 9 To Rodger Redburn, as his expense at Edin- burgh, in learning to play on the musick bells, to enable him to serve the town in playing upon the towns chym of bells, 430 * Pennon or pendant. VOL. II. 2 Z 354 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. To Andrew Dickie, watchmaker, for putting up the new chyme of bells, and making a new set of wheels and wooden barrell, . . . . . 140 o o 20th Feb., 1739. — Which day, &c., remitt to the Magistrats to procure authentic copies of the towns writes and others belonging to the burgh, which were carried off at the Reformation, and lodged in the Colledge of Dowie, and to apply to proper persons for procuring the same. <)th March. — Which day, &c., considering that the sett of musick bells which the town had got from London about two or three years ago, were not in consert, and did not answer, and that John Fife, player on the musick bells at Edinburgh, was employed by the toun to right and make them in consort, and that he has been for these six months past taken up at the said work, whereof four months here in chizelling and other work, and two months at Edinburgh in overseeing and attending the casting of fourteen small bells, and tuning them, and giving directions, which, with the former bells, are all now put up, and give satisfaction, and that the account of casting and tuning the above fourteen bells, after deduction of the weight of one of the great bells sent to Edinburgh, which was not in consort, and weighted 620 pound, at lod. the pound, there remains of ballance ;£i6 17s. 8d. sterling, with which the said John Fife is charged, in name of the toun, by Wm. Johnstone & Compy., who made the said fourteen bells, &c., Ordain Andw. Armoury late thesaurer, to pay the said John Fife the sum of ^60 sterling, (including said ballance, and that in full, &c.) 23^' May. — Which day, &c., the Magistrats represented that they had made application, by petition, to the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Ross, and Sir John Maxwell of Pollock, overseers, nomi- nated by the Barons of Exchequer, for overseeing the laying out MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL 355 of the expense for supporting and repairing the Cathedral Church, setting furth that, by the late violent storm and hurricane, * which happened in the night betwixt the 13th and 14th days of Jan., 1739, several of the turrets of the Church, and battlements sur- rounding the same, were thrown down, part whereof fell down upon the roof of the Church, and broke through and damnified the roof, and other parts of the said roof which were covered with lead and sclates, was uncovered and tirred by the said hurricane, and the roof thereby much damnified and spoiled, and several other parts of the Church chatterd and disordered, and the top of the speir made to decline and bow down, which will cost a con- siderable expense for repairing thereof, &c., (craving that persons might be named to cognosce the said damage, which was accord- ingly done, and the visitors having inspected the Cathedral, find) Two pinnacles upon the speir of the steeple, the greatest part of the ballastrades about the steeple, the top of the pedament upon the south side of the Church, and a great part of the parapats round the Church, were beat down, and fell in upon and drove down the roof, and the two spires whereon the weather cocks were fixt were turned aside, and a great part of the roof, as well what was clad with lead, as what was covered with sclate, was uncovered, and severall parts of the wall chattered, and disordered, which will, by the most modest computation, and most exact mannage- ment, require £,^0 sterling to repair the stone work, and ;^93 9s. 9jd. sterling for timber, sclate, nails, and scaffolding, to repair the roof, and ;^236 2s. 8d. sterling for cleading the lead roof, which they declare, upon soul and conscience, to the best of their knowledge and judgment; and furder reported that the jests and floor which support the steeple, which is but one stone thick, are failed, and should be renewed, and judge that a sum not under * This storm seems to have done a very great deal of damage in various parts of the town, as shevni by several entries. 356 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. £,\'] sterling, will not defray the expense thereof, — All which being heard, &c., (agree to make the repair, and remit to the Magistrates to see the same done). 2i^h Sept. — Which day, &c., considering that, by their act dated the 24th of August last, they statuted and ordained that the wheat being at 19s. sterling the boll, including the manufacturing, that the wheat bread, whether white, wheaten, or houshold, be prepared, marked, and sold by the baxters conform to and according to the assize fixt and determined by the Act of Parliament, &c., The Magistrats and Council do now furder statute and ordain that the baxters for the future affix upon their'bread the initial letters of the bakers name ; and upon the severall sorts, whether white, wheaten, or houshold, the letters following, viz., the letter F on the white bread — -the letter W on the wheaten bread — and the letter H on the houshold bread. As also affix distinct figures, such as I for a penny loaf — II for a two penny loaf, and so furth for larger loafs. And likeways agree and ordain that there be scales and weights provided, and fixt in the Clerks Chamber, for weighing the bread, and that any of the inhabitants who have any suspicion of the weight of the bread furnisht to them, may bring the same to the Clerks Chamber to be weighted, and if found light, do impower the Magistrats to pay for the loaf, and give half a crown of reward to the person who brings the loaf formed light, (and order intima- tion hereof to be made). (There is again another Act on this subject, with additional regulations, on 6th Nov., 1740.) Wi May, 1740. — Which day, &c., the Councill agree that a tryal be made this season of deepning the river, by carying away the banks below the Broomielaw, and remitt to the Magistrats to cause do the same, and go the length of ^i^ioo sterling of charges thereupon, and to cause build a flatt bottomed boat for carying off the sand and chingle from the banks. MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 357 Which day, anent the petition given in by James Lochhead, teacher of cookery, mentioning that he being regularly educated by his Majesty's cooks, under whom he served in the art of cookery, pastry, confectioning, candying, preserving, and pickling, and of making of milks, creams, syllabubs, gellies, soups and broaths, of all sorts, and also taught to dress and order a table, and to make bills of fare for entertainments of all kinds, and that of late he has successfully taught severall young ladies, to their own and their parents satisfaction, and that for instruction of his scholars he is obliged to provide, on his own charge, flesh, fowles, fish, spiceries, and severall other ingredients, but when dresst, lye on his hand for want of sale, by which he is a loser, and will be obliged to lay aside his teaching unless he be assisted in carrying it on, and, therefore, craving a yearly allowance, &c., (remit to the Magistrats to agree with him as to teaching, and allow him £,\o sterling yearly during their pleasure). -Li^th Dec. — Grain to be purchased for the poor, &'C. — Which day, &c., the Provost represented that the other Societies, viz., the Merchants House, the Trades House, and General Session, with the Magistrats, had applyed to the Bank for money, to the extent of three thousand pounds sterling, for providing grain for the service of the place in this straitning time, and that the Bank had given them credit for that sum, and that the said Andrew Buchanan, Provost, and Andrew Cochran, Baillie, for the towns part, had joined with the other Societys, and signed the bond to the Bank. Therefore, the Councill enact and oblige them to indemnify the said Andrew Buchanan, Provost, and Andrew Cochran, BailHe, of the said bond, &c., and of any loss that may be sustained by purchasing the grain, and selHng the same out again to the inhabitants for retail. zdth Dec. — Which day the Magistrats represented that, at a meeting with the severall Societys, &c., it was agreed that for the 358 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. present supply of the poor in this scarcity, each of the Societys should contribute a certain moyety for three months, besides what the inhabitants should contribute and sign for, and that the Magis- trats had agreed that the towns part should be £,\^ sterling per month, which being heard by the Councill, they approve thereof, &c. ^th March, 1742. — Which day, &c., the Magistrats by the Councill are desired to write to Neill Buchanan, Esq., Member of Parliament for the town, thanking him for what he has done in Parliament, and that as there is already brought into the House of Commons some bills for more effectuall securing the independence of Parliament and the rights and libertys of the subjects, and that they hope and expect more will, That they desire he will heartily promote all such laws being enacted, and particularly the limiting the number of placemen and pensioners in the House of Com- mons, and repealing the law for Septennial Parliaments, and pro- curing a law for Triennialls. ()th Nov.- — The letter itself is of this date, and is as follows : — " The securing and restoring our liberty and Constitution, and preserving the independence of Parliament, having been our chief care in promoting your election as Member of the House of Com- mons for this city and district, it is with the outmost pleasure we observe that in your Parliamentary conduct you have answered these our intentions, for which we make you our most grateful acknowledgement. " But, as the present conjuncture is extremely critical, you will permit us to give our sentiments at the opening of this new Session, which, we have no doubt, are perfectly agreeable to your own. " We earnestly request of you, in the name of tlie Corporation, to promote every maxim for preventing and restraining all manner of pecuniary influence over the Members of your House, the MINUTES OP TOWN COUNCIL. 359 unhappy source of all our calamities — for restoring frequency of new Parliaments, and for giving such vigour to our once happy, but now exhausted. Constitution. That you be as sparing of the national treasure as the present exigencys will admit, and join in all the Parliamentary enquiries into the past conduct and manage- ment of publick affairs, whereby his Majestys Government will be founded on its proper basis — the affections of his people ; former mismanagements and grievances may be corrected and redressed, and all furder abuse of power, we hope, be prevented. "Your attendance to these points, and any others that may come before your House for the good of- your country, will endear you to all lovers of liberty, and be particularly acceptable to all the members of this community.'' \^th Oct., 1743. — Which day, &c., there was a proposal pro- duced, signed by John Walker, merchant in Edinburgh, for erect- ing a stage coach betwixt Edinburgh and Glasgow, and to set out twice a week from Edinburgh to Glasgow, and twice a week from Glasgow to Edinburgh, and the coach, or lando, to contain six passengers, with six sufficient horses, for twenty weeks in the summer, and the rest of the year once a week, and each passenger to pay ten shillings sterling, and to be entitled to fourteen pound weight of baggage, and that as long as he continues the stage coach, that the town should insure to him that two hundred of his tickets shall be sold here each year, Which being read, &c., (remit to a Committee, and to report.) (i.f/ Dec. — Address of congratulation to the King, on the suc- cess of his arms in Germany — the marriage of the Prince and Princess Royal of Denmark — the happy increase of the Royal family — and his Majesty's safe return to the British dominions, after " having hazarded his most precious life in maintenance of the balance of power in Europe.") {■^d Jan., 1744. — Act in favour of "the Directors of the Towns 3 6o GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. Hospital, erecting them into a Corporation and Society," which narrates that the inhabitants, "from a voluntary contribution among themselves, have erected a large Hospital and Workhouse, with a spacious Court about it, and a handsome well contrived Infirmary at a small distance from the Hospital, and all upon a plot of ground gifted to them by the Magistrats and Town Coun- cill, most wholesom, pleasant, and commodious, on account of its good air, and being near the River of Clyde,'' and erects the forty- eight Directors to be annually chosen, to be a legal Society and Incorporation.) (T.'jth Aug, — Rules for suppressing profaneness at great length.) (^th June, 1745. — Decreet arbitral on submission between the Merchants' and Trades' Houses, in relation to the several mortifi- cations by Robert Sanders of Auldhouse.) ilth Sept. — Which day the Magistrats and Town Council, with the Trustees and Commissioners * nominat by former Acts, dated the 15 th and 26th days of September instant, and a plurality of the inhabitants, both of the Merchants and Crafts rank, being mett and conveened. The Trustees and Commissioners foresaid, reported that there was produced and delivered to them a letter, dated at Holyrood house, of 2Sth current, signed Charles P. R., direct to the Provost, Magistrats, and Town Council of the City of Glasgow, demanding complyance with the payment of the _;^ 1 5000 sterling which he required by his former letter, with a commission, of the same date, signed as above, to John Haye, Esq., empowering him furthwith to repair to Glasgow, and treat with the Magistrats and Toun Council, in terms of the said letter, and represented that they had, accordingly, mett with the said John Hay, and after much time spent, they had prevailed with Mr. Hay to restrict the demand of .;^i5ooo sterling, to the sum of * Appointed to treat with the rebels, in consequence of a petition by the inhabitants, on the approach of the rebel army. M/NUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 36 I ^£'5500 Sterling, which, in their opinion, ought to be complyed with, to save the inhabitants, and their dweUings and goods, from being exposed to the discretion of the numerous army of High- landers now in arms, of whom some are at the entry and confines of the city, and desired the opinion of the inhabitants as to their complyance with the terms offered, and that such as had any money, or bank notes, or could draw bills, would condescend upon the sums which could be lent, for the security of the inhabitants. Upon which, the whole inhabitants present declared that, in their present circumstances, and as necessity has no law, they approved of the opinion of their Trustees and Commissioners, and such as had money, bank notes, or could draw bills, condescended upon the extent thereof, and consented to pay in the same on receipt of any proper person, and take a bond from the Magistrates and Toun Council for security thereof, and that what furder was necessar, might be borrowed on the touns security, for satisfying the above demand, and that the repayment thereof might be thereafter divided and payed by the inhabitants according to their respective abilities and interests in their dwelling, trade, and commerce, in the city, which being considered by the Magistrats and Toun Council, they authorise John M'Gilchrist, Deput Town Clerk, to receive from the respective inhabitants such sums, bank notes, and bills of blank indorsations, as shall be offered to him for the effect foresaid, and grant receipt thereof, until an act of Council, or other security, can be granted for the several sums to be so lent, and recommend to the Magistrats, or any of their num- ber, to apply to the Right Hon. the Earle of Glencaim, or any other person possesst of money or credit, for a loan of what furder sums may be necessary for completing the above demand, &c. (On 17th Dec, 1745, a bond is signed to the Earle of Glencaim for _;^i5oo; and on 26th Sept., 1746, there is an entry declaring VOL. II. 3 A 362 GLASGO W MEMORABILIA. that the Earl agrees to restrict the annual rent thereon to \\ per cent.) 3(f Dec. — Which day, &c., considering that there being sent to the city, from Edinburgh Castle, by the Government, one thousand firelocks, one thousand bayonets, one thousand cartouch boxes, eight barrells of gun powder, and ten barrells of musket ball, with two barrells of flint, for the defence and service of the city and his Majestys Government, and that the Magistrats had granted a receipt, &c.. Sec, all which the Magistrats promise to return to Lieut. Gen. Guest, on demand, at the Castle of Edinburgh, &c., and the Council considering that the inhabitants are subscriving for levying and paying to the number of six hundred volunteers, upon the subscrivers charge, for the service foresaid, for the space of two months, the Council agree that the above arms and ammuni- tion be given out and distribute among the said volunteers, and others of the inhabitants, for the service foresaid, and remit to the Magistrats to see the same done, &c. bth May, 1746. — Which day, &c., John Cochran, Mr. of Work, represented that, by advice of the Magistrats, he had sent to London to sell the brocken necklace of diamonds, which several years ago were found among the rubbish of Daniel Campbell of Shawfields house, when mobbed by the crowd in the year 1725, and exposed by some of the mobb to sale, with a piece of gold coin, and that the same had been offered back to the Lady Shaw- field, who refused to take it, in regaird Shawfield was satisfied by the Parliament as to his damages, and the town fyned upon that account, and that, accordingly, the said necklace was sold at ;^30 sterling, and the piece of gold at two pound ten shillings. (Ordain him to pay the same over to the Treasurer.) 16M July. — Which day, &c., remit the counter petitions given by the candlemakers, in relation to the crackling house, — as also the petition of the merchants who furnished the goods and others, MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 363 demanded by the Highland rebels, when here, from the town, as a fyne put on the town by their pretended Prince, for appearing in arms against him, craving their accounts may be ascertained and docket, in order for their payment, to the Annual Committee, to consider thereupon, and to report. Zth Sept. — Which day, &c,, ordain John Murdoch, sen.. Treasurer, to pay to George Murdoch, merchant, late Baillie, ;^i4 4s. sterling, whereof ;^3 is. as his expenses at Edinburgh with the Provost, in February last, about the towns affairs, and ;^ii 3s. as his expenses with Richard Allan, Baillie, who were sent by the Council to Inverness, to congratulate the Duke of Cumberland, after the battle of Culloden, when the rebels were defeat, per particular account. Which day, &c., ordain Robert Donaldson, late Treasurer, to pay to George Carmichael, Baillie, and Archd. Coats, merchant, who were taken away by the rebels along with them, in January last, as hostages for the toun, that the iniquitous fyne imposed upon the town would be paid them, the sum of ^£^13 15s. 8d., as their expenses and charges for themselves, servants, and horses, from the 3d January to the 4th February, when they were released, per particular account. Which day, &c.. The Committee, in consequence of an appoint- ment by a former act, &c.. Report, that on the 14th Sept., 1745, The Pretenders son sent a written demand to the Magistrats, requiring, on their peril, payment of ;^i5ooo sterling, besides sundry other things. That, upon the notice thereof, the principal inhabitants, by their petition to the Magistrats and Councill setting furth that the city was threatened with a force which they were unable to resist, and that the inhabitants, and their trade and dwellings, were in imminent danger of being exposed to irreparable losses, did beseech the Magistrates and Council, by their act, to authorise such persons therein named, or their quorum, on the 364 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. approach of any such force, to meet with their leaders, and make the best terms they could for saving the city, its trade, and inhabitants, from these dismal consequences, and to indemnify these trustees from any engagement they should come under, That, in pursuance of said petition, the Magistrats and Council gave a commission, in terms thereof The Committee farther report, that, on the 26th of Sept., 1745, The Magistrats, at a full meeting of the inhabitants, in the Touns New Hall, represented that they had certain information that a party of the rebels were to be in Glasgow the same day, setting furth what the Council had done, and desiring their approbation, and instructions to the Commis- sioners in the Councils act, — Upon hearing thereof, the inhabitants unanimously approved of the Councils act, and authorised the foresaid Commissioners, in conjunction with the Magistrats, to make the best terms they could, That, accordingly, said 26th Sept. last, John Hay, Writer to the Signet, came with a party of horse, and presented a written commission to him, the said John Hay, together with a demand from the Pretenders son, for ;^iSooo sterling, and the Magistrats and Trustees for the inhabitants, having had a long conversation with him, they, at last, with much difficulty, got him to restrict his demand to ;^sooo in money, and ;^5oo in goods. The Committee also report that, on the 27th of September last, at another full meeting of the inhabitants in said New Hall, the Magistrats resumed what had been communed with Mr. Hay, and desired to know their opinion. Upon which, the whole inhabitants present (except William Pagan, an under boyler in the Western sugar house,) approved of the transaction, ^Vhere- upon, the Magistrats represented that money would be wanted immediately, and that tho' the Council were, in the meantime, to give the touns security, yet the fyne was to be proportioned among the inhabitants according to their abilities, at a more settled time, and desired such of the inhabitants as had money, to pay it in to MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 365 John M'Gilchrist, the town clerk, who should be immediately authorised by the Council to give his receipts therefor, all which was approved of by the inhabitants : That accordingly the Council authorised the said John M'Gilchrist to grant receipts to such of the inhabitants as had money to lend, for which they should have Act of Council, who accordingly paid to him the sum of £,2>'i'^° sterling, which, with ;^r5oo sterling borrowed from the Earle of Glencaim, made the sum of ;!^sooo sterling ; and Port-Glasgow Ropework and Glasgow Tanwork, and Richard Allan, merchant in Glasgow, and James Smith, weaver in Glasgow, furnished goods to the extent of ^^500 sterling, in full of the said oppressive demand made by the said John Hay ; all which money and goods were, on the 30th of Sept. last, paid and delivered to said John Hay, con- form to receipt. The Committee also report, that the above matters and transaction were laid before the Merchants and Trades Houses, and approven of by them, conform to their separate Acts. The Committee farther report, that the rebels having entered Glasgow the 25th of December last, with the Pretenders son, there was a demand made (on account of the citys late appearance in arms for our happy government) of 6000 short cloath coats, 12000 linen shirts, 6000 pairs of shoes, and the like number of pairs of tartan hose and blue bonnets, whereon the Magistrats, on the 28th of Dec. last, laid this most exhorbitant demand before a full meeting of the inhabitants, in said New hall, who unanimously considering their then unhappy situation, agreed to comply with said unjust demand, and named John Wilson, James Wardrop, and Walter Brisbane, all merchants, to buy and provide the cloaths, Thomas Dunmoor, also merchants, to provide the linens, Robert Finlay, tanner, . to provide the shoes, Archibald Coats, to buy the tartan for the hose, John Hamilton, 366 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. to provide the blue bonnets, who, in virtue of said order, purchased said respective goods, part whereof were deUvered to the rebels before they left Glasgow, and for relieving the hostages whom the rebels carried from Glasgow, the remainder was sent after them to Bannockburn, the account whereof, with the names of the furnishers, is insert in a book made for that purpose, in the hands of said John M'Gilchrist, amounting in all, with the expenses of some cartages to Bannockburn, to the sum of . The Committee also report, that the far greatest part of the inhabitants, by writes under their hands, approved of said last transaction, and appointed the buying of goods, and promised to pay their parts of them, as it should be proportioned by persons authorised for that end. The Committee moreover report, that it is just and reasonable the lenders of said money, and furnishers of said goods, should be secured concerning their repayment, but that the touns ordinary and stated revenue is alto- gether unable to pay such two heavy debts, and that it is their humble opinion this whole affair should be laid before the Mer- chants and Trades Houses, and that separate Acts should be obtained from them, approving of the foresaid transactions, and recommending to the Magistrates and Council to give the touns security for the repayment of the sums lent and goods furnished, as above said, and promising and engaging each of said Houses, for themselves and constituents, that they will concurr and agree in all measures for applying to the King and Parliament for relief and reimbursement of said two iniquious fynes ; or if that cannot be obtained, or shall become ineffectual, to apply to the Magistrats and Council to name proper persons, in the same manner as is done with respect to the towns land tax, for proportioning and dividing the said two heavy sums among the heritors, landholders, traders, and inhabitants, conform to their interests and abilities, and vesting proper powers in the Magistrats for levj'ing and up- MINUTES OF TOIVN COUNCIL. 367 lifting thereof In a summary manner, or that they will concurr in procuring an Act of Parliament for prolonging the grant of the to\vns two pennies on the pint of ale and beer, and for extending that imposition upon malt brewn by or for the use of private inhabitants, and consenting to the touns levying their present or any future grant of said imposition which they shall obtain to the full extent of the Act of Parliament, and that they will concur in any other measures that shall be judged proper for the relief and reimbursement of the touns publick stock of the said two oppres- sive and unjust exactions, which Report, above written, being heard, &c., by the Magistrats and Council, they approved of the same, and agree thereto, &c. (17M Nov., I746.' — Decreet Arbitral on Submission between the Town and the College, as to the property of the latter being freed from payment of cess, stent, or land tax.) 7M May, 1747. — Which day, &c., ordain James Clark, Treas- urer, to pay to Mr. Wm. Cross, Advocat, the sum of ;!^ii9, as his personal charge and expenses in going to, and at, and coming from London, upon the towns affairs, in relation to the towns being redresst, by the Government, of the unjust and heavy demands made by the rebel army upon the city, in the year 1745, and exacted by the rebels — ^being desired to go there by the Magistrats in winter last, &c. (Regulations as to the management of the three fire-engines.) (Regulations of the Merchants' House.) ()th Sept. — Ordain James Clark, Treasurer, to pay to Archd. Campbell, horsesetter, £fi sterling, he being sent by the Magis- trats, when the rebels were marching from the Highlands, to get notice of their marches, and being apprehended by a party of men, they seized on his horse, sadle and bridle, and took what money he had upon him. (I'-jth April, 1748. — The porters and workmen erected into a Society, and regulations to be observed by them.) 368 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. (Regulations with respect to the sett of the town, at great length.) (\2>th May. — The horse setters constituted a Society, and very full regulations to be observed by them ; and fixing the hires of horses, chaises, &c.) (i2,th Dec. — Commissions in favour of Provost Cochrane and Bailie Murdoch, to apply, in name of the town, to Parliament, for a prolongation of the Act, in favour of the town, for the two pennies on the pint of ale, beer, &c. ; and for relief of the above- mentioned fines levied by the rebel army.) \ifh June, 1749. — Which day, &c., Andrew Cochrane, Provost, and George Murdoch, late Bailie, who were empowered by the Councill, by their Act 13th Dec. last, to repair to London, to apply to his Majesty and Parliament for reimbursing the sums extorted from the toun, upon account of the towns loyalty, by the rebels, during the late unnatural rebellion, represented that the Parliament had granted to his Majesty the sum of ;!^i 0,000 to reimburse the toun of the above extorted fines, and that the same was to be paid to the town by his Majesty's Exchequer, by his Majesty s warrant to the Commissioners of Tresaury. — The Magis- trates and Council, for themselves, and in name of the community, being sensible of the Provost and George Murdoch their good services and diligence in procuring such relief to the town, do tender them their most hearty thanks. And in order to obtain the payment, the Magistrates and Council have subscribed a Com- mission and Power of Attorney, the tenor whereof follows, &c. (In the usual terms, in favour of Messrs. Campbell and Bruce, Bankers in London.) lith June, 1749. — Provost Cochran and Bailie MurdocKs Ex- pences at London. — The which day, Andrew Cochran, Provost, and George Murdoch, late Baillie, gave in an account of their charge and expences in relation to their late journey to and from London, MINUTES OF TOWN COUNCIL. 369 about the town's affairs, which is as follows : — To a chaise, and makers servant, twenty eight pound, two shillings and sixpence. — To John Stewart, the servant, at several times, on the road, six pound, seven shillings, two pence. — To Ditto, at London, to account five pound, eight shillings. — To the servant, to carry him with two horses, one pound, ten shillings. — To charges at Whit- burn, and four days at Edinburgh, eight pound, ten shillings. — To charges on road to London, eleven days, twenty eight pound, ten shillings. — To lodgeing at London, and house account for coalls, candle, tea, sugar, breakfasts, &c., sixty one pound, fifteen shillings, nine pence. — ^To William Alloc, the servant, for wages, boarding, and incidentals, at London, and for turnpikes and expenses on road down, seventeen pound, thirteen shillings, three pence. — To shaving and dressing, two pound, seven shillings. — ^To Mr. Bowden, for liquors to quarters, four pound, twelve shillings. — To chaise mending, ten shillings. — To post hire from London to Edinburgh, twenty one pound. — To hostlers, riders, horns, &c., tivo pound, two shillings. — ^To charges on road from London, five pound, twelve shillings, six pence. — To charges at Edinburgh and Whit- bum, two pound, thirteen shillings and six pence. — To charges from Edinburgh home, and to driver, two pound. — To extraordin- ary entertainments at London, thirty pound. — To writing copies petition and memorial, &c., seven pound, eleven shillings, sterling. — To expences and incidentals, ordinary and extraordinary, at London, viz., By Andrew Cochran, one hundred twenty five pound, twelve shillings. — By George Murdoch, one hundred and five pound, four shillings, Jd. — To a vmting master, to come down, five pound, five shillings. — To charge of advertisements, six shillings, — extending the said sums to four hundred seventy two pound, eleven shillings, eight pence |d., sterling; and by the said account, they give the town credite for the sums following, viz. : — One hundred forty two pound of militia money, got from Robert VOL. II. 3 B 370 GLASGOW MEMORABILIA. Colquhoun. — Fifty pound, fifteen shillings, lojd., sterling, of , from Arthur Robertson, late Treasurer. — One hundred thirty eight pound, fifteen shillings, of remains of one hundred and fifty pound, Stirling, borrowed by the town from Robert Hamilton of Bourtreehill, after deducing eleven pound five shillings of interest, on a bond of two hundred and fifty pound sterHng, one hundred pound by bill, on said Arthur Robertson, by said Andrew Cochran, in favour of William Ballantyne. — Twenty pound by Messrs. Campbell and Bruce, London, taken from them on receipt. Twenty one pound, ten pence, of cash, to be received from Arthur Robertson, Treasurer, — extending the said credite side to four hundred seventy two pound, eleven shillings, eight pence Jd., sterling, which ballances the charge, which account being read in presence of the Magistrats and Council, They approve thereof, and ordain Arthur Robertson, late Treasurer, to pay the said Andrew Cochran the foresaids sum of twenty one pound and ten pence, sterling, and their presents. INDEX, Abercrombie, ane puir boy going to the College — cloak, gown, and hatt, to be given to, i8o — payment for clothes to ane boy, 195. Abjuration, Oath of, notice anent, 302. Acqnaveytie, propynit, 57. Acts, see Statutes. Adam, Patrick, act against, for vilifeing and vilepending Magistrates, 88. Addresses to the King, instructions anent — 154 — To the King on the Queen's death, 278 — to the King, 252 — to their Majesties (William and Mary), 274 — to Queen Anne, 303 — to the King, and offer to raise a regiment, 308 — to Parliament, proposed, for security of religion, and right to the Settlement of Caledonia, 288 — to the Ejng anent riots about Malt Tax (1725), 340, 347 — to the King on the threatened inva- sion, 348 — ^to Geo. II. on his accession, 348 — on the Marriage of the Princess Royal to the Prince of Orange, 351 — to the King on the success of his arms in Germany, &c., 359. Advances, by Mr. of Wark, for those inclosit on suspicion of Infection, 113 — Accots. of debursements for honest men the time they were inclosit, to be revised, 114 — By the town to Col. Clark's regiment, 162. Advocates, the Town's — Herring sent to them, 54, 56, 87. African Company, contribution by the burgh of ^3000 stg. to, 281. "Aihebowlis," act anent, 48. "Airship gudes," see Goods. Aitchesons and Doyts (coins), to be called in, and sold, 223. Albany, Duke of, Warrt. for expense of French wynes sent to, 235 — Proclamation anent attendance on, at his coming to Glas., 236 — Accot. of expenses at his being in Glas., 236 — Warrt. for portrait of, 244. Ale Statutes, anent, 15, 24, 102 — Campbell of Shawfield's losses by riots, to be made up from duties on ale and beer, 347. Alexander, Henry, Burgh's agent at Court, letter to him, approved of, 68. Allegiance, Oath of, taken, 178. Alms, to sundries, see Treasurer's accots. passim. Amunition, discharge of, Town's proportion of, produced, 85. Anderson, George, Printer, Warrant for payment to him, 79 — sums paid him, 92, 97 — pension to his relict, 120. Anderson, Andrew, Printer, letter to be sent to him in Town's name, 140 — agreement anent his commg, 141 — payments to, 151, 171. Anderson, James, travellour, loan to him, on bond, he having laithe haill four horss dead at ane instant, 191. Anderson, Jon. Minr. at Dumbarton, Note as to procedure anent his call to Glas,, 333 — note of letter anent, 336. Apologitical declaration, expenses while the Justiciary sat anent the, 251. Arbitration, anent "Trublance,'' 21. Archbishop of Glasgow, wyne given to, 65, 235 — letter produced from, anent employ- ing militia to levy fines for withdrawing from ordinances, 194 — Supplication anent proposed dimission of office, by, 2l6 — letter anent appointment of a minister, 234 — payment to John M'Cuir, wryter, for getting Archbps. signature to Tack of Barony Teinds, 247— act in favour of his Lady, rescinded, 257. Archers, Company of, Prize agreed to be given to, 351. 372 INDEX. Architector, Licence to Alexr. Thom, as Town's Architector, 231. Argyll, Marquis of. Commission from Secret Council, produced by, for transporting 5000 men to Ireland, 86. — — — , Duke of, letter to be written to, anent his debt to the toun, 153 — answer thereto, 235 — Letter to be written to Provost, anent debt by, 236 — See also Rebellions. Arms, Proclamation anent, 79, 260 — Act for exercising of, 95 — to be "munted," 107 — called in, 109, igi, 260 — to petition for liberty to bear, 201 — fines paid for wearing, contrary to Act, 208 — brought from Edinr. and distributed, 31 1- -report anent arms found secreted, and seized, 324, 332 — report anent arms returned to Edinr. Castle, 336 — arms and ammunition re- ceived from Edinr., and distributed, 362 — town's arms to be painted on Horologe brods, 142 — on bell to be put up on Briggalt Steeple, l8l — expense of cutting King's arms on various places, 247. Assembly, to be holden in Glasgow, 71 — act anent setting of houses during, 71 — repair on High Church, for, 72 — guard to be kept during, 73 — poor to be kept off calsay during, 73 — middings to be kept off calsay during, 73. Attendants on Magistrates, during time of pest, appointed, 117. Auchinbreck, Laird, wyne, breid, and aill, at his admission as burgess, 56. B Baggadge of sundry Regts. , expense of car- riage of, 271, 272. Baillfyres, on his Majesty's return (1660), 156 — at Coronation, 170 — on D. of Alba- ny's arrival, 236. Baillies, act anent election of, 85 — See also Magiatts. and Election. Baillie, Mr. Robt., warrant for payt. to, 92 — expense of transporting his geir, 96 — seat to be made in Laich ICirk for him and his wyfe, 144. Baird, Patrick, to get 20 shillings Scots, weiklie, during his wyfes distraction, 183. Bangstery, Barbarous, and for strilcing a grit dog, award for, 52, Banishment of Malcolm M'Caula, 52 — of a hielandman fidler, 54 — of Jon. Anderson for an attempt to deforce Issobel Burne 35 — of Bell and Dunckiesoun, for their bais, contemptible, and vnchristian caraige towards the Ministers of God's Word, 182 — of William Watson, for his bais car- aige, 170. Baptism of Provost's bairn, expenses at, 56. Barbers and Surgeons, note of, act anent, and subsequent procedure, 139, 337. Bairdis and Scaillis, acts anent, 51, Bark and Lime hoils, orders anent, 188 — bark, for tanning, act, and regulations anent, 197 — bark measures to be regulated, 219. Barnes, John, late Proveist — act in his favour rescinded, 249. Barns to be taken for tynd sheaves, 81. Baronie, Kirk minister of, to get 8 chaldiers yearly of victual, 145. Barracods, warrant for expenses to soldiers at, and at Botliwell, &c., 232. Barras port to be taken down, 338. Barras zett, well at, to be heighted, 188. Bawdy House, curious report, and procedure anent, 332. Baxter's letter of Deaconheid, to be produced, 84 — to be brot from Edirr., 138 — report ordered anent mode of placing heather and sticks, 202. Baylzie's Regiment, advance of money to Officers of, 109. Bedellus, Kirk, convemed, and orders given them, 186 — Bedell of Laich Kirk appointed, 191. Beggars, agreement with 2 persons to keep B off the Calsay, 177 — 3 persons to be sought, 185 — acts anent, 202 — 212. Beir to be fumeist, for outreiking ship called King's eight whelpe, 102-108 — other fur- nishings for, loS. Bell, expense of casting, 61 — Presented by Geo. Duncan of Eorrowfield, 94. BeUs, Mort and Skellat, given to George Johnston, 39— act in his favour, 39 — Deid Bell, given to Patrick Forsytli, 82 — a new one to be made, 82. Bell, Mr. James, Commissioner for erecting Manufactories, 91. Bell, Mr. John, Minister, expenses paid, 57. , Payment to, forbuUding iu Bell sWynd, 241, 245. Bell, Mr. P.itrick, to attend meitting of Es- taits, 79 — to attend dowusitting of Parlia- INDEX. 373 ment, 80 — instructions to him, 80 — letter to him, to deall anent liberty of election of Magistrates, 86 — to aid and assist Renfrew, 86 — letter to liim, as to toun abusit wt theifis, 90. Bellman, his widow to have a certain benefit from the Bell, 349. Biiming, Hew, ;^200 given him in compt. of stipend, 128. Bishoprick, new Commission to Patrick Bell, as to dissolution of Parsonage from, 85, 184 — Minister's maintenance, out of, 85, 184 — allowance from, for upholding great Kirk, and poor of Bishop's Hospital, 85, 184. Blackhall, Lady, warrt. for expenses of those who attended funeral of, 234. Blair, Mr. Hew, electit Minister in the hie Kirk, 82 — order anent his transportation, 87 — Commissioner appointed for his trans- porting, 94. Blantyre, James, Mr. of expense of welcome to him, 55. Blair, Robert, of Phinick, of Teind tack duty, of Garroch, granted to him, 180. Blantyre, Lord, Commendator of, 400 marks given by him towards repair of High Church, 20. Blasphemy and Swearing, Stat, agt., 24. Blaspheming Stentmakers, Stat, agt, 54. Boats and Barks provided for transporting soldiers to Ireland, and freights thereof, 86. Bogles well, water of, to be brot to the Hie Street, 173. Bomanno, John, libertie given to put ane stair on east syd of his Candle-hous, 152. Borrowfield, Note as to Minute of Agreement for sale of, and Report anent, 338. Boyd, Zachary, proceedings anent his teinds and stipend, 125, 129, 130. Brandy, topped and vented, propose dues upon, 222, Braukis, women to be put in, 50. Bread, acts anent, 4, 24, 102, 138, 356. Bridge, dues of, remitted, owing to losses by public enemies, 121 — do. owing to pest, 123 — Table of customs to be printed by Andrew Anderson, 141 — South bow of "grit brig" to be taken down, 216 — Tim- ber to be got for, 216 — Customs rouped, 38. Briggait steeple, "Knock, and paill of Bells," to be put up in, 181 — money for, to be sent to Holland, 184— John Brodbreidge, to be seised and compelled to fulfil engagement anent, 193 — expense of repair on the ship (weathercock) on, 353. Bristoll, Major (qy. Major) of his servitor, to be admitted Burgess, 235. Broomilaw, " ane little key " to be builded at, 180 — orders anent, 184, 186, 338 — Key at, to be heighted twa stones heigher, and try for mair oakin timber for facing, 185. Bryce, Captn., officer in Sir Jas. Leslie's Regiment, orders and warrant anent prose- cution of, for killing officer of Toun's Guard, 268. Buckets, orders anent preparing, in case of Fires, 207 — new B. to be made, 234. Buikbinders, supplication by, 128, BuUots, casting of, prohibited, i88. Bunnes, Baxters not to baik, 84. Bulzard Tables, prohibited, 231. Burgesses admissions, acts anent, 8, 22, 65, "4. 131, 132, 191, 23s, 352. Burrow missive dues, account of Town's Revenue and expenditure, made out, 294. Burrow rudes, act agt. pasturing Stoyne Sheep, and geiss in, 26. Bybles, the 3 grit, belonging to the Kirks, report anent, 157. Cadgearis, payment to, for carrying sojours baggage, 86. Calder, Thos. , and his wife " poxt," by a fundline child they had in keeping, expense of their cure paid by the town, 352. Calderwood, Jonete — See Furnishings. Caledonia, settlement of, proposed addresses to Parliament, anent, 288. Calsay to be made, 64 — at Croce, 149 — money paid for conveying water from, 157 — C. at West Port to be laid, 179 — agreement for keeping up Causeways of the toun, 348. Calsay, at heid of stinking Vennell, to be sichtit, 189. Cambridge, Duke of. Address to him, and Reply, 305. Campbell of Shawfield, procedure anent riots regarding the Malt Tax, address to the King, account of the Riot, drawn up by the Town, and note as to Letter from Secretary Delafay, and reply thereto, 338 to 346 — Address to the King on grant of VOL. II. 3C 374 INDEX. Indemnification to him, 347 — Duties on ale and beer, burdened with repayment thereof, 347 — Bonds granted for sums bor- rowed, to pay grant to, 347 — Report anent Lady Shawfield's diainond necklace, found among ruins of his house after riots, 362. Canary Sek, offer of to the Toun, by Henry Gardner, 137. Candill Acts, anent, 4, 26, 102. Candill, to Laich Kirk, warrant for furnish- ing, 61. Candlemakers' Petition, remitted to Annual Committee, 362. Cant, John, Musician, payt. to, for raising psalms in the Kirk, 1 10. Carts not to be allowed to go along the bridge with wheillis, till the wheills be taken off, and the body of the cart alon harled be the horse, 147. Carters, Regulation of fees to be charged by, 133, 280, 284. Carstairs, Johne, order anent his transport, 127. Cauldwell, Baillie, agreement to keep him scaithless of his liberating laird of Silver- tonhill, 206. Charles I. and II., Portraiture of, to be bought for tounes use, 212, 223. Cherurgians and Harbours, act anent, 139 — Note of procedure anent, 337. Chimneys, sweeping of, act anent, 280. Chimnay Irne (iron), decree for deliverance of an, 32. Chirurgian and Physician, none to be pen- sioned by the Town in future, 248. Church, High, statute anent repairing, 19 — Library House to be repaired, 65 — Mr. Hew Blair chosen Minister, 82 — Presenta- tion of, to Mr. Pa. Gillespie, produced, 86 — Lead of the steeple to be sighted, 1 76 — partitions to be taken down, 178 — order anent Throughstanes, 181 — new cock to the steeple, 193 — Twa treis to be bought for, 230 — Shooting at, prohibited, 299 — expense of large copper weathercock, 351 — Petition anent repairs of damage done by storm to, 354 — and Report of Visitors, 355 — Leid to be bought for, 124 — agree- ment to "rewU" the "knock," 48— Intimation anent those absenting them- selves from Churches, 217. Church, Laigh, candle furnished to, 6 1 — pulpit and pews to be made in, 162 — Wall to be built at entry of, 140 — Bedell ap- pointed to, 191. Church, new. Report as to expense of build- ing) 293 — Place of repentance to be sett up in, 115. Church, Outer, expense of repair of glass broken in, 351. Church, Blackfrier, steeple bell of, to be sent to Holland to be castin over again, 210 — expenses of, 215 — Place of repentance to be sett up in, 115 — Staines of est gavel to be taken doune and built with glass, 97. Chymes to be put up in Tolboth steeple, 193 — payment, for changing note of, 223, 282, — agreement regarding, and new bell to be ordered, 352 — small set of music bells pur- chased for Edinr., 353 — See music bells. Circuit Court, cleinging of streets during, 138. Clark, Col. , advance by Town to his Regi- ment, 162 — Commission to collect debts due by officers of, 163. Clark, John, costumes of the brig ropet and sett to, 38. Cleingers acts, warrant anent. III, 119. Cleinging of houses, act anent, 117. Clerks Chalmer, payments to writers in, 24S. Clerk of the Burgh— See Town Clerk. Clocks, Tolbuith and Hie Kirk, agreement to "rewU," 48 — payments anent, 151 — Keys of, delivered to Andrew Purdon, 204 Salaries paid for keeping, 241. Clyde, cleanging of, Commission anent, 94 — Ships entering. Register of, ordered to be kept, 202. Coak stool, to be set up, 202. Coal, agreement, as to workg. the muir heughe in Gorballs, 133 — Representation by Patrick Bryce anent, 154 — payment to him, 194. Coal and Candle furnished to the Guards, letter producit anent, 153. Cobills, Customer of, brig to provyd, 216. Coble Court of Glasgow, 13. Cochrane, Lord, letter of excuse to be written to, anent nomination of Provost, 145. Cochrane, Lord, order anent attendance on his funeral, 233. Coffee House, Licence to Coll. Whytfoord to set up, 218. Cokburne, Wm. Goldsmith, license to him, 162. Colkittoclie, old, debutsements for troupers of, 103, 108. liWUiLA.. d/b CoUedge Library, assistance towards building, ^7) I37» 162— meeting appointed as to question anent Bibliothicar, 152 — agree- ment as to Library Keeper, 349. College, Regent's, takeing mair fra townis bairns nor is allowit, 64. College, Note of decree arbitral anent payt. of cess, stent, or land tax, by, 367. Colouris, Touns, persons appointed to carry, 6 1 — expenses of furnishings to, 264. Committee, Lords of, Gabrael Cunninghame to attend on, with a letter, 83. Commissioner to Parliament (Apl. 1685), ap- pointed, 251. Commoditees, Various, decree for price of, 21, 27, 28, 41, 42. Common landes to be set in feu, 6 — Act anent, 16. Common Prayer, appointment to attend Council to get his Majesty's answer anent Book of, 68 — Commissioners appointed anent, 70. Commonweill of Town, Stat, anent, 23. Commonwealth's Coin, proclamation ordering it to be received, 147. Communion, Celebration of, Report anent, 171 — Cups to be made for, 201. Contempt of Dean of Guild, award for, 5 1 — of Heygait Clerk of Burgh, 51 — of Magis- trates, 53, 88, 228 — of Ministers, 182. Contributions to the gude common cause to be proclaimed, 81 — for claithes for the army, partial repayment of, to be applied for, 83 — for those who suffered by fire in Edinr., 139. Conventicles, Soldiers to be quartered on those suspected of keiping, 220 — Band subscribed agt. keeping or attending, 227 — orders anent, 227. Conventicles (contd. ), John Hamilton to be ejected for holding, 230. Convention for promoting trade, proposal anent, 261. Cook, Michael Leiper, licensed as a common C, and to be admitted burges gratis, 222 — Margaret Hamilton licensed, 272 — ^Jas. Lochhead licensed to teach cookery, 357- Corballis, twa put out be John Logan to be cuttit, 141. Cordoners, supplication by, 178. Coronation, thanksgiving proclaimed, 170. Correction-house, expense of saws for risping Logwood for, 349. Correspondence, meeting with Moderators of Presbyteries anent solid course for, 117. Council-house, payment for furnishing Roses and flowers to, 242, Council, none to depart out of council-house quhill the Provost and Baillies ryse, with- out leave, 96 — Privy, letter by, to the toun, 265. Council seats, expense of furnishing to, 60 — in Laich Kirk to be lined with hair and frieze, 171. Cowper, John, Minister, grant to him, 34. Court of the Perambulation of the Marches of the Burgh and Citie of Glas. , 37. Craignacht, Court of, unlaws and amercia- ments, agt. absents, 43. Craill herbrie, contribution for repairing, 156. Crames, acts anent, 26— where to be kept, 149. Crawford, James, Masoun, who hes gone madd, payts. for his support, 187. Creditors, Petition of a debtor to have his gudes viseit and valued for payment of, 13. Crippill man, and Crukit man, alms to, 58. Croce, clymmyng on, and breaking order anent, 46 — streets to be calsayed at, 149 ■ — wall to be taken down at, 69 — account of great fire above the (1652), 128, 129 — insurance of town's property at the, 346- Cumyng, Mrs., Mistress of maners, agree- ment wt her for her encouragement, 219 . Cunningham, Thos., factor of Campheir, his discharge for gilders addebted for ammuni- tion produced, 86. Curchein, Velvot, and velvot black cloth to be laid in the Kirks before the Provost, 95. Daills, James Tran to go to Dumbarton to get a pennieworth of, 94 — Ninian Ander- son to go to Dumbarton anent, n6. Daimzell, Jon. , to get part of brunt money, 216. Dancing Master, License to John Smith, 288. Danish forces, warrt. for expense of hay and corn furnished to, 272. Deaths, Register of, appointed, 21$. Debaushrie, proclamation agt. , 264. Debts of the Toun, procedure anent, and list of, 300. Decree of Transference agt. Elizth. Martine, relick of Allan Greenlees,36. Z7(> INDEX. Deid Bell given to Patrick Forsyth, 82 — new one to be made, 82. Dennar, Toun's, to be made readie in Thos. Glen's house, 139 — Dean of Gild to have cair of -vtha. sould be invited thairto, 139 — • warrt. for expense of, given to E. of Len- nox, 213. Dennie, help towards mending decayed brig of, 68. Dicksone, Mr. David, order anent his trans- port to Edinr., 125 — his land to be freed of public burdens, 128. Die, Brig of, contribution towards repairing, 190. Disease, agreement to pay fee for cure of — to be returned in case of failure, 19. Diurnal, ane to be sent hom for townes use weeklie, from London, 142 — expense of furnishing to be paid, 154. Douay Colledge, remit to, procure authenic copies of touns writs, carried off and lodged at, 354- Doucattes, statutes anent, 22. Dowes not to be shot or slain, 22. Dowglas, Sir Robt. license to get a hun- dreth kairts (of stain) firae toun's quarrell, 78. Doyts, French, proclamation against using, 152 — acts anent, 178, 223 — and Dinneries (deniers, ) to be sent to France, 230. Dreill, appoyntment of times for, 76. Dreiller for young men, fee to him, 71. Drugs and plaisters for poor persons, warrant for, 185. Dnimmers, Touns, claith for claithes to, 62 — D. appointed, 64 — act anent, 89 — Drum- mers not to touk to strangers without licence, 187 — order anent Zuill, wages to, 222. Drumikill, warrt. for expense of Meal sent to, garyson at, 267. Drums, payts. for dressing Gardeners, broken in the Touns service, m. Dumbarr, Erll of, expense of tin water pots sent to his Chalmer in the Castell, 59- Dumbarton Castle, Govenor of, and souldiers to be convoyed to BaiTowstouness, 81 — Ryot by toun of, to be examined into, 145 — action to be pursued, 195 — person to be electit to collect all dues from ships arriving in Clyde, 145. Duncan, George, of Borrowfield, Act anent Bell, presented by him, 94. Dunglas, army at. Company for a recrew to Capi;. Porterfield, to be convoyed to, 81. Dunigald, Earl of, Treat to him, 289. Durham, Mr. James, letter to be sent him to preach, 118 — letter to be written anent his place in College, being declared vacanted, 127 — orders anent call to him, 127. Duties at Port Glasgow and Broomilaw Key, and carters dues, note anent, 280, 284. Dyall to be set up at the Brige, 144. Eglesham, parson of, Bond to him for bor- rowed money, and provision anent delivery of a barrel of Lochfine Herring, 39 — an- other bond to him in behalf of Christian Herbertson, 41. Election of Magistrates, letter to Patrick Bell to dealt anent liberty of election, 86 — Letter from Lord Protector anent, 142 — Agreement, at Lord Desbrowie's request, to remove certain of Council, 143 — Acts relative to, 143, 144, 267 — Committee to attend Council of State anent, 144 — Act of the Burrowis anent those disaffected to his Majesty's government, 158 — letter from Earl of Glencairne anent, produced, 158 — meeting to be held to address his Majesty anent, 172 — Commissioners apppointed to petition his My. anent, 211 — Gift by their Majesties, (Wm. and Mary,) anent, 263. Elphinstoune, the Ladie, the Bishop's daugh- ter, propyne to on her Marriage, 203. Ensigns of the Rebels, expense of drawing a description of those taken at Dunblain, ■ 331- Excyse, Protest by James Campbell, Provost, anent disposal of by Town, 242 — Answer thereto, 243 — Receiver of Excyse appoin- ted, 246 — Gift of excyse, and custom on Ale, French wyne, Spanish do.. Brandy mune, &c., 254 — Letter of Uianks there- for, 255 — and to the Earl of Melfoord, 256 — gratuity to procurers of Gift, 257. Execution from Irvme, payt. to, 115. Expresses, see Rebellion, accots. of expences in. Faa, Peter and Mary, and other Gipsies, procedure anent tlieir ti'ansportation to the plantations in Vu-ginia, 305. INDEX. 377 Fair, Proclamation of, 43. FauUis, Archibald, grant of fynes to him for assistance to collect certain stent, 30. Feu duties of the toun to be sold, 177. Fire (in Saltmercat,) Candill furnished on the night of, 60 — Regulations and orders in case of Fire, 207 — anent rebuilding houses after great fire, 225, 228 — agree- ment w' sugar boilers as to attending at fires, 346 — Relief to sufferers by great fire at Paisley, 350 — Account of great fire above the Cross, (1652), 128, 129. Fire Engines, acts and orders, and payments anent, 139, 140, 141, 234, 346, 367. Fishing Company, restrictions on, to be applied for, 223, 224 — order anent selling their salt and casks and knappell, 245. -Fleming, RobL and partners, Agreement and Lease of Manufactorie, 69. Fleshours, Acts aneut, 25, 1 16, 209— Rules for, 336. Flesh Stokes, acts anent, 27. Foot Mantle, Toun's, sightit and kist, to be made for it, 150. Flowers, payment for fiu-nishing to Council house. Kirks, &c, 242. Forsyth, M. Gavin, warrant for payt. to him for baptising, visiting, &c, 84. Forsyth, Mr. Mathie, discharged, to procure for the burgh for misbehaving, and rashe speeches before Secreit Council, 64, Foundhngs, expenses of maintaining, 269, 270, 271, 272. Freedoms cryit doun, 13, 32, 22S. French Kylis, act anent, 48. French, Professor of. Licensed, 186. Fulzie, act anent taking away suspected, 113 — place to be sought for laying down, 250. Furnishings, decree for price of, 21. Fut Ballis, at fastemis Even, 56. Fynes, of ;^20,ooo, "quhin Montrois com here, " letter to be written as to repayment of, 168 — for non-attendance on ordinances anent mode of collecting, 194— act anent levying of, 249. G Gadging of Barrells, Summons anent, dis- missed, 181. Gallowmuir, Buttes for schuting tobe repaired, 62. Gay, Alexr. and spouse, their house at New- VOL. II. 3D port, Glasgow, to be pulled down, and they banished, 213. Gemmell, John, Merchand, loan to him out of the excyse money, 192. General's Lodging, warrant for expenses of furnishing, 247. Gibson, Captn. one of Town's Tents to be lent to, 90. Gillespie, Mr. Patrick, Presentation by his Majesty to him of place of hie Kirk, instead of the Bishop, 86 — requiest anent his ap- pointment as Minister, 118 — ansr. to peti- tion by him, 149, 150 — order anent his call to Kirkcaldy, 124. Gipsies, procedure anent the transportation of sundry G. to the plantations in Virginia, 305- Glaikis, &c., act agt., 48. Glasgow, Lord, present on King's Birth day at ye Croce, 48. Glencairn, Earl of, act anent deadle feids wt Lord Sempill, 47 — letter from him pro- duced as to electing Magistrates, 158 — bond granted to him for £\yx), towards sum demanded by the Pretender, 361. Goods, Airship, list of, 8. Goods, Report ordered anent sundry g. offered for sale to the toun by Merchants, 218. Gorbals, appointment anent offer of bargain of, to the toun, 121 — Court appointed to be held at, 175— Annexation of to buigh to be intimated, 175 — no baillies to be given to, 175 — Feuars to give accot. for bygone stent, 181 — Agreet. to relieve Gor- balls from Excyse burdens, 183 — School house appointed to, 191 — Tack of Touns house in to be granted to Sir James Turner, 212. Gordoun, Lord, wyne and confects to, 58. Grahame, Arch. Ypothecar, to be admitted burgess, 131. Grahame, James, (Montrose,) Provost and Baillies discharged for communing with, 103, 104, 105, 106. Grain, purchase of, for the poor during dearth, (1740,) 357. Gramer schole, payt. to Wm. Wallace, Mr. of, 66 — to be conveinit, 120 — money to be paid Drs. of, 120 — Master of to allow "bairns to sit with covered heid there intil," 176 — Principal and Regents of Col- lege to be infonned of wrongs doue by 378 INDEX. Collegians to, 191 — Inventary of bibliothick to be taken, and press to be made, 240 — Complaint by Archbishop, agt. liugh Muir, doctor in, 259. Graves, making of, Petition for vaikand place of, 78 — Person to be sought out to assist at, 190. Grecian Bishop, alms to, 63. Grein, to be pleughed and harrowed, 1 14 — Trees to be planted in, 152 — Greens to be rouped, 220. Guard to be kept at the ports, loi — Guard house at Cross to be removed, 148 — Guard to be discharged, 177 — Proposals anent guard to be kept, 301 — act anent keeping of, 260. Gunpowder bought for tounes use, 300. Guns, great expenses paid for taking chaise of, by Robt. Russell, skipper in the (17 15), 331 — See also RebeUion. H Haberdasher, Licence granted to, 131. Haddua, Archd. payment to him ordered on his being "lawried," 278. Hagbutteris, to await on the King's service, n, 14, 18. "Haikna Coches,'' agreement to be made wt a coachman, 216. Halbertis, mending, dichting, expense of, 58, 59, 60. Hall, John, payt. to him, for sichting and visiting such eis deceast of the pestilence, n8 — Protest by him at Council house door, 147 — Permission to build wall, 208. Hamilton, Duke of, expense of treat given to, with Earl of Casles, Rutherglen, and Wigton, and Vicunt Kilsyth, 288. Hamilton, Gawin, agreement wt him to preach, 97. Handkerchiefs, linnen and cotton, note of act anent making, 346. Hay, John, Commissioner, on the part of the Pretender, to demand ;^i5,ooo from the toun, 360. Hearth Money, order, in obedience to Act of Parliament, anent collection of, 267. Heigait, Archd. Act admitting him Comoun Clerk ordered to be delete, 23. Heralds, warrt. for payment to, 206. Herring boats to Broomilaw, during this dangerous time, meeting appointed with Ranfrew and Govane anent bringing of, 116. Herring sent to touns advocats and others, 54, 56, 87, 131, 199, 223— order regulating sale of, by measure, 338. Hielandinen, expense of transporting to Lin- lithgow, 60— Contributions at Churches for poor, III — to be removed, 112. Hill, Laurce., Minister at Kilmarnock, ad- mitted burgess in right of Hill of L^mbhill, 352- Hill, Ninian, of LambhiU, expenses repaid him for corn taken by English regiment, 275 — Agreement as to purchase of his lands of Ramshom and Meadowflat, 276. Hirdis, commoun, of the Toun, act appoint- ing, 10. Hogisyeard, Robt. to be summoned for sending letters to Deacons anent minister, 87. Hoislar wyfes, sums owing by sojours to them, to be paid, 100. Horologes, the haill to be mendit in the letters, 141 — painting of, &c., 142, 245. Horse hyres of Bailies and Council to Dum- barton, 58. Horses, list of all horses in town to be taken, and to serve at trenches, 1 10. Horse setters constituted a Society, 368. Horse Race — See Race. Howston of that ilk. Provost of Glasgow, 47 — expenses of bowelling act for, 49 — wyne, &c., fumeist for do., 59. Howston, Mr. Jas. Report of dealling as to his preaching in the toun, 83. Hutcheson, George, his Mortification pre- sentit, 79 — 10 ducatoons to be sent to his natural daughter in Holland, 23 1 — pension pd to her, 241 — help to pay her funeral, 246. Hutcheson's Hospital, moneys of to be im- ployit for purchasing Gorbals, 1 21 — memo- randum of sax wainscot borrowed by toun from, 122, 123 — overture as to Reidar for 122 — Bibliothicar of, appointed, 136 — payt for hewing and putting up portraitour of Mr. Thomas Hutcheson in, 138, 139 — Plaisterer to be wvittin to Perth for, 150 — Axle tree lying at, to be giftit to Sir James Dunruraple, 1 84. Hydes, acts anent, 25, 17S — Report anent liydes taken to lay on houses to save them from the late fire, 247. INDEX. 379 lUis, Act for stent for outreiking men of weir, to, 47. Infection, Acts anent persons suspected of, 112, 113 — goods infected to be burnt, 194. Ingine for casting water on land that is in fyre, agreement anent, 139. Inhabitants, Proclamation anent lists of, or- dered by Privy Council, 231 — Supplica- tiounes by, anent commodities brought from Hielands, 161. Injury by Major Inneis and Regiment, repa- ration to be sought of, 119. Inqueist for tryall of a Tmblaiice, 15. Insurance of Toun's property at the Cross, 346. Inverness, payment to help to build bridge at, 240. Irands (Errands,) Town Trumpeter to go, 221. Irish Army, supply of, meeting to receive offers for, 94. Irland, Commission produced for transporting 5000 men to, 86 — Poor from, proclamations anent, 89 — warrant for expenses of persons from, maintained in tolbootb, 274. Jamesoun, Sir Mark, Letter of Foundation and other vmts produced by him, 44. Jedburgh, goods brot from, ordered to be burnt at the Croce, 194. Joges to be erected, 16. Johnstone, Peter, one of the Captains in the late expedition to com back, 100. Justice, Thos. Mercht, arrangement and bond as to cair of his idiot daughter, 201. K Kail, fruit, and unzeon crames, act anent, 27, so. Kairsey claith, S elns of for claithes to each of officers, drummer, and piper, 62. " Kairters " — See Carters. Kilbimie, warrant for expenses of those who attended faneral of the Lady of, 234. Killicrankie, payment for cure of man wounded at, 275. King, Mr. Alexr., Herring sent to, 54. King, proclamation anent his Majesty's re- turn, 156 — Do. anent anniversary of birth- day and Restoration, 187 — See also Ad- dresses. Kinkaid, Francis, Maister of Gramer School, 127. Kirks, Metropolitan and Laigh — See Church. Kirkwood, John, to goe with the company direct for a recrew to Capt. Porterfield, 81. "Knocks"— See Clocks. Lamps to be removit out of the New Kirk, 112. Lanarke, Earl of. Discharge by him under Commission from Committee of Estates, agt communing vrith Montrose, 103, 104 — Writing by him discharging the electing of Magistrates, 105, 106. Land Mercat, Fleshers in, discharged from slaying on hie street, 209. Lanier, Sir Jo", warrt. for expence of com taken by his regiment, 275- Lauderdaill, D. of, to be applied to anent proposed dimission of office by Archb. of Glas., 216 — to be dealt with to get restric- tions put on Fishing Company, 223. Lawborrows, Letters of, to be sent for agt the touns haill neighbours, 123. Leiping-on-stanes, four to be erected, 176. Lennox, Duke of. Letter to be sent, giving him thanks for byganes, and entreating his favour, 87 — Herring sent to his agent, 87 — propyne to M 'Web, his G. 's servand, 86, 87 — Dennir and vpyne to, 213 — and for "vfyll meit" (game,) to, 214 — Expense of C. and of boxes for burgess tickets to, 215. Leipers, Acts anent, 27, 50. Leslie, General David, expense of cloathes to his quarter masters, 108 — obligation as tO;^20,ooo lent for his use, 114. Lethers (Ladders) Touns Proclamation anent, 211. Letters, of thanks to the King for gift of im- position on liquors, 255 — do. to Earl of Melfoord, his Majesty's Secretary, 256 — to Archd. Lighton, thanks for mortification by him, 224 — from the Earle of Lanark, dis- charging Election of Magistrats, 105 — from Marquis of Montrose, appointing Bailie of Regality, 137 — Answer thereto, 138 — from the Chancellor, as to offer to raise ten companies for King's service, 260 — from President of the Privy Council, thanks and approval of keeping in arms, 265 — from Secretary Townsend, of thanks for 38o INDEX. offer to raise a regiment, 308 — from Mr. Smith, of thanks for plaids presented to Princess of Wales, 309— from D. of Ar- gyll, thanks for supply of 500 men, 310 — from Secretary Townsend anent do., 311 — Extracts from letter by the Toun anent Malt Tax Riot in 1725, 345— to Neil Buchanan, M.P., anent act to be brot in, repealing law for Septennial Parliaments, and limiting number of placemen and pensions, 358. Levie, Summon agt the toun for outreiking of, 124 — Dean of Guild appointed to repair to Lanark as to towns part of, 216. Liberty of the Town, Committee to go to Edinr. 145 — letter to be written anent at- tending to, 236. Licenses, granted to persons to settle in the burgh — to Wm Cockbume as Goldsmith, 162 — Robt. Sanders as printer, 172 — Sun- dry persons to keep Scots Schools, 186 — James Barnardon, Professor of the French tongue, dancing and fencing, 1 86 — Thomas Monteur, Goldsmith, igo— to Wm Wood, to sell 8 butts of seek and some glass, 217 — to Col. Walter Whytfoord, to set up a Coffee-House, 218 — to Mrs. Cumyng, Mis- tress of Manners, 219 — to Michael Leiper to be Coock, 222 — Andw. Anderson as printer, 140, 141 — George Anderson as do. 79 — to a Haberdasher, 131 — to Robt. Marshall as painter, 147 — James Corss, Mathematician, 157 — ^James Sanders as Music Teacher, 63 — Robt. Burnett as do. 70 — of 4 Inglish Schools, 74 — 1° Alexr. Thom as Architector, 231 — to Harie Mar- schell as Cherurgeon and Formacian, 233 to John Bucklie for dying Silks, &c. 237 — to Margaret Hamilton to keep a Cookrie, 272^to Mr. Lewis de France as musitian, 273 — to John Smith as dancing master, under certain conditions, 288 — to James Lochead to teach cookery, pastry, &c., 357- Lightoune, Bishop, Letter to him as to his mortification 01 ;£'30O stg. 224. Linnen Cloath, Act of Parlt. anent, to be proclaimed, 89 — note of Petition to Parlia- ment anent, and duties thereon, 337. Linningshaugh, warrt. for payment towards brig at, 192. Litted clothe, Treis for drying allowed to be set down, 152. Locality, proclamation to be made anent pay- ment of, 142. Lords of Session, order anent payments for their use from stent collectit, 176. Losses of the Toun by trench casting and quarterrys, to be cognosced, 107. Loudon Hill, warrant for furnishing baggage horse to, 232 — warrant for expense of a baggage hors lost at, 232. Love, James, Tacksman of Pecks, dues re- mitted to him on accot. of pestilence, 122. Low, Mr. Peter, Chirurgiane, fee to, for bowelling laird of Houston, 49 — Pension paid him, 55. Lowthian, Lord, quartering of his regiment, 103. Lykewakes and funerals, meetings at, for- bidden during pest, 112. ■ Lymehous, twelff asche tries to be planted at, 84. Lyn, Jonet, expense of taking her to Edr. and for a laid of coillis, 59. M M'Cluir, Dr. meeting with him anent attend- ing visitation of the toun, 1 16. M'Gill, Mr. Robt. payment for sure keeping of, SS. M'Kartor, J. payts. to be made to, because he has suffered for his loyaltie, 168. M'Kinnie, Alexander, hous sett up by, for drying pyps, 202. M 'Leane, Jylor, payment to him for extraor- dinary attendance on Tolbuith, 148. M'Neil, Evir, payt to him for cutting for the Stone, 168. M'Neill, Helene, agreement to cure her an deceis, 19. M'Ure's History of Glasgow, Petition for consideration for defraying expenses of, remitted to Annual Committee, 353. Magazine, keepers of, appointed, 107. Magistrates, Committee named to appear before Council of Stait for examining wit- nesses 143. Malignants, letter anent quarterings on per- sons under notion of malignants, 16S. Malt and Maltmen, Acts anent, 26. Manufactorie house. Agreement and Least of ground for, 69. Market for corn, gerss, hay, and stray, act anent, 26 — Market, change of, 90. Marriages and Baptisms to be registered, 25S. INDEX. 381 Marschell, Harie, complaint agt Chirurgians and Formacians, 233. MarsheU, Robt. , Licence to, as pyntor (pain- ter), 147. Maskerading and Sirenading, act prohibiting, 272. Massounis Imes, agreement to scharpen, 63. Masters of Revels, warrant for payment to E. and J. Fountains as, 239. Masters of Schools, fees paid them, 92. Mathematics, School for, License given to James Corss, 157. Majcwell, Col. Wm. of Cardonnell, expense of silver work presented to him by the Toun for his services, 325. Melville, Archd., Act anent his ransom, 91. Memoriall Historicum, warrt. for money paid Mr. Geddes to print a book called, 246. Menstrellers, payment to, 67. Men, young, three scoir of, to be trained and dreillet, 71 — mae men to be sent to the borders, 75, 76. Menzies, Major James, Representation to be made as to his being killed in the pursuit of him, for his murder of Robt. Park, Town Clerk, 277 — Note of expense of action at instance of his friends, 278, 283 — payment to Andrew Angus who was wounded in the pursuit after, 278. Merchants' Hospital, help to be given to- wards, 163 — House, Note as to Regulations of, 367- Mesouris, Act anent, 16. Militia Hors, order anent the outputting of, 206. Middings, Stat, anent, 24, Jo, 214, 250. Mill, Mr. David, late Schoolmaster of the Gramer School, 127. Ministers, fees paid them, 92, 199, 200 — meeting of Presbytery anent, in lack of, 93 — twa to be chosen, 93 — requiest by Mr, Robt. Ramsay and Mr. George Young, 118 — to get their denner at Mr. Gillespie's entry, 121 — application by, to have an examiner appointed for west quarter of burgh, i56--fine, &c. for contempt of, 182 — Petition by, for a fyft minister, 234 — ansr. to letter from Ministers in "Little Poland," 237- Ministers, Outed wives and families. Pro- clamation of act of Privy Council anent, 231. "Model" anent calling a minister, 338. VOL. II. 3& Money, losses on value of, owing to crying down 40s. pieces, and reducing to bullion, 284, 28s, 286, 287. Monteath, Margt., money to be paid for her during her distraction, 192. Montebank, payment to, for cutting off a leg, 240, 24s. Montgomerie, Hugh, of Busbie, one of the Commissioners to treat about the Union, 298. Montgomery, Lord, Company raised to send wt his Regiment to the borders, 75. Montrose, Marquis of. Provost and Baillies discharged for communing wt., 103, 104, 105, 106 — Letter from, appointing Baillie of Regality of Glas., and answer thereto, 237) 238 — Expense of treat given to, 287. Mort Bell, officer appointed to, and prices to be taken, 53. Muir, where the unclean folks are, persons forbidden to go to, III — Visitors of, ap- pointed, 112, 116 — payts. to cleansers, and for coats, &c. 115, 117. Musick, agreement wt Jas. Sanders to teach the haill baimes of the burgh, 63 — Do. wt Duncan Bimet, 70 — Robt. Inglis to be met with, and Report ordered, 184 — M. teacher to be sought, 209 — Mr. Lewis de France licensed to teach, 273. Musick Bells, a small set purchased in Edr. , 353 — Expenses of set from London, 353 — farther do. 354 — See chymes. Muscatts with staffes, and Bandeleiris, to be bought, 71, 73, 74, 79, 98, — to be given out, 101 — payts. for, 103, no, 122 — "Dean of Gild exonered of some roustie musquets," 299. Muster ordered to be proclaimed, 95. Mutton, Acts anent bowbreding, blawing, and scoring, 25, 185. Myln, Thos. , Chirurgeon, decemiture agt. him for sclander and offence to Bailies, 17. Mylne of Partick, Report anent, 150. Mylne held in feu from Lord Priour of Blan- tyre, Act anent, 3. Mylne, wester, Whitsunday duties of modi- fied, 1 6 — HaiU Ms. to be servit be ane myllar and ane knave, 65 — wickets of town's mylne, doors to be neidnailed, 208. N "Nestiness," Statute against (note of), 280. Newark (or Newport, Glasgow), part of the 382 INDEX. lands of fewed, 203 — Peir and harbor, &c., to be built thereon, 204 — warrt. for money for bontage to Ladie Newark, 204 —and for taking her " aith," and for taking Sasine, 204 — Report on the works at, 205 — do. , for expenses of going to Buit to buy sklaits, 205 — surveyor of work at appoint- ed, 209, 210 — sea marks to be set up at, 212 — house there to be pulled doun, 213^ three pearches to be set up between and Greenock, 219 — breastwork to be built at, 221 — Commission to buy oaken trees for, in Ireland, 222 — -shoremaster appointed, and table of shore dues, 336. Nicholas (St.) Hospital, payment anent, 131 — order anent rental and papers of, 131. Nichol, John, Writer, Edinr., herring sent him for his services, 54. Non-Conformists, proclamation for removal of preachers and their families, 246. Nurtour, Book of. Decree anent price of a book called the, 34. Nycht walkeris. Act agt, , 50. O Officers, Acts anent, 23, 102, 176, 206 — Kairsey claith for claithes to, 62, 137 — Pro- clamation anent, 96, 138 — Officer deposed, 194 — payments to, 232. Outlanderners disjours, 57 — List of, 37 — Faults given up by, 38. Overtour anent preaching, loi. Painting and washing of houses, License to Robt. Marshell, 147. Paisley, Acts relative to pest in, I, 2, 3, 4. Palisadoes for King's use at Inverlochie, payment to James Smith for going to Buchanan woods to procure, 279. Parishes, Division of Toun into six. Report anent, and of numbers in each, 290 — ap- proved of, 291. ParUament, Patrick Bell appointed to attend at sitting of, 80 — ^Johnston of Clachrie ap- pointed, 251. Partick, old mylne of, report anent, 150. Partizans, 36 to be made for tounes use, 233. Passes, note as to passes granted to sundries, SOS- Passes, regulation anent, 112. Pecks, parties to be summoned for breaking, 262. Pest Acts, and proclamations anent, I, 2, 3, 62, 102, III, 193— payts. to cleangers during, 108, in, 193. Petitions for allowance off tack duty, 262. Pewes in the haill Kirks to be sett for maill, 202. Pickis to be bocht for touns use, 71, 73, 79, no — payts. for, 115. Piece, Silver, bond and obligation for de- livery of a, held in custody, 33. Pillorie to be made vrt diligence, 1 14. Plaids presented to the Princess of Wales, 307. 309- , ^, . , Plaisterer to plaister Hutcaeson s Hospital, to be written for to Perth, 150. Polian, alms given to ane, 59- Poor, Acts anent support of, 73, 78, 89, 90, 106, 118, 180, 183, 284 — provision for poor folks that are closit up, ill — Grain to be purchased for, 357, 358. Port Glasgow — See Newark. Porter, James, Clark to the Sessiouns, or- dered aff the Towm, 167. Porters and workmen erected into a Society, 367- Porterfield, George, chosen Captain of the Company, to march to the borders, 75, 97 — Commissionerfor transporting Mr. David Dick to the Hie Kirk, 77 — Complaint as to wrong done him, 102. Portrait of the Toun, to send to Holland, payt. for, 84 — of Charles I. and II. 212, 223 — Wm. and Mary, 302 — Queen Anne, 305— King George I. 333. Ports, Acts anent keeping, i, 2 — building of, 77) 83, 193 — taking down, loi — Guard to be kept at, loi, 107 — overseers of, ap- pointed, 120. Post of the Burrowis, horse wages paid to, 58— a trusty youth to be maid P. of this burgh, 66 — to be settled viith, 164 — ad- vance to him, 166 — foot post appointed, 182, 186 — warrt. for money paid to, 213 — agreement to be made with, 219 — Proposal to have 3 posts in the week to Edr. 277 — • application for a horse post to Edinburgh to be made, 303. Preaching, payments to sundries for, 91, 92. Prentices and ScoUaris, Act anent, 48. Presbitery, meeting of, as to inlaik of, Minis- ters, 93. Prices of various commodities, 27, 28, 40, 42. INDEX. 383 Prince of Scotland and Wales, warrt. for expenses at celebration of his birth, 259 — of Orange, address to be considered, 261 — Princess of Wales, address to, and swatch of plaids sent to the Princess, 307. Privileges, Towns, not to be submitted, 88. Proclamations, as to arms at Wappinschaw, 75 — ^ to providing powder and match, 75 —of silver plait to be bestowit in defence of the gude common cause, 76, 81 — to have arms in readiness, 79 — anent stowps for aill, &c., 85— of Act of Parlt. as to Linen cloth, 89— for contribution for poor from Irland, 90 — as to mercats, 90 — of King and Councils declaration, 94 — of Muster, 95 —Inhabitants to turn out at touk of drum, 96, loi — Inrolment of Inhabitants for the present expedition (1643), 97 — that none goe to the muir where the fouU persons are, 1 1 1 — anent taking of teynds, 117 — anent redding the quarrell, 121 — agt uttering rude speeches to sojours, 147 — as to Commonwealth's Coin, 147 — agt. using French Doyts, 152 — as to solemnities on his Majesty's return (1660), 156— of thanks- giving on K.'s Coronation, 170 — as to clearing Redd stones and timber aff the hie street, 189 — anent cleaning streets, 214 — anent setting touns cellars, 220 — rouping of greens, 220 — foot race, 220 — anent ZuiU wages to Drummers, 222 — of Privy Coun- cil's act anent outed Ministers, 231 — as to D. of Albany's coming, 236 — ^for removal of non-conformist preachers, 246 — anent bearing arms, 260 — agt. debaushrie, swear- ing, and Sabbath-breaking, 264 — of the Fair, 43. Profaneness, Act against, 292 — Npte of Rules for suppressing, 360. Propynes to sundries, 56, 57, 58, 59, 86, 203, 247, 254. Protector, Lord, Letter firom, produced, de- siring the election of Magistrates to be deferred, 142. Protestants in Poland, Bohemia, Contribu- tions received for distressed, orders anent, l6i — at Saltzburgh, contribu. for, 350. Provost, sum of ^^40 yearly agreed to be settled on, to keep up a post suitable to his station, 337. Provost, Letter from Archb. of Glasgow, de- siring to elect James Stewart of Floack, 68 — Act anent election of, 91 — Protest relative to election, loj — letter from Committee of Estates anent election, 105 — Commission to him to answer summons at Andw. Provost's bairn, expenses at baptism of, 56. Pyper, Toun's, Kairsey claith to, 62 — ^John M'Claem appointed, 220. R Races, Horse rais appointed, 61 — Glasgow raice to be keepit, 191 — warrant for payt. towards gold coups for, 192 — Proclamation of foot raice, 220. Raid, license to abide from, applied for, 18. Ramsay, Mr. Robt. agreement as to his stipend, 8 1. Ramshom and Meadowflat, agreement as to purchase of lands of, 276. Ransom, Archd. MelvUle's act anent, 91 — James Bogle's, from Turks, warrt. for, 93 — payment of, 97 — act anent, 122 — ^Johne Denistoun's, ane burgess son, 176 — Walter Gibson, skipper, and Jon. Reid, his mate, 222. Rebel prisoners, Duke of Argyll to be writ- ten to anent removal of, 312 — power of attorney granted to draw sum allowed by Parliament to be paid for maintenance of, 336. Rebellions (1685), Argyle's warrants for expenses during, 253, 254 — for payments to Chirurgian dressing Argyle, Rumbold, and other prisoners, 253 — Reports by Provost as to proposed reimbursements of expenses, 253, 254- — expense of trees taken by Duke of Gordon's men for eldine, 258. Rebellions (1715), Money to be borrowed for putting toun in a stait of defence, 31 1 — account of extraordinary charge and ex- pense by the Toun fi-om July 1715 to Jan. 1716, 312, to 324 — further accounts of do., 325, to 331 — Moneypd. to one of toun's vol- unteers who lost his eye by an accident at Stirling during, 333 — Abstract of Touns whole charge during, 334, 335. Rebellions (1745), Report and procedure relative to demand by the Pretender for ;^iS,ooo from the Toun, 360 — Arms and ammunition reed, and distributed for de- fence of Toim, 362 — Petition by merchants anent goods furnished to Rebels, remitted, 362 — expense of deputation to congratulate D. of Cumberland, 363 — expense of two 384 INDEX. citizens carried off by the Rebels as hos- tages, 363 — Full report of Committee as to procedure during the Rebellion of 174S, and expenses incurred, fines imposed, &c. 363 — Expenses pd. Mr. Cross, Advocate, to London, to seek redress of the demands by the Rebels, 367 — Expense of a horse, &c. seised by Rebels, 367 — Commissions to seek redress for fines, &c. by Rebels, 368 — Report of grant of ;^io,ooo, 368 — Expenses pd. to the Commissioners, 368. Redd, Act against laying down, 136— Pro- clamation as to clearing aff the hie street, 189. RegaJity of Glas., appointment of Bailie of, by Marquis of Montrose, 237. Regiam Majestatem, printing of — Act for borrowit silver to pay for, 47. Regiment disbanded for disobedience, 261. Reid, John, Corporal in touns guard, order and warrant anent parties concerned in killing, 268. Repentance, place of, to be set up in New Kirk and Blackfrier Kirk, 1 15. Revenue, Towns, Report anent alledged "imbazlement" of, by late Magistrates, and as to Reductions to be pursued, 249 — Account of, 295. Riding of burgh at the Parliament, Instruc- tions anent, 165. River, deepening of. Agreement to make a trial for, and remit thereon, and order to build a flat bottomed boat for, 356. Rob, Walter, Postmasters servt., payt. to him for a "stresse" received by him in carrying Council books to Edinr., 282. Robisoune, James, his pension to be dis- chargit and he to be thankit, 120. Rokis, St., ICirkyaird to be castin about, 1:4. Rolls of names of all persons able for weir, to be taken, 80. Rosa Solis, as a propyne, expense of, 246. Roup of Town's common gudes, order anent holding, 37. Rottenraw port to be repaired, 127. Rowane, Robt., ordered to demolische shop building by him, 93. Rutters and dragoons, payments for quarter- ing, 240. Ryot committed by Town of Dumbarton, Commission anent, 145 — Action at Dum- barton to be "prosequit," 195 — the Malt Tax procedure, and address and statement drawn up anent, 338, to 345. Sabbath, proclamation agt selling pott herbs or milk on streets upon, 264 — bringing water from wells, and doing servUle work on, 264. Salmond, prices to be taken by breker of, 70. Salt, French, of Sanct Martemis, bargain of, 77 — Intimation to be given to Council of Dumbarton thereanent, 77. Saltzburgh, sufferers at, for Religion, payt. ordered for them, 350. Sanders, Robt. , Printer, warrants for money to him, 170, 172 — payt. to, 200. Sanders, Robt. of Auldhouse, Note of Decree Arbitral as to his Mortification, 360. Sangscuile to be set in feu, 6 — fee to Mr. of, 56. Scalfmoney to be retained aff payts. for dragunnery, 106. Scallis and Bardis, acts agt. 51. Schools, Inglish, four onlie to be kept, wt ane wrytting school, 74— woman dischargit to keep a school, 144 — for Mathematics li- censed, 157 — Scots Schools to be reported anent, 162 — names of those allowed to keep, 186 — Agreement with Mrs. Smith to keep public school for spinning flax, 348 — Scots schools to be visited, 131. Schoolmaster at Stirling, qualifications to be tried, 89. Schoten Fische, complaint for taking, 13. Schoone, price of a 1000 pairs, bought be direction of the Toun, 1 19 — to be laid up for use of pubhc, ng — Report anent price of, made for the Angous R^ment, 230. Scourge-the-poor, Suit of Clothes to the 246. Seall, a new one maid by direction of the, toun, producit, 118. Seek, Taisters of, to be appointed, 184 — Seek offered to the Toun, 187 — ordered to be Cellared and Tasted, 187. Selkrig, Wm., Writer, interdict agt his building a laigh chop under his foir hinging stair, 192. Sempill, Lord, Act on his coming to town for appoynting of deidlie feid wt. Earl of Glencairn, 47. INDEX. 385 Semple, Margt., and her son, warrant for payment to, 190. Sett of the burgh engrossed, and ordered to be transmitted to Clerk of Burghs, 303 — Notice as to regulations anent, 368. Septennial Act, instructions relative to pro- posed repeal of, and restoring the triennial law, 35 1 — Letter to Neil Buchanan, M. P. , anent, 358. Sheep in burrow rudis, Act agt., 26. Shoremaster appointed at Port-Glasgow, and table of shore dues, 336. Shearer, Jonet, to be banished for "bais and lewed cariage," 209. Signature obtained in l6ll, to be sent to the Provost, 187 — in favour of the town by their Majesties (WilUam and Mary), 263. Silver piece and ensenzie, decree for value of, S- Silver plait to be bestowit for the gude com- mon cause, 76 — receivers of, appointed, 81 — Provost to ride to Edinr. with, 81. Sinclair, Lord, entertainment of his regi- ment, 103. SkellatbeU, Charles Glen, to get tryall of, 137 — given to George Johnston, 39. - Smyth, Geo., Temperar of the Knokis, fee to, 58. Sojors, proclamation against uttering rude speeches to, 147 — Payts. to four companies to be bestowed on married sojors, 193 — Discharge granted to Lord General's regi- ment, 200 — Quartering of on suspected persons, 220 — Of fortoun money paid to the Colonel for, 80 — Proclamation as to enrolment of, 97^'\Varrant for outreiking of, 99 — Payts. for curing sojours hurt at Kilsyth, 109. Solitary weemen forbidden to keep house, 131 — Act anent leaving of ser\'ice and taking up "bordle" houses, 210. SomerMll Raid, of the order anent holding of, 38- Sour milk, mercat to be removed, 171. Spens, Mr. Robt., suppUes to be granted to, 169. Spirming school, mistress of appointed, 348 — Expense of wheels and reels to, 349. SpreuU, John, Town Clerk, deposed, as having subscribed the remonstrance or as- sociations, 172 — Proceeding and decree against him, 174. VOL. II. 3 F St. Andrew's, Archbishop of, his pardon craved by Johnston of Clachrie, late Pro- vost, 254. St. John, Baptist, Chaplainrie of, given to Thomas Cloggy, 29 — Report anent hospi- tal of, 30. St. Johnston, anent outrick of men sent to, no. St. Little, Monger's Kirk Yard, Gars at, sett to John Anderson, 94, 100 — Dyke at, to be built, 113. Stage Coach to Edinr., payt. of salary for seting up, 229— Proposal produced for erecting, 359. Stair, liberty given to put an outside stair' 152. Stairs, foir to have Rachters, 188. Staple weare brought to the town, act anent the disposal of, 171. Statutes anent officers, 7, 24, 96, 102, 137, 138, 176— Aill, 15, 24, 102— Bried, 4, 24' 102, I38> 356— Candill, 4, 24, 102— Pest, l> 2, 3, 62, 102, III, 112, 113, 114, 116 117 — Common lands to be set in feu, for reheving the necessities of the Town, 6 —for transporting West Port, being ruin- ous, 7— Burgesses, 8— Hirdis, 10— furnish- ing of Haybutteris, II, 12, 14, 18— Car- gait to Provost's haugh, 12— Mesouris, 16, anent new Enghsh weights, 303— Repair- ing High Kirk, 19— Doucattis, 22— Com- monweil of Town and confirming former acts, 23— keeping due gravity and amitie in Council, 23 — against maskerading and sirenading, 272— anent blasphemy, &c., 24— Middings, 24, 50, 73, 214, 250— Stanes and Timber on hiegait, 24 — Turf- stacks, &c., 24 — Blawing and bowbreed- ing Mutton, 25, 185— Fleshours, 25, 116, 209— Hydes, carleddering and diminish- ing. 25, 178— Tallow, 25— in favor of Town-clerk anent dues of recording deeds, 283— Malt and maltmen, 26— Crames, 26 — anent making linen and cotton hand- kerchiefs, 346— Swyne and geiss, 26 Market for com, grass, hay, and straw, 26 • — Kail, fruit, and unzeon crames, 27, to 50 — Fleshe stokis, 27— Against usschavis, 27 — Lepirs, 27, to 50— Borrowit silver for printing Regiam Majestatim, 47— Stent for outreking men of weir to the Ilis, 47— Forwaming the town, 47— anent scollaris and prentices, 48— Tailzeours, 50— Scallis 386 INDEX. and bardis, SI — Herring to the Toun's Advocate, 54 — Blaspheming Stent makers, 54 — Wesharis on the Foregait, 6l — anent expenses on King's birth night, 69 — Gen. Assembly to be held in Glasgow, 71, 73 — Setting of houses during, 71 — Wapping- schaw, 74, 75 — anent building of Ports, 77, 83, 101 — Contributions for poor, 78, 89, 180, 183 — Baxters, 84 — in favour of Town's Hospital, 359 — Election of Magis- trates, 85, 91, 143, 144, 272— Xysters to subscryve writtes whout warrant, 88 — Drummers, 89 — agt. "nestiness," 280 — Bell presented by Geo. Duncan to Black Frier Kirk, 94 — Exercising of arms, 95 — Cleaning during pestilence, 117, H9 — Kairters, 133 — Anent public works, 279 — Sucken and Thirlage, 134 — Redd at West Port, 136 — Anent sweeping chimneys, 280 — Chirurgians and harbours, 139, 337 — Nightly watche, 148 — anent keeping guard, 260 — Staple ware brought by strangers, 171 — Value of French doyts, 178 — Casting of bullets, 188— Bark and lyme hoiIl=, 188— Rachters to foir stairs, 18S — .ngi bUidnig and slaying bestiall on Trong.:ii, 196 — anent bark used for tanning, 197 — Register of ships entering Clyd, 202 — Ikggar*, 202 — Fires, 207 — Weighing of C^ooils at the Tron, 221 — Rebuilding of hones after great fire, 225, 228 — anent levying of Synes, &c., 249 — Registering marriages, &c., 258. Steming green, for covers to consalis salts, 60. Stent to be collectit, and to pay quarterings of the Dragunners, 106. Stewart and Pettigrew, commanders of Hag- butt eris, 18. Stewart of But, payt. to, for laine of ane Tow, 67. Stewart, tames, of Floack, elected Provost, 68. Stipend of Mr. Robt. Ramsay, agi-eed to, 8 1 — of Mr. Hew Blair, appointment anent, 82. Stirling, warrant for expenses of men sent for defence of, 266. Stokis, a hieland man fidler to be put in and then banished, 54 — ^Johne Bell, Wright, and Johne Dunckiesoune, Brassmith, to be put in, 182 — Wm. Watson, Candlemaker, to be put in, 1 70. Stokwall, expense of translating, 71 — Weil in Stockwell gait to be attended to, 185. Stone cutting, for the, and sounding, act in favour of Duncan Campbell, in place of EvirM'Neill, 258. Stowps for liquor, sealed ones only to be used, 85- Strangers and Beggars, orders anent, 165, 185, 202 — See Beggars. Struthers, William, his legacy to College, commission anent, 93. Streets, dichting and redding of, proclama- tion anent, 214 — act anent cleaning, 250. Students at College, orders anent their ac- commodation in church, 279. Sturdy beggars, persons appointed to put them aff the toun, 146, 185 — Instructions to them, 146 — See Beggars. Strangers, houses forbidden to be set to, 148 — Lists of strangers quartered to be given "P. 233- Sucken and Thirlage, Acts confirming former Acts anent, 134. Sugar boilers, agreement as to their attending on occasions of fires, on being exempted from keeping guard, 346. Summons, Fleming's instance, 168 — Dis- charge of said summons produced, 168 — against Toun's people for compliance inth the enemy, Provost to go to Edinburgh anent, no. Supplication of Toun to Committee of the shyre, as to lawfulness of engaging in this war (1648), 123. Surgeons — See Chirurgians. Swan's feathers sent to Edinburgh, 77. Sweeping Chimneys — See Chimenys. Sword blades to be sent for to Holland, J02. Swords produced and to be dressit, 109. Swyne and Geiss, pasturing of in burrow- nides. Act against, 26. Symbleris, the King's vi^e deHvirit to them, 46. T. Tacksmen of mylne laidills tron, and intima- tion by them that they cannot get their duties during pest, 1 1 2. Taftie and Buttons to Robt. Heriot, 58. Tallow, Acts anent, 25. Taptow (tattoo), no persons to be found vaigand on streets after, 147. Taverns, an accompt of reckonings by the town, owing at, to be taken, 241 — none to incur expenses at, in toun's name, without order, 244. I.VDEX. 387 Teind tak dewtie of Cambusnethan to be settled with Dachess of Hamilton, 153 — Teind fish not to be sett and roupit, 155 — how to be taken in future, 155 — Teinds of Barony, acct. of intromissions with (note), 303. Temperar of the Knocks, fee to, 58. Temple, Arthour, admitted Chirurgian, 125. Tenowes (St.) Burne, "ane handsome litle brige " to be built over, 179. Tents, one of the Town's, to be lent to Capt. Gibson, 90. Thanksgiving day, proclamation of, 1 70. Thieves, letter to be written Patrick BeU anent, 90. Thorn, Alex. , his account for cutting King's Arms, and putting up lofts and tables, &c. , 247. Throcht stane to umqll. Mr. John Couper, his buriall, 58. Timber and stanes on hiegait, Act agt., 24- Tysters to subscryve writtes without wan-ant. Act agt., 88. Tobacco, message to Dumbarton anent bar- gain of, 1 10 — warrant for, given to a friend of the toun, 289. Tolbuith, wyne and confeits to, 58 — taking down of, 63 — stanes for, 61 — laying grund stane of, 63 — brass and copper to cok and thams of, 64 — painting and gelting, 64, 66 ■ — spouts of, 69 — expense of sustaining thiefs in, 96— dighting of, payt. ioi, 96 — poulder, ball, and arms to be brought into, 107 — door of to be kept lokit in the nyght, &c., 31 — repairing of, 134 — payts. to wo- man wha dichts, 136— -warrant for money paid for attendance on, 148 — sand and lime for, 1 66 — chymns to be put up in steeple, 193 — curious suppUcation by keeper of, 198 — iron ravill to be put on stair, 210 — parties to be summoned for breaking, 262 — expense of lamp to, 283 — expense of re- pairing clock of, 298. Toun, west, rysing in the, to be put in pos- tour of defence, 199. Toun, account of extraordinary charge and expense by the, from July (1715), to Jany. (1716), 312, to 324, and 325, to 331— ab- stract of the whole charge of the, during late RebeUion, 334, 335 — account of wright work done for, 303 — division of the, into six paroches, 290. Toun's business. Provost to attend agenting of, at Edinburgh, 190. Town-clerk, his of&ce declared vacant, 172 — Act regulating his dues (note), 275 — com- mission relative to murder of Robert Park, late town-clerk, by Major Menzies, 277 — Act in favour of, relative to dues of record- ing deeds, 283. Town's Hospital, Act in favour of Directors of, 359- Treasurer's Accounts, excerpts from, 55, 67, 91, 96, 103, 108, 115, 122, 125, 126, 127, 131, 140, 151, 199, 204, 215, 240, 245, 266, 269, 284, 287, 310, 347, 349, 352, 353- Treats and entertainments given at Edinr., expense of, 299. Treis, act and orders anent the "gadge" of the haill trees, and as to " houtipas treis," 40 — trees to be planted in green, 152 — ash, twelff to be planted at the Lymehouse, 84. Trie to be cut to mend toun's wack myhie, 144. Trinch dischargit to be castin doun, 1 14, Trinches, payments to those who help to make trinches round the city, 106 — mes- sage to Presbytery of Lavock as to hyre men for, 109 — Acts regulating work at, 109. Tron, Act ordering all commodities brought to be weighed at, 221. Trongait, syver in, Act anent keeping it clear, 195 — bluiding and slaying of bestial on, prohibited, 196 — new well in, to be sklait- it, 66. Trublance — See Wrangs. Trumpeter, Toun's, appointed, 221. Tugging and Towking by Fleshers to be enquired into, 185. Tuilzeours, Act anent, 50. Tumults and Riots, Representation by Dean of Guild and Deacon Convener anent guard to be kept, 300. Turfstakes, Act anent, 24. Turks, puir that ar with, money for them intromitted ^^'ith, 114. Turmours (a coin) to be received fra collec- tors at mylnes, 215. Turner, Sir Jas., letter from, produced, 193. Tythes, Commission to oppose Gabriel Cun- ningham's petition for expense of attending valuation of, 85 — Proclamation anent tak- ing teinds for ready money, 117. ?88 INDEX. U Uchiltree, Loril Lieutenant, ^vyne, sek, and confects furnist to, 55. Union, Hugh Monlyomerie of Busbie ap- pointed one of Commissioners, to treat about, 298 — bond by tlie town for defray- ing liis charges, 298. Unlaws, account and disposal of, 97 — unlaws pronounced to Fran. Bunteine Nottar, 107. V. Vagabond, order to be banished, 165. Vennell, New, Act against eating the grass at the foot of, 223. Vennell, Stinking, calsay at to be sightit and repaired if needed, 189. Visitors during the pest, 112, 113. W. Walkingshaw, Patrick, Subdene of Glasgow, warning to him to remove, 18. Wands, Justice of Peace Memorandum anent, 209. Wappinschawing, expense of Proclamation for, 59 — acts anent, 74. Wark Lumes of the Toun, Inventory of, 173. Warrants for Borrowit Silver, 21 — For xl. lib. to Jas. Braidwood, 49 — For candle to Laich Kirk, 6i — Alms to Grecian Bishops, 63 — Brass and copper for Tolbuith, 64 — Painting and gilting, 64 — Supply to W. Park, Miller, 65 — For wyiie to Archb. of Glasgow, 65, 235 — For money to Mr. Rob. Wilkie, Minister, 66 — do. to sundries, 66 — do. for bontage to Ladie Newark, 204 — For price of ane "zooU" (yawl), 205 — For money to Mr. of Grammer Schole, 66 — Expence of translating Stockwell, 71 — ■ Money to sundries, 74 — do. to the Drum- mer, 76, 80 — do. paid for swans feathers, 77 — Expense of making touns dinner, 77, 79 — Money paid to John Maxwell's wife for secret causes, 78 — do. paid Geo. An- derson, Printer, 79 — 20 merks to John Corss, 79 — money paid to sojours of for- tune, 80 — Charity to John Campbell, blind minister, 84' — do. to James Dunlop, travel- lour, 84 — money to James Colquhoun for drawing portrait of the toun, 84 — do. to Gavin Forsyth, 84 — do. to Mr. Robt. Baillie, 92 — do. to James Boyle for Ran- som, 93 — do. for outriking of sojors, 99 — do. to Colin Campbell for charges at Edr. wt. Marq. of Argyll and Chancillors bairns, 100 — do. to Geo. Mitchelson, surgeon to the late expedition, 100 — do. debursit to the Hielanders, 1 12 — do. to these who took John Kincaid to Edr., 115— do., price of daills, &c., for hedges on muir, 117 — do. to ane friend for doing toun a good turn, 138, 140 — do. for fire engines, 141 — do. to Andw. Anderson, Printer, 141 — do. paid for sundries, 146 — For do. pd. for atten- dance on tolbuith, 148 — do. to a distressed gentleman, 150 — do. to two puir mer- chands, 154 — do. to James Corss, Mathe- matecian, 165 — do. to him for dedicating his almanac to the toun, 173 — do., Robt. Sanders, for printing a preaching by Mr. Hugh Blair, 169 — do. to him yearlie of £ip, 172 — for do. to three trumpeters, 170 — do, for loss sustained by "carieing ane young orphan to Ireland," 171 — do. de- bursed for curing of Katherine Wright, 1 74 — do. to sundries to buy horses, 1 75 — do. to John Anderson, Dr. of Gramer Schole, 177 — do. to the young men sent to the wast country with the Chancellor, 178 — do. for drugs, plaisters, &c. , to poor per- sons, 185 — do. towards brig at Linning- shaugh, 192 — for coups to the Glasgow raice, 192 — for money for new cock on Heigh Kirk, 193 — money to Andw. Pur- doune, 203 — do. j^ropyue to the Bishop's daughter, 203 — Sundries pd. to Donald M 'Gilchrist, 205 — For money to Heralds, 206 — For price of wyne given to Noble- men, 206 — for price of a horse, 21 1 — for expense of apprehending James Wardrop of Daldowie, 212 — for money for Kings portratour, 213 — for money to the post, 213 — for sundries deburst by Provost, 213 — for money for trees and sundries, 215 — for price of a horse lost when ' ' the blew coats wir put out," 219 — for malt for beir to my Lord Argyll, 221 — for payments on sundiy accounts, 224 — for salary for setting up stage coach to Edr. , 229 — for expenses to soldiers at the Barracks, Bothwell, Loudon Hill, &c. , 232 — for money to ^\"m. Blak, to build stone lumhead, 233 — do. to James Robertsoun, Baxter, for an oven to balvc plack pies in, 233 — ibr expenses of those attending funerals of Kilburnies ladie and Lady Blackball, 234 — for money to E. and J, Fountains, Master of the Revels, INDEX. 389 and for do. to sundries, 239 — do. to Mr. Geddes for printing 2 books, 246 — for ex- pense of gold and silver ribbons to burgess tickets, 248— for payments to writers in clerks cliEdmer, 248 — for money to An- thony Nauder, Frendiman, 252 — to John Hall, Chenii^ian, 253 — for expenses dur- ing Argyles rebellion, 253, 254 — for ex- pense of. wyne, &c. , to sundries, 259 — do. and powder at birth of Prince of Wales, 259— do. of men sent for defence of Stir- ling, 266 — do. of meal sent to Drumikill, 267 — do. of hay and corn to Danish forces, 272 — do. of maintaining Irishmen in Tol- booth, 274 — do. of cabinet of shottles for touns deeds, 275 — do. of corn eaten by Sir John Laniers regiment, 275 — do. of sup- port of witches in Tolbooth, 284, 286 — for sundries to John Robertson, hammer- man, 287 — for expense of support of 5 wliores in prison, 2S8. Watche ordained to be kept, 100, 107, 113, 148 — Toun to be divided for keeping, 163. Water Sjrvor for drying Blackquarrell, 121. Watson, John, Mercht., to be asked "why he taks not a right to his candle hous as otliers has done," 180. Watson, Wm. , Candlemaker, to be put in the stokes and banished, 170. Web, Mr., Propyne of Holland claith, and Scotch lining claith to, 86. Weights, Act ordering useof newEnglish,303. Well in Stockwell gait to be attended to, 185 — at Barras zett to be heighted, 188 — in Trongait to be sklaitit, 66 — in Trongait and Vennal to be rewled and governed, 140. Wesharis on the Foregait, Stat, anent., 6i. Wheat and flour, price of, notices anent, 302, 348, 350, 356. Whores, warrant for expense of their sup- port in prison, 288. Widows to provide a suflicient man with firelock and sword for troublances, 260. Wilkie, Mr. Robt., Minister, payt. to him to pay his dochter's tocher quid, 66. William, K., and Q. Mary, e.vpense of their portraits, 302. Williamson, Mr. David, letters and proceed- ure anent call to him, 189. Wirtembrig, D. , of wyne, dessert, and fruits to, 55 — poulder to young men at his com- ing, 57- Witches and warlocks, warrt. for expense of their support in tolbooth, 284, 286. Wdodrow, Mr. Robt., call subscribed to, 303- Wood, John, Cordoner, petition by, for liberation, &c., 169. Works, public. Act anent, 279. Wrangs and Amerciaments, 2, 5, 7, 8, 13, IS, 17, 19, 22, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 43, 46, 107, 182, 207, 228. Wright, John, agreet to pay annual rent to Wright, his sister, 164. Wright work done for toun, acct. of, 303. Writs, &c., of the Burgh, remit to procure authentic copies of those carried off at the Reformation and lodged in Douay Col- ledge, 354. Wyne and confeets, expense of on various occasions, 48, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 206, 212, 218, 235, 246, 254, 259, 294— report or- dered anent, 241 — wyne to a friend of the town, whom it is not fitt to name, 279. Wyne, order anent offer of, by W. Wood, 218. Wynrame, John, Agent for Burrows, pro- pyne of wyne to, 57- I Z. Zuill, wages to drummers, 222. PRINTED BY ROBERT MACLEHOSE. MEMO R AB ILIA OF THE CITY OF GLASGOW, SELECTED FROM THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE BURGH. MDLXXXVIII.— MDCCL. VOL. II. PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION. GLASGOW: JAMES MACLEHOSE, BOOKSELLER TO THE UNIVERSITY. 1868.