Rolloks yaird. Bauk, clois fitts. Common good. Ordaines the deane of gild and his brethreine to viseit St. Rolloks kirk yaird and to set vpe merche staines. Ordaines ane bauk to be send throw the towne be sound of drum to command all persounes quha hes oppen clois fitts that they clois vpe the samyne, ilk persone wnder ten pundis vnforgevin. 8 June 1647. [Common good set for a year as follows:-Mills, 9400 merks; ladles, 3450 merks; bridge, 960 merks; tron, 850 merks; pecks and meal market, 700 merks.] 19 June 1647. Warrand to Allane assessour. Deputatioun, Fleschouris. Ordaines Johne Grahame to advance to thes in the generall commissaris troupe twentie dolloris in gratuity. Richard Allane is electit assessor to the proveist, commissionar electit to the nixt generall conventioune of burrowis. 10 July 1647. The forsaid bailleis and counsell, taking to thair consideratioune that Mr. Johne Spreule, thair ordinar clerk, is now imployeit abroad be them in the sessioune and vther maters, and how that sundrie inhabitants of this brugh ar disapointed therby in materis concerning the clerkschipe of this brughe, they doe therfor heirby grant full power and commissioune to Williame Yair, notar, to exerce the said office as clerk of this burgh dureing the clerks absence in all things as gif he war present himselfe. 12 July 1647. The proveist, bailleis and counsell, taking to thair consideratioune the grit hurt and prejudice the inhabitants of this brugh susteanis throw exorbitant pryces takein for flesche, and that the fleschouris in the townes mercat hes slichttit the towne this day altogither be presentting no flesch to the mercat, and becaus it is verie needfull that the towne be serveit with vivers, tharfore it is ordaneit that ane bauk goe throw the toune presentlie be touk of drum, grantting licence and libertie to all men in the countrey to bring in flesche, as beif and muttoune, and all vther sort of Fleschouris. flesche, all the dayes in the weik, and they sall have libertie to sell the same at all occasiounes frie of payment of any excyis till Lambes nixt. 17 July 1647. visitatioune of the mure. It is ordaineit that ane counsellour weiklie, and he to choyse ane vther Anent the honest man in the towne to goe with him, and that they tak ane list of all that ar on the muir, and that they deburse to James Robesoune suche money as he sall requyre to susteane the puire on the muir, and to viseit the muir tweis or thryis in the weik, and to geive in thair compts ilk Setturday with the list of all on the muire and quhat persones ar deid thair that weik, and to try that ilk poore on the muir gett thair allowance; and James Stewart is to begin, and he makes choyis of Patrik Park to begin the nixt weik. 26 July 1647. M'Cluire. Geives power and commissioune to the deacone conveaner and Johne Doctor Grahame to meit with Doctor M'Cluir and aggree with him to attend the visitatioune of the toun for ane monethe to come, and to geive him ten dollouris for bygaine service to incuradge him. 29 July 1647. boittis. Ordaines James Hammiltoune, baillie, Johne Barnes and Robert Mack Herring to goe downe the morne to meit with the folkes of Ranfrew and Govane anent the bringing of the herring bottis to the Broomilaw now in this dangerous tym. 31 July 1647. Ordaines William Lychtbodie to goe to Hammiltoun and Niniane Ander- For corresoune to Paisley to desyr the moderatours of thes twa presbitrees to convene spondence. thair presbitrees for setting downe some soleid course for correspondence. It is appoynted, for better expeading of the cleanging of housses, that Clengers. Johne Walker and ane vther with him be cleangit and be maid ane cleane cleinger; Thomas Stewart and Hew Mitchell to goe and cleange the rest of the foule houssis; and Claud Snodgers and ane vther with him to cleange Clengers. cloathes on the muir; and to begin on Mononday nixt, without delay. And appoynts the maister of work to buy ane hors to be imployeit in drawing furthe of foule cloathes and sweipings; and als that ane vther naige be boucht for James Robiesoune and lent to him dureing the counsells pleasour, the better to mak him dischairg his dewtie and attending vpon the muir. Watter bailyie. Commissioune, Young. Quartermaisteris. Bauk, teynds. Teynds sett. Brig. 2 August 1647. Ordaines Patrik Park and Johne Clark to assist the watter bailyie in his chairge of attendance of the boatts. Ordaines ane commissioune to be geivin to Mr. George Young to goe to the assemblie and agent Mr. John Livingstounes transportatioune. 14 August 1647. The foirsaidis persounes, feareing the incresing of the seiknes, and knowing that the magistrats ar not able to doe all the paynes incumbent theranent, hes thought fitt and convenient that twa able men be appoynttit out of ilk quarter of the four quarters of the towne, weiklie, dureing the tyme of the visitatioun, to attend vpon the magistrats and to receave ordors from them and to put the samyne to executioune. Ordaines ane bauk to be sent throw the towne this efternoone, be touk of drum, to warne all such quha will tak the teynds for readie money to com to the tolbuith on Teysday nixt at ten hours, and they wha bids maist thairfore sall have them. 17 August 1647. The drawin teynds ar sett to Johne Simpsoun, merchand, and to James Fergissoune, maltman, for this present croppe 1647, for payment of the sowme of auch teine hundrethe and twentie merkis money to be payit presentlie in hand to the maister of work in absence of the thesaurer, for defraying of the townes burdeings. 21 August 1647. Ordaines the brig to be luikeit be the deane of gild and maister of work and the bailleis to try wha hes removit the stanes fra it. 28 August 1647. Anent the vacant place of our kirk, it is thoucht expedient that ane Letter to Durhame, lettere be sent to Mr. James Durhame to desyre him to preach heir, minister. and a commissioune to be gevin to Mr. Robert Ramsay to supplicat the assemblie for referring the plantatioune of our kirk to the commissioune of the kirk. Anent the increas of the number of the puire and suche as may not Poore. helpe themselves, it is recommendit to the deane of gild and deacone conveiner to conveine thair severall bodies that eache of them may take course for susteaning of the puire of thair awne vocatioune. Johne Grahame produceit ane new seale maid be directioune of the New seall. towne, for-quhich was payit xlij li. j s., quhilk is ordanet to be payit to him be the thesaurer. 4 September 1647. The act of counsell maid for ane establischement of the fies and Act anent the casualitees of the towne clarkschipe is ratifeit and approvine, and the clarkschipe to Spreule. samyne ordainet to be observeit. And becaus that quhen Mr. Johne Spreule, present clark, was first admittit to the clerkschipe, thair is ane act ordaineing him to be comptable to the proveist, bailleis and counsell, for the equall halfe of the benefit he sould reap be the said office, in compensatioune quhairof and for the caussis eftirspecifeit the said Mr. Johne hes vndertaken and be thir presentis vndertakes to freithe, releive, disburdeine and scaithles keipe the saids proveist, bailleis and counsell, and thair successors in office, off the sowme of thrie thousand merkis money of Scotland, conteanit in ane decreit arbitrall off the lords of counsell and sessioune ordaineing the samyn to be payit be the proveist in name of the toune and be the said Mr. Johne, as present clark, to Mr. Harie Gibsoune, for all richt, tytle and kindnes he had, hes or can pretend to the said office of clarkschipe, fies and casualitees thairof, bygane and to come, and in full satisfactioune and contentatioune to him of the samyne; tharfore, and to the end the said Mr. Johne may be the more incuradgit to be diligent and faithfull in his said office, the saids proveist, bailleis and counsell, have ૨ Spreule. Act anent the inacted, statut and ordainet, and be thir presentis statutes and ordaines clarkschipe to that ane lettere of gift of the said office of clerkschip, hail fies and casualitees thairof, be maid, granted and subscryveit in favoris of the said Mr. Johne Spreule, for the spaice of fyfteine yeirs efter Michelmes nixt, and ay and quhill the samyne be fullie and compleitlie outrunne, and that notwithstanding of quhatsomevir lawes, actis or statutis heirtofoire maid be them or thair predicessoris in the contrair, quhairanent they have dispensit and be thir presentis dispenssis for ewer; provyding alwayes if the said Mr. Johne sall committ any fault in the said office, being tryed worthie of deprivatioune, that fra thenfurthe the gift sall be null as if the samyne had never beine maid nor granttit. Lykas, for thair further approbatioune of the premisses, they signifeit the samyne to the said Mr. Johne, wha accepted thairof and gave his aithe (being taken be the proveist in relatioune thairto) de fideli administratione. Lykas they have discharget and be thir presentis dischairges and liberats the said Mr. Johne off that act of counsell appointing him to mak compt to the proveist, bailleis and counsell of the equall halfe benefeit of his said office of clerkschipe the first yeir of his entrie, declaireing heirby the samyne to be fullie satisfeid be him, in regaird of his vndertack above specifeit, in all poyntis. Warrand. Boyd. Mr. Johne Spreule, clark, gave in the compt of his chairges and debursements to advocatis in defending the caus persewit be Mr. Harie Gibsoune againes the towne, extending in all to twa hundrethe pundis, quhilk was red and allowit, and ordanes the thesaurer to pay to him the same, with xxx s. he debursit for the last actis of parliament. Anent the complaint geivin in againes David Boyd, deacone of the fleschouris, be the towne, for the wronging of George Broome in thair serveice and hes counterfitting of ane pas, his combyneing with the rest of his craft to stope all seall of flesche in the mercat, his refuissall to compeir befoir the towne counsell, being ceittit therto; the said David compearit, acknowledging the saidis wrongs and became in the counsellis will therfor; quho vpone dew consideratioun ordaines and decernis the said David to pay twentie dollors of fyne and to remayne in waird dureing thair pleasour and to colect the excyis of the flesch not vplifteit. |