Losses. Pittie customes vpe the haill losses above the crose and Gallowgait, on both sydes; and this to be done be them with all diligence and to give in thair report in wrytt. The foirsaidis magistratis and counsell, takeing to consideratioune the dischairgit. great complaintis comes in daylie against the collectouris of the pittie custome for wronging of the countrey people in relatioune thairto, and that no tye can hold them to keepe according to the reule sett downe to them thairanent, quhilk is the occasioune of great murmureing and crying out of the haill countrey people, and, quhilk is worse, occasions great and horrible bannings, swearings and imprecatiouns (oftymes regraited heirtofoir) to the great offence and dishonour of God, and without doubt will not faill to provok Him to great wrathe against this place in ane more havie maner nor yet is felt; and seeing now that, for reparatioune of a pairt of the losses susteanet be many of the inhabitantis of the towne, the generall assemblie hes granted licence for collecting ane generall contributioun throw the haill land, quhilk may be retardit in sundrie pairtis throw the evill and bad reportis that is gone throw the countrey throw occasioune of the collectouris of these pittie customes; tharfor, and for sundrie vther wechtie caussis, and especiallie for eshewing of the great curseing, banning and sweiring, that hes beine committed innumerable tymes heirtofoir, to the great dishonour and offence of God and the greife of many honest harted people quha hes hard the samyne from tyme to tyme, wisching that the samyn micht be mendit and the occasioune thairof tane out of the way, the saids proveist, bailleis and counsell, hes inhibite and dischairget, and does be the tenour heirof inhibite and dischairge the collectioun of the said pittie custom, and ordaines the collectours therof to be conveined and the comptis takine aff thair handis wpon thair great aithes or allowit to them in quhat they debursit thairfor at Witsonday last, and the customes to be collectit at the brig, and all that comes in be the water to be thocht vpon heirefter. Warrand, assemblie. [Ordained the treasurer to have a warrant for the following sums disbursed by him to the provost :-£36 "for the prenting of the supplicatiounes that was givin in befor the generall assemblie and actis givin out thairanent in favouris of the town;" 24s. "to the prenteis boy in drink silver;" 48s. "for wrytting of supplicatiounes;" £134 8s. "for his awn charges and Mr. George Youngs ordinar and extraordinar, thair boyes and horses charges quhen they were in Edinburgh the tyme of the late assemblie ;" and other sums; amounting in all to £257 8s.] 10 August 1652. maister. In consideratioun that James Clerk, scoolmaster, hes his haill houssis and Clark, scoll - scooll burnit, and that none in towne hes capacitie for instructioun of youthe to wryte as he can, the foirsaidis magistratis and counsell hes granted to him dureing their wills allanerlie the vse of the sessioun hous in Trongait for ane scoole. 13 August 1652. James Pollok, bailyie, maid report anent his goeing to Air quhairin he Report, produceit ane warrand for getting downe the half of the sess dureing the Pollok, sess. Generall-Major Deane his will. streit Forsameikill as divers wayes hes bein soght out and gone about for Saltmercat clensing and reding of the Saltmercat Streit and yet the work is evir ritardit, clenging. findis it thairfor necessar that the towne deburs the charges to the kairteris for leading away of the red out of the said streit ay and quhill the samyne be compleitlie red; and ordaines ane perfect nott to be tane vp quhat sall be debursit thairypon, and the first money that comes in by anie contribution the towne to be payit aff the first end thairoff; and appoynts William Barclay and William Comyng to attend the kairteris and that work the nixt weik and to vp ane exact compt of the haill draughtis. tak 16 August 1652. Appoyntis ane bank to be sent throw the towne be touk of drum to Lossis. wairne all such who hes not as yet givin vp thair lossis that they come this day to the tolbuith at twa houris to give vp the same, and to certifie all who does neglect sall not be hard thairanent heirefter. 17 August 1652. William Reid, officer, is electit and chosen collectour for the ingathering Fewduties in and collecting of the few dewties dew to be payit off the housses and yairds in Gorballis allenarlie. Gorballis. scooll Appoynts James Pollok, bailyie, Mr. John Dunlop, Collein Campbell, and Grammer James Colquhoune, to meit with the maister of the Grammer Scoole and Mr. maisteris. Robert Speir anent the contraversie fallin out betuixt thame, and to report the nixt meiting. Grammer scooll. Pollok to Warrand, manufactorie. Silvertounhill. Wilkie, fyre. Provisioun 24 August 1652. Report being maid be these who wer appoyntit to meit with the maister of the Grammer Scoole and Mr. Robert Speir, ane of the doctouris thairof, it wes agriet and condiscendit vpon that the said Mr. Robert sould be remowed fra his chairge, and appoynts William Neillsoune to goe in name of the saids magistratis and councell to the said schoole and to intimat the samyne and to declair his place thair to be vaiking. Ordaines James Pollok, bailyie, to ryde to Edinburgh, with all expediencie, to attend the proveist anent the townes affairis, and to tak with him Lowdounes band and the compt of the townes lossis. Ordaines the thesaurer to pay to John Neill vj li. 10 s. for the pryce of ane meikill paper book the lait magistratis and counsell imployit him to mak for the vse of the manufactorie. 28 August 1652. In answer to ane lettre direct to the saids magistratis and counsell be the Laird of Sillertounhill, craveand the lone of ane sate in the Hie Kirk, in respect of the seiknes of his ordinar pastour, appoynts Walter Neilsoune to speik the beddell of the said kirk for keeping that sate in the said kirk quhilk is commounlie callit Muntroise sate, for the vse of the said laird, his ladye and familie, and that dureing the counsellis will allanerlie. 4 September 1652. It was thoght guid that Mr. John Wilkie sould be imployit to goe to Lundon for agitating of the townes bussines thair anent the making vpe of the townes losses be fyre, and appoyntis the proveist to speik to his brother, Mr. William, for that effect, and lettres to be wryttin to the said Mr. Johne thairanent with dilligence to desyr him to come heir. The foirsaids magistratis and counsell, efter consideratioune of the severall to ministers. provisiounes appointed to the ministers of this citie, finding some disparitie amongst them by the laite provisioune maid be the former magistratis and counsell to thair ministers, daitted the twentie ane day of Apryle jm vje fourtie nyne, concerning the conversioune of ane pairt of thair stipendis into victuall to ministers. at ane hundrethe pundis the chalder, and allocatioune thairof wpone the Provisioun teithes dew to the towne furthe of the rowms within the parische of the baronie kirk of Glasgow, and that maister George Young and maister Hew Blair, ministers in the Laiche Kirk in Trongait and in that kirk called the Blakfreiris, had onlie converted in victuall and allocat to them fyve chalders victuall betwixt them bothe, quhairof thair was twentie four bollis to hawe beine takin out of the old myln of Partick, ane boll out of the landis called Brumelandis, and ane boll out of the landis called Mylnedame, was not payable nor in vse of payment, quhairas Mr. Patrick Gillespie and Mr. Johne Carstairs, now successour to Mr. James Durhame, twa of thair ministeris, had converted and allocat to eache of them fyve chalderis payable victuall; thairfore, notwithstanding of the said late provisioune, and the saidis Mr. George and Mr. Hew thair acceptance of and acquiesence to the inferior quantitie of victuall dispensed to them, conceaveing it most just and consonant to reasone and equitie and that it became them in dewtie to endeavour that all thair ministers be alyke and equallie provydit, since the burdeing of the ministrie lyethe equallie and alyk vpon them all, and for encouradgement to the saids Maister George and Mr. Hew, the saidis magistratis and counsell have inacted, appointed and ordanit, and by this present inactis, appoyntis, and ordaines that the saidis Mr. George and Mr. Hew, eache of them and their successores, have fyve chalderis victuall converted to them in place of fyve hundrethe pundis of thair former stipendis (quhilk to ilk ane of them was ane thowsand pundis by yeir and four scoir pundis for thair hous maill) and that in all tyme comeing dureing thair lyftymes and serveing the cure at the saids kirks respectivelie, and the particularis of the not payable victuall as is aforesaid of thair former allocatioune supplied for the future by the localitie to follow heirvpon; and in respect that the victuall alreadie allocat to the saids Mr. Georg Young and Mr. Hew Blair, quhilkis compted now as guid payment or to be allocat to eache of them for makeing vpe to ilk ane of them fyve chalderis victuall for the present, is not yet certane what the number of the bollis therof will be, because the teynd of some of these lands hes not beine valued, as also some of these allocat or to be allocat may be affected with tackis, thairfoir the saids magistratis and counsell, be the tennor heirof, bindis and obleissis them and thair successouris in office that quhatewir the saidis Mr. George or Mr. Hew, or either of them, Provisioun to ministers. Report anent the contri bution. Contribution. Contributioun. Warrand, chirurgeon. sall be fund to want of thair saids respective fyve chalderis of victuall, by reasoune of any of the causses abovementionat, that the samyne sall be maid vpe to them be the towne, efter just compt and rekning, and dewlie payed with the rest of thair stipendis as effeiris, to ane hundreth punds the chalder, beginnand and enterand to the vptaking of the saids fyve chalders victuall for the cropp and yeir jm vje fiftie ane yeiris; and becaus thair is allocat and to be allocat to the saids twa ministers ten chalders victuall, it is provydit heirby that they sall vplift the samyne themselfis and exoner the towne thairof except in ony of the causes abovewryttin; and binds and obleissis them and thair successouris in office to warrand the premissis against all deidlie as law will. 7 September 1652. James Pollock, bailyie, maid his report at Edinburgh and Leithe and producet ane buike quhairin was insert the contributioune givine be the cheife justices and towne of Leithe and all he had receavit in relatioun to the contributioune, with ane compt of his debursementis in attending thairvpon, quhilk is all ordanit to be wryttine and insert in the said buik appointed for that effect, with all vther contributiouns that sall come or be broght in and the haill expenssis waired or to be waired in ingathering thairof. Johne Wyllie and James Or, merchandis, wer chosine and appointtit to goe to the northe for collecting and ingathering of the contributioune thair, and William Cumyng and Johne M'Kewne appoynted to goe to the haill boundis of Scotland on this syde of Forthe; quha ar to fallow suche instructiounes as sall be givine them. [All undertook the charge, except James Or, and the provost was appointed] to speik John Semple thairanent. Appoyntis James Pollock, baillie [and four others] to consider the most necessitat persounes quha ar in building or intentioune to build presentlie, and speciallie to have regaird to widowis and orphandis, and to distribut amongst them with all conveniencie the portioune of the contributione already broght home be the said James Pollok so much as is frie thairof. Ordanis the thesaurer to pay to Johne Hall, chirurgeon, for the cureing of ane poore woman, ane burges bairne, quha had the knap of hir elbow struckin from hir be ane of the sojouris quha came from Aire about the |