Extracts from the Records of the Burgh of Glasgow ... A. D. 1573-1759, Issue 12

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Scottish Burgh Record Society, 1881
 

Contents

Building bridge at Gibbet burn seat in High Kirk for James
17
Persons adjoined to those appointed to confer with session paper
21
Communings as to purchase of Gorbals mortification by Zacharias
29
Contributions for Blackfriars Kirk providing redd and sand
35
Letter from the King craving a supply of money Original
38
Admission of minister to Blackfriars Kirk bell for Trongait steeple
39
Books on drilling procured Ib
46
Donations to doctors of Grammar School men to be sought suit
54
Letter to be written to Silvertonhill as to teinds and money owing
67
16
69
5
70
Laying causeway meal to be bought for the use of the Marquis
73
Purchase of two booths in Trongait steeple 76
76
8
78
Work of High Kirk and kirkyard pier built at Kelburne foot
92
9
93
Warrant for liberation of James Bell and Colin Campbell Ib
113
000
117
Assistants to water bailie in attending on boats commissioner
120
Price of ale beer candle and bread cleansing of houses and streets
125
Arrangements as to Gorbals contract as to the deacons fourth part
128
Supplication to committee of estates as to towns maintenance
132
Annual rent on money and plate lent to the public leather buckets
142
Petition of farmers of mills anent their loss through the pestilence
148
Stones to be taken from quarry for the Kirk commissioners
151
Meeting with presbytery as to sessions 7b
165
Report of lawyers anent teiths submitted b
168
Teind sheaves of town mill lands set repair of Drymen kirk Пb
171
Maintenance of poor boys admitted to Hutchesons Hospital
182
d
189
Election of officebearers Ib
195
Lead to be supplied to castle of Dumbarton settlement as
197
Request by Sir Charles Erskine for supplies to Dumbarton Castle
209
Commissioners chosen to attend meeting at Dalkeith 7b
217
Raid against pirates 1b
219
rental and writs clerk elected Ib
223
Intimation of roup of common good office of clerk declared vacant
227
Session house in Trongait granted for a school one having been
229
No windskews or hallens to be in buildings unless in certain
233
3
237
Thanks to Edinburgh and Aberdeen for contributions dues
248
Two men sent to the north to uplift contribution stranger wrights
254
35
255
Conference to be had with Zacharias Boyd as to his stipend
261
Donation to a surgeon accounts between the town and
264
Commissioner to Edinburgh anent unpaid contribution payment
270
Reference agreed to in controversy with Zacharias Boyds executors
271
Conference to be had with John Carstairs and Andrew Gray
277
Rials to be sold controversy between town wrights and strangers
281
Annuals payable to Leper Hospital payment for collecting
287
Common good set 1b
289
Commissioners to convention appointed Ib
290
Payment to masters of Grammar School for preaching they
291
Remission of teind tack duty on account of crops being spoiled
294
Report to committee of estates as to a case tried by the council
365
Supplication of masons and wrights Lady Sinclair buried free
370
Repairing toofall of High Kirk stipend to minister of Barony
376
Oct 26
382
1658
388
Commissioners sent to Edinburgh on towns business C R 16549
389
1645
390
Wine bread and tickets to be provided for communion Ib
393
Defence of towns liberties paper against Patrick Gillespie before
395
Common good set 7b
398
Payment for measures High Kirk steeple of Hutchesons Hos
404
High Kirk clock prices of house bought in Trongait corbels
420
Filling up holes and repairing causeway agreement as to building
423
Agreement with soldiers for casting in stank at Greenhead report
424
Portal door in Outer High Kirk price of tallow and candle
430
Towns foot mantle vitiation of surgeons book vacant stipend
433
Against admission of French coin report by provost meeting with
439
Commissioners to attend presbytery meeting at Irvine as to call
444
Report as to teind tack duty owing to town and apprehension
450
Recovery of soldiers debts inhabitants to pay what they
454
Supply of vacant kirks contract with a surgeon for cutting
460
Stipend to a minister certain freemen free from ladle dues
463
Dues payable by strangers to freemen wrights and masons
465
Election of provost and bailies water to be conveyed from Bogilles
469
Setting pews in Laigh Kirk bringing the water of Bogles well
473
1662
480
EXTRACTS FROM THE ACCOUNTS OF THE BURGH OF GLASGOW
499
1634
504
Expenses of these commissioners 1b
511
Commissioner to convention anent Lord Spynies patent as muster
520
Price of iron chimneys for Tolbooth 7b
525
Collection as to poors contribution Ib
527
Bell and cock of Trongait Steeple 1b
532
113
534
Stentmasters appointed money paid to Hutchesones Hospital
535
Presentation of a minister to Blackfriars Church Ib
540
5555
544
115
545
Ratification by the dean of guild and whole merchants of the burgh
555
Act of caution by Alexander Pollock cordoner for the fulfilment
561
Renunciation by the provost bailies and council to the archbishop
566
Collector of Hutchesons Hospital continued Ib
571
225
572
183
573
Appeal by magistrates and council as to their life and conversation
575
Leets for deacon convener and protests thereanent against killing
576
Officebearers elected 76
Call to be made to minister Grammar School to be convened
Money craved by committee of estates Ib
Commission against Patrick Gillespie being translated to Kirkcaldy
207
Meeting to be held with presbytery as to providing ministers
101

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