1510
2 January 1509–10.
[King's letter in favour of Stephane, apothecary.]
JAMES be the grace of God King of Scottis to the prouest baillies counsall
and communite of our burgh of Edinburgh greting, Forsamekil as we ar informit
that ye haue at our request and desyr sett ane of your commoun buthis in
your belhous to William Dun goldsmyth vnder your commoun seil, we beand
that tyme informit that the said William suld for the honour of us and the
commoun profit of our realme and liegis haue and halde ane commoun hous of
change for gold and siluer and furnis the samin thairto, nocht withstandand our
will and desyr beand fulfillit be yow he has nocht occupeit the said buth nor
change, in greit scaith and hindering to ws and realme and liegis, and in contrar
the informacioun maid to ws thairapoun, and now becaus the said buith is
vacand throw the assedatioun maid to the said Williame baith for his absence
and for the caus forsaid we exhorte and prais you herfore richt effectusly that
ye will for our speciale request at this tyme sett the said hous and buith til our
familiar and daily seruitour Maister Stephane, ypothegar, sa that he may be
enterit thairintil and vse the samin with his materiall and spisery sa that he
may be fundin thair redy to do ws seruice, sen it was knowin in our grancschyris
tyme for ane ypothegaris buith, and as now our said burgh for our
honour and pollesy of our realm suld haue sic like, sen it is neidfull and
profitabil, the said Master Stephane paiand to you yerly als mekil mail as it
gevis; and this ye wil the erar do for our request and prayer, and as ye wil
reporte speciale thank of ws thairfor, and that ye will certify ws of your ententis
and answer heryntill with the berer. Gevin vnder our signet at Edinburgh the
secund day of Januar, and of our regne the xxj yer.
26 January 1509–10.
Bartilmo
Wawane
Cristina Lamb.
xxvi Januarii hora iii post merediem etc. vt supra. Accesserunt Alexander Lauder prepositus, Willelmus Foular decanus gilde, Andreas Elphinston
de Selmys, Robertus Rynd,Patricus Richartson, Georgius Diksoun, Willelmus
Hopper, Robertus Brus, Patricius Heriot, Willelmus Clerk, Johannes Merche,
Walterus Chepman, et Jacobus Aikman, lineatores admissi, per Bartholomeum
Wawane ab vna, et Cristinam Lamb de consensu Johannis Adamson junioris
sui sponsi partibus ab altera, ad tenementum ipsius Cristine jacens in le
Cowgait ex australi parte eiusdem, et ibidem linearunt superiorem vastam
partem eiusdem tenementi immediate ascendentem a foneo orti eiusdem prout
sequitur in vulgari. [On the 26th january, at three o'clock of the afternoon, &c.,
as above, appeared Alexander Lauder, Provost; William Fowler, Dean of Guild;
Andrew Elphinston of Selmys, Robert Rhind, Patrick Richardson, George Dickson,
William Hopper, Robert Bruce, Patrick Heriot, William Clark, John March,
Walter Chapman and James Aikman, liners, admitted by Bartholemew Wawane,
on the one part, and Christina Lamb, with consent of John Adamson younger her
spouse on the other part, at the tenement of the said Christina, lying in the
Cowgate, on the south side thereof, and there lined the upper waster part of the
said tenement immediately rising from the garden well [?] of the same, as follows
in the common tongue.] The lynaris forsaidis findis and deluiris be the leile
lyne strekit immdiatle fra the west side of Walter Chepmanis yard dike on the
est part to the croft of the said Bartilmo on the west par that efter the
tenour of the ald boundit charter producit be the said Crestine befoir thame it
contenis betuix the said Walteris dike and croft fra hir heid yard dike southwart twa rudes and ane half rude, and v feet of mesure in breide, and sa till
asceng vpthruch to the vinel passand fra the Kirk of Felde westwart. And
decernit the said Cristyne to kep that mesure of breide in hir bigging as the
pales of tre now ar fixt in the erd, contenand the said breid be al the said lenth
betuix hir land and the said Bartilmos croft. Et hec super petierunt dicte
partes instrumentum. Testibus domino officali, viz., magistro Willelmo
Wawane, Thoma Bard dt Willelmo Dik notario publico et multis aliis.
Acta erant hec infra limites dicte terre vaste hora quasi supra. [And on this the
said parties asked as instrument. Witnesses, the Official Mr William Wawane,
Thomas Bard and William Dick, notary-public, and many others. These things
were done within the bounds of the said waste land, at the hour above stated.]
4 February 1509–10.
Seal of cause
to Cordiners.
Tyll all and sundry quhais knawlege thir present lettres sal cum, the
provest ballies and counsaill of Edinburgh greting in God euirlesting. Wit your
vniuersiteis that the day and the dait of the making of thir present lettres
comperit befor ws counsaly gatherit John Dauidsoun kirkmaister, Thomas
Quhitehill, Nocholl Bynnyn, Andro Quhite, Alexander Willesoun, Peter of
Murray, Williame Hamlytoun, Richert Nicholsoun and the laif of the maisteris
of the Cordinar craft within this burgh, and presentit to ws thair supplicatioun
contenand certane statutis articulis and reulis diuisit be thame and affermit be
ws for the loving of God Almychty, the honour of the realme, the wirschip and
proffet of this guid toun, and the proffet of all our Souerane Lordis Lieges and
vtheirs reparand thairto; of the quhilk supplicatioun the thenour folowis:— My
lordis provest ballies and worthi counsaill of this guid toun, vnto your honorabill
discretionis richt humlie menis and schewis the kirkmaister and the laif of the
maisteris of the Cordinar craft within this burgh, that quhair first for the
loving of God Almychty, the honour of the realme, the wirschip and proffet of
this guid tovne, and the proffett of all our Souerane Lordis liegis and vtheris
reparand thairto, and in exampill of theris, and for augmentationum of divine
seruice at the altar of Crispine and Crispineniane situat within the College Kirk
of Sanct Geill of the said burgh, we desire that we micht haif thir statutis
artikillis and reulis folowing grantit and gevin to ws of the said craft, baith
maisteris and seruandis, and our successouris thairof in tyme to cum; considering
it is said be commoun autorite taht multitude but reull makis confusioun, and
for to eschew the vide thairof and to be eschewit in tymis tocum thir folowand
ar our resonabill desiris: In the first sen that all increment of vertew practik
and knawlege standis in guid begynnyng and fundament and frathinfurth to
continew in vse and perseueris to finale end, that frathinfurth all maner of
prentissis to be tane at the said craft sall stand in prentischip for the space of
sevin yeris and nales, without dispensatioun of the principale maisteris of the
said craft, and specialie in fauouris of the sonis of the said craft; and ilk prentis
to pay at his entre to the reparatioun and vphalding of divine seruice at our
said altar sex schillingis aucht pennis; and that nouthir thir prentissis nor nane
vthir persoun of the said craft be sufferit to sett up buith within this said
burgh without he be fundin sufficient habill and worthi thairto in practik and
vthir wayis, and admittit thairto first be the sworne maisteris of the said craft,
and maid freman nd burges of the said burgh, and than for his vpsett to pay
four merkis, except burges sonis of this tovne to pay twa merkis, to the reparatioun and vpahldin of divine seruice at our said altar; and that ilk seriand
sall pay his vlkly halfpenny to vphaldin of divine seruis as said is; and gif ony
man of the said craft cummis nocht to the quarter comptis four tymis in the yeir
als aft as thai be, thai being lauchfully warnit be thair seriand thairto, thai sall
pay twa pundis of walx vnforgevin, without thai haif ane lauchfull impediment,
and the saidis twa pundis walx to be deliuerit to our said altar within twa dayis
efter the be notourly knawin befor the said sworne maisteris of the said
craft; and that na maner of maister of the said craft lift hous herbery nor
ressaue ony vther maisteris prentice or seruand vnder the pane of paying of twa
pund of walx to our said altar vnfoirgevin; and that ilk maister haldand buith
within this burgh of the said craft sall pay his vlkly penny to the reparatioun
of the ornamentis of our said altar, and sustene the preistis meit thairof as it
cummis about; and that the said kirkmaister and ane certane of the principalis
maisteris of the said craft that sal happin to be for the tyme sall haif full faculte
leif and prulege with ane officiar of the toune to pas with thame poynd distrenye gif neid be for the takin rasing and inbringing of thir dewiteis forsadis
to the sustentatioun and vphalding of God's seruice as said is but danger stop
or impediment in the paying of his said dewiteis, quhair throw ane officiar of this
guid towne may be haldin to poynd him, he sall pay the officiaris fee for his
laubouris als weill as the principle dewiteis that he is owin to the said algar;
and gif ony maister of the said craft disobeys the krikmaister that salbe for the
tyme to pay twa pundis of walx for ik tyme he disobeyis vnforgevin to our said
altar. Quhairlor my lordis sen thir our resonabill and simpill desiris and resonis
conformis to equite, and are consonant to honour and policy accordinge to the vse
and consuetudes of greit tounis of honour in vther realmis and provincis, that
ye wald grant to ws thame ratifeit and apprevit and confermit be you vnder your
seill of caus in perpetuall memoriall of guid reull to be had in tyme tocum with
your ansueir heirupoun we humbilie beseik; The quhilkis artikillis statutis and
reulis being red hard and vndirstand and diligently considerit be ws that thai
ar first for the loving of Almychty God, and sustentatioun of divine seruice, and
for guid reulis to be had in tyme to cum amangis thame of the said craft, in
augmentatioun and supple of the commoun proffitt, for to eschew misgidit wayis
that has beyn vsit in tymes bygane, we haif ratifeit apprevit and confermit and
be thair presentis for ws and our successouris ratifeis apprevis and confermis and
the samyn in all poyntis and artikillis to the saidis maisteris and thair successouris of the said craft in perpetuale memoriall in tyme tocum foreuirmair, and
this to all quhame it effeiris we mak it knawin, be the tenour of thir our lettres. In
witnes of the quhilk thing toe thir our present letteres our commoun seill of caus
of our said burgh we haif gart append at Edinburgh, the ferd day of Februar
the yeir of God ane thousand five hundreth and nyne yeris.
30 April 1510.
Boroughmuir.
[An act made in the common books of the Council, of this date, obliged
the persons to whom certain acres of the Boroughmuir were let to build upon
the said acres dwelling-houses, malt-barus, and cowbills, and to have servants
for the making of malt betwixt and Michaelmas 1512; and failing their doing so,
to pay £40 to the common works of the town, and also pay £5 for every acre
of three acres of the common muir set to them—See Act, dated 8th June1519.] (fn. 1)
12 July 1510.
Grynding at
the mylnis.
The quhilk day in presens of the provest baillies and counsale it is
appoyntit and agreit betuix the fermoureris of thair commoun mylnis now
present, viz:—Alexander Gray, Richart Patersoun, Thomas Ramsay and
William Moreis, and the laif of the maisteris of the baxteris craft within this
burgh, for ceissing of variance and discord amangs thame in tyme cumming
anent the conseruation and keping of thair rowmis in the grinding of thair
gristis of quheit at thair commoun mylnis in tyme heirafter in this wyis,
viz.: That euery nychtbour of the said baxter craft in tyme of scant of watter
sall grynd at anes bot viij ladis of quheitt, and to brek for mayne xvj laid, and
quhat persoun of the said craft that attempis till do in the contair heirof sall
pay xl s. to the kirkwark als oft as it happinis vnforgevin and quhen the
watter is lairge. (This in the convict buikd begyand in Julij 1505.—Tr.)
Pro villa et
llegio.