Early records of an old Glasgow family

AN OLD GLASGOW FAMILY 65
Tutors Testamentary and injtinction to them.
The Will proceeds to nominate " the said Helein Hutchesoun,
his spous, Thomas Hill in Ibrox and George Hutchesoun of
Lambhill, tutouris testamentaris conjunctlie and severallie to
Niniane Hill, his sone, and to the said Elizabeth and Helein
Hillis, his dochteris, as also to the bairne unborne foresaid,
during thair minorities, and to sie thair geir put to the foir,
as they will ansueir to God," with which injunction the Will
concludes.
The Will is written by " Mr James Anderson, Notar in
Glasgow," and is subscribed before four witnesses "with my hand
at ye pen led be the Notar following at my command becaus I
cannot wryt," no explanation for which is given, but probably in
consequence of his being " seik in bodie," as he died, as the
Testament Testamentar bears, in the same month of September,
1623.
The items of the I nventory are numerous, amounting in cumulo
to ^5746 is. 4d. Scots, and being largely due on " bands " of com-
paratively small amount they indicate that Ninian Hill, like his
brother-in-law, George Hutcheson of Lambhill, carried on
business as a lender of money, or Banker of those days, as
well as that of a Merchant, one description of his merchandise
being "herrings," as appears from items in the Inventory, viz.:
" Adame Knox in Ranfrow be ane band, one hundreth pound ; mair
be him, £26 1 3s. 4d., with thrie hundreth mallit " (possibly
mail or due for rent, or, if ' wallit ' is intended, then selected,
vide Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary, sub voce, ' wale ') " herring,
pryce thairof three li." (i.e. £3) Scots ; and " John Tulloche in
Ranfrow, ^33 6s. 8d. with "thrie hundreth and ane half of
wallit herring, pryce thairof £4 1 3s. 4d."
The Inventory also makes mention of the following Hills as
owing the deceased money, viz. : " Niniane Hill, Maltman," —