Series 3 > Court book of the Burgh of Kirkintilloch 1658-1694

BURGH OF KIRKINTILLOCH
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clamur and cursing hot knew not what shoe sayd and heard
hir say shoe wanted a hen hot hard hir not say who haid
the hen.
The said John Young maried about the age of 40 yeires
or thairby being suorne deponned that he hard the said
Isobell Hendrie flyting and cursing and saying, Divell be in
the deponeris neist neighboures bellie that had hir hen in
thair pot that shoe should peyit1 the rent with, bot heard
not hir name no persoune and the deponner said he had
maney neighboures.
The said Heilline Bartoune maried deponned that shoe
was in the house of James Lindsey and hard the said
Isobell spier at the persueris wyfe gif hir hen was in hir pot
and shoe denyed and shoe replyed shoe was ather their in
some vther bodies pot and this is all shoe knoues.
{128) The Baillies ordaines the persuer to adusse the rest
of their witnesses for proving of their lybell the nixt Court
peremptor.
Decernes John Lapslie to pey to William Gray merchant
in Glasgow tuo pundis eightine shilling Scottis for lintseid
upon his oun proper confessioune in Court.
[9 February 1686; Bailies as before, with the
remanent burgesses.]
In the actioune persuit against James Hendre in Inch-
steif, burgess in Kirkintilloch, be the remnent burgesses in
the Eist syde thair for breaking ane areistment laufulie laid
on, decernes him in the sowme of tene pund Scottis gif he
cannot against the nixt Court approve the same was not
laufulie done. And as for the debeat of the ground and
causses thairof in Hillheid, continues and referris it to the
Earle of Wigtoune Court and determinatioune thairof and
their to produce his rightis for making the same apier to be
his oune.
Decernes Heilline Birnet for 13s. 4d. for pies and meill
dew to John Hendrie.
1 Sic in MS.