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

BURGH OF KIRKINTILLOCH
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Robreastoun, be not sold before William, the heir, attain
his twenty-first year, the debts would exhaust its whole
worth; and no other means existed of alimenting the
children. They therefore authorised Robert to sell and
dispose of that property, in order to defray the debts, and
to manage the superplus for the good and behoof of the
children—the rights so granted by him to be valid to the
purchasers.]
{144) [20 June 1693 ; Bailies, John Gooding and Robert
Dollour, with the rest of the burgesses and town council;
Assize : James Findley, Walter Bull, William Hendrie,
John Coney burgh elder, John Coney burgh younger;
John Smith, William Scott, Georg Stirling, Andrew
Achison, John Pauli.]
{145) [7 July 1694 ; Bailies as before, with the town
council.]
In the dibeatt betuixt William Hendrie and William Hay
anent William Hay building ane barn on the grund of the
said William Hendrie as he aledgit, the Baillies ordaines
William Hendrie to prove that grund to belong to him.
Quhairupon they both mutuallie nominat and choysed the
said tuo Baillies, James Findlay elder and William Hendrie
of Borroustoune,2 to conveen betuixt and the fyftine of
August nixt and thair to decyde all the dibeattable grund
betuixt them.
In the actione persewit be James Morsone against James
Bisset to flitt and remove frae that barn possest be him and
pertaining to John Morsone his brother for whom he is
factor, the Baillies knowing that he was legallie wairned
conforme to the custome of this Toune, quhich James
Bisset confessit, quhairupon decernes him to flitt and
1 Blank page in MS. except for signatures.
2 Perhaps this was simply Birdston, given as ‘ Buridstoune ’ in 1670
(supra, p. 21); William Hendrie seems to have been a local man.
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