Series 1 > Records of a Scottish cloth manufactory at New Mills, Haddingtonshire, 1681-1703

54 MINUTE BOOK OF THE MANAGERS OF
Edinburgh, 18 Jullie 1683.
Present Baillzie Duglas, James Row, Johne Litll, William
Meinzes, James Boudin. Precees Williame Meinzes.
345. Ordered George Home tak a bill from Johne Drumond
payable to the master for twintie pund sterlling and to mak
him up in money threattie pund mor presentllie. Wm
Meinzeis.
Edinburgh, 25 Jullie 1683.
Present of the managers Baillzie Duglas, Johne Litll, James
Boudin and with them Mr. Robert and Robert Black¬
wood and Hewch Blair; and James Row and William
Meinzes out of toune. Precees Baillzie Duglas.
346. Ordered that the petition drawin presentlie be givein
in to Mr. Jo. Ritchison to be presented to the tressourer.
347. Apoynted if George Homes servant return not to him
against the teinit of Agust that he gett another without
dellay and finish the accompt befor the last of Agust.
348. That Allexander Brand and Johne Hay be denunced
and aqwented with it befor regestratione.
349. The contrak to be dellayed till the first of September
then to be finished.
350. That George Home receved the ballance from James
Rae and if Jo. Rae screwpll it that he give his oblidgment to
get his compts examined and discharged within a prefixt tym.
In the mein tym that William Meinzes and George Home
first seerch the pagis and articlls and se if they be right.
351. 2llie See if the severall soumes receved agrie with
Georg Homes charg and examin the ballanc.
3Uie That after this is don the accompt be sent out to the
master and clerk to see if the have nut payed soom of thes
personis over again or that non of them heir set doun want
money.
4llle Extrak out ane accompt how money piss of cloath he
payes for and at what number he beginis and at what he ends,
ad to this how many peeces war mad in Johne Ainslies tym
which compair with the cloathis receved and thes in hand
when the inventer was takin up.