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FORBES BARON COURT BOOK [a.d. 1668
them selffis to pey thrie poundes for ilk load of dry oatis,
and ilk boll of oatis sold vith ye fodder they sail be lybill
for ye knaship yairof, reservand yair ferm malt and seid.
The said day James Smyth in Auchtmar hes inactit
himselff that he sail bring tuo sufficient prowis in the
nixt court yat sail be holdin ini this plac of Castell Forbes
holdin be ye master of Forbes his nam, that Wialliam
Mallice did tack away tuo load of timber out of bog
of Drumminnor, quhilk belongit to ye said James Smyth
vith [vithout ?] leav, and giv he sail happin to failzie of his
prowis or probation, he obliigis him selff to pey the sowm
of tuentie poundes money to ye master of Forbes.
The said day John Gordon in Castellhill yair was ane
complent givin in be John Nilson in Castellhill, yairfor
the said John Gordon hes inactit him selff that his wyff,
bairnes, servantts yat belongis to him sail doe no harm
to ye said John Nillson, his wyff, bairnes, servantes, guides
and geir in all tym coming sa far as he can stop or lett
derectlie or inderectlie, wnder the failzie of fourtie poundes
money A. C., N.P.
The said day John Nillson hes inactit him selff that
John Gordon in Castell hill that ye said John Gordon
sail be harmles and skaithles of him, his wyff, bairnes,
serwantes in all tym coming sa far as he can stop or lett,
wnder the failzie of fourtie poundes money.
A. C., N.P.
The said day the haill tennentis of Glentown and
Putachie [inactit themselff] that they sail hold and keip
yair haill nolt, sheip and hors out of ye wood of Puttachie
both sumer and winter, wnder the failzie of ten poundes
money ewry tym the froster sail challang any of yair
beast in the said wood.1
[Court continued.]
1 A generation earlier, in 1623, Puttauchie was set to three tenants, Andrew
Jamesone, Patrick Cairill, and John Aydill. A clause in the lease runs thus :
‘ Item the wood off Puttauchie is reservit out off ye said tennentis assedationis,
except libertie sumtymis to ye tennentis guidis to pastour in ye said wood hot
not to maik ane dalie pastour, and in ye tyme off storm and snaw no guidis to
FORBES BARON COURT BOOK [a.d. 1668
them selffis to pey thrie poundes for ilk load of dry oatis,
and ilk boll of oatis sold vith ye fodder they sail be lybill
for ye knaship yairof, reservand yair ferm malt and seid.
The said day James Smyth in Auchtmar hes inactit
himselff that he sail bring tuo sufficient prowis in the
nixt court yat sail be holdin ini this plac of Castell Forbes
holdin be ye master of Forbes his nam, that Wialliam
Mallice did tack away tuo load of timber out of bog
of Drumminnor, quhilk belongit to ye said James Smyth
vith [vithout ?] leav, and giv he sail happin to failzie of his
prowis or probation, he obliigis him selff to pey the sowm
of tuentie poundes money to ye master of Forbes.
The said day John Gordon in Castellhill yair was ane
complent givin in be John Nilson in Castellhill, yairfor
the said John Gordon hes inactit him selff that his wyff,
bairnes, servantts yat belongis to him sail doe no harm
to ye said John Nillson, his wyff, bairnes, servantes, guides
and geir in all tym coming sa far as he can stop or lett
derectlie or inderectlie, wnder the failzie of fourtie poundes
money A. C., N.P.
The said day John Nillson hes inactit him selff that
John Gordon in Castell hill that ye said John Gordon
sail be harmles and skaithles of him, his wyff, bairnes,
serwantes in all tym coming sa far as he can stop or lett,
wnder the failzie of fourtie poundes money.
A. C., N.P.
The said day the haill tennentis of Glentown and
Putachie [inactit themselff] that they sail hold and keip
yair haill nolt, sheip and hors out of ye wood of Puttachie
both sumer and winter, wnder the failzie of ten poundes
money ewry tym the froster sail challang any of yair
beast in the said wood.1
[Court continued.]
1 A generation earlier, in 1623, Puttauchie was set to three tenants, Andrew
Jamesone, Patrick Cairill, and John Aydill. A clause in the lease runs thus :
‘ Item the wood off Puttauchie is reservit out off ye said tennentis assedationis,
except libertie sumtymis to ye tennentis guidis to pastour in ye said wood hot
not to maik ane dalie pastour, and in ye tyme off storm and snaw no guidis to
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| Description | Third volume. Contents: Dundee court-martial records, 1651 / edited by Godfrey Davies -- The bishop of Galloway's correspondence, 1679-1685 / edited by William Douglas -- The diary of Sir James Hope, 1646-1654 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -- Instructions for the trial of Patrick Graham, 1476 / edited by Robert Kerr Hannay -- The Scottish contributions to the distressed church of France, 1622 / edited by D. Hay Fleming -- The Forbes baron court book, 1659-1678 / edited by J. Maitland Thomson. |
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