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FORBES BARON COURT BOOK [a.d. 1675
1675. Arthur Dallgardno bailie. Alex. Chalmer n.p. court
clerk. Alex. Jaffray ground officer. Dempster blank.
Suits called, etc.]
[Tenants ordained to pay their resting silver duties
for crop 1674 and 1675, or to be poinded 20s. for each
merk; also to pay their resting meal and malt for crop
1674, under failzie of £12 Scots for each boll; also to pay
in their meal and malt to the girnell of Castle Forbes for
crop 1675, under the like failzie.]
The said day it is staitit and ordained the haill tennentis
vithtin the said lordship who is restand any foullis for
crop sevintie fyve and preceding crop sail pey them in
vithtin terme of lav, vnder the failzie of peying sex shilling
aucht penies for ilk capon and four shilling for each restand
hene, conform to former actis.
The said day the bailzie forsaid decemies and ordaines
the haill guid manes of each mill vithin the said lordship
to keip vp the dust and refuss in the mill floor in tym
of the fearm grending, that is to say, that yair sail neither
be dust or stones rye or any refuss among the fearm
greind or mixtit among the fearm in tym of greinding
thairof.
The said day the bailzie decemes and ordaines that
thair sail not [be] peyit to the vnder millare at the mill
of Barflatt bot on moudefow of meill for ilk boll of sheilling.
[Court continued.]
[Court holden at Castell Forbes, 7 Jan. 1676, for parishes of
Keam, Clat, Auchtindor, etc. Arthur Dallgardno in
Blairdiny bailie. Alex. Chalmer n.p. court clerk. Wil.
Lange ground officer. Dempster blank. Suits called, etc.]
The said day compeirit George Anderson in Barflatt
and gave ane bill in aganest John Reiny for striking of
his servant, quhich vas prowiit. Thairfor the bailzie
forsaid did ordaine the said John Reiny to pey the sowm
of fyve poundis Scotis money for his striking the said
Georg Anderson servant, to be peyit vithin term of law
vnder the paine of poynding.