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a.d. 1676] FORBES BARON COURT BOOK
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[Court for the parishes of Keime, Forbes, Clett, Keig and
Achendore, etc., holden within the manor place of Castell
Forbes, 24 Oct. 1676. Bailie and court clerk as above.
Wil. Layng officer. Dempster blank. Suits called, etc.]
The said day the bailzie decemes and ordaines the
wholl tennentis within the grownd lyable in peyment
of maill and dewtie to pay in ther bygone rests for crop
jmvjcsevintie fyve, both money and wictuall, and that
within terme of law, wnder the failzie of the hyest pryces
of the gimall for that year both for malt and meall, and
incaice of not peyment of the silver dewtie within terme
of law, to pay pownds for merkis, and to be poynded
therfor and ther readiest goods and gear to be apprysed
for that effect.
The said day the bailzie decemes the forsaidis tennentis
to pay in ther maillis, fermes, dewties and customes for
this year and cropt jmvjcsevintie sex in maner followeing,
to witt, the wictuall and meall betuixt and Candellmes
nixt preceislie, wnder the failzie of eight lib. for ilk
wndelyvered boll, and the malt payable be the saids
tennents for the said year, ordaines the samen to be peyed
at Dunstane day nixt and the Ruide day imediatlie ther-
efter, be equall halffes ; and incaice of failzie, to pey ten
lib. for ilk wndelyvered boll that beis not punctuallie
peyed at the said dayes ; and als decemes the silver
dewties the said year to be peyed preceislie at the termes
of peyment vsed and wownt, wnder the payne of poyndeing
and appryseing ther readiest goods and gear at the third
pennie downe; the termes of peyment of the samen
being alweyes being first come and bygone.
The said dey William Rodgie and Alexr. Black at the
Nethermylne of Alfoord compeired and confest them-
selffs guilty of my lords woods, for quhich they are fyned
in tuentie pownds Scotts each of yem, to be peyed within
terme of law, vnder payne of poynding.
The said day it is statute and ordanit that no tennent
nor wther persone within the grownd shall cast wp any
meadow grownd or arable land, wnder the failzie of

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