Series 6 > Perth Kirk Session books, 1577-1590

THE PERTH KIRK SESSION BOOKS: 1583
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1583
Octavo Januarii 1583
Quhilk day the minister and eldaris being convenit, it was ordanit that ane
eldar of every quarter of the town suld pass throuche the same every Sonday
in tyme of preitching befoir none ther tyme about and not1 thame that
war fund in taveronis, baxteres boithis, or on the gattis, and delait them to
the assembly that every ane that is absent fra the kirk may be pundit for xx
s according to the act of parhament. (absentes fra preiching)2
Compeiris James Young and Violet Tailyeor and desyris ther bannis to be
proclamit. Cation for him Thomas Anderson, for hir Thomas Elgyn. Terme
Fasterand evin. In the mean tyme he is ordanit to pay xl s to the puir for
his rasche promes maid to Marion Dow. (Young)
xv January 1583
Quhilk day compeiris William Chalmer and Agnes Henderson and desyris
ther bannis to be proclamit. Cation for him Oliver Peblis, for hir David
Ramsay. Terme Fasterand evin.
Compeiris Margret Gibson and confesses hir fornication with William
Jhonston and is ordanit to be wardit. (2 culpa/ Gibson)
[175] Quhilk day it was ordanit that te eldaris of ilk quarter suld go throuche
the town on Sonday nixt according to the former act.
21 Januarii 1583
Quhilk day it was ordanit that James Monipenny in respect he hes abusit his
body with Margret Oliphant suld remouf hir out of his house with expedi¬
tion under paine of excommunication. (Monipenny)
Ordanis that the haill tymmer lying in the kirk be remoufit out of the same
or3 Setterday at evin, or ellis Oliver Peblis master of the kirk sail apply it
to the use of the puire. (Timmer)
1 Note.
2 This requirement for searching means that all the elders are themselves absent from the
sermon every Sunday. APS iii, 138, c. 8 (1579) confirmed the earlier 20s penalty for sabbath
breach, and directed that an offender who could not pay should be consigned to the stocks
for twenty-four hours; cf. iii, 38, c. 17 and in, 211, c. 1.
3 Ere, before.