Series 1 > Court book of the Barony of Urie in Kincardineshire, 1604-1747

THE BARONY OF URIE
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1621]
landis be thame selffis, thair servandis, and plewches vvpoune
the boundis nixt adjacent to the laird of Petfoddellis merchs1
within the clame, and ewerie man that sail happin to refuis
and dissobey to go himself, als weill as his servandis and
pleuchs, sail pey the soume of tuentie pundis toties quoties how
oft they sail dissobey.
The said day the haill tennentis in Montquheiche is decernit
and ordeanit to repair the lairdis zaird dyik in Montquheiche,
wnder the pain of fourtie shillings money, to be peyit be ilk
dissobedient. J. Thomesoune, notarius publicus,
ac scriba Curie.
The Barrowne Court of Wrie, hauldin in Stephane Forbes.,
dualing hous in Cowy, on the penult day of August1
1621, in name and behalf of ane nobill lord Francis, erle
of Err oil, Lord Hay, etc., and William Hay of Wry
heritable propriater of the said land, and in name of ane
honorable mane Maister William Reid in Cowy, thair
bailzie, James Thomsoun, natter, Clark, Alexander Hay,
officiar, Robert Crystie, Dempster. The suits calit, the
Court latfullie fensit and qffirmit.
The said day the bailzie ordeanis the four barlaw men to pas
presentlie and visie the leit peittis, bothe vpoune the peithill
of Wrie and Mountquheiche, and quhair it salbe fund that
ewerie persoune that is obleist to stak ane leit of peits wpoune
ather of the said peithillis, and the same be nocht fund suffi¬
cient, ilk persone is decernit for thair awin pairtis to pey x lib.
money for ilk leit, conforme to ane former act.
The said day the haill tennentis of the barrouny of Wry and
Montquheiche is decernit and ordeanit be thair awine consentis
to pay to the laird zeirlie and ilk zeir in tyme cuming sufficient
1 The boundaries of the lands of Blairs in the neighbouring parish of Ban-
chory-Devenick are here referred to. Blairs was then in the possession of Sir
Gilbert Menzies of Pitfodels. Sir Gilbert was a devoted Royalist, and greatly
distinguished himself in the north during the Civil Wars. He is referred to in
the following lines:
‘ Gilbert Menzies of Pitfodels
Did for King Charles wear the blue.’
Old Ballad.