Series 3 > Ayr Burgh accounts, 1534-1624

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AYR BURGH ACCOUNTS
Dean of Guild, £\, 2s. For the Robin Hood plays {Robert Hudis plais) at 5 merks
1538-39 and each year—£q; 13s. 4(J. The Dean of Guild’s fee (2 years), £4.
539'4a Total, £46,11s. 3£d.i
Balance, £7, 16s. 5d., of which James Cunynghame’s guild-entry
(5 merks) dependis; balance due from the Dean of Guild, £4, 9s. 9d.
Master of
Work,
1539-40.
Memoranda,
1539-40.
(26r.)
Thomas Broun, Master of Work, 1539-40
(audited Jan. 10, 1540/1)
Charge
Balance due at last Compt, 5s.1 2 Also due, 7 mill-stones. From
the Treasurer, £3, Is. 8d. Total, £3, 6s. 8d. and 7 mill-stones.
Discharge
Expended, £3, Is. lOd.
Balance due, 4s. lOd. and 7 mill-stones.
Alexander Lokhart has been over-paid £2, 14s. for the timber
bought from him, and must answer for that sum .to the Treasurer.
He and John Fallisdale have been paid in full for their timber
(£62).
John Dalrimple and Thomas Broun have been paid in part
(£40, 6s.) for their timber.
Richard Bannatyne, Treasurer, 1540-41
(audited Feb. 6, 1541/2) 3
Charge
Arrears of last Compt, £133, Is. lid.4 5 The property, for Whit
term 1541, along with the burgh-mail and the fishings of Ayr and
Doon for the whole year 1541, £98, 5s. 4d. Burgess-entries—2 at
5 merks, one at 2 merks—£8. Total, £240, 7s. 3d.6
Discharge
Fees. Mr. Peter Broun (Mart. 1540 and Whit. 1541), £8. Mr.
Gavin Ross (same terms), £6, 13s. 4d.; to him, for the mill-acre
(same terms), 6s. 8d. Mr. Patrick Andersoun (schoolmaster), for
1 Should be £45, 17s. 76. 2 Given as 5s. 2d.
3 This account runs from the day of the previous Compt (Jan. 10,
1540/1) to Michaelmas 1541, i.e. less than nine months ; Bannatyne’s last
account (supra, pp. 81, 82) and this one cover the two years 1539-41.
4 Entered as /127, 10s., but perhaps altered by the auditors.
5 Should be £239, 7s. 3d.