Series 3 > Ayr Burgh accounts, 1534-1624

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AYR BURGH ACCOUNTS
Treasurer
1543-44-
Dean of (
1543-44-
(32*'-)
Master of
Work,
1543-44-
(32r.)
(32n>.)
Credit balance, £3, 10s. 3|d. Arrears for the year, £40, 14s.
And sma the said Robert Myrre thesaurar is to be payit be the toun of his
super expens sis abonemrittin extending to iij li. x s. iij d. obolus. And the
said dependentis to be fre to himself. And quhair he can nocht get pay¬
ment of the samyn the toun to tak the tinsale thairof, gif diligence beis
maid for inbringing of the saidis dependentis as efferis. As salbe con-
sidderit at the nixt compt.
1, Alexander Kennedy, Dean of Guild, 1543-44
(audited July 18, 1544)
Charge
Balances not received from ex-Dean Lokhart (1541-42) or late
Dean Campbell (1542-43). The Easter fines of 1544, £4. The
collections in 1544, £3, 14s. 8d. One guild-entry, 5s. The hand¬
bells in 1544, £l, 10s. The lairs of the kirk, 12s.
Total, £10, Is. 8d.
Discharge
To Stephen Prestoun, at the town’s command, £2. Olive-oil for
the bells, 5s. Candle for the organ-loft, Is. 6d. The glazier’s fee,
£l, 6s. 8d. For glass-bands, sand, lime and minor jobs at the kirk,
4s. 4d. The Dean of Guild’s fee, £2. Total, £5, 17s. 6d.
Balance due, £4, 4s. 2d.
John Kessane, Master of Work, 1543-44
(audited July 18, 1544)
Charge
From Treasurer Myrre, £35, 14s. 8d.
Discharge
The Haven-work. Timber from Alloway and Gadgirth Wood,
£7, 8s. 2d. Stones, 10s. lOd. Making up a slop in the haven-
work, £l, 16s. 2 masons, 3 days mending and pointing holes, 12s.
2 barrowmen helping them, 5s. Alan Dalrimple, £l, 2s. James
Massoun, £l, 2s. Cleaning the ground for timber, 15s. Odd jobs,
2s. 2d. Total, £13, 13s. 2d.
War Supplies. For making targes (including timber), £3,11s. 9d.
For making bullets (including lead), 12s. 8d. Sheepskin wallets for
powder, Is. 6d. Mending the chambers and other work on the
guns, 5s. 8d. Total, £4, 11s. 7d.
The Town’s Gates. James Massoun, to build the port at the
Auld Tour, £6. For carting sand and stones to it, £2. Fixing a