Series 3 > Ayr Burgh accounts, 1534-1624

AYR BURGH ACCOUNTS
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compt, £4, Os. 6d. To George Kennedy, for the deficiency (inlaik) Treasurer,
of John Kessan’s wife’s hogshead of wine, 15s. To Cuthbert I551"52,
George,ybr the tonmis wele, 14s. Total, <£l9> 12s. lOd.
Grand Total, £198, 17s. 2d.1
Arrears, £46,16s. Total of expenditure and arrears, £245,13s. 2d. (45».)
The thesaurere suld half of the redyest dependentis xj li vij s. vj d.
becaus he is that superexpendit and the rest is the torvnes.2
Thomas Kennedy, Dean of Guild, 1551-52
(audited Jan. 6, 1562/3)
Charge
Guild-entries—6 at 10 merks, 5 at 5s.—£41, 5s.
Dean of Guild,
1551-52.
(46r.)
Discharge
For beting the kirk and choir, £6, 13s. 4d. For lead to mend (46n>.)
the spouts, £l, 6s. 8d. For work on the little bell, £l, 16s. 8d.
For hallowing the silver chalice, 15s. 4d. Mending the steeple and
choir doors, 7s. Mending the pulpit, 3s. For 2 lamps and rope, 10s.
Olive-oil for the bells, 2s. 6d. Candles at Yule, 6s. For glass-
bands, 5s. Mending Goddis hous, 3s. For lime and sand, 10s.
To the pynouris, 3s. To the glazier, £l, 6s. 8d. The glazier’s
fee, £2. The Dean of Guild’s fee, £2. Total, £18, 8s. 2d.
Arrears (£10, Is. 8d.) belong to the Dean, so the full balance
of £22, 16s. lOd. is due to the town.
Nicol Myrry, Master of Work, 1551-52 Master of
(audited Jan. 6, 1562/3)
Charge
From the Treasurer, £10. From Bailie John Kirkpatrik, £71.3 (450.)
From Mr. Michael Wallace, £2. Total, £83.
Discharge
For timber to the haven-work, £10, Is. 4d. Sawing timber, 5s. (4511., 46»\)
For creels for the haven-work, £40, 12s. For iron-work, £3, 16s.
To 8 barrowmen, for bringing stones to the haven-work for 4 weeks
(at Is. 6d. each per day), and others less regularly, £21, 3s. 8d.
To the quarrier, for winning stones, £l, 6s. 8d. For hewing stones,
1 Should be £198, 9s. 2d.
2 He was reimbursed in 1557. Infra, p. 127.
3 Vide infra, p. 116, Kirkpatrik’s tack of the sands.