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B01839	The burgess ticket of Buckhaven given to Alexander Bryson; within the college thereof, upon the 32 day of Julius Cæsar, 1698 years. Suits calld, and the court lawfully fenced, by Mother Greg.	Mother Greg.; Wilson, Gideon fl. 1698.	1698 (1698)	Wing B5724; ESTC R170896	2,609	3

THE BURGESS TICKET OF BUCKHAVEN GIVEN TO ALEXANDER BRYSON Within the College thereof upon the 32 Day of JULIUS CAESAR 1698 Years Suits call●d and the Court lawfully fenced By Mother GREG. THE Whilk Day compeared personally lang Sandy Tasone Provost Tanie Dolers and Willie on the Know Bailiffs with full consent of the Members of the College TO Wit Dr. Christopher Pills Principal and Mr. William Ells Rector Walter Pigs Chirurgion and Apothecary Zacharias Silver Gold-smith John Cosh Black-smith Thomas Weddal Spurrier John Spails Wright John Stones Masone little John Kistrel Shoemaker John Black Tailor Robert Tasone Barber Alexander Tasone Haberdasher John Selch Trunk-maker Hugh Macgie Mirror maker David Greirson Clap-smith Duncan Mackallum Horner Thomas Gibson Constable-conveener Richard Wood Millerr Jack Bell Cryer Scourer clear Sword-slipper Robert Thrippeny whit-ironman Thomas Bell Wheelabout Francis Plates Puetherer George Pipes Plummer Lewis la-hair Perrewig-maker Thomas Scribes Writer Daniel Gold Imbroiderer Clay-holes Pipe-maker James Hydes Tanner Alexander Tasone Barber Lovy Glasier David Durie ShiPwright John Main Town Major William Rae Wobster William Mitchel Herriots Cook Peter Bungs Brewer John Tasone Gardner Robert Stirrops Sadler John Tasone and George Jack Officers William Daes Gardners Officer together with the whole Council of the said Burt for ane new and lawful Election to be made of the Provost Baillies Council and others thereof In like manner compeared personally Alexander Bryson who humuly required his Burgeship who was admitted and received Gild-burges of the said Burt with Power and Liberty to him to sell Canarie Purle-royal Pontack vine de Paris Ranish wine Italian wine vine de Burdeaux Brandy Uscubea Strong-waters Ale Bear Sma-drink Swats Setlings Draff Schyrings Pourings and all other smaller Liquors as Lemonado or water Solis And to take and kill all manner and Sorts of Fishes that 's within or without their above named Seas as is hereafter specified such as Allegators Truts Eils Cros-fish Brassi-fish Killing Ling Scate Codlings Baggaties Padles Haddocks Herrings Gremasking-fish Sea-cats Potches Garvies whitings Whales Spirlings Floocks Sandeils Turbets Stock-fish Ling Kipper Slupes Carps Pikes Mennans and Water Paddocks and all other the like Commodities and ficklike to sell and gather Dulse Tangle Sea-ware Hen-ware Slaack and Badderlaick And also to gather Muscles Cockles wilks Lugg and Limpeus Pintle-fish Lobsters Partens Buckies Worms and other gray Bait and therwith to bait the great Line Small line Hand lines Bangnet and Casting-net And also to use the wand for flaying and killing of fishes such as Podleys and Potches and to take Partens Kavies Crabs Palochies and other Shell fish with Crook and Climpet and all other Engines whatsoever As also to take and kill Selches powarts Ottars and suchlike wherever he can apprehend them either by Sea or Land And the said Alexander Bryson binds and obliges him to watch waird Scot and Lot and in Skaith keep that the said Burt be not win or taken in by the Great Turk the Emperor the King of Spain the King of Denmark the King of France or any other Fugitives Lowns Vagabounds Knaves Whores Harlots Thieves Limmers Tinklars Laids Bairds Gaberlunziemen and other Sturdie Beggars And for that Effect the said Alexander Bryson be armed with Musmegs Morterpieces Connon Royal Canon ordinary Canon Serpentine French Canon Demy Cannon Eldest Demy Cannon Culvering ordinary Culvering Demy Culvering Demy Culveridg something less Sacker ordinary Sacker or Minian Falcon Falconet Blunderbush Musquet Carabein Hulster pistels Side pistols Pocket pistols bourtrie Guns Bane Guns Quite Guns and Pen Guns So being provided of all these ordains him never to want a Hornful of Powder and likewise to be furnished with Sting Thing Ling and Pike-staff and all other Engines of war such as was used by Alexander the Great by Scanderbeg and Tamerlane at the Ingagements between the King of BRITAIN the French and the Hollander or what was used at Worster Dumbar York Newcastle Kilsyth Inverkeithing Pinkie Field Pentland Bothwell-bridge or at the Bickering between Leith and Edinburgh or at any other Fight since Cain and Abel to that betwixt Michael Bobin and his wife with the Rock to defend the said Burt in time of War and Trouble and not to absent himself in Moss Muir Cleugh-Craig Brae Know How Hill nor no other part whatsomever under the pain of poinding his readiest Goods and Gear and Tinsel of his Freedom for ever And gave in his great solemn Oath upon a Skate Rumple before the Lords and Council conveened not to see any wrong or Prejudice to the said Burt so far as his Strength and Power can reach Whilk Act above written was read and approven of in Presence of the whole Magistrates and Council conveened with many Promises to Alexander Bryson of farder Preferment and Authority if he did behave himself according to the Uncivil Civilitie of the said Burt. Upon the whilk compeared Lang-Sandy the most ancient Skipper of the said Burt and protested against the said act and Election as not being lawfully elected without his Consent and Advice avowing himself to be the eldest Blood of the City that because his predecessors having evermore the Rule and Government thereof these many years bygane past memory of Man And that he and his Predecessors has been in Possession as chief Magistrates of the said Burt without tineing of Election and in continual Use and Custom to trade and traffique after the said Manner particularly above-mentioned and to have the first Vote Place of Court and Plaint and all other priviledges in all Proceedings And for that Effect the said Lang Sandy as having the eldest Right of Provostry protested and took Instruments in Gideon Wilson's Hands being the Town Clerk for the Time and presented Henry Tasone his eldest Son and Heir and desired that he should be admitted in his Place in Respect he himself was grown and aged through much Ease drinking of strong Drink selling of strong waters albeit in his Youth he might have gone through a large Curtin-Ring Yet he was subject to great Travel rowing and failing over the high and sandy Places in the Sea and by the Art of Navigation to compass the Seas of soft Yird and hard Yird and west to the Cardown the soft buckie Yird and the west ground of the Craig the out Ground and In-groudd of Pickletillum the outmost Channel and the inmost Channel taking up by Marks on the Land the Fire-bank of the Berwick-law Carlice-muir and Great Law Cleuch in Clachan and little Lomonds Drupies Keley by the Law the Lumond by the Loch the Canon-gate the Beacon on the Gallow-lee the Skinoch Dinghal and Gridleness AND therefore the said Lang Sandy as being weak and unable of himself to discharge the Office of Provostry desiring his Son to be admitted and received in Manner forsaid whilk made great Strife and Debate among the Clans of the said Burt being all assembled in the said College TO witt Tom Thomson alias Black Thomas Robie Tasone in the Closs Robs Tasone alias White Willies Sandy Tason and Jame Tason in the Know and Willie Tason in the Brae Thumbless Katies Good-man David Tason Isobells Davie Junie lang Hendries Son Willie Tasone Betties Willy Tams Son Pate Waker dainty Nainsies Son June Walker Lybraes Son and Tanie Dollers lade All Fishers or Sea Fleshers of the said Burt whilk Desire they would in no ways grant nor stand to neither suffer a young Provost to be in Respect his Head would not fill his Father's Bonnet Upon the whole Lang Sandy Protested and avowed to appeal to a higher Judge whereupon the said Alexander Bryson sworn and admitted Burgess asks Acts of Court Extracted forth of the Court Books of Buckhaven be me Sic Subscribitur With the Town Seal thereunto affixt GIDEON WILSON Cls Burgi de Buckhaveno