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A60328	Memorialls for the government of the royal-burghs in Scotland with some overtures laid before the nobility and gentry of several shyres in this kingdom : as also, a survey of the city of Aberdeen with the epigrams of Arthur Iohnstoun, Doctor of Medicine, upon some of our chief burghs translated into English by I.B. / by Philopoliteious (or,) a lover of the publick well-fare.	Skene, Alexander.; Johnstoun, Arthur, 1587-1641.; Barclay, John, 1582-1621.	1685 (1685)	Wing S3935; ESTC R38926	112,307	290

hostes sensere Bona at Concordia virtue Qua res usquè viget publica culta domi In English thus The threefold Towres the Castle showes regain'd From Enemies who it by force mantain'd The Leopards which on each hand ye view The cruell temper of these foes do shew The Shield and Lillies by the Kings-Command As pledges of his great good-will do stand The Collour calls the Blood there shed to mind Which these proud Foes unto their cost did find And BON-ACCORD by which doth safely come To Common-Wealths establisht was at home I. B. And upon the reverse of the Seal of the said Burgh is insculped in a field Azure a Temple Argent St. Nicholas standing in the Porch Mytered and Vested propper with his Dexter-hand lifted up to Heaven praying over three Children in a Boylling Caldron of the first and holding in the Sinister a Crosier Ore these were the Old-Arms of the Burgh-Royall of Aberdeen as His Majesties Advocat in his book above-mentioned relates After the Castle was thus taken and ruined the English being deeply affected therewith as also with the loss of their men did gather their Forces together to avenge this Injury against Aberdeen The Citizens then following Joannes Fraser who Commanded these Forces that adhered to the Interest of King David Bruce did most stoutly fight the English in their own Church-Yard and although with much Blood and the loss of many of their men yet at last obtained the Victory Hence four years after Edward the third having sent a great Navie to recover his loss in thir Northern-parts his Forces fell upon Aberdeen after they had spoiled the Religious-Houses and the City they coming by surprize and greatly incensed for the loss of their men which they had sustained both in the Garison and in the forementioned Fight did cut off Men Women and Children none being spared except such as had by flight saved themselves they burnt the City six dayes together as hath been touched above and being thereafter re-built is ever after called the NEW-TOWN of ABERDEEN King David Bruce had ever after a great favour and respect for Aberdeen and sometimes dwelt in it and set up a Mint-House here as some peeces of Money not long since extant with the inscription of Aberdeen did testifie and the King did ratifie and approve of all the Donations of Lands Waters Fishings and all other Priviledges which King Robert his Father or any of his Predecessors had formerly given or granted to the said Burgh because of their good Service both to his Father and himself against the common Enemie Also all the King James's 1 st 2 d. 3 d. 4 th 5 th and 6 th did all ratifie and approve all these Priviledges and Donations of what ever any of their Predecessors had done before and some of them witnessed their favourable Respects to the Magistrats thereof upon severall occasions As for instance King JAMES the fourth upon a complaint made against SIR JOHN RUTHERFORD of Tarlane after one of the Elections when he had been chosen Provest having for many years enjoyed that Office The King wrot to the Town Councill desiring an exact account of the ground of the Complaint made against His Loved Familiar SIR JOHN RUTHERFORD as the Kings Letter dated November 5. 1487. recorded in the Towns Books doth bear Again King JAMES the fifth was often in Aberdeen and did singularly shew Favour and Respects to the Familie of the MENZIESES who for many years did wisely and happily Govern our City Also King JAMES the sixth did not onely confirme in Parliament all the Ancient Priviledges and Liberties given to this City by his Royall Predecessors but likewise when ●s by the Laws of this Nation the King might have exacted his Burrow-Mailes in Sterling-Money which would have been nothing else but the utter undoing and extirpation of this Re-publick He out of his Princely Clemency and Favour which he did ever bear to this his Ancient-City did of new again Re-erect and found the samen and did quite abolish and ab●ogat the payment of Sterling-Money by dissolving the same from the Crown in Parliament so far as concerns this City allennarlly the like benefit being denyed to any other Burgh in the Kingdom as also disponning and giving of new the Burgh Common-Lands Fishings and all other Liberties thereof whatsomever for payment of current money allennarly And at the same time honored our then present Provest THOMAS MENZIES of Durne or Cults with the Title of Knight-hood in his own Privy-Chamber in the presence of the best sort of the Nobility of both the Kingdoms whom he acknowledged before them then present worthy of that honour be reason of his Birth besides the good service lately done by Him and the City of Aberdeen to the King by the gentle entertainment of his Honorable Servants who came at that time to visit Aberdeen by the Kings appointment 1617. This SIR THOMAS MENZIES of Cults having procured that Famous Pearl which was found in the Brook or Burne of Kellie as it runs into the River of Ythan which Pearle for beauty and bigness was the best that hath been at any time found in Scotland our said Provest having found by the Judgement of the best Jewelers in Edinburgh that it was most Precious and of a very high Value went up to London and gifted it to the King this was in the year 1620. Who in retribution gave him twelve or fourtteen Chalders of Victuall about Dumfermling and the Custom of Merchant-Goods in Aberdeen during his life But it pleased GOD he dyed at Wooller on the Border in England in his return home Nevertheless this did signifie the speciall Favour the King did bear to our then Provest though he did not live to enjoy the effects of the Kings Royall and Princely Respects This Pearle was reported to be one of the Jewells of the Crown of England Likewise when the King called the Commissioners of both Kingdoms to treat anent the Union betwixt Scotland and England ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD Provest of Aberdeen being one of the four chosen for the State of the Burrowes the King did put it upon Him to speak in behalf of the Burrowes who did acquite himself so satisfyingly to the King that pulling a rich Diamond Ring from his Finger he gave it him as a token of his Royall-Respects I have heard some relate that when he had delivered his discourse in our Scots-dialect which was not so intelligible at that time to the English Commissioners he spoke to the same purpose in Latine that the Bishops might understand then gave a like account to the Nobility amongst the English Commissioners in the French-Language which did affect the King with very much complacency who carried a singular Respect to the Subjects of this his Native-Country and Ancient Kingdom and made every thing acceptable that had a tendency to the repute thereof The Battell of Harlaw did witness the Zeal of Aberdeen against the Enemies of the King and for the

Cities-Effairs but now the Bishop hath taken back that Court to the Old-Town as being his Priviledge There is a smaller Fabrick builded by the Citizens for the Inhabitants of the Village of Futtie appointed for Catechiseing that People which since hath had a Minister to preach though not as a distinct Parish All the Citizens and that People being under one Session or Consistoriall for Discipline There is a great Towns-house in the Mercat-place called the TOLL-BOOTH which hath a fair and spacious Rowm for the Courts of Judicature to sit in such as the Head-Courts of the Shyre and City with the Sheriff and Bailie Courts above which there is a MAGAZINE or Store-house for Warlike Ammunition c. It hath also another large stately Rowm where the Magistrats and Town-Councill conveen under which is the low Councill-house where the Dean of Gild and his Assessors meet for effairs peculiar to the Brethren of Gild as also the Commissioners of the Shyre for Cess or such like common concernments together with an other Rowm called the Clerks-Chamber which hath accommodations for Clerks and Writters Upon the East end thereof there is an high-Tower with two Battlements upon which there ●s erected a high and stately Spire or Steeple ●overed with lead under which is a great Clock and Bell and under the samen are severall Rowms for Prisoners both high and low There is also a large and high House called ●he Pack-house and Weigh-house wherein are a ●reat many Rowms for Merchant-Wares of all ●orts near to the Shoar the Shoar being as ● said of late years greatly enlarged so that it ● a pleasant considerable walk from the City to go to the furthest end thereof which leads to the Fields and towards the Harbour-mouth The Mercat-place is larger then in any Town of the Kingdom being an hundreth twenty and four double space in length and about a third part thereof in breadth where it is narrowest so that two Regiments of foot Souldiers may be drawn up in rank and fyle tho in open order There is one of the stateliest Bridges in the Kingdom over the River of Dee of seven Arches of a like and equall largeness within two short myles of the City And there is another be-North the City of an high and great Arch over the River Don both which are mantained by the City upon propper Rents mortified for the same use In the middle of the City there is a Philosophie-Colledge the houses whereof were purchased by the City in consideration that George Earle Marischall Grandfather to this present Earle out of his zeal to the Publick Good and his respect to the City of ABERDEEN did mortifie publick Rents for the Principall and four Regents of the said Colledge whence it is called the Marischall Colledge and makes up an half of the Carolin-University for it hath a Principall and four Regents o● Teaching-Masters and now hath a publick Professor of School-Divinity who teacheth a publick Lesson two dayes every Week during the sitting of the Colledge Also a Professor of Mathematicks who upon other two dayes every week teacheth two Lessons There are also Lessons of Arithmetick and Geometrie taught by ●ther Masters thereunto appointed by that Renowned Famous and Learned Physician DR DUNCAN LIDDELL who mortified a con●●derable Rent to the Professor of Mathematicks and six Mathematicall and Philosophicall Bursers or six years There are many summs of mo●ey mortified to the said Colledge since the e●ection thereof whereto the Town-Councill of Aberdeen are mostly Patrons so that it appears ●here hath been more Charity extended within ●hir hundred and twenty years since the Re●ormation of Religion from Popish Idolatry and Superstition then hath been in all the Ages be●re which our Towns Counts of Mortified Mo●ies for Schools Colledge Hospitalls Gild-Box Common Poor c. can evidence This Colledge hath a copious Library which was at first plenished by the City of Aberdeen who ●ook all their books they had laid up in the ●pper rowm above their Session-house and trans●itted them to their own Library in the Col●dge for the uses of all concerned and Dr. Reid Secretary in the Latine-Tongue to King Charles the first left a Sallary to the keeper ●f the said Library which Library hath been ●ugmented in its books by severall Mortifiers ● by the said Dr. Reid the forementioned Dr. Liddell who mortified about 2000 Merks worth of Books and 20 Merks yearly to buy Mathematicall Books and Instruments and Dr. William Johnstoun Phisician and Professor of the Mathematicks here and by Dr. Patrick Dun a learned Physician and Principall of this Colledge Also there is a Grammar-School which hath a chief Master and three teaching Masters under him to whom the said Dr. Dun mortified 1200 Merks of yearly Rent by which the City is disburdened of what they payed yearly to the former Masters thereof We have a School for Musick which was taught of old by very eminent Musicians in this City There wants no opportunities in this City for Youth both Male and Female to learn any manner of good and commendable skill or knowledge in such things as may best qualifie them There are four Hospitalls in this City one for decayed Brethren of Gild. A second for indigent Widowes and Virgins of Brethren of Gild lately purchased by a sum of money mortified by Dame Marion Dowglas daughter to the somet●me Earle of Buchan and late Lady-Drum for the Honour the Magistrats and Citizens conferred on her deceased Husband at his buriall in Aberdeen 1632. The rents whereof were augmented by a considerable summ mortified to this Hospitall by James Milne Elder Merchant who also mortified 100 Pounds yearly to two Philosophicall Bursers in this Colledge with 500 Merks to this Kirk-session A third Hospitall for Trades-men founded and built by the deceast Dr. William Guild sometime Preacher in Aberdeen and lately Principall of the KINGS Colledge in the Old-Town This Hospitall hath a spacious comely Rowm where the Deacon or Conveener-Courts meet A fourth Hospitall for Litsters the Rent whereof was mortified by Archbald Beans Litster by which they have builded a goodly House with a stately entry The use of this Rent is for the benefit of decayed Litsters their Wives Children and Servants severall of whose Daughters have been provyded with sutable portions out of the said Rent and thereby honestly married There are eight Mills belonging to the City and lands thereunto pertaining whereof a new Wind-Mill is builded of stone and lyme at the South-entrie of the City which may be of excellent use if carefully keeped There are two Water-Mills within the suburbs of the City and five near by in the adjacent territories belonging to the City We have a choise Medicinall Spring called the Well of Spa at the Wool-man-hill built with hewen-ston very specifick for Gout Gravell Collick and Hydropsie as the late Famous Dr. William Barclay Physician did learnedly describe 1615 which is now re-printed when the Well was re-built 1670 the copies

some other Heritors of the Shyre these two first Rivers afford our Merchants above an hundreth and twenty Lasts of Salmond or thereby one year with another which are carried to France Holland and sometimes to Spain and other forreign places I knew a Merchant in my time who sent to Dantzick thirty thousand Lamb-skins in one year but our Trade is much decayed by what it hath been fourty or fifty Years ago before our late Intestin Troubles began CHAP. VII A Catalogue of these who have been PROVESTS in ABERDEEN whereof any record may be had either by Scrolls Charters or Infeftments before or since the burning of the said City Anno Dom. 1310. Duncanus Melavill found in the Bishop of Aberdeens old Registers 1326. Simon Gilchach found in an authentick Scroll 1329. Willielmus de Strabrok in a Scroll 1142. David de Fingask in a Scroll 1349. Simon Lynto in an old Evident 1350. Robertus de Edynhine in an old Evident 1352. Willielmus Leith in a Scroll 1360. Thomas Mercer in an authentick Scroll 1361. Thomas Mercer in an authentick Scroll 1366. Laurentius Garvock in a Scroll 1367. Laurentius de Fety in authentick Scrolls 1382. Alexander Bannerman in authentick Scrolls 1384. Laurentius de Fety 1385. Laurentius de Fety 1392. Willielmus de Camera Pater 1393. Willielmus de Camera Pater 1395. Willielmus Filius Andreae 1396. Willielmus de Camera Pater 1398. Willielmus de Camera Pater The oldest court-Court-book of this City is of this years date which is in the Latine-Tongue 1399. Adam de Benyn tenet cum libro 1400. Adam de Benyn tenet cum libro 1401. Laurentius Leith tenet cum libro 1403. Laurentius de Leith 1404. Willielmus de Camera Filius 1405. Robertus Filius David 1406. Robertus David 1407. Robertus David 1408. Robertus Filius David 1409. Ioannes Fitchet 1410. Robertus Filius David slain at Harlam 1411. Andreas Giffurd 1412. Thomas de Camera 1413. Willielmus Jackson from this forth we can find no Court Book till Gilbert Menzeis time 1426. 1416. Thomas Roule in an old Charter 1419. Andreas Giffurd 1423. Gilbertus Menzeis 1425. Ioannes Vaus 1426. Gilbertus Menzeis tenet cum libro 1427. Gilbertus Menzeis tenet cum libro 1428. Ioannes Vaus 1429. Ioannes Vaus 1433. Thomas de Camera tenet cum libro 1434. Thomas de Camera 1435. Ioannes Scroggis tenet cum libro 1437. Ioannes Fyffe tenet cum libro 1438. Thomas de Camera tenet cum libro 1439. Gilbertus Menzeis 1440. Ioannes Fyffe 1441. Matheus Fitchet 1442. Ioannes Marr junior 1443. Alexander de Camera 1444. Ioannes Vaus 1445. Ioannes Vaus 1446. Alexander de Camera 1447. Willielmus Sherar 1448. Ioannes Fyffe 1449. Ioannes de Scroggis Filius 1450. Ioannes de Scroggis Filius 1451. Ioannes Fyffe 1452. Ioannes de Fyffe 1453. Ioannes Marr. 1454. Andreas Menzies 1455. Ioannes de Scroggis Filius 1456. Ioannes de Fyffe 1457. Ioannes de Fyffe 1458. Ricardus Kintore 1459. Ricardus Kintore 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466. totidem annis 1467 Alexander Cameron 1468 1469 totidem 1470. Andreas Allanson 1471. Ricardus Kintore 1472. Andreas Sherar 1473. Andreas Allanson 1474. Alexander de Camera 1475. Alexander Menzeis 1476. Andreas Sherar 1477. Alexander de Camera 1478. Andreas Sherar 1479. Alexander de Camera 1480. Alexander Menzeis 1481. Iacobus Lesty 1482. Robertus Blinshell 1483. Ioannes Rutherford de Migvie 1484. Alexander de Camera 1485. Ioannes ' Rutherford de Tarlane miles 1486. Alexander Menzeis 1487. Ioannes Rutherford de Tarlane miles 1488. David Menzeis 1489. Ioannes Rutherford de Tarlane miles 1490. Ioannes Rutherford de Tarlane miles 1491. Ioannes Cullen 1492. Ioannes Rutherford de Tarlane miles 1493. Alexander Reid 1494. David Menzies 1495. Alexander Chalmer de Murthill 1496. Ioannes Rutherford miles 1497. Ioannes Rutherford miles 1498. Ioannes Rutherford miles 1499. Ioannes Rutherford miles 1500. Ioannes Rutherford miles 1501. Alexander Menzeis 1502. Alexander Menzeis 1503. Alexander Menzeis 1504. Ioannes Lesly de Wardes 1505. Gilbertus Menzeis 1506. Andreas Cullen 150 Gilbertus Menzeis 1508 1509 1510 1511 1512 1513. totidem annis 1514. Ioannes Marr. 1515. Ioannes Marr. 1516 1517 1518 1519 1520. Gilbertus Menzeis totidem annis 1521. Ioannes Collison nota electus fuit ante diem ordinariam virtute literarum Regiarum desuper directarum 1522. Gilbertus Menzeis de Findon 1523. Gilbertus Menzeis de Findon 1524. Gilbertus Menzeis de Findon 1525. Thomas Menzeis de Pitfoddels 1526 Gilbertus Menzeis 1527. Gilbertus Menzeis 1528. Gilbertus Menzeis 1529 1530 1531 1532. totidem annis 1533. Thomas Menzeis de Pitfoddels 1534. Thomas Menzeis de Pitfoddels 1535. Andreas Cullen 1536. Gilbertus Menzeis de Findon 1537 Thomas Menzeis de Pitfoddels 1538 1539 1540 1541 1542 1543 1544 totidem annis 1545. Georgius Comes de Huntly Dominus Gordon Badzenoch ac locum tenens Generalis Boreae 1546. Georgius Comes de Huntly c. praepositus 1547. Thomas Menzeis de Pitfoddels annuatim electus fuit praepositus ad annum 1576. 1576. Gilbertus Menzeis de Coullie 1577. Gilbertus Menzeis de Pitfoddels 1578. Gilbertus Menzeis de Pitfoddels annuatim ad annum 1588. 1588. Mr. Thomas Menzeis de Durne 1589. Mr Thomas Menzeis de Durne 1590. Alexander Cullen 1591. Alexander Rutherford 1592. Thomas Menzeis apparens de Durne 1593. Mr. Ioannes Cheyn 1594. Ioannes Collison 1595. Thomas Menzeis de Durne 1596. Alexander Rutherford 1597. Alexander Chalmer de Cults 1598. Alexander Rutherford 1599. Alexander Cullen 1600. Alexander Rutherford 1601. Alexander Cullen 1602. Thomas Menzeis de Durne 1603. Alexander Rutherford 1604. David Menzeis Senior 1605. Alexander Rutherford 1606. Alexander Cullen 1607. Alexander Rutherford 1608. Alexander Cullen 1609. Alexander Rutherford 1610. Alexander Cullen quia vitam obiit penultimo Octobris Alexander Rutherford electus fuit in ejus vicem 1610. 1611 Alexander Rutherford 1612 1613 1614 totidem annis 1615 Thomas Menzeis de Cults 1616 1617 in qua anno factus fuit miles 1618 1619 1620 totidem annis quia dictus Dominus Thomas vitam obiit in mense Septembris 1620 in suo itinere in rediundo ab Anglia Mr. David Rutherford electus fuit praepositus in ejus vicem 1621. Mr. David Rutherford 1622. Georgius Nicolson 1623. ad annum 1633. Paulus Menzeis de Kinmundie eo anno nominatus Dominus Paulus miles 1634. Patricius Lesly de Eden ab Officio privatus 14. Januarii 1635 dictus D. Paulus Menzeis electus fuit praepositus in ejus vicem sed postea Patricius Leslie anno 1639. electus restitutus fuit 1635. Robertus Johnstoun de Crimond remotus fuit per decretum Dominorum Secreti Concilii Mr. Alexander Jaffray de Kingswells virtute dicti decreti electus fuit praepositus in ejus vicem 1636. Mr. Alexander Jaffray de Kingswells 1637. Robertus Johnstoun de Crimond 1638. Mr. Alexander Jaffray 1639. Patricius Lesly de Eden 1640. Patricius Lesly 1641. Mr. Alexander Jaffray 1642. Patricius Lesly 1643. Patricius Lesly 1644. Mr. Robertus Farquhar de