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The burgess ticket of Buckhaven, given to Alexander Bryson within the college thereof, upon the 32, day of Julius Cæsar, 1698. years. Suites call'd, and the court lawfully fenc'd. / By Mother Greg.
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Mother Greg.
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1682
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Wing G1876; ESTC R177671
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THE BURGESS TICKET OF BUCKHAVEN Given to ALEXANDER BRYSON Within the Colledge thereof upon the 32 day of Julius Caesar 1698. years Suites call'd and the Court lawfully Fenced By Mother Greg. EDINBVRGH Printed in the Year 1682. THE BURGESS TICKET OF BUCKHAVEN 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 Colledge TO WIT Dr. Cristopher Pills Principal and Mr. William Ells Rector Walter Pigs Chirurgion and Apothecary Zacherias Silver Gold-smith John Cosh Black-smith Thomas Weddall Spurrier John Spaills Wright John Stones Masone little John Kistrell Shoo-maker John Black Taylor Robert Tasone Baxter Alexander Tasone Habberdasher John Selch Trunk-maker Hugh Macgie Mirror Maker David Grierson Clap-smith Duncan Mackallum Horner Thomas Gibson Constable-conveener Richard Wood Miller Jack Bell cryer Scoure Clear Sword-slipper Robert Thrippeny White-Iron-man Thomas Bell Wheel-about Francis Plates Peuterer George Pipes Plummer Lewis La-haire Perwique-maker Thomas Scribes Writer James Lightbody elder James Tasonâ— Hector Aiton John Colmer Joshua van Solingen James Lightfoot yr John Law John Griersone Printers Daniel Gold Imbroiderer Clay-holes Pipe-maker James Hydes Tanner Alexander Tasone Barber Lovy Glasier David Dury Ship-wright John Main Town Major William Rae Wobster William Mitchell Heriots Cook Peter Bungs Brewer John Tasone Gardner Robert Stirrops Saidler John Tasone and George Jack Officers William Daes Gardners Officer together with the whole Councill of the said Burt For an new and lawful Election to be made of the Provost Baillies Councill and others thereof In like manner compeared personally Alexander Bryson who humbly required his Burgess-ship who was admitted and received for Gild-Burgess of the said Burt with power and libertie to him To sell Canarie Purle-royal Pontack Vine de paris Ranish Wine Italian Wine Vine de Burdeoux Brandy Uscube Strong-waters Ale Beer Sma-drink Swats Setlings Draff Schirings 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 Trouts Eiles Cross-fish Brass-Fish Killing Ling Skate Codlings Baggaties Padles Haddocks Herrings Gremhasking-fish Sea-Cats Potches Garveis Whiteings Whales Spirlings Floocks Sandeils Turbets Stock-fish Ling Kipper Slupes Carps Pikes Mennans and Watter Paddocks and all other the like Commodities And siklike to sell and gather Dulse Tangle Sea-ware Hen-ware Slaack and Badderlaick And also to gather Muscles Cockles Wilks Lugg and Lempets Pintle-fish Lobsters Partens Buckies Worms and all other gray Baite and therewith to baite the great Line small Line hand Lines Bang-net and Casting-net And also to use the Wand for slaying and killing of Fishes such as Podlays and Potches and to take Partains Kavies Crabs Palochies and other Shell-fish with Crooke 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 oblieges him to watch waird scot and lot and in Skaith keep that the said Burt be not won or taken in by the Great Turk the Emperour the King of Spain the King of Denmark the King of France or any other Fugitives Lownes Vagabounds Knaves Whoores Harlots Thieves Limmers Tinklers Lairds Bairds GaberlunÈiemen and other Sturdie Beggars And for that effect the said Alexander Bryson be armed with Munsmegs Morter-pieces Cannon-royal Cannon-ordinarie Cannon Serpentine French Cannon Demy Cannon eldest Demie Cannon Culvering ordinary Culvering Demy Culvering Demy Culvering something less Sacker ordinary Sacker or Minian Falcon Falconnet Blunderbush Musquet Carabeine Hulster Pistols 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 Hornfull 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 Tamerlane at the Ingagements between the King of Britain the French and the Hollander or that was used at Worster Dumbar York Newcastle Kilsyth Inverkeithing Pinkie Field Pentland Bothwel-bridge or at the Bickering between Lieth and Edinburgh or at any other Fight since Cain and Abell 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 Muire Cleuch Craig Brae Know How Hill nor no uther part whatsomever under the pain of poynding of his readiest goods gear and tinsell of his freedom for ever And gave in his great solemne 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 in presence of the whole Magistrats and Councill conveened with many promises to Alexander Bryson of farther preferment authority if he did behave himself according to the uncivil civility 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 Magistrats 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 plainte and all uther priviledges in all preceedings And for that effect the said Lang Sandie as having the eldest right of Provostry protested and took Instruments in Gideon Wilsons hands being the Town Clerk for the time and presented Hendry Tasone his eldest son and Heir and desired that he should be admitted and received in his place in respect he himself was grown aged through much ease drinking of strong drink selling of strong Waters albeit in his youth he might have gone through a large Curting-ring yet he was subject to great Travel rowing and sailing over 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 ground of Pickletillum the outmost Channel and inmost Channel taking up by marks on the Land the Fire-bank of Berwick-law Carlick-muire and Great-law Cleuch in Clachan the little Lomonds Drupeis Keley by the Law the Lumond by the Loch the Cannongate the Beacon of the Gallow-lee the Skinoch Dinghall and Gridleness AND therefore the said Lang Sandy as being weak and unable of himself to discharge the Office of Provostry desiring his sonne to be admitted and received in manner foresaid whilk made great strife and debate among the head Clans of the said Burt being all assembled in the said Colledge TO wit Tom Tomson alias black-Thomas Robie Tason in the Closs Robs Tasone alias white-Willies Sandy Tasone and Jamie Tasone in the Know and Willie Tasone in the Brae Thumbless Katties Good-man Davids Tasone Isbells Davie Junie lang Hendries son Willy Tasone Bettys Willy Tams son Pate Waker dainty Nansies son Junie Walker Lybraes son and Tanis Dollers lade all Fishers or Sea Fleshers of the said Burt whilk desire they would in no wayes grant nor stand to neither suffer a young Provost to be in respect his head would not fill his Fathers Bonnet Upon the whilk 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 Subscâ—â—bitur With the Town Seale thereunto affixt GIDEON WILSON Cls. Burgide Buckhaveno FINIS