I OCTOBER 1722. The said day it was represented that Lewis Gordon wright being imployed to make a double coffin for the Laird of Kinmundy Hade not only imployed Peter Gray Wright in Abd" his serveant for helping to make the first coffin in this towne without consent or advyce of the Deacon contrar to acts of court but hade also by himself and the sd. Peter Gray made the second coffine in Aberdeen and brought over the same made work to this City which is both offensive and approbrious to the incorporationes of this City Which being considered and the sd. Lewes his submitting himselfe to the sentence of the trade for the forsd. abuse Therfor they fyned and amerciat him in the sume of Ten punds scots and he instantly satisfied the wholl court and was discharged. II 91. 12 DECEMBER 1726. The which day The Deacon made report That he and the others impowered 26 Nover. last had conform to the said powers petitioned the Session Ministers and others concerned That they had gott ane Act of the Kirk Session of Old Aberdeen in their favours approven by the presbetry of Aberdeen with consent of the Heritors and Magistrats for building ane Loft directly above the wedding Kirk door betwixt the pillar to the West of the Ministers seat and the pillar to the east of the Common Loft Allowing tuo seats of the said loft within the body of the Kirk out with the saids pillars Which being considered by the Deacon and trade They unanimously appointed the Deacon and Masters to meet and to cause draw out a scheme of the work and also appoints them to aggree with any tradesmen ane or more who shall work good work and cheapest for up putting the said Loft conform to the said Scheme And appoints them to borrow tuo hundred pund scots for that effect. II 119. I APRIL 1727. Thereafter it was unanimously approved that the Wrights and Coupers arms being Square and Compass should be removed from the shield contained in the Hammermens Arms and liberty granted to them to affix the same in any other pannell of the said loft they please On performance whereof the Deacon and haill Trade appoints the Contract to be discharged and the Loft to be possessed to morrow being Pasche Sunday And appoints all the Members to be present that Sunday and each Sunday afterwards under the failzie of one shilling sterling or els to give a sufficient reason in the contrair. II 121. 18 APRIL 1730. Wee under subscrywing the Deacones and Masters of the Hammermen and Wrights and Coopers of Old Aberdeen Having seen the accompts of the publick manadgement of James Michie laite deacone of the sd. Trades and John Clerk laite Boxmaster untill the sd. Trades were divided by a grant from his Majesty King George the second and having found the sd. acct just fair and true Do heirby Discharge Quite Claim and Exoner the sd. James Michie and John Clerk of their intromissions with the founds or money belonging to the sd. Trads. John Mowat deacon Pat Cristall deacon &c. II 133. 5. Extracts from the Minutes of the Weaver Trade. The ordinare Statuts off the veyver Trad of the citie of Old Aberdeine I. The said day it is statut and ordaint be the Deacone with consent off the haill trad that the haille masters prenteces and servants of the sd. veyver trad keepe the chvrch evrie saboth in tyme of preachings within this citie in tyme coming vnder the pains following viz all masters absent thre s. four d. scots money and evrie prentes or servand two s. scots for evrie preaching they happin to be absent frae; from the begining of the 1 The statutes are copied into the beginning of vol. ii., and are again repeated in the same volume at the end. preaching to the ending to be veeklie poyndet be our officiare and the poynds mad sillver off and delivered to the box master for the tyme and to be puttine to the vtilitie and welfare of the sd trade. 2. It is statute and ordainet be the deaccone with consent of the wholl trad forsd. that no vnfriemane haw libertie to enter within this brugh or coledg bounds and evrie fremane that hapines to be admited befor his admissione to the sd. trad shall pey his arles pennie to the box master as vse is in free burrowes and shall work three peces of wark caled his Masters sey viz, ane small linnen wob: ane small plaid ane small sey wob or steming making the graithes that warks them with his own hand without any helpe within the deacons house or any other part which the deacone shall think expedient which being ordinarlie done and performit the deaccone shall signifie the samen to the Majestrats of the toune and principal or members of the coledge to the effect they may cause the sd. persone that desyres to be admited fremane bring and report ane sufficient testimoniall of his lyfe and conversatione frae the part q' he med his residence abefore and therefter his entrie silver for his freedome to the sd. trad to be modifie be the deaccone and remnant brethren of the trad provydand the samen be not les modifiet nor the soum of sextein pounds money forsd. and his entire silver whatsamever to be taken up be the box master with the soume of aught pounds to the boxmaster of the trad for ane dinner the haill entire silver whatsomever to be imployed for the vtilitie and welfare of the sd. trad the suplicant whatsomever being found fammous and honest be the majestrats and qualified be the trad to be admited freman within this brugh and citie of Old Abd. and coledg bounds and the first yeare of his entres to the trad to be officiar, and if ther hapens two to be admited in ane yeare the last admited to be officiare the next yeare imediatlie after his admissione. 3. It is statute and ordaint that the freedome of prenteses learned withine the toun shall be onlie aught pounds with ane diñer to our own trad and if he be second sone to ane fremane albeit he learne not the trad within the toune to be bot as mekle as the forsd. soume of eight pounds with ane dinner to be taken up be the box master and to be puten to the vtilitie and welfare of the trad and if any freemans eldest sone being found qualified and admited as sd. is he shall be free for ane dinner onlie. 5. Item itt is statute and ordaint that in caice it happine any of the trad to be compleaned vpone for not doing their faithfull dutie and working in due tym sik work as beis comited to ther charge the deacone shall tak tryall and inquisitione theranent and if the parties compleaned vpon hapen to be found guiltie the compleaner is to be satisfied according to the gratitud of the wrong as the deaccone shall injoyne the partie compleaned vpon shall pey for the first fault fourtie s. for the second fault four pounds and for the third falt shall losse his freedome and that for eschewing of sclander and the saids vnlaws to be taken vp be the box master toties qvoties and the wholl to be putten to the vse of the trad. 7. Item it is statute that non of the trad receave his neighboures warped work without leave of the warper and at the least without leave of the deaccone vnder the paine of tene shiling to the weilfare of the trad. IO. Item it is statute and ordained be the deaccone forsd. with consent forsd. that non of the trad within this toune and coledg bounds giv any cloath in litle cutts to walkers vnles they shew the rest of the wob to the deaccone of the trad vnder the paine of fortie shilings vnforgiven. 12. Item it is statute and ordaint be the deaccon and masters of the sd. trad that iff any freeman give any mor nor sixteine shilings to ane taskmen for his fie in the year he shall pay the soum of fourtie s. to the boxmaster toties quoties and no man shall enter his servantt without he com to the deaccone and receave liccence. 13. Item it is statut and ordained be the deaccone and masters forsd. that give any man receave his neighboures servant without he be free of his master he shall pey to the trad the soum of fourtie shilings and at leist speire his masters leive. 14. Item it is statute and ordained be the deaccone and masters forsd. that if any free man borrow his neighboures working touls and putt them in oftner nor once or leve them to any other name without he seek it from him that owes it he shall pey the soum of fourtie shilings to the trad. II I. 27 DECEMBER 1637.1 The said day the decone and his masters hes ordanitt thatt no man presume to sitt in the bak deis butt he that in ofes or hes bein in offeis abefor and the pntt. men thatt is in offes for the yeir sell sett in eist mestt end and the elld' offes men to seit in uttmeistt eind and that no man clos the dice enttres under the paine of four silling. I7. 26 FEBRUARY 1638. The said day the decoun and maisteris hes statut and ordined that give any man agrie with ane callent to vark and give it schall happine any vther to go efter that and agrie vith that callent chaffer nor he quho did agre abefor he schall pey the half of the preyce of the vob and that to be vsed to the veill fair of the craft. I 9. 19 MAY 1640. I Robert Ross sumtyme servitor to Androw Henderson vobster in Auld Abd. grantis me to have resawit from Thomas Angus visitor of the vobsters of Auld Abd. the soume of fourtie sex shillingis aucht penies and that in compleit payment and satisfaction of all that I may ask and crawe from the craft for taking the burding of ane souldiership for them vnder capten Jon Leslie laird of Petkepell and discharges them be this my acquittance. I 31. 9 NOVEMBER 1641. The said day it is statut and ordanit with consent of the deakin quartermaisters and haill croft that quhatsumewer he be that offendis vthers ather in the Spittell or Auld Abd. being sufficientlie prowen sall pay the soum of Twantie schillingis toties quoties. 1 The first minute is dated 16th June, 1636, and is that of the election of David Abill, deacon. UU |