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ings against his heirs. The following interesting old
document gives a good idea of the history of the two
mortifications up to this period, but, unfortunately, it is
neither signed nor dated. It is headed, and runs as
follows :
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" Memorandum and Queries for the Hospitall of Inverness—The
deceast Alexander Dunbar of Barmuchatie,
Provost of Inverness, by a mortification of the date the i6th
of June, 1688, mortified the sum of two thousand merks to
the said Hospitall for the benefit of such indigent deserving
persons as should be called by Mr Gilbert Marshall, then
minister at Inverness, or his successors, ministers there, and
by James Barbour of Mulderg, and James Dunbar, late
Baillie of Inverness, both now deceast, and their aires male
or representatives for the time, being of perfect age, or, in
case of minority, by the tutors or curators of the said aires
male, to the end the a. rent of the said summ might be
employed by the said trustees (ist), for building a stone
dyke about the yaird of the sd Hospitall in conjunction
with the other rents of the Hospitall and weigh-house kept
yrin, and (2nd) for maintaining the poor persones that
should be called By the said Trustees : lyke as the sd
prinll sum was then advanced to the said Bailie Dunbar for
the ends aforesd, and in testimony yrof he subscribes the
sd mortification. The a rent payable at the first terme of
Whitsunday or Martinmas after the Donor's decease. It is
appointed that any of the name of Dunbar being in Inverness
be preferred by the patrons, or any two ofym, the
minister being one, to any of ane oyr name. Bailie Dunbar
was ordained Disstributor of the a rent during his life. The
prinll sum was appointed to be waired upon land or wadset
when it could be got conveniently done. And he required
the patrons to execute his will faithfully as they should
answer to God and their own consciences, and recommended
to the Magistrates of Invernes to concurr with and observe
the patrons. Lyke as the said Provost Dunbar, by a
mortification of the date of the former, mortified the like
sum of 2000 merks to the said Hospitall, and ordained the
a rent thereof to be given to eight poor men within the said
Burgh, and named Mr Hector Mackenzie and Mr Gilbert
Marshall, ministers, and their successors, and five of the
Session, the said Baillie Dunbar and his aire being one to
be patrons ; the a rent and prinll summ payable at the