Gildrie Book Of Dundee Anno 1570 Vivas Rex 1729

The said Day the late Dean of Gild in absence of the present Dean of Gild made intimation to
the members of Court that there was a gratt conventione of Burrows to be holden at Edr. on
Tuesday next to which there was and Commissioner chosen And therefore desired they might
propose such informatione to be recommended to be our said Commissioner as might be for
the advantage of the publict or promoting of trade. The Court after reading of the Burrow
missive discerned the Commissioner to be particularly informed that the staple port should
still remaine at Camphire as formerly and that the conservatory should be exacted upon the
neat product all charges being desired As also that the abbreviate of the acts of the quall or
particular conventione of Burrows be printed: And siclike that the remaining power be
imprinted anent the insufficiency of the rask of orknay butter and of yr weight of the butter of
any cask.
Att Dundie the twentie first Day of May 1696 yearis
Alexr Blair Dean of gild assisted wt Thomas Mudie & Thomas Stewart pnt Baillies of Dundie &
George Crokatt Councelloris to the Gild his Assessors who payt to the ground of ane tenet of
land lyeing on the westsyde of the Overgate of the Burgh of Dundie now Reypaireing by Henry
Craffoord of Monorgan and bounded in manner a length Contained in his right and infeftment
yrof; being ther Conveened for Decideing of the right expreslie of the backside wall of the sd
tenement contravened by the said Monorgan & doctor John Watsone Doctor of Medecine in
Dundie proprietor of ane tenement of land lying the west side of the sd store tentment Having
taken both pties claimes & aiths given in yranent to yr consideratione. And having seen &
revised ye rights and evidents of both the sd tentments Doe fynde the Authors of the sd Doctor
John Watsone to have the privilege of building ane gabell wall upon the backside wall of the
sd foretentment Conforme to ane sasine of the sd north tenement In favours of James
Goldman burges of Dundie. And Margers Jack his spokes Authors to the sd John Watsone
Dated in anno jaj vj seventie three years. And having seen and considered the booths doors
and pend in the backside wall of the sd tenement and fynding several stones lyeing near the
top of the sd backside wall The Dean of Gild being assisted as aforesd Haveing taken the
foresd sasine to his consideratione together evidences aforesd sufficiently declareing the right
& propertie of the backside wall to belong to the sd foretenement. And being yrwith weil and
ripeely advised Decerned & ordained And hereby Decerns and Ordaines the right and
propertie of the sd backside wall of the sd foretenement to pertaine & belong to the sd Henry
Craffoord of Monorgan and ordained and hereby Ordaines to the said Henry Crawfoord of
Monorgan to carrie up the the sd Doctor John Watsone his lumb upon the south gabell of his
sd tenement upon the propertie charged & expensys of the sd Henry Crawfoord Declaring
allwayes that the carryeing up of the sd lumb shall nowayes incour or induce any right of
propertie of the sd backsyd wall In favours of the sd Doctor John Watsone but that the samen
is done allenarly for good neighbour. As also the sd Alexr Blair Dean of Gild foreseeing the
good of both prprs tenement ordained and hereby odraines that the sd Henry Crawfoord of
Monorgan to one line indecipherable.
Included in this Book but in transcribed in a separate file titled “Grievances”, in a beautifully
scribed hand is an Act of the Guildry dated 10 th January 1730.
There are also tables of Guild rents, Mortcloth, disbursments, casualties etc. of the Guild
along with their accounts.
Working from the reverse side of the book the following extracts are deemed to be of interest.
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