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)PEIVATE BECORDS. 45349. 1661. Aug. 15. —Back bond by Thomas Bower merchant burgess of Dundee to ScrymgeourAlexander Wedderburn of Kingany, as to his use of the excise of salt imported Wedderburnwithin Tay and the duties to be levied thereon from strangers and native merchants Papers -respectively. (One small piece of paper.) VUI, ii, 62.350. 1662. Sept. 10.—Discharge by Henry Gib, indweller in the Canongate of Edinburgh,to Alexander Wedderburne of Kingennie, provost of Dundee, for certainvictual. (One small piece of paper.) VIII, ii, 63.351. 1662. Sept. 12.—Extract registered (23 May 1663) disposition by DougalMcPhersone of Easter Powrie for himself and for Janet Guthrie his spouse andJohn their son, for 38,000 merks advanced by Alexander Wedderburne, elder ofKingenny, provost of Dundee, made in favour of the said Alexander W,, 'heritably andirredeemably, of the lands of Easter Powrie with the mill &c. as therein described,all erected into the free barony of Powrie in the shire of Forfar, as for the principal,and the lands and barony of Ogilvie, called the Glen of Ogilvie, in warrandice ; withthe teinds of the said lands, and containing procuratory of resignation and precept ofsasine. Dated at Edinburgh. Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness, Knt, clerkof Dundee, and Colonel James Menzies of Culterallers, are among the witnesses.(Scroll of eight sheets.) VIII, ii, 66.352. 1632. Sept. 12.—Copy registered obligation by Alexander Wedderburn of Kingennie,provost of Dundee, to Dougal McPhersone of Easter Powrie for himself andin name of Janet Guthrie his spouse, whereby for the sum of 8000 merks, borrowedby him from them, the said Alexander binds himself to infeft the said Dougal andhis spouse in conjunct fee and liferent, and the heirs procreated between them, whichfailing John McPherson his eldest son by the late Jean Lyell his first spouse, and theheirs male of his body, which failing Archibald McPherson his only son by the lateGrissell Campbell his second spouse