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THE FAMILY OF BURNETT OF LEYS.
lauchfully begotten (being all male children), to the nixt and immediat lauchfull
male children that falls to succeed by the lawes of this kingdom. And that
becaus I am presently resting, and owing sundry great sowmes of moneys, all
vpon heritable bands and obligatiounes, binding me and my aires and successours,
the burden of the payment of all which will fall vpon my airs and successours :
They are to say, to Alexander Burnett, elder burgess of Aberdeen, Leard of
Countswells, and Fill the Cape, the sowme of eight thousand merks Scotts money,
as his band beares, with on yeers anuall to Witsonday nixt, i m vi c fyftie thrie, Item
to Robert Crushank, bealzie and burges of Aberdeen, as his band beares
thousand merks with a yeers anuall to the tearme of Witsonday nixt, in the said
yeere ; Item to Jhon Jaffery the sowme of eighteen hunderth merks according to
his band, togither also with a yeers anual to the forsaid Witsonday, in the yeere
abow mentionat; Item to Thomas Burnet of Camphel, elder, aught hunderth
merks according to his band, with halfe yeers anuall to the forsaid tearme ; Item
to Mr. James Youngson, scoolmaster in Banchory Ternan, seauen hunderth
merks, as his band beares, with on yeers anuall, to the said tearme ; Item to a
sonne of vnquhill Fyndly Couts in Banchory, as his band beares, an hunderth
and fyftie merks, with anuall for halfe a yeere to Witsonday forsaid ;
Item to Mr.
Georg Gordowne and his bearnes, as the band beares, in my owen possession,
receaued from vnquhill Mr. William Burnet in trust, and albeit I haue the said
Mr. George his authentick and reall discharg of the said sowme, yet being all
delyuered to me vnder trust, it were wickedness to defraud him or his bearnes,
but withall, to help me and myn to be leall, I haue bound my selfe and forsaids,
in a contract with my sonne, Thomas Burnett of Sauchen (which is of the deat,
at Leyis, the fyft of March, im vi c fyftie yeers) to releeue the said my sone Thomas
and Bessie Burnett, his spouse, and thair aires of the said band to Mr. Georg
Gordoun and his bearnes, both of principall (which is fouer thousand merks) and
anualls (ther is only halfe yeer resting to Witsonday nixt, abow said) ; Item to my
sonne Thomas of Sauchen forsaid, the sowme of tuo thousand merks payable at
the nixt tearme immediately efter the ending of the Plea of Carndayes, either by
Item
law or frendly agriement (as the forsaid contract betuix him and me beares) ;
according to the said contract I am bound to pay to Helen Burnet, daughter to
vnquhill Mr. William Burnet, two thousand merks, the nixt tearme efter her
mariadge, with no anuall till that tyme ; Item to my sone, Mr. Robert Burnet,
avocat, the sowme of fyu thousand merks the nixt tearme efter my death, and no
anuall till then ; Item to the said Thomas Burnet of Sauchen, the sowme of ten
thousand merks, and for the anuall rent therof, ay, and whill it be redeemed, the
townes and lands of Esly, Mullock and Cowlerholl, as his assedation beares,
which is of the deat, at Leyis, the tuenty nyn day of October, 1652 ; Item to my