The family of Burnett of Leys, with collateral - Electric Scotland

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moneyis out of them, I ordeen to be distributed, be my said air and successour,
with advyse of the curatoures aboue written, to the most misterfull poore
labourers within all my lands, whereuer they be, as their seuerall need and
necessities shall be found to requeir, and any other poore householders, widowes,
or fatherles, within my wholl lands, and specially within the Parochen of Banchory
Ternan abow mentionat, and to such misterfull poore as criple, blind, lame, as
shall fall to be at my corps interring and buriall the same day :
and
the said gold
and siluer not to be imployed any other way, under a cursse and malediction,
becaus I had dedicated the same, and laid it by for that vse. Lastly, I declare
and ordeen my bookes of my Collectiones of Preachings be distributed among
my wholl children, and oyes male and famele, to ech as they shall find their
seuerall names written on the first figured leaffe of euery ons booke to whom I
haue ordeen it to be giuen, and if there fall any of them to be vndirected by any
name on the first figured folio, as said is, let it be giuen to my said air and
successour, his eldest brother or sister nixt to him selfe vnserued befor : Requiring
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euery on th getts any of them, th e as they wish the blissing of God, and myne,
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they read them once or twyce ouer, in recompence of my paines in writting,
and directing them to their good, if it be the will of God to blisse thes my silly
trauells, to the comfort and eternall good of their souls, th l the glory of all may
be only to God, and withall, I declare th e
euery on of my owen childrens
prouisiones and assedationes shall be found in the first of the forsaids bookes
wherin their names are first written, folio I. Morouer, I leaue to Thomas
Douglasse (son lauchfull to vnquhill Alexander Douglasse, somtyme in Balbrydie,
begotten on his second wyfe, Katharen Skeen), fouer scor punds Scotts money ;
Also I leauve to Katharen Blackball, daughter to vnquhill Jeane Clark (all some-
tyme in Leyis), fouer scor punds Scotts money; Morouer,
I leaue to the
Gentleman ryder, th l shall happin to be my seruant in the first ranke for the tyme
at my death, an hunderth merks vsual money of this realme; to my wyfes
Gentlewoman for the tyme, forty pounds money forsaid, to the Stewart for the
tyme, alsmuch, to the Cooke for the tyme, alsmuch, to my Greeue or principall
officiar for the tyme, alsmuch ; to euery on of the rest of my houshold seruants,
men and women a peice, or to ech of them, tuannty pounds ouerhead : and this
to be payed to them of the radiest of my exequitry goods and gear, my said
spouse, Dame Jeane Moncreffe, being first payit of the forsaid thousand punds,
left to her, as said is, and that by and attour their seuerall fies which shall happen
to be resting to them the tyme of my deceasse, which I ordeen to be thankfully
payit to them without hearing, as lykwayes merchant compts and small vnwritten
debts th l can be prouen justly owing to any liuing, I ordeen all to be payed, be
my said air and successour, without hearing, as he would wish God to blisse him