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[Council Register, vol. xxi. p. 418.]

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1, for dead, read deed

7, for æra, read period

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173, Note-In 1523, John Pill was tried, and convicted by a jury, for not joining the procession on Candlemas day, with his token and sign of his craft, for abusing the baillie and burgesses of guild, by calling them coffies, and desiring them to take their "salt pork and herbs" in their hands. For this high offence he was sentenced to appear in the church, on Sunday, before the high altar, bare headed and bare foot, with a candle of wax in his hand, as an offering to their patron S' Nicholas, and on his knees to ask forgiveness of the provost and baillies.-【Council Register, vol. xi. p. 399.]

In the year 1539, the following act of council was passed, on a representation from the lords of Bon-Accord :

14th April, 1539.-PETITION of the LORDS of BON-ACCORD.

Curia capitalis ballivorū burgi de Aberdene tenta super montē castri ejusd decimo
quarto die mensis Aprilis anno Dñi 1539° per honōles viros Thomā Mēzes õpōn
David Andson Andrea Mēzes et Alexrm Ruỹfurd ballivos

My lord pwest balzes and consall of yis gud towne onto zo/ m, humely menis schawis
we Walter Hay and Thomas Scherar lords of Bon-Accord That quhar zo' m/ put us
in said office yis instant zeir albeit we ar no2 covenient y1for n'eyless we sell God
ye
willand do ye best we may to zo2 m/ honor and ye gude townes Quharfor we exhort
zo2 m/ y' we hef ye auld lowable use lang usit and keipit w' in yis gud towne nor in
o' tyme lyk as it has bene in or predecessors tymes That is to say all ye yong able men
w' in yis gud towne to covoy us evy Sunday haly day and uy' neidfull tymes aboul-
zeit as zo2 m/ hes devisit agit men to meit us at ye Crabstane or kirk yard And yai
yat copeirs no' y' we may poynd yame coforme to ye auld use or ellis mony of yame
will no' obey &c. And als at zo2 m/ pleyss ratify affirme ye saying ze pñyst us ye tỹ
of o chesing in office That is to say ane of ye first fremen y' be gud at o' chesing y1
we heff securite in zo' buks y'of And zo' m/ ansur heiraponn maist humely we be-
sick, &c.

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in ye same to be ouptakin poyndit be ye forsaid lords at y2 plesa2 &c.

In 1542,

In 1542, Alex. Kayn's wife was convicted for the heavy strublens and myspersoning of the abbot and prior of Bon-Accord, and their company, by calling them "common beggars and skaffers," and saying their "meltyd was but sma' for all their cutted out hose." What punishment was inflicted does not appear.-[Council Register, vol. xvii. p. 162.]

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16, for that, read this-line 18, for this, read that

12, after majesty, add After remaining in the town for upwards of a week, the king proceeded to Edinburgh, in order to enter upon his administration. Charles made another visit to Aberdeen in the end of the subsequent month of February, where he remained for some time.-Dele the paragraph from "office" to "his.”

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259, Note, for 250 pounds weight of salmon, read a barrel contains 42 gallons, English measure, and 400 libs. of gross salmon

263, line 11, for mark, read remark

...... 271, Note-In the south wall of the church yard a stone is fixed, bearing an inscription, which is now rendered almost illegible. We can, however, discover, that it had been placed there in memory of some person who had died of the plague, in the year 1647. Under the inscription is rudely sculptured on the stone a figure bearing some resemblance to a buboe, or tumor, with an issue in it. This would seem to manifest that the disease had commenced with a malignant disorder of this nature upon the body. Being highly infectious, like the modern plague of Turkey, it generally brought on debility rapidly, and proved fatal. When the plague infested London, in 1665, the symptoms were vomiting blood, with fever; purple, blue, or black spots on the body; swellings in the groin, arm pits, and behind the ears.

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6, for to form an association, read of forming themselves into an association 358, 9, after resort, add of borrowing money for paying interest for 391, Note-Both ferry boats now belong to the town of Aberdeen

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Aberdeen, the ancient Devana of the Romans, 1, 2. Bannerman, Thomas, colonel of volunteers,
Its etymology, 5. Charters granted to, by King
William the Lion, 8, 9. Is pillaged by Esteyn,
one of the kings of Norway, 9. Charter to by
Alexander II. 11. Ditto by Alexander III. 12.
The town is burnt by accidental fire, ib. An-
cient constitution of the borough, 13. Castle
of Aberdeen is taken by the English, 17;
stormed by the citizens, and razed, 20. Grants
to the borough by Robert Bruce, 23. The
town is burnt by the English, 27. Charters by
King David II. ib. Town of, is threatened to
be burnt by the Earl of Angus and other Noble
Lords, 130. Charter granted to the borough,
by the English commissioners of the common-
wealth,
230
Aboyne, James, Viscount of, collects a body of
loyalists at Aberdeen, 211; is defeated by Mon-
trose at the bridge of Dee,
212
African Company, magistrates hold a share in,

336, 458
Baillies, origin of the office of, 14; list of, in 13th
century,

note, ib.
Barbour, John, archdeacon of Aberdeen, 33
Battle of Barra, and at Aberdeen, 20; of Harlaw,
49; of Corrichie, 118; of Crabestone, 120, 222;
of Aberdeen, 225; of Inverury, in 1745, 301
Bon-accord, origin of, 21; Abbot and Prior of, 90
Borough, disfranchisement of, is attempted by the

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Earl of Morton, 122. Patrimonial property of,
is given off in feu to the burgesses, 145; pro-
ceedings between them and administrators, re◄
garding the set of,
150, et seq.
Bowling and golfing,
256
Brebner, Alexander, of Learnie, elected provost,
in 1818, in consequence of a warrant from the
Prince Regent in council,
435
Bruce, King Robert, his grants and charters to
the borough, 23; he visits Aberdeen, 25
-King David, a benefactor to the town, 27;
relieved from his captivity in England, on pay-
ment of a ransom, Aberdeen being one of the
boroughs bound for the stipulated sum, 29
-Christian and Matilda,
-David, &c.

30, 31
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Common indenture, and decree arbitral thereupon,

150
39, 104, 189
Convention of royal boroughs" proceedings regard-
ing the constitution of the borough, 154; their
award fixing the set, &c.
163
Corporations of artificers, original institution of,
147; commotion among them regarding their
privileges, 148; their disputes settled by de-
cree arbitral on the common indenture, 150;
their powers in the council defined by award
of the convention of boroughs, 163; their va.
riances with the burgesses with regard to the
application to the king for a warrant for a new
election,

Contributions by the town to government,

Correction-house, is established,

425
257

note, 836
Davidson, Sir Robert, provost, killed at the battle
of Harlaw, and his body entombed in St. Ni-
cholas' church,
51
Debt, public, due to the town at the termination
of the civil war, 247. Debt of the treasury in
1715, 249; in 1817, and proceedings concern-
ing,
347, et seq.
Dee, river,
2

bridge, projected by Bishop Elphinston, and
completed by Bishop Dunbar, 416; rebuilt in
1718, 419; funds belonging to, (vide Ardlair)

420
Denburn, ancient course of,
4
Devana, the ancient Aberdeen, supposed to have
been an itinerary station of the Romans,
note p. 3.

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