Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: From Original Documents
History
Oppressions of the Sixteenth Century in the Islands of Orkney and Zetland: From Original Documents
Orkney (Scotland) -- History; Shetland (Scotland) -- History
furth of his ness be thame xv wedderis, sax gryiss, sax or sewin foulis
that was gangand about the houss, ane ox quhilk thai slew, quhilk coist
foir dolouris, ane barrell of salt beiff, with certane hard fische, xvi
elnis of keltar, ane pair of dowbill blankettis, ane covering of ane
bed, ane dublitt of cramesie of the said Magnus, ane black cowal quhilk
coist ane crowne of the Sonne, thre cristale stains set in silver, of
the Dutch fassoun, ane kettill of copper, ane cag with twelff pundis of
saip, with thre flahattis of came, certain tyn cannis and tiem stoupis,
half ane barkit hyde, ane cag with certane hunnie in it, and this by
crusis, piggis, stalis, coppis and bikkaris, togidder with all his
servandis clothing, sic as cassies, breikis, doublatis. And attour all
this, or ever the Laird wuld suffer him to returne hame agane to his
awin houss, he compellit him to borrow fra his nichtbouris twentie
dolouris, quhilk Harie Bruce ressavit fra him at the Lairdis comand. And
quhen he, his wyff, barnis, and servandis returnit to thair awin house,
thair was na maner of meit, dreink, clothing, nor vther geir left to
sustein thame, quhill he behovit to borrow fra his nichtbouris wyff ane
lesspund of meill to sustain his wyff and barnis on. Mairattour, the
said Magnus complenis upon the said Laird, that quhair he had ane
steding, callit Sater, lying in Brassay, of four merk and ane half land
perteining to the Kingis Grace, quhilk he possessit xxiv zeirs or
thairby, for the quhilk he had payit males, gerssowmes, and all
dewities, conforme to the rentale thairfoir, lykas he had payit for the
gerssowm thairoff to the Laird in the lxxii zeiris of God, for the thre
zeiris thairefter to rin, twa dolouris: nevertheless, quhen he had
gottin bot ane zeiris crope thairoff, he put him furth of the same, and
tuik new gerssowm fra his broder, Andro Leslie, thairfoir, ejectand the
said Magnus and enterand his said brother thairto, quhilk he hes wantit
sensyne, to his grit dammage and scayth; desyris that the Regentis Grace
and Lordis of Secreit Counsale wuld causs him be recompensit of his
scaythis above writtin.
This complaynt is provin to be of treuth in all pointes, be John Smyth,
Magnus Lawrencesoun, Christopheir in Grindiscall, Thomas in Kirkbustar,
Duncane Inksettar, Erasmus Robertsoun, and John Robertsoun, with the
rest of the inhabitaris of Brassay. Bot thai ar incertane of the geir
and quantitie thairoff befoir specifeit, contenit in his houss the tyme
foirsaid, bot thai knaw perfytlie, that thai usit all that was thairin
at thair plessure, and at thair depairting, left nathing thairin but
bair wallis.
Item, Ane Bill of Complaynt giffin in be Andro Hawyk of Scatstay, upon
the said Laurence Bruce, as the particulair thairoff beiris in it selff.
Item, Ane Bill of Complaynt giffin in be Barthole Strang of Voisgarth,
aganis the Laird, as the tennour of the same beirs in it selff.
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