: OF THE THEN GRAF 1 GLASGOW 1605 - 1879. BtBJBBJBJ j :.';'.';;., I ''-; 1 1 ryX , \8jx8$jjj& i mim MffftMcffifi I / '' '''"''( E I |i BrofflHJfliH i gfatajHTPJS j JHgBiHBB j '/'' *.,'.'' I'.'i D 1; .'. : :.;v!, : : /'i j ''''''"' 3 ''.'''' i 1 ; MgjiHPa|ijj B 18 . ''$ ?'/ r M ill smunfjU/ln %jjjjjg In |to;sitd> tcr THE VISITOR & MASTER COURT, <=^>-- OF T HE. ^-< - Jttcorjrafum of CHRONICLES OF THE IN GLASGOW. 16051879. WITH APPENDIX CONTAINING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CRAFT RECOGNISED AND ESTABLISHED BY LETTER OF GUILDRY, PARLIAMENT, TOWN COUNCILS, AND ARCHBISHOP'S CHARTER, ETC. BY ROBERT DOUIE, LL.B., CLERK OF THE INCORPORATION. GLASGOW: AIRD & COGHILL, PRINTERS. MDCCCLXXIX. INCORPORATION OF MALTMEN. OFFICE-BEARERS, 1879-80. JAMES M'INTOSH, - WILLIAM WEST WATSON, WILLIAM MACLEAN, JUNR., WILLIAM MACRONE, - FRANC GIBB DOUGALL. PETER FERGUSON. ROBERT ROBIN. WILLIAM CHERRY. ROBERT DOUIE, LL.B., JAMES REID, - - VISITOR. - COLLECTOR. - LAST VISITOR. - LAST COLLECTOR. THOMAS RENTON. WILLIAM SCOTT. ANDREW MALLOCH BAYNE. ALLAN GLEN MAXWELL. - CLERK. - OFFICER. THE VISITOR. THE LAST VISITOR. FRANC GIBB DOUGALL. GEO. LEDINGHAM, FRANC GIBB DOUGALL, A. M. BAYNE, - A. M. BAYNE, - A. G. MAXWELL, - THE VISITOR, Bepqesentatives. PETER FERGUSON. WILLIAM CHERRY. WILLIAM SCOTT. DELEGATE FOR GORBAL LANDS. MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON TRADES' HOUSE BUILDINGS. SCHOOL DIRECTOR. KEEPERS OF THE KEYS OF THE Box. A DIRECTOR OF THE OLD MAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. With right also to present Patients to ROYAL INFIRMARY, WESTERN INFIRMARY, LUNATIC ASYLUM, ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, HOSPITAL FOR INCURABLES, EYE INFIRMARY, and MATERNITY HOSPITAL. COMMITTEES. l$n Education. ANDREW MALLOCH BAYNE, - - SCHOOL DIRECTOR, CONVENER. FROM THE MASTER COURT. WILLIAM CHERRY, - - - / FRANC GIBB DOUGALL, JOHN C. BROADFOOT, - - - - ) > FROM THE CRAFT. GEORGE LEDINGHAM, - j (f)n Investments. THE VISITOR. THE LAST VISITOR. THE COLLECTOR. THE LAST COLLECTOR. ROBERT ROBIN. FRANC GIBB DOUGALL. To WILLIAM MACLEAN, JUN., ESQUIRE, VISITOR, THOMAS RENTON, ESQUIRE, LAST VISITOR, AND TO THE MASTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE INCORPORATION OF MALTMEN IN GLASGOW. VISITOR AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE the pleasure of presenting to you a more extended narrative, chiefly of the early history and social customs of the Incorporated Craft of Maltmen in Glasgow, than is contained in the few notes appended to a "Roll of Visitors of the Craft" printed in 1864. It was pleasing at the time to receive approval of the " Roll " and its notes, from our local antiquaries, John Buchanan, LL.D., James Pagan, and Sheriff Strathern, the latter suggesting that a similar contribution from each of the Fourteen Incorporations, of which the Trades' House consists, would form desirable companion volumes to Mr. Crawfurd's Sketch of the House. In his edition of " Glasghu Fades," Dr. Gordon acknowledges obliga- tion to what he is pleased to term the "interesting pamphlet" of the Maltmen. In "Annals of the Skinners Craft," the accomplished annalist, Mr. William Henry Hill, contesting the order of precedence of the Skinners in the Trades' House, takes occasion to refer to the " Roll of Maltmen," in which Mr. Crawfurd's statement that the Incorporation arose out of the Letter of Guildry in 1605 ' 1S disputed, and says "the Clerk of the Maltmen has very clearly shown that the Maltmen were existing as one of the Incorporations of Glasgow at least as far back as the year 1556," To add to the interest of the present Print, there is given a Roll of Names of Members of the Incorporation from 1605, preserving the 6 spelling peculiar to the periods, in the order of their enrolment from that remote time to August, 1879; and a Roll of the present Members in the same order, in which the ancestry of each Member is traced by giving his Craft Genealogy. It may surprise some to find themselves merged in a common kindred, of which they were not previously aware, taking them back to an early stage in the history of the Craft. Perhaps this may appear not the least interesting portion of the Volume. The opportunity has been taken to present as an Appendix, copies of such interesting documents as the Letter of Guildry, its Ratification by Parliament, Minutes of Approval and other Acts of the Town Council, Charter of Confirmation by the Archbishop, and of the Act abolishing the Exclusive Privileges of the Crafts ; also, a reprint of our Laws and Regulations, sanctioned in 1852, and subsequent Additions. Having now complied with your request for a Handy Book of the Craft, it will be gratifying to me if the manner in which it is published prove acceptable to you, and if the matter, limited as it is considering the choice of my materials, meet your approbation. I remain, VISITOR AND GENTLEMEN, Yours very faithfully, ROBERT DOUIE. 37 BATH STREET, GLASGOW, ist September, 1879. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE Introductory Memorials of Ancient Glasgow A Bishop's Burgh Burgh of Regality Royal Burgh, 9 Trades or Crafts in Burghs Their Deacons Regulations Craft Privileges by Parliament, t - 12 Merchant and Trades' Ranks Their Contests, 13 Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow Its History, 17 Recognised and Established by the Letter of Guildry in 1605 being the "Maltmen and Mealmen," 18, 19 Queen Mary's Tax on the Burghs in 1556 Stentaris for its Collection among these " The Incorporation of Maltmen,'' 20 Act James VI., 1567, Chap. 29, whereby to be "na Deakon of Craft of Maltmen," but 22 Parliament ratifies Letter of Guildry by Act, 1672, 28 Of the Visitor and Master Court, ----% 4j*j - - a - - 30 Visiting of the Kilns, Markets, &c., |fc- - 42 The Exclusive Privileges of the Craft Abolished, 44 Of the Collector Mode of his Election His Official Duties, .... 46 The Key Keepers of the Box, 51 The Clerk Clerks since 1605, - 52 The Laws and Regulations adopted in 1851 Sanctioned by Court of Session in 1852, --- .... 54 Freemen of the Craft, - - - - - - w - - - - I . 55 Apprentices and Servants, V i*"- 59 The Grand Decerniture, 1775, 61 The Pensioner Craftsmen Widows Children Unmarried Daughters, - t - 63 The Officer, , - , - \ - - - * 65 Burials of the Brethren, their Wives and Bairns The Mortcloth Business, - - 67 Education Trades' School Education Committee, 72 Maltmen University Bursaries, 73 The Gorbal Lands Price in 1650 Present Revenue, - - - - ' - - 74 Balgray Lands, 1666 The Highland Host in 1668 Conventicles Persecution in West of Scotland, 1687, - - '*,* 7 6 Barrowfield Mortification, - - 77 Table of Contents. Trades' Hall Buildings Maltmen interest therein, .... 77 City Ground Annuals Invested in by the Craft, 78 The Maltmen and Prince Charles in 1745-46, .... 78 The Craft Revenue Pensioner Annual Expenditure Stock Account, - - 79 Funds Good and Pious Uses, - 80 Valete, - - & 83 Roll of Names of Members in the order of their Enrolment, 1605 to 1879, - - 85 Roll of Present Members in the same order, with Craft Genealogy of each Member, 114 Names of Visitors from 1604 to 1879, - 137 Names of Visitors who have been Deacon-Conveners, 141 APPENDIX. Constitution of the Incorporation : I. Letter of Guildry, 6th February, 1605, 145 II. Minute of the Town Council of Glasgow approving Letter of Guildry, 9th February, 1605, - - 151 III. Minute of Town Council for Settling future Disputes between the Merchant and Craft Ranks, 1 6th February, 1605, - 153 IV. Ratification by Parliament to the Burgh of Glasgow of " the Gildrie," nth September, 1672, - - * -, * 155 V. Act of the Town Council in favour of the Maltmen in Glasgow, 24th March, 1677, - - 156 VI. Charter of Confirmation and General Ratification of the Letter of Guildry granted by the Archbishop of Glasgow, 3rd January, 1684, 158 VII. Charter by King William and Queen Mary, 1690, - - - 159 VIII. Act for the Abolition of the Exclusive Privileges of Trading in Burghs in Scotland, i4th May, 1846, - - - 160 Laws and Regulations of the Incorporation, - 162 Appendix to the Laws and Regulations, being Additions and Alterations, 1852-79, 179 The Trades' House Scholarships, Pensions, and Funds, "?- 187 Index, - ..."*-' t '. fr . '> !! THE MALTMEN CRAFT IN GLASGOW. INTRODUCTORY. A VERY short historical deduction of the erection of the Burgh of Glasgow brings us intelligibly to the period when classes of Craftsmen were associated, and from which the Trades incorporated in Glasgow can date their social existence. Memorials of Ancient Glasgow, its times, traditions, persons, and actions, are faint and almost obliterated. Antiquarian research describes that Saint Kentigern, contemporary of Saint Columba and Saint Ninian, about the year 560, selected the locality, from its natural advantages of situation, where to found the See of Glasgow and fix his place of residence ; but of its rude history for nearly five hundred years afterwards almost nothing is known. The first reliable account of this rural religious station, is not till the reign of Alexander I., whose brother, David, Prince of Cumberland, in 1116, inducted his chaplain, John Achaius, a man of great learning, to the Bishopric. Prince David was Superior of Cumbria, or the Western and Southern District of Scotland, with adjacent part of England ; and his Inquiry or Investigation concerning the Lands of which the Church of Glasgow had been despoiled, is the earliest record of the state of its inhabitants. By recovery of the Church property under this Inquiry, the Bishop was enabled to erect a Church at Glasgow, consecrated in 1136, and io The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. his successors to erect the existing Cathedral, consecrated by Bishop Jocelyn in 1197, and afterwards to endow its altars and chapels, and others in the district. The interest of Bishop Jocelyn with William, surnamed the Lion, pro- cured for Glasgow the rank of a Free Burgh or Bishop's Burgh of Barony in 1174. This charter, a second in 1176, and a third in 1190, all granted by the King, gave the inhabitants many privileges, encouraging them in the cultivation of trade and commerce. The community appears to have been governed by a provost and bailies in all respects an organised corporation, with persons in official situations for the investing and transferring of property, and with Courts of Justice for determining disputes among the inhabitants. By Charter in 1450, King James the Second granted to William, Bishop of Glasgow, and his successors, the City of Glasgow, Barony of Glasgow, and Lands called Bishopforest, to be holden of the Crown, in free, pure, and mere regality or royalty, in fee and heritage, or a Burgh of Regality, with power to elect their Magistrates. By 1476, c. 8, Ratification is made of the City and Barony to the Bishop and See of Glasgow in free regality, granting to the Bishop the power of appointing and removing the Provost and Magistrates, and the right of appointing a Serjeant to bear a silver rod, with the Royal Arms at one end and those of the Bishop at the other, for executing arrestments, mandates, and precepts. The power to appoint Magistrates was thus still in the hands of the Ecclesiastics, who, to awe the inhabitants, elected powerful nobles to the Magistracy. But from this time Glasgow gradually became, by its trade and commerce, an active and industrious city, and emerged from a long reign of ecclesiastical influence. It may be concluded that almost all the Crafts within the Burgh were now (or soon afterwards) existing, although in most instances not yet associated under the authority of Letters of Deaconry or Seals of Cause prescribing rules for good order and the providing and managing of their funds. By King Charles' Charter in 1636, ratified by Parliament in 1641, Glasgow at length became a Royal Burgh. The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 1 1 The powers and privileges of the Trades or Crafts, however, over all the kingdom, were during the I5th, i6th, and part of the i/th centuries extremely fluctuating. The Statute of James I. in 1425, c. 39, makes mention for the first time of "DEAKONS" or "Maister men," handicraftsmen in their different branches in every town of the realm being thereby empowered to elect a Preses, who was called " a Deakon or Maister man over the laife for the time," so that the lieges be not defrauded in time to come as they have been in time by- gone through untrue men of crafts. A continuation of this Statute in 1426, c. 27, also requires " Deacons of ilk craft " to be elected. By c. 86 in same year, the office, as being of general prejudice to the king- dom, was totally prohibited, all license to elect Deacons revoked, and the former meetings of the Deacons condemned as the assemblies of conspirators. Being restored by James II. in 1457, c. 65, in favour of the Goldsmiths, requiring them to appoint a Deacon to inspect their work, that it be of standard fineness, and by James III., 1483, c. 96, by which Goldsmiths are again to have a Deacon, the office once more became general among the other crafts. A few years later, the Act James III., Parlt. 2, c. 12, first mentions the distinction between Traders and Merchants rtradesmen using merchan- dise are required to renounce their craft and by Act James III., 1487, c. 107, it is ordained that this Act be put to execution by escheat of the merchandise, to be accounted for to the Exchequer. In 1493, James IV., c. 43, the office of Deacon was again checked as being dangerous and the cause of great trouble in boroughs " and because it is clearly understandin to the King's Hieness and his three estates that the using of Deakons of men of crafts in Burrows is richt dangerous, it is there- fore ordained that all Deakons shall cease for a year at least [especially masons and wrights], except to examine works," and they were required to confine themselves to the inspection of the work performed by those of their respective crafts. By Statute of Queen Mary, 1555, c. 52 [Mary of Guise, Regent], the office of Deacon was abolished as being the cause of commotion and 12 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. unlawful combinations amongst the Crafts themselves, and betwixt Burgh and Burgh, deserving of great punishment. Disturbances in the kingdom had become frequent between the merchants and craftsmen. In 1543, in particular, there had been a disturbance in Edinburgh, having its origin in a dispute between these parties, the envy of the crafts excited by the power of electing magistrates exclusively for a long time in the hands of the merchants, of whom alone the Town Council was originally composed. This irritation was increased and called into action on the I2th August of that year by a law encroaching on their rights which was passed by the Magistrates. In the Town House, the Deacons of the Trades drew their swords to show that they had been injured, and that they were determined to have redress, upon which they were seized by an armed force and imprisoned. The Craftsmen assembled to rescue and support the Deacons ; but when the matter was beginning to wear a serious aspect, it was put an end to and a reconciliation effected by the interposition of the Regent Arran. The animosity of the Craftsmen must have caused fresh disturbances, and brought upon themselves and the Craftsmen generally of the Kingdom the Queen's Statute of 1555. This Statute ordains "that there be NA DEAKONS chosen in tymes cumming within Burgh," and the Provost, Bailies, and Council of the Burgh " are to chuse the maist honest man of craft, of gude " conscience, ane of every Craft to visie their craft that they labour suffici- " ently, and thir persons to be called Visitours of their craft, and to be " elected and chosen yearly at Michaelmas, and thir Visitours chosen, sworn, " and admitted to have choosing of officers and other things, as the Deacons " voted before. Na Craftsman to bruik office in the Burgh Council except " two of the most honest and famous persons to be chosen yearly." This was a complete change, making the heads of all the Trades " Visitors" and when Deacons were restored the term " Visitor" appears to have remained with the Maltmen. By advice of the Queen Regent, Her Majesty granted on i6th April, 1556, a General Charter in favour of all the Craftsmen of the Burghs and Cities within the Realm, taking off the effect of the Act passed in June, The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow, 13 1555, which had deprived the Crafts of right to elect Deacons, and "restoris " and repones them to use and have Deacons of all Craftis, togidder with " all and sundry privileges, faculties, freedoms, consuetudes, and uses granted " to them be our maist noble progenitors, and alsua the use and possession " of the saidis liberties bruikit and joisit by them in tymes bygane, notwith- " standing the said Act of Parliament, &., ratifying and approving all their " former privileges given in tyme bygane." The Trades, therefore, speedily acquired new power and favour. A letter of Mary of Lorraine to the Town Council of Edinburgh at Michaelmas, 1559, in regard to the Borough Election, alludes to this restitu- tion of privileges of the Craftsmen made in 1556. Before many years elapsed the Trades there, having again got a footing in the Town Council, their mutual contests with the Merchants filled the City with tumult. Both parties were fain to court peace by referring their claims and differences to the decision of James VI. as umpire between them. By the King's Decree Arbitral in 1583, the Political Constitution or Set of the Town was estab- lished upon nearly the same footing which it retained till altered in our own times, although it was by no means sufficient to arrest the now uninteresting contests between the Merchants and Trades for power in their Burgh politics, the discussions ending frequently in appeals to the Supreme Court to have their respective privileges ascertained. With every deference to Mr. Crawfurd's views in his Sketch of the Trades' House of Glasgow, there does not appear to have been any other reason for the contests between the Merchant and Craft Ranks in Glasgow, during the same period, than the claims and differences between them which James VI. had thus brought to an end in Edinburgh, where local historians give no such version of their discords as a religious foundation, arising out of the Reformation struggles between the Popish or Episcopal and the Pres- byterian parties. In annals of one of the Crafts of which the Trades' House consists, Mr. Crawfurd's " Sketch " is entitled to regard as an exponent of the constitution, funds, and bye-laws of the House, but as a partial writer of history he becomes open to criticism and to be controverted. The Maltmen 14 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. do not agree with the excellent and able late Clerk of the House in the conclusion come to by him, that a religious element was the cause of their differences in the Merchant and Craft Ranks in Glasgow the Craftsmen maintaining the doctrines of the Reformation and Presbytery, the Merchants supporting Popery, and latterly Episcopacy. The antagonism between the Merchants and Craftsmen in Glasgow for the political influence of the Town, and management of its Magistracy, was no other than the same mere local contention for precedence between the two ranks which M'Ure, Gibson, Ewing, and Mr. Laurence Hill the two latter eminent scholars and antiquaries accurately represent it to have been. M'Ure says : " In the i6th century violent contests arose between the " Merchant and Trade Ranks respecting the government of the city. The " Merchants had exercised the whole sway, monopolised the Magistracy, and " assumed the sole right of managing the Funds. The Trades, who were more " numerous, insisted on a participation of office. The animosities which had " arisen from this source were at last allayed by a submission of the points of " difference to Sir George Elphinstone of Blythswood, Knt, then Provost; Mr. " David Weems (the Parson of Glasgow) ; and Messrs. John Bell and Robert " Scott, two ministers of the city, anent their privileges, places, ranks, and "prerogatives." The award of these Arbitrators, dated 6th February, 1605, is termed the " LETTER OF GUILDRY," and contains the Constitutions of the present Merchants' House, Trades' House, and Incorporation of Maltmen. Mr. Crawfurd's theory is, that what had been hitherto treated to suit the interest of a party, as a mere squabble for precedence between the Merchant and Trade Ranks in Glasgow respecting the government of the City, was in reality the struggle of the Craftsmen, who had early imbibed the principles of the Reformation and Presbytery, for the maintenance of these principles against the Merchant rank, the supporters of Popery and latterly of Episcopacy. This is given as historically accurate in the " Sketch of the Trades' House," and as Mr. Crawfurd's own conviction after a careful study of the History of the City itself. Locally, the idea is mentioned as alike novel and fanciful. The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 15 Gibson, and Brown, following M'Ure, give no utterance of the kind ; and Mr. Benjamin Mathie, for thirty-six years Clerk to the Trades' House, in a Sketch in 1819, drawn up by request, to afford information of the Constitution and Regulations of the House, after the due examination he was well qualified to make, merely prefaces his History of the Trades of Glasgow considered as one great body corporate by saying : " Previous to " the Letter of Guildry, various disputes and contentions had arisen between " the Merchant Rank and Trades' Rank on account of their opposite inte- " rests and pretensions, which produced great disorders in the City ; " in order to put an end to which, on the interposition of the Magistrates and Ministers of the City, the contending parties were prevailed upon to submit their whole differences and the further regulation of their Societies to the determination of arbiters. Mr. James Ewing, many years Dean of Guild, in a carefully-prepared History of the Guildry and Merchant House of Glasgow, repeats M'Ure's statement ; and Mr. Laurence Hill, a venerable member of the Glasgow Archaeological Society, in an interesting paper read to the Society in 1858, also incisively reverses Mr. Crawfurd's fallacy. Mr. Hill says : "As during " many years prior to the enactment of the late Parliamentary and Municipal " Reform Bills, by which the Letter of Guildry was so effectually " altered, I had the honour of holding the office of Collector and Director of " the Merchants' House, and had much occasion to observe both the " accuracy and the liberality of Mr. Ewing, I confess I was surprised, and " perhaps mortified, to find in a recent publication not merely the accuracy " of our Merchants' House history and traditions impugned, but an undue " attempt to disparage the. character or zeal and regard of the merchant " rank (or those who, whether de facto or de jure, or both, were in the " government of the city at the time) for the reformed religion, by exalting " the character or regard in that respect of the sister house of which the " Guildry consists, and a flippant and scornful allusion to some of our " ancestry as ' serfs,' and particularly to the antecedents or causes of that " letter as ' a mere squabble,' and to elevate or change at the same time the " real dispute into a case of religious warfare or feelings, which, so far as I 1 6 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. " have had occasion to observe, did not exist between the two classes of " disputants. The objectionable passage, and the Publication to which I " allude, is by my friend Mr. George Crawfurd, and I particularly refer to " the epistle dedication prefaced to ' A Sketch of the Rise and Progress of " ' the Trades' House of Glasgow/ printed at Glasgow in the present "year, 1858, addressed to the Deacon-Convener and other respectable " gentlemen, who, I daresay, will not object to, but rather fully concur in, " any observations I may now submit. ' I soon perceived/ says Mr. " Crawfurd, ' that the 14 Incorporations, of whose federal union the Trades' " ' House is the result, existed while the inhabitants of Glasgow were the " ' serfs of the Roman Catholic Archbishop, who ruled supreme, and as the " ' Lord of the Barony, and latterly of the Regality, appointed the Magis- " ' trates ; and as I found that some recent writers ' (among whom he " afterwards specially enumerates Mr. Ewing) ' had represented that the " ' LETTER OF GUILDRY of 1605 proceeded from a mere squabble for " 'precedence between the Merchants and Tradesmen of Glasgow, I thought " ' it necessary to glance at the history of the city itself in the view of " ' testing the accuracy of this statement. This convinced me that what is " ' treated as a mere squabble for precedence was the struggle of the Crafts- " ' men, who had early imbibed the principles of the Reformation, for the " ' maintenance of these principles against the supporters of Popery, and " ' latterly of Episcopacy in Glasgow, although it suited the interest of these " ' supporters to represent it as a local squabble for precedence.' I confess I " have seen nothing in my friend's publication, of any dispute about religious " principles or about this squabble for precedence, entitling Mr. Crawfurd " to accuse Mr. Ewing, and other writers, of base misrepresentation " of a grand Religious struggle. Now, in evidence of the greater "accuracy and propriety of Mr. Ewing's history of our municipal differ- "ences, I refer you to the letter, of which I have here the original, " for your inspection, under the signature of no other than his most "gracious Majesty King James the Sixth, dated the 28th November, " 1606, addressed to three of our citizens, two of whom at least, Messrs. " Robert Rowatt and Mathew Turnbull, we find in the list of the Magis- The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 17 "trates about that time; and there his Majesty expressly states his " understanding ' the chief ground of your differences in that cittie to be " ' a question amongst the equality of Merchaunts and Craftis in the " ' government of the towne.' And he gives his recommendation that the " Councillors elected should be ' the most wise, discreet, and peaceable " ' men of the cittie, makinge the half Merchaunts, and the half Craftis, " ' according to the rules that we have sent you herein enclosed.' His " Majesty's letter is dated at the time of the first Annual Election, imme- " diately after the award of Sir George Elphinstone and the other Arbiters, " with which possibly his Majesty may either have then been unacquainted, " or perhaps been dissatisfied on some points, and is a very decisive " ' testing of the accuracy ' of the statement as to what the ' LETTER OF "'GlJILDRY' of 1605 proceeded from, given by Mr. Ewing, being greater " and more to be depended on than that now, and for the first time, given " by Mr. Crawfurd." Mr. Crawfurd having made his statement as a historical fact, it is fair to record in this way the more consonant view of the contentions between our ancestors of the Merchant and Trades' rank given in Mr. Hill's narrative, and in the testimony of M'Ure and the other writers referred to. THE HISTORY AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS OF THE CRAFT SINCE 1605. The history of the Incorporation of "Maltmen" in Glasgow prior to 1605 cannot be accurately given its previous Records, in common with those of the Trades' House, having perished, according to tradition, during a fire in the city in 1601. As the incorporated Trades at this period, and long subsequently, as well as the Convenery or Trades' House, met for transaction of their business at the Trades' Hospital, a building which at one time stood near the Cathedral, it is probable that the records of the Trades' House and of the Maltmen may have been deposited in the same place of safety, and that they perished together, or disappeared in the confusion incident to the periods of civil commotion. It 1 8 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. is now impossible to ascertain the origin of the Incorporation or to trace back its earlier history. In 1605, its Constitution, along with that of the Merchants' House and Trades' House, was ascertained, and made the sub- ject of particular regulation in the Letter of Guildry, the earliest docu- ment extant having reference to the Constitution of the Incorporation. By this important deed it was concluded "that there shall be in all time coming ane Dean of Gild, ane Deacon Conveener, and ane ViSlTOUR of MALTMEN." From the Letter of Guildry referring to the calling as a then subsisting institution, and from other sources, it is evident that the Maltmen were a subsisting calling or Incorporation in Glasgow, holding an influential rank among the Crafts of which the Trades' House was composed, long before 1605. In what manner the Maltmen had been originally incorporated, whether by the Magistrates, with consent of the Bishop or Archbishop of the See granting a Letter of Deaconry or Seal of Cause, cannot now be determined. Beyond doubt the craft in Glasgow was incorporated at as early a period as we find Scottish craftsmen associated into Societies or Incorporations having certain rights and privileges. The Constitution of each trade or craft declared the manner in which it was to be conducted- enacting rules for guidance of the members, and providing funds for relief of the decayed brethren, their widows, and children. The correct designa- tion of the Incorporation is " MALTMEN AND MEALMEN," although for many years past they appear, probably for the sake of brevity, to have kept by the " Malt " and thrown aside the " Meal." The first mention of Deacons and " maister men " of crafts in the Acts of the Scottish Parliament is in James I., 1424, and there is evidence of the existence in Glasgow of several of the Incorporations in the I5th and early in the i6th centuries. There is no mention of Maltmen or Maltmakers as a separate body in the Scottish Acts till 1503, at which time Glasgow, in its ancient Burgh Title-deeds, is seen to contain, in numerous malt-kilns and malt-barns, the evidence of a prosperous calling. There is no description of property so frequently recurring as that of a " malt-kiln and pertinents." An early local historian [Gibson, p. i/o], after enumerating the Incorpora- tions, and the state of their payments and funds, sums up their history, The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 19 perhaps correctly, in affirming that " the era of erection of these different Incorporations is between 1520 and 1560." Mr. Crawfurd inadvertently says that " the Incorporation of Maltmen arose out of the Letter of Guildry." * Instead of the term "arose" it would have been more correct to say that this Incorporation had its privileges and prerogatives fixed, and was brought into union with the other Crafts by the Letter. It had previously held aloof from them, and not taken part in their schemes of benevolence, as is obvious towards the end of the Letter. In subsequent historical references to the crafts in Mr. Crawfurd's "Sketch," it is made apparent that the Incorporation of Maltmen had a greater antiquity, and that the calling had been " incorporated " long before 1605. The Deed of Submission, loth November, 1604, upon which followed the Decree Arbitral known as the " Letter of Guildry," proves sufficiently, if it were disputed, that the Incorporation of Maltmen did not arise therefrom, but existed then and previously as one of the incorporated crafts of the " Burgh and Cittie of Glasgow." For among the persons nominated and chosen for the "haill craftsmen" and their assistants, to treat and reason con- cerning the matters between the ranks of Merchants and Craftsmen, the Deed of Submission entered into on loth November, 1604, contains the name of James Fisher, Maltman, as one of the subscribing Craft rank so chosen. James Fisher also subscribes the Decree Arbitral or Letter of Guildry along with the other Commissioners and the Umpires. He was Clerk of the Incorporation, and it is probable was chosen to represent and sign for it, on account of others not being able to write. There being no evidence now to show the precise date when the Maltmen and Mealmen were primarily erected as an Associated Craft, it will be suffi- cient to say that it was before 1556. Mr. Crawfurd elsewhere deduces, from authorities quoted by him, that at the time of the Reformation in 1560 the Craftsmen of Glasgow had been associated under fourteen separate Trades or Incorporations, and that in 1604 these fourteen Crafts then existed as incorporated bodies, each having its lawfully appointed Deacon and Masters * Sketch of the Trades' House, p. 27. 2O The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. the fourteen Crafts still existing at the present day the Incorporation of Maltmen being the fourth in the order of precedence. The Act of the Scottish Parliament, which came into operation in 1 503, is the earliest known law relating to the craft, but it does not describe the trade as incorporated. By that Act Maltmen are enjoined to " present their " malt to the mercat, and sell none till nine hours, under the pain of escheat " of the malt, and that they take no more than ane boll of the bear for " making the chalder of malt, under the pain of oppression." The penalties inflicted for oppression were very severe. Like the miller and his knaves, or workmen, who received definite portions of the meal, called multures, and knaveship, for grinding the corn, the maltster in James IV. 's reign was paid for his work by a part of the "bear" given to him to be malted. There was not much circulating coin in the country, and payments were conse- quently made in kind. Historically, "Maltmen" were an influential body in Scotland. At an early period the quantity of malt manufactured in the kingdom, not only for home use, but to supply the wants of England, a country so greatly superior in wealth, was considerable. The circumstance that in our wars with Eng- land, when by the adverse fortunes of the field a tribute was imposed upon us, it was a frequent arrangement that a great part should consist of malt, strikingly attests that the article formed an important branch of Scottish national industry, even as early as the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Maltmen in Glasgow, however, must have been an associated craft before 1556. In that year when, by order of Queen Mary, a tax was levied on the Burghs, the collecting of the sum laid upon Glasgow is ordained in the Town Council Records by Stenters appointed for each of the fourteen Incor- porations and for the non-incorporated inhabitants. The " Stentaris for the Incorporation of Maltmen " were James Mudy, William Wilsoune, Andro Pettigrew, and Alexander Pettigrew. The Magistrates of the Burgh required the services of the crafts in the i6th century as Stenters for other assess- ments, national and municipal, upon the inhabitants of Glasgow; and there is similar evidence that the Maltmen on these occasions got their share of the duty. The Burgh Records otherwise frequently confirm the fact that the The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 21 Maltmen had existence as an independent Corporation earlier than the Letter of Guildry ; and for trade purposes their special interference was authorised by the Magistrates long prior to the Visitors' investment with executive powers in 1605. The following ordinance by the Magistrates in 1574 was doubtless at the instance of the craft the " persones under-wrytten " were Members of the Maltmen calling, and therefore selected to taste the ale see if the same be sufficient and to see " quha brewis yat are unfre," i.e., who had not entered freemen with the calling. " Burgh Records, 5th October, 1574. " It is statut and ordanit yat yir persones under-wrytten every ane w* in " y e gayts quhair yai duell pass ouklie throt ye samyn, and taist ye ail browin " w' in ye boundis limatit to yaim to se gif ye samyn be sufficient according " to ye price taxt yairupon, and quha brewis yat are unfre, and to report ye " samyn ouklie \i. e., " weekly"} to ye Baillies, " For ye Rattonraw and Drygate : "John Dalrumpill John Spreull, " Frae ye Wyndheid to ye Blackfrers : " Cuthbert Herbertson Williame Rowat. " Frae ye Blackfrers to ye Croce : " Archibald Mure John Taylor. " Frae ye Gallogate and Troyngate : " Johne Woddrop Johne Bell. " Frae ye Croce to ye Nether Barrasyett : " Matthew Wilsoun James Craig. " Frae ye Barrasyett to ye Brig and Stockwell : " Johne Arbuckle Johne Gilmor." Nothing could give a better idea of the giant strides which the city has since made. The Nether Barrasyett was the south Port at the foot of Salt- market, being the principal entry to the Green. Barrasyett seems a corrup- 22 The Mai f men Craft in Glasgow. tion of the words " Burgh's gate." The extract is curious as evidence not merely that there were freemen of an Incorporation at the time, but also as giving the names of all the chief thoroughfares in Glasgow. It is worthy of remark that the tasters are divided into six pairs, as if, by such an arrangement, the Magistrates had left it to the tasters' own good sense so to adjust their visits to the brewers that there should not be more than two of them going about the town tasting on the same week-day. It may not be out of place to describe the aspect of the city at that time. Each of the main entrances to the city was closed by a barrier, or wall of stone, drawn across the ends of the streets. In the centre of each barrier was the gate, popularly termed the "yett" or " port." These port-gates were locked at night-fall, and on Sunday. The locking at night served to keep all stragglers outside the walls, particularly the Highlanders, who, for a long period, were veritable thorns in the flesh to the worthy citizens. The locking of the gates on Sunday was a pro- vision of the Bailies for preserving the sanctity of the day by preventing persons wandering to the Burgh of Rutherglen "to see vain plays there on Sunday." About anno 1600, the High Street, Trongate, Bridgegate, and Saltmarket formed the city proper. Country houses fringed the banks of the Molendinar, then a clear streamlet ; the water in the Molendinar Burn in the beginning of the last century even being so good, that people in the Bridgegate took the water thereof for the brewing of their ale. Business houses were mostly situated in the vicinity of the Cross, while the " upper ten" had their mansions about the Drygate. The population did not exceed 7500. The markets in olden time were in the high part of the town at the old Cross or Wynd-head, at the junction of High Street and Rottenrow ; and were removed at the Reformation to the Cross in Tron- gate, where they stood in 1605. In 1636 the Meal and Bear Market was built opposite the College. In 1642 the market day, which had been sometime before changed from Thursday to Monday, was changed to Wednesday. About 1567 the Malt Trade got into disfavour with the governing powers, for in that year, by Act of Parliament, James VI., 1567, c. 29, it is ordained " be our Soveraine Lorde, his Regent, and the three Estaites The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 23 " of this present Parliament for the common weil of this Realme, that there " be na Deakon of Craft of Maltmen outher to Burgh or to land, or ony uther " part within this Realme. And gif ony writing, gift, or priviledge be given " ony time befoir, our Soveraine Lorde, with advice of his Regent, and the " three Estaites foirsaidis, decernis and declaris the samin to have been fra the " beginning, and to be in all time cumming null, and of nane avail, force, nor "effect Sa that it sail never be lesum to ony of the maltmen of this " Realme to have Deakons, bot to be repute na craft." The Sovereign Lord, with whom the Regent Moray and the collective wisdom of the land advised, was an infant of weak constitution, scarcely twelve months born. The Maltmen were well aware, therefore, from whom the fulmination against their privileges and rights emanated. One thing this deprivation did, and that was to prove to future generations that they had Deacons before 1567, and an incorporated status to be deprived of. The Act fell into desuetude, probably with the death of the Regent himself, and an attempt made to resuscitate it in 1612 proved ineffectual. Another more successful effort to blot out the Maltmen from the lists of the Crafts was made by Charles II. in December, 1669 ; but, by the unwearied diligence of the Members of this and other Crafts, a ratification of the Letter of Guildry was, in little more than two years thereafter, obtained from Parliament. The Act 1567 had never controlled the Calling, and, long before the time of the Letter of Guildry, having been utterly neglected had gone into desue- tude, by presumed Royal allowance ; and the Maltmen had advanced by their own power and advantages to their position in the community. That posi- tion even made ineffectual, so far as they were concerned, the Act 1612, passed some years after the Letter of Guildry, again authorising certain penal statutes therein mentioned, and ordaining "everie ane of them to " stand in their awne strength, force, and effect in all tyme cumming " among others, " The Acts of Parliament made anent Maltmen." For a time usage prevailed over the public law of the land, but at length the Scottish Parliament of Charles II., 1669, expressly revived the obnoxious provisions of the Act of the Parliament of His Majesty's grandfather of 1567. The power and influence of Maltmen had once more excited public jealousy 24 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. they are to be put down altogether to have no Deacon and be reputed no Craft. An Act of the Council of Edinburgh, dated in 1646, ranking Maltmen among the Trades there, is even declared null, and perhaps accounts for their omission as a Craft to this day. Sir George Mackenzie, in his Observations, remarks that the reason why Maltmen are discharged to have a Deacon, is because that at their meetings they might conspire to set a price upon the victual and upon the ale and beer at their pleasure, and force the gentlemen to sell at any rate. The Acts of Parliament 1567 and 1669, declaring Maltmen to be "no craft " and discharging them to have a Deacon, may have been a salutary regulation for the Burgh of Edinburgh and other burghs of the kingdom, tending to remedy a very general grievance. The Maltsters of Scotland were in use to settle the price of Barley at a low rate, at the same time taking high prices for their Malt ; and, when they were also Brewers, a very dis- proportioned price for their Ale, to the prejudice of the Corn-growers and of the lieges. Attempts had been made to remedy this evil, by enacting Statutes in the reigns of James IV. and James V. to settle the difference between the prices of Barley and Malt. The remedies were found insufficient, especially where the Maltster brewed his Malt he was not affected by the Statutes, he still settled the price of the Barley at a low rate, and by com- bination of the Maltmen none of them would give a higher price, but took exorbitant profits upon the Ale. Therefore these Statutes of 1567 and 1699 were put in force, dissolving the Corporations of Maltmen, declaring them no craft, and prohibiting them to have Deacons. But the evil really did not apply to the Maltmen of Glasgow. The Barley of the country was by no means sufficient by that time to answer the consumpt in the country, and there was no danger of combination in Glasgow against the Corn growers, when it was necessary for the Maltman's business to import large quantities of Corn yearly, at a great expense by land and sea carriage, for the use of the inhabitants. Hence it was proper for the City of Glasgow to encourage their calling of Maltmen in keeping up the supplies of Malt required to furnish their national beverages to the Burgesses of the City. The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 25 For this reason, when the City in 1605 was about to have its policy for " the care of the liberties and the commonwell of the Burgh," regulated by the Letter of Guildry, among other regulations therein the Constitution of the Corporation of Maltmen in Glasgow as a Craft is settled, having " ane Visitour." The Visitor was to have power to try all Meal and Bear, and to impose fines or lower prices if the quality of the Bear, Meal, or Malt was inferior, or " Evill Malt" mixed with good. He was also to receive from the Freemen a quarterly payment of threepence as each member's quarter account, together with eight pennies for each making of Malt, to be collected and disbursed quarterly for relief of the poor of the Corporation. The Letter of Guildry up to 1669, although acted upon and continuing to regulate the Guildry, Deacon-Convener, and Visitor of Maltmen in their elec- tions, statutes, and privileges, had not been confirmed by Parliament. On occasion, therefore, of the passing of this oppressive Act of Charles II., again declaring Maltmen to be no Craft, the Incorporation applied to the Legisla- ture, and mainly at their own solicitation, their privileges were finally sanc- tioned in 1672, by the King and Parliament confirming the Letter of Guildry, and declaring it to have the force and strength of an Act of Parliament. This was effected by Statute 1672, c. 129, entituled "Ratification of a Decree "Arbitral between the Merchants and Crafts of the Burgh of Glasgow, entituled " the Letter of Gildrie, Deacon-Conveener, and Visitour of Maltmen and Meil- " men." There followed in 1684 a Charter of Confirmation,* by Arthur, Arch- bishop of Glasgow, in favour of the "Maltmen calling," ratifying the Letter of Guildry, "in swa far as concerns the said calling allenarly;" and also confirming an Act by the Magistrates and Town Council granted them in 1677. The Act of Parliament, 1669, c. 15, so vital to their interests, passing in the end of December, became immediately a matter of earnest consideration to the Calling, as appears in their minutes of 1st February, 1670. Throughout * In Collector's Accounts "5 January, 1684. For passing ye Confirmationne granted be ye Bischope, of ye Gildrie and uyr priviledges of ye calling, getting ye seal! yrto, Wrytting yrof, sundry rides to Edinburgh, and uyr diligence yranent, 373 us." 26 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. their history, from their earliest recorded minutes, the Incorporation have maintained at all times a most becoming respect for constituted authority ; and during stirring national events, or an exciting political crisis, are seen to be either discreetly silent or safely loyal. For the years 1670-71 there is a dignified acquiescence in the evil fortune of the hour there is no election of " Visitor " of the Incorporation, but their chief Office-bearer for the time is known and referred to as "Oversman of their calling," and instead of the usual Quarter-masters, has " four or fyve of the most wyse and qualified of the brethrein " to assist him. Thus " 1670. Primo Februarii. The same day, the haill brethrein of the " calling being conveined wes concluded be the haill brethrein present, that " it sail be lesum to Jon Findlay, their present Oversman, to call for four or " fyve of the most wyse and qualified of the brethrein to assist him in all things " relaiting to the calling, and in speciall for obteining ane mitigatioun of the " lait Act of Parliament with full power to them to act in all things neidful "to be done thairintill for the guid of the calling, and to deburss out of their " monyes what they think convenient for the weill of the calling all the ' haill brethrein heirby allowing and approving." The public opinion of 1670 upon this Act of Legislature it is impos- sible now to ascertain, nor does it appear in what way Parliament was induced so immediately to reconsider their enactment, grant the desired "mitigatioun," and rescind the obnoxious statute; but the Minutes of the Calling in Glasgow show no want of zeal on their part for immediate restitution of the privileges of Maltmen. Their recorded proceedings, like the Scottish Acts of Parliament, are remarkable for brevity; and it is interesting to see how this attack upon their liberties was regarded in their social assemblings at " The Craft's Hospital." " 1670. Nono Jimii. The same day it is concludit that the Calling " advance one hundredth merks of every thousand merks they have of frie " money for defence of ther and the rest of the Treads' liberties, and to get " the samyn ratified according as they hev it be former Kings." " 1670. Vigesimo Primo Julii. The samyne day Patrick Bryce is " appoyntit to ryd eist to Edinburgh to attend the Parliament, to see what The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 27 " mitigatioun he can gett of the lait Act of Parliament discharging Visitor " and Meeting of Maltmen." For more than a year thereafter the minutes do not allude to the state of matters, and do not mention what steps Patrick Bryce was taking to get the desired mitigation. When the annual election of Deacons of Craft recurred, the Town Council came to the assistance of the Calling. Careful not to contravene Public Statute, and as a Visitor of the Burgh Bear and Meal markets was indispensable, a solution of the Maltmen difficulty is easily found by the Town Council appointing to the office the Maltman who would have been Visitor of the Calling for the year. " 1671. Quarto Novembris. This day, Patrick Bryce, one of the ordinarie " Brethrein of the calling, being electit be ye Magistrats and Counsell " for sighting and visiting ye bear and meil mercats and uyrs, and likewis for " eshewing many gros faults used to be comitted yrintill, and according yrto " having con veined ye brethrein of ye calling They mak choyse of John " Brysonne, Elder, to be his Quarter Master in place of umq le Walter "Bryce, and James Campbell in place of \sic\, and appoint Robert " Guidding collector for ane year to come." A " memorandum " is entered on "1671. Vigesimo septimo Novembris. There is in the hands of Patrick " Bryce belonging to the calling ^"433 6s. 8d. [Scots], qlk he declared he was " willing to delyver if ye calling had to do thairwith, but it was thought fit " to let it remayne in his hands." This was the balance of one thousand merks which had been placed in his hands to defray the costs incurred by him on the Calling's behalf. The Collector's "Compt" for the year 1671-72, contains several con- siderable items, "debursement," of a deal of money "spent" in meetings with the Provost, Bailies, Convener, and others, on occasion of "consultation and advysings anent recoverie of the calling's libertie," and of expenses to Edinburgh and other places, e.g., " Debursed at ane meiting in Baillie Fairies " hous wt ye Proveist, Baillie Cauldwell, ye Conveiner, Mr. Wm. Weir and " uyrs wt ym, for advysing a recoverie of ye calling's libertie, 20" 28 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. " 1672. Septimo Februarii. Ye same day ye haill brethrein of the " Calling being conveined, and taking to yr considerationne ane act sett "doune on the 1st February, 1670, qrby its ordained yt ye present Oversman " for ye time should call for four or fy ve of ye most wyse and qualified of ye " Calling to assist him in all things relaiting to the Calling, and in speciall for "the obteining of ane mitigatioun of the Act of Parliat relaiting to the " Calling, and to deburse out of yr monyes qt they think conveinient for "ye effectuating yrof:- They, thairfor, all in ane voice doe approve of the " said Act, and recommend to their said Oversman to goe about the samyn " with all convenient diligence at ye next sitting doun of ye Parliat ; "and what monye he has need to deburse thairin they heirby allow and " approve of the samyn conforme to his compt to be given in yranent." " 1672. Septimo Februarii. The same day yr was delyverit up be " Patrick Bryce, and put in ye Box, qlk was restand in his hand as a pt " of yt Thousand marks advanced be ye Tred to defend ye liberties of ye " Calling, Four hundredth threttie three punds, six schillings and eight " pennies, and ye said Patrick is heirby yrof discharged accordingly." The next minute of election records the successful issue of the Calling's endeavours. The thanks of the Craft were doubtless substantially accorded to Patrick Bryce and other zealous workers in the cause; but it was not customary to notice these in their recorded transactions. That the services of the Maltmen on this occasion had been foremost in obtaining ratification of the Letter of Guildrie, there can be no doubt. Patrick Bryce especially is the person appointed by the Trades' House to receive from the several Deacons their respective proportions of the cost of the Ratification, which amounted to 1485 73. 8d. Scots. For the two years ensuing he is Deacon-Convener of the Trades. The Maltmen are in high favour ; when he resigns office, he is succeeded by another of the Calling, for in 1674 his mantle falls upon the shoulders of his friend William Wallace. " 1672. Octavo Octobris. The quhilk day the haill brethrein of the "Calling of Maltmen within this Burgh being conveined conform to the " laudable ordor prescribed be the Letter of Gildrie of the Burgh, and quhilk " is now ratified and approven be the seal of Act of Parliament, and so the The Maltmcn Craft in Glasgow. 29 " haill Calling ar admitted again to the ancient Libertie they had befor con- " forme to the Letter of Gildrie, and that for the electing of four persones " of their number to be put one Lytt, and to be presentit to the Proveist, " Baillies, and Counsell of this Burgh, to the effect that ane of them might " be choysen be the said Proveist, Baillies, and Counsell, to thir office as " Visitor of Maltmen and Meilmen within this Burgh for the year enshewing ; "be pluralitie of votes they did elect and choose the persons following, vizt, " Patrick Bryce (Old Visitor), John Findlay, John Brysonne, Matthew " M'Aulay, and Walter Weinzgat, and ordains the said Lytt to be presentit " be James Harvey and John Park to the effect foresaid to the Magistrates "of the Burgh and Toune Counsell thairof. "Thairafter the said John Findlay was choysen Visitor of Maltmen and " Meilmen for a year to come." " 1672. Decimo nono Novembris. This day there was producit be " Patrick Bryce, now Deacon Convener, ane lait Act of Parliament wherein " the ancient Liberties and privileges of the calling, with the ancient Letter "of Gildrie of this Burgh wherein the said Liberties are foundit, are ratified, " and is put in the Box." The Collector's "Compt" for 1673 finally disposes of the whole affair, making the last mention thereof in two Items of Discharge " For consulta- " tion at Edinburgh anent the Tred, 24. Scots ;" and again, " To the Visitor " what he had deburst for ye callings' affaires, 120 Scots." Thus the Maltmen in Glasgow were restored to their ancient position and privileges, which they retained till 1846, when the exclusive rights of trading within Burgh in Scotland were abolished. For thirty years, however, previous to 1846, the functions of the Visitor with regard to inspection of the grain, malt, and meal offered for sale, or manufactured within Burgh in Glasgow, had not been exercised. From the Memoranda to be found in the sequel, taken without much order from the information contained in the manuscript volumes of the Maltmen Incorporation, some idea may be formed of the great quantity of material that might be derived, particularly from the earliest of these, and used for a series of publications. The Transactions of the Scottish Crafts, 30 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. preserved in their Records in the ancient Burghs of Scotland, are valuable Records, which, if examined, would shed much light on the doings of the citizens in byegone years. Many a quaint custom would emerge, or receive a new illustration many useful facts be learned and the story of many a good deed be told for our edification and delight. The voluminous Minute Books of the Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow, since 1615, like those of the other Crafts, are filled with informa- tion shewing Burgh life and government in Glasgow, in the olden time, and how our forefathers managed business matters. The Records of the respective Crafts in the Minutes of their Corporate Meetings have been carefully kept, and their pages would give ample return to the research of the annalist or historian. Any one of the Maltmen volumes for the years embraced in it realises the actual life of the period in the important Burgh which, even in 1605, the Letter of Guildry designates " one of the most renowned Cities within this Realm." These Incorporation Records are a source in which may be discovered much information of the life and manners of Glasgow, otherwise wanting, or at least barely and scantily supplied. In a sketch like the present it is not possible to keep within bounds the extracts it is tempting to make from them, or to express their history of events sufficiently in the selection of a few graphic extracts. It was intended to introduce one of the Collector's Accounts in the i/th or beginning of the i8th century, but it would require too many pages. The Annual Accounts of Income and Expenditure from 1650 to 1750 would form a quaint and interesting publication. OF THE VISITOR AND MASTER COURT. In the Letter of Guildry the Calling is referred to as a then subsisting institution, and various enactments are made as to the ELECTION, POWERS and DUTIES of the VISITOR, the Principal Officer of the Incorporation, and indeed it is evident that the Visitor is there recognised as one of the permanent officials of the Municipality. Thus it is provided by article 44, The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 31 " that there shall be ane VlSITOUR of MALTMEN and MEALMEN, who shall be " chosen yearly in time coming, that same day that the Deacon Conveener is " chosen, in this form : The whole Maltmen and Mealmen shall give in " four men's names, of the most worthiest and discreet men of the Rank of " Maltmen, with the old VISITOR, and present lytes to ye Provest, Baillies, " and Councill, who shall make choice of one of them to be VISITOR for " that year, and so on in all time coming, and shall be sworne." On the Visitor was devolved the sacred duty of promoting the observance of the Sabbath among those of his own Calling, for it is expressly enacted that " he shall take tryall of them that prophane the Sabbath day " in their calling, in dighting, receiving and delivering of Meall, Bear, Corn, " and Malt, carrying of steep water, ingleing of kills, and such like other " offences, and the transgressors being convict shall pay the VISITOR Ten " shillings, by the unlaw of the Session of the Kirk." Another power vested in the Visitor and long exercised by him and his " Assisters " if carried into effect in the present day would surprise the corn merchants ; for it is enacted that " the VISITOR " shall have power to try all Meal and Bear either in kills, houses, or " booths, except freemen's Bear, Meal, or Malt coming to their own houses, " which the VISITOR shall have power to visit if he be required be the " buyer or in the mercats ; and where they find insufficient stuff, as hot, " rotten, or frost-slain stuff, either mixt among good stuff or be the alone ; " and likewise, where they find good stuff spilt in the making, he shall " report the samine to the Baillies, and the owner thereof to get no more for " the samine stuff nor the VISITOR and two or three of his assisters think " it worth." The " Letter " proceeds to prescribe the other Laws and Regulations of the Calling, and gives the Visitor most ample power for asserting and carrying them out. The proper working of Malt ; buying and selling it at the market ; inspecting the sufficiency of Meal and Bear either in kilns, houses, or shops, or in the market; with offences against good government, and the penalties to be imposed upon contra veners, are precisely laid down in Sections 44-54, 32 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. and carefully adjudged. And it is provided that as occasion may occur, any further Acts and Statutes the Visitor with the advice of his brethren, shall see fit to devise, may be enacted. The oldest extant Records of the Calling are preserved in the volume of Minutes of Incorporation and Master Court Meetings held from 3ist November, 1615, to I3th January, 1680, in which are included the Quarterly and Yearly Accounts of Charge and Discharge. This Minute Book in the caligraphy of the period, now illegible except to a few who choose to give it their study, was carefully transcribed a few years ago and its contents made available for general information. The volume commences with the following minute : " Ultimo Novembris, Anno Domini " Millesimo Sexcentesimo decimo quinto. " The qlk day Walter Douglas, Visitour, and his assistaris, being conveinit " in the College Kirk ; Johne Stewart, John Scheillis, James Hall, William " Layng, Charles Hamiltonn, Robert Andersonn, Johne Schedene, Thomas " Crichtonn, Patrick Langlandis, Jon Ross, Johne Blair, Elder, James Culen, " George Gemmill, and Andrew Sym, ar ilk ane of them, decernit in ane " unlaw of threttene schillings four pennies money, fur not compeiring at " Hallowmes last to pay their quarteris compts, being lawlie wairint be the " officer to that effect, quha gaif his aith thairupoun. Requestis that the " Provost and Bailies of Glasgow interpone their aurtie heirto." So soon as the fourteen brethren had been dealt with for non-attendance and non-payment of the quarter's accounts, the meeting turned its attention to other financial matters, and " The said day the said Waltir maid compt of Hallowmes quarteris "compts, qlk collectioun extendis to xvj lib xiiij sh (.16 145. od.), Scots, " qlk wes disponit as followes, viz. : ' To the Craftis Hospital, vij lib x sh (7 ios. od.) " To James Fischer, dark, xl sh (405.) " To Patrik Urie, for support, xl sh (403.) " For ane new buik, xl viiij sh (483.) The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 33 " To Johne Scheirer, Ivi sh (563.) " There is na frie money of this quarteris collectioun." After payment of the five items the quarter's income of 14 i6s. Scots was exhausted. The Saxon form of penmanship of this short account is used in both letters and figures ; but, following the Roman method, the letters of the alphabet are employed to denote the various sums. It is not till 1652 that our present Arabic symbols for number appear in the accounts. One of the most interesting features observable in the series of Records belonging to the Incorporation is the gradual change which has taken place in Scotland during a period of two hundred years in the handwriting and form of the letters, the spelling, and the modes of expressing thought. "The said day (3Oth November, 1615) yair wes tane out of the box "umqle Alex. Pollokis band, qlk is ordainit to be registrat and persewit " befoir ye Commiss. of Glasgow, and was deliverit to the Visitour. "Ye said day ordanis James Gib, Wm. Gib, and Wm. Wricht to be " wairint to Tysday next, to heir yame decerint in ane new upset for un- " sufficient malt making." According to the Letter of Guildry insufficient making was the employ- ment in that process of " hot, rotten, or frost-slain stuff, either mixt among " good stuff or be the alone, or good stuff spilt in the making, and bear " flourished with good above and the rest worse." " The said day thair was tane out of the box ane obligatioun of John " Drylandis, principall, and Robert Maxwell his caur, qlk was delyverit to " the said Robert, and ane new band for ye same moneye of David Gray " principall, and Gilbert Gray his caur, put yrfoir." The Calling are thus seen to be possessed of money invested in Bonds or Obligations preserved in the box independently of Quarter Accounts. The annual rents or interest of the Bonds did not form a part of the Visitor's " compts," but were accumu- lated and lent out. The sums were small and the annual rents were allowed to run on always for a period of years or till the Bonds were paid up. Thus, in Claud Colquhoun's Bond, " for one hundredthe pund Scots, it is concludit " the annual rent is frie for ane year and longer during the will of the Visitor " and Quarter Maisters." 34 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. " Ye said day ressaivit be the Visitour, fra Thomas Wynning, of mort- " claith silver, x sh " (10 shillings). This first minute sets forth nearly the whole sources whence the revenue of the Incorporation was derived. It appears to have been necessary to apply to the Provost and Bailies for a warrant, in terms of the Visitor's decerniture, against such members as had not been punctual in settling their quarterly payments, but no petition or written complaint was presented to the Magistrates, nor intimation given to defaulters that an authority for the recovery of arrears and fines was to be put in force against them. The affair is a curious exemplification of the powers wielded by both Visitor and Magistrates. Quinto Decembris, 1615 the "Tysday next" mentioned above, the case of the unlucky Gibs was heard. " The qlk day, the Visitor and his " assistaris being conveint, they decernit James Gib, and Wm. Gib, his "caur (cautioner), in ane new upset of twentie merks, for making of " unsufficient malt, and the said James came in ye Visitor's will thairfor ;" that is, threw himself on the Visitor's goodnature, to be allowed a little time to liquidate the fine. Making of inferior malt being a matter of a purely business character, no representation required to be made in this instance to the Magistrates for a warrant to recover the penalty, and the Visitor's power of preventing James Gib pursuing his calling until the fine was paid was an amply sufficient means to enforce compliance with his orders. " The qlk day decernis Richart Donaldsoun in ane new upset for resetting " and halding with him in partnerie of Malcolme Bankier, and suffering " the said Malcolme to mak Malt in his kill, being ane unfreeman with the "tred." The powers which the Visitor of the Craft actually wielded are vividly illustrated by what followed in the case of Donaldson and Bankeir. " Compeirit the said Malcolme Bankeir, and said Richart Donaldson "cautioun (became caution) that he sould enter frie with the tred upon "the 19 day of Deer, instant, under the paine of twentie pundis, and "Malcolme obleist him to relief his caur." A fortnight's grace was all The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 35 the time permitted them to get together the money required to make Malcolm a freeman. They managed their point, as on 2Qth Dec., 1615, "compeirit Malcolme Bankeir, burges of Glasgow, and desyrit to be frie " with the tred of Maltmen and Meillmen, qlk desyr Walter Douglas, Visitour, "and his assistaris thocht resonabill, and admittis him freeman with the " said tred. Quha gaif his aith of fidelitie for obedience to the pnt Visitor and " his successors in office, and to mak Malt weill and skilfullie, under the pane " of twentie merks ; and for performance of the premiss James Lichtbodie is " becum cautioun to that effect, and to pay at Whitsunday nex to cum the " soume of twentie merkes of entres silver ; and ye said Malcolme obleist " him to releif his caur, and hes payit to Johne Drew of Mortclaith silver ten "shillings." Next in degree to insufficient maltmaking was the misdemeanour of receiving bear and making malt thereof to serve the purposes of unfreemen, instead of making malt " only for yairselfis to be tapped and sauld be ye "freemen of ye vocationne to ye inhabitants of this burt or uyris our " Soveraine Lord's lieges. Na person of ye vocationne under no cullor or " pretext quhatsomever is to tak ony man's bear and mak malt thairof under " cullor of their awin, under penalty to ye Visitor of twentie punds money for " ilk brek." Such are the terms of an Act by which the Calling, at a meeting convened in the Craft's Hospital, bound themselves in 1640. The Act was subscribed by eighty-nine freemen, who were all present ; it is also signed by the Clerk, " Gilbertus Mersckell, Notarius Publicus" By reason of very frequent contraventions it was found necessary to hold another meeting a few years afterwards, which was attended "by ye haill brethrein of ye " Calling, except some four quha was absent, when the penalty was re-enacted " for ilk fault contraveners to find caution also from stipeing of any malt "qll the same be paid." Scarcely a week passes without a decerniture against freemen for these two offences insufficient making and making malt for unfreemen. The offenders generally " cum in the Visitor's will," and are moderately "unlawit." James Rodger is 'decernit' in twentie merks, ' on his awine confession, for making malt to Johne Wodrop, an unfreeman." For insufficient malt Thomas Vinning is fined " ane dollor." 36 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. David Gray, maltman, suffered John Wodrop, an unfreeman, to make malt in his " kill." " The said David and John being present confessit to " ane making of malt in the said David's kill, and yt he had sauld sum to his "awin behaif. The Visitor decernis said David Gray in ane new upset of " twentie merks to be put in the box to the weill of the trade conform to "ane Act set down by the said tred of befoir of the date the i6th day of "February, 1609 years." The earliest recorded Election of Visitor is in 1616. "Octavo Octobris, 1616. " The qlk day Walter Douglas, Visitor of Maltmen, and his assistaris, "being convenit in the Blackfriers Kirk for electing and choising of four " personnes of thair tred to be ane lyt (leet), with the auld Visitour, haif electit "and choisin James Lichtbodie, Johne Crawford, Rot. Douglas, and Rot. " Maxwell, and ordanit thame to be presentit agt the tyme be Wm. Neilson " younger, and James Moodie, to the effect the proveist, bailyies, and counsell " may mak choise of ane of the fyve to be Visitour for ane yeir nex to cum." None of the other thirteen crafts presented leets to the Magistracy and Council to choose their Deacons from, and the peculiarity is thus explained : The Letter of Guildry consists of three grand divisions, having each their subdivision. The first treats of the Dean of Guild and Merchant rank, the second of the Deacon-Convener and the Crafts, and the third of the Visitor of Maltmen and those of his craft. These three dignitaries were appointed to their separate administrations in this way : The Dean bearing office, and twenty-four other merchants selected by him, nominated two of their own rank and himself to be a leet. For Deacon-Convener the Deacons of crafts and their assistants chose two craftsmen and the then Convener. In the case of these two officials the leets were submitted to the Provost Bailies, Council, and Deacons, who fixed upon one person in each leet for the respective offices. The election of the Visitor was accomplished by the whole Maltmen and Mealmen giving in the names of four men belonging to the Craft, and of the old Visitor. So made up, the leet was presented to The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 37 the Provost, Bailies, and Council only not to the deacons of the other crafts, who had no voice in the choosing of a Visitor. In short the jurisdiction of the Visitor in matters connected with his own Craft was co-extensive with the Deacon-Convener's in things which concerned the other thirteen Incorporations. He took higher ground than a deacon simply. It is scarcely necessary to say that by the " Letter " the Dean of Guild is invested with authority much more ample than is bestowed on either Deacon-Convener or Visitor. "Duodecimo Octobris, 1616. ' The qlk day, Walter Douglas, auld Visitour, is choisin to be Visitour for " ane yeir nex to cum, and gaif his aith dewlie for discharge of his dewtie " yrin." " i Qth October, 1616. " The qlk day, the Visitour and hail remanent psons of that tred being " convenit for electing of his assistaris, the Visitor electit and choisit James " Lichtbodie, Wm. Neilsonne, younger, Thomas Cloggie, James Fisher, John " Crawford, James Scott, Andro Allanson, Johne Drew, elder, Niniane " Cumyng, and thir personnes following were electit be pluralitie of votes, viz.: " Wm. Neilsonne, elder, Robert Maxwell, James Crawford, Robert Douglas, " Thomas Glasfurd, James Modie, John Merschell, John Louk, Robert Aitken, " James Louk." Such had been the routine established from earliest usage be- fore 1605 in the appointment of Assistaris, or as named in other Minutes, Quar- ter-Masters, Concurrers, and latterly Masters, or Master Court, of the Craft. The Visitor received no instructions in the Letter of Guildry how to constitute his Master Court, nor do subsequent Minutes contain any Act regulating their election. It was the mode of election among the other Crafts, and was followed by the Maltmen without change, except as to a smaller number of Masters, till 1852, when the present laws were sanctioned. The whole Office-bearers in the Incorporation, except the Last Visitor and Last Col- lector, who are constituent members of the Master Court for one year sub- sequent to the usual period of vacating office as Visitor and Collector, are now annually on the first Friday following i$th of September, voted upon by the direct votes of the members present. 38 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. The election of Visitor, however, by giving in names to the Provost, Bailies, and Town Council in leet, that one of four might be chosen, had ceased since 1833, on the passing of the Act to Amend the Representation of the People in Scotland, from which time his election is by the direct votes of the members. The change is thus recorded : " 1833. September 24. Thereafter the meeting considered, That by the " Act of Parliament of 3 and 4 William IV. chap. 76, the ancient free consti- " tution of this Corporation, in common with that of other public bodies in " Scotland, has been substantially restored ; and that the Freemen of this " Corporation are now entitled to the free election, in such form as shall be " regulated by them, of their several Office-bearers and other necessary ' officers for the management of their affairs, without any interference or " control on the part of the Town Council of Glasgow as heretofore, or any " member thereof : Resolved and Enacted, That upon the second Tuesday " of October next, the whole Qualified Freemen of the Corporation should " meet, and should by the direct vote of those then assembled, without the " intervention of Leets, Elect from among the said Freemen one to be " Visitor of Maltmen and Mealmen in Glasgow for the ensuing year, or until " the next ordinary Election of Visitor: And that in time coming the " Visitor should be elected in the form and manner above specified, upon " the same day annually with the Deacons of the other Corporations in " Glasgow : And that it should be competent to re-elect to that office." The members of the Incorporation were friendly to the general principle of the Burgh Reform Bill some of their ancient rights and privileges, in common with those of other public bodies in Scotland, having been substan- tially restored by it : among the most valuable, the free election of their Visitor or President without the control of the Town Council. To revert to the minute of iQth October, 1616, it will be observed that the haill persons of the Tred were present at the meetings. Personal attend- ance of the " haill of the Tred" at meetings to which they were " wairint be the officer" was strictly commanded, and failure to attend was punished by the Visitor and his assisters decerning absents in an unlaw of 133. 4d. Scots, payment of which the Officer proceeded to enforce, and failing immediate The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 39 payment, actually poinded their goods. A member decerned in 8s. for absence, complains of his clock being poinded, but is told that having been walnut to the meeting, he had no excuse for absence. It is evident that the Visitor and Master Court exercised with a high hand the powers committed to them. They felt themselves placed in an important position in the community. The exclusive right to certain fines granted by the Letter of Guildry were besides a source of revenue scrupulously looked after. And in a sanitary view, so far as concerned the quality in house or market, of malt and meal, two staple commodities of daily use, they were bound to enforce their authority. This was not done without giving occasional offence to members of the Calling, exposing the Visitor to undeserved obloquy, and requiring enactments for his pro- tection. " 5 May, 1620. The qlk day Jon Merschell, Maltman, being accusit " for abuising of the Visitour upon the first of May instant in Francis Hall "his house, and abuising of ye said Visitor with divers skandelous and " opprobrious speiches, and for abuising of William Smyt, Maltman, in pns "of ye Visitour yt saim time. The said Jon speciallie comperand wt in " the Craftis Hospitall the said day. He in pns of the said Walter Douglas, " Visitour, and his Quarter Maisters, being conveint, confessit his fault and " become in will yrfor. And yrfor the Visitour and his Quarter Maisters " having considerationne of ye wrang, unlawit ye said Jon in ane new upsett " of Twentie merks to be employit to ye commone use of ye said Vocationne. " (Signed) GILBERT MERSCHELL, Notarius." On 3rd May, 1637: "The qlk day, conveinit in ye Craftis Hospitall, " William Wilsonne, pnt Visitor, and his Quarter-maisters, and ye haill " vocationne qha for ye maist part were prnt. It is statut and ordainit " in all tyme cuming, with all thair consents, That quhatsomever personn or " personnes of ye said vocationne railes or miscalles ye Visitour, or abuises " him, either be word or deid, privatelie or publiklie, sail pay to ye common " use of ye said vocationne Tenne punds money, and fourtie shillings unlaw " to ye Bailzies." There is an end to all government if a Magistrate is to be openly defied, 4O The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. without having the power to visit offenders with instant punishment. The Visitor was not slow in such cases to assert his dignity. " Undecimo Mali, 1665. This day compeirit in presens of ye Visitor, his " Maisters, and Brethrein of ye calling, Robert Corss, Maltman; and for sua " meikle as he being conveint befor for swering by ane oath, and saying he " vould to God, or be God, yt there was not ane honest Maltman in all " Glasgow, but a whein of false villane knaves, wt many uther reprochfull " speaches, as ye bill given in at the Pror Fiscalles instance at length beires. " Qlk at that tyme being red, and he compearand and denyand ye samyn, " divers witnesses wer examined yrupon, and ye samyne by them sufficiently " provin, Qrupon sentence was continued till ane uyr meiting of ye Calling. " Therefor compeared this day ye said Robert Corss, being warned for yt " effect, and ye said bill being red to him wt yr former ordinance, the above "Robert did frielie submitt himself to ye Visitor, Quarter-Maisters and " Brethrein of ye calling, for his punishment and unlaw, and they ordainit " thir presents to be set doune in ye book and he to subscryve the samyne. (Signed) " ROBERT CORSS." " Conforme to ye Act above wryttin this day ye calling reservit, qt unlaw " of Robert Corss should be, to the Visitor and ye Quarter-Maisters, and they " to fyne as they thought fitt." The unlaw put upon the profane calumniator is not recorded the punish- ment of publishing himself for all time by his confession entered in the book and subscribed by him, was likely in this case deemed sufficient. " Sexto Atigusti, 1669. The same day James Rankine, ane of ye " Brethrein of ye calling is unlawit in Three punds for his bais and bad car- " riage towards ye Visitor in ye Court ; appoints 403. yrof to be paid to " William Sheilles, and 2Os. to umqll John Pollok's relict." Several similar cases occurring, it was necessary in 1677 " for peace and good ordor " to re-enact by the calling the statute made against contra- veners in 1637. Party spirit might be expected in the Craft in ancient times as in the days of their descendants, and a fair " opposition " is always a safety-valve in higher places than the Master Court of the Maltmen. The Minute Books The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 41 do not record scenes in the conflicts of opinion at their meetings, and Reporters for the Press did not then exist, so the cause is not now apparent why the Town Council, on 29th December, 1682, were obliged to find their Election on the previous 24th October of James Muir to be Visitor had been " inorderlie" and now to elect James Walker in his stead. The meet- ing being convened in the Craft's Hospital to carry out the new Election the Deacon Convener present with the Craft James Muir's party in the minority " produced a protest under the hand of Jon Johns, Notary, and " yrafter went out ye hous" Then follows the scene which in these days of photography it would be delightful to represent, whether the Visitor were Visitor Walker or Visitor Renton "And yrafter ye said James Walker, "and uyrs foresaid, all in ane voyce, havin all takin and sworn the " Test y on their knees, bareheaded, and repeiting ye words, did yrafter go " on to ye election of ye Masters for this ensuing year," viz., &c. Visitor Walker sensibly named James Muir for one of his Masters, who being pre- sent, as sensibly gave his oath with the others. In successive years, down to the period of the Burgh Reform Act already narrated, the routine of the annual election of the Visitor and Master Court is unvaried the record of each election being a stereotype of the previous ceremony. It was not till 1851 that the Visitorship acquired the decoration of a medal and chain as the official badge of civic eminence. 1851. December 22. The Visitor was for the first time invested with gold medal and chain, the Incorporation being almost the last of the Trades' House to become possessed of this official decoration. The design of the medal consists, on the obverse, of the arms of the Incorporation, executed in relief, with the encircling inscription, " Incorporation of Maltmen, Glasgow." On the reverse are the arms of the City, also in relief, according to the oldest and most appropriate blazonry, and an encircling inscription applicable lo the Maltmen, " Established in remote antiquity. Sanctioned by the Letter of Guildry, 6th February, 1605. Ratified by Parliament, 1672." Mr. William Steele, junior, Visitor, made an eloquent address on the occasion, which is engrossed in the minutes of the day's proceedings. 42 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. VISITING OF THE KILNS, MARKETS, &c. Among the many duties of his office, perhaps the Visitor's chief duties were "the monthly visitin and sichtin the haill kills in toun," and the weekly inspection of the " public mercat" The earliest note taken of the exercise of this portion of his official services to the craft is at a meeting upon nth December, 1622: " The quhilk day the Visitor, William Neilsonne, Yr., and Quarter " Masters, with consent of the rest of the Vocatioune that were present, " Statute and Ordainit in all tyme cuming that quhasoever of the said " Vocatioune, whether Meilmen or Maltmen, being lawfully warnit to accom- "pany the Visitor to the Bere mercat and Meil mercat for visiting of " the samyne, and swa that guid order may be had and kepit in the saidis " mercats for the commonne weal of this burgh, the person disobeyand to pay " twentie shillings toties quoties, being lawfully warnit as said is." The meeting took place in the Hall at the Alms House ; and from at least as early as the date of the Letter of Guildry, through the long vista of 210 years afterwards, this extraordinary function was exercised by the Visitor and his Assistants. The last occasion of his official circuit appears in the following minute : "1815. October 10. At Glasgow and within the Trades' Hall, Con- "vened Robert Tennent, Junior, Visitor, with most of the Masters and several " other members of the Incorporation of Maltmen and Mealmen in Glasgow, " the whole having been warned to attend, as was verified by the Officer : " The same day the Visitor informed the meeting that he and Mr. James " Hunter, one of the Masters of the Incorporation, accompanied by the Trades' " Officer, had, in the exercise of their privileges, and of the office committed " to their charge by the Letter of Guildry, tried the Meal and Bear in the " Kilns, Houses, and Shops of a number of dealers in these articles in the " Burgh ; and he laid before the meeting his Report on the state of the " Market, which having been read and considered, was approved of." The Minute does not give a copy of the Report, and conveys the im- The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 43 pression that this public authority had lost its influence or control, or had become a form that might cease to be observed. The Visit or Inspection is not followed as of old by offenders being warned to appear in the Justice Room, there to be decerned in " ane unlaw," or " ane new upsett," for dis- regard of craft privileges. On this last occasion of trying the Bear, Meal, and Malt in the Burgh, the Visitor merely presents to the Master Court his Report on the state of the Market, " which, having been read and con- sidered, was approved of." In early times the commerce in grain was for a long period confined to the market-place, and the Bear and Meal Market was carefully and regularly inspected by the Visitor and his " assisters." Many Regulations were made, as in the Letter of Guildry a period when the trade in corn was becoming more extensive to oblige all persons bringing victual into the Burgh to carry it directly to market, so as to protect the collection of Ladle dues. But by degrees the Maltsters, Bakers, and Brewers bought victual in the country, which they imported into their stores within the Burgh without first going to market. The Burgh was thus subject to be disappointed of the Custom or Ladles ; hence the provision in the Letter of Guildry, followed on 6th May, 1607, by an anxious Act of Council of the Magistrates, in order to meet the evasion. In more modern times these laws failed to prove effectual, so far as bringing the victual to the market-place was concerned, for every part of the Burgh could be used as a market-place for grain, and no importer could be compelled to carry the grain to the market. There was latterly no established market-place in Glasgow for the sale in bulk of Malt, Bear, or Wheat ; but the Burgh Ladle dues were strictly enough looked after, and never successfully disputed. The duties of the Visitor of Maltmen and Mealmen trying the Bear, Meal, and Malt in kiln, house, or market, in the Burgh, and reporting contraveners became, however, in course of time inoperative, besides inexpedient, under progressive changes and improve- ments in the administration of Public Law ; and what formerly was the Visitor's greatest service and chief merit, had gone into desuetude long before its abolition as one of the exclusive privileges of the Craft. On only one other occasion, between 1815 and 1 846, in which year the 44 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. exclusive privileges were abolished, was an appeal made for the Visitor's interference. In 1830 he was asked to try the Meal in Burgh, then being extensively adulterated. He thus disposes of the request at a meeting of the Master Court, held on i/th December, 1830: " The Visitor stated that numerous complaints had been latterly made to "him concerning a practice, which is said to exist among certain meal- " dealers within Burgh, of mixing the oat meal exposed by them for sale in " their shops, with meal or flour made from wheat, barley, rye, and other " species of grain ; and that he had been urged to examine the oatmeal in " these shops in his official capacity as Visitor of this Corporation, and to " adopt such measures as might appear necessary for suppressing the prac- " tice, and he requested the advice of the meeting as to the course which he " ought, in these circumstances, to pursue. The meeting having maturely " considered this matter were unanimously of opinion that, unless the adul- teration of oat meal, exposed for sale within Burgh, consisted in the "admixture of insufficient stuff, as hot, rotten, 'or frostslain stuff,' it was " not incumbent on the Corporation to interfere ; but in the event of such a " case being properly brought under the notice of the Corporation, by per- " sons prepared to substantiate the charge, it would be their duty to take " cognizance of it, and ' to report the same to the Bailies,' in terms of the " forty-fifth section of the Letter of Guildry." Since that time the Public Prosecutor takes cognizance of cases of this description, and proceeds against offenders by trial in the Justiciary Courts. THE EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES ABOLISHED BY ACT, 1846. 1846. 9 & 10 Victoria, chap. 17. The exclusive privileges of trading existing and enforced in the Royal Burghs of Scotland were abolished this year, by Parliament enacting that " all such exclusive privileges and rights " shall cease, and it shall be lawful for any person to carry on or deal in " merchandise, and to carry on and exercise any trade or handicraft, in any " Burgh and elsewhere, in Scotland, without being a Burgess of such Burgh, " or a Guild Brother, or a member of any Guild, Craft, or Incorporation." The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 45 The exclusive privileges of trade which the Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow enjoyed, and of which they were thus deprived, were these : i. The Incorporation possessed the exclusive privilege of making malt within Burgh, or the limits of the ancient Royalty of Glasgow, and no person was entitled to exercise that Craft until he purchased the freedom of the Incorporation, and became a Freeman or member thereof. 2. Authoritatively passing judgment on the quality and worth of all meal and bear exposed for sale within Burgh, and reporting thereon to the Magistrates. 3. The exclusive right to certain fines imposed on persons guilty of misdemeanours relating to meal and bear, as adulterating the former and such like, and declared to belong to the Corporation by the Letter of Guildry, 1605. No other rights were abolished ; the exclusive management and disposal of the Corporate funds with the privileges of representation in the Trades' House, and participation in the management and benefits thereof, and the right to make Bye-laws and Regulations relative to the management of their affairs and funds being reserved entire, as conferred by the Letter of Guildry and Statute of Ratification. Besides the Entry-money, or freedom fines paid into the Incorporation by Strangers, Apprentices, Sons, and Sons-in-law of Freemen, the Freemen annually paid into the Funds at the Lammas Court the following sums in name of Quarter Accounts : 1. Each member who made Malt, the sum of Two Pennies Scots for every Boll of Bear or Barley that he converts into Malt. 2. Each member who does not make Malt, the sum of Twelve Shillings Scots. This payment is still annually made by the members at Lammas. The Incorporation at one time considered that the exclusive privileges of Trade belonging to the Incorporated Trades of Glasgow could not be safely abolished, because such a measure would greatly diminish if not destroy their importance and usefulness, as well as the inducement to enter. Such was their representation made to a Royal Commission of Inquiry into the state and condition of the Burghs of Scotland in 1833, and to Parliament in 1836, opposing a "Bill to provide for the better regulation of Municipal Incorporations in Scotland ;" but in 1846 these sentiments had undergone a 46 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. complete change. The Incorporation it was then admitted had long before ceased practically to exercise its exclusive privileges, and at a meeting on 1 7th April, 1846, held to consider, inter alia, the Bill before Parliament for abolishing the exclusive privilege of Trading in Burghs in Scotland, on the motion of the late Dr. Strang, seconded by Mr. John Smith, senior, the Incorporation unanimously declined to interfere with the subject. The jurisdiction conferred by the Letter of Guildry on the Magistrates and Council of Glasgow over the Maltmen, was abolished by the Burgh Reform Act, 3 & 4 William IV., cap. 76; but the jurisdiction vested in the Trades' House, under the Letter of Guildry, as modified by immemorial usage, appears still to be in force. It will be observed, however, that by the Statute 9 & 10 Victoria, 1846, a new jurisdiction is created in favour of the Court of Session, who have power to sanction any Bye-Laws or Regula- tions which may be made in consequence of the abolition of the privilege of exclusive trading, and the Court of Session has been since resorted to by the Trades from time to time for such sanction the Maltmen having in 1852 availed themselves of the provisions of the Statute to that effect. The insertion of the Statute 1846 forms a fitting conclusion to the series of documents forming the " writs and title deeds," so to speak, of the Incor- poration of Maltmen, and it is accordingly placed in the Appendix. COLLECTOR. After the year 1615, at the terms of Candlemas (February), Beltane (May), Lammas (August), and Hallowmas (November), the Minutes continue to record till 1649 tnat tne VISITOR "maid compt " of his collection of Quarter Accounts at these terms, and his disbursement of the amounts received. The onerous duties imposed upon him by the letter of Guildry, especially of visiting and inspecting the markets, which the Visitor strictly attended to, generally requiring the assistance of some of the Masters along with the Officer, occupied with his other official duties much of his time. Following the example of others of the Crafts, a division of labour was found in the The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 47 appointment of a Treasurer, styled COLLECTOR, to manage the whole cash transactions of the calling under the control of the Master Court. On pth August, 1649, "the Visitor and Quarter-Maisters ordainit yt fra Michelmes furth next and in all time after, thair be ane COLLECTOR for uplifting and ingaddering of the commone money belonging to the Vocationne." On 5th October, 1649, the Vocationne being met "for guid considerations moving them, did conclude yt there sould be ane COLLECTOR quha sould intromit with the annel rents and haill dewties belonging to ye samyne. And Thomas Campbell and John Miller being put in Lyte qlk of ym sould beir office as Collector for ye yeir to come, be pluralitie of votts ye said John Miller was electit to yt effect. Quha accepted and gave his oath." The Freemen voted upon were members of the Master Court. It may be matter to observe that the Quarter Accounts collected " the said day " were not greater in amount than Walter Douglas "maid compt of " in 1615. But the entry monies paid by Freemen and apprentices, the unlaws, the balances of Quarter Accounts, the interest upon Bonds, and the large returns for Mortcloth dues, had by this time considerably enriched the Calling. The box, in addition to the free or common money kept in it, contained numerous Bonds, which along with the above sources of revenue were accumulated, and became the means of future profitable investments. The Collector from this time records in his annual accounts the names of the granters of the Bonds, the sums lent, and payments of the annual rents. There are nineteen Bonds in the box in 1649, their total amount being 4500 merks, with their annual rents in arrear for periods of from one to five years. Some of the Bonds are taken out and given to the Collector, " to the effect he must either get in ye moneys wt ye bygone annual rents yrof, or have the Bonds renewit" In 1673 "it is statut and ordainit yt ye Collector of ye Calling be " choysen yearly in tyme cuming in this manner, viz. : out of a lyt of twa " UP YE GAIT and twa DOUN YE GAIT, per vices ; and conform yrto Peter " Corbett and William Robersonne, as twa ' doun the gait ' Maltmen, being " put in lyt, be pluralitie of vots ye said Peter Corbett was electit and " chosen to be Collector to ye Calling for a year to come quha prnt 48 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. "accepted, and gave his oath, as use is." At next election "twa 'up the " gait ' were put on lyt, Robert Boyd and Walter Drew ; " and the former, having a plurality of votes, was elected. " Doun the gait " were the freemen dwelling about the neighbourhood of the Cross, Gallowgate, and Trongate, or Westergate ; " up the gait," those dwelling in the north quarter, adjoining the Cathedral. This distinction had always been observed at the annual elections, by the Visitor in those of the Masters named by him, and by the Calling in the Masters elected by them. The minutes of the annual elections frequently record that of the six Masters named by the Visitor, three were for " ye Wynd head," or " up the gait " ; and three for " ye Wast gate," or " doun the gait " ; the six Masters elected by the Trade being described in the same way. The " ward " mode of election from the two divisions of the Burgh at last becoming objectionable, in 1750 it was agreed to discontinue " the ancient custome," and in all time- coming in bearing public office in the Calling, or otherwise, that no distinction on account of residence of members is to be observed. This resolution, however, required the assistance of the Trades' House. On 2nd August, 1751, at the Trades' Hospital, the Calling this day empowered the Visitor and Masters to apply to the Trades' House for an Act to rescind the distinction of UP THE WAY and DOWN THE WAY members of the Calling. On 8th February, 1753, the Visitor presented to the members of the Trades' House convened at the Tron Church, the Calling's Representation and Petition in the matter, showing, " That for a considerable time past a " very singular distinction has been in our said Incorporation, in making " Lites for the Visitor, Master, and Collectors thereof, betwixt UP THE WAY " and DOWN THE WAY members of the same. Such a distinction, as wee " apprehend, is not in any Incorporation in the nation, and no more " reasonable in itself than it would be to distinguish the haill members of " our trade by the different streets of the city they live in ; nay, a distinction " that our Trade has experienced to have been productive of several jarrs " and debates among the members, of very bad consequences, the absurdity " of which they cannot conceive what could have induced in their predecessors; " but being sensible there is no foundation for it in common sense, they The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 49 " desire it to be abolished." Which being considered by the House, they unanimously rescind all Acts of the Trade, and all Acts of the House, founding or approving of the above distinction between UP THE WAY and DOWN THE WAY members of the Maltmen Trade, and abolish the same in all time coming. The " distinction " had been of ancient origin, as is seen under date 1605, at which time, as well as in 1750, the city consisted of the long con- tinuous street from the Cathedral to the river side, with its lateral diver- gences, accounting for the terms " up the way " and " down the way," so far as locality of residence was concerned, but apparently nothing else. In 1743 the Trades' House enacted "That every person who shall " at any time hereafter be elected COLLECTOR to any Trade of this Burgh, " and refuse to accept of his office, should incurr and forfeitt a fine of Six " Pounds Sterling for the use of the Poor of the Trade to which he is elected " Collector." The honourable distinction of "Visitor" or " Collector" is always an object of ambition, and often of keen contest, and the Maltmen have but one instance on record of this enactment of the Trades' House being enforced. John Stevenson, a Freeman, was elected Collector of the Incorporation of Maltmen in 1760, when he refused to accept. The Incorporation complained to the Trades' House, " craveing the House to interpone their authority oblidgeing " the said John Stevenson to accept " which being read and heard by the House, there was produced a letter from John Stevenson to the Deacon- Convener, acknowledging that he had been elected Collector to the Maltmen, but from his state of health he could not give due attention to the office ; and that the Trade might not be disappointed of a Collector, he had enclosed Six Pounds Sterling, which was the fine for refusing. The House found that the said John Stevenson had refused to accept the office of Collector of the Incorporation of Maltmen, and thereby had incurred the fine ; and that, agreeable to his own letter, the sum of Six Pounds Sterling sent therewith should be delivered to the Visitor or Clerk of the Maltmen for the use of the Poor thereof; John Stevenson hereafter not being obliged to accept of 50 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. any office in the Incorporation unless he shall think fit; and another "dyett" is ordained for the new election of a Collector. It is evident that neither the Deacon-Convener nor the Incorporation believed there was anything wrong with John Stevenson's health, and that he only refused the honour to avoid the labours of office. In fact, John Stevenson was lazy. The duties of the office in the i/th and i8th centuries were onerous and responsible, and must have occupied a great deal of the Collector's time. His yearly details in the " Compts" of Charge and Discharge, are worth per- usal, but a specimen of even one of the Accounts here would occupy too many pages. The multiplicity of bonds and their negotiation, the payments to pensioners, the mortcloth fees and hires, the frequent charitable gratuities on " the visitors' warrand," the entry monies, fines, malt-making accounts, Balgray property expenses, and many other general transactions, must have given the Collector of a former day an amount of labour of which his modern successor has no experience, and could not find time to attend to. The latter gentleman, on his appointment, grants bond with cautioners to the craft, for his intromissions, to the extent of 500. He receives in a few payments half-yearly, almost the entire income of the craft in their shares of the " Cast " of the Gorbal Lands in dividends upon the invested funds and from ground annuals. During the year his chief duty is, Quarterly, and at Christmas, at the Trades' House, to pay the Pensioners their allowances from the funds. Each Pensioner has a ticket printed upon parchment with the dates of payment marked for five years, which, of course, is carefully preserved, presented on each pay day, and the payment marked. Except in cases of extreme age or infirmity, every Pensioner attends the Collector's levee personally a cheerful meeting, where natural feeling between the Master Court and Pensioners is inspired, kindly greetings are exchanged, inquiries are made for the absent aged and infirm, and gratitude expressed for the relief supplied. In September annually the Collector submits his accounts, along with the vouchers, to be examined and audited by a Committee named by the Incorporation ; an Abstract of Revenue and Expenditure, with Stock Account, so examined and audited The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 51 (a printed copy having previously been sent to each member), is presented to the General Meeting at the Annual Election, for approval, when he is discharged of the Collectorship, and his Bond is cancelled. For a year thereafter he continues in the Master Court as " LAST COLLECTOR," ex officiO) and according to present custom in the following year is declared " VISITOR" of the Incorporation. KEEPERS OF THE KEYS OF THE BOX. Surplus money belonging to the Craft was generally invested in Bonds, which, when granted, were not immediately recorded, but were put aside in " the Box " until paid, called up, or renewed. When a new Visitor was installed in office, the Box was taken to his house, and an inventory made by the Key-keepers of the documents and monies it contained. The Key- keepers, or, as they were formerly called, " Box-maisters," were nominated by the Craft at the annual election of Office-bearers, and received each a key of the Box, as at the present day, when the Box is kept in the safe of the Trades' House, instead of at the Visitor's house. " 26th November, 1717. "James Lichtbodie has ressavit ane key of the Box, and John Wallace ane "uther." "28th October, 1618. Wm. Neilsonn, younger, Visitour, has " ressavit in the Box ane Band maid be Walter Douglas to the Tred of 2 ch. " merkis, wt the uther fyve obligationnes yt Johne Crawfurd had in it of " befoir wt the Bond. Johne Crawfurd and James Fischer, ilk ane of them "hes ressavit ane key of the Box." On i8th Nov., 1618, "yr is put in ye "Box ane hundredth merkis qlk is ressaivit frae David Gray." "i3th "October, 1621. The qlk day yr was delyverit be ye Visitor the keys of " the commone box of ye said vocationn to Wm. Neilsonn, elder, and Johne " Wallace. As als, ye said day was putt in ye said Box 56 33., qlk is " awand be Jon Wallace Fourtie-nine punds money." The office of " Box-maister" was an onerous one, as money could not be lodged in bank, for the simple reason there were no banks in the kingdom, it had to be stored till there was an opportunity of investing it at interest. 52 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. The Vignette on page 9 is from the front of the Incorporation " Box." The material is carved walnut wood. The effigies, in the dress of Charles the Second's reign, represent a Master Maltman overseeing an apprentice and servant one shovelling the malt from the barn floor into a caup, the other meting the grain with a meting stick. The carving is more than two hundred years old not very artistic, and with rather a hazy idea of perspective. There are still preserved in the Box a portion of a silk flag that was carried at Bothwell Brig, and five or six bodies of old Scotch money. At one time some hundreds of these minute fourth parts of a farthing were in the Box, but from time to time having been handed out as relics to the curious, only these are left. CLERK. The salary paid at each Quarterly Collection to their Clerk, "a Procurator " or Man of Law," and Notary, is one of the most regular items of the Records since 1615. At that time the Clerk's quarterly salary was 2 Scots money, which it continued to be till i$th November, 1650, when "for divers reason- abil and guid causes, it is enacted that thair Clerk get quarterlie heirefter Fyve Merks." The salary was in addition to his professional fees of numerous bonds, indentures, litigated causes, and general business, and was increased from time to time. At present the Clerk's salary or emolument has advanced in amount, and kept pace with every other modern change. The Maltmen have never been slow to recognise their Clerks' services, e.g. y " 23rd January, 1702. The said day after Compt making the Collector was ordained to pay to the Clerk, for his extraordinarie pains, fourteen dollars (4.0 I2s), and a dollar (2 i8s.) to his man, in addition to the Clerk's ordinary fiall of 14 i6s." A similar entry occurs on 25th January, 1706. Mr. Sym modestly omits to record the particulars of the " extraordinarie pains " so handsomely acknowledged. The Clerk is required to be a Freeman of the Calling at the time of his election, and holds a yearly appointment, renewed at each The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 53 general election of office-bearers. In 1615 the well-known name of James Fisher commences the roll of Clerks. His successors have been Gilbert Merschell, 1624; William Yair, 1640; Robert Murdoch, 1674; Robert Selk- rig, 1675; Robert Allan, i681; Robert Robertson, 1690; John Sym, sen., 1698; John Sym, jun., 1744; John Easson, 1777; James M'Lehose, 1778; Claud Marshall, 1782; James Steel, 1807; John Rankin Gardner, 1813; Alexander Fleck, 1838; Gilbert Rainy Tennent, 1845; William Steele, 1852; and Robert Douie, 1855. It may be gratifying to the Faculty of Procurators to learn that in former days such harmonious feeling existed between the Incorporation and them that several " Wrytters" were admitted without fees "for services done to the Calling." The nature of these services is unfortunately not recorded, although they must have been onerous and valuable. Thus in 1656 Robert Finneson; 1668, William Lightbody ; 1669, Thomas Shearer; 1669, Thomas Anderson, one of the Town Clerks; 1670, Quintin Findlay; 1674, Robert Murdoch, previous to his appointment as Clerk ; 1674, Robert Allane; 1674, Robert Selkrig; 1682, John M'Ure (M'Cuir); 1683, John Johns; and 1690, Robert Robertson, all Writers in Glasgow, are so admitted. On 29th June, 1686, Mr. Arthur Hamiltoun, Advocat, is admitted " Frieman, wt the calling for service done yrto, who gave his oath, as use is." It would have been disappointing to find omitted from this list the name of the Historian of Glasgow, Mr. John M'Ure, Writer, and Keeper of the Register of Sasines for the District. His name is entered on the Maltmen Roll, 22nd Sept., 1682, "John M'Cuir, Senr., adtnittit and receavit Frieman " with ye calling ' quat of ye ordinary dewes,' for sundry considerations, and "for services done and to be done." Mr. M'Ure was then in his 5ist year, dying in 17^7 at the advanced age of 96. His son Robert M'Ure, Writer, died in 1708, aged 29. Honorary admission was not confined to the Lawyers, about as many others are so entered, chiefly Magistrates of the Burgh, during the same period, but no free entries have since been given on any occasion. Anti- quarian friends have been heard to suppose that the Faculty of Procurators in these days may have excelled both in making and in mixing malt. It is 54 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. probable that the free entries given to the lawyers were a complimentary per contra way of discharging professional charges for services rendered. The earliest free admission occurs in 1622, when "Thomas Craw is admitted frieman, gratis, upon requeist of James, Archbishop of Glasgow, his Mr." Two of the Clerks, John Sym, sen., and John Sym, jun., the son succeed- ing the father, held the office for 80 years ; William Yair, for 34 years ; Claud Marshall, 25 years; J. R. Gardner, 25 years; and the present Clerk, 25 years ; the 18 clerks of the last 274 years thus giving an average of above 15 years each. In 1807 Mr. James Steel succeeded Mr. Marshall, whose apprentice he had been. He lost his life by the foundering of a ferry boat with cattle between Dunoon and Greenock in 1813 the accident that sank the boat and all its living freight being witnessed from the shore by his wife and son, William Steele, then a boy seven years old. Mr. James Steel was equally accomplished as his son, the future Clerk and late Sheriff- Substitute, in the rare scholarship and juridical knowledge each cultivated and possessed. The late Mr. Steele resigned the Clerkship in 1855, on being appointed one of the Sheriff-Substitutes of Lanarkshire at Glasgow. Mr. G. R. Tennent retired from the profession and the clerkship in 1852, transferring his services to the Brewery at Wellpark while his father was still the head of that world-famed firm. During Mr. Tennent's Clerkship the exclusive privileges of trading in the Royal Burghs were abolished by the Statute of 9 Victoria, c. 17 (1846). The previous rights and powers of the Incorporations of the Trades' House to make Bye-Laws and Regulations are not affected, but are reserved entire by the Statute, and additional power is given to enact Bye-Laws which the altered circumstances may require these being presented to the Court of Session for sanction ; laws which it was competent for Corporations to make previous to the passing of the Act not requiring such sanction. Soon after the passing of this Statute the Incorporation of Maltmen saw it right to make certain changes on their Bye-Laws and Regulations, adapted to their altered circumstances under the operation of the Statute. They accordingly, on 28th December, 1846, appointed a Committee of their number to prepare a Draft of such Laws and Regulations for the govern- The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 55 ment of the Incorporation under their altered circumstances as might seem expedient ; and in August, 1847, a Report recommending a code of Laws and Regulations annexed thereto was submitted to the Incorporation, when the Report was adopted. In the language of the Letter of Guildry, however, it was not till " after many meetings and conventions, long disputation and " reasoning for settling any contraversies that may fall out thereafter, after ' great pains, long travelings, and mature deliberation heard, seen, considered " and ripely advised," that the Laws and Regulations were in 1851 finally adopted by the Incorporation, receiving the sanction of the Supreme Court on 25th May, 1852. The Laws have now stood the test of use for more than a quarter of a century, and the amendments made during that time merely consist of additions required by current events, and of formal partial alterations. The greater attention to Education, the discontinuance of the Trades' School requiring new arrangements for education of the children, the appointment of an Education Committee and their Rules, the foundation of Bursaries and their Regulations, are the prominent additions contained in the Amend- ments. The Laws, with these Amendments, have a place in the appendix. The names of the Members who aided Mr. Tennent, the Clerk, in the arduous labour of framing the Laws, and overcoming a deal of injudicious opposition on their way to the sanction of the Court, must not be omitted. The Incorporation were under the deepest obligation for their services to Mr. Wm. Wallace Mitchell, Mr. William Steele, Mr. Simon Maclennan, and Mr. David Yuile, but chiefly to Mr. Mitchell, a now venerable Member still among us, whose interest in the Craft, and time and attention given to its affairs with unsparing zeal for many years, was eminently valuable. FREEMEN. The Framers of the Letter of Guildry assumed that the Maltmen rules for election of the Visitors' Assistants or Quarter Masters and other Office- Bearers, and for making or admitting Freemen of the Calling, were at that 56 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. time sufficiently established. Their attention was only given to settling the Constitution under " ane Visitour," and defining his powers and duties in regard to the Malt, Meal, and Bear, and the Kilns and Markets of his Craft. Nothing is said of his Assistants or the mode of their Election, or of the admission of Freemen with the Calling, and the upsets to be paid at admission, or of the Apprentices and Servants of Freemen. In the absence of muniments of a Seal of Cause or Charter previous to 1605, by which Writs these elections and entry monies were generally regulated, the information is therefore derived from the Minute Books, in which they are duly recorded. As far back as minutes of the entries of members are extant, these com- mence with the entry of Gavin Menzies, a Burgess, on 4th January, 1615, "wha gave his aith of fidelitie for obedience," as is done at the present day, " and to mak Malt weill and skilfullie," and paid 2Os. to the Visitour of entries silver, and 1 2s. of mortclaith silver. These were also for a long time the dues of entry of Sons and Sons-in-law, while in the case of the Burgess it was increased to 20 merks. At this time there was a payment besides of 6 1 33 4d " for the denner," it being a custom when any one was made Freeman of the Incor- poration to exact besides entry money a small sum for a dinner. " Ressaivit for his entry and mortclaith," or " for his denner and mortclaith," look very incongruous together, bringing into strange juxta-position the sounds of mirth and sorrow. But on 23rd September, 1642, "It is statut and ordainit, in all " tyme cuming the denner at the admission of Friemen is dischairgit, and the " Frieman at his admissioun to pay Ten merks for the denner." From which it may be presumed that as the number of members entering the Craft put it out of the question for the Master Court to overtake so much dinner attendance, it was better, rather than discontinue the payment, to take a smaller sum and pay it into the Box for the common good. "15 June, 1621. The qlk day, John Wallace present Visitour and " Quarter Maisters being conveined in ye Craftis Hospitall, and having " taken due considerationne of ye meane and small contributionne payit to " ye commone Box be strangeris for admissionne of ym Freemen wt ye " vocation ne of Maltmen; Thairfoir having regard to ye weill of ye said The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 57 "Vocationne not being prejudicial to ye libertie of yis hurt, statutis and "ordainis in all tyme cuming that all strangeris quhatsomever quha sail " be admittit Friemen not marieand ane Burges manis dochter, being ane "maidin undeflorit, sail pay for admissionne Fourtie merks befoir yair " admissionne." This is a sonorous style of expressing the amount of increased Entry- money "to be in future paid by a Far-hand Entrant. The Letter of Guildry holds out inducements to move craft apprentices to take their Masters' daughters in marriage before any others. The solemn phraseology in speech of the Maltmen Master Court in 1621 seems with the same view to offer through marriage with a maltman's daughter, "a maidin undeflorit" the advantage of paying twenty merks instead of forty by entering the craft as a son-in-law and not as a stranger. These ancient descriptive words have an odd sound in modern ears, although the language would be as chaste to the ear in 1621 as similar peculiarities in the much later period when "Tristram Shandy" was written. In no bygone time were strangers entrants at far-hand admitted by the Maltmen on as favourable terms as by the other crafts. In addition to higher Entry-money their Dinner tax was fixed at a higher sum : " 13 February, " 1655. It is statut and ordainit that all strangers quha enters Freeman " with the Calling heirefter, sail pay for the dinner Twelff punds Scots "money. But this is not to be extendit to Friemens sones or quha " maries friemens dochters, or serves as prenteisses. But to strangers "allenarlie." Marriage to a Burgess' daughter even gave the privilege of being entered with the craft on more favourable terms than a stranger Burgess had, married neither to a Burgess' nor Freeman's daughter. " It is statut and ordainit "that all personnes who enters Frieman hereafter claimand right yrto as " mariand ane Burgess' doughter, sail pay for yr admissionne Twentie merks "and the denner. But Frieman's sons and theis wha maries Frieman s " daughters as formerlie." After the lapse of half a century, a higher entry money for his privileges is again put upon the far-hand Stranger Entrant. 58 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. On 25th May, 1677, the Visitor produced an Act of the Town Council, granted in favour of the Calling, dated the 24th March, 1677, " Qrby the " Proveist, Bailyies, and Counsell hes granted power and warrand to the " Visitor and Members of the Societie of Maltmen in this Brugh, and yr " successors in office, to exact frae ilk stranger that enters burges, and desyres " to enter frieman with the Calling, the soume of ane hundredth punds Scots. " Qlk act written on parchment, being read in the audience of the haill " Calling, was by the Visitor, Maisters, and remanent Brethereine, ordainit to "be put in the box, and qlk was accordingly done. (Signed) Robert " Selkrig, Clerke." The first entry occurring under this Parchment is on zoth December, 1678. " The said day Johne Paull, being alreadie made Burges of the Brugh " by buying his Freedome, is now admittit Frieman Maltman, quho hes payit " ane hundredth pund to the Collector, and given his aith as use is." It is not necessary to follow the further progressive changes on the entry money of members, or to say that the mortcloth silver and dinner payment have long ago ceased. Latterly in sterling money the entry money at far- hand became 15 153., 26 53., and 50, till in 1852 it was fixed by the Laws at 100 and 105 ; while the entry money at near-hand, which latterly had been 2 2s. and 3 33., was fixed in 1852 according to a table till 25 years of age at $ 5s., and for the period exceeding 25 years, quarter accounts and interest, simple and compound, are added. Maltmen Freemen, or Members, are divided into two distinct classes : 1. Maltmen Burgesses, and as such eligible to hold office in the Calling. 2. Merchant Burgesses and Burgesses belonging to any of the Thirteen other Incorporated Trades, as such designated "Pendicles," and not eligible to be office-bearers. The Town Clerk enters on the Burgess Roll the names of all persons who become Ordinary Burgesses of the City the fees paid for a Burgess Ticket or Certificate varying as the entry is at near-hand or far-hand, Merchant Burgess, or Trades Burgess. It is necessary that a Burgess Ticket be procured before applying to enter any of the Crafts of the Trades' House. If the Burgess Ticket, in addition to the general occupation of the The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 59 Burgess, specifies " Maltman " as the Craft under which he chooses to be designated, he will, on entry with the Craft, be duly enrolled as a Freeman and full Member, and be eligible to hold office ; otherwise he is not a full Member or eligible to hold office although entitled to all the other privileges of the Craft and the benefit of its funds, as a Freeman thereof he is known as a Pendicle Member. The distinction is not much regarded by the Craft, as by a payment of. two guineas to the funds of the Trades' House a Pendicle Member is admitted a Member of the Convenery, thereby becoming eligible to hold office in the Trades' House and in the Craft or Incorporation which he has so entered. This has been done in more than one instance of late in the Incorporation of Maltmen, when a Pendicle Member is a desirable office- bearer, and in this way his services need not be lost to the Craft. At present there are only five Pendicle Members. It is also open to a Burgess to change his original Burgess Ticket, and to purchase another having the Craft specified which he may desire to enter as a full Member. APPRENTICES AND SERVANTS. After 1846, Apprentice members of the Craft having ceased, any mention of them h,ere might be omitted, but for the fact that for a very long period they had the privileges of the Craft by apprenticeship, and that their indentures, to the number of some hundreds, are " buiket " in the Records in this form : " 12 August, 1651. The same day George Grahame, sone to " George Grahame at Bankeir, is buiket Prenteis with John Fyndlay, dureing " ye space of sevin yeirs. Quha hes payit for his buiking to ye Collector " Fourtie schillings, to the Clerke 13/4, and to ye Officer 6/8." "20 Decem- " ber, 1666. The said day Robert Jarvae, sone lawll to Johne Jarvae in " Scheillis, within the Parochine of Larbert, is booked prenteis wt Charles " Heugh, for ye space of Five yeirs, and twa yeirs for meit, and is fiet frae "Martimes last, conform to Indentour dated the I2th of October last, wha " hes payit the Collector Ten Punds." Such were the terms on which appren- 60 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. tices became bound with a Master Maltman. The Indentures were generally for five years. For the first two years the boy got only his food as wages. There is a difference of 8 in the " buiking" paid by George Grahame and Robert Jarvae, as on /th November, 1654, " the Visitor and Masters of the " calling takin to thair considerationne the great fredome and libertie thair " prenteiss gets, Be their service being als frie in all things as yr awin bairnes, " and yet hes payed ane verie meane thing heirtofoir for thair buiking. And "seeing both the poore and thair burdeings doe increase, They thairfor " heirby statut and ordainit, with consent of the haill Visitor and Quarter- " Maisters, That nae prenteis shall be buiket heirefter until first he pay to ye " Collector Ten punds for supplie of ye poore of ye calling, and ther burdeings." The Apprentices must have been a fruitful source of annoyance to their masters. They appear to have led rather a dissolute life. A minute of the Master Court in February, 1673, gives a sad account of them. " Playing at ye cairts, and untymous drinking in ye night," are the least of the offences laid to their charge. " For preventing of ye lyk in tyme cuming, it is statut " and ordaint that any servand or prenteis who ever sail be knowne to be " out of his Maister or Mistres' familly after Ten o'clock at night, unless he be " about his Maister's business for ye first fault his Mr. sail detein aff his fie, " 2Os. Scots ; ye second, 403.; and ye third, 3." "1691. May 15. The same day it is ordained and appointed that the " Act anent the Maltmen's servants drinking, washing of heads, and com- "mitting other debosheries, of the date the fourth of February, 1673, be " furthwith, and in all tyme heirefter, observed, and put to condign execu- " tion ; and of new, heirefter, discharges all prentises and servants frae that " evill custome of washing of heads in all tyme comming." Apprentices and servants had their seasons of carousal as well as masters, but seem to have been more apt to exceed the bounds of propriety. The "debosherie" at head washings was the result of ceremonies which once had a serious significance, having lost their original meaning, and become mixed with the general habits of the time. At the manumission of a serf or bondsman, certain acts were solemnly performed before witnesses, indicative of the freedom conferred, and also calculated to impress themselves on the The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 61 minds of those present. Acts of this sort were necessary in times and places when the drawing up of a writing recording the fact was a matter of impossibility. In fine, they were symbolical of the completion of some grant, privilege, or bargain. Almost every trade had some ceremony con- nected with the commencement as well as the termination of an indenture, up till within a very recent period. Of whatever rough or harmless capers they consisted, all were the degenerate offspring of very ancient rites. THE GRAND DECERNITURE. PRECEDENCE OP THE SEVERAL TRADES. A discussion had existed for a length of time among the Incorporations as to the legal import of the LETTER OF GUILDRY, and the validity of certain proceedings of the Trades' House. The Deacons and Visitor of the Incorporations had been in use, till 1771, to nominate as their assistants in the Convener's House a certain number of members, being from remote antiquity the Convener's Council for conducting the common affairs of the Crafts. The Hammermen, Tailors, Cordiners, and Maltmen nominated the greater number, and the Ten other Incorporations a fewer number. The number of Representatives sent from each craft was in proportion to the rank and importance of the craft, and to the share which it had contributed to the common funds. In 1771 the Ten latter insisted on being found entitled to have the same number of Representatives in the House with the first Four Trades. The Four carried the matter before the Court of Session, and after a variety of procedure the judgment known as THE GRAND DECERNITURE was pronounced on i7th February, 1775. The Supreme Court found that the constitution of the Society of the Trades' House, as established either by the Letter of Guildry or by immemorial usage, cannot now be altered or encroached upon, and particularly that the rank or precedence of the several Trades or Incorporations, and the number of members which each Incorporation have a title to send to the Trades' House as in use prior to the late encroachments, being previously established 62 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. by immemorial custom, must continue, and cannot be altered or varied either by the Trades or Convenery by themselves, or with the concurrence of the Magistrates and Council ; and found decerned and declared the rank and precedency of the several Trades and Incorporations in the Trades' House as follows HAMMERMEN, TAILORS, CORDINERS, MALTMEN, WEAVERS, BAXTERS, SKINNERS, WRIGHTS, CARPENTERS, FLESHERS, MASONS, GARDENERS, BARBERS, BONNETMAKERS ; and also fixed the number of members which each trade has a title to send to the House as representa- tives. At a meeting of the Incorporation of Maltmen on 22nd December, 1778, the Visitor produced a notarial copy of THE GRAND DECERNITURE, taken from Extract of the Decreet obtained at the instance of the first Four Trades against the last Ten Trades of the Convenery, which having been read over by the Clerk, the Incorporation ordained the same to be engrossed in their Books, and the original notarial copy lodged in the box. The Minutes then bear, " The Incorporation, fully sensible of the great pains, trouble, and " diligence of the Committees of the said first four Incorporations, and of " their Agents and Lawyers in managing and carrying on the said process, do "hereby approve of, and give them the thanks of this Incorporation for their "conduct therein, and hereby earnestly recommend it to instruct their " Representatives in the Trades' House, present and to come, to have the " said Decreet observed and enforced in all points, and not to suffer the same "in any point to be violated or encroached on. And this Incorporation " further appoint the said full Extract to be lodged in the box of the Incor- " poration of HAMMERMEN, to be there preserved for the common benefit of " the said first Four Incorporations, and to be made forthcoming and patent " to them and each of them at all times, and to be lent to them or any of them " on receipt and obligement for redelivery in a competent time, upon the said " Incorporation of Hammermen them passing an Act of their Trade agreeing " to and acknowledging the said lodgment in the terms above mentioned, and " giving an Extract of such Act to the Visitor of this Incorporation to be " lodged in their Box. And this Incorporation appoint the Visitor to meet " with the Deacons of the Incorporations of Tailors and Cordiners to have an The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 63 " Act passed in each of their Trades similar to this, and them to see this " Act executed." The Hammermen agreed to be custodiers of " The Grand Decerniture " on these terms, and furnished the Tailors, Cordiners, and Maltmen with Extracts of an Act of their Incorporation to that effect. The full Extract of the Decreet, dated at Edinburgh, i/th February, 1775, i6th February, 1776, and 28th February, 1777, consists of a portly volume of 742 folio pages. PENSIONERS. If the number of Pensioners be considered in connection with the amount of funds and the claims for relief, the Maltmen may be regarded as one of the richest Incorporations in Scotland, and if regard be had to the very judicious manner in which assistance is afforded to their decayed brethren, there are few Institutions of which our city has greater reason to be proud. The system adopted, while it guards against all fraud and imposition, and confines the aid to the really necessitous and deserving, enables the Court to dispense it with a liberal and generous hand. No claimant can force the Incorporation to do more than take his case into consideration, and from their fair and impartial decision upon it, there is no appeal or review ; and yet there is no instance of any abuse arising from the exercise of this dis- cretionary power on the part of the Board of Directors the Master Court. It is believed by those who have for many years given a careful attention to the working of the system, that while there is nothing in it to demoralize the recipients or place them in the position of paupers, the relief afforded is of tenfold more benefit to the community than if it had been distributed through the cumbrous and costly machinery of our Poor Law Board. Indeed a recent instance occurred where a pensioner without solicitation placed a sum in bank (the savings of many years out of his pension) in name of the Incorporation, that on his death he might, as far as in his power, recompense them for their kindness. Nothing could be more pleasing than the gratitude of this worthy old man. 64 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. The number of Pensioners on the pension roll at Lammas, 1879, were 1 6 Members, aged from 62 to 84 years. 31 Widows, aged from 48 to 91 years. 1 8 Unmarried Daughters, aged from 47 to 82 years. 4 Orphan Children of four families; and 4 Persons enrolled to receive interim precepts paid along with the Pension Roll. 73 Names in all. The amount of pensions and allowances paid to these classes were Members. One at ... ... ... ... 15 per annum. One at ... ... ... ... 20 Four at ... ... ... ... 2$ Eight at 30 Two at 35 Widows. One at 12 ics. Two at 15 One at 17 IDS. Four at 20 One at .22105. Seven at 2$ Fifteen at 30 Unmarried Daughters and Orphans. Two at 15 One at 17 ics. Four at 20 Eight at ... ... ... ... 22 IQS. Five at 25 Two at 30 Precepts. Two at 10 One at 15 One at ... 20 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 65 Of the Members, seven enjoy in addition Trades' House Pensions of 20 per annum each ; of the Widows, three have these pensions one at 15, two at 10; and of nine of the Unmarried Daughters, seven have 6, and two $ each. With such allowances as these assisting their other means, the Pensioner ranks of the Incorporation are able to enjoy much comfort and respecta- bility. Once a-year they receive a visit from the Master Court, who are divided into six pairs of Visitors. These gentlemen report from the schedule, which has been given out previously to the Pensioner and returned to the Clerk, their verification of its statements, with such remarks as occur to them. At z.pro re nata meeting of the Master Court the Reports are read, and the recommendations made are anxiously considered and attended to. OFFICER. On pth December, 1615, "James Liddell is admittit Officer for the yeir nex to cum and gaif his aith for dew service." Yearly thereafter, for a long series of elections, the last entered member is "admittit Officer for ane year nex to cum, giving his aith." In course of time an alteration of the custom appears ; the Officer is " continewit till next election," and appointed from year to year. A freeman of the Calling was also required as Town Officer, to execute the Magistrates' and the Visitor's orders for putting the Calling's Acts in force. " i/th February, 1641. The qlk "day conveint in the Craft's Hospital the Visitor and Quarter Maisters, " quha for the maist part were present, William Logane, Maltman, is decernit " in ane wrang, and was upset for deforcing of William Wallace, officer, in " execution of his office, having poyndit fra him ane clock for 8s. for not " comperance to the Candlemas Conventionne. The said William Logane, " personally present, granted the deforcement. Yrfoir decernit in manner " foresaid." The Officer was appointed during the pleasure of the Visitor and Master Court. On " i6th January, 1680, Visitor Findlay lytit James 66 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. " Kincaid, William Drew, and David Boyd, that one of them might be so " chosen, because William Crichtonne, the former officer, was become aiget " and infirme. The Maisters referred to the Visitor to choice quha he " pleased, and the Visitor did choice James Kincaid to be Officer, till he " should be found faultie ; and the Maisters were content that quhn the " Visitor should find him faultie, that he should put him off, and choice " anoyr at his pleasor." The office ceasing to be devolved yearly on the youngest entered member, but being held as a continuous appointment, a salary paid quarterly was allowed, with an occasional gift, and once a-year a suit of clothes. The articles of dress in the Collector's yearly " Compt " read quaintly in modern times : e.g. in 1668, " For cloath to be ane stand " of cloathes to Thomas Miller, the officer ane cloak, sark, wyliecoat, and "ane pair of shoos, 20 is. 4d. (Scots money). Three ells of grey cloth, " 7 IDS. Three ells plyding, ,1 is. Ane bannet and pouches, 1 43. To " the tailyeor, for making ye clothes, 1 8s." The shoes are a very frequent item. At other times he gets a " hatt and ribbons," and " a boll of meal." The writer, when a boy at school, has gazed admiringly at the officer with the Craft's box on his back, his hat streaming with ribbons, heading a Master Court on their way to the Trades' House on the day of the Deacons' Choosing a fete day in Glasgow, and a school holiday. In 1689, " For " clothes and others to the Officer, and a pair of shoos and a pair of breiks " to James Machan, 26 33. New shoes to the Officer, and selling ane " old pair, 2 2s. Shoes to James Machan, and mending the old, i I2s." " Ane syde coat and breitches, with ane coat and a sark to George Pollock, " late Toun Officer of the Calling." On 2Qth November, 1690, there is a good outfit: "Seven ells of "cloth, at 303. the ell, to be Alexander Chapman, the Officer's clothes, 13 " i6s. Eight ells of linen at 73. the ell, 2 i6s. Three ells of plyding, to "be hose, 2s. A gross of buttons to the coat, i8s. Turning his old coat, "and for furnishings, 2 2s. 6d. Ten drope of silk, 153. Pockets, binding, "and buccraim, I2s. 8d. Four ells and one-half of cloathe, to lyne his " justicoat and breikes, at 73. the ell, is i us. 6d. Four dozen of buttons "and three ells binding, 6s. lod. A quarter of flannen and twa unce of The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 67 "thread, 43. 6d. A new hatt, >\ i8s. A new pair of shoes, i 135. 4d.; "and for a periwigg, 3 12s." Alexander Chapman gets several wigs. In 1692 there is paid "for ane " periwigg to him, 3 ;" and " for turning his coat, i6s." In 1698, "for his " cloaths and mounting, as per receipt, 20 6s. 8d. Item : for a weigg, hatt, "shoos, and stockings to him, 7 193. 6d. Item: to James Mann, for " making of his cloaths, 3." To this day the Officer might not object to receive the Visitor's " warrand " for a similar suit, "periwigg" included. In November, 1826, "the officer's " hat, coat, wig, and shoes " appear for the last time in the Collector's Account ; an equivalent being included in an increased salary, varying since from ;i8 to 30 per annum. BURIALS OF MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES MORTCLOTHS. In the minute 3 Johne Wallace, Visitor 29 James Scot 2 DO J5 > 9 >> 11 1' 48 Bfe James Lichtbodie 39 Robert Maxwell 12 ill Jon Mudie 40 S 5 " David Wilson ne 13 "S -S J Jon Gairner 41 tw d 2 o .3 ^ Michall Ranking 14 ^ "i H Gilbert Gray 42 | -3 Williame Lang 15 M I fS Thomas Johnstonne 43 M |J Williame Smyt 16 | ; | William Neilsonne 44 1 ".! Patrick Urie 17 g * James Watsonne 4f> fi -"S* Robert Smyt * 18 H 5 ^ James Park 46 Jl 1 Andro Hutchissonne 19 3 J * Andro Hawie 47 5 J < Jon Marschell 20 ., Walter Donaldsonne 48 fl i g .a -3 Robert Patersonne 21 I'd i d oj " H Allan Marschell 49 S ^ .1 Jon Tassie 22 i | Thomas Bla 50 Si Robert Kincaid 23 i i ^ - S Duncan Leiche 51 ill Georg Bogill 24 Jonne Drew 52 p o " James Hall 25 IB Andro Farie 28 * Jon Brown ^ fi NOTE. The names between 1605 and 1615 cannot be ascertained; reckoning these as 45 names, the next is therefore numbered 101. 86 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE or ENTRT. NAME. 101 1615 Dec. 19 Malcolme Bankeir 140 1622 Feb. 14 Gilbert Scherar 102 1616 Jan. 4 Gaven Menzeis 141 Aug. 17 Js. Fisher, Younger 103 1617 ii 28 Jas. Carutheris 142 M II Johne Thomeson 104 ii Feb. 8 Johne Louk 143 II II Thos. Craw 105 H it Jas. Louf 144 II M Gilbert Hall 106 i. 11 Daivd Findlay 145 ., Nov. 20 Robt. Flemying 107 Nov. 26 Niniane Hill, Younger 146 M n Robert Aikene 108 1618 Jan. 9 Thos. Raltoun 147 Dec. 11 Rob Sinclare 109 ii ii Andro Watsonn 148 n n Neill Kinkaid 110 i, May 28 Wm. Blakwood 149 M n Jas. Fynensonne 111 H Sept. 17 Johne Hamiltoun 150 M ii Wme. Buchanan 112 n Oct. 28 Js. Neilsonn, Younger 151 1623 Jan. 8 Gawane Neisbit 113 ii Nov. 18 Robert Luiff 152 May 7 Wme. Couper 114 M 27 Patrik Flemeing 153 M 16 John Allanesowne 115 n it Johne Wilsonn 154 M ii Js. Wodderspone 116 n Dec. 2 David Wilsonn 155 1624 Aug. 13 Wme. Cassillis 117 1619 Mar. 7 Jas. Corss 156 1625 Feb. 16 Wme. Stirling 118 n 12 Andro Thomsonu 157 n n Wme. Bogill 119 ,. May 27 Wme. Allanesonn 158 May 11 Mathew Thomsone 120 H June 30 Jon Waddrop, Younger 159 Sept. 30 Wme. Hamiltonne 121 1620 Mar. 20 Thos. Crawfurd 160 1626 Feb. 15 Geo. Huchesonne 122 n M Jas. Braidwood 161 n M Johne Kawane 123 M ii Rob Flemyng 162 Nov. 15 John Allges 124 II M Andro Alexander 163 n i. Johne Dowgall 125 ii Dec. 20 Wme. Wallace 164 n n Johne Robesonne 126 n n Rob. Miller 165 II M Johnne Rid 127 n M Wme. Walker 166 1627 Jan. 10 Walter Bryce 128 n n Thos. Were 167 n n Tho. Pollok 129 1621 Feb. 7 Archd. Louke - 168 n n Js. Rodger 130 " Aug. 11 Thos. Fynningsonne 169 n Aug. 22 Archd. Sempill 131 n Sept. 5 Arthur Watsonne 170 n ,i Andro Denyng 132 M Wme. Patersonne 171 II M Archd. Maxwell 133 n Dec. 5 Wme. Park 172 II II Ao. Scherer 134 I, M Niniane Gilhagie 173 Archd. Louke, Yr 135 II II Wm. Lytbodie 174 Sept. 14 Johne Howie 136 l> Johne Dowglass 175 1628 Feb. 15 Williame Gray 137 1. Johne Mauchane 176 ,. May 16 Johne Wallace 138 1622 Jan. 16 Johne Maxwell 177 M ,1 Williame Scott 139 n n Stenie Watsonne 178 it July 4 Jas. Moriesonne The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 87 No. DATE or ENTRY. NAME. No. DATS OF ENTRY. NAME. 179 1629 Mar. 25 Williame Hervie 218 1636 Jan. 20 Wm. Scheillis 180 U II Jas. Stirling 219 M n Thos. Bogill 181 II II Jas. Scott 220 M Stein Wattsonne 182 ii Aug. 12 Gawane Reid 221 II II Williame Watsoune 183 1630 Jan. 22 John Gillhagie 222 ii Feb. 17 John Bryce 184 U U Patrik Ballenny 223 It M Thos. Cadder 185 M Johne Hertbertsonne 224 ,, May 11 David Pollok 186 ii May 7 Jas. Wood 225 M n Geo. Steinston 187 i, Aug. 6 Gawane Fergussonne 226 M Oct. 26 Johne Muir 188 M ii Thos. Miller 227 1637 Jan. 11 Williame Logane 189 i, Dec. 31 Williame Flemyng 228 M Feb. 6 Thos. Thomsonne 190 1631 June 1 Johne Louk 229 n M Alex. Syme 191 ,i Johne Thomesone 230 Oct. 6 Johnne Sympsonne 192 ii U Jas. Fergussonne 231 n M Johnne Hall 193 U Sept. 24 Johne Bryssonne 232 1638 Feb. 7 Peter Patersonne 194 U Jas. Littlejhonne 233 II M James Dougall 195 U Dec. 7 Wm. Leckie 234 Aug. 8 Andro Aikene 196 U Andro Miller 235 n Sept. 6 Rob. Robesoune 197 1632 Feb. 18 Adame Gray 236 1639 Feb. 6 James Louke 198 ii U Rob. Tennent 237 n n Geo. Morisone 199 M May 11 Walter Neillsonue 238 M John Fyndlay 200 M Aug. 10 Andro Mudie 239 n Nov. 2 Williame Wilsonn, Jr. 201 Sept. 28 Williame Fyndlay 240 Jon Corss 202 1633 Jan. 16 David Wardane 241 1640 Feb. 14 Jon Weir 203 .1 M Js. Monteithe 242 n n Jon Stensone 204 ii May 10 David Gray 243 n Aug. 7 Patrik Brock 205 n ii Johiie Drew 244 M ,1 Gawane Pottigrew 206 U Aug. 14 Williame Thomsonne 245 I. Oct. 23 Gilbert Stenstonne 207 II M Jas. Harvie 246 1641 Feb. 17 Jon Pettigrew 208 ,i Dec. 13 Archd. McKie 247 n June 2 Jas. Ranking 209 1634 May 9 Js. Lape 248 n n William Smellie 210 Aug. 8 Johne Jacke 249 ., Aug. 4 Arthur Watsonne 211 ,i Nov. 12 John Woddrow 250 n Nov. 10 Rob. Thomesonne 212 M M Gawane Willsonne 251 n Dec. 24 Thos. Dobbie 213 Dec. 10 Thos. Urie 252 n ii Rob. Watsonne 214 M M Robt. Aitken 253 1642 Feb. 23 Johnne Park 215 1635 Aug. 12 Wm. Mitchell 254 n n Johnne Watsonne 216 n n Johne Miller 255 M Aug. 5 Jas. Tennent 217 n .Nov. 13 John Risk 256 ii ii Rob. Miller 88 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 257 1642 Sep. 23 Jon Gillmour 296 1649 Dec. 21 Rob. Stirling 258 it 11 Jas. Glas 297 t. ti Jone Mitchell 259 1643 Aug 4 Jon Wilsonne 298 1650 Feb. 11 Walter Bartoune 260 ii ii Wm. Crichtonue 299 n n Johne Reid 261 n ii Wm. Smaillie 300 n n James Gilmour 262 ii ii Rob. Crawfurd 301 Mar. 7 Archd. Craig 263 1644 Feb. 9 Johne Mackildonich 302 Aug. 16 Aw. Lindsay 264 17 Johne Brysonne 303 Dec. 23 Arthur PoUok 265 n May 10 Williame Mitchell 304 n n Niniane Andersonne 266 n June 8 Thos. Campbell 305 ,. Jone Patersonne 267 1646 Feb. 13 Jas. Miller 306 1651 Feb. 14 Claud Colquhoun 268 n May 8 Jas. Gray 307 Johne Parkhill 269 M ii Jon Neilsonne 308 n 18 Andw. Browne 270 ,, Geo. Kinkaid 309 May 12 Archd. Craig, younger 271 M Jon Walker 310 II M Wm. Jas. Stirling, yr. 272 .. Aug. 2 Jas. Corbett 311 Oct. 2 Williame Nay 273 M n Rob. Corbetfc 312 it ii Jas. Wood 274 Williame Hervie 313 6 Williame Sympsonne 275 M 3 Rob. Tennent 314 Nov. 10 Rob. Stenessonne 276 1647 May 7 Jon Quantaine 315 1652 Jan. 2 Patrik Baird 277 ti n Johnne Park 316 it n Rob. Raltonne 278 Dec. 3 Andro Colquhonne 317 May 7 Andro Thomsonne 279 n n Jon Thomesone 318 ,i Aug. 13 Jone Smythe 280 n n Jon Wallace 3J9 ii M Johne Baxter, Jr. 281 1648 Sep. 12 Thos. McCalpeine 320 II M Jas. Hunter 282 n n Jon Woddrow 321 n Nov. 8 Williame Wallaice 283 n n Thos. Tenent 322 n n Johne Stark 284 M Dec. 29 Johnne Boyd 323 M Dec. 3 Js. Campbell 285 1649 Feb. 9 Humphra Colquhoune 324 .1 Tomas Mayne 286 M n Wm. Mauchane 325 n M Geo. Pollok 287 n ii Jone Craig 326 n 31 David Allane 288 ii n J. Andersoune 327 M n Patrick Raffle 289 M Aug. 9 Jon Logane 328 1653 Feb. 7 Jas. Muire 290 n n Rob. Craig 329 ii May 9 John Muir, Senr. 291 M Nov. 9 David Alexander 330 n M Archd. Bar 292 ii it Wm. Lindsay 331 n June 27 Alex. Maxwell 293 M it Gabriel Fairie 332 ii July 5 Daid Leis 294 M M Walter Woddrop 333 n Sept 29 Walter Wining 295 t, Dec. 21 Patrik Bryce 334 n n Johne Pollok The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 89 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 335 1654 Feb. 20 Thos. Dougal 374 1657 May 8 Mathew Me Alia 336 ii M Wm. Muir 375 n June 19 John Naper 337 ii n Hew Kirkwood 376 Aug. 20 John Robisoune 338 ii May 8 Johne Wood 377 1658 Feb. 4 Johne Urie 339 M Aug. 4 Johne Boyd 378 n n Rob. Corss 340 M n Ninian Andersouue 379 1 April 9 Alex. Hood 341 ii ii Jas. Fleming 380 M June 7 Johne Baird 342 Wm. Robisonne 381 ,, Aug. 6 Jas. Andersonne 343 n n Jobne Andersoune 382 n n Js. Calder 344 n Rob. Birkmyre 383 M M Js. Winning 345 Oct. 13 Jas. Raltoun 384 II II Robt. Robesonne 346 ii Dec. 15 Rob. Guidding 385 II Archd. Hamiltonne 347 M M Hendrie Patersonne 386 Nov. 9 Johne Hendrie 348 1655 Jan. 5 Archd. Gray 387 M 20 Chas. Heugh 349 II M 13 Win. Wallace 388 n n Jas. Bowie 350 n n Wm. Littlejohn 389 1659 May 17 Jas. Rowand 351 July 13 Johne Wallace 390 Oct. 6 Johne Moodie 352 n Aug. 3 Archd. Sheills 391 II M Geo. Hutchesonne 353 n n Archd. Meassonn 392 ii Nov. 14 Williame Bar 354 M II Johne Clark 393 1660 Feb. 23 Michael McLintoch 355 Oct. 16 Jas. Mudie, Jr. 394 M May 22 Williame Browne 356 1656 Mar. 3 Jas. Bryce 395 n M William Corss 357 M II Malcome Johnstonne 396 M Aug. 10 Rob. Weir 358 ii May 13 Jas. Mitchell 397 n Sept. 6 Jas. Kinkaid 359 ii Johne Boyde 398 M 22 Johne Rowand 360 July 1 Williame Neilsonne, Jr. 399 n n Jas. Harvie, Jr. 361 n n Geo. Grahame 400 Dec. 21 Johne Gray 362 n n David Granger 401 M M Matw. Martine 363 n M Walter Drew 402 1661 Jan. 3 James Thomsoune 364 n Williame Brock 403 n n Michael M'Lintoch, Jr. 365 Aug. 7 Geo. Weinget 404 n May 7 Rob. Boyd 366 n n Jas. Knox 405 n n Rob. Smalie 367 n Nov. 7 Alex. Scott 406 n 21 Thos. Armour 368 - Johne Dobbie 407 M Aug. 16 Williame Blair 369 1657 Feb. 13 Jas. Ballantyne 408 n Nov. 4 Aw. Os well 370 n Jas. Hall 409 1662 Jan. 31 David Robe 371 M II Samuel Balloch 410 .. Feb. 8 Wm. Bryssonne 372 n ii Johne Barr 411 ti May 8 Rob. Naismith 373 ii May 8 Patrick Brok 412 M II 10 Harie Logane 9O The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATES OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRT. NAME. 413 1662 May 10 Alex. Hall 452 1668 Feb. 6 Johne Zuill 414 15 John Bartoun 453 u May 14 Walter Brock 415 t. 23 Jas. Campbell 454 M u Jon Rob 416 .. Aug. 8 Geo. Home 455 M Jon Reid 417 i. 16 Johne Findlay, Senr. 456 1- 15 Jon Weir 418 Sept. 20 Jas. Mannuell 457 M July 14 Jon Mitchell 419 M Dec. 25 Johne Biggart 458 M u Jas. Galbraith 420 1663 Feb. 27 Alex. Leckie 459 i. Aug. 13 Thos. Broune 421 H ii Wm. Risk 460 II 1, Geo. Broune 422 it ii Johne Muir 461 ii Nov. 5 Wm. Lytbodie 423 i Mar. 26 Rob. Turner 462 u n Jas. Fergusonne 424 ii ii John Cunnyng 463 10 Jas. Fergusoune 425 M Aug. 7 Rob. Andersouue 464 1669 Jan. 7 Thos. Shearer 426 ,i Dec. 18 Johne Louk, Senr. 465 i. Feb. 5 Alex. Liggait 427 1664 Feb. 9 Wm. Browne 466 u u Jon Ritchie 428 n June 21 Thos. Millar 467 M u Johne Smith 429 ii Aug. 9 Alex. Chapman 468 u May 7 Wm. Blak 430 Dec. 20 Jon Gray 469 M Aug. 6 Hugh Allasoune 431 1665 Mar. 9 Johne Stirling 470 M M Jon Raltonne 432 ii May 4 Walter Weinzett 471 M Geo. Andersonne 433 ii ti Alex. French 472 ii Nov. 9 Alex. McKwham 434 ii 22 Wm. Weir 473 M M Andrew Brown 435 M June 24 Thos. Pettigrew 474 1670 Feb. 1 Jas. Mathie 436 u Dec. 19 Js. Strutheres 475 u M Wm. Muirheid 437 1666 May 10 Rd. Finniesonne 476 n April 1 Quintine Findlay 438 i. 11 Peter Corbet 477 M II Rob. Murdoch 439 M Aug. 9 Geo. Wingatt 478 1671 Feb. 17 Rob. Muirheid 440 II II Js. Urie 479 n n Wm. Menzies 441 II II Allane Snodgrass 480 u Aug. 8 Patrick Stein 442 II M John Patersonne 481 n n Willliam Cumyng 443 ., Nov. 15 Michaell Reid 482 n Nov. 4 Johne Ballinnie 444 1667 May 10 Wm. Douglas 483 M n Umphray Risk 445 .1 < Rob. Stirling 484 M M David Campbell 446 Aug. 13 Rob. Robesoune 485 27 Adame Brasch 447 u Nov. 4 Mathew Colquhune 486 i Dec. 26 Geo. Reid 448 M 12 Rob. Crawford 487 1672 Feb. 6 Jon Robs 449 u u Jon Fergus 488 n n David Robs 450 1668 Jan. 2 Allane Scot 489 n May 3 Rob. Witherspoone 451 ,i Feb. 6 Jas. Scot 490 u n Geo. Ronald The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 91 No. DATS OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 491 1673 Feb. 4 Js. Davidsoune 530 1676 Aug. 8 Johne Paull 492 ii ii Hector Brash 531 15 Johne Lillburne 493 ii n Jon Fergus 532 M Oct. 11 Johne Wallace 494 ii June 30 Johne Bryce 533 Nov. 14 Js. Coalhewar 495 n Aug. 12 Gabriel Thomesonne 534 24 Robt. Marschell 496 M n Arthar Takits 535 M Js. Reid 497 n n Js. Andersonne 536 II M Johne Patricke 498 1674 Feb. 6 Alex. Corbett 537 1677 Feb. 16 Geo. Stirling 499 M n Johne Schanks 538 M n Js. Drew 500 n n Johne Jack 539 n M John Drew, Younger 501 n M Bob. Selkrig 540 M Wm. Drew 502 n May 14 Jon Woodrow 541 II II Rob. Dobbie 503 Aug. 6 Andrew Clark 542 M Mar. 2 Johne Hamiltoune 504 n n Rob. Allane, Senr. 543 n Aug. 14 Js. Logane 505 31 Eob. Campbell 544 n Johne Boyd 506 Oct. 5 Geo. Buchannan 545 Nov. 17 Geo. Andersoune 507 n n Eob. Pollok 546 1678 Feb. 12 Rob. Stewart 508 M n Js. Culen 547 Aug. 16 Js. Harvie 509 n M Androw Aikine 548 n n Patricke Smith 510 n 13 Thos. McLellan 549 Sept. 27 Johne Watsone 511 1675 Jan. 28 John Ballantyne 550 M Johne Maxwell 512 n June 19 Rob. Tennent 551 Dec. 10 Walter McAlaster 513 M M Geo. Allan 552 n n Johne Paull 514 II II Johne Waddell 553 1679 Jan. 6 Rob. Drew . 515 II II Jon Boyd 554 II M Patricke Broune 516 ii Aug. 19 Wm. Me Linn 555 M ii 7 Johne Fleming 517 Oct. 5 John Campbell 556 M May 14 James Shaw 518 M II Js. Leckie 557 n Aug. 12 David Crawfuird 519 ii ii 7 Jas. Fairrie 558 Oct. 3 Johne Waddrop 520 M n Wm. Stirling 559 1! II Johne Maxwell 521 M n Johne Wilsone 560 II II Wm. Selkrig 522 167G Jan. 14 Rob. Allane 561 II II Js. Parke 523 II M Johne McLucas 562 ,1 M Js. Findlay 524 Feb. 10 Js. Kerr 563 II II Alex. Thomsonne 525 M n Geo. Johnstoune 564 Dec. 16 Johne Urie 526 M May 2 Js. Neivine 565 n Js. Urie 527 II M Androw Robisonne 566 1680 Feb. 13 Johne Reid 528 ,, Aug. 8 Patricke Steine 567 n n Johne Reid, Jr. 529 II M Mw. Wotherspoon 568 M II Johne Ctinninghame 92 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRV. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 569 1680 Feb. 13 Thos. Calwall, Jr. 608 1683 Oct. 8 Jon Crawford 570 ii ii Js. Bryce 609 n n John Johns 571 ii M Johne Bankier 610 M Js. Robesonne, Sen. 572 Aug. 17 Johne Drew 611 II II Allane Marschell 573 n H Wm. Young 612 n Nov. 8 Rob. Fleimyng 574 Oct. 8 Duncan Campbell 613 n 15 Johne Cars 575 n n Alex. Ross 614 M n Alex. Knox 576 M M Jon Stirling 615 1684 Feb. 22 Jon Burnesyd 577 1681 April 7 Colleine Thomsonne 616 M ii Johne Cleland 578 May 20 Js. Steine 617 n James Wark 579 July 2 Robt. Donaldsone 618 M M Williame Wilsoune 580 n n Johne Steivinstonne 619 M May 23 Johne Aikine 581 M II Rob. Steivinstonne 620 n n Johne Jonstoune 582 Sept. 23 Thos. Justice 621 n n Wm. Reid 583 n n Johne Hill 622 25 Jas. Leckie 584 n n Rob. Raltoune 623 Aug. 28 Js. Paull 585 n n Patricke Mitchell 624 M n Wm. Clemie 586 M n Wm. Rob 625 1685 Mar. 5 Wm. Park 587 II H Johne Gumming 626 n n Patrick Reid 588 i. Oct. 13 Wm. Johnstoune 627 n M Jon Glas 589 1682 Feb. 9 Johne Gray 628 24 Geo. Broome 590 17 Johne French 629 ii May 24 Johne Patersoune 591 n ii Js. Muir 630 n June 25 Js. Kerr 592 n M Wm. Rankine 631 M II Thomas Barr 593 M n Jon Urie 632 i, Aug. 21 Johne Mader 594 n May 5 Rob. Marschell 633 n n Js. Tod 595 n June 2 Thos. ShieUs 634 n n Johne Selkrig 596 n M Rob. Dunlop 635 n Rob. Buchannan 597 n : Johne M'Kinlay 636 n Oct. 2 Patrick Bryce 598 Aug. 8 Androw Moodie 637 M Rob. Bobbie 599 II II Wm. Andersoune 638 n n Geo. Ronald 600 Sept. 15 Johne Ritchie, Jr. 639 1686 Feb. 9 Rob. Young 601 M I' John McCuir, Senr. 640 n June 15 Thos. Scott 602 It II Mungow Cochrane 641 M II Jon Barr 603 26 Androw Watsoune 642 II II Js. Woodrow 604 1683 Feb. 27 Js. Orr 643 M II John Mitchell 605 May 25 Js. Moresonne 644 n 29 Arther Hamiltoune 606 Aug. 20 Mungow Ewing 645 Aug. 24 Wm. Menzies 607 Oct. 8 Jon Anderson ne G4G " " Johne Miller The Malt men Craft in Glasgow. 93 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 647 1686 Aug. 24 Walter Leitch 686 1691 Mar. 17 John Corse 648 it ii John Donaldsowne 687 n ii John Thomsone 649 t, Sept. 26 Johne Montgumrie 688 n M Hew Chambers 650 M Oct. 22 Thos. Scott 689 n n John Campbell 651 1687 Feb. 10 Js. Bowie 690 M n Js. Nervine 652 ii Mar. 31 Rob. Tennent 691 1692 Feb. 21 Js. Young 653 M M Patrik Tennent 692 M M Wm. Maxwell 654 M May 26 Alex. Hall 693 n Aug. 18 John Weinzat 655 M Aug. 18 John Jonstoune 694 n M John Allan 656 n M Andrew Gibsowne 695 n n John Johnstoun 657 ii n Johne Miller 696 1693 Jan. 24 Geo. Waddell 658 ii Nov. 18 Andrew Gray 697 n n Thos. Scot 659 n M Walter Boyd 698 May 13 Geo. Findlay 660 i, Hugh Cumyng 699 M M Js. Miller 661 ii ii Rob. Robesoune 700 n n Thos. Bryson 662 n n Jon King 701 n July 10 Alex. Wootherspoon 663 1688 Aug. 27 Tho. Robesonne 702 n Sept. 8 Js. Johnstoun 664 II M Alex. Wright 703 n n Aw. Reid 665 II M Bryce McLelland 704 n M Js. Anderson 666 1689 Aug. 16 Thos. McLintoch 705 1694 June 12 John Cochrane 667 n n Andro Hill 706 II M Wm. Steuart 668 1690 Feb. 22 Rob. Robertson 707 ii Aug. 17 Wm. Blaire 669 M April 30 Wm. Anderson 708 Oct. 9 Mathew Whitlaw 670 n July 23 Jon Anderson 709 1695 May 24 John Whyte 671 n Aug. 14 Wm. Bryce 710 n n Aw. Gilmore 672 M II Archd. Robb 711 II M Walter Were 673 II II Adam Home 712 II M Wm. Park 674 II II Js. Paterson 713 II II Thos. Patoun 675 II II Jon Baxter 714 II II Js. Whitlaw 676 II II Daniell Ronald 715 ii July 19 Wm. Somervall 677 i Oct. 5 Walter Corbet 716 n Aug. 15 Wm. Johnstone 678 n n Js. Mitchell 717 n n Js. Pollok 679 n n Walter Buchanan 718 n n Thos. Barr 680 1691 Feb. 6 Rob. Hall 719 n n Geo. Turner 681 M n Thos. Hamiltoune 720 n n Thomas McAulay 682 n n Wm. Hendrie 721 1696 May 14 Wm. Ralph 683 n n Aw. Pardon 722 n M John Steinson 684 ii Mar. 17 Wm. McCrae 723 n n Wm. Park 685 n n Aw. Miller 724 n Aug. 19 Js. Jaksone 94 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF EKTRY. NAME. 725 1696 Aug. 19 Wm. Buchanan 764 1702 Aug. 21 Gilbert Schirer 726 it it John Faulds 765 ti Dec. 11 John Baxter 727 Oct. 13 John Robine 766 n n Geo. Neiven 728 1698 Jan. 23 Alex. Patrik 767 1703 Feb. 11 Rob. Corse 729 ii Feb. 18 Thos. Findlay 768 n M John Wilsoun 730 ,i May 13 Js. Broadwood 769 Mar. 12 Rob. Leitch 731 Nov. 18 John Sym 770 n M Rob. Cleimmie 732 ii Dec. 1 Wm. Wilson 771 i, May 28 John Todd 733 1699 Aug. 11 Geo. Home 772 n M Wm. Buchanan 734 ii ii Js. Clerke 773 n n Alex. Thomsone 735 ti ii Js. Dalrymple 774 n n David Spence 736 n ti John Warke 775 Aug. 20 Archd. Stirling 737 Nov. 24 William M'Rae 776 M n Rob. Leitch 738 n n Rob. Duncan 777 n n David Park 739 n n Wm. Mathie 778 M n Richard Coulie 740 1700 Feb. 23 Js. Herbertsone 779 Oct. 12 Samuel Carruith 741 n n Js. Donaldsone 780 1704 Mar. 9 Walter Bartoun 742 n n Js. Thomsons 781 n n David Robe 743 i, May 21 Aw. Corbett 782 n May 19 John Blair 744 M n Js. Corbet 783 n ti John Mitchell 745 n n Js. Lees 784 n ii David Montgomrie 746 n Aug. 15 John McRae 785 ii M John Duncan 747 n M Rob. Cross 786 n Aug. 17 Jas. Miller 748 1701 May 22 John Robisone 787 ii M John Herbertsoun, Jr. 749 n M Rob. Knox 788 n Oct. 10 John Miller 750 n n Geo. Allane 789 i, . Nov. 24 Thos. Main 751 Aug. 22 Archd. Cameron 790 1705 Feb. 23 John Boyd, Jr. 752 n n Alex. Colquhoune 791 May 25 Andrew Scott 753 n Nov. 24 John Miller 792 n n David Main 754 1702 Jan. 23 Geo. Edmonstoune 793 M II Gavin Murray 755 n May 29 Wm. Barclay 794 tt Aug. 10 John Broun 756 .. Rob. Tenent 795 ii n Wm. Bryce 757 ii n Walter Buchanan 790 M n Rob. Marshel 758 n n Patrick Balliimie 797 1706- Mar. 1 Wm. Stewart 759 n n John Hamiltone 798 n n Rob. Maxwell 760 n n Wm. Freeland 799 n M Patrick Reid, Jr. 761 M Aug. 21 John Andersone 800 n n Hugh Ban- 762 M n Arthour Taketts 801 M June 7 William Grahame 763 n n John Ratra 802 ii n Hugh Burnea The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 95 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 803 1706 Aug. 16 Js. Hamiltone 842 1709 Aug. 19 Matthew Gilmore 804 ii ii Aw. Faulds 843 n M John Young 805 Dec. 20 John Waddrope 844 Oct. 10 John Miller 806 ii ii John Gibsone , 845 1710 Feb. 17 Jas. Brisbane 807 n ii Geo. Stirling, Jr. 846 n n John Douglas 808 1707 Jan. 10 Wm. Hamiltone 847 n May 26 Rob. Measson 809 ti Mar. 7 Wm. Lang 848 Aug. 11 John Glen 810 n n Alex. Rankine 849 M n John Luke 811 M June 27 Gaven Maxwell 850 Oct. 10 Thos. Alexander 812 n n Archd. Robe 851 n Nov. 10 John Strang 813 ii Aug. 15 John Grahame 852 n n Francis Hopkirk 814 n 22 Geo. Buchanane, Jr. 853 n M Thos. Broun 815 n n Jas. Forrester 854 M n John Harvie 816 n John Stivensone, Jr. 855 1711 Feb. 16 George McTagatt 817 n M John Alexander 856 1! II Rob. Andersoun 818 n M Michaell Alexander 857 ii May 25 Gilbert Wair 819 Sept. 19 Rob. Pollock 858 n n Wm. Andersone 820 Oct. 3 Wm. Harvie 859 n n John Steiphen 821 n n John Arneill 860 n Aug. 10 John Reid 822 1708 Feb. 20 Jas. Scott 861 ., Aug. 10 Peter Selkrig 823 M II Wm. Meklom 862 n n Rob. Duncan, Younger .824 n May 18 John M'Calpin 863 n n Aw. Craig 825 n n Rob. Stevensone 864 n n Js. Thomson 826 n 28 Jas. Aikenhead 865 Oct. 9 John Buchanan 827 n Aug. 13 Rob. Gray 866 II M Js. Logan 828 n n Umphra Colchoune 867 ii Nov. 16 Geo. Allan, Younger 829 II M Jas. Whyt 868 1712 Feb. 15 Alexander Leckie 830 I. John Murray 869 II M Js. Cunninghams 831 ., Oct. 11 Wm. Andersone 870 ii May 23 John Gray 832 n Nov. 5 Adam Stivensone 871 n n John Birkmyre 833 1709 Feb. 11 Jas. Wilsone 872 n n Rob. Thomson 834 n ti John Paull, Yr. 873 n Aug. 15 Jas. Grahame 835 .. ., 20 Alex. Somervel 874 n n Wm. Berrie, Yor. 836 M 1, Patrick Maxwell 875 M n Geo. Buchanan 837 n n Donald Gunn 876 n M John Stewart 838 II M John Wood 877 ii n Js. Hamilton 839 ,. Aug. 19 Rob. Young 878 n n Archd. Simpson 840 n n Wm. Waterstoune 879 n Oct. 6 Js. Mitchell 841 M II Rob. Willsoun 880 M n Js. Miller 96 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 881 1712 Oct. 6 Js. Simpson 920 1716 Aug. 10 Wm. McLehose 882 1713 May 15 John Gilmor 921 n M John Mitchell 883 it ii Rob. Whythill 922 n ii Rob. Leitch 884 it ii Rob. Robertsone 923 n M Archd. Johnstoun 885 ., Jas. Wilson 924 I. M John Heigh 886 M Aug. 14 John Stirling 925 Oct. 9 John Woddrow 887 n M Rob. Dougall 926 ii n Alex. Grahm 8S8 i John Erskine 927 Nov. 23 Alex. Legatt 889 n M Wm. Stevensone 928 n ii John Scot 890 M I. David Tennent 929 i, John Craig 891 II 1. Alex. Ritchisone 930 M Js. Allasoun 892 II II Jas. Main 931 1717 Jan. 18 Walter Falconer 893 Oct. 12 Alex. Bryce 932 M Feb. 15 John Findlay 894 M II Alex. Knox 933 n n Wm. Luke 895 .1 II Jas. Wilson 934 n n John Miller 896 .1 John Thomson 935 n ti John Douglass 897 1714 Feb. 18 Rob. Barton 936 it n Mungo Thomson 898 n May 28 Rob. Broun 937 ,t .. Hugh Tarbett 899 n n John Forrester 938 ii May 16 Wm. Maxwell 900 n n John Buchanan 939 n 31 Wm. Nilson 901 ii n John Fleeming 940 M II Js. Pitcairn 902 M Nov. 12 Rob. Corse 941 It II Wm. Harvie 903 M ii Thos. Buchanan 942 II M Aw. Love 904 1715 Jan. 14 Wm. Miller 943 II It Js. Hamiltoun 905 it it Jas. Brownlie 944 i, Aug. 23 John Robertson 906 n Feb. 11 John Russell 945 n it John Hamiltoun 907 i Aug. 19 Wm. Whythill 946 n n Aw. Reid 908 it it John Pitcairn 947 .i n John Govane 909 n n Thomas Gemmill 948 n n Archd. Allason 910 M II Wm. Murray 949 M II John McCrae 911 II II Rob. Whytt 950 Sept. 5 John Nasmith 912 II II Jas. Wright 951 n Oct. 8 Jas. Cochrane 913 25 John Scott 952 n n Jas. Falconer 914 n n John Muir 953 II M John Lawson 915 ii ii Rob. Smith 954 ii Nov. 14 Mw. Mauchan 916 1716 Feb. 17 John Tennent 955 1718 Feb. 14 John Stirling 917 M May 25 Rob. Kerr 956 it ii Archd. Gray 918 M M Jas. Stewart 957 n it John Purdon 919 ii it Gavin Robe 958 II M Jas. Anderson The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 97 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OP ENTEY. NAME. 959 1718 Feb. 14 Jas. Kirklane 998 1721 Apr. 27 John Orr 960 H ii Richd. Greenlees 999 n n Andrew Buchanan 961 ii it Thos. Coats 1000 ii n Neil Buchanan 962 May 23 Alex. Stephen 1001 n May 5 Wm. Mitchell 963 ii ii Aw. Miller 1002 n n John Picken 964 M Aug. 22 John Hamiltoun 1003 n M Andw. Scott 965 H Nov. 7 Jas. Gilsone 1004 M n Archd. Alexander 966 ii it John Lang 1005 .. 18 Archd. Wallace 967 1719 Feb. 11 Wm. Gilhagie 1006 M n Alex. Colquhoun 968 .. 13 Js. Miller 1007 Aug. 11 Thos. Marshall 969 n M Alex. Hamiltone 1008 n n John Hendrie 970 H n Thos. Woddrop 1009 n n Wm. Duncan 971 it n Js. Montgomrie 1010 Sept. 13 John McArthur 972 II M Adam Clark 1011 1722 Feb. 9 Wm. Comrie 973 ., May 22 Henrie Kidstoun 1012 n n Alex. Dunlop 974 n June 1 Wm. Dour 1013 n n Wm. Hendry 975 M Aug. 7 John Cochrane 1014 n John Mitchell 976 n n Rob. Corbet 1015 n n Rob. Gray 977 n ii John Lees 1016 n n Adam Gray 978 ti M Rob. Morisoune 1017 May 18 Rob. Hunter 979 1720 Jan. 15 Rob. Donaldson 1018 n M John Sympson 980 it n Js. Bird 1019 II M Js. Loudoun 981 n Feb. 19 Aw. Thomson 1020 ,i Aug. 10 John Todd 982 ti n John Rae 1021 n M Wm. Hendry 983 M n Wm. Chalmers 1022 n n Geo. Coalier 984 May 20 Alex. Alexander 1023 Nov. 9 Wm. Stark 985 ,. Aug. 12 Wm. Baxter 1024 1723 Jan. 18 Wm. Grier 986 M M Wm. Anderson 1025 May 17 Jas. Wotherspoon 987 II II Archd. Mitchell 1026 n n Js. Greenlees 988 II II Thos. Baxter 1027 n n John Menzies 989 II II Js. Cleland 1028 n n Rob. Cleland 990 II II John Bannerman 1029 M Aug. 2 Js. King 991 ii Nov. 11 Patrick Johnstone 1030 n n Quintine Brown 992 n n Wm. Anderson 1031 ii M Peter Thomson 993 n n John Robertson 1032 M M Jas. Key 994 1721 Feb. 10 Alex. Paterson 1033 II II David Grahame 995 n n Wm. Finlay 1034 ii Nov. 15 Wm. Wair 996 n n Wm. Miller 1035 n it Wm. Hodgert 997 n n Archd. Bowman 1036 1724 Feb. 14 Thos. Brown 98 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1037 1724 Feb. 14 Aw. Jack 1076 1728 Feb. 9 Geo. Purdon 1038 n May 15 Wm. Miller 1077 May 17 Alex. Ladlie 1039 it ii Wm. Reid 1078 M II Js. Peacock 1040 ii n Aw. Adam 1079 It II Rob. Wallace 1041 n n Walter McKippen 1080 I. I. Wm. Bowie 1042 i. Aug. 7 John Eason 1081 ii Aug. 9 Wm. White 1043 ii n Js. Drew 1082 Oct. 5 Jas. Rowan 1044 ti n Rob. Gray 1083 .1 Nov. 9 Wm. Nistritt 1045 M M Daniel Gunn 1084 1729 May 8 John Barr 1046 II M Rob. Peacock 1085 n n Wm McLea 1047 Nov. 13 Colin Findlay 1086 1. Js. Rankine 1048 n it Geo. Craig, Senr. 1087 .. Aug. 8 Archd. Robb 1049 1725 Feb. 12 Walter Corbett 1088 n n Patrick Steven 1050 M May 14 Rob. Craig 1089 n n. John Fultone 1051 20 John Campbell 1090 Oct. 6 John Woddrop 1052 i, Aug. 20 Henry Robb 1091 n n Zacharias Murduch 1053 .. ii John Meek 1092 ,. Dec. 26 Alex. Wotherspoon 1054 n n Hugh Orr 1093 1730 Feb. 13 John Hunter 1055 Oct. 9 Win. Wallace 1094 n May 14 Samuel Hyndshaw 1056 n n Rob. Findlay 1095 .,i n Alex. Zuill 1057 Nov. 19 Rob. Marshall, Jr. 1096 n n John Gray 1058 1726 Jan. 28 Gavin Lickpirrie 1097 ii n Rob. Barber, Yor. 1059 M M Alex. Jaffray 1098 n Aug. 14 Walter Millar 1060 M Mar. 28 Rob. Luke 1099 M M Peter Walker 1061 May 20 Archd. Maxwell 1100 M n John Muir 1062 ., Nov. 18 Walter Edmond 1101 c n Thos. Baxter 1063 1727 Feb. 10 John Mitchell 1102 ii n Rob. Reid 1064 ii n Francis Whitlaw 1103 n ii John Rowan 1065 M II Geo. Findlay 1104 it n John M'Fee 1066 ' I. May 12 John Donaldson 1105 n n Francis Gumming 1067 II II John Russell 1106 :i ti Rob. Findlay 1068 II II Wm. Zuill 1107 Oct. 13 John Gilhagy 1069 ii Aug. 4 Mw. Patoun 1108 n n John Robb 1070 n n Wm. Graham 1109 II M Js. Cross 1071 M II Js. Logan 1110 II II John Dougall 1072 Oct. 10 Js. Millar 1111 Nov. 13 Wm. Millar 1073 n n Walter Lang 1112 n ii Wm. Callwall 1074 n n Hugh Tennent 1113 1731 Feb. 5 John Findlay 1075 ,, Nov. 10 John Bryce 1114 ii May 7 Js. Drew The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 99 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTEY. NAME. 1115 1731 Aug. 13 Js. Coullie 1154 1734 Oct. 8 Archd. Paterson 1116 II M John Orr 1155 n M John Wardrope 1117 II II Aw. Millar 1156 M Geo. Campbell 1118 i, 31 Adam Mason 1157 ii Nov. 15 John Millar 1119 n Nov. 19 Findlay McKeun 1158 n M Js. Bryce 1120 ii M John Todd, Yr. 1159 1735 Feb. 14 Js. Urie 1121 M n Geo. Stirling 1160 n n Rob. Nasmith 1122 1732 Feb. 15 Joseph Scott 1161 May 16 Wm. Stevenson 1123 n n David Holms 1162 M Aug. 15 Richard Pagett 1124 ii n David Robb 1163 M II Js. Lethem 1125 M n John Wilson 1164 1736 Feb. 19 Wm. Lang 1126 it n Rob. Falconer 1165 Aug. 13 Wm. Steven 1127 May 19 Rob. Donaldson 1166 n M Rob. Barton 1128 n Aug 15 Thos. Bryson 1167 II M John Gibson 1129 n n Thos. Pettigrew, Yr. 1168 II II Wm. Gilmour 1130 M .. Js. Hodge 1169 i, Oct. 12 John Millar 1131 II II Wm. Jamieson 1170 n n David London 1132 ii Oct. 10 Js. Murray 1171 n n Js. Woddrow 1133 Nov. 17 John Marshal] 1172 ,, Dec. 17 John Lennox 1134 1733 Feb. 16 Walter Jameson 1173 1737 Feb. 4 John Luke 1135 II M Thos. Stewart 1174 May 20 John Chapman 1136 II II David Peter 1175 n Aug 25 Wm. Forrester 1137 M i, John Rankin 1176 n M Alex. Winzeatt 1138 n May 18 Rob. Graham 1177 " n David Warden 1139 n n Michael Reid 1178 ii n Matthew Wilson 1140 n Aug. 17 Rob. Rankine 1179 n Oct. 11 Patrick Reid 1141 n M Colin Bryce 1180 ,. Nov. 18 John Murray 1142 n n Rob. Reid 1181 1738 Feb. 17 Patrick Baird 1143 n n Henry Drew 1182 n n Patrick Lethem 1144 n n Rob. Drew 1183 n n John McNair 1145 n M John Drew 1184 II M John Neilson 1146 n Nov. 27 Wm. Anderson 1185 II II John Cunninghame 1147 n n Daniel Sherifflaw 1186 May 19 John Muirhead 1148 M Dec. 21 Jas. Jack 1187 n M Rob. Wilson 1149 1734 Feb. 15 Hy. Paterson 1188 M n Wm. Ross 1150 n M Laurence Smith 1189 n Aug. 25 John Leitch 1151 ,, Aug. 23 Wm. Baird 1190 M n Geo. McTagart 1152 n M Jas. Thomson 1191 M ii Jas. Meikle 1153 M n John Taylor 1192 M M Rob. McNair ioo The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE ov ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OP ENTRY. NAME. 1193 1738 Aug. 25 Patrick Reid 1232 1742 Aug. 20 Rob. Stevenson 1194 ii n Geo. Buchanan 1233 n n David Calder 1195 ii n Js. Hutchesone 1234 n n John Faulls 1196 ii M Archd. Simson 1235 n n John McFee 1197 n Oct. 10 Wm. Machen 1236 n n Wm. McEweii 1198 n n Rob. Allan 1237 n n John Cochran 1199 n n 28 Rob. Sym 1238 n n Thos. McFee 1200 ii Dec. 26 Wm. Wilson 1239 M Oct. 12 Thos. Jamieson 1201 1739 May 25 Wm. Donaldson 1240 n M Wm. Millar 1202 ,i 31 Aw. Duncan 1241 M Nov. 18 Thos. Mochrie 1203 n n John Bogle 1242 1743 Feb. 11 John Johnstoun 1204 n Aug. 16 John Murray 1243 n n John Steven 1205 Oct. 9 Js. Dunlop 1244 M M Wm. Cuthbertson 1206 1740 Aug. 15 Aw. Bogle 1245 Aug. 18 Jas. Muir 1207 n M John Reid 1246 i, Oct. 25 Aw. Glen 1208 II M Patrick Lang 1247 n Nov. 3 Walter Whitelaw 1209 II II David Holms 1248 1744 Feb. 10 Rob. Steven 1210 II II Jas. Rae 1249 ii n John Anderson 1211 " Oct. 7 John Duff 1250 n n Alex. Dunn 1212 n ii Thomas Mitchell 1251 n M Rob. Freebairu 1213 II II Jas. Inglis 1252 n n John Stewart 1214 II Jas. Herbertson 1253 May 11 Jas. Woddrop 1215 II II David Lillie 1254 n n John Gibson 1216 II II John Rankin 1255 M n John King 1217 M II Js. Govan 1256 n M Rob. Winning 1218 II II John Wright 1257 II M John Brown 1219 M II David Boyd 1258 II M John Sym 1220 15 Peter Wright 1259 II II Wm. McLehose, Yr. 1221 ii Nov. 20 Thos. Armour 1260 ii Aug. 14 John Wardrope 1222 1741 Aug. 14 Allan Lang 1261 n n Jas. Greenlees 1223 Oct. 13 Alex. Dick 1262 n n Jas. Brown 1224 n Nov. 17 John McKindlay 1263 n n Geo. Kippen 1225 1742 Feb. 11 Chas. Stewart 1264 n n Thos. Smith 1226 n n Wm. Somervill 1265 n n Wm. Stewart, Jr. 1227 M May 21 Joseph Baxter 1266 n n Wm. Matthie 1228 n n Js. Faulls 1267 M M Aw. Boyd 1229 M M Wm. Hay 1268 n ti Andw. McKewu 1230 ii June 8 John Aikeu 1269 II M David Dick 1231 M Aug. 20 John Stevenson 1270 1, Geo. Simpson The Malt men Craft in Glasgow. 101 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTKY. NAME. 1271 1744 Aug. 14 Rob. Calder 1310 1746 Aug. 15 Alexr. Hamilton 1272 M .1 Mw. Gilmour 1311 1747 May 21 George Craig 1273 11 II John Whitelaw 1312 n n James Duncan 1274 11 II John Coatts 1313 n M William Tait 1275 II ,. Win. McKewn 1314 n Aug. 20 Hugh Bryson 1276 II II John Baxter 1315 n n John Jack 1277 II II Rob. Gray 1316 ii Nov. 12 George Turnbull 1278 II II John McEldoe 1317 n n Andw. Buchanan 1279 II II John Dunlop 1318 1748 Aug. 12 Thos. Barr 1280 II II Rob. Falconer 1319 M n John Scott 1281 II II Jas. Gray 1320 Oct. 11 Robt. Barbour 1282 II II John Buchanan 1321 n John Gardner 1283 II II Rob. Matthie 1322 n ii Walter Watson 1284 II II Wm. Jamieson 1323 n n Archibald Smith 1285 II II Jas. Sym 1324 n n John Carss 1286 II II John McKean 1325 M n James Scott 1287 M II Aw. Wood 1326 M n John Young 1288 II II Alex. Ramsay 1327 M M Mw. Whitelaw 1289 II II Alex. Matthie 1328 n n John Robertson 1290 M II Rob. Tenuent 1329 n n Robt. Smith 1291 II II Thos. Watson 1330 n n John Dunlop 1292 II II Geo. Falconer 1331 n ii Alex. Knox 1293 II II Rob. White 1332 n H James Todd 1294 II II John Eason 1333 n n Robert Glen 1295 II II Thos Falconer 1334 n M Jas. Mitchell 1296 II II John Rae 1335 n ii Patrick Leggatt 1297 II II Rob. Naismith 1336 n n David Ewing 1298 II II David Robb 1337 n n Thos. Dobbie 1299 II II John Scott 1338 n M Robert Graham 1300 M II John Tennent 1339 n i' Geo. Fairie 1301 1745 Feb. 8 Robert Lang 1340 1749 May 10 John Gardner 1302 M M Willm. Brown, Jr. 1341 H Aug. 11 Samuel Geills 1303 May 17 John Aitken 1342 Nov. 3 Archd. Gray 1304 ii it Walter Hill 1343 1750 Jan. 7 Walter Stewart 1305 ,, July 19 James McNeil 1344 Aug. 17 James Calder 1306 1746 May 8 George Craig 1345 i n Patrick Mitchell 1307 ,i 16 John Hamilton 1346 II H James Stewart 1308 n Aug. 15 Thos. Smart 1347 Oct. 9 Archd. Robb 1309 M n Robt. Auchincloss 1348 n n John Stewart IO2 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1349 1751 Feb. 7 William Crawford 1388 1756 Oct. 12 Jas. McLehose 1350 M n Daniel Wright 1389 ii Nov. 12 James Scott 1351 M May 9 Rob. McGilchrist 1390 1757 Feb. 4 John Craig 1352 n Aug. 9 Wm. Ewing 1391 ii Aug. 26 John Smithers 1353 M Oct. 8 Archd. Anderson 1392 1758 Aug. 18 William Steel 1354 n n Angus Currie 1393 n n John Craig 1355 n n John Faulls 1394 n n William Reid 1356 1752 Feb. 6 Patrick Gibson 1395 n n John Duncan 1357 n n Patrick Adam 1396 1759 Aug. 10 Robert Barr 1358 n n Alexander Rankrne 1397 ii Nov. 23 James Buchanan 1359 n n Archd. Anderson 1398 M n Andrew Reid 1360 n Mar. 12 Alexr. Wyllie 1399 1760 Aug. 13 John Moffatt 1361 .. Aug. 7 William Muir 1400 n 15 James Deans 1362 ii Oct. 10 Willm. Thomson 1401 it it John King 1363 1753 Feb. 2 William Peacock 1402 i, n William Leechinan 1364 Oct. 9 George Bogle 1403 n n James Steven 1365 n n James Witherspoon 1404 Oct. 7 John Gray 1366 n n James Somerville 1405 II M John Rowan 1367 n ii John Barr 1406 1761 Feb. 6 John Leckie 1368 n James Witherspoon 1407 M II Ninian Hill 1369 M ii Andrew Hunter 1408 ii Aug. 14 John Crawford 1370 n n John Clark 1409 n n Thos. Blackstock 1371 Nov. 22 John Barbour, Yr. 1410 it M Lachlan Robertson 1372 1754 Feb. 7 Patrick Campbell 1411 i, Oct. 13 James Cowan 1373 ii May 30 Ninian Craig 1412 M Nov. 20 Jas. Umpherson 1374 n M James McNair 1413 n n Jas. Buchanan 1375 i. George Ure 1414 i. Nicol Wood 1376 Oct. 8 Alexr. Rattray 1415 1762 Feb. 12 Robt. Foullia 1377 Nov. 8 John Finlay 1416 April 12 David Cairns 1378 1755 Aug. 14 Adam Warden 1417 n a David Edmond 1379 M James Todd 1418 n May 21 Richard Miller 1380 1. 1, Archd. Brown 1419 n n Andrew Watson 1381 II II John Tilloch 1420 n n John Pearston 1382 ii Nov. 7 John Paterson 1421 Aug. 13 James Gray 1383 1756 Aug. 13 James Smith 1422 M William Lang 1384 M It James Harvie 1423 Sept. 9 Walter Colquhoun 1385 Oct. 12 John Forsyth 1424 Oct. 12 William Bull 1386 t: M David Robb 1425 1763 Aug. 19 Jas. Richardson 1387 it ii Wm. Anderson 1426 ., Dec. 20 Philip Barton The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 103 No. DATE or ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTEY. NAME. 1427 1764 Oct. 8 Jas. Donaldson 1466 1769 Oct. 10 Thos. Whitehill 1428 i. Nov. 9 William M'Allister 1467 M n William Tassie 1429 it it James Hay 1468 ,i M John Scott 1430 1765 Oct. 8 John Young 1469 1770 Aug. 10 Robert Wood 1431 1765 May 16 John Pagett 1470 n n Chas. Murray 1432 ii Aug. 7 John Maxwell 1471 ii n Thos. Fergus 1433 Nov. 14 Claud Marshall 1472 n Nov. 9 John Walker 1434 1767 Feb. 6 John Christie 1473 1771 Feb. 8 Jas. Donaldson, Senr. 1435 n Sept. 16 William Henderson 1474 May 17 John Merton 1436 Oct. 13 Rob. Freebairn 1475 n June 7 William Maxwell 1437 ii John Sloss 1476 Aug. 16 Alex. Rankin 1438 Nov. 13 John M'Farlane 1477 n n Jas. Renwick 1439 1768 Jan. 7 Alex. Gardner 1478 Oct. 8 Jas. Barr 1440 .1 27 Mark Scott 1479 ii n John Barr 1441 ii May 13 William Thomson 1480 M n Peter Salmon 1442 ii n Thos. Alexander 1481 n M John Reid 1443 n Aug. 12 Hugh Bryson, Jr. 1482 M Jas. Robertson 1444 ii ii Peter Buchanan 1483 n ii Thos. Craig 1445 n n Walter Corbet 1484 M Nov. 8 Jas. Richardson 1446 n ii James Bryce 1485 II M Walter Laing 1447 ii n David Paton 1486 1772 Aug. 14 William Bryce, Senr. 1448 M n Andw Buchanan 1487 n M Geo. Finlay 1449 M n Archd. Coats, Jr. 1488 , Nov. 13 John Reid 1450 ii n Thos. Patterson 1489 n n James Brouster 1451 M n Matthew Provan 1490 1773 Feb. 5 James Murray 1452 Oct. 11 Francis Reid 1491 M Aug. 13 James Wright 1453 n n Andrew Ewing 1492 1774 Feb. 11 Jas. McLehose 1454 n Dec. 2 Willm. Auchincloss 1493 May 19 Neill McNeill 1455 M n Andw. Maxwell 1494 n Aug. 19 John Gardner 1456 1769 Feb. 10 David Stevenson 1495 n n Andw. Machin 1457 n n John Scott 1496 n ii John Tennent 1458 n M William Younger 1497 1775 Feb. 10 Andw. Miller 1459 May 19 Walter Somerville 1498 Mar. 10 John Bow 1460 ii n Rob. Young 1499 n John Bow, Jr. 1461 n June 23 William Sym 1500 Oct. 10 Andrew Drummond 1462 ., Aug. 18 Peter Mac Arthur 1501 M Nov. 10 John Robertson 1463 n n Robert Tenent 1502 1776 Feb. 16 Robert Hanna 1464 n n John Hamilton 1503 n n Joseph M'Cosh 1465 n n Duncan McLearn 1504 May 24 John Donald iO4 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. PATE oy ENTRY. NAME. 1505 1776 June 5 William Thomson 1544 1779 Oct. 1 Jas. McEwan 1506 n M James Morton 1545 M II Jas. Angus 1507 it Aug. 15 James Scott 1546 ,, Nov. 12 John Blackstock 1508 n n John Kelso 1547 1780 Feb. 18 John Gray 1509 M n John Jamieson 1548 n n Alexr. Watt 1510 n n Francis Reid 1549 n n Andw. Brown 1511 M Nov. 15 William Gow 1550 n n Robert Hunter 1512 n ii William Drew 1551 M M John Elder 1513 Andrew Meikle 1552 . .. Jas. Cooper 1514 n n John Douglas 1553 ii n Archd. McAdam 1515 1777 May 17 Robert Rodger 1554 n n Robert Lang 1516 Aug. 7 Patrick Reid 1555 i May 19 Willm. Pinkerton 1517 John Beugo 1556 ii Aug. 11 Thomas Sym 1518 II M James Potter 1557 Oct. 10 Andrew Sym 1519 ,1 John Calder 1558 NOT. 10 Andw. Rouncehead 1520 Robert Rankin 1559 ,i n Robert Fleeming 1521 II II John Fergus 1560 1781 Feb. 9 John Struthers 1522 Robt. McFarlane 1561 n ii Jas. Harvey 1523 II II John Leechman 1562 M n Robert Barr 1524 II II James McTaggart 1563 n May 25 Robert Morrison 1525 .1 John Maxwell 1564 n Aug. 10 Robt. Forrester 1526 II II Jas. Buchanan 1565 M n Andrew Dunbar 1527 ii Nov. 10 John Cuthbertson 1566 M II Jas. Fisher 1528 n .. 11 Matw. Gilmor 1567 M II John Cassills 1529 1778 May 21 John Scott 1568 1. John Steven 1530 n n John Robertson 1569 Oct. 6 Walter Morrison 1531 n n Thos. Russell 1570 1782 Jan. 10 Walter Morrison 1532 II M Willm. Russell 1571 n Feb. 8 John Calder 1533 M Aug. 7 Robert Ewing 1572 n Mar. 15 Andw. Miller 1534 n n William Muir 1573 n May 17 James Gray 1535 John Wright 1574 n n Chas. Gray 1536 M Geo. Findlay 1575 n Aug. 23 John Aitken 1537 n Oct. 13 William Hay 1576 it n Wm. Stewart 1538 Nov. 12 Gilbert Weir 1577 n n William Stewart 1539 13 John Herbertson 1578 i. ,. John McAdam 1540 n ii Robert Wardrop 1579 n n John Paterson 1541 n n Robert Johnston 1580 n M Patrick Letham 1542 n n Thomas Watson 1581 M n Js. Bilsland 1543 1779 Feb. 5 Geo. Russell 1582 n M John Bryce The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 105 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1583 1782 Aug. 23 Jas. Held 1622 1782 Sept. 6 John Renton 1584 ii ii Alex. Mathie 1623 n n John Young 1585 ii n John Inglis 1624 ,i John Reid 1586 n Alexander Dick 1625 i. n Chas. Drew 1587 n William Newlands 1626 1783 Oct. 7 John Taylor 1588 ii n Neil MacLean 1627 M 8 John Wilson 1589 H James Holmes 1628 n Thos. Boyd 1590 William Balcanquall 1629 1784 Feb. 6 Wm. Cuthbertson 1591 James Richardson 1630 ii n Archd. Young 1592 1. II Robert Young 1631 n M Aw. Ewing 1593 II Thomas Scott 1632 ,i Jas. Ferguson 1594 John Hay 1633 M i. Archd. Smyth 1595 II II William Young 1634 It M Rob. Craig 1596 II William Barclay 1635 II ,1 Rob. Gray 1597 H II David Armour 1636 II II William Orhart 1598 II Alex. Paterson 1637 II II Jas. Sword 1599 1. Robert Craig 1638 II II Jas. Sym 1600 1, Jas. Young 1639 Nov. 16 Wm. Ewing 1601 John Warden 1640 1785 Feb. 18 Wm. Lang 1602 David Rankin 1641 ., May 20 Walter Wilson 1603 David Munroe 1642 M II Mw. Perston 1604 John Berrie 1643 II II Jas. Montgomery 1605 James Lees 1644 II II Jas. Montgomery 1606 Jas. Sommerville 1645 Aug. 8 Alex. Paterson 1607 M Aug. 30 Rob. Baillie 1646 1786 Apr. 12 Jas. Ure 1608 Wm. Anderson 1647 n ii John Ure 1609 Thos. Gibson 1648 II M John Hutton 1610 II II Jas. Rankin 1649 May 18 Aw. Gray 1611 M It Jas Morrison 1650 ,i Oct. 10 John Rattray 1612 I, Geo. Sommerville 1651 n Archd. Campbell 1613 II II John Auld 1652 Nov. 17 Wm. Hogg 1614 II II David Robb 1653 n n John Cross 1615 II II Wm. Gillespie 1654 it n Allan Scott 1616 M II Thos. West 1655 .1 ,i George Buchanan 1617 II II Wm. Walker 1656 1787 May J7 John Whytelaw 1618 ii Sept. 6 Wm. Bull 1657 M II Jas. Harvie 1619 M II Jas. Bull 1658 Aug. 17 Alex. Galloway 1620 tl II Joseph Paton 1659 ., Nov. 23 John Pearston 1621 II II John Harvey 1660 ii ti Lamont Colquhoun io6 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTKY. NAME. 1661 1787 Nov. 23 John Wilson 1700 1790 Dec. 10 Mw. Robertson 1(562 it n John Buchanan 1701 n n John Robertson 1663 1788 Feb. 5 Alex. Lindsay 1702 ,. Aw. Robertson 1664 ii Aug. 8 Mw. Letham 1703 M n Thos. Cuthell 1665 n n Hugh Thomson 1704 Jas. Wyllie 1666 1789 Feb. 13 John Gardner, Jr. 1705 n n Wm. Bryce 1667 n Aug. 21 Robt. Lang 1706 ., John Gallaway 1668 n n Wm. Govan 1707 1791 Jan. 19 John Morrison 1669 n n Rob. Peat 1708 n M David Ewing 1670 1790 Feb. 5 Jas. Ranken 1709 n n Ben. Gow 1671 i. Jas. Wright 1710 n n Jas. Knox 1672 n n Jas. Hunter 1711 n n John Muirhead 1673 i, Mar. 17 Wm. Houston 1712 M M John Peatt 1674 n May 21 Rob. Allan 1713 M II Alex. McAdam 1675 ii June 29 John Lilburn 1714 11 II William Cherry 1676 n n Rob. Malloch 1715 II II Rob Winning 1677 H Aug. 12 David Russell 1716 II II Jas. Drew 1678 M Oct. 12 Wm. Watson 1717 II Thos. Smith 1679 n n James Harvie 1718 i. 28 Patrick Ewing 1680 M II Rob. Wilson 1719 n n Mw. Machen 1681 28 Archd. Ronald 1720 n n John Shearer, Jr. 1682 M ii John Richardson 1721 M 29 Wm. Love 1683 Nov. 11 Rob. Struthers 1722 n n John M'Alister 1684 M ii Aw. Watson 1723 n n John Manners 1685 n n John Scott 1724 n M Rob. McLehose 1686 n ii Mw. Kirkby 1725 M n Richard McLedoe 1687 ii i. Hugh Fergus 1726 Feb. 1 David Crawford 1688 n n Rob. Barbour 1727 n M Jas. White 1689 26 Alex. Bowie 1728 11 2 Alex. M'Culloch 1690 n n Wm. Richardson 1729 11 John Edmond 1691 n n Eben. Richardson 1730 n M Geo. Lowrie 1692 ii M Alex. Scott 1731 n n Jas. Morrison 1693 M n Wm. McGill 1732 M II Thos. Robertson 1694 n n Jas. Law 1733 II II Rob. Smith 1695 M n Wm. Tassie 1734 II II John Sharp 1696 n n Wm. Reid 1735 II 1. Jas. Stark 1697 n n Archd. Tassie 1736 .1 II John Young 1698 Dec. 10 Archd. Grindlay 1737 M Js. Williamson 1699 H n Jas. Robertson 1738 II II Geo. Paton The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 107 No. DATE OP ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1739 1791 Feb.' 11 Geo. Craig 1778 1799 Aug. 9 Peter Carrick 1740 ii ii Wm. Leechman, Jr. 1779 Oct. 8 Wm. Henderson 1741 ii M Rob. Falconer 1780 Nov. 8 Wm. Watson 1742 n M Js. Russell 1781 1800 Aug. 15 Wm. Lawson 1743 ii M Geo. Tassie 1782 Oct. 7 Wm. Balcanquall 1744 n M John Sommervell 1783 1802 Aug. 6 Rob. Anderson 1745 May 12 John Thomson 1784 II M Wm. Thomson 1746 M n Dav. Brown 1785 Nov. 11 Hugh Cuningham 1747 n M James Steel 1786 1803 May 20 Rob. Hunter 1748 n n John Swanston 1787 M Aug. 4 Jas. Anderson 1749 M II Jas. Miller 1788 Oct. 11 John Bryson 1750 13 Jas. Douglas 1789 1804 Nov. 3 Jas. Lindsay 1751 n M John Muir 1790 1805 Feb. 1 Wm. Craig 1752 n n Js. Muir 1791 M Aug. 2 Rob. Hutchison 1753 ii Aug. 4 Jas. M'Laren 1792 M M Jas. McCulloch 1754 Oct. 11 Aw. Patton 1793 Oct. 8 John M'Callum 1755 1792 Nov. 15 John Gardner 1794 18 Thos. Kerr 1756 1794 Feb. 7 Wm. Jackson 1795 n M John Barr 1757 n M Jas. McKean 1796 Nov. 8 Wm. Watson 1758 Mar. 10 Wm. Mathie 1797 i. John Coats 1759 May 13 Wm. Watt 1798 1806 Oct. 7 John Robertson 1760 n Nov. 5 John Strong 1799 Nov. 12 Eben. Robertson 1761 1796 Jan. 27 Daniel Newham 1800 M M Wm. Brown 1762 Feb. 5 Alex. Struthers 1801 1807 Aug. 7 Aw. Yule 1763 M Aug. 5 Archd. Hunter 1802 ., Oct. 12 John Tennent, Jr. 1764 M M Rob. Hood 1803 n n Hugh Tennent 1765 II II Archd. Robertson 1804 Nov. 6 Rob. Tennent, Jr. 1766 II II Mw. Maxwell 1805 n M Aw. Tennent 1767 1797 July 27 Robt. McLehose 1806 1808 May 13 Wm. Macdonald 1768 Nov. 10 John Scoular 1807 n Aug. 5 John Hutcheson 1769 1798 Aug. 10 Wm. Russell 1808 Nov. 11 David Hay 1770 n n John Miller 1809 1809 May 12 Aw. Paterson 1771 n n Aw. Paton, Jr. 1810 n M Thos. Campbell 1772 n .1 Wm. Ramsay 1811 M Aug. 4 Jas. Dick 1773 I' M Wm. McVey 1812 n n John Leechman 1774 M II John Reid 1813 n n John Leechman 1775 II II John Fergus, Jun. 1814 n H James Young 1776 1799 Feb. 8 Jas. Russell 1815 Oct. 10 Jas. Sloan 1777 May 10 Wm. Moffat 1816 John Craig io8 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OP ENTRY. NAME. 1817 1810 Aug. 9 Walter Ferguson 1856 1823 May 9 Wm. Lang 1818 it it Wm. Allan 1857 M Nov. 7 Geo. Burn 1819 1811 Aug. 9 John Millar 1858 1824 Feb. 6 Wm. Russel 1820 Oct. 8 Wm. Jamieaon 1859 M Aug. 6 Jas. Jackson 1821 1812 May 8 Archd. Graham 1860 n n Jas. McCulloch 1822 ,i Aug. 31 John Watson 1861 1825 Oct. 11 Jas. Renton 1823 1813 Aug. 6 John Aitken 1862 n n John Renton 1824 n Sept. 8 J. R. Gardner 1863 n n Alex. Bobbie 1825 it 21 Archd. Thoburn 1864 1827 Apr. 12 Thos. Alexander 1826 1814 May 12 John Walker 1865 it May 11 Rob. Rattray 1827 n Aug. 5 Jas. Pinkerton 1866 July 27 Hugh Tennent 1828 i. Oct. 11 Jas. Paterson 1867 1828 Nov. 28 Adam Morrison 1829 n ii Mw. Wilson 1868 1829 Feb. 6 John Ferguson 1830 n Nov. 11 Aw. Liddel 1869 May 8 Wm. Herbertson 1831 1815 May 12 Alex. Dobie 1870 Dec. 28 Robert Richardson 1832 n M John McVey 1871 1830 Feb. 5 John Reid 1833 Oct. 10 Walter Stewart 1872 n n David McNicol 1834 n n John Stewart 1873 M M Geo. Young 1835 n n John Ferguson 1874 M Nov. 5 Js. Haliburton Burn 1836 Nov. 10 John Yool 1875 1831 Oct. 11 John Salmon 1837 1816 Aug. 2 Aw. Logan 1876 1832 Feb. 14 Hugh Baird 1838 1817 Nov. 7 John Drew 1877 n Aug. 3 Wm. Mochrie 1839 1818 Nov. 6 Wm. Stewart 1878 1833 Jan. 31 Walter Robb 1840 n n Walter Stewart, Jn. 1879 n n Aw. Logan 1841 M n Robt. Stewart 1880 May 8 Rob. Jackson 1842 ti n Alex. Reid 1881 Aug. 8 Geo. Webster 1843 1819 Feb. 5 Rob. Gray 1882 1834 May .8 Jas. Symers 1844 1820 Aug. 4 John Smith 1883 ,t James Bayne 1845 1821 Feb. 2 Henry Reid 1884 n Sept. 16 Rob. Couper 1846 Aug. 3 Rob. Leechman 1885 1835 Aug. 6 Aw. Barr 1847 n Nov. 9 Jas. Maxwell 1886 n Nov. 5 Jas. Fleck 1848 M n Jas. Hood 1887 1837 Aug. 3 Jas. Moffat 1849 n n David Hood 1888 Sept. 22 Aw. Malloch 1850 1822 Aug. 2 Edwd. McCrone 1889 n Nov. 2 Aw. Scott 1851 Oct. 8 Wm. Ewing 1890 M 11 John Ewing 1852 n n John Gow, Jr. 1891 1838 July 20 Alex. Fleck 1853 M 1. Alex. Moffat 1892 M Aug. 3 Rob. Reid 1854 Nov. 8 Hugh Mackay 1893 ti n Dugald Sinclair 1855 1823 Jan. 24 Wm. MacDougall 1894 It I! Dav. Auchenvole Nelson The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 109 No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1895 1839 Feb. 1 Geo. McCulloch 1932 1843 Feb. 2 Adam Young 1896 1840 ,. 6 John Strang 1933 M n Jas. Wyllie 1897 ii it Hy. Johnson 1934 ,i Simon McLennan 1898 ii Nov. 5 Gilbert Rainy Tennent 1935 n n Wm. Miller 1899 n M Archd. Cunningham 1936 n M Rob. Barr 1900 1841 Feb. 4 John Webster 1937 n M Geo. Marshall 1901 May 14 Jas. Fleck, Jr. 1938 n May 4 Jas. Fisher 1902 n n Thos. Hopkirk Herbert- 1939 Nov. 9 Hugh Rankin son 1940 1844 May 9 James Renton 1903 n Sept. 17 Aw. Harvie 1941 n Sep. 20 Malcolm McCallum 1904 n n Wm. Lang 1942 n Dec. 26 Wm. Ross 1905 n Nov. 5 Chas. Stewart Parker 1943 n n John McPherson Tennent 1944 1845 Feb. 6 John Ferguson, Jr. 1906 Dec. 23 Jas. Blackley 1945 M n Rob. Ferguson 1907 1842 Aug. 4 John Renton 1946 n M Jas. Renton, Jr. 1908 M M Peter Forsyth 1947 M May 8 John Barr 1909 M n Wm. Barr 1948 M Aug. 7 Rob. Barr, Jr. 1910 M II Alex. Wyllie 1949 n n Wm. Yuile 1911 ii Sep. 16 Jas. Simpson 1950 n M Geo. Whyte 1912 n n James Dougall 1951 n n Wm. Ferguson 1913 Nov. 4 John Herbertson, Jr. 1952 n M Wm. Pollock Yuile 1914 n ii Wm. McCulloch 1953 n n David Yuile 1915 ii M Jas. McCulloch 1954 Oct. 1 Rob. McCallum 1916 n M David Wyllie 1955 M M Gordon Reid 1917 Dec. 1 John Salmon 1956 17 Jas. Logan 1918 1 n Peter Salmon 1957 n n Geo. Renton 1919 ii n William Steele 1958 n n Jas. McMorran 1920 n Jas. Paterson 1959 n M Mw. Riddell, Jr. 1921 n n Wm. Jackson 1960 1846 May 7 Archd. Newlands 1922 n n Hugh Tennent, Jr. 1961 M Aug. 14 Wm. Lawson 1923 n n James Neilson 1962 n n John S. Lawson 1924 n n Wm. Newlands 1963 M Sep. 14 Rob. Logan 1925 ii M Geo. Park 1964 n n John Smith, Jr. 1926 1843 Feb. 2 John Thomson 1965 n M Jas. Smith 1927 n n Wm. Wallace Mitchell 1966 n n Alex. Smith 1928 H Andw. Alston 1967 n n Murdoch Mackay 1929 ., Angus Mackay 1968 n i> Alex. Scott, Jun. 1930 n n Wm. McDougall 1969 M n Jas. Baynes 1931 ii n Alex. Fleming 1970 n 18 Charles Malloch no The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 1971 1846 Oct. 2 Robt. Falconer 2010 1849 Sept. 3 Wm. Scott 1972 M Nov. 5 Peter Ferguson 2011 n n Alex. Taylor 1973 1" M Gordon Reid, Jr. 2012 24 John Turnbull 1974 II Hugh Reid 2013 n n William Cherry 1975 i. 18 Wm. Mocbrie 2014 n Nov. 1 Alex. Young 1976 M ii Geo. Renton 2015 n n Jas. Shearer 1977 1847 May 6 Henry Munro 2016 n Dec. 31 Andw. Findlay 1978 II M Duncan M 'Arthur 2017 1850 Feb. 1 Henry Reid 1979 II M John Fulton 2018 n ii Aw. Miller Bolton 1980 M II Joseph Fleming 2019 M May 17 Wm. Provan 1981 II II Rob. Fleming 2020 M M John Robertson, Jr. 1982 II II Jas. Reid 2021 n n Jas. Wright 1983 .1 David Barr 2022 ., 31 John Dobbie 1984 II II Wm. Newlands 2023 M M Jno. M'Whirter Reid 1985 II M Jas. Newlands 2024 M Aug. 2 Jas Bayue, Jr. 1986 II II John Adam 2025 n M Wm. Jackson 1987 ii Aug. 5 Aw. Drummond 2026 n n John Meikle 1988 ti ii Chas. Fisher 2027 M II Jas. Shearer, Jr. 1989 ii i. 12 Thos. Meikle 2028 n Nov. 1 Mw. Paton 1990 ii n David Cherry 2029 n n Artt. M'Lachlan 1991 Sept. 14 John Murray Malloch 2030 1851 May 1 Geo. Ledingham 1992 n Nov. 4 Jas. McKeever 2031 .. July 31 Jas. Galloway 1993 1848 May 4 Franc Gibb Dougall 2032 n n John Barclay 1994 n Aug. 3 Rob. Struthers, Jr. 2033 u M Alex. Vallance 1995 n n David Fortune 2034 n Aug. 14 Robert Webster 1996 M n John Russell 2035 u Oct. 31 John Bayne 1997 ii n John Gardner 2036 1852 Feb. 5 Thos. Blair 1998 M II Wm. Aird 2037 i, Apr. 29 Duncan McCallum 1999 n Sept. 14 John B. Johnson 2038 n n Jas. Hutcheson 2000 n Oct. 5 Mw. A. Muir 2039 n Aug. 4 Alexander Ferguson 2001 n ii Wm. Renison 2040 n M Robert Urquhart 2002 1849 May 3 Chas. Shanks 2041 u n Edward Hugh Aitken 2003 n n Wm. Gardner Macrone 2004 M II John Crawford 2042 M M Wm. Macrone 2005 n Aug. 1 David Reid 2043 n Nov. 4 Rob. Alston 2006 n n John Hetherington 2044 u n David Gibb Dougall 2007 n 11 Jas. Kay 2045 n M Francis Cook Buttle 2008 M n Geo. Eben. Harvie 2046 1853 Feb. 3 Chas. Moffat 2009 ii Sept. 3 Hugh M'Gilvray 2047 t, Aug. 5 Nicholas Reid The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 1 1 i No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTEY. NAME. . 2048 1853 Aug. 5 Duncan Black 2087 1855 May 3 Andw. Watson 2049 II M Robert Webster, Jr. 2088 n t. Jas. Miller 2050 it Nov. 3 Andrew Findlay 2089 M n Thos. Miller 2051 II Tl Daniel Morrison 2090 n M Peter Burn 2052 II II Robert Douie 2091 ii Nov. 2 Peter Fleck 2053 1854 Feb. 2 Peter Stewart 2092 n M John McArthur 2054 M ii Archd. Newlands 2093 n M John Miller 2055 i, Sept. 14 Rob. Glover 2094 1856 Sept. 4 George Young 2056 ii Nov. 2 Jas. Mclnnes 2095 n Oct. 30 Robert Finlay 2057 1855 Jan. 25 Andw. Dunlop Webster 2096 M n Ralph Fergus 2058 ii M Jas. Mclsaac 2097 1857 Feb. 3 Wm. L. MacMorran 2059 M M John Webster 2098 II M John MacMorran 2060 I. .1 Wm. Couper 2099 II II John Young 2061 1. John Watson, Jr. 2100 Apr. 30 Alex. Hannah, Jr. 2062 May 3 John Reid 2101 ti July 30 Wm. Yuile Johnstone 2063 ,i John Thos. Herbertson 2102 Aug. 6 Robert Reid 2064 n ti Wm. Baird Airston 2103 M Nov. 5 Js. Ewing, M.D. 2065 M II P. T. Young 2104 M II Peter Maclachlan 2066 II M Archd. Black 2105 II II David Parlane 2067 I. John Leechman Taylor 2106 II II Alex. Dobbie 2068 II II Geo. M'Culloch, Jr. 2107 1858 Feb. 4 Wm. Macdonald, M.D. 2069 II M Andrew Miller 2108 n Nov. 5 Alex. Finlay 2070 II II Wm. Alston 2109 II M Jas. Liddell 2071 II M John Alston 2110 M II John Fortune 2072 II M James Rankin 2111 1859 May 5 John MacLean 2073 II II George Fisher 2112 n Nov. 3 Rob. Reid 2074 II II Thos. Ranken Gardner 2113 M M Mw. Barr 2075 II II Wm. MacLean 2114 ., ii 24 Jas. Gray WaddelJ 2076 II II Robert Smith 2115 1860 Feb. 4 Wm. MacLean, Jr. 2077 II II Mitchell Smith 2116 M n Wm. Sugar 2078 II II Rob. Jackson 2117 May 3 Wm. Reid 2079 II It John Hunter Jackson 2118 Aug. 2 Jas. R. Morrison 2080 II II John Wm. Scott 2119 n M Alex. B. Maclachlan 2081 .1 Andw. Scott, Jr. 2120 Nov. 1 Andrew Alston 2082 II II Andw. McNair 2121 1861 May 2 Geo. Findlay 2083 II II Archd. McLennan 2122 10 Wm. West Watson 2084 II II Adam Moffat 2123 M Aug. 1 John Flint 2085 II M John McFarlan 2124 ,. Oct. 3 Malcolm McCallum 2086 " Thomas Renton 2125 M II 31 Benjamin Gow H2 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 2126 1861 Oct. 31 Jas. Crawford 2165 1868 July 30 Wm. W. Kay 2127 M n Wm. Gilchrist 2166 M Nov. 5 Thos. Wilson 2128 1862 Jan. 30 Wm. Landells Patterson 2167 n n Alex. G. Galloway 2129 ,. July 31 Jas. McCulloch 2168 1869 Feb. 4 Jas. Tnrnbull 2130 1863 Feb. 5 Jas. Lament 2169 M M Wm. Sloane 2131 ii May 29 Geo. Heriot 2170 M n Wm. Ban- 2132 ii July 30 Alex. Wm. Leitch 2171 M M John Blackley 2133 n Nov. 6 Archd. Cunningham 2172 M n Js. Marshall 2134 1864 Feb. 4 James Pyle 2173 n n Wm. Bolton 2135 n May 5 Robt. Buchanan 2174 n M Alex. Ramsay 2136 M n Robt. Gillespie 2175 n Apr. 29 Joseph Fleming, Jr. 2137 Nov. 3 Jno. Campbell Neilson 2176 .. Aug. 5 Alex. W. Vallance 2138 M 11 John Barr 2177 n M John M'Gregor 2139 1865 Feb. 4 David MacLean 2178 M ii Rob. Hutchison 2140 n n Ebenezer MacLean 2179 n Nov. 4 William Watson 2141 M May 4 Jonathan Black 2180 II M Archd. Crawford 2142 Aug. 3 Jas. Nisbet 2181 .. n John Crawford, Jr. 2143 ii ii Alex. Fleming 2182 n M Rob. Eadie 2144 Nov. 2 Archd. Crawford 2183 1870 Feb. 3 Alex. Riddell 2145 M n Wm. Thos. Scott 2184 n n Richard Blair 2146 n Jas. Watson 2185 M n Peter Taylor 2147 II M Jas. Barr 2186 M May 5 Geo. McCallum 2148 II II John Renison 2187 n n Matthew Riddell 2149 Wm. Drew 2188 n n Colin Campbell 2150 M II Benj. F. Wilson 2189 n n Archd. Grant Winning 2151 1S66 Aug. 2 Wm. Morrison 2190 M Nov. 3 Andw. Malloch Bayne 2152 M M Lachlan Cowan 2191 n n Thomas Turnbull 2153 II ! Allan G. Maxwell 2192 M n David Reid, Jr. 2154 1867 Jan. 31 Walter Davie 2193 1871 Feb. 2 James M'Intosh 2155 Rob. Miller 2194 n n John M'Gregor 2156 i, May 2 Hugh Baird, Jr. 2195 M May 4 James Blair 2157 n Aug. 1 Jas. Morrison 2196 i. .. George Young 2158 ii n Alex. Leechman 2197 n William Reniaon, Junr. 2159 1868 Feb. 1 Robt. Marr Benzie 2198 n Nov. 2 John Dobbie 2160 ii Geo. Simpson 2199 n Walter Gardner 2161 n Apr. 30 Jas. E. Taylor 2200 1872 Feb. 1 John Dobbie, Jr. 2162 M Alexr. Taylor, Jr. 2201 M May 2 Walter Stewart, Jr. 2163 M M John M'Millan 2202 n M Robert Robin 2164 , May 8 Wm. Taylor 2203 n n Thomas Dempster The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 113 No DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. No. DATE OF ENTRY. NAME. 2204 1872 Oct. 31 Rob. Leechman Morrison 2232 1876 May 4 Alex. C. Paterson 2205 it M Peter Wilson 2233 M n John Craig Broadfoot 2206 1873 Apr. 30 John Duncan Morrison 2234 n M James Moffat 2207 ii M Forsyth Macgillivray 2235 M Aug. 3 Duncan Maclachlan 2208 July 31 Robert Fleming 2236 u Nov. 2 Robert Williamson 2209 1 M James Scott 2237 1877 Feb. 1 John Pollock Cubic 2210 Oct. 30 Robert M'Laren 2238 n M James John Fraser 2211 M II William Galbraith 2239 n n John Anderson 2212 II II William Wren 2240 n n William Mather 2213 1874 Feb. 5 Andrew Miller 2241 M Aug. 2 James Bayne, Jun. 2214 n ii Charles Gribben 2242 1. M James Smith 2215 Apr. 30 John Miller 2243 II II George Miller 2216 II M Richard Marshall 2244 ii Nov. 1 James Pearson 2217 M Nov. 5 David Waddell 2245 1878 Jan. 31 George Burn Young 2218 M n Alex. McVicar Duff 2246 M n Thomas William Weir 2219 M u Robert James Bennett Flint 2220 II M John Ewing Nelson 2247 ii n John King 2221 1875 Feb. 5 Win. Mason Turnbull 2248 M May 2 John Moffat 2222 M II John Gardner 2249 M Aug. 1 Matthew Paton, Jr. 2223 M Apr. 30 Montagu M. W. Baird 2250 n James Scott. 2224 n n William Macdougall 2251 M Oct. 31 John Barr 2225 n n John Russell Gray 2252 1879 Jan. 31 William Hay 2226 n Aug. 5 John Adam Stewart 2253 n M Nicholas M'Whirter 2227 n Andrew Findlay, Jr. Reid 2228 n M James Armstrong 2254 n April 30 Thomas Hopkirk 2229 n n John Steel Herbertson 2230 M Nov. 4 William Yuile 2255 M July 31 James Lorimer 2231 1876 Feb. 3 John Gray . Macmorran NAMES OF MEMBEKS, At 1st AUGUST, 1879, IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ENROLMENT, AND WITH THEIR CRAFT GENEALOGY. BAIRD, HUGH, Burgess and Guild Brother,* qua Maltman, entered at Far-hand, 14th February, 1832. TENNENT, GILBERT RAINY, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 5th November, 1840, as a younger son of TENNENT, HUGH, a Freeman of the Calling, entered 27th July, 1827, as eldest son of TENNENT, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 6th November, 1807, as son of TENNENT, ROBERT, Senior, a Freeman, entered 18th August, 1769, as younger son of TENNENT, HUGH, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1727, as third son of TENNENT, PATRICK, a Freeman, entered 31st March, 1687, as " mariand a Frieman's doughter." TENNENT, ROBERT, an Ancestor, entered at Near-hand on 18th Feb.. 1632, which would connect this family with the Craft prior to 1605. M'CULLOCH, Knt., The Honourable Sir JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, a Freeman, entered 4th November, 1842, as eldest son of M 'CULLOCH, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 1st Feb., 1839, as being a son of M'CULLOCH, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th August, 1824, as younger son of M'CULLOCH, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 2nd August, 1805, as having served an apprenticeship with John and Robert Tennent, Freemen. TENNENT, HUGH, Junior, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 1st December, 1842, as son of TENNENT, HUGH. (See Tennent, G. R.) NEILSON, JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 1st December, 1842, at Far-hand. THOMSON, JOHN, B. and G. B., a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, at Far-hand. MITCHELL, WILLIAM WALLACE, B. and G. B., a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, at Far-hand. FERGUSON, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman. a Freeman, entered 6th February } 1845, as eldest son of FERGUSON, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 6th February, 1829, as son-in- law of RATTRAY, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered llth May, 1827, as a younger son of RATTRAY, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1786, as eldest son of RATTRAY, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 8th October, 1754, as eld- est son of Abbreviated in subsequent Names of Members as "B. and G. B." The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. RATRA, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 21st August, 1702, as "he who mar- ried Isobell Little johne, daughter to the deceist" LITTLEJOHNE, JOHN, a Freeman, the date of whose entry is not given. He was son of LITTLEJOHNE, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 13th January, 1655, as son of LITTLEJOHNE, JAMES, " maid Freeman Maltman," 24th September, 1631. FERGUSON, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 6th February, 1845, son of the above John Ferguson, entered in 1829. REN TON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th Feb., 1845, as younger son of RENTON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1825. (See Renton, Thomas. ) BARK, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 7th August, 1845, as being a younger son of BARK, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, at Far-hand. YUILE, WILLIAM POLLOCK, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 7th August, 1845, and YUILE, DAVID, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 7th Aug., 1845, as sons of YUILE, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., entered 7th August, 1845, at Far-hand. LOGAN, JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 17th October, 1845, as younger son of LOGAN, ANDREW, Junior, a Freeman, entered 31st January, 1833, as eldest son of LOGAN, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 2nd August, 1816, as son-in-law of SMITH, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 13th August, 1756, as son-in-law of TENNENT, HUGH, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1727, as third son of TENNENT, PATRICK, a Freeman, entered 31st March, 1687, as "marianda Frieman's doughter. " (See Tennent, G. ./?.) RENTON, GEORGE, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 17th October, 1845, as younger sou of RENTON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1825. (See Renton, Thomas. ) LOGAN, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Merchant, entered 14th September, 1846, as eldest son of LOGAN, ANDREW, Junior. (See Logan, James. ) SMITH, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 14th September, 1846, as a younger son of SMITH, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 4th August, 1820, as son-in-law of REID, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 6th November, 1818, as son-in- law of MITCHELL, JAMES, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1748, as eldest son of MITCHELL, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th October, 1712, as son of MITCHELL, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 19th May, 1704, as having served ' ' prentise " with KING, JOHN, a Freeman, and was also eldest son of MITCHELL, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th October, 1690, as son of MITCHELL, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 13th May, 1656, as son of MITCHELL, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 12th August, 1635, as son-in-law of u6 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. BRYSSON, JOHNNE, Merchant, Burgess, a Freeman, entered 24th September, 1631. MACKAY, MURDOCH, B. and G. B., qua Malt man, entered 14th September, 1846> as son of MACKAY, ANGUS, a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, at Far-hand. BAYNES, JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 14th September, 1846, as son-in-law of MALLOCH, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered qua Merchant, 22nd September, 1837, as a younger son of MALLOCH, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 29th June, 1790, as son-in-law of MURRAY, CHARLES, a Freeman, entered 10th August, 1770, as son-in-law of CARSS, JOHN, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1748, as son-in-law of MEIKLOM, WILLIAM, entered 20th Feb., 1708, as Freeman, who " gave his oath as use is, and granted Band to the Calling for ane hundredth merkes for his fyne. " FERGUSON. PETER, B. and G.B., qua Maltman, entered 5th November, 1846, as son of FERGUSON, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 6th February, 1829. (See Fergu- son, John.) REID, GORDON, Junior, B. and G. B., qua Malt- ,man, entered 5th November, 1846, as son of REID, GORDON, a Freeman, entered 1st October, 1845, at Far-hand. REID, HUGH, B. and G. B., a Freeman, en- tered 5th November, 1846, as son of REID, GORDON (above). FLEMING, JOSEPH, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 6th May, 1847, as eldest son of FLEMING, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, as son-in-law of MORRISON, JOSEPH, a Freeman, entered llth February, 1791, as son of MORRISON, ROBERT, a Freeman, en- tered 25th May, 1781, as son-in- law of GIBSON, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 13th August, 1736, as son-in-law of JOHNSTOUN, PATRICK, a Freeman, entered llth November, 1720, as son-in- law of WINZEAT, WALTER, "maid Frieman" on 4th May, 1665, as son of WEINZETT, GEORGE, " adinittit Frieman " on 7th August, 1656. FLEMING, ROBERT, B. and G.B., qua Maltman, entered 6th May, 1847, as a younger son of FLEMING, ALEXANDER. (See previous entry. ) REID, JAMES, B. andG.B., qua Maltman, entered 6th May, 1847, as eldest son of REID, GORDON. (See Reid, Gordon, Jun. ) BARR, DAVID, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 6th May, 1847, as a younger son of BARR, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 8th October, 1805, as eldest son of BARR, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 8th October, 1771, as second son of BARR, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 9th October, 1753, as son-in-law of CLARK, James, a Freeman, entered llth August, 1699, "as he qha servit to umquhile Alexander French, Freeman, a pairt of his tyme, and after his deceiss John Lilburne the rest of his tyme, conform to ane Act of the Tred." The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 117 NEWLANDS, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 6th May, 1847, as eldest son of NEWLANDS, ARCHIBALD, a Freeman, entered 7th May, 1846, as a younger son of NEWLANDS, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 1st December, 1842, as eldest son of NEWLANBS, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 23rd August, 1782, as son-in-law of MACADAM, ARCHIBALD, a Freeman, entered 18th February, 1780, as son-in-law of MATTHIE, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1744, as third son of MATTHIE, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 24th November, 1699, as son-in- law of DOBBIE, EGBERT, ' ' Burgess of the Brughe, and now admitted, 16th February 1677, Frieman of the Calling, and hes payit to the Collector 38 merkes, 12s. for the Mortclaith, and hath given his oath as use is. " DRUMMOND, ANDREW, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 5th August, 1847, as a younger sou of DRUMMOND, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1775, as having served his apprenticeship with REID, PATRICK, Maltman and Free- man, for the full space of seven years. MALLOCH, JOHN MURRAY, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 14th September, 1847, as a younger son of MALLOCH, ANDREW, a Freeman. (See Baynes, James.) DOUGALL, FRANC GIBB, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 4th May, 1848, as eldest son of DOUGALL, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 16th September, 1842, at Far- hand. FORTUNE, DAVID, B. and G. B., qua Maltmau, entered 3rd August, 1848, as son- in-law of RENTON, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 6th September, 1782. (See Renton, Thomas.) GARDNER, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd August, 1848, as son- in-law of RUSSELL, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 6th February, 1824, as eldest son of RUSSELL, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 10th August, 1798, having served an apprenticeship for Freedom with John and Robert Tennent. JOHNSON, JOHN B., B. and G. B., qua Tailor, entered 14th September, 1848, as son-in-law of YUILLE, WILLIAM. (See Yuille, W. P.] MUIR, MATTHEW A., B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 5th October, 1848, as a younger son of MUIR, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 13th May, 1791, as eldest son of MUIR, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 7th August, 1778, as son-in-law of SCOT, MARK, a Freeman, entered 27th January, 1768, who " payed his Freedom fine. " RENISON, WILLIAM, B. and G. B. , qua Maltman, entered 5th October, 1848, as son- in-law of MUIR, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 13th March, 1791. (See Muir, M.A.) n8 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. M'GiLVEAY, HUGH, B. and G. B., qua, Maltman, entered 3rd September, 1849, as son-in-law of FORSYTH, PETER, a Freeman, entered 4th August, 1842, at Far-hand. SCOTT, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd September, 1849, as eldest son of SCOTT, ALEXANDER, Junior, a Freeman, entered 14th September, 1846, as younger son of SCOTT, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 26th November, 1790, as son-in- law of DREW, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 15th November, 1776, as eldest son of DREW, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 7th May, 1731, as son of DREW, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 17th August, 1680, as son of DREW, WALTER, a Freeman, entered 1st July, 1656, " as he quha hes maried ane burges dochter." CHERRY, WILLIAM, B. andG. B., qua Maltman, entered 24th September, 1849, as son of CHERRY, DAVID, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1847, as eldest son of CHERRY, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 19th January, 1791, as son-in-law of DREW, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 15th November, 1776, as eldest son of DREW, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 7th May, 1731, as son of DREW, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 17th August, 1680, as son of DREW, WALTER, a Freeman, entered 1st July, 1656, "as he quha hes maried ane burges dochter, and hes payit for his admissionne Ten merks, Twelf punds for the denner, and 12/ for the mortcloth." YOUNG, ALEXR , B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 1st November, 1849, as son of YOUNG, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 5th February, 1830, as son of YOUNG, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 23rd August, 1782, as son-in-law of FALCONER, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1 744, as third son of FALCONER, EGBERT, a Freeman, entered 15th February, 1732, as second son of FALCONER, WALTER, a Freeman, entered 18th January, 1717, as son-in- law of WALLACE, JOHN, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1676, as son-in-law of HARVIE, JAMES, Younger, "admittit and receavit frieman with ye brethren of ye calling, 22nd September, 1660, quha hes payit to ye Collec- tor Threttie punds Scots for his up- sett and denner, and given his aith BOLTON, ANDREW MILLER, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 1st February, 1850, as son-in-law of PARK, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 1st December, 1842, as son-in-law of JACKSON, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 1st December, 1842, as eldest son of JACKSON, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 7th February, 1794, as son-in-law of TENNENT, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 19th August, 1794, as son of TENNENT, HUGH, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1727, as third son of TENNENT, PATRICK, a Freeman, entered 31st March, 1687, as "being burges and as mariand a Frieman's doughter, who hes payit soum of 8 5s. 4d. to ye Collector, and given his oath as use is." The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 119 DOBBIE, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 31st May, 1850, as son of DOBBIE, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1825, as being younger son of DOBBIE, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 12th May, 1815, as eldest son of DOBBIE, THOMAS, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1748, as son-in-law of LEGGAT, ALEXANDER, a Freeman. (See Reid, William, 1860.) BAYNE, JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 2nd August, 1850, as eldest son of BAYNE, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 8th May, 1834, as son-in-law of HARVIE, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 12th October, 1790, as son-in-law of WATSON, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 21st May, 1762, as son-in-law of ALEXANDER, THOMAS, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1710, as second son of ALEXANDER, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 22nd August, 1707, at Far-hand. JACKSON, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 2nd August, 1850, as eldest son of JACKSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th August, 1824, as second son of JACKSON, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 7th February, 1794, as son-in- law of TENNENT, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 19th August, 1794. (See Bolton, A.M.) MEIKLE, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 2nd August, 1850, and younger son of MEIKLE, THOMAS, a Freeman, entered 5th August, 1847, as eldest son of MEIKLE, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 15th November, 1776, as son of MEIKLE, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 25th August, 1738, as son-in-law of WEINZAT, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 18th August, 1692, as eldest son of WINZEAT, WALTER, a Freeman, entered 4th May, 1665, as son of WEINZETT, GEORGE, admitted Freeman on 7th August, 1656. PA TON, MATTHEW, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 1st November, 1850, as son-in-law of FORSYTH, PETER, as Freeman, entered 4th August, 1842, at Far-hand. M'LACHLAN, ARTT., B. and G. B., qua, Malt- man, entered 1st November, 1850, at Far-hand. LEDINGHAM, GEORGE, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 1st May, 1851, as son-in-law of REID, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 5th February, 1830, at Far-hand. BARCLAY, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 31st July, 1851, as son-in- law of EWING, JOHN, a Freeman, entered llth November, 1837, at Far-hand. McCALLUM, DUNCAN, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 29th April, 1852, as younger son of McCALLUM, MALCOLM, a Freeman, entered 20th September, 1844, at Far- hand. FERGUSON, ALEXANDER, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 4th August, 1852, son of JOHN FERGUSON, entered in 1829. (See Ferguson, John.) 120 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. MACRONE, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, eldest son, and MACRONE, EDWARD HUGH AITKEN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, younger son, both entered 4th August, 1852, as sons of MACRONE, EDWARD, a Freeman, entered 2nd August, 1822, as son-in-law of Gow, BENJAMIN, a Freeman, entered 19th January, 1791, as son-in- law of KING, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 15th August, 1760, as eldest son of KING, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 2nd August, 1723, as third son of KING, JON, a Freeman, entered 18th November, 1687, as being "pren- teis with William Robesonne, and after his deceas with James Urie, a Frieman." ALSTON, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered, 4th November, 1852, as son of ALSTON, ANDREW, entered 2nd February 1843, at Far-hand. DOUGALL, DAVID GIBB, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 4th November, 1852, as son of DOUGALL, JAMES. (See Dougall, Franc Gibb.) MOFFAT, CHARLES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, 3rd February, 1853, as younger son of MOFFAT, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 3rd August, 1837, as eldest son of MOFFAT, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 10th May, 1799, as son-in-law of WARDEN, DAVID, a Freeman, entered 25th August, 1737, as son-in- law of WHYTT, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 18th August, 1715, son-in-law of GEMMILL, THOMAS, a Freeman, entered 19th August, 1715, at Far-hand. REID, NICHOLAS, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 5th August, 1853, as younger son of REID, GORDON, a Freeman, entered 1st October, 1845, at Far-hand. WEBSTER, ROBERT, Junr., B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 5th August, 1853, as eldest son of WEBSTER, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1851, at Far-hand. FINDLAY, ANDREW, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd November, 1853, as eldest son of FINDLAY, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 21st December, 1849, as son of FINDLAY, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 7th August, 1778. (See Renton, Thomas.) MORRISON, DANIEL, B. and G. B., qua Maltman. entered 3rd November, 1853, as eldest sou of MORRISON, ADAM, a Freeman, entered 7th November, 1828, as younger son of MORRISON, JOSEPH, a Freeman, entered llth February, 1791. (See Flem- ing, Joseph.) DOUIE, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd November, 1853, as son-in-law of URQUHART, ROBERT, of Moss, a Freeman, entered 4th August, 1852, as son of ORHART, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 6th February, 1784, as son-in- law of The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 121 STEEL, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 18th August, 1758, at Far-hand. STEWART, PETER, B. and G. B. , qua Maltman, entered 2nd February, 1854, as son-in-law of ADAM, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 6th May, 1847, at Far-hand. NEWLANDS, ARCHIBALD, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 2nd February, 1854, as son of NEWLANDS, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 1st December, 1842, as eldest son of NEWLANDS, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 23rd August, 1782, as son-in-law of M'ADAM, ARCHIBALD, a Freeman, entered 18th February, 1780, as son-in- law of MATTHIE, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1744, as third son of MATTHIE, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 24th November, 1699, as son-in- law of DOBBIE, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 2nd October, 1685, "who hes payit to ye Collector Fourtie punds. " WEBSTER, JOHN, B. andG. B., qua Maltman, and WEBSTER, ANDREW DUNLOP, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, both entered 25th Jan- uary, 1855, as younger sons of WEBSTER, EGBERT, a Freeman, entered 14th August, 1851, at Far-hand. M 'ISAAC, JAMES, B. and G. B. , qua Maltman, entered 25th January, 1855, as son-in-law of MALLOCH, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 22nd September, 1837, as a younger son of MALLOCH, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 29th June, 1790, as son-in-law of MURRAY, Charles, a Freeman, entered 10th August, 1770, as son-in-law of CARSS, JOHN, a Freeman, entered llth October, 1748, as son-in-law of MEIKLOM, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 20th February, 1708. WATSON, JOHN, Jr., B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 25th January, 1855, at Far-hand. HERBERTSON, JOHN THOMAS, B. and G. B., qua . Merchant, entered 3rd May, 1855. as eldest son of HERBERTSON, THOMAS HOPKIRK, a Free- man, entered 14th May, 1841, as younger son of HERBERTSON, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 13th Nov., 1778, as eldest son of HERBERTSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 7th October, 1740, as only son of HERBERTSODN, JOHN, Jun., a Freeman, entered 17th August, 1704, as son- in-law of MILLER, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 17th August, 1704, at Far-hand. YOUNG, PETER TAYLOR, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son-in-law of BURN, GEORGE, a Freeman, entered 7th November, 1823, at Far-hand. TAYLOR, JOHN LEECHMAN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of TAYLOR, ALEXANDER, a Freeman, entered 3rd Sept. , 1 849, as son-in-law of LEECHMAN, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 4th August, 1809, as son of LEECHMAN, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 7th February, 1777, as son-in-law of M'GILCHRIST, ROBERT, a Freeman, entered 9th May, 1751, as son-in-law of 122 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. LETHEM, PATRICK, a Freeman, entered 17th February, 1738, as son-in-law of MACHEK, MATTHEW, a Freeman, entered 14th November, 1717, as second son of MACHEN, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 20th February, 1708, at Far-hand. MILLER, ANDREW, B. and G. B. , qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as younger son of MILLER, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 9th August, 1811, at Far-hand. ALSTON, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of ALSTON, ANDREW, a Freeman, entered 2nd February, 1843, at Far-hand. ALSTON, JOHN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of ALSTON, ANDREW. (See Alston, William. ) RANKIN, JAMES, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son- in-law of ALSTON, ANDREW. (See Alston, William. ) FISHER, GEOROE, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of FISHER, CHARLES, a Freeman, entered 5th August, 1847, as eldest son of FISHER, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 4th May, 1843, as son of FISHER, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 10th August, 1781, as son-in-law of BUCHANAN, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 7th August, 1771, as only son of BUCHANAN, James, a Freeman, entered 23rd November, 1759, "who payed to the Collector one hundred and thirty-five punds six shillings and eight pennies Scots money as his freedom fine." GARDNER, THOMAS RANKEN, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of GARDNER, JOHN, Junior, a Freeman, entered 13th February, 1789, as eldest son of GARDNER, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 19th August, 1774, as son-in-law of TENNENT, HUGH, a Freeman, entered 10th October, 1727. (See Tennent, Gilbert Rainey.) MACLEAN, WILLIAM, B. and G. B., qua Malt- man, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son-in-law of RICHARDSON, EBENEZER. a Freeman, entered 26th November, 1790, as third son of RICHARDSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 23rd August, 1782, as eldest son of RICHARDSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 8th November, 1771, as younger son of RICHARDSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 19th August, 1763, as "he who served his apprenticeship with the now deceast John Brown, Maltman, B. and G. B., and Freeman with the Incorporation ; and has paid to the CoUector 3 10s. Sterling money as freedome fine," &c. SMITH, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of SMITH, JOHN, a Freeman, entered 4th August, 1820. (See Smith, John, Jun.) SMITH, MITCHELL, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of SMITH, JOHN. (See Smith, John, Jan.) JACKSON, ROBERT, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 123 JACKSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th August, 1824, as second son of JACKSON, WILLIAM, a Freeman, entered 8th February, 1794. (See Jackson, William, 1850.) JACKSON, JOHN HUNTER, B. and G. B., qua Maltman, entered 3rd May, 1855, as son of JACKSON, JAMES, a Freeman, entered 6th August, 1824. (See Jackson, William, 1850.) SCOTT, JOHN WM., } B. and G.B.,qua Maltman, SCOTT, ANDREW, Jr. } B. and G.B., 10 Victoria, c. //. I. ENTRANTS. 1. BEFORE the application of any person who wishes to be admitted a Member can be taken into consideration, he must make a declaration of his name, age, craft, &c., agreeably to a printed form, to be furnished by the Clerk, and returned to him eight days before the next Quarterly Meeting ; and no person shall be admitted a Member under twenty-one years of age at far hand, or under fourteen years of age at near hand, nor except at a Quarterly Meeting of the Master Court. 2. All persons admitted as Members of the Incorporation must be Burgesses and Guild Brethren of the Burgh of Glasgow, and must produce their certificates of admission as such at the time of their entry. 3. All Members must have been entered with the Incorporation for a year and a day before any of their relations can be admitted Members at the near hand on their account. 4. All persons entitled to enter at near hand, as at the 3ist day of May, 1850, being sons, or sons-in-law of Members whose wives are at the time in life, or apprentices who have served at least five years to a Member prior to the passing of the Scottish Burghs Bill, 1846, shall be received at the entry- money of Three Guineas for the period of five years after the said 3ist May, 1850: with this proviso that, in the event of the entry being delayed till the entrant shall be upwards of twenty-five years of age, they shall pay Quarter Accounts, with simple and compound interest on the entry-money and Quarter Accounts, for the period intervening between that age and the time of entry, according to the Table annexed (p. 178), marked A. On the The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 163 expiry of said period of five years, all near hand entrants, including appren- tices, shall pay the sum of Five Guineas of admission-money, with the addition of Quarter Accounts, and interest, simple and compound, for the period exceeding twenty-five years at which the entry is completed, as above expressed, according to the Table marked B. 5. In admitting Members at the far hand, the Master Court shall have an absolute power of admission or rejection ; and, if they admit, the admis- sion money shall be 50 till twenty-five years of age, and after that age Fifty Guineas : no entrant to be admitted above fifty years of age at far hand. NOTE. In terms of alterations I2th August, 1852, and 26th April, 1855, the admission money shall be ,100 till twenty-five years of age, and after that age 100 Guineas, it being an instruction to the Visitor and Masters that when an applicant's age exceeds 40, the whole circumstances of the application be laid before next Meeting of the Incorporation for advice. See Appendix to Laws (pp. 179-186^. 6. The ages of entrants shall always be reckoned as at the birthday next ensuing after the time of their entry, and, in the event of parties not being able to furnish extracts from the Parochial Registers, certifying their ages, it shall be in the discretion of the Master Court to require only such proof of the fact as may be considered reasonable in the circumstances. 7. A Declaration shall be taken by Members, prior to their admission, in the following terms, viz. : I solemnly and sincerely Declare that I shall be a true and faithful Member of the Incorporation of Maltmen in Glasgow, into which I am now admitted ; and that the Declaration made by me prior to admission is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, consistent with the fact ; and that I shall observe and obey the Laws and Regulations made, and to be made, for the good government of the Incorporation and funds thereof; and in all other respects shall conduct myself as a faithful Member of the Incorpora- tion ; and I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act, made and passed in the Sixth year of the reign of His late Majesty William the Fourth, entituled " An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, entituled, ' An Act for the more effectual abolition of oaths and affirmations 164 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. taken and made in various departments of the State, and to substitute declarations in lieu thereof; and for the more entire suppression of voluntary and extrajudicial oaths and affidavits, and to make other provision for the abolition of unnecessary oaths.' " NOTE. Voluntary affidavits being abolished by Statute, the object is to subject parties making the Statutory Declaration falsely to the pains of perjury, and it is necessary for this purpose to observe the form prescribed by Statute. II. QUARTER ACCOUNTS. 1. Each Member, without distinction, shall annually pay One Shilling of Quarter Accounts, and all previous arrears at the same rate, at the General Meeting of the Incorporation to be held in August ; and no Member in arrear of such payment shall be allowed to vote, or to be voted upon, at that or any other meeting, unless he shall pay Two Shillings for each year he is in arrear before the Roll for the meeting at which such payment is made is for the first time called. 2. Members shall have the power of paying their Quarter Accounts in advance, for one or more years, or of acquiring the right of exemption subject, however, to any additional charge which may be made on the Quarter Acccunts by paying the sum of .1 in redeeming this burden ; and such payments in advance, or redemption, may be made at the stated Meeting of the Incorporation in August. NOTE. To avoid the very frequent arrears of Quarter Accounts, the Master Court are in use to require at each entry that the redemption i be paid. III. FUNDS. The Funds belonging to the Incorporation are, and shall be, vested in the Incorporation, for behoof of the Members, and their Widows and Children, as herein expressed ; and as provided by the Letter of Guildry dated 6th February, 1605, and according to the usage of the Incorporation, for encouraging, by occasional donations, benevo- lent institutions and public measures, tending to promote the good The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 165 of the Incorporation and of the community : And the grants for these purposes made from the funds, and the management and dis- posal of the funds, otherwise, shall be exercised by the Master Court and General Meetings, according to the Rules herein con- tained. NOTE. Since 1852 a large amount of money has from time to time been voted by the Incorporation for objects allowed by the above provision as had been done on the same principle previously from time immemorial; but in such cases as the following the Craft do not consider themselves uncharitable in disallowing a contribution : On 3 ist March, 1874, at a General Meeting of the Incorporation, a letter was read from the Lord Provost and Deacon-Convener asking a contribution in aid of the "Bengal Famine Fund." In the course of the discussion upon motions for and against the proposal, the Clerk was requested to define the power of the Incorporation, as that power is regulated by the Laws. The Clerk advised that to comply with the request was going beyond the Incorporation's legitimate boundaries, as expressed in the foregoing preamble of Law III. He considered that the exercise of the power must be within the community of the City of Glasgow, and accordingly held that if the meeting now make a donation to the Bengal Famine Fund, any Member dissenting and appealing to the Civil Court would succeed in having it found that the Incorporation had done what it had no right to do. The Clerk's opinion was unanimously agreed to. 1. No Loans shall be made of the funds on personal security alone. 2. The Monies of the Incorporation shall be invested in the purchase of Lands, Feu Duties, and Ground Annuals, or in the Public Funds ; or lent out on first Heritable Securities, to the extent of not more than two- thirds of the estimated value of the property over which the loan is granted ; or on the Security of the Funds of the Parliamentary Trustees of the River Clyde, or the City Corporation of Glasgow. NOTE. See addition to this section of Law III., Appendix, 2nd August, 1860. 3. It shall not be competent for the Master Court, so long as it is entrusted with the management of the funds, to lend or gift any portion of them to any Member of the Court, in any shape or form whatever. 4. No portion of the funds shall be expended, unless the same has been previously agreed to at a regularly constituted meeting, whether General or of the Master Court, as the case may be, and entered in the minutes. NOTE. See additional Rule, Appendix, 2nd August, 1860. 1 66 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. IV. PENSIONERS. 1. Pensioners shall be admitted and enrolled only at the Quarterly Meetings of the Master Court, the applications being lodged with the Clerk eight days previous to the Meeting, and no Member, or his Widow, or Children, shall be entitled to demand a Pension or pecuniary aid as a matter of right. 2. All applications for Pensions and Precepts shall be lodged with the Clerk, and be presented by him to the Master Court, whose duty it will be to examine into the validity of said applications, and in whom the sole power is vested to grant or refuse Pensions, to raise or reduce them ; but subject always to the control of General Meetings, as after specified. 3. Before the Petition of any Applicant can be taken into consideration, it must be accompanied by his or her declaration, stating the ground of Claim, Age, Residence, Means of Support, &c., as per printed Schedule. 4. The merits of each case shall be minutely and carefully investigated, and aid given from the funds only to the really necessitous and deserving, and the aid given shall be payable only during the pleasure of the Master Court. 5. Pensioners shall be restricted to the following indigent classes : ist, Members. 2nd, The Widows of Members, so long as they remain unmarried. 3rd, Their Orphan Children, [other than married Daughters,] until the youngest attain an age not exceeding fifteen years, except in cases of extreme indigence and infirmity, which shall be dealt with by a special vote in the particular case from time to time. NOTE. Married Daughters are thus absolutely excluded. The restriction here applies to age. Grandchildren also are not recognised in any respect, one reason for which is that the admission money in the case of either sons or sons-in-law is so small that any one with the least care or forethought can obtain admission and keep up the qualification for his or her own immediate descendants. Grand- children however are eligible to receive a free education, and to apply for the benefit of the Bursaries founded by the Incorporation. The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 167 6. Not more than one class shall be admitted and enrolled at one time under the same claim that is to say, that when and so long as a Member or his Widow is enrolled, his children shall not be enrolled, and vice versa ; nor shall the children collectively receive more than the parent would have done ; nor shall any Pension or Precept be awarded until the expiry of three years after the admission of the person in respect of whose membership the aid is asked. 7. As the services rendered by the Visitors are gratuitous, a distinction, in the discretion of the Master Court, shall be made between the indigent of their class and of the Members generally. 8. Any person who is proved to have made a false declaration, knowingly, shall thereby forfeit all right and interest in, and shall cease to be a Member of the Incorporation. 9. Pensioners shall be paid quarterly, in advance, as at present, payment being made either in the Trades' Hall, or elsewhere within the City of Glasgow, at the option of the Collector for the time. 10. On the death of a Pensioner, intimation and proof thereof shall forthwith be given to the Clerk, and thereupon a sum not exceeding Five Guineas may be allowed for Funeral Expenses, and shall be paid by the Collector to the party named by the Clerk. 1 1. The Pensioners shall be visited at least once a year by the Master Court, who shall investigate and report as to the propriety of continuing the aid ; and a Report, in writing, shall be made by them, specifying, where one Pensioner receives more than another, on what ground such additional sum has been awarded. 12. A Declaration shall be made yearly, by each Pensioner, between the loth and 2Oth of June, agreeably to the order contained in the printed Schedule, and the Roll shall be revised at the first Court Meeting afterwards, and adjusted to the altered circumstances of the Pensioners. 13. The Widow of a Member, by marrying, shall cease to enjoy any privilege from the Incorporation. 14. Pensions shall vary in amount according to the merits and necessities of the Poor, and on this principle shall be originally granted and shall be 1 68 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. afterwards continued, reduced, or augmented yearly in the discretion of the Master Court ; but in no case shall the sum awarded put the recipient in possession of an income over 40 per annum ; and the only merits which shall be recognised, are for services rendered to the Incorporation. NOTE. See Alteration of ,40 to 60, Appendix, 2nd August, 1860. 15. No distinction, in reference to the pecuniary aid given by the Incor- poration, shall be made betwen Maltmen and Members commonly called Pendicles. V. TRADES' SCHOOL. 1. All applications for the benefits of the School must be made to the Clerk, who will furnish the applicant with a printed form, which must be filled up and returned to him before the expiry of the time stated for the receipt of applications. 2. The School Director shall have the power of receiving and deciding on said applications. 3. In granting admission, a preference shall be given to the children of Members over those of grand-children ; and to grand-children of Members over the children of Members of other Incorporations. 4. The Director shall intimate the decision, and return the Declaration to the Clerk, who shall record the same, and transmit an extract thereof to the principal Teacher of the School. 5. As soon as a vacancy takes place in the School, intimation of the same shall be given by the Officer to all Pensioners in the city who have children. A notice of the same, for the benefit of the Members, shall also be posted up on a conspicuous part of the Trades' Hall for ten days at least before the vacancy is filled up. NOTE. The Trades' House School was discontinued in 1876, when other Educational arrangements were adopted. These will be seen in Appendix to the Laws, under date 2nd August, 1877, p. 185. The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 169 VI. OFFICE-BEARERS AND MANAGEMENT. The affairs of the Incorporation generally, and in so far as not restricted by the Incorporation, shall be managed by 1. THE MASTER COURT, consisting of a President, styled VISITOR, a Treasurer, styled COLLECTOR, and ten Directors, or Managers, including the last Visitor and the last Collector, ex officiis, styled MASTERS ; five being a quorum. 2. Six REPRESENTATIVES IN THE TRADES' HOUSE OF GLASGOW, of whom the Visitor for the time being, and his immediate predecessor in office, shall always be two, ex officiis. 3. A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE TRADES' HOUSE, who shall be a Member of the Trades' House at the time. 4. A DELEGATE FOR THE LANDS OF GORBALS, belonging jointly to the said Trades' House and to this Incorporation, and certain of the other Incor- porated Trades of Glasgow. 5. A DIRECTOR OF THE TRADES' SCHOOL, supported jointly by the said Trades' House, and this and the other Incorporated Trades, for the education of Children. 6. Two KEEPERS OF THE KEYS OF THE Box OF THE INCORPORATION. 7. A CLERK. 8. AN OFFICER. VII. DUTIES AND POWERS OF OFFICE-BEARERS. i. MASTER COURT: (i.) The duty of the MASTER COURT shall be to collect and preserve the Funds of the Incorporation, and to manage and dispose thereof, subject to the control hereby prescribed, and in accordance with the Rules and Regulations herein contained, and that may from time to time be enacted by the General Body for their Government, and with the strictest economy ; to make up at their stated Meetings the Rolls or Pension Lists, for the guidance of the Collector in paying the Pensioners 170 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. of the Incorporation ; and annually, at a Special Meeting, to be held for that purpose, not later than the first Thursday in September, to examine and audit the accounts of the Collector's intromissions for the preceding financial year, along with the Committee of the Incorpora- tion, to be chosen for that purpose at the General Meeting, to be held in the month of August. An Abstract of which Accounts, showing the Revenue and Expenditure, together with an account of the Capital Stock and Balance, showing the Profits and Debts due to and by the Incorporation, shall be printed and circulated among the Members, along with the circulars calling the Meeting for the Annual Election. (2.) The expense of the Annual Dinner of the Master Court shall not exceed 30. NOTE. See Alteration, Appendix, 6th March, 1857. (3.) The VISITOR shall act as Chairman of all Meetings of the Incorpora- tion, Master Court, and Committees, at which he is present, and in his absence, the late Visitor, whom failing the Collector shall act in his place ; and failing them, the Meeting shall elect a Chairman for the time being by a majority of votes, the Member present standing first on the roll having a casting vote in the event of equality, and the Visitor or the person acting as Chairman for the time, shall, besides a delibera- tive vote, have also a casting vote in all cases of equality. (4.) i. The COLLECTOR shall pay the Pensioners and manage the whole Cash Transactions of the Incorporation ; keep exact, regular, and distinct accounts of Intromissions, and, if required, submit these Accounts, along with the vouchers thereof, to the Master Court, for the purpose of being examined by them at their Meetings, and shall submit the same annually for the purpose of examination and audit to the Master Court and the Committee to be appointed by the General Meeting of the Incor- poration in August, and if required shall also exhibit the same to the General Meeting in September, along with the report of such Committee. 2. The intromissions of the person holding the Office of Collector shall be guaranteed to the extent of 500, at the expense of the Incorpora- tion, either by private cautioners or in one of the Associations lately The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 171 formed for such purposes. 3. The Collector shall not retain in his hands more than ;ioo at any one time ; and all funds of the Incorpora- tion, not secured by investment, shall be lodged in a Bank, to be selected by the Master Court from time to time, in name of the Incorporation, and not drawn out except by Cheques, signed jointly by the Visitor and Collector. (5.) The KEEPERS OF THJ KEYS OF THE Box shall examine into the security of the records and documents of the Incorporation, and shall attend on all necessary occasions to open the Box, and shall, from time to time, report to the Master Court as to the safe custody of such records and documents. (6.) The CLERK shall give the Incorporation and the Master Court his best advice in all matters affecting the interests of the Incorporation in which legal advice is requisite ; keep records of application for admission into the Incorporation, for pecuniary benefits, for the School, of appointments of Pupils, and of the Death of Pensioners ; and issue notices intimating the time, place, and purposes of all Meetings of the Incorporation, and Master Court, and Committees ; attend all such Meetings ; keep regular and distinct records of their whole proceedings, and engross them in the Minute-Book, which shall be duly authenticated by the subscription of the Visitor, or the person acting as Chairman of such Meetings in his absence. (7.) The OFFICER shall deliver the notices calling Meetings of the Incorpora- tion, Master Court, or of Committees, and shall attend the whole Meetings of the Incorporation, Master Court, or Committees, and, if required, shall also attend the Collector in paying the Pensioners. NOTE. See Alteration, Appendix, 8th February, 1866. 2. The REPRESENTATIVES TO THE TRADES' HOUSE shall watch over the interests of the Incorporation, in all matters affecting them that may be brought before the House ; and act, to the best of their judgment, in promoting the well-being of the Convenery, and the advantage of all concerned. 172 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 3. The MEMBER OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THE TRADES' HOUSE shall represent and support the interest of the Incorporation, in the Committee chosen by the Incorporations to manage the Trades' Hall Buildings. 4. The DELEGATE FOR THE LANDS OF GORBALS shall watch over the interests of the Incorporation, in all matters affecting them that are brought before the Delegates, appointed by the Trades' House, and the Incorporated Trades interested in these Lands, and act, to the best of his judgment, in managing the same for the good of all concerned. 5. The DIRECTOR OF THE TRADES' SCHOOL shall superintend and visit the School, and concur with the Directors appointed by the Trades' House and the other Incorporated Trades, in promoting its prosperity and efficiency. 6. The WHOLE OFFICE-BEARERS in the Incorporation shall, at all times, be subject to the control of General Meetings ; and their services, unless in so far as otherwise herein directed, shall be gratuitous ; and, on acceptance of their several offices, they shall engage, by solemn declaration, in terms of the Statute, as aforesaid, to perform faithfully the duties devolved upon them. 7. The CLERK and OFFICER shall be paid from the Corporate funds such annual salary, or other remuneration, for their services, as the Incorpora- tion may consider to be just and reasonable. VIII. MEETINGS OF THE INCORPORATION AND MASTER COURT. 1. Three Stated General Meetings of the Incorporation shall be held yearly, with power to the Visitor to call Special General Meetings of his own accord ; and he shall be bound, on written requisition by at least ten Members, to call such Meetings forthwith, not less than four days' previous notice being always given of such occasional Meetings, or any other Meetings not otherwise herein provided for. 2. At all Meetings of the Incorporation, whether stated or special, twenty- one Members shall constitute a quorum. The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 173 3. The stated General Meetings of the Incorporation shall be held annually as follows, viz : (i.) One on the first Friday after the I5th day of September, yearly, for the election of Office-Bearers and for receiving and considering the Report of the audit of the Collector's Account of Intromissions. (2.) One on the first Thursday of February and August, or within eight days thereafter, as the Visitor may decide. 4. At the foresaid Meeting to be held in August, a Committee of three Members shall be appointed to examine and audit, along with the Master Court, the Accounts of the Collector's intromissions with, and disbursements from, the funds of the Incorporation, for the financial year, ending as on the day of election, all in terms of Law VI L, Article I (and, failing the attendance of any Members of such Committee, the Master Court may do so) ; and/\ipon the said account being found to be correct, and approved of by the Meeting in September for receiving and considering the report of such audit, the Collector shall, by an entry in the Minutes of that Meeting, be discharged of his whole intromissions with the Incorporation funds during the period embraced in said Account, which discharge shall be a sufficient exoneration to him of the same. 5. Five stated Meetings of the Master Court (exclusive of the Special Meeting for auditing the Collector's Accounts in terms of Law VII., Article i) shall be held annually in the week before the first Saturday of February, May, August, and November, or within eight days thereafter, and upon the third Thursday of December. 6. All Meetings, whether of the Incorporation or of the Master Court, shall be held within the Trades' Hall of Glasgow, at such convenient hour as the Visitor may appoint. 7. All notices to Members calling General Meetings shall be printed, and delivered by the Officer to Members residing within two miles of the Cross of Glasgow, and, if beyond that distance, through the Post-Office, in so far as within the United Kingdom and as their address is known. The General Meetings in August and September shall also be notified by one advertisement in three of the Glasgow Newspapers. NOTE. See Alteration, Appendix, 8th February, 1866. 174 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. IX. ANNUAL RETURNS. Printed Returns shall be made yearly, by the Master Court, of the Office- Bearers, Members, and number of the new Pensioners added during the past year, number of School Children, together with a Summary of the changes which have occurred during the year, and a copy of the same transmitted to each Member, along with the Notices calling the stated Meeting of the Incorporation in February. The names of new Pensioners shall be read over at the Meeting of the Incorporation next ensuing the date of their admission. X. ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICE-BEARERS, AND MODE OF VOTING. 1. The whole Office-Bearers in the Incorporation shall, except in so far as otherwise provided, be elected annually, at the foresaid General Meeting in September, by the direct votes of the Members present, in the following order, viz. : (i.) The Visitor. (2.) The Collector. (3.) Master Court. (4.) Representatives in the Trades' House. (5.) Member of the Building Committee of the Trades' House. (6.) Delegate for the Gorbal Lands. (7.) Director of the Trades' School. (8.) Keepers of the Keys of the Box. (9.) Clerk. (10.) Officer. 2. It shall not be competent for any Member to hold office in the Incor- poration of Maltmen who, at the time, is an Office-bearer in the Merchants' House, or in any of the other Incorporated Trades of Glasgow. 3. The VISITOR shall always be a Member of the Master Court at the time of his election ; and shall have previously held the office of Collector The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 175 to the Trade, and been honourably discharged of his intromissions ; and the term of holding office shall be restricted to one year at a time ; but, after an interval of two years, any person may be re-elected. NOTE. See partial Alteration, 8th May, 1862. 4. No person shall be elected as COLLECTOR unless he has served one year as a Master ; and it shall not be lawful to re-elect the Collector until he has been two years out of office as Collector. NOTE. See partial Alteration, 8th May, 1862. 5. No person shall be elected a MASTER of the Incorporation, or a REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TRADES' HOUSE, unless he is a duly enrolled Member of the Incorporation, free from debt to it at the time. 6. The last Visitor and last Collector shall be constituent Members of the Master Court for one year subsequent to the usual period of vacating those offices ; and the last Visitor shall in the same manner, and for the same period, represent the Incorporation in the Trades' House. 7. The votes of Members at the election of the Office-Bearers, and in all other cases in which a division may arise, shall be taken either by calling the Roll or a show of hands, as may be determined by the Meeting any one Member having the right to require the Roll to be called. The Clerk shall record the votes, and the Meeting shall appoint two or more Members to act along with him as Scrutineers in checking the votes. After each suc- cessive call of the Roll, any Member who may have come in after his name is called, and before the election is declared, shall be entitled to have his vote recorded. NOTE. This mode of voting altered by Resolution of Lammas Court, I4th August, 1857. See Appendix. 8. The Collector, the Representatives in the Trades' House, Delegate for the Gorbal Lands, and Director of the Trades' School, do not require to be Members of the Master Court at the time of their appointment, but may be chosen from the qualified Roll. 9. The Member of the Building Committee of the Trades' House, being 176 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. one of the Trades' House Representatives, and the Keepers of the Keys of the Box, shall always be Members of the Master Court at the time of their appointment to, and while they hold, these offices. XI. QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS TO VOTE AND BE VOTED UPON. 1. All Members not in arrear of Quarter Accounts, except as before and after mentioned, shall be entitled to vote, but no Member shall be voted upon or eligible to hold office in the Incorporation unless duly enrolled qua Maltmen, and not otherwise disqualified : with the special proviso that the Members enrolled qua Pendicles (as having Burgess tickets, as Crafts- men of other Incorporated Trades, or as Merchants) on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, shall, on producing at any Stated Meeting of the Master Court of the Incorporation Tickets or Certi- ficates by the Town Clerks of Glasgow, attesting their admission as Burgesses and Guild Brethren of the Burgh qua Maltmen, be entitled to all the rights and privileges of Members enrolled qua Maltmen, as to being voted upon and eligible for office or otherwise. 2. No Member shall be qualified to vote or be voted upon for any office, or in any other affair of the Incorporation, who has not attained the age of majority ; who has not been a Member of the Incorporation for a year and day complete, previous to the day of election ; or who is a pensioner on the Incorporation, or on the Trades' House ; with the proviso as to Members already enrolled that they shall not be held disqualified to vote on the ground of minority. 3. No Member of the Incorporation shall be entitled, either as such Member, or as an Office-Bearer, to a voice or vote in regard to any pecuniary transaction between him and the Incorporation, or wherein he is himself personally interested, either as to loans or otherwise. XII. VACANCIES HOW SUPPLIED. i. In the event of any vacancies occurring in any offices in the Master Court, other than those of Visitor and Collector, between one ordinary time The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 177 of election and another, the same shall be filled up by the Master Court till the next Annual Election. 2. In the event of any vacancies occurring in the other offices of the Incorporation, such vacancies shall, at the first stated meeting of the Incor- poration after the time at which they may occur, or at a Special Meeting, to be called for the purpose, by the Visitor or late Visitor, be supplied by elections, conducted in the same manner as those by which the offices so becoming vacant were originally filled. 3. The persons to be so chosen by the Master Court and Incorporation, respectively, shall come exactly into the rights and places of their prede- cessors in office. XIII. AMENDMENTS ON LAWS. i No alteration or amendment shall be made in the Laws hereby enacted, and no new Law shall be adopted, unless notice thereof shall be given at a General Meeting of the Incorporation, at least six months prior to the time of holding the General Meeting of the Trade at which the subject is to be taken into consideration. NOTE. See addition to Law XIII., Appendix, roth February, 1859. 2 A 178 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. TABLE A. TABLE B. AGE NEXT BIRTH-DAY. AMOUNT. AGE NEXT BIRTH- DAY. AMOUNT. 25 330 25 S 5 o 26 372 26 5 ii 3 27 3116 27 5 17 9 28 3 16 o 28 646 29 409 29 6 ii 9 30 460 30 6 16 3 3i 4 ii 3 3i 773 32 4 16 9 32 1 IS 2 ' 33 526 33 846 34 5 8 9 34- 8 13 9 35 5 15 3 35 936 36 620 36 9 13 9 37 690 37 10 4 3 38 6 16 6 38 10 15 6 39 743 39 ii 7 3 40 7 12 6 40 ii 19 9 4i 8 i 3 4i 12 12 9 42 8 10 3 42 13 6 6 43 8 19 9 43 14 i o 44 999 44 14 16 o 45 10 o 3 45 15 ii 9 46 10 ii 3 46 16 8 3 47 1129 47 i7 5 9 48 ii 15 o 48 18 4 o 49 12 7 9 49 19 3 3 50 13 i o 50 20 3 6 5i 13 15 o 5i 21 49 52 14 9 9 52 22 7 53 15 5 3 53 23 10 3 54 16 i 6 54 24 14 9 55 16 18 9 55 26 o 6 56 17 16 9 56 27 7 6 57 18 15 6 57 28 15 9 58 19 15 3 58 30 5 6 59 20 16 o 59 31 16 9 60 21 17 9 60 33 9 6 61 23 o 6 61 35 4 o 62 24 4 6 62 37 o 3 63 25 9 9 63 38 18 3 64 26 16 3 64 40 18 o 65 28 4 o 65 42 19 9 66 29 13 3 66 45 3 9 67 3i 3 9 67 47 10 o 68 32 16 o 68 49 18 6 69 34 9 9 69 52 9 3 70 36 5 3 70 55 2 9 NOTE. Table A in force till 3 ist May, 1855 after that date Table B only in operation. SeeLawL, Art. 4. APPENDIX TO THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS. I. FAR-HAND ENTRANTS MODIFICATION OF LAW I., ARTICLE 5.* That from the very great importance to the Corporation of exercising circumspection in the admission of far-hand Entrants advanced in life, it be an instruction to the Visitor and Masters, that whenever an application is made by a person whose age exceeds forty, they delay coming to any decision thereon till they have previously reported the whole circumstances under which the application is made (especially as regards the contingency of any claim on the part of the Applicant) to the next meeting of the Incorporation, for their advice and assistance. II. BURSARIES.f That the Incorporation found two Bursaries of Ten Pounds each per annum, for the education of two individuals at the University of Glasgow, subject to the following conditions : 1. That application for the Bursaries from Members and sons of Members have the preference over all others, and that grandchildren and others who may have received their education through this Incorporation at the Trades' School, have preference over strangers. 2. That no one individual be put in possession of the Bursary for a longer period than four years, without a new application for extension. 3. That before the first payment of the Bursary is made to the person or persons appointed, they shall exhibit to the Collector of the Incorporation for the time University Matriculation Tickets. NOTE. See Alterations, I2th February, 1873, p. 184. * I2th August, 1852. + 27th February, 1852. 180 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 4. That the Master Court for the time being shall be vested with the power of appointing to these Bursaries, and framing such other Regulations as may be necessary for accomplishing the object in view. BURSARY REGULATIONS* 1. That on occasion of the first appointment, and of all subsequent vacancies, an advertisement should be published in two of the Glasgow newspapers, inviting candidates to lodge their applications with the Clerk not later than ten days before the Meeting of the Master Court at which the same are to be considered. 2. That applications be considered and disposed of at any of the Stated Meetings of the Master Court, or at any Special Meeting thereof, called for that purpose by the Visitor. 3. The applicants shall be required to fill up a Schedule containing the following particulars, viz. : (i.) Name. (2.) Age. (3.) Whether the Applicant is a Member, or son or grandson of a Member of the Incorporation, or whether he is connected with any of the other thirteen Incorporated Trades of Glasgow ? (4.) Whether he has been educated at the Trades' School, and, if so, from what Incorporation ? (5.) If the applicant has not been so educated, what other education he has received and where ? (6.) What is the applicant's object in applying for the Bursary, with a view to ulterior studies or pursuits ? (7.) What are the circumstances in life of his parents, or other near relations on whom he is dependent ? (8.) With this Schedule the applicant must produce a certificate from his teachers of his abilities and general propriety of conduct, and from his clergyman as to his moral character. * 4th August, 1852. The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. 181 4. The Bursaries shall only be granted from year to year, it being in the power of the Master Court also to suspend them in the course of the year. 5. Subject to the conditions already prescribed, or to be hereafter prescribed by the Incorporation, the discretion of the Master Court shall be absolute in granting, refusing, or otherwise dealing with all the applications for Bursaries. 6. The Master Court, subject, of course, to the control of the Incorporation, shall have the power of making such farther Regulations as to the Bursaries as may be required. BURSARY REGULATION.* That in claiming or allowing the benefits of the Bursaries in future, the sons and grandsons of the Members of any of the other Incorporated Trades be preferred to all strangers, it being always understood that sons and grand- sons of Members of this Incorporation should have the preference in the first place. NOTE. See Alterations, I2th February, 1873. III. SCHOLARSHIP, f That 5 P er annum be voted for the purpose of preparing a person who has been educated by this Incorporation at the Trades' School, for entering the University, and thus putting within the reach of such the Bursaries that have been established, subject to the condition that this allowance shall not be extended for more than four years to the same individual. NOTE. By resolutions of the Trade in 1872 and 1873, Four Scholarships were allowed of a sum of ;io each, instead of this one. The gift of Scholarships, senior and junior, for the promotion of higher education, founded by the Trades' House in 1876, on discontinuing the Trades' House School, open to the children and grandchildren of Freemen, of any of the Incorporations, educated in any School, have however superseded the Scholarships so provided by the Maltmen. For the information of Members the Rules in the Trades' House Scholarship will be found appended to this Print of the Laws of the Incorporation. * 3rd February, 1853. t I2th August, 1852. 1 82 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. IV. FAR-HAND ENTRANCE-MONEY PARTIAL ALTERATION OF LAW L, ARTICLE 5.* That in consideration of the high position which the Incorporation has now arrived at in point of funds, and the many important relative advantages accruing to Members therefrom, the admission money of Entrants at the far hand shall, from and after the date of said Meeting, be One Hundred Pounds till twenty-five years of age, and One Hundred Guineas above twenty-five and under fifty years of age it being understood that this alteration of Law L, Art. 5, does not affect the modification of said Law and Article agreed to by the Incorporation on I2th August, 1852. V. ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS AND MODE OF VOTING ALTERATION OF LAW X., ARTICLE 7.f That at the Lammas Court in August, a List of Persons other than those who hold their appointment ex qfficiis, be nominated for the various Offices in the Incorporation said List to be printed and sent to every Member, along with the intimation calling the Election Meeting; and that the Members be then requested to hand in personally said List to the Clerk on the day of Election, within the Trades' Hall, between the hours of Two and Three o'Clock, marking thereon for whom they vote ; and that, at the Meeting in August, Two Members from the Incorporation be appointed to act along with the Visitor and Clerk as Scrutineers on the day of Election. VI. ANNUAL DINNER ALTERATION OF LAW VII., ARTICLE i, SECTION 2.J That a dinner of the Members of the Incorporation shall be held annually on the day of election of Office-Bearers, the expense not to exceed Six * 26th April, 1855. t I4th August, 1856. J 6th March, 1857. The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 183 Shillings each ; for which purpose the sum of 30, formerly set apart for the Master Court Dinner, shall be devoted. In the event of this sum not being sufficient, the balance to be defrayed equally by the Members attending the Dinner. VII. AMENDMENTS ON LAWS ADDITION TO LAW XI I L* That no Laws in future be altered or annulled without the consent of two-thirds of the Members present, convened for the special purpose. VIII. FUNDS ADDITION TO LAW IILf That, except by unanimous consent, no motion for any grant of Money from the Funds of the Incorporation, exceeding 50, shall be entertained, unless a notice of the same, stating amount of proposed grant, has been tabled at a previous Meeting, and read to it by the Clerk. IX. PENSIONERS PARTIAL ALTERATION OF LAW IV., ART. 144 That the words " Sixty Pounds per annum " be substituted for the words " Forty Pounds per annum," in clause 14 of Law IV. X. FUNDS ADDITION TO LAW III. That in addition to the Securities on which the Monies of the Incor- poration shall be invested as provided for in Law III., Sec. 2, the said Monies may be laid out or invested as follows viz., To the Commissioners under the Glasgow Corporation Water Act, or on Debentures or Mortgages * loth February, 1859. f 2nd August, 1860. J 2nd August, 1860. 2nd August, 1860. 184 The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. of such Railway Companies in Scotland as shall, for three years preceding the date of the Loans respectively, have paid dividends on their ordinary stock or shares at a rate not less than three per cent, per annum. XL ELECTION OF OFFICE-BEARERS PARTIAL ALTERATION OF LAW X., ARTICLES 3 AND 4.* That from and after the date of passing this motion, the Visitor and Collector shall be eligible for re-election during one year immediately con- sequent to that now allowed for office, and in the event of either or both being re-elected, then the last Visitor and last Collector shall continue to hold their respective offices, ex officiis, as such, for the same period. XII. CALLING OF MEETINGS ALTERATION OF LAW VII., ART. 4, SEC. 7, AND OF LAW VIII., ART. /.f That Section 7, Art. 4, of Law VII., and Art. 7 of Law VIII., providing for delivery of notices to Members by the officer to the Incorporation be altered, and from and after the Stated General Meeting in February, 1866, these Notices shall be transmitted to Members through the Post Office. XIII. BURSARIES ALTERATION OF AMOUNT, AND OF PERSONS ELIGIBLE.! That each of the two Bursaries be raised to .25. That the class of Competitors be limited to Sons and Grandsons of Freemen of this Craft. That in no case shall a Bursary be granted without a careful examination by competent examiners appointed by the Master Court, and that there be * 8th May, 1862. t 8th February, 1866. J I2th February, 1873. The Mailmen Craft in Glasgow. 185 selection by competitive examination where the proposed studies and classes of the Candidates are identical. XIV. EDUCATION. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN TO HAVE A FREE EDUCATION. EDUCATION COMMITTEE TO CONSIST OF FIVE MEMBERS.* 1. That Children of any member of the Craft able to pass the School Board First Standard, are to be admitted on application to the School Committee, on exhibiting a certificate, or otherwise satisfying the Committee. 2. That Grandchildren in like manner able to pass the First Standard, may be admitted on presenting their application, and being specially ap- proved of by the School Committee. 3. That the Child or Grandchild, on admission by the Committee, shall attend Hutchesons' School, or such other School as the Committee may determine. 4. That the education of such Child or Children be carried on till they pass the Fifth Standard ; and in order to pass to each Standard, the Children shall, before fees are paid, present themselves to the Committee, with their certificates, for approval. 5. That it shall be in the power of the Committee, on examination, to advance ten Children annually who have passed examination under the Fifth Standard, to the advantage of a Secondary Education, on application being presented to the Committee for that higher education their appointment to be tenable for a period not exceeding four years. 6. That the Fees payable by the Incorporation, whether for Primary or Secondary Education, shall not exceed those charged at Hutchesons' School. Such Fees to be applied for Quarterly, and repaid to the Parents by the Collector on the days to be fixed by him, failing which being duly attended to, all claim for repayment shall be held to be forfeited. 7. Books shall be provided for Children, whether attending Primary or * 2nd August, 1877. 2 B 1 86 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. Secondary divisions. The price of Books is to be allowed yearly on the following scale : For Primary Division. First Year, 1/3. Second Year, 2/6. Third Year, 3/6. Fourth Year, 6/6. For Secondary Division. As may be hereafter fixed. 8. That the Committee have power, in cases of misconduct, or of the Child or Grandchild not making progress to the Committee's satisfaction, to withdraw all privileges conferred. 9. That the Education Committee shall consist of Five Members, viz., The Trades' School Director for the Craft, who shall be elected for two years ; two members from the Craft, one of whom to retire annually ; and two members from the Master Court, one of whom to retire annually. The Committee to appoint their own Convener, and three to be a quorum. The Members retiring to be eligible for re-election. 10. That the Education Committee shall annually, in July, make a Report to the Incorporation, to be printed and issued along with the Circulars calling the Lammas meeting, specifying the names, ages, and numbers of Scholars dates when entered the Schools attended and the proficiency shown during the year. 11. The Committee to have the option of obtaining the assistance of a competent Examiner. 12. The Committee to have power to consider applications for Evening Classes, made by eligible persons occupied at their business employments during the day. ist August, 1879. Extracted from the Records of the Incorporation by ROBERT DOUIE, Clerk. THE TRADES' HOUSE SCHOLARSHIPS, PENSIONS, AND FUNDS, MR. WEIR, Clerk for the TRADES' HOUSE, suggests some useful informa- tion regarding the TRADES' HOUSE SCHOLARSHIPS, instituted i$th Febru- ary, 1877, and also regarding the ALLOWANCES given to CRAFT PENSIONERS from the FUNDS of the TRADES' HOUSE, which are subjoined for the general information of Members. RULES FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS. 1. The Scholarships of the Trades' House shall consist of two kinds, and be known as Junior and Senior Scholarships, for the promotion of higher education. 2. That there shall be thirty Junior Scholarships, of the average value of Fifteen Pounds, and tenable for three years, Ten Pounds to be paid the first year, Fifteen the second, and Twenty the third year. 3. That there shall be nine Senior Scholarships, of the average value of Thirty Pounds, and tenable for three years, Twenty-five Pounds to be paid the first year, Thirty the second, and Thirty-five the third year. 4. That these Scholarships shall be open to the Children and Grand- children of Freemen in connection with any of the fourteen Incorporations, educated in any school. That the maximum age for boys and girls competing for a Junior Scholarship shall be fixed at fourteen years; and those for Senior, at eighteen years. 5. That a boy or girl able to pass an examination in the Fifth* STANDARD V. Reading. Reading with expression a short passage of prose or poetry, with explanation, grammar, and elementary analysis of simple sentences. Writing. Writing from memory the substance of a short story or narrative read out twice by the Inspector ; spelling, grammar, and hand-writing to be considered. Arithmetic. Practice, bills of parcels, and simple proportion. History and Geography. Outlines of the History of Great Britain from the Union of the Crowns to the death of George III. Geography of Scotland, with special knowledge of the county in which the school is situated, and map drawing of it. 1 88 The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. Standard of the Scottish Code, and any two of the specific subjects of secular instruction mentioned in said Code, will be eligible for a Junior Scholarship. 6. That the holders of the Junior Scholarships shall be required to attend some school where a graduated course of higher instruction is given, and give evidence of attention to their studies, by submitting to the Clerk of the House a certificate from their teacher, before the second half of their annual allowance is paid. 7. That a boy able to pass an examination in a standard to be proposed by the Examiner herein aftermentioned, and approved of by the Committee the standard to be somewhat equivalent to the entrance Bursary Examination at the University will be eligible for a senior Scholarship. A corresponding standard has been fixed for girls. 8. That the holders of such Senior Scholarships shall attend the University or some Technical School, and give evidence of attention to their studies, by submitting to the Clerk of the Trades' House a certificate from their professor or instructor before the second half of their annual allowance is paid. Girls that hold Senior Scholarships must also prosecute their studies in a place and manner satisfactory to the Committee, subject to the same conditions as the boys. 9. That ten Junior Scholarships shall be filled up the first year, and the same for each succeeding year ; and in like manner with the Senior Scholarships three to be filled up each year. 10. The payments to be made in November and May in each year. 11. The examination for the Junior Scholarships shall be held in July; and for the Senior, in October of each year. 12. The Scholarships shall be awarded according to the merits of the Candidates, on the report of a duly qualified Examiner appointed by the Committee on Education, with the sanction of the House ; but the minimum of 400, out of 1000 marks, must be reached in order to entitle to a Scholar- ship, provided always, that the Candidates shall be restricted to necessitous Children or Grandchildren (a preference being given to Orphans), and especially to those who mean to prosecute a Technical education. The Malt men Craft in Glasgow. 189 13. That for the purpose of furthering the education of the youth of either sex connected with the Incorporations, the House be recommended to allow the Committee on Education a sum not to exceed, in any one year, ;ioo sterling, to be spent in payment of Fees for Technical instruction in morning or evening classes : careful arrangement to be made by the Committee to supervise the instruction, and secure attendance and efficiency. 14. In the event of misconduct or inattention to studies on the part of anyone holding any of the above Scholarships, it shall be in the power of the " Committee on Education " to suspend from the benefits of said Scholarships, or altogether deprive of the same. TRADES' HOUSE PENSIONS. Previous to 1877 the several Incorporations were entitled to have four Craftsmen on the Funds of the House at rates of from 9 to 14; and in the event of an Incorporation not being able to fill up that number, two Widows were allowed to be appointed for one Craftsman. Since 1877, the Trades' House has, on account of the great increase of its Funds, added very largely to the numbers of their Pensioners, at the same time increasing the amounts allowed, retaining the number of four Craftsmen for each Incorporation as formerly, and giving additional pensions to the most deserving applicants from the different Incorporations, and farther admitting Widows and Unmarried Adult Orphan Daughters of Craftsmen in necessitous circumstances as pensioners on the funds of the House, the payments made amounting from 6 IDS. to 50, according to the following Table : Convener's Pension, - $o Collector's 40 o o Deacon's 30 o o 70 Craftsmen, 20 o o 50 Widows Deacon's Widow, 15 o o Others, - 10 o o 100 Unmarried Daughters, from 5 to 8, average being 6 10 o i go The Maltmen Craft in Glasgow. FUNDS OF THE HOUSE AND FOURTEEN INCORPORATIONS. From the Annual Statement of the Revenue, Expenditure, and Stock Accounts of the Trades' House and Incorporations of Glasgow, as at September 1879, it will be observed that the revenue of the Trades' House and Fourteen Incorporations at that date amounts to the sum of 24,127 173. 9^d.; the expenditure, chiefly paid away in support of the deserving poor of the Crafts, amounts to the sum of 19,878 2s. n^d.; and that the Stock amounts to the handsome sum of 469,084 los. 2d. So far as known, there is no other incorporated body out of London possessed of so great resources and so nobly expended. INDEX. i Absents from Meetings, Unlaw of from Burials .... Achaius, John --.-- Acts of Magistrates and Town Council in favour of the Maltmen - - 151- Ale, "Ouklie" tasting of the, and Re- port to ye Bailies .... Alexander I. Allan, Robert Alston, John , Robert ------ AGE 38 67 9 156 21 9 S3 122 120 122 177 135 174 182 143 59 59 158 134 37 50 140 140 134 76 "5 116 125 127 128 129 136 21 r Barclay, John Barrowfield Mortification - ... Bayne, Andrew Malloch .... AGE 119 77 131 119 135 140 3i 133 128 10 21 129 130 131 118 129 Si 52 22 21 134 15 26 75 127 78 58 21 38 160 67 73 184 131 9 159 Baynes, James .... 109, 116, Bear and Meal ---.-- Bennett, Robt. James - Benzie, Robert Marr Bishopforest ...... Blackfrers ....... Blackley, John ------ Blair, Richard , James ------ Bolton, A. M. - Amendments on Laws - Anderson, John Annual Returns by the Master Court in February, Annual Dinner 1 70, Appendix Apprentices ._ Statutes and Regulations anent Box Maisters or Key Keepers ... , Vignette on front of - Bridgegate Brig, Ye, and Stockwell - Broadfoot, John Craig .... Brown's "Glasgow" .... Bryce, Patrick ...... , Walter Buchanan, Robert - - - - - Building Committee of Trades' House Burgess Roll Burgh Records, Extract from the Archbishop, Charter of Confirmation by, in 1684 Armstrong, James - Assistants, The Visitor's - Audit of Collector's Accounts, - Baird, Hugh 114, Balgray, Lands of Barr, Robert , David , Matthew Burghs, Act, 1846, Abolishing Exclusive Privileges in Burials of Members and their Families Bursaries, Maltmen University , James , William Campbell, Colin Cathedral Church, Glasgow ... Charters of Incorporation ... 158, Barrasyett, ...... 192 Index. F Charles II AGE 23 78 6 4 72 I4O 78 52 171 4 6 49 158 MS 76 140 64 126 127 130 130 13 H 21 135 127 6 4 9 , 18 18 141 18 61 75 132 56 182 153 12 13 119 131 132 t " Dochter, Ane Burges Manis' " Dollars, Payment in Dougall, Franc Gibb - - - 110,117, TDiirirl /"I AGE 57 52 140 1 20 32 1 20 47 128 117 21 133 130 53 12 72 73 73 162 H IS 124 44 1 60 57 124 114 "5 119 140 1 20 126 124 124 122 53 53 124 116 116 127 130 132 Charles, Prince, in Glasgow, 1745 Children, Orphan, Pensioners Cherry, William - - - no, 1 1 8, City Ground Annuals Purchase - Clerks of the Incorporation since 1605 Clerk, Duties of the Law vii., s. 6 - Collector, The, of the Incorporation - Douglas, Walter, Visitor in 1615 Douie, Robert, Clerk- - 53, in, "Doun ye Gait" ..... Drew, William ------ Drummond, Andrew Drygate Duff, Alexander Mac Vicar Eadie, Robert Easson, John ...... Edinburgh, Maltmen in Education Committee .... Confirmation by the Archbishop, 1684 Constitution of the Incorporation Conventicles, Suppressing of Cowan, Lachlan - - - 112, 128, Craftsmen Pensioners .... Crawford, James - ArrViiVi-ilH (t\ Entrant Members, Near and Far-hand Episcopacy and Popery of the Merchant Rank alleged by Mr. Crawfurd - Ewing, James, M.P. Ewing, James, M.D., Lanark - Exclusive Privileges Abolition ... Crawfurd's, Mr. George, Sketch of the Trades' House - and Craft Rank Contests Disputed Croce, Ye Cubic, John P. Cunningham, Archibald .... Daughters, Unmarried, Pensioners David, Prince of Cumberland - Deacons or Maister Men of Crafts - , II Deacon-Convener, Ane .... Deacon-Conveners, Maltmen who have been Dean of Guild Decemiture, The Grand, 1775 - Delegate on Gorbal Lands - ... Dempster, Thomas Dinner by Entrants Dinner, Annual Incorporation - - 170, Disputes, Merchant and Craft, to be settled by the Magistrates .... Far-hand Entrants ..... Fergus, Ralph Ferguson, John PnViprt- Findlay, Andrew Finlay, Alexander - Robert ----.. Fisher, George Fleck, Alexander Ppfpr Fleming, Joseph Robert - * Dobbie, John _. Robert - - Index. 193 PAGE - 126 - 135 - "7 - 135 - 55 - 3i - 164 - 133 21 - 129 53 - "7 - 122 131 - 134 Genealogies of present Members of the Craft 114 General Meetings of Incorporation, Law viii. 172 Flint, John - , Thomas W. W., - Fortune, David - Fraser, James John - Freemen of the Craft - Freemen's Bear, Malt, and Meal Funds, Investment of the Galbraith, William - Gallogate Galloway, Alex. Guild Gardner, J. Rankin - , John - - - - , Thos. R. , Walter , John - Gibson's "Glasgow" Gilchrist, William Gillespie, Robert Glasgow, a Bishop's Burgh , Burgh of Regality , Royal Burgh , The Rebels at, 1745-46 Good and Pious Uses of Funds Gorbal Lands, Maltmen's -^ Shares - Delegate for - - Grandchildren, Education to Grand Decerniture, The, 1775 - Gray, John Russell , John Gribben, Charles Ground Annuals, Purchase of Guildry, Letter of Regulations under which Constitution of the Maltmen is fixed - Hammermen, Incorporation of Custodiers of The Grand Decerniture - Hay, William Heriot, George ------ Herbertson, J. T. - , Thomas Hopkirk - Highland Host in West of Scotland in 1678 15 126 127 10 10 10 78 80 74 75 72 61 134 134 133 78 145 63 136 126 121 136 7 6 PAGE 15 5 74 130 Hill, Laurence ----- , William Henry - - - - - Hutcheson's Hospital, Gorbals Lands Hutchison, Robert - - - - Incorporations in Glasgow, Dates of Erec- tion of the several - Jackson, William - - - - 119 , Robert - 122 , John Hunter - - - - 123 James I., II., III., IV., and VI. of Scotland 11-13 Johnson, J. B. 117 Kay, William W. - Keys of the Box, Keepers of King, John 129 51 135 Ladle Dues, 43 Lamont, James - - - - - 126 Lauderdale, Earl of 76 Laws and Regulations of the Incorporation 162 Lawyers, Honorary Admission of - - 53 Ledingham, George - - - no, 119, 140 Leet, Visitors chosen by, till 1833, - - 38 Leitch, Alexander W. - - - 126 Letter of Guildry, 1605 - - - - 18 Letters of Deaconry - - - - 10 Liddell, James - 125 Lightbodie, William - - 75 Logan, James - 109, 115, 140 , Robert 115 Maister Men or Deacons of Crafts - 1 1, 18 Malloch, John Murray - - - 117 Malt, Insufficient Making of - - 33 Making for Unfreemen - - 35 Maltmen to be "na Craft" 23 Maltmen and Mealmen - - - - 3 1 , Acts of Town Council in favour of 151, 153, 156 , Archbishop's Charter to 158 Maltsters of Scotland 24 Markets, Visitor's Inspection of the - - 31 Marshall, Claud .... 53 2 C 194 Index,. Marshall, James , Richard PAGE - 129 - 133 II 12 30, 169 - 135 " 15 - 128 Mary, Queen of Scots, 1555 Mary of Guise, Queen Regent, 1556 Master Court .... Mather, William Mathie, Benjamin Maxwell, A. G. Meal and Bear, Visitor to try sufficiency of all 31 Medal and Chain worn by Visitor - - 41 Meetings of Incorporation and Master Court 172, 184 , Calling of - - . - - 1 73 Meikle, John 119 Members' Names and Enrolment since 1605 85 , Genealogies of present - - 1 14 , Qualification of, to Vote and be Voted upon Merchant and Craft Rank Disputes Miller, Andrew ------ , James ------ , Thomas ------ , John ------ , Andrew ----.- , John - , George Minute Books of the Craft commence in 1615 Minutes of Town Council for settling Dis- putes ------- Mitchell, W. W. - - 55, 109, 114, Moffat, Charles ------ , John , James Molendinar, Water of Moray, The Regent Morrison, Daniel - - , James R. , William ----- , James - , R. L. , John D. Muir, Matthew A. M'Callum, Duncan , George 176 12 122 124 124 124 133 133 135 32 153 I4O 1 2O 135 135 22 23 120 125 128 128 132 132 117 119 M'Callum, Malcolm 126 M'Culloch, Sir James