Notes:
▪ In
general it's difficult to tell whether capital letters are being used
‒ or not ‒
on some words.
▪ The
people identified by patronymics: I am not able to guess at what
their surnames (as we know
them!) evolved to.
▪ There
are actually two entries here, August 15th and 19th. The latter
records a very brief meeting occasioned by the absence of John Duigh
at the former meeting.
▪ Can
anyone solve the mystery of what the [black]smith was making for the
community (see second illustration below)?
▪ The
bedle (more familiarly, beadle) in the Church of Scotland was a lay
person appointed as a church official to assist the minister during
Sunday service.
Ballihough
August 15th 1733
After
prayer Sederunt
Mr.
Hector McLean Modr )
The
Laird of Coll )
Allan
McLean of Tottranald ) Elders
Lachland
McLean of Torastan )
Hector
McLean of Knock )
Christian
nin Terlich vic Neil oig [being?] Inter
rogate
befor the Session who was father to her [Child]
answered
that it was John Duigh McKerlich vic [Neil]
oig
who being absent, the session suspended [any?]
further
Enquiry into this ^affair
till their next meet
ing
And the said woman found Baill for her
Submitting
to Discipline & Censure & paying
her
fines Namely James McLeane Coll's [Child?]
The
Session appoints that Lachlan Mc
IanIar doe stand in Sack-cloath and also the
woman
with whom he Committed adultery
and
have modifyd his fine into ten pounds Scot
and
her fines into eight
Neil
McKinnon being Cited to this [Session?]
and
charged with Immorality in violating
the
Lords day Confessed himself ^guilty
and was appointed
to
stand befor the Congregation in token of
his
Repentance on the next Lord's day and be
publicly
reproved
The
session discharges Murdoch
Kennedy
of his Intromission with his fine
proceeding
the date hereof
(next
page)
The
session appoints [Church?] Treasurer to give
-----
Shillings sterling to the ^Smith
in this Com
-----
for making [Joggs?] for their W-
The
Session appoints that the Ancient
custom
of giving a Cheese to the Bedle together
with
a Sheaf should be renewed & observed
by
all in this country who have any Labouring
and
orders that this be intimated on the next
Lords
day Immediately after Sermon Closd with
prayer
John
Duigh McKerlich vc Neil oig
being
^late to the Session met August 19th 1733
and
interrogate if he had guilt with [*] nian
Terlich
vc Neill oig owned he had, nothing else
occurring
they closd with prayer
[*] a Christian name appears to be missing here
©
2016 Brenda Dougall
Merriman
5 comments:
Brenda, I will get round to giving this some thought in next day or so. The style of writing is quite similar to the 1776 list and I worked my way through that - eventually.
Based on the letter "T" and "g" on other pages I would say the blacksmith was to make "Toggs", whatever they were in 1730s
Ewen has kindly sent his own transcription of this particular entry. It is too long and repetitive to place as a "comment" because I find few if any differences in our readings. But thank you for your interest and especially for the "Toggs"! Now if only we knew what people were using them for.
Hi Brenda
I think it may actually say "Joggs" which should actually be "Jougs" and old measurement referring to a Scottish pint.
They would have been a pewter measuring jug so the "smith" would probably have referred to a whitesmith or tinsmith.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joug
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=LhgMAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126&lpg=PA126&dq=The+joug+or+scottish+pint&source=bl&ots=S4CgKIb_P0&sig=OYdsQP8IORpVYI9xxkWTDFRuiOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjZlNSonprNAhXFKqYKHTqgClgQ6AEINTAF#v=onepage&q=The%20joug%20or%20scottish%20pint&f=false
Kind regards John
Aha! I think John McClean has solved it! Thank you. A "smith" was of course not always a blacksmith. Another lesson in (not) making assumptions :).
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