206 The Market Cross of Dumfries. 



efter for ever and for amplicatioun of the bounds therof foure fut 

 Round about excepe the vest quarter to be sett and eikit to the 

 auld ground of the said corce. 



The qlk day Archibald M'Brair provest this day as the first 

 proclamation for Roping of the said corce hes bydden x merks of 

 entres and half ane merk of f ewemale And the Jugeis and counsell 

 assignis tysday nixt to cum for the secund proclamation to ony 

 man that will geif mair." 



On " Tysday " accordingly proclamation was again made and 

 the same offer was made by Provost Archibald M'Brair, who 

 seems to have been ever ready to turn an honest penny at the 

 expense of the burgh. The council, however, " respecting the 

 samyn to be oure lytill," fixes on the next day for the final pro- 

 clamation. On it being again put up the council " ffyndis that 

 William Edzar merchand hes byddin fourtie sevin merkis money 

 of entries" "and zeirlie xl sh of annell Rent to the comone 

 purss " "at Witsondav and mertingmes in vinter be equale por- 

 tionis The qlk offer the saids Jugeis and counsell hes thocht reson- 

 able." The Cross was to be built between that date and Whit- 

 sunday or at latest Lammas, " wt the entries opt to the said corce 

 vpone the vest quarter and the same to be na hear abone nor the 

 stomp of the auld corce and that thair be ane sufficient stane corce 

 be advyce of the provest balleis and counsell sett thervpone. 

 And the samyn to be vphalden be the said William his ayris 

 assignais sufficientilie for ewer." 



The next entry is on March 20th, 1575, when the counciJ 

 grants " William Edzer and his pertiners of the corce iv futtij 

 north, iv futts sowtht and ii futts eist to the first Rowme granti 

 to thame thay payand therefore x li [£] in hand." On the 3r( 

 April William Edzar, Sande M'Gown, and Robert Mychelsone pa; 

 " x pounds for their entries of the first rouping of the marke 

 cross." On the 11th of the same month "Archibald M'Brai 

 provest Rot M'Kinnell and harbert Ranying balleis of the burgi 

 •of Drumfreis be advyce of the counsell ordaine viii or x of the 

 counsall wt the tua balleis " to " mesor the bounds sett " to the 

 and " to prope the samyn swa that the saids pertenars may knaw( 

 ther bounds to big." It may be noted that it was the practic< 

 of the lynors of the burgh when marches were in dispute .t< 

 examine them and have them " propit and noggit ' ' with nogs o 

 wood. 



