                      SCHAW STATUTE OF 1599

                                            xxviii  Decembris, 1599.

        First It is ordanit that the warden witin the bounds of
Kilwynning and vther placeis subject to thair ludge salbe chosin and
electit zeirlie be monyest of the Mrs voitis of the said ludge vpoun the
twentie day of December and that wn the kirk of Kilwynning as the heid
and secund ludge of Scotland and yrefter that the generall warden be
advertysit zeirlie quha is chosin warden of the ludge, immediatlie efter
his electioun.

        Item, it is thocht neidfull & expedient be my lord warden
generall that everie ludge wtin Scotland sall have in tyme cuming ye
awid and antient liberties yrof vse and wont of befoir & in speciall, yt
ye ludge ol Kilwynning secund ludge of Scotland sall haif thair warden
pnt at the election of ye wardenis wtin ye bounds of ye Nether Waird of
Cliddsdail, Glasgow Air & bounds of Carrik; wt powar to ye said wairden
& dekyn of Kilwynning to convene ye remanent wardenis and dekynis wtin
ye bounds foirsaid quhan thay haif ony neid of importance ado, and yai
to bejudgit be ye warden and dekyn of Kilwynning quhen it saIl pleis
thame to qvene for ye tyme ather in Kilwynning or wtin ony vther pt of
the west of Scotland and bounds foirsaid.

        Item, it is thocht neidfull & expedient be my lord warden
generall, that Edr salbe in all tyine cuming as of befoir the first and
principall ludge in Scotland, and yt Kilwynning be the secund ludge as
of befoir is notourlie manifest in our awid antient writts and that
Stirueling salbe the third ludge conforme to the auld privileges
thairof.

        Item, it is thocht expedient yt ye wardenis of everie ilk ludge
sal be answerabel to ye presbyteryes wtin thair schirefdomes for the
maissonis subiect to ye ludgeis anent all offensis ony of thame sall
committ, and the thrid pt of ye vnlawis salbe employit to ye godlie vsis
of ye ludge quhair ony offens salhappin to be committit.

        Item, yt yr be tryall takin zeirlie be ye wardenis & maist
antient maisteris of everie ludge extending to sex personis quha sall
tak tryall of ye offenss, yt punishment may be execut conforme to
equitie & iustice & guid conscience & ye antient ordor.

        Item, it is ordanit be my lord warden general! that the warden
of Kilwynning as secund in Scotland, elect and chuis sex of the maist
perfyt and worthiest of memorie within (thair boundis,) to tak tryall of
the qualificatioun of the haill masonis within the boundis foirsaid of
thair airt, craft, scyance and antient memorie; To the effect the warden
deakin may be answerable heiraftir for sic p(er)sonis as Js qmittit to
him & wthin his bounds andjurisdictioun.

        Item, commissioun in gewin to ye warden and deakon of Kilwynning
as secund luge, to secluid and away put furthe of yr societe and
cumpanie all p(er)sonis disobedient to fulfil & obey ye haill acts and
antient statutts sett doun of befoir of guid memorie, and all p(er)sonis
disobedient eyr to kirk craft counsall and uyris statutts and acts to be
mayd heireftir for ane guid ordour.

        Item, it is ordainit be my lord warden generall that the warden
and deakyn to be pnt of his quarter maisteris elect cheis and constitut
ane famous notar as ordinar clark and scryb, and yat ye said notar to be
chosinge sall occupye the office, and that all indentouris discharges
and vtheris wrytis quhatsumevir, perteining to ye craft salbe onlie
wrytin be ye clark and that na maner of wryt neyther tityll nor other
evident to be admit be ye said warden and deakin befoir yame, except it
be maid be ye said clark and subscryuit wt his hand.

        Item, It is ordanit be my lord generall that ye hale auld
antient actis and statutis maid of befoir be ye predicessrs of ye masonis
of Kilwynning be observit faithfullie and kepit be ye craftis in all
tymes cuminge, and that na prenteis nor craftis man, in ony tymes
heireftir be admittit nor enterit Bot onlie wthin the kirk of Kilwynning
as his paroche and secund ludge, and that all bankatts for entrie
of prenteis or fallow of crafts to be maid wthin ye said lug of
Kilwynning.

        Item, It is ordanit that all fallows oferaft at his entrie pay
to ye commoun bokis of ye luge the soume often punds monie, wt x s.
worthe of gluiffis or euire he be admitit and that for the bankatt, And
that he be not admitit wthout ane sufficient essay and pruife of memorie
and art of craft be the warden deacon and quarter mrs of ye lug,
conforme to ye foirmer and qrthrow yai may be ye mair answerable to ye
generall warden.

        Item, that all prentessis to be admitit be not admittit qIl
first pay to ye commoun bankat foiresaid the sowme of sex punds monie,
utherwyes to pay the bankat for ye haill members of craft wthin the said
ludge and prentessis yrof.

        Item, It is ordanit that the warden and deakis of ye secund luge
of Scotland pnt of Kilwynning, sall tak the aythe, fidelitie and trewthe
of all mrs and fallowis of craft wthin ye haill bounds commitit to yr
charge, zeirlie that thai sall not accumpanie wth cowans nor work with
thame, nor any ofyr servands or prenteisses wndir ye paine of ye
penaltie contenit in ye foirmer actis and peying yrof.

        Item, It is ordanit be ye generall warden, That ye warden of ye
lug of Kilwynning, being the secund lug in Scotland, tak tryall of ye
airt of memorie and science yrof, of everie fellowe of craft and everie
prenteiss according to ayr of yr vocations; and in cais yat yai haue
lost ony point yrof dvied to thame To pay the penaltie as followis for yr
slewthfulness, viz., Ilk fallow of craft, xx s., Ilk prentess, x s., and
that to be payit to ye box for ane commoun weill zeirlie & yat conforme
to the commoun vs and pratik of the commoun lugs of this realm.

        And for the fulfilling, observinge and keping of thir statutis
and all oyr actis and statuttis maid of befoir and to be maid be ye
warden deaconis and quarter mrs of ye lugis foirsads for guid ordor
keping conform to equitie justice & antient ordor to ye makinge and
setting doun qrof ye generall warden hes gevin his power and commission
to the said warden and yrs abouevrtn to sell doun & mak actis conforme
as accords to ye office law. And in signe and taking yrof I the generall
warden of Scotland hes sett doun and causit pen yir actis & statutis And
hes sybserynit ye smyis wt my hand eftr ye testimoniale on this syd and
on the uther syd.

        Be it Kend to the warden dekyn and to the mrs of the ludge of
Kilwynning That Archibald Barklay being directit commissioner fra the
said ludge comperit in Edr the twentie sevin & twentie awcht of December
Instant quhair the said Archibald - in pns of the warden generall & the
mrs of the ludge of Edr, producit his commissioun, and behaifit himself
verie honestlie and cairfullie for the discharge of sik thingis as was
committit into him; bot be ressone of the absence of his Maitie out
ofthe toun and yt thair was na mrs bot the ludge of Edr convenit at this
tyme, We culd not get ane satlat order (as the privileges of the craft
requyris) tane at this tyme, bot heirefter quhan occasioun sal be
offerit we sall get his Maities warrand baith for the authorizing of the
ludgeis privilegeis, and ane penaltie set down for the dissobedient
persones and perturberis of all guid ordor. Thus far I thocht guid to
sgnifie vnto the haill brether of the ludge, vnto the neist commoditie
In witnes heirof, I haifsubscriuit this pnt wt my hand at Halyrudhous
the twentie awcht day of December The zeir of God Im Vc fourscoir
nynetene zeirs.

WILLIAM SCHAW,
Maistir of Wark, Wairden of ye Maisons.
