JOHN ALANTH, a Scot from
Aberdeen, produced a birthbrieve, was admitted citizen of Cracow, and paid
2 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 499.
At the request of the
Honest Anna, widow of the late Well-famed John ALANT, citizen of Cracow,
witnesses were cited to give true testimony concerning the parentage of
her grandson, the Honest John Kramy, by the Honest Bartholomew Plackowic,
Usher of the Council Chamber of Cracow, assumed as his Tutor ad hoc.
The first witness, the Well-famed George Emzle, citizen and trader of
Cracow, taking the oath with two fingers of his right hand raised toward
the sky, gave formal evidence to this effect:--
‘I knew well the late John
Kramy and the Honest Mistress Aland his wife, who still lives, citizens of
Cracow; who living in a state of holy matrimony begat, amongst other
children, this son John."
The second witness, the
Well-famed Tomas Orem, citizen and trader of Cracow, gave word for word
the same evidence as the first, taking a similar oath with two fingers of
his right hand raised toward the sky.—Cons. Crac., f. 749, A.D.
1619.
At the instance of the
Well-famed WILLIAM BUCHAN, citizen and merchant of Zamosc, the witnesses
hereafter named were cited to compear in person before the Court of the
Advocate of Cracow to give true testimony, and were examined individually
by the said Court according to its custom. The first witness, the
Well-famed Caspar Hussen, a Scot, citizen of Kleparow (?), [Either Leparow,
in Galicia, or Kleparz, in Bromberg, may be referred to.] taking the oath
with two fingers of his right hand raised to the heavens, gave formal
evidence to this effect:--
‘I declare, according to my
knowledge and what I have heard from many people, that the late Thomas
Buchan, a Scot, of a house not far from Aberdeen, living in the state of
holy matrimony with his wife Elizabeth, begat two sons, brothers: William
Buchan, on whose account I make this declaration, and Alexander, who this
year, a few weeks ago, died in the Siedmigrodski land, in Sebinow, five
miles from Bialogrod. This I declare to be so.’ [In Polish.]
The second and third
witnesses, the Well-famed John Armandt, citizen of Cracow, and the
Well-famed William Babintor, citizen and merchant of Zamosc, took a
similar oath, and gave the same evidence as the first.—Advocatialia
Cracoviensia, t. 521, f. 1241.
ROBERT BURNET, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen dated 23rd February 1597,
was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and paid 8 florins.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 854.
JOHN BURNET, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen, in Scotland, 29th July 1603, was
admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 10 Polish florins,
a gun, and half a stone (lapis) of gunpowder.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1555-1612, f.1045.
a.
BARTHOLOMEW BURNET, a Scot, proved his genealogy before the Council of
Cracow.—Jur. Civ., A.D. 1607, f. 1047. ‘
b.
Done on the Tuesday [4th March] after the second Sunday in Lent
(Dominica Reminiscere), 1608.
BARTHOLOMEW BURNETH, a Scot, having
proved his parentage before the Council of Cracow on the Friday [29th
February] before the second Sunday in Lent, of the current
year, was admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 10
Hungarian gold florins, a gun, and half a stone of gunpowder. There
compeared also in person the Well-famed Albert Kin and John Thorbes, Scots
and citizens of Cracow, who gave surety for the said Bartholomew Burnet
that in the course of one year he would either marry or acquire a holding,
under penalty of loss of the civic rights which he then received.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 1046.
THOMAS BURNET, trader,
proving his parentage by Letters Patent from the Council of Aberdeen, in
the Kingdom of Scotland, dated 21st June 1617, was admitted citizen of
Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 15 Hungarian gold pieces and a stone
of gunpowder. —Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612-1634, f. 94.
PETER BURNET paid nothing.
At the request of the
Well-born JAMES BURNET, the witnesses hereafter named were cited to
compear before the Council of Cracow to give true testimony concerning his
lawful birth, and were strictly and separately examined. The first
witness, the Well-famed James Karmichel, citizen and merchant of Cracow,
taking the oath with two fingers of his right hand raised toward the
firmament, deponed:--
‘I knew well the dead
parents of this young man. His father was Bartolomew Burnet and his
mother’s name was Catherine, and I know that he was begotten in the state
of holy matrimony."
The second witness, the
Well-famed Albert Blakal, likewise a citizen and merchant of Cracow, took
a similar oath and gave evidence in concordance.—Cons. Crac.,
1649, f. 557.
At the instance and request
of the Honest JAMES [Jacobus, the Polish traslator renders Jacob.]
KARMICHEL, a Scot, the following witnesses were cited to give true
testimony before the Council of Cracow, and after being separately
admitted to the presence of the Court, were carefully questioned. The
first witness, the Honest James Lesli, a Scot from Dundee, in Scotland,
taking the oath with two fingers of his right hand raised toward the sky,
declared:--
‘I know well that this
Jacob Karmichael is born of his father Robert Karmichael of Dundee and of
his mother Margaret, being begotten in the state of holy wedlock according
to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church.’ [In Polish.]
The second witness, the
Honest Robert Aucstenleg, a Scot from Gostyn, took a similar oath and gave
evidence to the same effect.—Cons. Crac., 1621-1629, f. 589.
On the Wednesday after the
Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1625. JAMES KARMICHEL.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612--1634, f. 215.
JAMES KARMICHELL and PETER
WOOD, two Scots merchants, proved their genealogy before the Council
officials of Cracow on Friday, [5th December.] the
day before the Feast of St. Nicolas, 1625, took the oath, and were
admitted citizens. They each paid to the Treasury 20 (?) Hungarian gold
pieces, and undertook that one or other should pay a long gun (or musket)
and a stone of gunpowder, and marry within a year or acquire a holding,
both pledging their word, for safety’s sake, to perform readily all
burdens both civil and imperial. As caution for such performance, William
Peterson and George Emsle bound themselves over to give satisfaction in
event of default.—Cons. Crac., 1625, f. 215.
JOHN CHALMER, trader,
producing birthbrieve with the seal of the Council of Aberdeen dated 29th
September 1589, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and paid 8
florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 826.
ROBERT CIAMER, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve from Aberdeen dated 12th April 1619, was admitted
citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 10 Polish florins and half
a stone of gunpowder.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612-1634, f.
159.
The Noble ROBERT CHRISTIE,
from the city of Edinburgh, in Scotland, was admitted citizen of Cracow as
recommended by His Royal Majesty’s Rescript, paid 800 florins, 2 stones of
gunpowder, and 2 guns, and took the oath, two citizens and merchants of
Cracow, the Noble Robert Forbes and the Noble John Feller, being cautions
for the production of his birthbrieve within six months. This he
afterwards produced, on parchment, with the pedigrees of his ancestors,
bearing the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland, and dated 15th May of the
current year 1702.—Cathalogus Civium Cracoviensium primi ordinis ab
anno 1639, f. 112.
JOHN CLARK, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen, in Scotland, 4th April 1621, was
admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 40 florins, one
stone of gunpowder, and a musket (bumbarda Muszkiet appellata),
undertaking to acquire a holding at Cracow within a year, or to marry,
under penalty of loss of civic rights.—Stara Warszawa, 1648.
JOHN CRAIG, a Scots trader,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen, in Scotland, 2nd June 1587, was
admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and paid 10 Hungarian florins.—Stara
Warszawa, 1648, f. 185.
The Noble GEORGE CRUKSCHANK,
merchant, producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in the kingdom
of Scotland, dated 8th March 1686, was admitted citizen of Cracow and paid
100 florins, 14 florins instead of gunpowder, and a long gun.—Cath.
Civ. Crae. prim. ord., 1655-1794.
TOMAS DIXON, producing
birthbrieve extracted from the Council Records of Cracow, was admitted
citizen of Cracow on the day of the Feast of St. Lucy, [13th
December] 1598, took the oath, and paid 10 thalers.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1555-1612, f. 845.
ALEXANDER DICKSONE, a Scots
trader, producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland,
dated 28th June A.D. 1588, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath,
and paid 20 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 866.
(Another ALEXANDER DIXON is
mentioned in Cons. Crac., A.D. 1623, f. 252. He was a son of one
Robert Dixon and Jadwiga his wife. The date of his birth is not given.)
The Honest ALEXANDER DIXON
proved his genealogy, and on taking the oath was admitted citizen of
Cracow, but being a patrician, paid nothing.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1612-1634, f. 175.
THOMAS DYXON, trader,
proving his genealogy before the Council of Cracow, took the customary
oath and was admitted citizen, but paid nothing to the public Treasury,
being a patrician (patricius) of Cracow.—Lib. Jur. Civ.
Crac., 1555-1612, f. 866.
At the instance and request
of the Well-famed THOMAS DYXON, a Scots merchant, the following witnesses
were cited to give true testimony concerning his legitimate birth, and
were brought before the Council of Cracow and subjected separately to
careful examination. The first witness, the Well-famed John Fryler,
citizen of Cracow, taking the customary oath with two fingers of his right
hand raised toward the sky, declared:-
‘I knew well Thomas Dixon
and Helen Halam, Scots, and know well that in the state of holy wedlock
they begat a son Thomas, on whose account I make this declaration.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed Thomas Dixon, citizen of Cracow, made under oath a similar
declaration, which was registered in the present Acts. –Cons. Crac.,
1630-1637, f. 645.
JAMES DRUMMONTH, a Scots
merchant, producting birthbrieve dated Stirling, in Scotland, 22nd
March 1582, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and paid 10
florins, having resigned the citizenship of Kleparow (?), which he
previously held, as is shown by a minute made in the current year, bearing
the seal of that city. –Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 844.
On Saturday, 12th
May 1576, DAVID DUNDAS, born in the metropolitan city of St. Andrews, in
the kingdom of Scotland, produced his birthbrieve and was admitted citizen
of Cracow, taking the oath and paying 2 florins. –Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1555-1601, f. 551.
(a) The Well-famed GEORGE ELMSLIE, a Scot
of Aberdeen, producing birthbrieve from Aberdeen dated 6th
March 1591, was admitted citizen (of Cracow?), took the oath, and paid 8
florins.
(b) Done on the Saturday after St.
Valentine’s Day, 1608.
The Well-famed GEORGE ELMSLIE, a
Scot from Aberdeen, producing birthbrieve from the Council of Aberdeen
dated 6th March 1598, was admitted citizen of Cracow; in
consideration of the burning of his wwares at the Warsaw Diet, the Lords
took from him 18 florins 16 grosz, a musket (bombarda oblongier)
with fittings, and half a stone of gunpowder. He took the oath on
admission. -Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1611, f. 1046.
At the instance of the
Well-famed DANIEL FORBES, the Well-famed Albert Kin and Alexander Dixon,
citizens and traders of Cracow, were cited as witnesses, and gave similar
testimony under oath to this effect, that ‘they knew well the late
Well-famed William Forbes, citizen and merchant of Cracow, who in the
bonds of matrimony begat by his wife Eva, who still survived, amongst
other children him at whose instance they made declaration.’—Cons.
Crac., 1612-1621, f. 651.
JOHN FORBES,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen, in Scotland, 10th May 1587, was
admitted citizen of Cracow and paid 2 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ.
Crac., 1555-1601, f. 680.
ANDREW FRAZER, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen 6th June 1610, took the oath and was
admitted citizen of Cracow, paying 40 florins, a musket, and a stone of
gunpowder, and undertaking to marry or to acquire a holding within a year
and a day.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1601, f. 204.
JOHN FRIER, a Scots trader,
proving his genealogy by Letters extracted from the Register of the Lublin
Court, dated Lublin, the Saturday [27th November]
after the Feast of St. Catherine the Virgin, 1621, was admitted citizen of
Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 10 Hungarian gold pieces of good
weight, one stone of gunpowder, and a musket.—Lib. Jur. Civ.
Crac., 1612-1634, f. 165.
At the instance and request
of the Honest WALTER GRYM, a Scot, the following witnesses were cited to
give true testimony.
The first witness, the
Honest James Korbett, a Scot dwelling in Cracow, taking the oath with two
fingers of the right hand raised toward the heavens, declared :—
‘1 knew well Valentine Grim
and Catherine Flesjer his wife, who in the state of holy wedlock begat
this Walter Grym; and this Walter Grym is alive and his mother also
lives.’
The second witness, the
Honest Peter Inglis, a Scot dwelling in Cracow, took a similar oath and
made the same declaration as the first.—Cons. Crac., 1626,
f. 691.
GEORGE GUTHRIG, a Scots
trader, producing birthbrieve dated Elgin 28th May 1622, bearing the name
and seal of the Provost and Council of the city of Elgin, in the kingdom
of Scotland, was on Saturday [27th July.] the Eve of
the Feast of St. Anne A.D. 1624 (admitted citizen apparently at Cracow).
WILLIAM HENDERSON,
merchant, a Scot from the city of Edinburgh, son of the late James
Henderson and Hielos Brun his wife, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took
the oath, and paid 16 Hungarian florins. Furthermore, although it was well
known to the Council from the testimony of the Well-famed and Honourable
Andrew Leber, Assessor of Cracow, and of William Forbes, trader of Cracow,
that he was legitimately born, nevertheless to supplement their testimony
they gave caution for the bringing and exhibiting to the Court of his
birthbrieve [In the same book, dated 1602, the following note appears:
‘The Well-famed William Forbes (? Henderson), trader of Carcow; his
genealogy written out on parchment, dated Edinburgh, 1st July
1601.’] within a year and a day, subject to a penalty of 100 Hungarian
gold pieces and loss of the civic rights then conferred.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 887.
JAMES HOITH, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve from the Advocate and the Assessors of Cracow dated
the Wednesday [15th December.] after the Feast of St. Lucy the
Virgin, 1621, was admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid
12 Polish florins, a gun, and a stone of gunpowder.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1612-1639, f. 166.
WILLIAM HOWIESOUNE, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve dated Aberdeen 29th August 1622, took the oath, was
admitted citizen of Cracow, and paid 40 florins, a musket, and a stone
of gunpowder, undertaking to marry within a year and a day or acquire a
holding.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1625, f. 204.
On the day [28th
September.] of the Feast of St. Wenceslas, 1624, JOHN HINTER, a Scot, took
the oath and was admitted citizen of Cracow, paying to the Treasury 80
florins, and promising a musket and a stone of gunpowder. He produced no
birthbrieve at the time, but undertook to do so within three months,
subject to forfeit of the sum paid and loss of civic rights, Thomas Orem
and Bartholomew Burnet being cautions on his behalf. On 31st December 1624
he produced birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland, dated 15th
October 1616, whereupon his cautioners were declared free.— Lib. Jur.
Civ. Crac., 1625, f. 199.
At the instance and request
of the Noble and Well-famed Michael Kalay, citizen of Cracow, preferred in
name of the High-born PETER HUNTER, the following witnesses were cited to
give true testimony concerning his legitimate birth before the Council of
Cracow, and were examined separately. The first witness, the Noble and
Well-famed Alexander Dyxon, citizen and merchant of Cracow, taking the
oath with two fingers raised to the heavens, declared:—
‘I knew Andrew Hunter and
Sophie Kin, married, citizens of Cracow, and I know that this married
couple begat Peter their son and brought him up.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed Andrew Fraser, took a similar oath and gave evidence entirely
in agreement with that of the first, which evidence the foresaid Michael
Kalay directed to be entered in the present Acts.—Cons. Crac.,
1641-1648 f. 950.
At the instance and request
of the High-born GEORGE HUNTER, patrician of Cracow, the following
witnesses were cited to give true testimony concerning his legitmate birth
before the Council of Cracow, and were separately and carefully examined
by them. The first witness, the Worshipful James Borkowski, Councillor of
Cracow, took the oath before his fellow-Councillors, and declared:—
‘I knew well the Honest
Andrew Hunter and Elizabeth Gordon, a married couple and citizens of
Cracow, who, living in the state of holy wedlock, begat their son, Gaspar
Hunter, on whose account I make this statement.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed Andrew Wasser, merchant and citizen of Cracow, was likewise
carefully examined by the present Council of Cracow, and taking the oath
with two fingers of his right hand raised toward the heavens, gave
evidence in agreement with that of the first.—Cons. Crac.,
1648-1652, ff. 1114-15.
At the instance of the
Honest JOHN INGRIJM, son of the Well-famed Daniel Ingrijm, a Scot, citizen
and trader of Cracow, witnesses were cited to give true testimony
concerning his genealogy. The first witness, the Well-famed Albert Kin, a
Scot, citizen and trader of Cracow, taking the oath with two fingers of
the right hand raised toward the sky, gave evidence to this effect :—
‘I knew well the late
Daniel Ingrijm, a Scot and a citizen of Cracow, and Catherine his wife—who
is yet alive—who in the state of holy wedlock begat, amongst other
children, this son, on whose account I make this declaration.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed William Forbes, a Scot, citizen and trader of Cracow, took a
similar oath and gave, word for word, the same evidence as the first.—Cons.
Crac., 1612-1621, f. 867.
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, a Scots
retailer, producing birthbrieve with the seal of Dundee, in Scotland,
dated 30th August 1600, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and
paid 40 florins and a gun.[This is the first entry in which the
word ‘bombarda’ occurs.]—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 900.
JAMES JOHNSTOUN, a Scots
shopkeeper, producing birthbrieve and title to nobility on both his
father’s and his mother’s side, bearing the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland,
and dated 4th July 1597, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath,
and paid 5 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 847.
(a) On the Wednesday [12th
November.] before the Feast of St. Stanislas the Bishop, in the autumn of
1625, NATHANIEL KIEYTH, merchant, by nationality a Scot, having proved his
genealogy before the Council of Cracow on the Monday [31st
March.] of last Easter week, was admitted citizen of Cracow on
taking the oath, and paid 50 florins, a musket, and a stone of gunpowder.
He will be bound either to marry or to acquire a holding within a year
from this date, subject to the loss of his civic rights.
a. At the instance and request of
the Honest NATHANIEL KIEYTH, by nationality a Scot, the following
witnesses were cited to give true testimony concerning his legitimate
birth before the Council of Cracow, and on being admitted separately to
their presence, were carefully examined with regard to the facts hereafter
stated. The first witness, the Well-famed William Peterson, trader and
citizen of Cracow, taking the oath with two fingers of the right hand
raised toward the sky, declared:— ‘I know well that Nathaniel Kieyth is of
honest parents— that is, of his father Albert Keyth of Scotland, a
well-known gentleman, and of his mother Agnes, husband and wife according
to the rites of the Universal Catholic Church—and therefore born in
wedlock.’
The second witness, the Well-famed
John Burnett, a Scot, likewise citizen and trader of Cracow, taking a
similar oath, gave with neither omission nor addition the same evidence as
the first. Their declarations, being in agreement, were therefore approved
by authority of the Council of Cracow.—Acta Cons. Crac.,
1621-1623, f. 561.
At the instance of the
Well-famed Albert Kin, citizen and trader of Cracow, acting in name of the
Honest LEWIS his son, the following witnesses were cited to give true
testimony concerning his parentage. The first witness, the Well-famed
Alexander Dixon, citizen and trader of Cracow, taking the oath with his
fingers raised toward the sky, declared:--
‘I know well Mr. Albert
Kin, a merchant and citizen of Cracow, who with the Honest Catherine his
wife, living in the state of holy wedlock, begat, amongst other children,
this son Lewis, a gilder.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed George Emzle, citizen and trader of Cracow, took a similar
oath, and gave the same evidence as the first.—Cons. Crac.,
1612-1621, f. 703.
a. At the request and
instance of the Well-famed Albert Kin, a Scot, citizen of Cracow, the
following witnesses were cited to give true testimony concerning the
parentage of JAMES his son. The first witness, the Well-famed John Barbier,
goldsmith, citizen of Cracow, taking the oath with two fingers of the
right hand raised toward the sky, gave evidence in these words:— ‘I know
well and am sure that Mr. Albert Kin, merchant and citizen of Cracow,
living in the state of holy matrimony with Catherine, the daughter of
Hattervoit, begat, amongst other children, this son James.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed Andrew Hunter, a Scot citizen of Cracow, taking a similar oath,
gave word for word the same evidence as the first .—Cons. Crac.,
1612-1621, f. 908.
(b) On the Saturday [23rd
March.] before Palm Sunday, 1619, JAMES KIN proved his
parentage before the Council of Cracow, and on taking the oath was
admitted citizen; but he paid nothing, being a patrician.Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612-1634, f. 122.
ALBERT KIN, a Scot, citizen
of Cracow, who swears for his countryman that he will bring his
birthbrieve. . . .—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1611-1634, f. 3.
CASPAR KIN, [Caspar Kin’s
will is given later in this volume.] apothecary, having proved his
genealogy by Letters Patent from the city of Kalisz, dated 6th September
A.D. 1611, was admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the
oath, and paid 40 Polish florins, promising to pay a gun and a stone of
gunpowder before the Feast of Pentecost.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1611-1634, f. 21.
DAVID LEDEL, a Scot from
Brechin, for the production of whose birthbrieve [A footnote shows that a
satisfactory birthbrieve was produced, ‘bearing two seals of the city of
Brchin, in Scotland, dated 5th June 1592.’] within
six months the Honourable Stanislas Karasziowicz [This certificate is
remarkable in that it is rare for a Pole to support the statements of a
Scot.] gave caution, the penalty for default being 50
Hungarian florins, was admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and
paid 5 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 743.
ADAM LEGAN, [?Logan}
a Scot, producing birthbrieve from the Provost and Council of Burgh,
in Scotland, dated 6th September 1605, took the oath, and was admitted
citizen of Cracow, paying 5 Polish florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1555-1602,. f. 1037.
At the instance and request
of the Honest ALEXANDER LOGAN, the following witnesses were cited to give
true testimony concerning his legitimate birth, and were separately
examined. The first witness, the Well-famed Thomas Dixon, citizen and
merchant of Cracow, taking the oath with two fingers raised to the
heavens, deponed and declared:--
‘I knew well Adam Logan and
his wife, inhabitants of Cracow—of whom Adam Logan is still alive here in
Cracow— the parents of Alexander Logan. This I know well, for I was at
their wedding: they begat this son Alexander Logan, on whose account I
make this declaration, in wedock.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed John Burnet, citizen and merchant of Cracow, taking a similar
oath, gave the same eidence as the first, and their declarations were
entered in the-present Acts at the request of the foresaid Alexander
Logan.—Cons. Crac., 1630-1637, f. 468.
On the Tuesday [8th
November.] before the Feast of St. Martin the Pope, 1616, GEORGE MENZIES,
a Scot, took the oath, and was admitted citizen of Cracow, promising to
bring and exhibit a birthbrieve within six months, and paying 30 Polish
florins and two stones of gunpowder. For the production of his birthbrieve
(failing which he was to forfeit his civic rights) the Well-famed Albert
Kin, John Barbier, and Andrew Hunter gave caution.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1612-1634, f. 73.
The Well-famed. JOHN
MINKHAUS, compearing in person before the Council of Cracow, of his own
free will resigned the citizenship conferred upon him on the (no record of
date), having no wish to avail himself of it further. This resignation the
Court accepted, since he had migrated to Dantzig, within the territory of
the Realm.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612-1637, f. 167.
At the instance and request
of the Honest PETER ODT, [?Ordt.] a Scot, the following witnesses were
cited to give true testimony before the Council of Cracow, and on being
separately introduced into their presence, were carefully examined. The
first witness, the Honest Peter Enges, a Scot from Tarnow, taking the oath
with two fingers of his right hand raised toward the sky, declared:--
‘I know well that this
Peter Odt is born of his father Bartholomew Odt of Skin, a village near
Aberdeen, and of his mother Agnes Czamers, being begotten by him in the
state of holy wedlock according to the Universal Catholic Church.’
The second witness, James
Cruckshang, likewise a Scot, taking a similar oath, gave the same evidence
as the first.—Cons. Crac., 1625, f. 589.
PATRICK ORUM, a Scots
trader, producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland,
dated 7th February 1596, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took
the oath, and paid 20 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f.
866.
At the request of the
Well-famed OREM, a citizen of Cracow of Scottish nationality, the
following witnesses were cited to give evidence before the Council of
Cracow, and on being admitted separately, were carefully examined. The
first witness, the Honourable Christopher Karniorki, then Sworn Syndic of
the city of Cracow, taking the oath before the Council of which he was a
member, declared :—
‘I know well Thomas Orem
and Susanna Hoydt his wife, who being in the state of holy matrimony begat
in lawful bed a son named Peter, living at present, on whose request I
make this declaration.’
The second witness, the
Well-famed George Emzle, likewise a Scot and citizen of Cracow, took a
similar oath, and gave the same evidence as the first.
THOMAS HORAM, a Scots
trader, producing birthbrieve from the city of Aberdeen, in Scotland,
dated 17th April A.D. 1606, took the oath, and was admitted citizen of
Cracow, paying 10 Hungarian pieces, a musket, and a stone of gunpowder.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 1044.
WILLIAM PATTERSON, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve from Stirling, in Scotland, dated 30th
August 1608, was admitted citizen of Cracow, and paid 20 Hungarian gold
pieces, a gun, and half a stone of gunpowder.—Lib. Jur. Div. Crac.,
A.D. 1611, f. 107.
On the Saturday [24th
October.] after the Feast of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, A.D. 1579,
HERCULES RENTS from Erbroth, a city in Scotland, having produced reliable
evidence extracted from the Register of the Acts of the city of Warsaw,
and dated the Saturday [17th January.] before the Feast of the
Blessed Vincentius, 1573, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath,
and paid 2 florins. But he bound himself and undertook to produce a
satisfactory birthbrieve by the Feast of St. Michael, [29th
September.] 1580, and to buy a holding, consisting of
immoveable property, within the space of one year.—--Lib. Jur. Civ.
Crac., A.D. 1555-1601, f. 576.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, a
Scots trader, was admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid
40 florins, a stone of gunpowder, and a musket. Anent the production of
his birthbrieve there is extant his bond of caution made on the same day
before the Council of Cracow, the penalty for default being loss of civic
rights. This birthbrieve he produced, compearing on a subsequent occasion
before the Council of Cracow—bearing the seal of the city of Lublin, and
dated 23rd June, the Vigil of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, 1626.
Whereupon his cautioners were declared free from their obligation.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1611-1634, ff. 213-14.
JOHN SCOT, surgeon,
producing birthbrieve before the present Court on the Friday [3rd
April.] before the First Sunday after Easter (Dominica
Conductus Paschae), 1671, was admitted citizen of Cracow, but paid
nothing, being excused in return for his care and labour on behalf of the
plague-stricken. This earnest care he undertook to continue.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac. Cath. Tert. Ord., 1678.
LAURENCE SMART, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve with the seal of Dunfermline dated 20th March 1593,
resigned his citizenship of Kleparow (?), and was admitted citizen
of Cracow; he took the oath, and paid 6 florins.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.,
1556-1612, f. 354.
GEORGE STERLIN, from the
city of Dundee, in Scotland, retailer—on whose behalf the Well-famed John
Mora and John Forbes, citizens and traders of Cracow, gave caution that he
would bring his birthbrieve at the forthcoming Feast of St. Martin, [11th
November.] or produce appropriate evidence, and within the next year
either marry a wife or buy a holding consisting of immoveable property,
subject to a penalty of 100 Hungarian florins to be forfeited in
default—was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath, and paid 5 florins.
(He produced a satisfactory
birthbrieve on the Friday [21st June (if in 1591.]
after the Octave of Corpus Christi, bearing the seal of the Council of the
city of Dundee, in Scotland, and dated 15th March 1591; wherefore his
cautioners were pronounced free. The other condition he undertook to
fulfil.
)—Lib. Jur. Civ.
Crac.
DAVID STRACHAN, goldsmith,
producing birthbrieve dated Dundee, in Scotland, 1st August 1621, was
admitted citizen of Cracow on taking the oath, and paid 6 florins to the
public Treasury.
WILLIAM TORIJ, a Scot,
producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland, dated 6th
April 1622, took the oath, and was admitted citizen of Cracow. He paid 60
Polish florins, a stone of gunpowder, and a long gun, undertaking to
acquire a holding in the city or to marry within a year, under penalty of
loss of civic rights.
JOHN UDNY, a Scots trader,
producing birthbrieve with the seal of Aberdeen, in Scotland, dated
Aberdeen, 15th June 1594, was admitted citizen of Cracow, took the oath,
and paid 10 Hungarian gold pieces. On his behalf the Well-famed John Mora
and Albert Kyn gave caution, that he would marry within a year or buy a
holding under the city’s jurisdiction, 100 Hungarian gold pieces to be
forfeited in default.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 860.
DANIEL WALTER, proving his
parentage from the Acts of the Advocate of Cracow under date 30th April
1632, took the oath, and was admitted citizen of Cracow. Because of his
good services to the Lord Mayor he made no payment to the Council, but to
the Treasury he paid 7 florins for the purchase of powder and a
long gun.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1555-1612, f. 303.
The well-famed William
Peterson and Caspar Innes, traders and citizens of Cracow, Scots by
nationality, compearing in person sound in every faculty before the
Council of Cracow, of their own free will and by securest legal means gave
caution on behalf of the Honest WILLIAM WEIR, a Scot, who on this day was
admitted citizen of Cracow without exhibiting his birthbrieve, and pledged
their word individually and in conjunction that he would produce the same
authentically to the present Court by the Feast of the Purification of the
Blessed Virgin Mary [2nd February.] in the coming
year 1627 at latest, submitting in default ipso facto to forfeit
his citizenship, and no longer to call himself a citizen of Cracow. In
case of such default, his cautioners undertook to forfeit 50 Hungarian
gold pieces deposited with the present Court, and also, in event of the
said William Weir failing to perform the burdens and pay the contributions
and levies usually borne by the citizens of Cracow, in every case to make
payment themselves in his stead, renouncing all legal privileges as if
convicted by decree of His Sacred Majesty the King by reason of the
premises, in form of caution most full and perfect.
On the Friday [13th
November.] after the Feast of St. Martin the Pope, 1626,
William Weir, a Scot, took the oath, was admitted citizen of Cracow, and
paid to the Treasury 100 florins, a gun, and a stone of powder. Regarding
his birthbrieve there is extant a caution given on this day before the
Council of Cracow. This birthbrieve, bearing the seal of Widawa and dated
18th January 1627, he produced on 10th February 1627, compearing in person
before the Council of Cracow; whereupon his cautioners were freed from
their obligation.—Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac., 1612-1634, f. 227.
THOMAS WRIGHT, a Scots
trader, producing birthbrieve extracted from the Acts of the Council of
Aberdeen, and dated Aberdeen, 27th May A.D. 1587, was admitted Citizen of
Cracow, and took the oath, paying 11 Hungarian florins 14 grosz, and
undertaking to buy a holding within a year and six weeks, subject to a
penalty of 100 Hungarian florins and loss of civic rights.—Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac., 1588-1601.
GILBERT JUNG, a Scot, took the oath
and was admitted citizen of Cracow. --Lib.
Jur. Civ. Crac.
JOHN JUNG, merchant, was admitted
citizen of Cracow and paid a musket and a loading pistol. –
Lib. Jur. Civ. Crac.