AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP Burgh of Prestwick Contents Consult list for detailed contents BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents 1446 - 1964 BP1/1A Prestwick Sea Wall and Esplanade 1930 BP/1/1B Prestwick Open-Air Bathing Pool 1930 BP/1/2 Freemen of Prestwick 1470 - 1934 BP/1/3 Town Council Minutes 1726 -1974 BP/1/4 Town Council Letter Books 1967 -1974 BP/1/5 Burgh Arms 1955 BP/1/6/1 Roads and Footpaths Correspondence 1907 - 1972 BP/1/7 Publicity and Social Events 1864, 1972 -1973 BP/1/8 Loch Braden Water 1908 -1922 BP/1/9 Social and Welfare Administration 1900 -1908 BP/2 Town Treasurer's Department BP/2/1 Abstract of Accounts 1904 -1975 BP/2/2 Account Books 1874 -1888 BP/2/3 Cash Books 1824 - 1902 BP/3 Police Court BP/3/1 Cases 1903 -1975 BP/4 Town Council Correspondence BP/4/1-7 Town Council Correspondence 1607 -1935 BP/4/3/1-18 Town Council Correspondence re Prestwick Ploughmen's Society Records 1826 -1931 BPAB1 Monkton and Prestwick Joint Cemetery Committee BPAB1/1 Accounts 1974 -1975 AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP Burgh of Prestwick BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents BP/1/1/1 24 August 1446 Notarial instrument regarding royal letters to Sir John Walas of Cragyne Knight, Bailie of Kyle, on the complaint of the Burgesses and community of Prestwick against the lieges bordering with them and others for wrongful occupation of the Burgh's common and property and usurping its privileges and freedom BP/1/1/2 24 August 1446 Notarial instrument regarding John Walas Knight, Laird of Cragyne, by command of royal letters, chose an inquest of men of his Bailiary of Kyle Steuart to perambulate the marches and metes of the Burgh of Prestwick and adjoining lands and to assign right metes and bounds between the liberties of the Burgh and other lands belonging to Burghs and lairds BP/1/1/3 5 December 1489 Obligation by John Wallas of Cragy, narrating that although the Bailies and community of Prestwic have infeft him in the coals in certain bounds of their common, from the Gallous and the Galloushill of Prestwic down to the sea and up from the Galloushill to the moss on the one part and the march of Hugh Walles' lands of the Newtoun on the other, as is contained in their charter to him, if he, his heirs and assignees do not 'optene coilis nor coilhuchis nor wyne name' there within three years, then on due warning by the Bailies and community they will resign their right to the coals within the said bounds into the hands of one of the Bailies, together with all charters, instruments of sasine and other evidents and, if they fail to make such resignation in the parish kirk of Prestwic, the donation and evidents shall nevertheless be null and void. At the Burgh of Are. Witnesses Hugh Walles and Adam Walles, granters brothers, John Blare of Adamtoune, Hugh Walles of the Newtoun, John Crauffurd in the Dryngys, Sir Robert Creif and Sir Andrew Mccormyll, notaries Archivist Note: References out of sequence due to 2016 catalogue review 2 AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents BP/1/1/4 11 September 1540 Charter by Walter, Lord Staint John, Knight of the Order of Jerusalem and Preceptor of Torphichin, to Agnes Cuthbert of two roods of templelands called Temple Blak within the Burgh of Prestwick, between lands of Archibald Wod on the north and tenement of Adam Finlaw on the south, resigned by Agnes Blak and Jonet Rolland, daughter of the deceased Jonet Blak, heir portioners of deceased Robert Blak, for an annual feu duty of 6d scots. At Torphichin. Witnesses Nicholas Dundas, John Lindesay and Robert Robeson. Signed by granter BP/1/1/5 1545 A protestation of the town of Prestwick against Sir William Hamilton about the Mill of Prestwick. Transcription available BP/1/1/6 20 - 22 August 1571 Extract acts and decreet of sheriff court of Ayr in the action between Sir William Hammiltoun of Sanchair and George Simpsoun and Edward Wilsoun, Bailies of Burgh of Prestwick, for themselves and inhabitants of the Burgh, fixing the marches between the lands of Sanchair Lindesay alias Sanchair Hammiltoun and the lands of Prestwick. (3 items) BP/1/1/7 18 October 1584 Letters in the name of Burgesses and community of Burgh of Prestwick appointing George Simpsoun and Alexander Broune, Bailies of the Burgh for the ensuing year BP/1/1/8 20 November 1589 Instrument regarding the resignation by Alexander Broun of his kiln to John Knicht, Bailie, who gave sasine thereof to Patrick Potter, to whom he also gave sasine of a piece of waste ground on the east side of the kiln BP/1/1/9 19 June 1600 Charter of novodamus by James VI, as administrator, tutor and govenor of his son, Henry, Duke of Rothesay, confirming all grants by his progenitors to the Burgh of Prestwick and erecting it anew into a free Burgh in barony Archivist Note: References out of sequence due to 2016 catalogue review 3 AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents BP/1/1/10 19 June 1600 Precept to the Bailie of Kyle Stewart and his deputes to give sasine to the Provost, Bailies, Councillors, Burgesses and Freemen of the Burgh in terms of charter, reference number BP/1/1/9 BP/1/1/11 7 July 1600 Instrument regarding Alexander Hunter in Monktoun, Bailie of Kyle Stewart gave John Mitchell and John Neill, Bailies of the Burgh of Prestweik, in terms precept, reference number BP1/1/10 BP/1/1/12 1 July 1619 Extract contract between Mr Patrick Hamiltoun, Minster at Sanctcavox [St Quivox], heritor of the lands called the Hows of the Muir in the territory of Prestwick, William Fergushill and John Neill, Bailies of Burgh of Prestwick, fixing the marches between lands of Hows of the Muir and 'Mossrowme' belonging to the said Patrick, and commonty and 'Mossrowmes' pertaining to the town of Prestwick BP/1/1/13 25 September 1638 Instrument narrating that Adam Gottray, Burgess of Burgh of Prestuik, resigned a tenement in said burgh formerly belonging to deceased John Dunlop and Patrick Potter, between tenement of John Gottray his eldest son on north, and the High Street [publicam viam regiam] on east, the loch or marsh of said Burgh on west and tenement of deceased Alexander Knight, now belonging to John Neill younger on south into hands of William Fergushill, Bailie, who gave sasine thereof to George Gottray, second son of the said Adam. Notary John Kennedy clerk of Galloway Diocese BP/1/1/14 4 November 1730 Obligation by William Neil and Andrew Caldwell, Bailies, William Hunter, treasurer, and other Councillors, Burgesses and Freemen of the Burgh of Prestwick, to maintain the town of Prestwick's rights and privileges against Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigy, Advocate, who has assumed the office of Heritable Provost of the Burgh. Signed by 28 Freemen and notarially for 3 others Archivist Note: References out of sequence due to 2016 catalogue review 4 AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents BP/1/1/15 18 June 1754 Extract from sheriff court books of Ayr concerning the boundaries between the town of Prestwick and the town of Newton BP/1/1/16 10 November 1759 Opinion of Alexander Wedderburn, Lincoln's Inn [later Lord Chancellor Loughborough] on the town of Prestwick against the town of Newton, with respect to the advisability of appealing to the House of Lords against the decision of the Court of Session BP/1/1/17 1780 Reduced plan of Prestwick arable lands and peat holes, copied from W Crauford's original plan of Prestwick by William Bell by order of the arbiters in the division Archivist Note: References out of sequence due to 2016 catalogue review 5 AYRSHIRE ARCHIVES BP/1 Town Clerk's Department BP/1/1 Legal Documents BP/1/1/20 1788 - 1840 Legal papers regarding court cases in Burgh of Prestwick. Letter to Robert Miller from John Rufsel regarding compensation to be paid, 1788. Receipt of money given to John Boyd, John Cunningham and others by David Boyd, dated 1812. List regarding property holders and values, 1824. Claim for a proportion of the conversion money of the united parishes of Monkton and Prestwick for roads passing through the Burgh of Prestwick, 1828. Witness statements and decision on case of Dalyrampyle Hood's door being banged repeatedly and his greens stolen, 1834. Witness report regarding payment, 1835. Complaint and bond of caution against Gavin Wilson and William Fraser for fighting in public, 1835. Confession of James Conaway and Walter Proudburn for disturbing and frightening Alexander Guthries and striking and abusing William Robinson and confession of Robert Kirkland and John Boon for stealing five shillings, 1835. Petition and decision on the case of paying William Bolen's daughter 5 or 4 shillings for herding, 1835. Petition of John Hunter, Procurator Fiscal against George McCarter and John Weldon for forcibly entering a house and assaulting Margaret Logan, 1837. Measurements and valuation of land in Prestwick for a coal railway, 1840. Witness statements regarding the assault on Margaret Logan, no date. Decision and bond of the case of James McLellan, Andrew Hart, William McGallan and Daniel Wright stealing Robert Larta's carrots, no date. Two lists of proposed new roads to be considered for the appropriation of the conversion money of the united parishes of Monkton and Prestwick, no date.