Spittal Churchyard. Cloghill Dykeside College part of Sclattie Hazlehead Mugiemoss Mill of Sclattie Tulloch Greenwaltree Hillside Lands Inortified to Minister of Newhills : B.4 0 0 0 1 2. Teinds of Methlick and Furvie The small part of Furvie not covered with sand, is united to S Those of Methlick have been exhausted by Augmentations. The sa Spittal. All these formed part of the Subchantry of Aberdeen, gran VI. in 1574. 3. Annuities drawn by the College in virtue of Crown Grants From Dr. Fordyce, for part of the lands of Belhelvie Lord Fife for Uthaw Mr. Forbes Seaton, for Westhall Methlick's House The Spittal was held by the College, under King James the Six Moir of Scotstown afterwards obtained a feu-right of it; but when book does not show. The superiority, however, was sold in 1752, consequence of a proposal made by Mr. Moir to feu the Churchya the College was appointed, to inquire into the state of the College report was, "that the cemetery was not included in the feu right, the College, according to the original grant; that they have not be Mr. Moir's predecessors became tenants of said cemetery, or wheth granted." On the 8th November 1806, on a renewed applicatio meeting of that date, agreed to give a feu of it to him at £10 v V. PROPERTIES acquired by the College since the Foundation. On the 11th May 1542, Mr. Menzies of Pitfoddels granted a charter in favour of the College, of three crofts of land-two of them lying on the west territories of Aberdeen, called Greathead and Collation Crofts, and the third lying on the north territories of the said burgh. University of Appendix, Part I. On the 22nd May 1542, Walter, Master of Torphichen, granted a precept of sasine of the Templar's Croft, commonly called the Dowcat Croft, in favour of the Principal and Professors of the King's Rental of College College. Property. On the 10th December 1567, the Principal and Professors feued the Crofts above mentioned, viz. Leys Crofts. Greathead Croft, Collation Croft, Dowcat Croft, and another croft called Bowack Croft, to George Watson, Burgess in Aberdeen, from a descendant of whom, in 1625, Sir Thomas Burnet of Leys acquired a right to them. By a contract between Sir Thomas and the College, dated 6th October 1648, he dispones heritably, for the entertainment and maintenance of three Bursars, the Crofts above written to the Principal and Professors of King's College. By the Visitation of 1675, it appears that there were then only three crofts; and it is probable that the fourth, the Dowcat Croft, had been feued previous to that date: For on the 27th April 1669, by a charter of Novodamus, the Masters of King's College granted to Mr. John Finlater, "Totum et Integrum dictum illud tenementum terræ, cum horto, caudâ et ripâ, seu peciâ terræ, vocat. lie Dowcat Brae, cum domibus ac ædificiis," &c. Accordingly, the College has drawn ever since, for Finlater's houses, Croft, and Brae, 2s. 6d., or £1 10s. 8d. Scots. Collation Croft was feued by the College, on the 26th January 1811, to the late Patrick Milne of Crimondmogate, for a yearly feu-duty of £25 in money, and 5 bolls of bear, and an addition of one half at the end of every 19 years. When the buildings in Aberdeen were extending in the direction of the Greathead Croft, the members of the College resolved to feu it also; and, for that purpose, made out a street called Dee Street, through the said Croft. They further, in conjunction with the proprietors of the ground on the west boundary, made out another street called Gordon Street; the east side of which was to be feued by the College, and the west side by the conterminous Heritors. The property of the College in these streets was subsequently feued to the following persons, for the following Feu-duties: When the New Street Trustees were about to open King's Street, which runs through Bowack, or Leys Little Croft, the College, at a meeting of the Senatus, agreed to give off 60 feet of Leys Little Croft for the above purpose, without compensation; and also to give off 40 feet along the west side of the street, for a feu-duty, at the rate of £8 per acre. The ground, on both sides, was afterwards sold by the College to the Trustees, at £85 3s. 1 d. sterling; and this sum was stocked by the College, being lent, with other sums, on heritable bond, to Mr. Cumine of Auchry. Part of the ground not sold has been feued by the College, on the authority of a meeting of the Senatus, as follows: The remainder of the croft is now held in lease by several tenants, whose rents amount to £3 a year. Cairntradlin and Balnakettle. Tulloch. Whitecairns. Superiorities, 3. Cairntradlin and Scots Mill, Parish of Kinellar, a The College, on 24th of April 1753, by a Minute, agreed to belonging to the Professor of Divinity. Accordingly, on 5th Sep then Professor of Divinity, with the consent of a Committee of charter of the said lands in favour of the Principal, the Professors and Oriental Languages, nominatim, all in the said College, and respective offices; to be held of the Professors of Divinity, as s 37 bolls, 3 firlots, 1 peck, 1 lippy meal, at 8 stone per boll; 22 freeing and relieving the Professor of Divinity of all other duties. On the 5th December 1793 the College agreed to sell to Mr. a part of Cairntradlin which was separated from the rest by the ri The price of this part was applied to pay off some of the Procur The remainder of the property still belongs to the College, a rent: Bear, 2 bolls-Meal, 30 bolls-Money, £409 4. Balnakettle. This property belonged to the College by the original Foundatio deeds that they granted a charter on it 22d October, 1666, in favou retaining the superiority. In 1751, they purchased a wadset over it, and, by charter exe New, who purchased the superiority, 20th April 1757, he gave a to the Principal and Professors, and their successors. The Property has since been in the College. The present re dues of a market, which sometimes amount to 15s.-sometimes lecting. 5. Tulloch. In the year 1772, this property, with other parts of the esta Alexander Aberdeen of Crabestone, and was purchased by the Pr The disposition is dated 15th December 1772, and conveys this common Procurator. The property, including Hillside and Gree lege, and rents yearly £116. Purchase-price paid by the College, £932 2s. 4d. 6. Whitecairns, or Lot 7th of the Lands o In August 1782, the College purchased this property for £1040 On the 9th December 1805, the College having exposed it to taken out by Andrew Davidson, advocate in Aberdeen, at the ye bolls bear, payable at the fiars price. In , the superiority of this property was sold to sum of £105 sterling, which, when paid, was stocked with other tion, the College still retaining the feuar's obligation to pay the but paying 1 yearly to the purchaser of the superiority. The price received (£105) is, along with other monies belongi heritable bond over the lands of Auchry, for the sum of £4000. 7. Funds arising from the Sale of Superiorities By the Foundation Charter, this University had right to th Berryhill, Mendurno, Dunlugus, Meerden, Culyne, Audaite, and Aberbuthnot, Glenmyk, Abergardyn, and Slaines. These we Charters, and others were added, viz. the The sums arising from the sale of these annuities, superiorities, and patronages, have been kept. In a separate account from the Procuration funds. With part of the proceeds of the Superiority Fund, the estate of Bogfarely was purchased in 1770, for £1800, and it was sold in 1806 for £3000, which sum is now, and has been for several years, lent to the late Duke of Gordon on his Grace's bill. The remainder of the Fund, amounting to £2336 19s. 101gd, has been for many years lent to the Procuration. The amount of the Fund, as per last accounts, is £5336 19s. 1019d. 8. Spoon Money. By College Minute, 16th August 1753, the following Rule was made:-" Seeing the Foundation Bursars had been in use, from time immemorial, to pay £5 Scots for a Silver Spoon at their entry to he College, which custom took its rise when there was no other Bursars but the Foundation Bursars, and when all the Students did eat at the College table-and that now, as all the Bursars are where the proprietors of the lands were not inclinable to purchase, he was weel assured that other purchasers would ffer; and that the College would considerably increase their Revenue by following this measure. The Meeting taking the above proposal to their consideration, and being weel advised of the advantageousness of the ame, and of their having full powers to dispose of the Superiorities and Annuities belonging to the College, provided it an be done considerably to the advantage of the Revenue: Therefore, the Meeting unanimously resolved to sell all the Superiorities and Annuities belonging to the College, at forty years' purchase of the Feu-duty or Annuity, and a year nd a half's purchase of the present Rent of the Lands, where the same holds of the College, being advised that the bove price is the just and adequate value thereof, as lands and subjects of that sort sell at present. And appoint the Principal to acquaint such of the Vassals of the above Resolution, as it may be presumed are inclinable to purchase. And, seeing it may be of great consequence to transact this matter speedily, and without delay, the Meeting appoints the Principal, Mr. Catanach, the Humanist, and Mr. Reid, as a Committee, to prepare the above affair, to receive and conider the answers to the letters appointed to be written, and to attend to the whole progress of the transaction. TABLE relating to the Price of SUPERIORITIES. Sp * Note.—The " Tails" not having been entered in the account from which the Sales were taken in making up the atement in the page above, the price received for that Superiority was overlooked in that Return. † N.B.-£16 138. 4d. is deduced out of this gross sum on account of a piece of land lying promiscuously with Collynie, d set with it for its better accommodation. No. IV. 2 D University of Aberdeen. Appendix, Part I. King's College. Order X.* Rental of College King William's Mortification. obliged, by the Regulations lately entered into, to eat at the College table, it is reasonable that they should all bear the same burden; and as it is inconvenient to take the whole of this demand from them in one session, it is proposed that every Bursar, without exception, shall pay £1 10s. Scots, annually to the Procurator, in name of a Silver Spoon; and that this money shall be applied to the discharging of the interest of the money laid out by the Economist in purchasing utensils." This payment has been continued ever since, and the sum stated as arising from it in the Procuration account for Crop 1825 is £14 2s. 6d. 9. King William's Mortification out of the Bishops' Rents. The produce of this Gift, by last account, is-Sum payable by Collector of Bishops' Rents at Aberdeen £33 6 8 Lumsden's Legacy. Cumming's Bequest. Royal Grant of £700. Order XI. Order XII. Three Professors of Philosophy, Professors of Greek, Humanity, Medicine, 11. Miss Lumsden's Legacy. £105 0 0 In 1819, Miss Teresa Lumsden placed, by her Will, a sum of £300, under the charge of the Moderator of the Synod of Aberdeen, and Principal, Sub-Principal of K. C., and Professor of Divinity; and that sum having been received by the College Procurator, is placed by him at interest, and forms part of the sum of £4000 lent on heritable bond to the Laird of Auchry. The interest of the £300 was appointed by Miss Lumsden to be paid to the Professor of Divinity. 12. Dr. Cumming's Bequest. In 1790, the College received by Dr. Cumming's will (of Andover) £100 for the use of the Buildings. That sum now forms part of the Edilis Fund, having been laid out at interest, and included in the heritable bond over the lands of Auchry. 13. The Royal Grant of £700 per annum. This grant was obtained in 1807, in consequence of an application from the College for a compensation for the loss of Teinds sustained by the Augmentations of Stipend awarded to the Clergy. ORDER XI.-A Statement, by whom are the Estates of the said University managed, and their Funds and Revenues administered; and the application and expenditure thereof regulated ;-and if whether under any, and what control. Return by the Senatus Academicus. R.-The Estates of the College are managed, their Funds and Revenues administered, and the application and expenditure thereof regulated, by the Common Procurator, and Master of Mortifications-Office-bearers elected by the Senatus Academicus, subject to their orders, and accountable to them for their conduct; and the whole under the control of the University authorities. ORDER XII. A Return of the number of Bursaries at each College; by whom founded, and in whom is the right of Presentation ;-of the Funds attached to the same, and the annual allowance to each Bursar;-and what certificates are required from Bursars previous to admission. Return by the Senatus Academicus. R.-1. Founded Bursaries.—Among the 42 members of the College, founded by Bishop Elphinston, there were 13 students in Arts, "Qui neque per eorum parentes, neque propriis suis bonis, ad exercitia scholastica sustentari queant," for whose maintenance and support, he thus provided:"Tredecim insuper in artibus studentibus, cuilibet de duodecim eorundem, duodecim marcas solven, per procuratorem communem dicti Collegii, pro eorundem sustentatione, in esculentis et poculentis, unà cum cameris, et aliis asiamentis, infra idem Collegium, gratis. Tertiodecimo studenti quinque tantum libras de annuis redditibus per prefatum quondam magistrum Duncanum Sherar fundat." After three years' attendance and a half, these Bursars were to be dismissed, and others elected in their room. The election is made by the Senatus, on a comparative trial, at the beginning of the session; three of the twelve being admitted every year; the thirteenth having for nearly 150 years disappeared, both in the Minutebooks and in the Procuration-accounts-nor is it now known from what cause. The amount of the Bursary is at present £5; and has been so for the last 60 years, before which time it was £3 6s. 8d. 2. Watt's Bursary.—In 1625, Mr. James Watt, Minister of Snaith, in South Britain, mortified a rigg of land, for the education in Theology of a Bursar of the name of Watt, or Barclay, or Chalmers, or one born in the Chanonry or City of Aberdeen. This Bursary having, for many years, been continued at the sum of £5, was, upon an increase of the funds in 1819, divided into two of £20 each. The Senatus are the Patrons. 3. Leys Bursaries. In the year 1648, Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, Baronet, mortified funds for three Bursars of Philosophie, to be educate, brought up, and maintained at the King's College of Old Aberdeen, according to the manner, measure, and quality, and as the rest of the Bursars of Philosophy, presently in said College already founded, are educate and entertained." The presentation to these three Bursars to belong to the said Sir Thomas Burnett and his heirs-male and succes |