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Parish of Inverkeithing v Lady Rosyth. [1642] Mor 7914 (15 February 1642)
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[1642] Mor 7914
Heritors of the landward part of a parish of a royal burgh obliged to contribute to the purchase of a bell for the church, in the same proportion as for repairing the church.
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The Parishioners of Inverkeithing and stent-masters, having charged the Lady Rosyth to pay her proportion of the stent, imposed upon the parishioners of Inverkeithing, both to burgh and land-ward, for furnishing of bells to the kirk; and she suspending upon this reason, that albeit there be an act of Parliament for beiting and repairing of the kirk and kirk-yard dykes, yet there is no warrant to stent the parishioners for buying of a bell, especially a bell within a burgh-royal, which only is incumbent to be done by the burgesses and indwellers within the burgh, and not by those dwelling in land-ward, their bells being in use at all times, to serve for their own burgesses, and for their own use at prayers morning and evening, and for their other meetings about their town business; and this suspender, nor the heritor did never consent to this stent, but did expressly oppose the same; attour, she alleged, That the titular and those who had right to the teinds, should bear the burden of this stent, or the third part of the burden, as in reparation of the kirk. Notwithstanding of all which reasons, the stent roll, and letters raised thereon, were sustained and allowed.
