ST ANDREWS FLESHERS, 1610-1844
[Extracted from the Minute Book of the Flesher Incorporation of St Andrews, 1610-1844, "presented to the University Library of St Andrews for preservation and inspection by the public, St Andrews, 21 Aug 1903" (MS note in handwriting of D Hay Fleming, inside cover]
AITKEN, WILLIAM (d 1800): lawful son of umq James Aitken, shoemaker in St Andrews; bound app to William Measson, elder, present Convener of the Trades, for 6 yrs, 1 December 1736 (recorded 22 Oct 1736); adm Freeman, 15 Sep 1759; active, 1759-99; Deacon (1767; 1771-73; 1780-82); d June 2 1800; m 10 Oct 1744 Nicolas Braid (she d 15 May 1812)
ALISON, DAVID: lawful son of umq Johnne Alison; bound app to John Pearsone for 4 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, Aug 1653
ANDERSON, ALEXANDER: son of Alexander Anderson, labourer in St Andrews; bound app to Thomas Robertson for 3 yrs from Martinmas 1802 (recorded 13 Aug 1802)
ANDERSON, ANDREW: flesher, Market Street, c 1833-37; son of Alexander Anderson, flesher in Anstruther Easter; adm Freeman, 9 Jan 1833; Deacon (1836); listed Pigot (1837); m April 23 1835 Elizabeth Lees of Alloa
ARNOTT, DAVID: lawful son of David Arnott, Brewer Burgess in St Andrews; bound app to Jacobina Ross, relict of John Gibson for 3 yrs, 24 March 1757; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1761; active, 1761-87; Boxmaster (1764-66; 1770-72); app: James Leuchars (1782)
BADIE, JOHN: son of William Badie, Residenter in St Andrews; bound app to William Cook for 8 yrs from Whitsunday 1720 (recorded 11 March 1720)
BAND/BRAND
BRAND, JOHN: son of James Brand, Residenter in St Andrews; bound app to Andrew Meassone for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 16 March 1695; fied servant to Andrew Meassone, late Boxmaster, for 1 yr, 15 May 1700; adm Freeman, 3 Oct 1701; Boxmaster (1712); a James Band, flesher, d 5 Sep 1759
BAND, PATRICK: app to Patrick Cuik (Cook); servitor to Patrick Cook; act against him, 15 July 1648, discharging the Members of Trade from employing him; adm Freeman, March 1649; active, 1649-69; Positor (1656-57; 1665); app: William Band (1654); John Traill (1666); son, William
BAND, WILLIAM: lawful son of Patrick Band; bound app to father, Sep 1654; adm Freeman, May 1663; active, 1663-96; Boxmaster (1666-69); Deacon (1673-74; 1678-79; 1682-83; 1691; 1695); app: James Minnieman (1676)
BOWMAN, JAMES: son of Bowman, flesher in Pittenweem; entered fiall to Margaret Thomson, relict of Andrew Measson, late Deacon, 25 Aug 1713
BOYACK, JOHN & JAMES: fleshers and cattle dealers in Market Street, c 1837-43; names do not appear in Flesher Incorporation Record Book, but are listed Pigot (1837); creditors meeting Cross Keys Inn, St Andrews, Jan 30 1843; examined Sheriff Court, Cupar, Feb 21 1843; bankrupt, March 1843; creditors meeting Black Bull Inn, St Andrews, April 10 & May 1 1843; examnined in bankruptcy, Sheriff Court, Cupar, May 25 1843; James Boyack cont as flesher in Market Street, and is listed Slater (1852); m May 1850 Ann Forgan
BRAID, ALEXANDER: 2nd lawful son of John Braid (1); entered fiall to Andrew Meassone for 2 yrs, 2 April 1723; adm Freeman, 22 Nov 1731; m 07 July 1731 Helen Mackenzie (she d 15 April 1770)
BRAID, ANDREW (1675-1734) (1): b 02 April 1675, lawful son of James Braid, Burgess in St Andrews, and Elspeth Myniman; bound app to Alexander Millar, late Deacon, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 14 April 1691; adm Freeman, 31 Dec 1697; active, 1697-1727; Boxmaster (1701; 1711; 1714-18); Deacon (1724-25); d 5 April 1734; m 19 May 1698 Nicolas Cook (she d Nov 8 1737); son, Andrew (2); app: William Braid (1708)
BRAID, ANDREW yr (1699-1737) (2): b 26 Jan 1699, eldest son of Andrew Braid (1), late Deacon, and Nicolas Cook; adm Freeman and Burgess, 24 May 1727; d Dec 5 1737; son, John (2)
BRAID, ANDREW (b 1749) (3): b 04 June 1749, eldest son of John Braid (2) and Mgt Marr; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1767
BRAID, JAMES (1703-1772) (1): b 10 Jan 1703, son of John Braid, Brother of Trade, and Helen Smyth; adm Freeman, 28 May 1724; [when adm Burgess, 25 July 1724, described as 2nd son of Andrew Braid, Butcher in St Andrews]; Boxmaster (1735-37); Deacon (1740-42; 1752-53; 1765-66); in Dec 1757 laid aside and debarred from the Trade "in all time coming" for employing Daniel McDonald, "who is not a Freeman of the Flesher Trade, in killing oxen, cows, sheeps and other beasts and selling the same in the mercate, and that to the manifest hurt and prejudice of the whole members of this Incorporation, and that the same James Braid has been discharged for doing so and still continues to serve and assist the said Daniel McDonald" (see Minute dated 27 Dec 1757); d 30 Dec 1772; m 05 May 1726 Elspeth Low (she d 12 March 1773)
BRAID, JAMES (1748-1792) (2): b 29 Dec 1748, 2nd son of Thomas Braid, late Deacon, and Helen Wan; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1767; Boxmaster (1773-75); Deacon (1783-85); d 3 March 1792
BRAID, JAMES (b 1749) (3): b 13 Oct 1749, 2nd lawful son of Laurence Braid (1) and Christian Aitkin; adm Freeman, 27 Aug 1791; Boxmaster (1814-16)
BRAID, JOHN (1): in July 1709 his wife "reproached and abused" Andrew Meassone, late Deacon, and although the latter was "content to pass by the said offence," nevertheless John Braid had to ensure that his wife did not give "any offence to the said Andrew Meassone, or to any other Brother of Trade," under the penalty of #10 Scots (see Minute dated 6 July 1709); died between 1723 and 1731; m 12 Dec 1700 Helen Smith; sons, Alexander & William (2)
BRAID, JOHN (1711-1768) (2): b 22 Nov 1711, eldest lawful son of Andrew Braid, jnr (2), Brother of Trade, and Nicolas Cook; adm Freeman, 30 Dec 1745; Burgess, 31 Dec 1745; Boxmaster (1749; 1755; 1757-59; 1763); d 16 Oct 1768; m (1) 15 Jan 1747 Katharine Culbert (she d Dec 25 1747); (2) 31 Jan 1748 Mgt Marr (she d 18 Feb 1790); son, Andrew (3)
BRAID, LAURENCE (1) (d 1780): 4th son of dec Andrew Braid (1), late Deacon; adm Freeman, 10 Sep 1736; Burgess, Sep 7 1737; Boxmaster (1746-48; 1750-52); Deacon (1755-57; 1760-61; 1777-79); had died by March 1780; m 08 Dec 1737 Christian Aitken; sons, William (3) and James (3)
BRAID, LAURENCE (2) (1787-1818): b 16 Sep 1787, eldest son of William Braid (3), late Deacon, and Annabella Wylie; adm Freeman, 8 Sep 1808; Boxmaster (1809-11); died c June 1818; his widow, residing in Dundee, was granted one guinea from Trade Funds in June 1818 "to assist in discharging her husband's funeral charges" (Minute dated 22 June 1818)
BRAID, THOMAS (1707-1777): b 02 March 1707, 3rd son of Andrew Braid (1), late Deacon, and Nicolas Cook; adm Freeman and Burgess, 17 July 1730; Boxmaster (1733-34); Deacon (1743-45; 1758-59; 1762-64; 1768-70); d 24 Aug 1777; m 12 Dec 1733 Helen Wan, who d 24 Jan 1779
BRAID, WILLIAM (b 1689) (1): b Ceres, 25 Aug 1689, lawful son of James Braid, Residenter in St Andrews, and Elspeth Minniman; bound app to Andrew Braid for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 2 Nov 1708; entered fiall ti John Cook, late Deacon, for 1 yr from Martinmas 1714 (recorded 22 Oct 1714)
BRAID, WILLIAM (b 1711) (2): b 01 April 1711, lawful son of John Braid (1), flesher in St Andrews,and Helen Smith; bound app to William Meassone, late Deacon, for 6 yrs from Martinmas 1726 (recorded 27 Aug 1726)
BRAID, WILLIAM (1746-1801) (3): b 18 Sep 1746, lawful son of dec Laurence Braid (1) and Christian Aitkin; adm Freeman, 27 Aug 1791; Deacon (1792); d 9 Nov 1801; m to Annabel Wylie (she d 18 Feb 1815); son Laurence (2)
BRIMER, JOHN: Member of Trade, 1610 (No 13)
BROWN, ALEXANDER (d 1830): son of Alexander Brown, Miller in (Peikie); bound app to James Ritchie for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1792 (recorded 15 Feb 1793); died Dec 17 1830 (see FH Dec 23 1830)
BROWN, JAMES: lawful son of Isobell Elder; bound app to John Wallace, present Deacon, for 4 yrs after Whitsunday 1808 (recorded 26 May 1808); adm Freeman, 22 June 1818; active, 1818-44; served as Boxmaster in 1818-19, and Deacon in 1824-26, and again in 1828, but did not accept the office; Pigot (1825) lists him in Market Street; in Aug 1837 he was "in distress" and was granted 5/- from Trade Funds (see Minute dated 17 Aug 1837); in Oct 1837 he was again allowed 5/- from Trade Funds, "but as the said James Brown has a small property, the Trade must be satisfied that he has not disponed the same, or in that event the person in whose favour it is granted must hereafter provide for and take charge of him" (Minute dated 10 Oct 1837); in Jan 1838 he wrote to the Trade: "...having been long confined with distress and am now in great want, may I beg of you to allow such a sum from the Trade as you may be pleased...and whatever sum is allowed....be deducted from my share of the Trade funds when divided" (Minute dated 11 Jan 1838)
BROWN, JOHN: active, 1624-27; Officer (1624-25)
BROWN, WILLIAM: Member of Trade (1610) - No 6; Positor (1614); act against William Brown and William Robertson for injuring each other, 3 June 1630
BUTTERCASE, WILLIAM: flesher, Market Street, 1837-38; adm Freeman, 16 Jan 1837; Council Member (1837-38); listed Pigot (1837); also in business as a potato merchant and general dealer; bankrupt, beginning of 1838, property of sequestrated estate being sold by roup within the Black Bull Inn, St Andrews, March 19 1838 (FH Feb 22 1838)
CARSTAIRS, JANET: act against her, discharging any Member of Trade from delivering any dead animal fleshes to her, 15 April 1644
CARSTAIRS [CARSTARIS], JOHN (1): Member of Trade, 1610 (No 4)
CARSTAIRS, JOHN (2): son of John Carstairs, Indweller in St Andrews; bound app to William Meassone for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, Nov 1658
COLLIN/CULLIN/COLLINE/COLINE/COLVILLE/COLVEN
COLLINE, ALEXANDER (d 1769): lawful son of John Colline; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1717; Boxmaster (1721-23; 1725-26; 1740-42); Deacon (1746; 1754); d 21 March 1769; relict, Ann Law, d 1 Oct 1772
COLLIN: JOHN: lawful son of John Collin, sometime in St Andrews; bound app to Alexander Millar for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 14 Nov 1674; adm Freeman, 22 April 1681; active, 1681-1714; Boxmaster (1691); son, Alexander
COOK/CUIK
CUIK, ANDREW: flesher in St Andrews pre 1639; son, Patrick
COOK, CATHERINE & AGNES: Act against them, 15 July 1648, discharging any Member of Trade in assisting them
COOK, JOHN (1): active, 1616-21
COOK, JOHN (d c 1717) (2): lawful son of Patrick Cook; adm Freeman, 14 Feb 1665; active, 1665-1716; act against John Cook, 2 Sep 1673, being convicted of abusing the Deacon; Boxmaster (1670-71; 1699); Deacon (1704; 1708; 1713); will recorded, 16 Nov 1717; m to Agnes Ramsay; son William; app: Alexander Minnieman (1708)
CUIK, PATRICK (d c 1662): 2nd lawful son of Andrew Cuik, flesher in St Andrews; adm Freeman, Jan 1639; active, 1639-60; Positor (1648; 1650; 1652); Deacon (1658); will recorded, 13 June 1662; son, John; app: William Minnieman (1649); John Scott (1658); Patrick Band
COOK, WILLIAM (1676-1750): b 15 June 1676, lawful son of John Cook, flesher in St Andrews, and Agnes Ramsay; adm Freeman, 25 Jan 1695; active, 1695-1748; in Oct 1739 he was appointed to sit and vote in the Town Council "till such time as Andrew Meassone shall accept to be Deacon" (see Minute dated 5 Oct 1739); d Oct 17 1750; m 19 Dec 1700 Mgt Ogilvie (she d March 26 1747); app: Thomas Hartt (1704); John Badie (1720)
COWIE, JOHN: Positor (1612-14)
COWIE, PATRICK: active, 1610-12
CROMIE, JAMES: lawful son of John Cromie, indweller in St Andrews; bound app to Andrew Meassone for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 24 Sep 1672; fied servant to William Cuik (Cook), 15 June 1677
CUMMING[S], JAMES: lawful son of James Cumming, Tenant in Grange; bound app to James Ritchie for 5 yrs from 1st June 1773 (recorded 30 June 1773); in margin of this entry is written - "2nd July 1778. This Indenture discharged in presence of the Trade;" flesher in St Andrews; adm Freeman, 19 Sep 1795
DALGLEISH, ALEXANDER: active, 1610-42
DALGLEISH, DAVID: act against David Dalgleish and David Miller for injuring each other, 14 July 1633
DONALDSON, DAVID: yst lawful son of umquile Robert Donaldson; adm Freeman, Sep 1654; active, 1654-69; Positor (1660-61); app: John Ramsay (1659)
DONALDSON, JAMES: lawful son of umq Robert Donaldson; adm Freeman, 5 June 1651; active, 1651-54
DONALDSON, ROBERT: active, 1629-45; Positor (1630-32; 1634; 1639; 1641-43); had died by April 1646; sons, William, James & David
DONALDSON, WILLIAM: eldest lawful son of umq Robert Donaldson; adm Freeman, April 1646; active, 1646-69; Positor (1655); was dead by Dec 1674; m Jan 1660 Mgt Melville (see John Ogilvie); app: Andrew Mason (1659); William Mason (1669); servants: John Smyth (1666f); John Ogilvie (1674f); John Gib (1686f)
DUNCAN, JOHN: active, 1621-30
FERRIER, DAVID: active, 1610-34; Officer (1625; 1630; 1633-34)
FOTHERINGHAM, JAMES: lawful son of James Fotheringham, labourer in St Andrews; bound app to Lawrence Wallace jnr for 4 yrs from Whitsunday 1804 (recorded 29 Sep 1804)
GIB [GEAB], ANDREW: Member of Trade, 1610 (No 18)
GIB, JOHN: son of William Gib, flesher in Falkland; entered fiall to Margaret Melvill, relict of umq William Donaldson, and to Bessie Donaldson, relict of umq John Ogilvie, "two Brothers of Trade," May 1686
GIBSONE, ANDREW (d 1760): lawful son of Walter Gibsone, Deacon of the Shoemakers in St Andrews; bound app to Alexander Millar for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 20 Oct 1709; adm Freeman, 26 Feb 1720; active, 1720-49; Deacon (1730-32; 1747-48); d 28 Jan 1760; m 03 Dec 1724 Isabel Wallace (she d 28 Feb 1768)
GIBSONE, JOHN (d 1752) (1): eldest lawful son of dec William Gibsone, sometime Deacon; adm Freeman, 1 March 1723; Boxmaster (1730); Deacon (1735; 1737; 1749-51); d Oct 11 1752; m to Euphan Richard (whose will recorded, 20 June 1729); son, John (2)
GIBSONE, JOHN (2): only lawful son of John Gibsone (1), present Deacon; adm Freeman, 10 Sep 1750; Boxmaster (1754; 1756); d c 1757; m 14 Nov 1751 Jacobina Ross, whose app was David Arnott (1757)
GIBSONE, PETER: lawful son of James Gibsone, flesher in Dundee; entered fiall to Jean Gibson, relict of Alexander Millar, sometime Deacon, for 1 yr, 17 Sep 1708
GIBSONE, WILLIAM: lawful son of David Gibsone, litster citiner in St Andrews; bound app to Alexander Millar, Deacon, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 2 May 1685; adm Freeman, 4 Sep 1690; active, 1690-1711; Boxmaster (1700; 1702; 1705); Deacon (1709)
GLASS, WILLIAM: lately residing in Dundee; entered fiall to James Ritchie, 31 July 1778
GOSMAN, JAMES: flesher in St Andrews; adm Freeman, 2 Dec 1829
GRAY, JOHN: Member of Trade, 1610 (No 5)
GRAY, WILLIAM: son of Andrew Gray, shoemaker; bound app to Alexander Millar for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 3 Feb 1719
HARTT, THOMAS: lawful son of dec John Hartt, sometime Residenter in St Andrews; bound app to William Cook for 6 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, in all 7 yrs, 26 Dec 1704
HENDERSON, JOHN: flesher, St Andrews; adm Freeman, 13 April 1827
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM: lawful son of David Johnstone, sometime flesher in Dundee; entered fiall to Andrew Meassone for 1 yr from Whitsunday 1702 (recorded 17 Jan 1702)
JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM: lawful son of Katharine Daniel, Residenter in St Andrews; bound app to Thomas Robertson for 3 yrs from Martinmas 1807 (recorded 4 Nov 1807)
KEY, ALEXANDER: lawful son of Alexander Key, land-labourer in St Andrews; bound app to Thomas Ritchie for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1803 (recorded 22 March 1804)
LEUCHARS, JAMES (1768-1813): b 16 Jan 1768, eldest lawful son of James Leuchars, maltman brewer in St Andrews, and Elizabeth Wilson; bound app to David Arnott for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1782 (recorded 16 Oct 1782); adm Freeman, 31 Aug 1791; Boxmaster (1791-93; 1808; 1812-13); d 19 Sep 1813 aged 46; m 16 Dec 1810 Mgt Hay (she d 20 June 1834 aged 82), widow of William Mason, flesher
LOW, THOMAS: flesher, St Andrews; adm Freeman, 25 Dec 1827; m Nov 6 1821 Helen Gourlay; son, THOMAS LOW (1822-1883), b St Andrews, July 18 1822, carried on business of flesher for upwards of 40 yrs in various parts of the city, but principally in South Street, where he d June 24 1883 aged 61 (FH June 27 1883); m April 4 1842 Euphemia Donaldson; she succeeded to his business and cont it to 1902, when she sold out to John Hendry (d 1938)
McDONALD, DANIEL (d 1803): name first appears in the Flesher Incorp records in a minute dated 27 Dec 1757, when James Braid was laid aside for assisting "Daniel McDonald, who is not a Freeman of the Flesher Trade, in killing oxen, cows, sheep and other beasts, and selling the same in the mercate, and that to the manifest hurt and prejudice of the whole members of this Incorporation, and that the same James Braid has been discharged from doing so and still assists the said Daniel McDonald; was Burgess of St Andrews, when adm Freeman, May 1 1761, but freedom for his life-time allenarly, and not extended to his wife and children; active, 1761-99; Boxmaster (1767-69; 1788-90); d 27 March 1803; m 14 June 1759 Janet Braid (she d 20 Oct 1772); app: Laurence Wallace (1769)
MASON/MASSON/MEASSON/MEASSONE
MEASSONE, ANDREW (1) (d 1691): lawful son of David Meassone; bound app to William Donaldson, March 1659; adm Freeman, 19 April 1666; Boxmaster (1672-76; 1680-81; 1684-85); Deacon (1687; 1689-91); d c Feb 1691, when William Meassone, elder, was elected Deacon in lieu; app and servants: George Mylne (1671f); James Cromie (1672); John Mason (1677)
MEASSONE, ANDREW (d 1713) (2): son of Andrew Meassone (1); adm Freeman, 24 Aug 1690; Boxmaster (1696-98); Deacon (1702-03; 1705-07; 1710-12); was dead by Aug 1713; m 19 April 1695 Mgt Thomson; app and servants: John B[r]and (1695); William Johnstone (1702f); William Minnieman (1703); Robert Wishartt (1703f); James Bowman (1713f)
MEASSONE, ANDREW (b 1702) (3): b 21 April 1702, only son of dec Andrew Meassone (2) and Mgt Thomson; adm Freeman, 23 March 1719; Burgess, 24 March 1719; Boxmaster (1724; 1727-29); Deacon (1739); app and servants: Alexander Braid (1723f); Robert Thomson (1734f); James Mason (1738) [Note: ANDREW MASON, flesher, adm Burgess, 22 Sep 1730; and ANDREW MASON, butcher in St Andrews, adm Burgess, 5 Dec 1731
MASSON, ANDREW (1747-1794) (4): b 28 Sep 1747, eldest son of James Masson and Christian Haldane; adm Freeman 11 Sep 1767; active, 1767-93; Deacon (1774-76; 1780); d Dec 1 1794 aged 47; married to Katharine Ramsay (who d 13 Sep 1786); sons, David, Ninian and James
MASON, DAVID (b 1773): b 16 May 1773, lawful son of Andrew Mason (4) and Katharine Ramsay; adm Freeman, 31 Aug 1791
MEASSONE, EDOUARD: lawful son of William Meassone, Deacon; adm Freeman, 9 Nov 1675
MEASSON, JAMES (1): 2nd lawful son of William Measson; adm Freeman, 3 June 1629; active, 1629-48; dead by March 1652; m to Agnes Dalgleish; son, William (2)
MASSON, JAMES (b 1723) (2): b 12 May 1723, eldest lawful son of William Masson, yr (5), late Deacon, and Ann Imrie; bound app to Andrew Masson, "late flesher of this city," for 5 yrs, from Martinmas 1738 (recorded 7 Oct 1738); adm Freeman, 2 Jan 1746; Burgess, 3 Jan 1746; active, 1746-55; Boxmaster (1753); dead by 1776; m 16 April 1747 Christian Haldane, who d 16 Aug 1780; sons, Andrew (4), William (6)
MASON, JAMES (b 1775) (3): b 2 April 1775, lawful son of Andrew Mason (4) and Katharine Ramsay; adm Freeman, 31 Aug 1791; in Sep 1810 was fined #10 for omitting to render an account to the Deacon of the number of cattle and sheep killed by him in the last two years, and for "wilfully" absenting himself from Trade meetings (see Minute dated 13 Sep 1810); fined another #10 Scots in Feb 1813 for permitting Thomas Wilkie, flesher, "an unfreeman," to kill in his slaughter-house, "situated within the Liberty of the City, in direct violation of the Laws of the Trade;" made payment, and was restored to the whole liberties and priveleges in July 1814; served as Boxmaster (1801-03) and Deacon (1818-20); app: John Watson (1804); David Niven (1811)
MEASSON, JOHN (1): active, 1642-54; Positor (1649; 1651; 1653-54)
MEASSONE, JOHN (b 1662) (2): b 01 May 1662, lawful son of dec Thomas Meassone, late Deacon, and Janet Knox; bound app to Andrew Meassone for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 18 Sep 1677; adm Freeman, 2 Jan 1686; active, 1686-92; Boxmaster (1692)
MASON, JOHN (1782-1808) (3): b 14 April 1782, eldest lawful son of William Mason (6), late Member of Trade, and Mgt Hay; adm Freeman, 9 Sep 1803; d 17 July 1808 aged 26
MASON, NINIAN (b 1771): b 7 July 1771, lawful son of Andrew Mason (4) and Katharine Ramsay; adm Freeman, 14 Aug 1792
MEASSONE, THOMAS: 2nd lawful son of William Meassone; adm Freeman, 25 Feb 1640; active, 1640-66; Positor (1645-47); Deacon (1654; 1656-57; 1659-60); dead by Sep 1669; m 27 April 1652 Janet Knox; sons, William (3) and John (2); app: Andrew Robertson (1663)
MEASSON, WILLIAM, elder: active, 1610-39
MEASSON, WILLIAM, yr: active, 1610-43
MEASSON, WILLIAM (1): Positor (1620; 1622-23; 1637-38); Deacon (1623; 1631-33)
MEASSONE, WILLIAM (b 1632) (2): b 23 Nov 1632, lawful son of James Meassone (1) and Agnes Dalgleish; adm Freeman, March 1652; Positor (1658-59); Deacon (1664-65; 1668; 1675-76; 1691); app: John Carstairs (1658); James Peebles (1685)
MEASSONE, WILLIAM (b 1656) (3): b 23 Nov 1656, lawful son of Thomas Meassone, sometime Deacon, and Janet Knox; bound app to William Donaldson for 6 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, Sep 1669; adm Freeman, 28 Nov 1674; active, 1674-1720; Boxmaster (1686-90; 1693-95); Deacon (1697-99; 1700-01; 1717-19); app: John Neulands (1717); John Swan (1719)
MEASSON, WILLIAM (4): lawful son of William Measson, yr; adm Freeman, 7 July 1705
MEASSON, WILLIAM (d 1741) (5): 2nd son of William Measson, elder (3), late Deacon ; adm Freeman, 6 Feb 1712; Burgess, 2 Feb 1712; Boxmaster (1713; 1719-20); Deacon (1727-29); d June 27 1741; m 01 April 1714 Ann Imrie (she d 1 March 1768); app: William Braid (1726); William Robertson (1730); William Aitken (1736)
MASSON, WILLIAM (1751-1793) (6): b 11 Aug 1751, 2nd lawful son of James Masson (6) and Christian Haldane; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1776; active, 1776-92; Boxmaster (1785-87); Deacon (1789-91); d 16 Feb 1793 aged 41; m to Mgt Hay (d 20 June 1834 aged 82), who later remarried James Leuchars, flesher in St Andrews
MILLAR/MYLLAR
MILLAR, ALEXANDER (1): lawful son of John Millar, mealmaker citiner of St Andrews; bound app to William Monyman [Minnieman] for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 14 May 1667
MILLAR, ALEXANDER (2): adm Freeman, 19 Oct 1672; active, 1672-1700; Officer (1674-75); Boxmaster (1677-79; 1682-83); Deacon (1684-86; 1688; 1692-94; 1696; 1700); was dead Dec 1702; will recorded, 18 March 1713; m 30 May 1673 Jean, or Isable Gibsone (she d Aug 11 1755); app: John Collin (1674); William Gibson (1685); Andrew Braid (1691); Alexander Millar (1696)
MILLAR, ALEXANDER (1680-1742) (3): b 07 Feb 1680, son of David Millar in St Andrews and Euphan Fouells; bound app to Alexander Millar (2), Deacon of Trade, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 27 Nov 1696; entered fiall to Jean Gibsone, relict of dec Alexander Millar, for 1 yr, 4 Dec 1702; adm Freeman, 20 April 1704; active, 1704-41; Boxmaster (1706-07); Deacon (1733-36; 1738); d June 9 1742; app and servants: Peter Gibson (1708f); Andrew Gibson (1709); William Gray (1719)
MILLAR, ANDREW (1): eldest son of Thomas Millar; adm Freeman 3 June 1629; active, 1629-64; Act against Andrew & David Millar, July 1634; Positor (1633-34; 1637); Deacon (1641-45; 1648; 1651; 1655; 1662-63); had died by 1665; app: Andrew Millar 1663
MILLAR, ANDREW (2): son of Robert Millar, flesher citiner of St Andrews; bound app to Andrew Millar (1) for 9 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, June 1663; Millar (1) had prob died by 1665, and in Sep 1665 he was bound app to David Donaldsone for 4 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie; adm Freeman, Aug 1670; active, 1670-73; Officer (1671)
MYLLAR, DAVID: active, 1610-37; Act against David Millar and David Dalgleish for injuring each other, 14 July 1633, and Act against Andrew & David Millar, July 1634
MILLAR, ROBERT (1): son of Thomas Millar; adm Freeman, Aug 1641 active, 1641-44
MILLAR, ROBERT (2): lawful son of umquile David Millar, flesher citiner of St Andrews; adm Freeman, April 1646; active, 1646-52
MILLAR, THOMAS: active, 1610-41; Positor (1624; 1627-28)
MINNIEMAN, ALEXANDER (1): son of umquile William Minnieman, late Deacon; adm Freeman, 5 April 1687; dead by 1708 relict, Mgt Miller, d Dec 28 1738; sons, William (2) and Alexander (2)
MINNIEMAN, ALEXANDER (1692-1767) (2): b 6 Oct 1692, 2nd lawful son of Alexander Minnieman (1), sometime Brother of Trade, and Mgt Miller; bound app to John Cook, late Deacon, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 11 June 1708; adm Freeman, 31 Dec 1714; active, 1714-63; Boxmaster (1731-32; 1738-39; 1743-45; 1760-62); d 14 Nov 1767; m (1) 03 March 1715 Katharine Steel (she d Aug 11 1735); (2) Agnes Gibson, who d 19 July 1775; son, James (1); daus, Jean (b 02 Jan 1718; d 1732); Ann (b 10 Oct 1728)
MINNIMAN, ANSTRUTHER (b 1759): b 11 March 1759, lawful son of James Minniman and Elspeth Mackie; adm Freeman, 7 Sep 1791
MINNIEMAN, JAMES (1723-1792) (1): b 30 May 1723, eldest lawful son of Alexander Minnieman (2) and Katharine Steel; adm Freeman, 2 Jan 1746; Burgess, 3 Jan 1746; active, 1746-92, latterly as Officer; d 27 Oct 1792; m 10 May 1750 Elspeth Mackie (she d 15 Dec 1779)
MINNIEMAN, JAMES (2): lawful son of James Minnieman, indweller in St Andrews; bound app to William Brand, late Deacon, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 29 May 1676
MINNIMAN, JOHN (b 1755) : b 13 April 1755, lawful son of James Minniman (1) and Elspeth Mackie; adm Freeman, 7 Sep 1791
MINNIMAN, STUART: lawful son of James Minniman (1) and Elspeth Mackie; adm Freeman 7 Sep 1791
MONIMAN, WILLIAM (1): son of James Moniman, mealmaker; bound app to Patrick Cook for 6 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, Sep 1649; adm Freeman, 4 Sep 1657; active, 1657-86; Positor (1662-64); Deacon (1667; 1669-72; 1677; 1680-81); app: John Oliphant (1665); Alexander Millar (1667); John Orrok (1673)
MINIEMAN, WILLIAM (b 1690) (2): b 20 Feb 1690, eldest son of Alexander Minnieman (1), sometime Flesher in St Andrews, and Mgt Miller; bound app to Andrew Meassone, Deacon, for 7 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, in all 8 yrs, 26 Nov 1703; adm Freeman, 27 Feb 1711; Burgess, 10 March 1711
MORISON, JOHN: merchant, late Bailie in St Andrews; adm Freeman, 2 Dec 1741
MYLNE, GEORGE: lawful son of George Mylne in Anstruther; entered fiall to Andrew Measson for 1 yr, May 1671
NEULANDS, JOHN: son of David Neulands, smith, St Andrews; bound app to William Measson, elder, late Deacon, for 5 yrs, 25 May 1711; entered fiall to William Meassone for 1 yr from Martinmas 1717 (recorded 9 Nov 1717)
NIVEN - fleshers in St Andrews from 1818 - c 1980; business founded by DAVID NIVEN (03 Sep 1797-06 Dec 1865), 5th lawful son of John Niven, baker, St Andrews, and Euphemia Grigor, who had been app to James Mason, flesher in St Andrews, for 3 yrs from Whitsunday 1811; he commenced business in Logie's Wynd in 1818, and was adm to the Flesher Incorporation on April 20 1821; later (by 1836) he went to Dundee, and set up business there as a flesher, and the St Andrews business then fell into the hands of his eldest son by his marriage, 13 July 1819, to Margaret Wright, ROBERT NIVEN (b St Andrews, July 11 1820; d Edinburgh, Feb 13 1864), who had been adm to the Flesher Incorp on Oct 22 1836; later he went into partnership with his brother, DAVID WRIGHT NIVEN (b 21 Sep 1823; d Newport, Dec 1 1887 aged 64) - his father had tried to get him adm Freeman of the Flesher Trade at the same time as Robert in Oct 1836, when he was only 16 yrs age, but the Trade refused to admit him, as he could not be "a properly qualifed and operative flesher," and also "on the grounds that there is no precedent for admitting such minors" (see Minute dated 27 Oct 1836) - as fleshers in Dundee, but this partnership was dissolved in Sep 1847; while David Niven jnr remained as a flesher in Dundee, Rbt Niven concentrated on the business in St Andrews, which was then located in South Street; later (by 1861) he had removed to Church Square; following his death in Feb 1864, the business was cont by his widow, MRS CATHERINE NIVEN, or Paton (she d Dec 2 1901 aged 76), unitl her son, ROBERT NIVEN (d 1896) came of age, and took over the management of the businessit was he who erected the building at 8 Church Square in 1892; Rbt Niven d on My 9 1896 aged 46, and the business was cont by his widow, MRS ROBERT NIVEN, until her death in May 1904, when it was purchased by John Hendry, of the firm of A & J Hendry (SAC May 21 1904); he engaged THOMAS NIVEN and MRS MENZIES (Maggie Niven) as members of staff, and incorporated the business with his own at 104 South Street; ROBINA NIVEN, the yst dau of Mr & Mrs Robert Niven, re-opened her late parents' shop on May 30 1904 (SAC May 28 1904), and was in business there for a short period; her brother, WILLIAM NIVEN (d 1929), who had served an apprenticeship in his mother's shop in Church Square, had returned to Fife in 1897, after 25 yrs spent in first-class shops in Edinburgh, Oban, Stirling and Bishopbriggs, and commenced business at Strathkinnes in Dec 1897 (SAC Dec 18 1897), opened shop at 84 Market Street in April 1898 (SAC April 30 1898), and erected a slaughter-house at Strathkinnes in Feb 1899 (SAC Feb 11 1899); finally, in May 1904, he removed to 16 Church Square (SAC May 14 1904), where the business remained for many years; he d Jan 22 1929 aged 74 (SAC Jan 22 1929), having taken his sons, K.A.D. Niven and Douglas Niven into partnership under the firm of WM NIVEN & SONS; they cont the business under the old name; Kenneth Niven d Jan 26 1959 aged 54 (SAC Jan 31 1959); in later yrs the firm gave 1818 as the year of its founding, which is true by family connection only; it cont until c 1980; William Niven's cousin, DAVID PEARSON NIVEN (d 1933), a native of Almondback in Perthshire, who had gained experience of the trade in Leuchars and also in Canada, commenced business at 82 Market Street in 1910, under the style of The Fifeshire Meat Co and in May 1913 removed to 9 Church Street (SAC May 24 1913), where he began trading under his own name; he d April 30 1933 aged 52 (SAC May 6 1933); his son, DAVID NIVEN, afterwards Provost of St Andrews, continued the business until 1962, when he retired [Note: Robert W Niven was opening shop at a butcher at 82 Market Street on May 29 1913 (SAC May 24 1913)
OGILVIE, JOHN: son of William Ogilvie; entered fiall to Mgt Melvill, relict of umq William Donaldson, sometime flesher in St Andrews, for 1 yr, 8 Dec 1674; adm Freeman, 28 April 1685; had died by May 1686, when John Gib, son of William Gib, flesher in Falkland, was entered fiall to his widow, Bessie Donaldson
OLIPHANT, JOHN: lawful son of umq David Oliphant, sometime in Ballone; bound app to William Monyman [Minnieman] for 5 yrs, Oct 1665
ORROK, JOHN: lawful son of umq James Orrok, Indweller in St Andrews; bound app to William Minnieman for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, May 1673
PEATTIE, GEORGE (1777-1824): b 09 Nov 1777, son of William Peattie, wright in St Andrews, and Ann Young; bound app to James Ritchie for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1795 (recorded 20 Nov 1795); d 14 March 1824; brother, William
PEATTIE, WILLIAM (b 1784): b 16 June 1784, son of William Peattie, wright in St Andrews, & Ann Young; app to John Wallace for 4 yrs from Whitsunday 1799 (rec 26 June 1799); bro, George
PEEBLES, JAMES (b 1661): b 07 April 1661, lawful son of George Peebles, sometime Indweller in St Andrews, and Elspeth Smith; father described as "umquile," when bound app to William Measson, late Deacon of Trade, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 17 April 1685 entered fiall to Mgt Meassone, relict of umq Andrew Meassone, late Deacon, for 1 yr, 8 June 1691; adm Freeman, 19 Jan 1692; Member of Council (1694)
PHENISON: see Venison
RAMSAY, JOHN: son of John Ramsay, Indweller in St Andrews; app to David Donaldson for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, May 1659
REID, THOMAS: lawful son of John Reid in Ballone; bound app to James Ritchie for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1783 (rec 22 Sep 1783)
RITCHIE, JAMES (d 1805): Indweller in St Andrews; adm Freeman, 26 Nov 1770, for his lifetime allenarly, his freedon not extended to his wife and children, "who are hereby declared to have no benefits or advantages," but was adm into the full freedom, 28 Dec 1774; Boxmaster (1779-81); Deacon (1786-88); Boxmaster (1793, in lieu of James Leuchars); Deacon 1796-98); Convener of the Trades; at death, 14 July 1805, described as James Ritchie "of Bogward;" m (1) Agnes Brown (she d 15 Sep 1771); (2) 16 Nov 1771 Katharine Foulis (she d 12 Jan 1776); (3) 27 Dec 1776 Mgt Richard (she d 18 Oct 1815); son, Thomas; app and servants: James Cummings (1773); William Glass (1778f); Thomas Reid (1783); Alexander Brown (1792); George Peattie (1795); Thomas Wilkie (1798)
RITCHIE, THOMAS (1772-1811): b 27 Sep 1772 lawful son of James Ritchie and Katharine Foulis; adm Freeman, 14 Aug 1792; Boxmaster (1794); afterwards flesher in Cupar, where he d 6 Feb 1811; m to Katharine Carmichael (who d Cupar, 15 Nov 1810); app: Robert Woodcock (1793); Alexander Key (1803)
ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER: active, 1610-19; Positor (1616)
ROBERTSON, ANDREW: lawful son of umq David Robertson, flesher citiner in St Andrews; bound app to Thomas Measson for 8 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, June 1663; adm Freeman, July 1672; Officer (1673)
ROBERTSON, DAVID: Officer (1648; 1658); son, Andrew
ROBERTSON, GEORGE: lawful son of umq Martin Anderson; entered fiall to William Robertson, flesher, May 1634
ROBERTSON, PETER [PATRICK] (d 1810): eldest son of William Robertson; adm Freeman, 4 March 1793; active, 1793-1809; Boxmaster (1795-97); fined 5/- in Jan 1808 for killing an ox and selling it a person, "not a Freeman, within the Liberties of the Town" (see Minute dated 29 Jan 1808); had paid fine by Aug 1808, and restored to all the Liberties and Priveleges of Trade, "as formerly enjoyed by him" (see Minute dated 22 Aug 1808); d 27 March 1810; son, Thomas (2)
ROBERTSON, ROBERT: 3rd lawful son of Thomas Robertson (2); adm Freeman, 13 Sep 1827; elected Preses of the Trade in Jan 1836, but had left the city by March 1836, when he was succeeded as Preses by Andrew Anderson (see Minute dated 7 March 1836)
ROBERTSON, THOMAS (1): Positor (1619)
ROBERTSON, THOMAS (2) (d 1828): lawful son of Peter Robertson; adm Freeman, 23 Aug 1796; active, 1796-1828; served as Boxmaster in 1805-07, Deacon in 1808-10, and again in 1821-23 and 1827-28; listed Pigot (1825) in Market Street; he d July 22 1828; contracted in marriage, 25 Nov 1797 to Agnes Hogg (she d 13 March 1839); app: Alexander Anderson (1802); William Johnstone (1807)
ROBERTSON, THOMAS (3): son of Thomas Robertson (2); adm Freeman, 20 April 1821, and was Boxmaster in 1821-23 and Deacon in 1832-34;
ROBERTSON, THOMAS (d 1836) (4): golf ballmaker in St Andrews; 2nd lawful son of William Robertson, Member of Trade; adm Freeman, 3 Aug 1827; d 30 Aug 1836
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM (1): active, 1630-45; act against William Robertson and William Brown for injuring each other, 3 June 1630; servant: George Robertson (1634f)
ROBERTSON, WILLIAM (d 1795) (2): eldest lawful son of Peter Robertson, ballmaker in St Andrews; bound app to William Masson, elder, present Convener of the Trades, for 6 yrs, 15 Oct 1730; adm Freeman, 4 March 1793, 4 March 1793, "with the express provision that none of his children shall be entitled to enter the trade except his son, Peter Robertson," who was in business as a flesher (see Minute dated 4 March 1793); d 26 April 1795
SCOTT, JOHN: son of James Scott, flesher in Anstruther Wester; bound app to Patrick Cook for 3 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, April 1658
SMYTH, JOHN: lawful son of John Smyth, flesher in St Andrews; entered fial to William Donaldson for 1 yr from Whitsunday 1666 to Whitsunday 1667 (recorded 26 June 1666)
SWAN, JOHN: lawful son of Thomas Swan, weaver in St Andrews; bound app to William Meassone, Deacon, for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, in all 6 yrs, from Martinmas 1719 (recorded 25 Sep 1719)
SYME, THOMAS: flesher in Leuchars; act against him for encroaching on the liberties of the Trade, May 1673
THOMSON, DAVID: Indweller in St Andrews; adm Freeman, 14 April 1787, for his lifetime allenarly, with the Freedom not to be extended to his wife and children, but was granted the Full Freedom, 4 March 1793; active, 1795-1809; set aside from voting in elections for 9 mths in May 1792 for sharing the Libeties of the Burgh with a "neutral man," which was an "illegal step" (see Minute dated 2 May 1792); in April 1805 was fined 5/- for taking "the skins of horses," contrary to the Act of 13 Jan 1801; son, James
THOMSON, JAMES: labourer, St Andrews; only lawful son of late David Thomson; adm Freeman, 3 Aug 1827; Boxmaster (1835-44)
THOMSON, JOHN: son of David Thomson; adm Freeman, Sep 1616; Positor (1621)
THOMSON, ROBERT: lawful son of David Thomson, maltman in St Andrews; entered fiall to Andrew Measson for 1 yr from Martinmas 1734 (recorded 19 Nov 1734)
THOMSONE, THOMAS: Deacon (1621; 1630; 1634; 1636; 1638)
TRAILL, JOHN: son of James Traill, Indweller in St Andrews; bound app to Patrick Band for 5 yrs and 1 yr meat and fie, 22 April 1666; adm Freeman, 16 Dec 1673; active, 1673-83
TRUMBULL, JOHN: son of John Trumbull, Indweller in St Andrews; bound app to William Band for 5 yrs & 1 yr meat & fie, Nov 1673
VENISON, DAVID: active, 1610-24; served as Deacon; son, John (2
VENISON, JAMES: Member of Trade, 1610 (No 16)
VENISON, JOHN (1): active, 1610-20
VENISON, JOHN (2): son of David Venison; adm Freeman, 11 Sep 1616; active, 1616-32; Positor (1621)
VENISON, JOHN (d 1654) (3): lawful son of Thomas Venison; adm Freeman, Aug 1641; active, 1641-54; Positor (1644); Deacon (1646); d Aug 1654 aged 31; will recorded, 23 Aug, 27 Sep, 7 Oct & 30 Dec 1654; m 24 Feb 1648 Christian Lessels
VENISON, ROBERT: active, 1610-22
VENISON, THOMAS: active, 1612-41; Deacon (1616; 1618-20; 1622; 1624-25; 1627-28) will recorded, 27 July 1654; son, John (3)
WALLACE, JOHN (1776-1837): b 03 March 1776, eldest son of Laurence Wallace (1); adm Freeman, 23 Aug 1796; Boxmaster (1804); Deacon (1805-07); succeeded to his father's business on his death in 1817, for is listed Pigot (1825) in Market Street; d Jan 9 1837; m (1) 02 Dec 1798 Elspeth Carmichael (she d 24 Nov 1822); sons, Laurence (3), & Thomas (1); (2) Nov 5 1826 Agnes Wallace of Cameron (she may be the Catherine Wallace listed by Pigot (1837) as a flesher in Market Street); app: William Peattie (1799); James Brown (1808)
WALLACE, LAURENCE (1) (1748-1817): b 23 Oct 1748, son of Alexander Wallace, tailor in Ballone, and Jean Ireland; bound app to Daniel McDonald for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1769 (recorded 8 Dec 1769); adm Freeman, 28 Dec 1774; Boxmaster (1776-78; 1782-84); Deacon (1793-95; 1799-1801; 1814-16); d Oct 21 1817; m 21 Oct 1774 Christian Duncan (she d Jan 4 1814 aged 62); sons, John and Laurence jnr
WALLACE, LAURENCE, jnr (2) (1777-1817); bap Sep 27 1777, lawful son of Laurence Wallace snr (1), and Christian Duncan; adm Freeman, 23 Aug 1796; Boxmaster (1798-1800); Deacon (1802-04; 1811-13; 1817); d Dec 20 1817; m 13 June 1801 Mgt Wilson; sons, William (1) & Laurence (4); app: James Fotheringham (1804)
WALLACE, LAURENCE (3) (1799-1860); flesher, Market Street, 1818-1860; b 10 March 1799, son of John Wallace and Elspeth Carmichael; adm Freeman, 22 June 1818; Boxmaster (1820; 1824-28); Deacon (1829-31; 1837-44); flesher in Market Street, having succeeded to his father's business; d May 27 1860; m Nov 1 1818 Cecilia Taylor (d Feb 4 1853); sons, Thomas (2) & Wm (2)
WALLACE, LAURENCE (4) (1802-1853): b 29 Sep 1802, son of Laurence Wallace, jnr (2) and Mgt Wilson; adm Freeman, 22 June 1818; Boxmaster (1829-31); d Dundee, Oct 31 1853; m 6 March 1828 Emilia Berwick
WALLACE, THOMAS (1) (1808-1836): b 20 March 1808, 3rd lawful son of Convener John Wallace and Elspeth Carmichael; adm Freeman, 26 March 1827; Boxmaster (1832-34); Deacon (1835-36); d Jan 3 1836; m Nov 9 1832 Katharine Gillies
WALLACE, THOMAS (2) (1818-1897): b St Andrews, 15 Nov 1818, eldest lawful son of Laurence Wallace (3), flesher, Market Street, and Cecilia Taylor; adm Freeman, 21 Oct 1836; was later a flesher in Cupar; in May 1842 he commenced business in St Catherine Street, and in Nov 1847 was removing to 48 Bonnygate; emp 2 men in 1851; was in business in Cupar for "upwards of 16 years" until Sep 1858, when he was retiring in favour of Hugh Scott; he later farmed Weddersbie, by Collessie; d Nov 28 1897
WALLACE, WILLIAM (1) (1809-1848): b 12 Feb 1809, yst lawful son of Laurence Wallace (2) and Mgt Wilson; adm Freeman, 21 Oct 1836; d April 28 1848
WALLACE, WILLIAM (2) (1834-1898): b 20 April 1834, son of Laurence Wallace (3) and Cecilia Taylor; succeeded to his father's shop at 66 Market Street on his death in May 1860, and cont business until Nov 1861, when he was disposing of the goodwill and giving up business (FH Nov 14 1861)
WATSON, DAVID: lawful son of umquile William Watson, flesher citiner of St Andrews; adm Freeman, 18 Sep 1647
WATSON, JOHN: lawful son of dec David Watson, servant in Winthank; bound app to James Mason for 4 yrs, 27 July 1804
WILKIE, THOMAS (b 1786): b 12 March 1786, son of James Wilkie, thatcher in St Andrews, and Janet White; bound app to James Ritchie for 4 yrs from Martinmas 1798 (recorded 26 Dec 1798)
WILSON, ALEXANDER: flesher, St Andrews; adm Freeman, 23 March 1836; active, 1836-44
WISHARTT, ROBERT: lawful son of James Wishartt, sometime flesher in Ellie [Elie]; entered fiall to Andrew Meassone, Deacon, for 1 yr from Whitsunday 1703 (recorded 15 Jan 1703)
WOODCOCK, ROBERT: son of William Woodcock, tailor in St Andrews bound app to Thomas Ritchie for 4 yrs from Whitsunday 1793 (recorded 17 May 1793; indenture recorded March 30 1795 in RD3/269, Pp 1024-26)