Mortcloths Part B
During the years following 1744 the rent from the use of both a cheaper cotton mortcloth and a velvet mortcloth is shown in the Latheron Kirk Session accounts from time to time.
Old Latheron Graveyard
1769, June, Page 258 an interesting item is recorded.
It was represented this day in Session that a private man in the Parish of Halkirk who has a mort-cloth which he hires back and forth in said parish and who is a House Wright and makes coffins when employed has lately hired his mort-cloth to a burying in this parish in prejudice of this parishes mort-cloth. The Session thinks this is an encroachment and recommend to the Minister to take the first opportunity for waiting on Mr Sinclair of Freswick and have his opinion how far this is legal or not.
There is no record of Mr Sinclair’s opinion.
1770, Page 276 Hire of the velvet Mortcloth £6. The hire of the cloth one 18 shillings.
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| Cotton Mortcloth |
1770, Page 276 The Session buy a velvet mortcloth for the use of the parish costing £75
12 shillings.
This is a huge increase in the value of a mortcloth since the cost of the 1774 cloth at £4 2 shillings and 10 pence. I wonder if the competition from the Halkirk mortcloth owner has resulted in the new cloth for Latheron.
Also purchased is a new chest, lock, and key for keeping the mortcloth - three pound six shillings.
1771, Page 287 Somehow Mr Brodie the Minister intended buying the new mortcloth himself. The Session decline to charge him so he takes the mortcloth with him and owes the Session.
Mr Brodie finding that the Session does not relish his buying the mort-cloth takes it back to himself again and stands indebted to them in the original price being seventy five pound twelve shillings Scots. As also in the price of the chest & lock he purchased to keep it being three pound six shillings Scots being in whole seventy eight pound and six pennies Scots.
1772 August 27 Page 293 Mr Brodie advances presently of the price of the velvet mortcloth £25 1 shilling
Mr Brodie formerly paid the Session for hire of said Mortcloth for James Sutherland’s mother-in-law £3 Scots.
George Sinclair Carpenter Risgill,1756 at Latheron Graven-images.org.uk
Source: Scotlands People, Latheron Kirk Session Minutes 1734-1776
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