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History of Paisley, A: 600-1908.

Book Index
Abbey Church, 264, 276, 291, 383, 384
Abbey Close Church, 385
Abbey Close Church, 385
Abbey Close, 364, 365
Abbot of Crosraguel, Roger, 65, 66
Abbots of Clugny, 8, 14, 27, 29
Abbots of Paisley, 55-57, 60, 61, 65, 66, 69, 70, 71, 75-78, 83-85, 91-112, 114-146
Abercorn bridge, 348.
Abercorn, 1st Countess of, 229, 230, 234, 235, 236, 239, 240
Abercorn, 1st Earl of, acts as Provost, 194
Abercorn, 1st Earl of, date of his Earldom, 195
Abercorn, 1st Earl of, dies at Monkton and is buried in "St. Mirinis Iyll," 195
Abercorn, 1st Earl of, member of the General Assembly, 195, 198, 306
Abercorn, 1st Earl of, receives King James VI. At the abbey, 194
Abercorn, 2nd Countess of, 236.
Abercorn, 2nd Earl of, 221, 222, 229, 231, 236, 241, 247-250, 306-310
Academy, the, 391.
Act of Parliament ratifying former charters of town obtained, 309
Act Rescissory, the, 279
Adamson or Constant, Patrick, 162, 163, 164, 169.
Adamson, or Constant, Patrick made archbishop of St. Andrews, 163
Adamson, or Constant, Patrick, first Protestant minister of Paisley, 162
Adherence, cases of, 206, 207
Adulterers, fornicators, cursing, and flyting, punished, 187-8
Ageyn the Pestilence, 215
Aiket's yard purchased, 343
Ailsa Craig, 208
Aisle, the Sounding, 384
Ale and beer, price of, 337
Alexander III, 34
Algeo, Claud, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 241
Algeo, Robert, 233.
Algeo, Thomas, 234, 240, 241
Algie, James, execution of, 292
Altars in Abbey Church, 113
Alwin, Earl of Lennox, 24
Andrew, bishop of Argyll, 55
Anecol, 26
Anti-Burgher Church, 384, 385
Anti-Burghers Church, 384-385
Argyll, Earl of, 130
Arithmetic and Scots school, 390
Arkleston Road, 451
Arkleston, 4, 95, 111
Arms, discovery of, in Abbey Church, 276
Art Institute, the, 408
Art, the School of, 398.
Assessor to the magistrates appointed, 411
Association, the Western, 268.
Attendance at church compulsory, 181-3
Auchinleck, the laird of, 71
Authors resident in or connected with Paisley, 426-442
Bailie, an additional, chosen, 354
Bailies, election of, 308
Bailies, the Earl of Abercorn claims the right to appoint both and exercises it, 308
Baird, John, minister of Paisley, 287, 288
Baird, John, 287, 288.
Bakers' charter, 353
Balliol, Edward I. of Scotland, 57, 58
Banks, 420
Baptist Churches, 385, 387
Baptist meeting-house, Pen Lane, 176
Barclay, Hugh, of Ladyland, 208
Barlo, Pietro, Cardinal of St. Mark's, Venice, 83.
Beaton, Cardinal, 126, 133
Beda Ferdan, 95
Beir, price of, 337
Bellum Grammaticale, the, 289
Benedict XII, 57.
Benedict XII., Pope, 61
Bereans Church, 385
Bereans, Church of, 385
Berengarius, Cardinal, and the reconciling of Bruce to the Church, 50.
Bible Society, the, 402
Black ford, the, 347
Blackhall, 6, 10, 31, 40
Blackhall manor house or castle of, 6
Blackhall, chaplain of, 6
Blackhall, derivation of name, 452
Blackwell, Thomas, 297, 298, 300, 302, 304
Bladdayard, 94, 95
Blanks, the Spanish, 208
Bodwell, Richard de, abbot, 78
Boiamund of Vicci, his valuation, 39
Bonkel, William de, 49
Blackwell, Thomas, 297, 298, 300, 302, 304.
Boniface VIII, 48.
Book, the first, printed in Paisley, 426
Booths, 333
Bothwell, Richard, Abbot of Paisley, 78
Bounties offered by the Town Council, 368
Boyd, Marion, Dowager-Countess of Abercorn, 229, 230, 234-236, 239, 240.
Boyd, Robert, of Trochrigg, 228-231
Boyd, Robert, of Trochrigg, 228-232.
Boyds of Kilmarnock, the, 5
Breuster, Thomas le, of the Forest of Passelay, 43.
Brewers'charter, 353
Bridges, 347-48
Broomlands built, 350
Bruce, Marjory, 51, 52
Brus, Robert de, 31
Buntine, Lieutenant, defeats a party of English soldiers near Paisley, 271
Burgesses unwilling to take office, 354
Burgh Churches, or Town, 383
Burghal lands feued and let, 191
Calside, 449, 453
Calvert, Henry, 247, 248, 250, 251-56,262,264.
Crichton, John, 244, 245, 246.
Dunlop. Alexander, 247, 262, 263, 264, 268.
Calvert, Henry, 247, 248,250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256
Cameronian Church, 386
Cameronian Church, 386
Canal, the, 418
Candles, price of, 337
Caral, Robert de, his barratry, 57
Carriagehill, superiority of, purchased, 343
Carrick, Duncan, first Earl of, 30
Cart, attempts at improvement of, 343-346
Cart, navigation of, 4, 21
Cart, purification of, 191
Cathcart, Lord, receives a lease of the temporalities of Paisley Abbey, 150
Catholic reaction, 233
Causa, Causa end, Causeyside, 449, 453
Causewaying, 192, 196
Caversbank bought by Town Council, 342
Chains and badges purchased for the provost and magistrates, 409
Chambers, James, 287.
Chapels, Roman Catholic, 386
Chaplains of Paisley, 3
Charles I, 242, 243
Charles II, 265.
Charleston built, 350
Charter, new, obtained, 312
Charters granted to trades, 353
Chartism, 381
Cheshelme, or Chisholm, William, adjutor of John de Lithgow, 75, 77
Cheshelme, William de (coadjutor), Abbot of Paisley, 75-77
Chisholm, Michael, 146
Church of St Patrick, Dumbartonshire, 24
Church, the General Assembly of at Glasgow, 1638, 256
Churches conferred upon the monastery of Paisley, 20, 22-24, 31, 33-35, 55
Churches of Kilkeran, Kilfinan, Kilcolmanel, 65
Churches, of Turnbery, Stratton, Dalmakeran, 31
Churches, the town, 383.
cil.
Claverhouse, John Graham of, 291
Clement IV, 343.
Clement IV, Pope, his transcript, tailing the property, etc., of Paisley Abbey, in 1265, 34
Clement V, 50.
Clugny, admission into the Order, 15
Clugny, its wealth and fluence, 14
Clugny, officials in its monasteries, 15
Clugny, Order of, founded by William the Pious, 14
Clugny, rules observed, 16
Clugny, Scriptures read, 17.
Coal, the search for it, 339-341
Coats Memorial Church, 387
Cochrane, Colonel, 274
Cochranes, the, of Dundonald, 2, 291, 310, 311, 312.
Coffee Room, the, 404
Coffin-end, the, 449
Coats Memorial Church, 387
Coll of Islay, 213.
Commendators of Paisley, 83, 84, 135, 150
Congregational Church, 384, 385
Conveyances, 417
Corpus Christi, festival of, 161
Corsehouse, the, 449.
Covenant, the, 245
Covenanters, the, 257-262.
CQnvene Court, the, 411
Craufurd, James; of Kylwynnat, founder of the altar and chapel of SS Mirin and Columba, 113
Crichton, 83; made abbot, 84.
Crichton, Henry, abbot made abbot of Dunfermline, 85.
Crichton, Henry, Abbot of Paisley, 83-85
Crichton, Henry, abbot, a monk of Dunfermline, appointed commendator, 83
Crichton, Mr. John, minister of Paisley, 244, 245, 246.
Croc, Robert, of Crookston, 18.
Cromwell, Oliver, 265, 266, 269.
Crookston castle besieged, 88.
Crosraguel, monastery of, 30, 39, 65
Cunningham, Daniel, minister of Kilmacolm, 199.
Cross of St. Ninian, 102, 105.
Crossflat, 96, 364.
Crossflat,, Nether, 96.
Curates of Paisley, 287-293
Crosraguel, the lands of, 31.
Cursing and swearing, 187.
Dalmulin, monastery of, 23, 24, 61.
Dancing greens, 202, 203, 206.
David I., 5, 6, 7.
Dogs, numbers in the streets, 351.
Dovecote, the abbot's, in Sneddon, 342, 365.
Drainage of the town, 351.
Duchal castle besieged. 88.
Duchal, Dowager Lady, 200, 201.
Dunbar, battle of, 267.
Dundonald, Earl of, 293, 311, 312
Dundonald, see Cochranes, the, of Dundonald.
Dunivaig castle, 212.
Dunlop, Mr. Alexander, 247, 262, 263, 264, 268, 279, 280.
Eccles, William, 288.
Eccles, William, 288.
Educational Endowments' Trust, the Local, 396.
Educational Institution, the, 391.
Edward I, of England, 42, 43, 47, 51.
Edward II, 51, 53.
Edward III, 57.
Elders, 282, 283.
Election of Town Council in 1661, 319.
Endowed Schools, 394-396.
English troop in town, 274, 275, 276, 277.
Episcopalian Churches, 386
Erskine, church of, given to Glasgow Cathedral, 21.
Erskine, William, appointed Commendator of Paisley Nov. 20, 1597, 150
Erskine, William, charged to deliver up the abbey, 151
Erskine, William, his appointment annulled, 151
Erskine, William, made arch-bishop of Glasgow, 151
Erskine, William, retires to Campsie, 151
Graham, Patrick, archbishop of St Andrews, Commendator of Paisley, 84
Eschina, wife of Walter Fitz Allan, 12.
Evangelical Union Church, 387
Evidently, the town's, 323, 324.
Fair on the Hill, the, 202.
Fairs, 99, 106.
Famine, 225-226.
Ferguslie Half-time School, 397.
Ferguslie, lands of, purchased, 343.
Finlaston, Place of, 199.
Fire-engine bought, 349.
Fires and their prevention, 348.
Fisher Row, 364.
Fleshers' charter, 353.
Fleshers, the, combine, 183.
Flyting, 188.
Fonia, wife of Reginald, her gift to the monastery, 19.
Forest, the, of Paisley, 10, 43.
Forman, John. 233.
Free Library and Museum, 407.
Free Masons, 402.
Free Churches, 387.
Fullarton, John, 288, 289.
Gallow-green, search for coal in. 340.
Gallowhills, Nether, lands of, 365.
Gardens, the abbey, 365.
Gaskel, Thomas, 26.
Gauze Street built, 367.
Gilbert, son of Samuel of Renfrew, disputes rights of the monks of Paisley to their Lennox property, 25.
Gilchrist, "leech," 94, 95, 96.
Gilchrist, Mr. John, reader and schoolmaster, 209, 210.
Glencairn, Earls of, 199, 261.
Glencairn, the Countess of, 199, 200.
Good Templars, the, 402.
Goodwife of Ferguslie, the, see Hamilton, Margaret.
Goosehouse lands, 210.
Gordon's Lane built, 350.
Grammar School, 169; 170, 172-173; 388; 389, 391, 392
Green, the bleaching. 310.
Greene, Captain, 276, 277.
Greenhill, 341
Greenlees, Bailie, 290.
Gregory IX, 24.
Grimketil, 4.
Hamilton, Alexander, 228.
Hamilton, Allan, of Ferguslie, 233.
Hamilton, Andrew, minister of Kilbarchan, 235, 238.
Hamilton, Bessie, 251, 253.
Hamilton, Dr. Archibald, 228.
Hamilton, Dr. Archibald, 228.
Hamilton, Grizzel, 233.
Hamilton, Janet, 253.
Hamilton, John, Abbot of Paisley, 125-146
Hamilton, John, abbot, 124, 126-134, 138-143
Hamilton, Lady Claud, 234.
Hamilton, Lord Claud, a hostage in England, 147
Hamilton, Lord Claud, is present at the battle of Langside, and accompanies Queen Mary to England, 147
Hamilton, Lord Claud, appointed Commendator of Paisley, 135
Hamilton, Lord Claud, his estates given to Lord Semple, 148
Hamilton, Lord Claud, is accused of giving orders to shoot the Regent, 149
Hamilton, Lord Claud, is restored to his estates, and marries, but is again forfeited, 149
Hamilton, Lord Claud, a fugitive in England, 151
Hamilton, Lord Claud, returns to Scotland and is befriended by the King, 152
Hamilton, Lord Claud, receives back his estates, and is made a Lord of Parliament, 153;
Hamilton, Lord Claud, watches over burgh, 194
Hamilton, Lord Claud, is visited by Queen Anne of Denmark, 194
Hamilton, Lord Claud, grants letter of Factory and Commission to his son, the
Earl of Abercorn, 194
Hamilton, Lord Claud, his death, 195
Congregational Church, 384, 385
Convalescent Home, the, 403
Hamilton, Lord Claud, takes part with the Hamiltons against the Earl of Lennox, 148
Hamilton, Margaret, the Goodwife of Ferguslie. 250-256.
Hamilton, Marquess of, 199.
Hamilton, Patrick, 213, 227.
Hamilton, Patrick, 213, 227.
Hamilton. Alexander. 228.
Hammermen's charter, 353.
Hats, 324.
Hay, John, 232, 239, 21,4.
Hay, Mr. John, minister of Renfrew, 199, 201, 211.
Hay, Mr. John. minister of Paisley, afterwards of Renfrew, 232, 239, 244, 245, 247.
Head Courts, 178.
Hector, Thomas, the monastery's sculptor, his agreement, 96.
Heyt House, the, 315.
Highland host, the. 290.
Highlands, the Abbey's first connection with them 19.
Honorius III, 28.
Horse and cow market, 336.
Hospital, 173-176.
Houston, Henry, 166.
Humbald, prior of Wenlock, 8, 9, 10, 27.
Hunter, John, de la foreste de Passelay, 43.
Hutcheson Charity School, the, 394..
Hugh, Abbot of Clugny, 29.
Incle Street built. 367.
Independents. Old Scotch, 384..
Industries, 458-469.
James I., his letter to the monastic orders in Scotland. 77.
James II, grants charter to monastery of Paisley, uniting the whole of its
James III, 85-86.
James IV, 98, 115-122.
James, Abbot of Paisley, 61, 65
James, abbot, succeeds John I, 61, 65.
John I, Abbot of Paisley, 55-57, 60
John II, 65. 66, 69, 70.
John II, Abbot of Paisley, 65, 66, 69, 70
John Neilson Educational Institution, 395.
John XXII, 51.
Kennedy, Colonel, 270.
Ker, Colonel, 269, 270.
Ker, Dr., 208.
Key of the Tolbooth, custom of sending, the. 329.
Kibble Reformatory. The, 403.
Kibble, Mr., 364, 366.
King's health, drinking of the, 410.
King's Inch. 10.
Knaiffisland, 210.
Knight of the shire, election of, 361.
Knox, Andro, 197, 207, 200, 209, 210-13, 234.
Knox, Bessie. 206.
Knox, John, reader in Paisley, 172.
Knox, John, the Reformer, 126-128, 133, 137, 140, 141, 146, 162,
Knox, Mr. Andro. minister of Paisley, 170, 171, 198, 204-212
Laigh parks of Paisley, the, 365.
lands into a single regality, 64..
Largs. the battle of, 33.
Lawer's regiment, 261.
Lawn Street built, 3fi7.
Leggat, William. 296.
Lennox, Alwin. Earl of, 24.
Lennox, Earl of, Regent. reported to have been shot by the orders of Lord Claud Hamilton, 149.
Lennox, John, Earl of, 109.
Lennox, property in, belonging to the abbey, 24-26, 35, 44-46, 56, 64, 67, 69.
Leggat, William, 9.96.
Leprosy. 222-225.
Leslie, bishop, on the abbey of Paisley, 90.
Leslie, Earl of. 258, 259, 260.
Lindsay, John, bishop of Glasgow, 55.
Lindsay, Sir William de, 52.
Lithgow, John de, Abbot of Paisley, 70, 71, 75, 77, 78, 96.
Lithgow, John de, abbot, 70, 75-78.
Lothian regiment, the, 260.
Lyners first appointed, 118.
Magnus, Dr., 122, 123, 124.
Makbrek, Schir Andro, 119.
Makfingorm, William, reader, 164.
Malcolm IV., 6, 7.
Maldoven, Earl of Lennox, 24.
Maltlnen's charter, 353.
Margaret. daughter of Walter FitzAlan, 13.
Marjory Bruce, 51. 52.
Market cross, 99, 108, 445.
Market day, 99, 109,332.
Markets, 332. 333, 334.
Marriage of Claverhouse, 291.
Martin, bishop of Argyll, his controversy with the monks, 61-63.
Martin, Henry de St. 19.
Masons' charter, 353.
Master of works first appointed, 177, 192.
Meal market, the. 334.
Meikleriggs Muir, Radical meeting there, 373.
Merchants' charter, 353.
Militia Society, 371.
Militia, Renfrewshire, local, 372.
minister of Paisley, 163, 164
Ministers, the "outed." 9.79.
Misbehaviour towards bailies, 189-90.
Monachkernan, lands of, 25.
Monastery of Crosraguel. 30, 65.
Monastery of Paisley, 7, 11, 12, 19, 20-25 27-31, 33, 39, 40, 43-45, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55-58, 60,61, 64. 68, 69, 71-76, 79, 83-91, 98, 100, 108, 112-115, 124-133, 137-142, 145-150, 153, 155, 169, 194, 211, 256, 264, 276, 277, 291, 310, 366,
Monastery, the, of Clugny, ]4.-17.
Monks'Shaw, the, 210.
Mons Meg, 88.
Montgomery, Mr. Ezekiel, 291. .
Montrose, Marquess of, 261, 262.
Monuments, 425.
Moray, Sir Andrew, of Bothwell, 47.
More, Sir Reginald, and the Dalmulin pension, 67.
More, Sir William, and the Dalmulin pension, 68
Mortcloths, 326.
Morwe, Thomas (coadjutor) Abbot of Paisley, 77, 78
Morwe, Thomas, coadjutor and abbot, 78. .
Mowatt, Isobel, 234" 235.
Municipal elections postponed,355.
Murray, Anthony, 296.
Murray, Anthony, 296.
Naismith, John, 234, 235, 236, 241.
Neilston Church; timber for it obtained from lands of Snawdon (Sneddon), 342.
Ness, Henry de, 18.
New Street formed, 343.
News Room, the, 404.
Newspapers, 4,22.
Newtown, the, 364, 367.
Night-watch, 412.
Oatmeal cakes, price of, 336.
Observatory, the, 408.
Officials of the town, 177.
Okey, Colonel, 274.
Orchard Street built, 350.
Original Seceders, 386.
Orray men, 193.
"Outtintown" men, Acts concerning them, 352.
Paisley, abbots of, lee Abbots of Paisley.
Osbert, 10, 18
Paisley and the French Revolution, 368.
Paisley and the Rebellion of 1715, 361, and of 1745, 362.
Paisley Library Society, the, 405, 406, 407.
Paisley Trades' Library, 406.
Paisley, 1-33m 48, 63, 95, 97, 98, 100, 105,107, 108, 111, 115, 129, 157-177, 191, 192. 197,198, 204, 207, 208, 209, 215, 218, 221, 222, 224, 233, 257,260, 261, 264, 267, 268, 270-277, 289, 290, 303, 310, 312, 315, 322-326, 328, 329, 332341, 347, 348, 350, 351, 356, 359, 361, 363-367, 369-426, 442-447, 450-461, 464, 467, 469m
Paisley, commendators of, see Commendators of Paisley.
Paisley, curates of, see Curates of Paisley.
Paisley, fined by Charles Edward Stewart, 362.
Paisley, lordship of, sold, 310.
Paisley, Philosophical Society, 406.
Paisley, the lordship of, purchased from Lord Dundonald by the Earl of Abercorn, 366.
Paisley, Town Council of, 100, 178, 181, 183, 184-186, 190-193. 258, 266, 277, 290, 304, 306-328, 332, 334-336, 342-347, 351-358, 368, 388, 392, 409,
Parish Churches, 383, 384
Parish Churches, 383, 384.
Park, John, execution of, 292.
Parkhill, Mr., 378.
Parks, public, 425.
Parliament, Members of, for the burgh, 381, 534.
Paterson's schemes, 560.
Paul II, 84.
Paul II, Pope, 84.
Peat stealing, 186.
Peitter, John, imprisoned for speaking against the Revolution government, 359.
Pen Folk, the, 385.
Pendreich, Robert, 235.
Perth, Five Articles of, 242, 243.
Pest, precautions against it, 221.
Pest, the, 214
Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Clugny, 14.
Pierson, William, 286.
Pinkerton, Martha, 205.
Pius II, 83.
Pius II. appropriates revenues of the abbey, 83.
Plays acted at schools, 389.
Police, 413.
Poll Tax Roll, 359, 471.
Polwart, Andrew, second Protestant
Polwart, Andro, 164.
Poor, 353
Poorhouse, or Hospital, the, 403.
Population in 1901, 470.
Ports removed, 350.
Post office, 420.
Pow, Robert, his unwillingness to serve the town, 354.
Presbytery of Paisley, 196-202, 205-207, 209,210, 234, 236, 244, 245, 256, 257, 260, 262, 263, 264, 279, 282, 285, 288.
Prices, 335-338.
Prior (claustral), Alexander Walker, 125
Priors of Paisley, 10, 18, 19
Procurators Fiscal, four appointed,177.
Property, heritable, value of, belonging to the burgh in 1833, 343
Provost MacKean dissatisfied with his insignia of office, 409.
Provosts of Paisley, 533.
Prussia Street built, 350.
Races, horse, begun, 306.
Railways, 4.19.
Ralston, Margaret, 209.
Ramsay, George, presbytery officer, 231, 238, 251, 254
Ramsay, Mathew, 281, 288.
Ramsay, Matthew, 9.87, 288.
Rebellion of 1745, 362.
Rebellion, the, of 1715,361
Records of the Town Council, 111.
Recruiting in Paisley, 310.
Reform Bill, the, 380, 381
Reginald, son of Somerled, his gifts to the monastery, 19.
Registers of marriages ordered to be kept, 4,11.
Relief Church, East, 381; West, 385.
Relief Church, East, 385
Relief Church, West, 385
Renfrew, 96, 91, 98, 106, 108,109, 110.
Renfrewshire, men of, at the Convention, 359.
Rifle corps raised, 319, 381.
Riots, 312-318, 381.
Roads and bridges, 416.
Robert II, 64, 71, 72.
Robert III, 72, 74
Robert the Steward and the Dalmulin pension, 67.
Robert, Master of Semple, 131, 141, 142, 146.
Robeson, Andro, 206.
Robeson, Captain, 215.
Roger, 18, 19
Roger, Abbot of Paisley, 49.
Roger, prior, 18.
Roll, Poll Tax, 359, 471.
Ross, James Earl of, 112.
Ross, Sir William, of Muriston, 260, 261, 262,263.
Royalist recruiting party in Paisley dispersed by Colonel Okey, 274.
Rutherglen, rural dean of, refused admission into the abbey as the visitor of the archbishop of Glasgow, 81.
Sandyford, lands of, 210.
Sanitation, 351.
Sauaricus, prior of La Charite, 8. .
Seedhill, i;.
Semple, Lord, 210.
Sermons, attendance at, 181-183.
School Board, the burgh, 397.
School Prize Fund, the, 398.
School, Laigh Parish, 391.
School, Middle Parish, 390.
School, new English, the, 390.
Schools in Scotland, 168:
Schools, private, 392, 393.
Schools, Session, 393. :
Scottish Review, The, 424.
Serials published in Paisley, 424.
Service Book, the, 243, 245.
Shaw, Christian, 300.
Shaw, George, Abbot of Paisley, 86, 87, 89-111
Shaw, George, abbot, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 98, 108, 110.
Shaw, Robert, Abbot of Paisley, 92, 112, 114, 115-124
Shaw, Robert, abbot, 112, 114-124.
Shoemakers' charter, 353.
Sinclair's (Lord) regiment, 260.
Sixtus IV, 98.
Sixtus IV, grants permission to feu land for the building of the burgh, 98.
Smeaton, Thomas, 165, 166.
Smithhills, New, its origin, 365.
Smeaton. Thomas, 165.
Smithhills, the, 364.
Snawdon (Sneddon), 342, 456.
Sneddon bridge, 348.
Sneddon, see Snawdon.
Solemn League and Covenant, 259.
Somerled, 9.
Spanish Blanks, the, 208.
Spreull, Bailie, 272, 275, 277.
St Columba, 3.
St Comgal, 2, 3.
St Margaret, 7.
St Mirin, education, 2; settlement in Paisley, 3.
St. James U.P. Church, 386
Stanes, the Plane, 333.
Statues, the, which stood on the wall enclosing the abbey, 366.
Steeple, the Wee, 174
Stephen, Abbot of Clugny, 8, 27, 29
Stephen, Abbot of Paisley, 44
Stephen, abbot, 44.
Stewards, the High, of Scotland, 4-8, 12, 13, 31, 33,40-3, 48, 51-53, 58, 59, 60, 132.
Stewart, Gavan, 205, 211.
Stewart, Matthew, of Barscube, 137.
Stirling, James. 297.
Strahan, Colonel, 267, 268, 269.
Street lighting, 41'J.
Streets in the town in 14.90, 96.
Stuart adherent, a, in Paisley, 363.
Sunday, observance of, 179, 15O, 181, 182, 183.
Tailors' charter, 353.
Tailors' Society, the, 400.
Taxation, 415.
Taylor, James, 288, 293.
Technical College, the, 398.
Tenements in district and town, 94, 95, 96.
Tervas, Thomas, Abbot of Paisley, 79-82
Tervas, Thomas, abbot, 78, 81,
Theft of_peat from the moss, 186.
Thread Street built, 367.
Tolbooth, the, 315, 316, 317, 319, 341.
Town Council, see Paisley Town Coun-
Town improvements, 424.
Trade, 370, 372.
Trades societies, 352, 400.
Traill's Dripping,347.
Treasurer's strong box, the, 324.
Treasurer's, the Lord High, Accounts, 90,115,116,117,118,119,121,125.
Troops from Ireland, 260.
Trublance punished, 188-9.
Turner, Sir James, 264.
Ulric, 17.
Union, the, 360, 361.
United Presbyterian, 384, 385
Urban IV, 161.
Values, 335-338.
Vaults of the Tolbooth, 329.
Volunteers, 370, 371.
Wallace, Alan, 263.
Wallace, John, of Ferguslie, 251, 256, 262, 263.
Wallace, Sir William, 47, 48.
Walter, Abbot of Paisley, 44.
Walter, abbot, 44.
Water supply, 414.
Weavers' charter, 353. .
Weights and measures, 325.
Weulock, Cluniac House at, 8, 9, 11.
Whitworth, Mr., his plan for deepening the Cart, 346.
William and-Mary proclaimed, 358.
William, Abbot of Paisley, 29, 30, 33
William, abbot, 24, 25, 30, 31, 33.
Wine, price of, 337.
Wishart, Robert, bishop of Glasgow, sides with the abbey on the question of its Lennox property, 44, 46, 50.
Witchcraft, 294, 295, 297, 298, 300, 301, 303, 304
Women, "single" or "solitary," 193.
Wrights' charter, 353.
Yammer Yowl, the, 175.
Yule, keeping of, 204.
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