Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . vent the spread of the conflagration. Underdate 26th September, 1684, there is a minute of council ordering re-paration to be made to John Woddrop for the loss of his hides thatwas taken out of his holes for this purpose. But imperfect in their construction as the houses in Glasgow and 1 Protocolla Diocesis Glasguensis, No. 606. 2 33(1 Augjust, 1656. 3 Minute of Council, 25th September, 1725. ?* 4th November, 1671. * 28th September, 1682.® Relics of Ancient Architecture, from Water-colour Drawings by T
Old Glasgow: the place and the people, from the Roman occupation to the eighteenth century . vent the spread of the conflagration. Underdate 26th September, 1684, there is a minute of council ordering re-paration to be made to John Woddrop for the loss of his hides thatwas taken out of his holes for this purpose. But imperfect in their construction as the houses in Glasgow and 1 Protocolla Diocesis Glasguensis, No. 606. 2 33(1 Augjust, 1656. 3 Minute of Council, 25th September, 1725. ?* 4th November, 1671. * 28th September, 1682.® Relics of Ancient Architecture, from Water-colour Drawings by T. Fairbairn. Lithographed byMiller & Buchanan, 1849. 74 Old House in Saltmarkct. in the other towns in Scotland unquestionably were, till a comparativelyrecent period, they were undoubtedly, as I have already said, greatlysuperior to those in the rural districts. And this was what in the natureof things was to be expected. Many of the bishops men, as theyacquired means by trading, would be able to buy a toft, and sobecome a burgess and to build a good house; but others of a higher. grade than the bishops vassals came also to hold property in theburgh, and these no doubt set the example of building superior tene-ments. Among others we find ecclesiastics in other localities acquir-ing property in the town, and thereby becoming burgesses. Forexample, the monks of Kilwinning and of Paisley held land in theburgh at a very early period, and in some of the old deeds the distinc-tion between ecclesiastics and other burgesses is noted by the latterbeing termed laic burgesses.^ 1 Lib. Coll. , p. 246. The Knights Templars. 75 It is interesting also to notice that the great military fraternityof the Knights Templars were among the very first holders of propertyin the infant city. There is a charter, executed circa 1180, by which brother Raan Corbeht, Master of the Temple in the territory of the King of Scotland, with advice and consent of our brethren of Plentidoc, grants and confirms
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