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Baillie Court Rolls of Dunrossness - 1687
The Baillie Court Rolls of Dunrossness for 1687 include a reference to Laurence Burger. he seems to be mixed up in some way with a feud in the Sinclair family. There were a lot of such cases, the one involving John Burger in 1720 showed alarmingly criminal behaviour by the Sinclair family.
(See details of similar case with John Burger in 1720)
1687 Jan 20
Robert Blackwood, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, v Laurence Sinclair in Lud, Adam Barnetson, indweller in Hilwall, Laurence Burger there, Adam Leslie there, George Craigie there, Laurence Williamson there, George Barnetson, indweller in Breck, Adam Irving there, Nicoll Brown there, John Kirkness in Culsitter, Adam Gariot in Backasitter, James Jamieson, indweller in Channerwick, Mans Manson there, Alexander Malcolmson there, Olla Malcolmson there, Malcolm Manson there, James Greg there, James Sinclair in Sandwick, George Sinclair there, Mans Ollason in Swenasitter, William Smyth in Seater, Mathew Sinclair there, tenants of John Sinclair, elder of Quendale, and said John for his interest.
Summons, 3 June 1686, anent bond, 1 Sep 1684, to Grissel Sinclair, his daughter and then spouse to George Scot, goldsmith in Edinburgh, for £300, and bond by said John, also 1 Sep 1684, anent bond of provision, 14 Dec 1671, to Grissel for 2,000 merks. Grissel assigned bonds to pursuer on 23 Sep 1685.
(CS.21; 20 Jan 1687)
In this case, Laurence is said to reside in Hillwell, which agrees with the Baillie Court Rolls of Dunrossness 1694.
See Ballie Court records of Dunrossness in 1694 and 1700.