Item, to my wife, 9 pence.
For a quaire of paper, a leather bag, and sundry
small things, 14 pence.
Item, given to my wife for the use of the house, 7 dollars.
This is 100 mks. laking on by halfe a dollar.
Then given to my wife for divers uses,
2 dollars.
For a pair of shoes,
3 shil. and 6 pence.
Upon win at Leith with Mr. Wood, etc.,
16 pence.
Since on win and otherwayes,
8 pence.
Item, given since on beir, in Leith, for a velvet
cod,[651] etc.,
10 pence.
On the 20 of June, given to my wife for the use of
the house,
7 dolars.
Item, for another pair of shoes,
42 shiling.
Item, for wine,
12 pence.
Item, for tent to my wife,
a mark.
Item, for wine to the landlord when I payed him
100 lb.,
10 pence.
Item, for sundry other adoes,
45 shiling.
On win. with Doctor Steinson,
13 pence.
Given to my wife to give hir wobster,[652]
3 shilings.
For more tent,
a shiling.
Item, a dollar as a part of 6 lb. payed by me of
annuity,
a dolar.
Item, on the 1 of July, given to my wife for the use
of the house,
6 dolars.
Item, at a collation with Kilmundy,
40 shil.
Given to my wife,
halfe a dollar.
At a collation with Mr. Pat. Lyon,
50 shiling.
Item, on sundrie other uses,
a dollar.
This is the accompt of the saids 200 mks.
[651] Pillow.
[652] Weaver.
Then on the 10 of June 1671, I received from the Provest, Sir A. Ramsay, 100 lb. Scots as a termes annuel rent of the principal soume of 5000 mks.,[653] addebted by him to me, vid., from Candlemas 1670 to Lammas 1670. Which 100 lb. I payed to James Wilsone, my landlord, in part of my house maill, which was 160 lb.,[654] so that I remaine yet debitor to him on that accompt in 60 lb., afterwards payed and all discharged.
[653] Unpaid half of his wife’s
marriage portion. See page xli; 3 per
cent.,
equal to 6 per cent. per annum.
[654] House rent, L13, 6s. 8d. half-yearly.