Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 eBook

John Lauder
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 528 pages of information about Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36.

Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 eBook

John Lauder
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 528 pages of information about Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36.
On win, 6 pence. 
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.

Copyrights
Project Gutenberg
Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 from Project Gutenberg. Public domain.