Item, on the 13 of October, given to my wife, 9 dollars and a mark.
Item, for win., 10 pence.
Item, given to Pitmedden’s man, a mark.
Item, to William Broun’s man when he payed me my pension, a dollar.
Item, on the 22 of October, given to my wife, 7 dollars.
Item, on incident charges, a dollar.
This is the 300 mks. of annuel rent received by me from Thomas Robertsone on the 24 of August last.
Item, on the 22 of October 1672, I receaved from William Broun, agent for the borrows, 12 pounds sterling, being my pension as their assessor for the year 1671, of which:
Imprimis, for a pair of shoes,
40 shiling.
Item, in charity to Ja. Hog,
29 pence.
Item, for 4 quare of paper,
30 pence.
Item, for a letter from France,
14 pence.
Item, at a collation in James Halyburton’s,
50 shiling.
To Robert Boumaker,
a dollar.
On coffee and other things,
16 pence.
Item, given to my wife,
two dollars.
Item, given to my wife,
dollars 21.
So then their remains of the said 12 lb. st. given me by William Broun only 22 dollars.
With the which 21 dollars given to my wife, she payed
first
to Rot. Mein, for confections, wine,
etc., to the christening, 28 lb.
Item, to William Mitchell for baken meit at the same
tyme, 18 lb.
Item, for sundrie other accompts,
15 lb.
Which is the haill 21 dollars.[667]
[667] This brings out the dollar at about 4s. 10d.
Item, of the 22 dollars remaining to me of the foresaid money given me in pension,
Imprimis, given to my wife for the use of the house
on the 5
of November 1672,
14 dollars.
Item, at a collation or on win in Grissel Ramsay’s
house, 2 shillings.
Item, for seing the comedy called the Silent Woman,
halfe a dollar.
Item, at a collation after it,
14 pence.
Item, on some other charges,
2 shillings.
Item, at a collation,
35 shillings.
Item, given on the 13 of Nov. to my wife for the
use of the house,
6 dollars.
This is all the 12 lb. of pension.
Then at a consultation of the Toune of Edrs, I receaved 23 dollars, of which: