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.

Then on the 15 of July, I receaved from my father 400 mks., which made up
600 mks., of the year 1671, received by me, out of which
Imprimis, payed to my landlord to compleit his maill, 60 lb. 
Item, to his woman Nans, a dollar. 
Item, to William Borthwick, the apothecar, conforme
  to his accompt, 36 lb. 
Item, to William Mitchell, the Baker, conforme to
  his accompt, 26 lb. 
Item, to Rot.  Mein, for sweteis, glasses, etc., conforme
  to his compt., 14 lb. 
Item, given to my man when he brought me my 12
  lb. sterl. from Wm. Broun, the burrows agent, a dollar. 
Item, given to my wife, 2 dollars. 
Item, upon win with Guus Grein, 15 pence. 
Item, to my wife for the use of the house, on the
  22 of July 1671, 9 dollars. 
Given to my wife when she went to Innerkeithing
  fair, 2 dollars. 
Item, given hir to pay the deing[655] of hir hangings, 4 dollars. 
Item, on the 4 of August, given to my wife to buy
  a goune and petticoat, and furniture, conforme, 100 lb.

    [655] Dyeing, I presume.

And because the 400 mks. receaved last from my father did not reach so far as to compleit it, theirfor I took 10 dollars out of 200 mks. payed me in July by Wm. Broun, in name and be halfe of the borrows for my pension, 1670, and made up the 100 lb.  I gave to my wife theirby.

Item, farder payed out of the said 200 mks. of pension for 25 barrells of aile furnisht to the house from the midst of January till August, at 32 shil. the barrell, 12 dollars and a halfe.[656]

    [656] Here the dollar is equal to 5s. 4d.

This is near ane accompt of one 100 mks. of the 200 m. payed to me in pension.

Item, given to my wife, 3 dollars. 
Payed in R. Gilbert’s when I was at Leith with the
  Lady Wauchton, a dollar. 
Item, payed for the coach hyre, a dollar. 
Item, given to my wife to help to buy black lace
  for hir goun, 2 dollars. 
Item, given hir to buy coalls with from Leith and
  elsewhere, 5 dolars. 
Item, in Painston’s with Sir Andro, 27 shill. 
Item, given to my wife when she went to Waughton
  to sie hir sone, 2 dollars and a halfe. 
Item, in Painston’s with Mr. Rot.  Lauder and Rot. 

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