Extract from Sir John Foulis of Ravelston's account book, 30 January 1686.
[National Library of Scotland reference: MSS.6153]
The account books of Sir John Foulis of Ravelson include details of his regular game of golf on Leith Links, near Edinburgh.
'to malcolme to pay for a new head to
a Lead Scraper club3 & mending
my play club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:14:0
Lent to mrs dunbar . . . . . . . . . . 29:0:0
Spent at golf and coatch hyres [coach hires]
and Supper wt [with] moncreife [and]
Inglistone etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:15:0'