Part of page of hand-written accounts

Extract from Sir John Foulis of Ravelston's account book, 30 January 1686.
[National Library of Scotland reference: MSS.6153]

Sir John Foulis's account book, January 1686

The account books of Sir John Foulis of Ravelson include details of his regular game of golf on Leith Links, near Edinburgh.

Transcription

'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'

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