Series 2 > Household book of Lady Grisell Baillie

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THE HOUSEHOLD BOOK
[1710
[Sundries]
To Robert Morton and Ms. Riddle
To the Lady Mannerhall1 when her
son died ....
Febr. To John Baillie surgeon in full of al
accounts ....
To a man from Edinburgh to tune
the spinits and virginells .
For boat fraught at Rutherfoord 2
To Doct. Abernathys man .
To Piter Brown for measuring of
land 2 days
For letters ....
May 24 For drinkmony at the Hirsill 8 nurs
10s. 9d. house 6s.
For powder and lied
For drinkmony .
For Spaw watter
For letters ....
To Docter Gibson
For drinkmony at sundry times
To Docter Abernathys nurs
For yron for uses in the house
To the Marques of Tweddels groom
half a guiny
To the two servants caried over the
4 mares 4 days
May 29 For the cariages of two boxes from
London ....
For bringing my letters from Ber
wick ....
For letters 5d. lOd.
[Sterling]
£ s. d.
0 5 0
10 0
2 2 3
0 15 6
0 2 0
0 10
0 5 0
0 2 6
0 16 9
0 2 0
0 12 0
5 11 2
0 5 6
116
0 18 0
0 5 0
0 3 0
0 10 9
0 4 0
16 2
0 8 0
0 13
1 George Baillie’s aunt by marriage.
2 A ferry across Tweed at the old village of Rutherford, still in use.
3 Seat of the Earl of Home. Lady Grisell’s eldest and favourite brother,
Lord Polwarth, married for the second time Lady Jane Home, daughter of the
Earl of Home, ‘ Bonnie Jean o’ the Hirsel.’