Series 2 > Household book of Lady Grisell Baillie

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THE HOUSEHOLD BOOK
[Sundries]
To Mr. Dumbar French Master for
a Moneth
To Johny Stewart for a play
To John Simmerall .
For a moneth Lodging payd Mr
Broun
To tax for the death of the Cows
For a French book .
To poket
To plays for Grisie and Rach
To Ms. Hurnes litle Girle .
May 28 To Captain Clivelands coachman
For a pair orrs to Richmond and
back again to London .
For Morklet rols and wt Mrs
Cockburn . . .
To Mr. Hays for 2 coach horses a
quarter the 9 May 25
To Mr. Hays for 2 horses to
Twittenhame
To a Rafle given John Scote
For 2 reports to send to Scotland
To Rachy of poket money
June 21 For marled paper 2d. a sheat
For scouring all the wanscote of
new house at 20d. a day with¬
out meat . .
For white washing the House Is. a
roof ....
For news prints Is. 6d.
For the last two moneths of our
lodging payd Mr. Broun
[1715
[Sterling]
£ s. d.
116
0 5 0
3 4 6
14 0
0 5
0 2
0 1
0 10
0 2
0 5
0 10
0 10
0 7
1 1
0 0
0 15 0
0 16
1 The tax here mentioned was no doubt imposed to meet the expense
incurred in connection with a cattle plague which broke out in London and the
neighbourhood in the preceding autumn, when many thousands of cows were
destroyed by orders of the magistrates, the owners receiving compensation at
the rate of 40s. per cow.—Calendar of Treasury Papers.