Series 1 > Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with his observations on public affairs and other memoranda, 1665-1676

APPENDIX I
EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNTS
1670 to 1675
§ 1
On the 8 of July 1670, I receaved 168 lb. in 55 dollars,1 which
compleited one halfe a year’s annuel rent,2 vid., 900 m., wheirof
first given out to my wife 8 dollars to defray sundrie debts, vid.,
5 lb. to mistris Guthrie for 2 elle and a quarter of borders, 4 lb.
10s. to George Reidpeth, 7 lb. 4s. for 2 chandeliers, 2s. for a pint
of win, 3 lb. given to the wright with some other lesser things ;
then I gave une dalle Imperiale a mon serviteur pour acheter
les saintes ecritures, 8 pence for a quaire of paper. Then on the
ij of July 1670, I gave my wife 10 dollars for keiping the familie :
4 dollars given to my wife to buy wooll with. This makes a 100
merk. Then I gave a dollar to buy covers for the chaires, 3s. and
8 p. for a pair of shoes, 2 lb. at a collation with Mr. Hamilton,
24s. at a collation with Mr. Thomas Bell, 5s. for a mutchin of wine.3
Halfe a dollar to Walter Cunyghame, 12s. for paper and ink, 10
lb. for 20 leads of coalls at 10s. the load, 3 dollars given to my
wife, a dollar given for a french croune to my wife, 5 p. for a
mutching of win,3 24 p. in Caddells with Mr. Hendersone. Item,
2s. sterling given to my wife. Item, 4 dollars given to hir, a groat
to the barber, 5s. sterling for a new board, a mark in the contribu¬
tion for the burgh of Dundie, a shiling to the keiper of my goun,
3 dollars given to my wife, halfe a dollar at a collation in Cuth-
bertsones, 18 pence at a collation with Balmayne. Out of the last
3 dollars given to my wife, she bought a chamberpot for 3 shillings,
a board cloath for 3 shillings and 10 p., then I gave hir 2 dollars :
1 The dollar is here equal to 5s. id. sterling.
2 From his father secured on the lands of Carington, settled in his marriage-
contract.
* The shilling Scots and penny sterling are here used for the same value.