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

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APPENDIX I
Then on the 15 of July, I receaved from my father 400 mks.,
which made up fiOO mks., of the year 1671, received by me, out of
which
Imprimis, payed to my landlord to compleit his maill, 60 lb.
Item, to his woman Nans, .... a dollar.
Item, to William Borthwick, the apothecar, con-
forme to his accompt, . . . . 36 lb.
Item, to William Mitchell, the Baker, conforme to
his accompt, . . . . . 26 lb.
Item, to Rot. Mein, for sweteis, glasses, etc., con-
forme to his compt., . . . . 14 lb.
Item, given to my man when he brought me my 12
lb. sterl. from Wm. Broun, the burrows agent, . a dollar.
Item, given to my wife, . . . .2 dollars.
Item, upon win with Gnus Grein, . . .15 pence.
Item, to my wife for the use of the house, on the
22 of July 1671, . . . . .9 dollars.
Given to my wife when she went to Innerkeithing
fair, . . . . . .2 dollars-
Item, given hir to pay the deing1 of hir hangings, 4 dollars.
Item, on the 4 of August, given to my wife to buy
a goune and petticoat, and furniture, conforme, . 100 lb.
And because the 400 mks. receaved last from my father did
not reach so far as to compleit it, theirfor I took 10 dollars out
of 200 mks. payed me in July by Wm. Broun, in name and be
halfe of the borrows for my pension, 1670, and made up the
100 lb. I gave to my wife theirby.
Item, farder payed out of the said 200 mks. of pension for 25
barrells of aile furnishtto the house from the midst of January
till August, at 32 shil. the barrell, 12 dollars and a halfe.5
This is near ane accompt of one 100 mks. of the 200 m.
payed to me in pension.
Item, given to my wife, . . . .3 dollars.
Payed in R. Gilbert’s when I was at Leith with the
Lady Wauchton, . . . . .a dollar.
Item, payed for the coach hyre, . .a dollar.
Item, given to my wife to help to buy black lace
for hir goun, . . . . .2 dollars.
Item, given hir to buy coalls with from Leith and
elsewhere, . . . . .5 dolars.
Dyeing, I presume.
Here the dollar is equal to 5s. 4d.