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

EXTRACTS FROM ACCOUNTS
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Item, given to my wife, .... two dollars.
Item, given to my wife, .... dollars 21.
So then their remains of the said 12 lb. st. given me by
William Broun only 22 dollars.
With the which 21 dollars given to my wife, she payed first
to Rot. Mein, for confections, wine, etc., to the chris¬
tening, . . . . . . 28 lb.
Item, to William Mitchell for baken meit at the
same tyme, . . . . . 18 lb.
Item, for sundrie other accompts, . . 15 lb.
Which is the haill 21 dollars.1
Item, of the 22 dollars remaining to me of the foresaid money
given me in pension.
Imprimis, given to my wife for the use of the house on the 5
of November 1672, .... 14 dollars.
Item, at a collation or on win in Grissel Ramsay’s
house, . . . . . .2 shillings.
Item, for seing the comedy called the Silent
Woman, ..... halfe a dollar.
Item, at a collation after it, ... 14 pence.
Item, on some other charges, . .2 shillings.
Item, at a collation, . . .35 shillings.
Item, given on the 13 of Nov. to my wife for the
use of the house, . . . .6 dollars.
This is all the 12 lb. of pension.
Then at a consultation of the Toune of Edrs, I receaved 23
dollars, of which :
Imprimis, given to my wife the tyme aforsaid.
Item, for sundry books, vid. :
Barronius Annals compendized, 2 tomes,.
Summa conciliorum, Tyrius Maximus, Dansei An-
tiquitates, Benzonis Historia America;, Demos-
thenis Olynthiaca, ....
Apulei opera omnia, Bucholzeri Chronologia,
S. G. M‘Keinzies Plaidings,
Item, for myselfe and my wife at the comedy called
Love and Honor, . . . . .a dollar.
Item, on win after I came home, . . .18 pence.
Item, given to my wife for the use of the house on
the 20 of November, .... 16 dollars.
2 dollars.
15 shillings
and 6 pence.
1 This brings out the dollar at about 4s. tod.