Series 2 > Seafield correspondence from 1685 to 1708

1700] FIRST EARL OF SEAFIELD 301
Item on quarter of the excyse payable the [11. ss. d.]
1st of September, but by the tack (30
dayes of grace being alloued) no quarter¬
ing is to be till the 1st of October. The
tack deutie quarterlie is 10,000 lb ster.,
but by reason of the badness of the cropts
and low condition of the countrey no
more can be truelie reckoned upon
then ..... 6500 0 0
Summa is 30500 0 0
Discharge [11. ss. d.]
Impr. for subsisting the troops monthlie
according to the present establisment
for the months of August, Sept1-, Octr,
and Novr, at 4900 lb monthlie is . 19600 0 0
Item by quarterlie precepts at Lammas
1700 including coal and candle to the
garrisons then yearlie draun . . 966 18 4
Item by quarterlie precepts at the 1st of
November 1700 without coal and candle 687 18 4
Item for forrage to the troop of guards in
attending the Commissioner conform to
his Maj^8 warrand may be computed to 1000 0 0
Item by cloathing money deu to the com¬
missaries for cloathing the troop of
guards, which they are by his Maj^8
letter alloued to retain in ther oun
hands, amounts to . . . . 3700 0 0
Summa is 25,954 16 8
Item the commissaries are to be reimbursed
which they are in advance of . 3066 0 0
In all 29,020 16 8