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THE DIARY OF SIR JAMES HOPE
by their father, who chronicles in his Diary, under date
24th February 1636, their departure from home :—
‘ This day my two sones Mr. Alexander and Mr. James
tuik journey, the one to Court, and the other to France :
and gevin to Mr. Alexander xxxvii doubill angels, quhilk,
with the 13 quhilk he had, makes 50 doubill angels : and
als gevin to him 5clb of rydals of gold for his journey.
Item, gevin to Mr. James 50 doubill angels, with a Portugal
ducat of gold. Item, to him 1 merkes of gold for his
journey, with some 30 s. sterling of xii s. peeces. Item,
thair mother gaif to ilk of them 2 rosnobles. Item, I gaif
ather of them the buik of Imitatioun of Chryst of Thomas
Kempis, with command, ilk day, in morning and evening,
to reid ane cheptor thairof; and last gaif them my bless¬
ing. God send me a happie sycht of them both.’
Notwithstanding this generous provision both for body
and soul, the boys appear to have been rather greedy and
did not think it sufficient, for their father adds :—
‘ Item, eftir they went als far as the Patter raw, they
sent for x dollors, quhilk I gave, and uther ten dollors
wes borrowit be Mr. James from Hary Hope, quhilk I
pay it.’
James was at Orleans in the beginning of October, when
his father sent him other 50 double angels, and in the
following January he got 500 francs sent him at 24s. (Scots)
the franc, which came to 600 lbs. Scots, or about £50 ster¬
ling. On the 5th July he had started on a tour and was at
Bourges, where he got a letter from his father ordering
him to return home by Michaelmas, and on the 19th of the
same month 500 francs were again sent him. James duly
returned home on 1st November 1637, but it was rather
the return of a prodigal, as he not only had spent the
last 500 francs but had borrowed 300 more in Paris and
£23 sterling in London. The old gentleman, however, it
is fair to say, makes no complaints, and not only paid
THE DIARY OF SIR JAMES HOPE
by their father, who chronicles in his Diary, under date
24th February 1636, their departure from home :—
‘ This day my two sones Mr. Alexander and Mr. James
tuik journey, the one to Court, and the other to France :
and gevin to Mr. Alexander xxxvii doubill angels, quhilk,
with the 13 quhilk he had, makes 50 doubill angels : and
als gevin to him 5clb of rydals of gold for his journey.
Item, gevin to Mr. James 50 doubill angels, with a Portugal
ducat of gold. Item, to him 1 merkes of gold for his
journey, with some 30 s. sterling of xii s. peeces. Item,
thair mother gaif to ilk of them 2 rosnobles. Item, I gaif
ather of them the buik of Imitatioun of Chryst of Thomas
Kempis, with command, ilk day, in morning and evening,
to reid ane cheptor thairof; and last gaif them my bless¬
ing. God send me a happie sycht of them both.’
Notwithstanding this generous provision both for body
and soul, the boys appear to have been rather greedy and
did not think it sufficient, for their father adds :—
‘ Item, eftir they went als far as the Patter raw, they
sent for x dollors, quhilk I gave, and uther ten dollors
wes borrowit be Mr. James from Hary Hope, quhilk I
pay it.’
James was at Orleans in the beginning of October, when
his father sent him other 50 double angels, and in the
following January he got 500 francs sent him at 24s. (Scots)
the franc, which came to 600 lbs. Scots, or about £50 ster¬
ling. On the 5th July he had started on a tour and was at
Bourges, where he got a letter from his father ordering
him to return home by Michaelmas, and on the 19th of the
same month 500 francs were again sent him. James duly
returned home on 1st November 1637, but it was rather
the return of a prodigal, as he not only had spent the
last 500 francs but had borrowed 300 more in Paris and
£23 sterling in London. The old gentleman, however, it
is fair to say, makes no complaints, and not only paid
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| Description | Third volume. Contents: Dundee court-martial records, 1651 / edited by Godfrey Davies -- The bishop of Galloway's correspondence, 1679-1685 / edited by William Douglas -- The diary of Sir James Hope, 1646-1654 / edited by Sir James Balfour Paul -- Instructions for the trial of Patrick Graham, 1476 / edited by Robert Kerr Hannay -- The Scottish contributions to the distressed church of France, 1622 / edited by D. Hay Fleming -- The Forbes baron court book, 1659-1678 / edited by J. Maitland Thomson. |
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