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THE DIARY OF SIR JAMES HOPE
\_page #.]
Sept. 17.
{page Ifl.]
[page 41]
[page 45.]
whereof he thought he would have foure or fyve hundreth
chalder; whereof everie chalder according to his aggrie-
ment w* the coallmen should consist of 12 seckes, and
everie secke to be tuo elles long and one in diameter, y1
is to conteine three elles about, for the Chalder whereof
to be delyvered to me at Leith he asked first 40/ st. I
offered him 20/; by degrees he came to accept of my
offer bot herein wee differed, yt he would have me to
advance and ansuer mony upon his lettres, before the
delyverie of the charcoall, weh he would not undertake to
delyver befor the nixt spring, wch advancement I would
not condiscend to, so wee parted wtout any formall
closure.
Freidday. The Coinitte of ye shirreffdome of Clidsdaille
haveing, wtout citeing of me, ordored me to pay for my
leadworkes maintenance mony according to fyve thousand
pounds for this yeere, I went upon Wednsday last w1
my Lord Craufurd 1 to Hammiltoune to ye buriall of my
Lady Marques of HaiTiiltoune,2 who was buried yesterday,
and this day a frequent Committe of the Shyre being
mett yre I gave in a petione to ym that they would appoint
some of yre numbre to meette. They first pressed y* they
would take my oath wcl11 ansuered was ane hard measure
seing no mans oath was taken wfin ye shyre for yre land
rent, yett if they would lay it upon me, I would be content
to give my oath yr anent, if so be they would allow to me
in yis yeere my superexpences in my former valuatione
found and declared by yr owne act of date ye 15 of Septr
1646, wch they absolutlie refused bot said they would
have everie yeere to be valued per se wkmt compensatione
of former depursements, whereupon they appointed 5 of
yr numbre to meette, take tryell of my Compts and report
1 John Lindsay, son of Robert Lord Lindsay of the Byres and first Earl of
Lindsay, succeeded his brother Ludovic as seventeenth Earl of Crawford in
1644.
2 Anna, daughter of James (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn, married in
1603 James, second Marquess of Hamilton. In 1639 she raised a troop of horse
for the Covenanters, and rode at its head in opposition to her eldest son who
was on the king’s side.
THE DIARY OF SIR JAMES HOPE
\_page #.]
Sept. 17.
{page Ifl.]
[page 41]
[page 45.]
whereof he thought he would have foure or fyve hundreth
chalder; whereof everie chalder according to his aggrie-
ment w* the coallmen should consist of 12 seckes, and
everie secke to be tuo elles long and one in diameter, y1
is to conteine three elles about, for the Chalder whereof
to be delyvered to me at Leith he asked first 40/ st. I
offered him 20/; by degrees he came to accept of my
offer bot herein wee differed, yt he would have me to
advance and ansuer mony upon his lettres, before the
delyverie of the charcoall, weh he would not undertake to
delyver befor the nixt spring, wch advancement I would
not condiscend to, so wee parted wtout any formall
closure.
Freidday. The Coinitte of ye shirreffdome of Clidsdaille
haveing, wtout citeing of me, ordored me to pay for my
leadworkes maintenance mony according to fyve thousand
pounds for this yeere, I went upon Wednsday last w1
my Lord Craufurd 1 to Hammiltoune to ye buriall of my
Lady Marques of HaiTiiltoune,2 who was buried yesterday,
and this day a frequent Committe of the Shyre being
mett yre I gave in a petione to ym that they would appoint
some of yre numbre to meette. They first pressed y* they
would take my oath wcl11 ansuered was ane hard measure
seing no mans oath was taken wfin ye shyre for yre land
rent, yett if they would lay it upon me, I would be content
to give my oath yr anent, if so be they would allow to me
in yis yeere my superexpences in my former valuatione
found and declared by yr owne act of date ye 15 of Septr
1646, wch they absolutlie refused bot said they would
have everie yeere to be valued per se wkmt compensatione
of former depursements, whereupon they appointed 5 of
yr numbre to meette, take tryell of my Compts and report
1 John Lindsay, son of Robert Lord Lindsay of the Byres and first Earl of
Lindsay, succeeded his brother Ludovic as seventeenth Earl of Crawford in
1644.
2 Anna, daughter of James (Cunningham), Earl of Glencairn, married in
1603 James, second Marquess of Hamilton. In 1639 she raised a troop of horse
for the Covenanters, and rode at its head in opposition to her eldest son who
was on the king’s side.
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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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