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THE DIARY OF SIR JAMES HOPE
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to ym upon the 5 of Octr being a meetteing appointed at
Lanark for choyceing of Comissionaires for the parlt.
This sub comitt£ mett at Lanarke upon ye 28 of yis Sept. 28.
instant.
Efter reviseing of my compts, and takeing the oath of
my servants toucheing what lead oare I had caried this
yeere, they called upon my selfe and desyred me to
rebait als much of everie article of my depursements as
well I might, so to this purpose it behoved me to wrytte
the summes of everie article over againe in ane uther
columne, bot when wee came to ye article of the worke- 47.]
mens wages extending to £6000 (because I would not
rebait anything yrof) it was forgott at first to be written
doune in ye new margine, wch made me to be a benefiter,
wch I would not condescend to, and so keeped us in debate
be ye space of tuo houres, bot besydes that mistake they
posed me what lead oare I had above ground wch I
knowing myselfe be my compts to be farre superexpended
and remembering that they had refused to allow super-
expences, and yrfor thinkeing ye more leadoare I declared
to be aboveground it would be the better for me the nixt
yeere, whereupon I declared that I thoght yr was not
above fyfeteine yett I should admitte yr wer 25000 stonne ;
wch togither w* ye former omissione, and some articles of
my compt wch they refused altogither to allow (as ye
pryce of my worke lowmes from Holland and ensurance ]
mony because I would not positivelie declare I had payed
any) made me to be a benefiter by varie neere als much
as y* article omitted, for I had forecast things so before¬
hand y* I might runne neere, bot could not at first con-
ceave where ye errour was, whereupon they would have
had me to pay according to 3000lb wch I absolutelie refused,
bot finding yt they went varie strictlie and narrowlie about [/^ so.]
the tryell of my compts, I said yt thogh I be confident if
my compts be rightlie calculat I shall be found to be no
benefiter this yeere, yett to be free of trouble and that
both the shyre and I might be at a certaintie, I would be
content to give them tuentie peices by yeere, wch they said
they had no poure to accept of, bot would report it to ye
143
to ym upon the 5 of Octr being a meetteing appointed at
Lanark for choyceing of Comissionaires for the parlt.
This sub comitt£ mett at Lanarke upon ye 28 of yis Sept. 28.
instant.
Efter reviseing of my compts, and takeing the oath of
my servants toucheing what lead oare I had caried this
yeere, they called upon my selfe and desyred me to
rebait als much of everie article of my depursements as
well I might, so to this purpose it behoved me to wrytte
the summes of everie article over againe in ane uther
columne, bot when wee came to ye article of the worke- 47.]
mens wages extending to £6000 (because I would not
rebait anything yrof) it was forgott at first to be written
doune in ye new margine, wch made me to be a benefiter,
wch I would not condescend to, and so keeped us in debate
be ye space of tuo houres, bot besydes that mistake they
posed me what lead oare I had above ground wch I
knowing myselfe be my compts to be farre superexpended
and remembering that they had refused to allow super-
expences, and yrfor thinkeing ye more leadoare I declared
to be aboveground it would be the better for me the nixt
yeere, whereupon I declared that I thoght yr was not
above fyfeteine yett I should admitte yr wer 25000 stonne ;
wch togither w* ye former omissione, and some articles of
my compt wch they refused altogither to allow (as ye
pryce of my worke lowmes from Holland and ensurance ]
mony because I would not positivelie declare I had payed
any) made me to be a benefiter by varie neere als much
as y* article omitted, for I had forecast things so before¬
hand y* I might runne neere, bot could not at first con-
ceave where ye errour was, whereupon they would have
had me to pay according to 3000lb wch I absolutelie refused,
bot finding yt they went varie strictlie and narrowlie about [/^ so.]
the tryell of my compts, I said yt thogh I be confident if
my compts be rightlie calculat I shall be found to be no
benefiter this yeere, yett to be free of trouble and that
both the shyre and I might be at a certaintie, I would be
content to give them tuentie peices by yeere, wch they said
they had no poure to accept of, bot would report it to ye
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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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