Series 3 > Selections from the Monymusk Papers, 1713-1775

MONYMUSK PAPERS
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68. This expires Whit: 1748 ; and for crop 1741 for Pitfichy Park
is to pay 3 b: 3 p. meal, & £12 10s., and further is to pay,
vid: 62 ; for another inclosure in Pitfichy, according to measure¬
ment agreeable to minute.
69 & 78. Expires at Whit: 1745 ; pays for crop 1741 etc. only for
mill of Monymusk 28 bolls, 2| pecks meal at 8 sl, & for parks
of Kirktown £20 & 4 b. Ip. meal @ 8 s4; and for few £2 5s.
& £l Os. 6d., more for the rest of his yard beyond his few right.
N.B.—When the lease of parks is out, if managed as agreed in
lease, it will pay & be worth above double. His rent of Kirk¬
town is £49 16s. for 6 bolls of land. Qry. at Tho8 Winter about
other 2 fr: which he had for grass haughs £4 so in all is.
72. John Grant enters with crop 1741 for Paradise & Wood etc.
according to minute which expires at Mart: 1743, 1746, or
1748 in his option to yearly at Martimass 1742, etc. @ £96
for croft & all.
74. Expires at Whit: 1746 ; he is to pay £2 more when his chamber
is not used for sifting. Qy. if it’s used, his rent at £8 6s., which
was agreed, should be £35 12s. 8d. vid. Rob. Grant’s Rentroll
of Kirktown.
75. Thomas Winter enters to John Winchesters for crop 1742,
with deduction of 10 merks yearly for the house, to continue
for 2, 5, or 7 years in his option, & to have & pay more for the
yard at back of Robert Adamsons, and for the same time &
option. Alexr Winchester shall possess Tho8 Winter’s present
house & land. Winter is to pay for the land £47 4s. 2d. for the
house, £20: for few yard, and officer yard £l: Is., for value of
the leit of peats above the conversion, £5 ; in all £73 5s. 2d.;
and Winchester is to pay for land £36 16s. 8d., for house &
yard £10, & for the little yard behind his yard 10s. 6d.
77. The rest of Kirktown is possessed by William Moir, who pays
£12 9s. for land & 18s. for yard ; John Allan, £12 9s. for
land ; James Mores for Smith’s croft, £16 3s. 4d., for other
land £12 19s. 5d., for his yard, 18sh., for the outfield & pasture
the half only to be ploughed £4 3s. 4d., but not to [
1742. In all £34 14s. Id. Peter Adam for land at £l2 15s. 2d.
for the whole yard £3 ; Andrew Adam for crop 1741, & Peter
Ross afterwards £22 3s., for grass 16s. ; & for yard £4 2s. 6d.,