Item from Andro Grey ane brew fatt and thrie chares comprysed at 4 lib 13s. 4d. qlk poynds was delyverit to the sojours in pairt of payment of their wages.

Item from Wm Crukshank a petticoat a kist half a blanket ane old lint wheell comprysed at 8 merks qlk chist and half blanket belonged to Gilbert Walker beidman and was ordeint to be given to him be the bailies and the petticoat and lint wheell was given to the sojours in pairt of payment of their wages.

Item from Andro Baird a kist wt thrie pound weicht of wooll therin comprysed to 4 lib. 13s. 4d. qch I sold at the samen rate and put the moe. among my recepts

DISCHARGE 1673-75.

Item to the souldioures at the gra" Randevouzes for ther
pay and dressing ther armes
Item to our tounes agent Wm Gordone for promesing to
send home the great charter and ratificatione of the
thursdayes mercatt

Item payit to Allex' Moreis by ordor for a draught anent the releiff of our excyse to get a pairt defalcat and laid on upon the shyre

Item at my lord Seforths making burges and 3 ell of skarlet ribens .

4 13 4

7 4 0

2 16 0

28 0

300

CHARGE 1679-80.

Recepts of Exyse

Mare fra Jo" Downie for six firlotts malt

Mare fra Elspet Taes at her Session brew-2 bolls
Mare at her mariag 4 bolls of the qch she has payt

Mare fra Robert Burnet at his first bairnes baptism 3 bolls
Mare fra Wm Gray 2 bols at his sisters session, I at her
mariag

Mar Alex Hat 1 boll at his son Peters baptizm and 10s for former

Mar Wm Gray in Abd 1 boll at his mariag.

Mare Alex' Hill at his mariag 4 bollsmalt

I 10

2 O O

3 13 0 300

300

I IO O

00

4 13 0

DISCHARGE 1679-80.

December 2a be order of the bailies at the seiking out of
militia men and grieing w' them gave them 4 pynts aill
I pynt to ilk man

Mare of arles to Georg Donald to be militia man
Mare to the 4 Militiamen to turrefs randivow Jun. 1 1680.
Mare gave them a 4 houres be order of the bailies to en-
courage them because their tym was run out

11 July 1680 spent wt Harie Elf [ingston] to be of freind
concerning the militia and excyse in Alex' Coupers

.

Mare to Harie Elfingston for his favors
To Robert Lesle glassin wright conform to his discharg
for a glass window and a weir window to the scooll
chalmer in the counsell house the old window being
blown out

Mare for ane new drume to the toune 8s. ster. is
Mare at the seiking out and buying of hir 4 p. aill is .

DISCHARGE 1682-83.

Mare spent wt dein of guild of Abd. deceb' '82 or bailies
haveing caused John Smiths guids be releived from the
Dein of guild at severall meitings

Mare 21 Apr. '83 at the making of Capt. Lyon and the
Shereff clerk of Farfar burges and fyve vthers in Allex'
Coupers house spent.

Item for parchement and ribands to ther acts

DISCHARGE 1683-84.

Aprill 22 1684 for a sute of clothes to the drumer and all furnishing and making

19 Octo' spent in Alex' Coupers when the laird of Pitcurr and vthers was made burges for wyn aill tobaco and pypes .

Mare given out for 12 horss to bring home the min's plenishing

Item at the King's proclamaone 16 Feb' '85 five gallon aill

200

5 5 6

2 16 O

10 3 6

7 10 6

24 O

4 O O

Mare a barrell burned be the scollers.

Mare 3 dossone glass at 4s. the peice .

Mare the sd. day for 10 pynts of wyne at 18s. the pynt
Mare the sd. day for fyftein load of peits to a fire
Mare for 7 load of peits to be a fire q" Argile was tein and
12 penies to Ja: Willsone for puting on the fire.
Mare to James Duncan for laying the floor of the scooll
and clayeing the walls

Mare for peitts to a fire vpon the day of Agust 1685
being a thanksgiving for a victorie over the kings
enimes

14 Octo 1685 for 8 pynts wyn to the cross.

Item for 2 dosson glasses the s day being the kings birth.
Item for peits to a fire at the cross the sd. day
Item to Alex' Crystall for a staff to the coulers.

DISCHARGE 1685-86.

Item to Allex' Couper Master of the Musik skool his salurie for mertamis 1685

Item at the Bishops Christmes Court

Item to Allex' Christal for mending of the stoks and lock . Item for dressing of the Cross w' thre loads of pinnings and of careing three stones to hew, to be steps and three tubfuls of lime.

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10 00 O 12

O 14

0 17 6

3 12 O

Item for gairding of the Market and eal in the Counsel-
house one the Market day
Item spent w' the Magistrats and Dean of Gild of Abd. at
the sd. Market and Captain Collison for composing of
a pley betuixt some of the inhabitants and his souldiers
in John Pedders house

DISCHARGE 1687-88.

Item for a pairt of a coffin to on that wes found dead in the sands

June-At the solemnizing of the Prince birth for wyne and glasses and ane bonfire.

664

1 2 0

8 14 0

Item spent at the sichting of the moss, in Dubfuird and for horse hyre to Baillie Gordone and the toune clerk and instrument money and in the returne home

Item givin to the meassons at the building of the east gavill of the Cathedrall church

Item given to the guard be Baillie Frasers order the night
that Harthill molested the guard and in the morning
befoire they went to Abd. nyn pynts aill is .
Item to Com Scougall for raising lers. off law burrows
and molestation at the toune's instance against Hil-
toune's tennents and for his advice and paines being
imployed as advocat for the toun in any affairs they
may be concerned in at the south

3 10 0

3 10 0

I 7 0

14 IO O

Item for fixing the same to the cross to Da: Murray
For coall and candle for the guard
For baggade horss to Inverurie .

Item to Patrick Fraser customer for making intimation of luke's fair 1690 to hold at Old Abd. w'in a fourtnight efter the ordinarie tyme The samen being continowed be reason of ill weather and great raines inde

CHARGE 1691-93.

.

300

Item receavit from David Main for the customes of St.
Luks fair 1692 and Pasch mercat 1693 and Whit
sonday therefter

Item for the Lochmaill cropt 1690 from Pat. Kilgour
Item from John Johnston for the counsell house chop

DISCHARGE 1691-93.

Imprimis payit for coall and candle to the guard fra April
1691 to 27 Dec' the said year when Colonell Buchans
Battalion went north (the tounes guard being included)
Item to Alex' Cristall for divvitting the schoolls p recept.

133 6 8

30 O O

3 10 O

39 14 4 2 7 O

Item spent in Wm Orems at severall occasions fra the 7th
September 1691 to 13 May 1692 years. The Baillies
and many of the Council being present consulting
anent the toune's affairs .

Item to James Touch for going to Forfar w' ane express to
Mr Robert Gelles
Item spent at the tryall of Mr William Cuming in vocal
and instrumental musick including 14s gevin to James
Duncan

Item to James Beverlay and other workmen that ther with
him building ane bridge at the broomhill and repairing
the other bridge at the Locheye .

Item 30 May 1692 when the newes came of the defeat of
the french fleett for ane bonfire at the cross for peats
coalls firr and ane tarr barrell

Item for drink to the officers and for ringing the bells
Item 19th of Dec' spent at making the billetts for the
dragouns and ordoring ther localitie

DISCHARGE 1695-97.

Item given to the officers for bringing the Lady Arnadge peck to be measured with the touns peck ane pynt of aill is.

Item for confections at visiting the Schooll

Item spent at the samen tyme in Baillie Knight's house with the bailleis and Mr Wm Cuming schoollmaster Item spent with the bailleis and clerk at the meitting to advertise the toun to be in armes

Item payit for sex gunstons

Item spent with the guard at luks fair 1696

Item given to the officers at the sd. mercat

Item payed to James Thomson for Tokens to the poor of
the toun

Item given to William Scott for learning the drumer
Item to John Sangster bookbinder for ane new book to the
clerk.