The KiRKos. 237 



have maid repentence for the same. And because it is left 

 to the optioun of the officer whither he will take horse or 

 money82 you must provyd eight scoir punds for ilk horse^^ 

 to be putt furth off your parische and that you mak readie 

 the last sevin moneths maintenence preceding- October and 

 since October four moneths, October being ane, with certi- 

 ficatioune giff ye failzie yow sail [be] cessit upoun be 

 Trowpers. 



Thomas M'burnie, i.p.c. 

 ffor vour better ease we have proportioned yowr pairt quhilk 

 is xvs iiijd for everie hundreth merk rent and for ilk thrie 

 thousand ffour scoir mark rent ane futeman. 



Dinscoir is all subject to payment of the horse & fute 

 except dalgonnour, sundayvoU, collistoune, fendin- 

 grusche, killielago, barsievalloe, m'chenistoune, new- 

 toune, lagen, egertoune, demstertoune. " 



This document seems to have followed upon " an Act 

 of Levie for the raising some force for securitie of the peace 

 of the kingdom until the ensuing parliament," dated 14th 

 October, 1648. 8'* It enacted that the Sheriffdom of Dum- 

 fries should provide as its proportion ninety-two foot and 

 twenty-five horse to garrison Strathbolgie and Bog of 

 Gicht, and Edinburgh, Dumbarton, and Douglas Castles ; 

 and it directed that the Committee of War was to levy the 

 proportionate part out of each shire by charging only those 

 who were disaffected or engagers ; and that officers should 

 take either men and horses, or ;^.i6o for each horseman and 

 ;;^40 for each footman. The valued rent of Dumfriesshire 

 was ;^'245,820 ;^^ and accordingly the proportion mentioned 

 in the notice to Dalgoner, i.e., a footman for every 3080 

 merks rent, seems a fair one, when we consider that it was 

 only the disaffected and engagers who were to be charged. 



82 This practice gave rise to great abuses, and was forbidden, 

 except in the shires beyond the Spey, bj' an Act, dated 25th June. 

 1650 {Fol. Acts, vi., pt. ii., p. 590). 



83 See Fol. Acts, vi., pt. ii., p. 218. 



84 MS. Begistei- of the Committee of Estates, September 1st. 

 1643 — January, 1649 (Register House, Edinburgh). 



84a Fol. Acts, vi., pt. ii., p. 501. 



