Dumfries Treasurers' Accounts. 2'J9 



colours, the materials for which cost 12s. It would be in- 

 terestingto know whether they bore the motto "ALorcburn." 

 A drum was purchased for ;^5 8s, and John Edgar was sent 

 out constantly in pursuit of " horses to the campe," though 

 only two horses, a troop horse and a baggage horse, seems to 

 have been purchased. Such were the preparations in the 

 burgh when Colonel Munroe and his regiment were sum- 

 moned to join Leslie at the Tweed. An entry of ;£ri6o " dely- 

 verit to the trouperis " gives some indication of the cost the 

 regiment had been to the burgh. Munroe moved hastily to 

 Kelso, where he is reported to have had three muntineers 

 (Warriston's Diary). Thence threatened by an English 

 advance, he fell back on Leslie at Dunse Law. There the 

 two armies stood facing each other ; both shrank from the 

 conflict. So on i8th June, 1639, ^^'^^ arranged the Pacifica- 

 tion of Berwick, which was only to last for a year. 



At this point the period covered by the accounts here 

 published terminates. Thenceforward the annual Treasurer's 

 accounts are fairly complete, and will doubtless provide matter 

 of equal interest. 



1633=4. 



JOHXE JONSTOUN, THESAURAR, HIS COMPTIS, 1 634. 



foi. 1 Ri Suninia of the first fowrtene sydes of my last yeeres 

 debursements extends to — 3411 merks. 9 shillings. 

 Summa of my former yeres debursments extends 

 to 4057 merks 9s 4d. 



'°'- 21 Jon Jonstone his charge 1634. 



ffirst fra Harbert Irving taksman of the greit 



customed for the last qrter 1634 [? 1633J ...;£.220 

 in my hande for the impost^ of the last qrter ...£^2\\ 13s 4d 



1 The great custom was the duty imposed on merchandise. It 

 was farmed out bj* the authorities annually and collected at the 

 ports and tron. 



2 1 111' impost was a tax for a spinilic purjwse. At this date it 

 may liavc hceu the taxation of 3()s imiiosed every quarter on all 



