Dumfries Treasurers' Accoi'nts. 315 



for firdaills and naills to the briy^ to be 



scaffullin ;^8 



for ane ranger for the lyme los 



to Adam Cunynghame advocat for his pensione 



in doUors ;^'28 



to his servitor ;^i i6s 



to Hendrie Logane and Trenent for blaiks 



quarrell ;^'i 



to Robert Maesone for blaiks quarrell 13s 4d 



to Hary Robisone for lyme to the said brig ... ;^26 



for leiding of the samyn £^2 2S 



to Janet M'Jore for hir land ;^366 13s 4d 



to hir in ane Irle pennie^^ £2 i6s 



to Jon Hamylton for the irne suay^o ;£'i6 13s 4d 



to Thomas W'alker pewderer for 3 hors 



caradgies^oa ;^8 



for vther hors caradgies ;^io 13s 4d 



to the clerk for the commissones to the burrowes j^,t^ 6s 8d 



to Jon Shortrig for 12 pair of gloves ^^4 4s 



to Hendrie Logane and Trenent for cutting the 



beiks in the brig 6 dayes ;^6 



to Jon Crosbie for the kirkgait port making 



and vther work £^^ 



to Jon Flemyng messinger for the eque^"'' 12s 



19 Vxd^ 1633-4 Accounts, Note 35, 



20 Swing. 



20a Probably charge for caniage by horse. 



20b " Eque " or " et sic eque '" was the jjlirase placed at tlio 

 end of a balanced account to signify that it had been squared up 

 and settled. The process was called " fitting the burrows eques." 

 In this case it probably refers to the settlement of the annual 

 account with the Exchequer. This account shows that the Tiea- 

 surer had just paid the dues to the Exchequer, and John Fleming 

 may have been given 12s for bringing back the receipted account. 

 An eque having been fitted, usually had endorsed on its back a 

 discharge to the Biu'gh from the Comptroller or Clerk of the 

 Exchequer (c.f., Kec. of Conventions of l^oyal Burghs, i., 562). 

 The Clerks of the Exchequer demanded a fee for each eque. In 

 1716 complaints wei-e made that these fees were unequal and ex- 

 tortionate (ibid., v.. 164). So in 1718 the Convention approached 

 the Barons of the Exchequer to adjust the fees (ibid.. 200). Com- 



