316 Dumfries Treasurers' Accounts. 



for the ledders bringing- to the brig 6s 8d 



to Homer Glencorss for the mending of 



William Hanyngs sones arme J^2 i6s 



to Jon Aittin for the mylnehoill mylne 17 days... ;£'i2 15s 



to his servitor 17 dayes ;^6 i6s 



to Harbert Andersone 19 dayes J^\2 13s 4d 



to Jon Dunbar 19 dayes ;^i2 13s 4d 



to Harie Blunt for 48 draught of stanes ^.-t^ 4s 



to Roger Doungalsone at the mylnehoill mylne 



2 dayes £,\ 6s 



to the barrow men 19 dayes ;^ii 8s 



to William Wright for rid[d]ing20c of the mylne 



steid, 5 dayes £.\ 13s 4d 



to the said William Wright and Androw Hosten 



for ridding of the troch and rinner of the 



mylne £2 6s 8d 



to workmen at the mylne and brig 40 dayes for 



ther mornyng drinks £>'^^ 



the maister of work at the mylne 19 dayes ;^ii 8s 



Suma page ^654 15s. 



fol. 8] 



Mr Jon Corsane proveist commissioner to 



Glasgow £2ZZ 5s 



debursit be me to the exchaker^M ;^24 os i2d 



allowit to me for my charges £^ 13s 4d 



plaints still continuing in 1724 (ibid., 348), the Clerks of the 

 burrow equies at the Exchequer offered to accept a fixed fee for 

 fitting the eques (ibid., 558), an offer which, aft^r a counter pro- 

 posal from the Convention, seems to have settled the difficulty. 

 From the Accounts of the Common Good (MSS. at the Register 

 House), it is known that Dumfries in 1627-8 paid "to the 

 Exchekquer for sic eque— £3 6s {? 15s)," and in 1633-4, £3 15s. 

 The Magistrates of Burghs were ordered in 1540 to fit the eque of 

 their mails and accounts at the Exchequer (Acts, Scot., Pari., ii., 

 p. 372), which was only the re-affirmation of an ancient practice 

 (see also Clerk and Scrope's Court of the Exchequer, pp. 118-9 and 

 158). 



20c Clearing out. 



20d This payment must refer to the Burgh mails due to the 

 Crown. The amount was £20 Os 12d (c.f., Ex. Rolls passim). The 

 extra £4 might be an arrear, 



