330 Dumfries Treasurers' Accounts. 



to James Aiken at command of provest and 



bailzies £io i6s 



for nailes to naile the hing^ers qn my lord 



Drumlangrig' came to the toun los 



to ye officers and uthers for beiring- the dales to 



be a scaffold yt day los 



to James Richersones wyff efter his owne depar- 

 ture out of the countrie at command of 

 provest and bailzies £s 8s 



to Harie Blunt for ane horse hyre to Mr James 



Hamiltoun going- to Edinburgh ;^5 8s 



to Adam Clerk for ane proclamatione at the 



mercat croce concerning the covenant ;^2 14s 



to James Thomson servitor to Mr Cuthbert 

 Cunyghame for his going to Edinburgh with 

 utheris toune folkis at command of bailzie Bell ;^5 8s 



to the prisoneris for ane pund of candle 4s 



to the ditcheris for the casting the Laripot 

 stanks^ and the zeard foots, thrie men fyftene 

 work days everie man aucht s. ilk day £^^ 



for casting the zeard foots betwixt the vennell 

 and the millburne foote thrie men other fyftene 

 work dayes everie man 8s ilk day £^^ 



for casting throuch Jhone Mcclein and Harbert 

 Baties land at Lochmabengait porte tuo men 

 four weeks being 24 work dayes ilk man 

 aucht ss. everie day^^ £^9 4s 



for the male of the wechthouse for half a zear £6 13s 4d 



to Johne Tailzer wricht for working at the 

 schoole and sundrie other workis as his 

 compt beares £/\6 



to Robert Glencorse conforme to his compt £a^ 7^ ^od 



9 The Laripots was the ground lying beyond Shakespeare 

 Street and extending eastwards to Leafield Road. 



93- These entries indicate the line of protective ditches on the 

 south and west of the town, from Lochmabengate (or English 

 Street) Port to the Millburn, and from the Millburn to the Friars' 

 Vennel. The third entry may refer to the ditches from Loch- 

 mabengate Port northwards to Townhead Port, 



