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Transcription of Part 2 of the Bruce Muniments Documents of 1712 -1717. 4
These accounts show that 4 Burgar families were living in Hillwell, Dunrossness, or immediate the area, at this time.
They were John, Laurence, Robert and the son of Robert (thought to be John).
See actual photocopy of Part 2 of Accounts
You will see that the accounts are difficult to follow, since the items seem to have been entered over a number of years. For example, some tenants are paying in 1713 but others are paying as late as 1717.
The summaries below are incomplete, because of the difficulty of reading the original photocopies. At some stage it is hoped to obtain the original documents for more detailed analysis.
John Burgar
|
Item |
£-s-d |
Total £-s-d |
|
Paid into fish account
|
£1-12-6d |
£1-12s-6d |
|
Paid by Cash on George Bairnsons account by 5½ Merks Butter*
|
£14-0-0 £1-0-0 £0-11-0d
|
£15-13s-0d |
|
Paid by him 29 December 1713 Paid by cash |
£6-0s-0dScots £3-0s-0d |
£9-0s-0d |
| Paid by him 2 pints of oil to John Aikin, and Robert Marshall * | £0-3s-4d |
* I believe that this means the two people mentioned owe money to the Laird, but John Burgar owes them money and is paying the Landlord directly on their behalf.
Robert Burgar
|
Item |
£-s-d |
Total £-s-d |
|
Paid 4 Lispound 3merks of butter =99 Merks at £0-2s-0d/Merk Paid cash |
£9-18s-0d. £4-16s-0d |
£14-14s-0d
|
|
Paid by him in Cash 20 April 1713 paid to his sons account for fish |
£16-19s-0d, £1-12s-6d |
£26-12s-8d |
|
Received (do not know what this means, maybe payment in advance?) |
£10-0s-8d |
|
Robert is paying money on his son's account. We believe that this son is John Burgar, who appears in the Gifford Rentals a few years later It is likely that his son would be in his early 20s, which would infer that Robert was also married around 1690. It is further assumed that he was born at about the same time as Laurence (say about 1665)
Laurence Burgar
Laurence Burgar is not named on this page of the accounts. However, the entry above Robert has no name attached to it, and since Laurence was present in The Gifford Rentals of 1717, it is thought that this non-named section may refer to Laurence Burgar.
|
Item |
£-s-d |
Total £-s-d |
| by 16 quarts butter | £2-3s-? | £2-3s-? |
| By cash paid on account of the vistuals | £8-13s-? | £8-13s-? |
| 1/2 Coss ? him for two years Paid by cash Januar 1715 | £3 | £3 |