Oyl to the knok, 8 14 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 To 2 masons for 4 days work at humanist's manse, for morter to it, 018&9s For Spotswood's historie, . For labouring the litle inclosur under my window, To Smith Forsy for amending the saills of the knock, Whyt yron to that purpose, Mr. Gil. Rul, his cherges sent to hear Mr. Alex. Scrogie, A post from Kirkaldie to Dudonston for lyme, My charges at Edinburgh, Dalkeith, West Lothian, for the stone and lyme, 06 0 4 16 0 1 4 0 30 0 0 To Smith Forsy for amending the knock, som locks, keyes, &c., 1 A letter to Kirkaldie for naprie, To Smith Forsy for a chain to the knok, bands to a window over For clensing the kitchin lum, and all the masters lums, To Ja. Davidson, Pat. Strachan, and other 2, for thecking the laigh houses of the chaplanes, and Dr. Moor's, 4 4 Praemia, and for August 1st, also not given them, 0 19 Naprie to the colledg, 2 table cloths, 2 disson servits, 2 towells, 16 5 5 0 080 1 0 0 To Forsyth for righting the knock, 0 5 0 A compt to reimburss James Fraser for the cook's buriall, 3 dosin of trenchers, and 2 Dundie queechs, To Jo. Ligerwood, for reparing som things in the chaplens, helping som girnells in the colledg, the desk in the common schools, and helping som things in som chalmers, To Wm. Ker for guilding the phan of the pricket, 4 4 0 Item, for washing with glewed shell lym som rowms in the humanist's manss, and for setting the chimney with lym, and for coloring gray the chimney, 280 To a post, quho broyght the generall's lettre, To Smith Jonston for a new lock to the bagan schools, and a To Jo. Leigerwood for amending the loft in the kirk desk, For a compas, and bruse pen and rid lead for the Maisteris, £0 4 0 250 2 12 0 1 13 4 0 14 0 To J. L. for 6 dayes work at the humanist's manse and chapters, To J. L. for helping all the forstairs, making a geometrical in strument, som other jotts, Suarez, 19 volums, 4 16 0 01 0 1 10 0 120 0 0 Franc. Bonae Spei, Le Kees, 4 toms, . For repairing som things in the school and humanist's manse, manse, To Alex. Grig for clearing the bartesin, and making a way for rain to run in the churchyaird, Horat. Tursellini epitome, The tong of the great bell hung in yron, For bands in the mediciner's manse, a risp to the gait, To Jo. Davidson for bigging up the capitoll windows, and taking For the bagans school window, 2 pair of bands, roses, rings, sneck, For 200 faill to the kirk yaird dykes, Totalis of the discharge is Summa totalis of the charge being Rests wherein the charge exceeds the discharge, ... 1 16 0 1 10 1 30 4 4 0 851 14 10 1530 10 10 678 16 0 The principall's accompts from Michaelmes, 1654, to Michaelmes, 1656, et ultra, the last particular being April 4, 1657, .. are found to be rightlie calculated, and the compter his charge to exceed his discharge by six hundred three score and eightene pounds and sixteen shillings Scottish money which sowme . . . the colledge does discharge the principall, Mr. John Row, of it, and discharges also all his heirs, executors, or intromittors of the foresaid sowme, .. by reasone that he, the said principall is, by the judges their order of date at Edinburgh, 23rd day of Januare, 165, assigned unto eight hundreth merks per annum, out of the vacant stipend in the Old Towne of Aberdene. And Mr. Wm. Strachan's relict haveing gotten Whitsunday and Martinmas fiftie-three, Whitsunday and Martinmas fiftie-foure, there will rest to the principall Whitsunday and Martinmas fifty-fyve and fiftie-sixe, inde one thousand three score sixe pounds thrittene shillings four pennies Scottish; whereof the colledge allows to the principall the abovesaid £678 16s. as a part of that sowme of £1066 13s. 4d., according to their determination at their meeting, March 19, 1657; resolving also to pay the principall the rest of that sowme, viz., £387 17s. 4d. Scottish, provyded the Old Toune get a secund minister, and provyded the principall do not any further, after Martinmas fiftie-sixe, improve his order, but assigne the colledge to it: likeas he, by thir presents, does assigne the colledge to it, and has delyvered to them the said warrand or order. In testimonie quherof, thir presents are subscryved by the wholl members of the said colledge, at the saids king's colledge, the 20th day of Aprile M vie and fiftie and seven yeeres. Mr. John Row principall his compts, from Septr. 5, 1659, to August, 1661. The discharge. Imprimis, a courtesie to Colonel Charles Fairfax and his officers, Also, to Alex. Burnet, sent to Angus about the ryot, Dec. 14, For a furm to the secund schooll, and one to Mr. Johnstone, a little stool for the principall's chamber, a muller in the lesser chamber, a broad for calligraphia to the grammar school, Item, for a lettre to Wm. Henderson, about our 5 lib. starlin, from Col. Fairfax, 8 20 1 10 0 1 10 0 034 0 2 0 Item, for a letter to Alex", about the ryot of Dec. 14, '59, 2 19 4 about the ryot, 3 18 0 For a courtesie to tuo of our friends, about the ryot, Spent with the commissioners about the ryot, and their friends, about the ryot, For mending the college loft in the pariosh kirk; a cloak pin and To Alex. Barnett, sent to Bamff, Auchmedden, &c. places, about For the repairing of the butts, upon an extraordinarie occasion, To Wm. Forsyth for the tongue of the new bell, above quhat A courtessie to the Newtoun ministers and masters, To Smith Forsyth for ordering and rectifying the litle bells, Spent at the telling of the new colledge 300 lib., Spent with our friends, quhen the money was given in custodie to Mr. Andrew Massie, For mending the north stair, . To Sir Anthonie Cleevland starving throw want, To Geo. Cymin for a key to the commune schools, righting the To Alex. Irvin for cutting and guilding 5 sheet of theses in great For helping the west dyck of the colledge yaird, For cleansing the latrins, 0 12 0 For 6 crampetts to the hall amrie, 0 2 0 A courtesie in the chamber, and a dinner in the hall to the tuo commissioners of Murray province, 5 14 6 0 18 0 A courtesie to 3 colledge friends belonging to Monros, Spent at the admission of some of the rector's assessores, A courtesie to Dr. Tongue, Englishman, 17 lettres to Dr. Moore and the laird of Udnie, 8 fathoms of towes to the great bell, For a plate lock to the belhous, 3 keyes, and a new tongue to the bell, To James Frazer for another table cloth to the bursars; for trenchers, cups, tongues, &c., For hair to the reposeing bed, and furme in the principle's Tuo new pans to the kitchin, weighand 5 lib. 14 ounces, at 19 sh. A courtesie to the executors of Mr. James Sandilands, The schooll rooff helped, A wright compt; a new doore to the kirk loft; mending its breast; for making tuo troughs to James Frazer; mending sundrie shotts, and chamber floores; for reedifieing the north staire in the chaplans blowen doune, and severall other jotts, forby what was advanced, For covering the table in the great chamber, helping the reposeing bed and furme, For covering the furm in the principall's lesser chamber, For a strong lock to the kitchin, |