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Hearth tax transcription

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Ane list of the hearths in the presbitrie of
Turreff as the samen wer surveyed by the rexive [respective]
Persons after mentioned and Givin in to Sr [Sir]
James Gordon of Lessmoir as after followes

Turreff Presbitrie

-- hearths -- lib [pounds] -- ss [shillings] -- ds [pence]
Auchterles P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr david pantone session clerk
and James alexander in Knockleith and John
duncan at milne of [poglassie] tuo of the elders
Conforme to thir subscryved list extends to -- 364

Kingedward P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr William Law session clerk
androw Gerard in Clochorbie androw Mackie at
the milne of balmade elders extends to
Thrie hundreth sixtie six hearths -- 348

Drumblait P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr William Logie session clerk
Hierom duiguid and William Gordon elders
Conforme to ther subd [subscrived] list extends to thrie
hundreth tuentie nyne hearths -- 339

Monquhiter P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr androw Gardyne session clerk
John [dinguall] in Litle Achry and alexander panton
in Lesscraigie elders Conforme to ther subd [subscrived] list
extends to tuo hundreth four score tuo hearths -- 282

fyvie [?] P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr Robert blanshell sessi [session] clerk
alexander cheyne and John forsyth elders Conforme to
ther subd [subscrived] List extends to six hundreth & ten hearths -- 610

forgue P [Parish]
Surveyed be Mr James crombie sess [session] clerk
alexander fordyce and james Coshie elders Conforme to ther
subscryved List extends to four hundreth & eghtie four -- 484

Turreff P [Parish]
Surveyed by David Ramsay session clerk John
Thomsone and William Davidson elders Conforme
to ther subd [subscrived] list extends to thrie hundreth and sixtie -- 504
Suma [Summa] -- 2931

Strathbogie Presbitrie
Ane list of the hearths of the presbitrie off
Strathbogie as the samen was surveyed be
the persones eftermentioned And Givin in to the
abovemenned [abovementioned] Sir James Gordon of Lessmoir

Rynie & essie P [Parish]
Surveyed by Mr John Layng session clerk William
Clark & Robert sinclar elders Conforme to ther
subd [subscrived] list extends to tuo hundreth tuentie four herths -- 244

Botarie P [Parish]
Surveyed by Mr Thomas harper session clerk &
James duff elder Conforme to ther subd [subscrived] list ex
tends [extends] to one hundreth and eightie fyve herths -- 185

Ruthven P [Parish]
Surveyed by Mr Thomas harper sess [session] clerk & James
duffe elder Conforme to ther subd [subscrived] List extends to
tuo hundreth and thrie hearths -- 203

Transcriber's notes

Page numbered 1/ in a modern hand.
NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION
Some figures have been corrected and now contradict the numbers given in words.
The initial letters of several of the parish names are partly obscured.
'Rexive' is an abbreviation for 'respective(ly)', with confusion of 'x' and 'p'.
FORMS OF NAMES
Clochorbie - cf. (Upper) Clochforbie
Drumblait = Drumblade
Poglassie = Piglassie