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Hearth tax transcription

The hearth book of the shire of Bervick
containing the seaverall paroches within the sd [said] ssreffdome [shireffdome]
with the names and designations of the rexive [respective] heritors
Liferenters wodsetters tennents and possessors inhabiting the
same who have made payment of ther hearth money for
ther rexive [respective] hearths & possest be them in each of the saids
paroches and ane accompt of the hearth money payed be
them therfor to James Whyte Commissar clerk of Lauder
Subcolector throf [thereof] and his substitutes Conform to the 2d act
of the Third sessione of parliat [parliament] anno 1690 Imposeing the
same

The paroch of Chinklekirk
-- hearths
Receaved from William Storie herd in Friernose for one
hearth, William Wight in Headshaw for 5 hearths one
whereof possest by himself one be James Lyle, one be
James Ramadge, one be James Wood his coaters and
one by Robert Hall his herd in Fernilies being in all six -- 6
From Georg Somervell tennent in Carfrae for one
hearth possest be him, one be James Somervell his fathr [father]
John Kyle thr [there] one, William Laidlaw thr [there] one, James Purves
thr [there] one, Georg Kirkwood thr [there] on, & eight in the Manner
house of Carfrae / being in all Fourtein -- 14
From the said Georg for two hearths possest be John
Hunter and Georg Hardie tennents in Hillhouse -- 2
From John Shaw in Carfrae milne one hearth Andrew
Hardie thr [there] one, James Wilsone milner three two yrof [thereof]
kills in all five hearths -- 5
From William Hall in Harnicleugh -- 1
James Taitt in Nether Bourhouse -- 1
James Waddell in over Bourhouse -- 1
Robert Taitt thr [there] one Robert Purves thr [there] one &
James Bruntone coatters thr [there] one, being three -- 3
James Watterstoune in Colielaw one, William Robertsone one -- 2
William Shiell thr [there] -- 1
James Somervell in overhoudoun one John Brotherstones thr [there]
one & Alexander Houden coatters thr [there] one It [Item] -- 3
John Aitchisones elder and younger of Houdoun for
fyve hearths possest be themselves John Johnstone tennent
thr [there] one, John Mitchellhill thr [there] one, James Mitchellhill coatter
one James Taylor thr [there] one, James Craig smith thr [there] two
Robert Waddell milner two conform to List which bears
two poor coatters being in all -- 13
William Bruntone in Clints for two hearths -- 2
[TOTAL] -- 54

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Transcriber's notes

Chinklekirk - Channelkirk
qrof - an abbreviation of Scots 'quharof'
rexive - an abbreviation for 'respective(ly)', with confusion of 'x' and 'p'
wodsetter - mortgagor