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Hearth tax transcription

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Easter Lenzie -- 482 -- 0

-- payed -- poor
Easter Lenzie -- 428 -- 10
Wester Lenzie ministers mance void -- 390 -- 2
Easter Kilpatrick mance void -- 246 -- 0
Wester Kilpatrick mance void -- 333 -- 0
Bonyll -- 155 -- 1
Kilmaronock -- 180 -- 2
The house of Kilmaronock & the mance not given vp
Luss -- 210 -- 2
Row mance void -- 237 -- 0
Cardross the mance not included -- 229 -- 0
Rosneath -- 120 -- 0
The town & Paroch of dumbartane excluiding the mance & castle -- 282 -- 0
Tarbat wt [with] mcPharlans own Lands -- 49 -- 6
[total] -- 2859 -- 23

Ther is to be deduced of runawayes to Irland and elsqhr [elsquhair] seventie on & ther is Likwayes to be deduced of errors in the book twintie so ther is two thousand seven Hundreth & sixtie eight Inde -- 2768

In the survey ther is found beside the house of Kilmaranock the castle of Dumbartoune and the mance of kilmaronock qch [quhich] is not surveyed -- 60 --
[grand total] -- 2828

Edr [Edinburgh] 5th Aprile 1694 [5 Apr 1694]
In presence of The Earle of Cassillis one of the Comrs [Comissioners] of Thery [Thesaury] Compeared John Colquhoun Substitute by the Laird of Mcfarlane for Collecting the Hearth-Money within the the shire of Dumbartan, who being sworn & examined declared, that the forsaid List of Hearths Extending to Two thousand Eight Hundred twenty eight hearths which are payed. And Seaventy one Runawayes to Ireland qch [quhich] are unpayed; Is ane true & just List of all the Hearths within the forsd [forsaid] Parochins to the best of his Knowledge. Excepting Twentie three hearths of Poor exeemed by Law. And that he hes used his outmost endeavours, Conform to the proclamations of Councell anent the Ingathering of the Hearth-Money to attaine to the Knowledge of all the Hearths within the forsd [forsaid] Bounds. And that he hes not wittingly or willingly concealed any bot given up the samen truely as said is. And this is the truth As he shall answere to God.

[signed]
John Colquhoune
Cassillis

Transcriber's notes

Page 29B is a duplicate of Page 29

Latin inde 'from that, thence

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