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Hearth tax transcription

Evan Campbel chairges himself wt [with] the hearthes
follouing more then is in the former account in
the forgoing pag

Im [Imprimis] for himself three -- 3
It [Item] Mr Ritchard Shirriff in prpans [prestonpans] two -- 2
It [Item] James Nimo in prpans [prestonpans] three -- 3
It [Item] John Frazer in prpans [prestonpans] on -- 1
It [Item] Robert Spence in preston three -- 3
It [Item] James Mill Latte in Preston four -- 4
It [Item] two hearths mor in Ormiston then formerlie -- 2
It [Item] Robert Ballantine smith in Cockenie five -- 5

At Edr [Edinburgh] the [-] day of
jajvjCt and nyntie three yeir [1693]

I Ewan Cambell subcolector of the eist
presbitrie of Hadingtoun Heirby declair
vpon my solume oath In presence of the
Lordes of thr [their] Maties [Majesties] Theseurie That the
List of hearthes Contained in this book Extending
to Five Thousand nyne hundreth and fiftie seven
qch [quhich] are payed and Tua hundreth and fourtie
ane qch [quhich] are unpayed is a trew and just list
of of the heull heerthes within the forsaid presbitrie
to the best of my knouledge amounting
to sixteen parochins Excepting Six hundreth
and Eleven hearthes of poor And tht [that] I have
vsed the outmost of my indeavour to come to
the knouledge of all the hearthes within the
saids parochins And that I have not wittinglie
nor willinglie concealled any But given
vp the samen as sd [said] is As I shall ansr [answer]
To God

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