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Proprietor and land Valuation
David McClellan of Woodwick has of free Rent of his Wodsett Lands There Ane half Barrell Eleven Leispond twelve Merk Butter, Nine Leispond Twelve merk Oyl, Fifty four Meills Two Settings Twenty ane Merk Malt, Thretty five Meills five Settings four Merk Three Quarter Merk flesh, Eight Meills Ane Setting four Merk Meall
And of Yearly Grassums fifteen pound Six Shilling Eight pennys £15.6.8
Whereof Deduces for the Teind which is payed Mr John Dishingtoun Twelve Meills Malt
Sua Remains of free Rent Half Barrell Eleven Leispond Twelve Merk Butter, Nine Leispond Twelve Merk Oyl, Fourty Two Meills Two Settings Twenty Ane Merk Malt, Thretty five Meills five Settings four Merk Three Quarter Merk flesh, Eight Meills ane Setting four Merk Meall
fifteen pound Six Shilling Eight pennys of Grassum £15.6.8
Is in all Two Hundred Threescore fourteen pound Seventeen Shilling Six pennies £274.17.6

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[page] 78 Wyre

The Earl's Rent is -- £19291. 17.6⅓
The Bishop's Rent is -- £6796.16.4⅔
The Heretors Rent is -- £30462.15.2⅔
Summa -- £56551.9.1⅔

21 August 1655.
This Book received from James Georgeson be William Cragie of Gairsey, Patrick Monteath of Egelshay, Arcibald Stewart, Mr P Grahame of Rothisholm

[signed] John Urquhart -- Donald Groat
Andrew Young

[page] 79

[Continued] Rothisholm, John Edmestone And James Baikie of Tankerness. And Delivered to John Edmestone to be keeped till farder resolutione be the Shyre. (Sic Subn [Signed below to that effect])

Mr P Grahame
Patrick Monteath
William Cragie
Archibald Stewart
James bakie

We Donald Groat of Newhall and Andrew Young of Castleyards Esquires - Two of the Commissioners of Cess and Supply for the Country of Orkney & John Urquhart Clerk to the saids Commissioners Do hereby Testify & Declare That the Seventy Eight preceeding pages Contain a Just & True Coppy of the Valuation Book of Orkney Conform to the said Valuation Book out of which this is Extracted. In Testimoney Whereof We have Subscribed thir presents upon this and each of the preceeding pages Att Kirkwall The Twentieth Day of September One Thousand Seven Hundred and fifty One Years.

[signed] John Urquhart Clk [Clerk]
Donald Groat
Andrew Young

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