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Proprietor and land Valuation
Innerlethan paroche
Sir Alexander Morisone of Prestoungrainge knicht and remanent heritores feweres lyfrenteres, propper Wodsetteres and vtheres within the said paroch of Innerlethan their money rent doeth extend to Sex thowsand fyve hundreth fourescoire fyve pundes tuo schilling viij d [eight pence] £6585.2.8
Item payed of meall in the said paroch Tuo chalderes and foure bolles meall according to the measure of Lithgow prick mett which being convertit into money at the pryce of foure pundes ten schilling [£4.10.0] for each boll extends to £162.0.0
Item payed in take duetie to the earle of Lowthiane Threttie foure pundes £34.0.0
Item payit in mortified rent to the minister as a pt [part] of his stipend Ane hundreth fourescoire thretteine punds vj ss [six shillings] viij d [eight pence] £193.6.8
Item payed to his maties [majesties] exchequher in few & blenshe dueties Ane hundreth fourescoire fyve punds vj ss [six shillings] viij ds [eight pence] £185.6.8
Suma [Summa] of the frie rent within the said paroche is Sex thowsand sevine hundreth fourescoire ane pundes tuo schilling eight pennies £6781.2.8
Traquair paroche
John earle of Traquair etc and remanent heritores feweres lyfrenteres, propper wodsetteres and vtheres within the said paroche of Traquair their money rent (being no vther kynd of rent payed in the paroche) doeth extend to Fyve thousand fyve hundreth threescoire pundes sevintein schilling sex pennies £5560.17.6
Item payed in mortiefied rent to the minster Foure hundreth thretteine pundes vi ss [six shillings] viij d [eight pence] £413.6.8
Suma [Summa] of the frie rent within the said paroch of Traquair Is Fyve thowsand fyve hundreth threescoire punds xvij ss [seventeen shillings] vj d [six pence] £5560.17.6

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The Roll of the Rent of the shrefdome [shirefdome] of Pebles maid and sett doune by the comissionares [commissionares] vnder subscryveing appoyntit for that effect by act of the estaittes of Parliament of this kingdome holdin at Edinburgh the fourth of August jaj vi ct fourtie nyne [4 Aug 1649] Which comissionares [commissionares] haveing mett vpon the ellevinth day of september last bypast And haveing judiciallie gevin their oathes to vse their best endeavores for a right and true informaun [informatioun] of the rentes of the whole schyre, and to proceid faithfullie and Impartiallie in prosequuteing their comissioun [commissioun] and instructiounes relateing thervnto Which thay have carefullie performed in everie poynt After serious and mature deliberaun [deliberatioun], they have maide and sett doune the roll following in articles according to the number of the severall paroches within the said schyre and have cast vpe the summes according to the directioun of the parliament.

[signed]
J Murray
j Lausone
Alexander Burnet
J Hunter
John hay
William Russell

Transcriber's notes

L.s.d. for pounds, shillings and pence, the letters being taken from the Latin librae, solidi and denarii.
1 Merk = £0.13.4

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Dauvit- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson, Caroline Macafee