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The testament dative and Inventar of the goods geare soumes of moneyes and debts pertaining to vmq[uhi]ll Richard weir factor In Campheir in holland the tyme of his deceas who deceast in the month of februarij jajvjc~thriscor and sex yeares w[i]t[h]in the s[ai]d Citie of Campheir faithfullie maid and given upe be THomas weir eldest lau[fu]ll sone to the deefunct and only exe[cuto]r dative decerned as nearest of kine to him by dec[rei]t of the Comiss[a]rs of Ed[inbruch]t as the samyn of the dait Att Ed[inbruch]t the fyfteint day of september jajvjc~thriscor ayn years in it self proports

In the first the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll Richard weir had Addebtit and restand awand to him the tyme of his deceas fors[ai]d be the persons following the debts and soumes of money underwri[tti]n To witt be Walter Leishman mer[chan]t burges of Ed[inbruch]t And his cau[tione]r[is] the soume jajxxx l. fleyms at ane thousand and ten merks the hundred punds fleyms Inde in scots money 10403 merks as prin[cipa]ll w[i]t[h] and hundreth thriscor threttein merks for the bygone a[nnual] rent of the s[ai]d prin[cipa]ll soume preceiding the defuncts decease According to fyve merkes per cent Item be W[illia]m Smith mer[chan]t in dundie ane thousand ane hundreth thriscor fyfteine merks as prin[cipa]ll w[i]t[h] 47 merks for the bygone a[nnual] rent th[e]rof preceiding the tym fors[ai]d Item be the airs & exe[cuto]r[is] of the decast Ro[ber]t Earle of Roxburgh mr W[illia]m Bennit persone of Anchoram and Andrew Ker of shatto his cau[tione]r[is] the soume of jaj ijc~ L merkes as the fourth parte of the prin[cipa]ll soume of fyve thousand merkes contained in ane band granted be the foirnamed personnes to the deceast THomas weir peutherer burges of Ed[inbruch]t father to the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll Richard wherunto the defunct hes right as ane of the foure exe[cuto]r[is] non executa confirmed to him

Suma of the debts awen to the dead viijaj vjc~ Lxxxxviij l~ 13 s~ 2 d~
To be devydit in 3 p[ar]t[is] deceis p[ar]te is ijajviijc~Lxxxxix l~ xi ss~ j d~
Quot by order 100 M[er]k[is]

Mr david Falconer ~ understanding ~ we decerned ~ provyding ~ wherupon Ro[ber]t Sandalands elder mer[chan]t burges of Ed[inbruch]t becam cautione as ane act mad theranent bears

Eik [The eik has been entered in the margin and is illegible in places]

Ed[inbruch]t the xx day of July 1670 eak maid hierto as follows VIZ be Johne Earle of Lautherd[aill] and his cau[tione]rs as the defunctis p[ar]t being one of thir exe[cutor]is und[erwritti]n and [con]firm[e]d to the deceast Agnes Wallace relict of vmq[uhi]ll tho[mas] Weir putherer burges of Ed[inbruch]t jc~ x l. as the 4 p[ar]t of vij yeares a[nnual] rent of the prin[cipa]ll soume of jaj M[erks] dew be the Earle of Lauderdaill and his cau[tione]rs to the said tho[mas] Weir and Agnes Wallace in lyfrent and the said vmq[uhi]ll William Wear in fie and th[a]t Imediatlie preceiding the terme of martimis
1657 yeires at q[uhi]ch tyme the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll Agnes at q[uhi]ch tyme the said vmq[uhi]ll Agnes Wallace and q[uhi]ch sevin yeires a[nnual] rent With ane q[ua]rteris a[nnual] rent restand for the said pri[ncipa]ll soume is contained in the pri[ncipa]ll confermed tes[tamen]t of the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll Agnes Wallace the tyme of hir decease th[a]t thir is ordaind be lordis of sessione th[e]r decreit da[iti]t the ix Febr[uar]ij last bypast to be quat and deducid sex yeires a[nnual] rent to the s[ai]d noble earle for his forfaultrie be the said vsurpers and 3 q[ua]rt[er]is payed to the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll W[illia]m Weir m[erch]and of his deceas nether preceiding the s[ai]d tyme sua th[a]t only restis to be [-] ane yeires a[nnual] rent frie ren[t] payable be the lawtethe exe[cutor]is of the s[aid]d vmq[uhi]ll agnes Wallace and vth[e]ris re[s]p[ect]ing them or any of them q[uhi]ch the s[ai]d richard Weir his p[ar]t being the 4 p[ar]t extends to xx l~ scots money being devyded in 3 p[ar]ts conforme to the devision of the pr[incipa]ll testament deids p[ar]t is x l~ and g[i]ues and comits ~ q[uhai]rvpon rob
Sande[la]nds mer[chant]burges of Ed[inb]r[uch]t became [cautioner] as ane act beirs

Transcribed by Robert H J Urquhart, National Archives of Scotland, May 2004