Source: Reference CC8/8/127 Edinburgh Commissary Court Transcribed by Alan J Swindale
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Peter Rattray 20th September 1788 |
The Testament Dative and Inventory of the Goods Gear debts and sums of money which pertained and belonged and were addebted and resting owing to umqle1 Peter Rattray merchant in Holyroodhouse at the time of his decease who |
Follows the Inventory
In the First the said umqle Peter Rattray had pertaining and belonging to him, at the time of his decease foresaid the several articles of household furniture after mentioned of the respective values following
Vizt
In the Kitchen
a Kitchen chimney shovel and tongs six shillings
a cran one shilling
a old kitchen table one shilling
a iron stand and dreeping pan one shilling and six pence
a copper laidle one shilling
a flesk fork and flaming spoon sixpence
a pair of pott clecks four pence
a footman six pence
a brander and loster ten pence
a frying pan one shilling
rasces and spit one shilling
a yettlen pot two shillings
a small ditto one shilling
a tea kettle two shillings and six pence
a dith ditto
three shillings
a pair of candlesticks
three shillings
a pair of ditto
three shillings
one candlestick
one shilling
two ditto with iron ditto
one shilling
two pair snuffers
four pence
a knife box and knives
two shillings and six pence
three spoons
six pence
a salt and drudge box
six pence
two pair of iron and standard
four shillings
a old screen
six pence
a pair old Broke bellows
six pence
a old timber chest
two shillings
two old timber chairs
one shilling and six pence
one old goblet
one shilling
a brass pan
five shillings
sixteen plates
three shillings
High Fore Room
a tent bed with blue and white curtains
one pound ten shillings
a feather bed
one pound ten shillings
one pair scotts blankets
six shillings
a old blanket
one shilling
a bed cover
fifyeen shillings
six chairs
at five shillings
each is
one pound ten shillings
a wainscoat clock
three pounds
a chest of drawers
one pound ten shillings
a small glass
four shillings
a chimney
five shillings
a four stouped bed
one pound five shillings
a feather bed
two pounds
a ditto
one pound ten shillings
a ditto small
one pound five shillings
a small bed stead
one shilling
a table
one shilling
two pair of blankets
eight shillings
one pair of old ditto
three shillings
one pair of double blankets
four shillings and sixpence
one old blanket
one shilling
one pair old sheets
two shillings and sixpence
one pair ditto
four shillings
two chairs
five shillings
two old blankets
three shillings
two spinning wheels
five shillings
a chack reel
one shilling and six pence
Laigh Room
a chimney pocker fenders and tongs
twelve shillings
five chairs
at two shillings and
sixpence each is
twelve shillings and sixpence
a chest waincoat drawers
fifteen shillings
a small bed one pound one shilling
a square table five shillings
a round table eight shillings
a cupboard six shillings
a tea trae four shillings
two tea broads two shillings
one half dozen stone cups and saucers one shilling
two delf bowls one shilling and sixpence
one half dozen china cups and saucers
some broke
four shillings
a china bowl four shillings
a china tea pott one shilling
a china milk pot one shilling
two small china bowls two shillings and sixpence
three delf bowls one shilling
seven silver tea spoons twelve shillings
one pair of tea tongs eight shillings
two bibles eight shillings
a timber chest one shilling
one table cloath four shillings
one small ditto two shillings and sixpence
one Ditto Ditto four shillings
one ditto ditto four shillings and sixpence
one Ditto Ditto three shillings
one Ditto ditto two shillings and sixpence
one ditto ditto five shillings
one ditto ditto four shillings and sixpence
one ditto ditto three shillings and sixpence
twelve pillow cases six shillings
six ditto Ditto four shillings
one old table cloth two shillings
one ditto ditto one shilling
twenty five servets fifteen shillings
nineteen old towels six shillings
two old curtains three shillings
one pair of shets eight shillings
one pair ditto eight shillings
one ditto ditto eight shillings
one ditto ditto eight shillings
one ditto ditto fifteen shillings
one ditto ditto nine shillings
one ditto ditto nine shillings
one ditto ditto nine shillings
one ditto ditto nine shillings
one Ditto Ditto eight shillings
one ditto old ditto four shilling
one ditto ditto four shillings and sixpence
one ditto ditto nine shillings
one ditto ditto eight shillings
one ditto ditto eight shillings
one Ditto Ditto three shillings
one ditto ditto three shillings
six gravats six shillings
six shirts at five shillings each is one pound ten shillings
six ditto at four shillings each is one pound four shillings
one swet of cloaths fifteen shillings
a old coat and vest five shillings
a old ditto and ditto four shillings
a black coat and two pair black breeches six shillings
a coat and vest seven shillings
one old hatt two shillings and sixpence
and one ditto at five shillings is seven shillings and six pence
all sterling money extending the values of the furniture before written in haill to the sum of fourty three pound eight shillings and sixpence sterling which furniture were so valued by
Chrystal Rouping woman in Canongate conform to her signed estimation thereofdated the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight years. Follows the Merchant Goods in the Defuncts Shop
Vizt. Wines
Imprimis fifty nine dozen port wine in
bottles and one dozen sherry
fourty eight pounds
Rum
one puncheon of ditto containing
one hundred and fifteen gallons
at seven shillings per gallon is
fourty pounds
Brandy
fifty four gallons of foreign ditto
at eight shillings per gallon
twenty one pound
twelve shilling
two hundred and eight gallons whisky
in different casks at
three shillings per gallon is
thirty one pounds four
shillings
Sugars
nine loaves of lump ditto each loaf
thirty eight pound is three hundred
and fourty two pound
at eight pence per pound is
eleven pounds eight shillings
eleven loaves single refined ditto
fifty two pound each loaf is
one hundred and thirty two pound weight is
four pounds nineteen shillings
one hundred weight of powder ditto two pounds eleven shillings
Teas
two hundred and sixty nine pound black ditto
ten pound green ditto
averige four shillings is
fifty five pounds sixteen shillings
Cheese
Seven glousters ditto twelve pound each
is eighty four pound at three pence half
penny per pound is
one pound four shillings
and six pence
Butter
three stone of salt ditto ten shillings each is
one pound ten shillings
Blue
Twenty pound
six pence per pound is ten shillings
Oat meal
Two bolls of ditto ditto at fourteen
Shillings per boll is one pound eight shillings
Porter
Thirty two dozen
Three shillings per dozen is four pound sixteen shillings
Stearch four loaves of ditto three
Pounds each at six pence per pound is six shillings
Bottles
Two gross of ditto ditto
at one pound per gross is
two pound
Barley
One hundred weight of ditto at
nine shillings
Candy
twenty pound sugar ditto
at nine pence per pound is
fifteen shillings
Rice
twenty eight pound of ditto ditto
at three pence per pound is
seven shillings
Vinegar
twenty pints of ditto
at one shilling per pint is
one pound
Currants and Raisins
twenty eight pound of ditto ditto
at four pence half penny per
pound is
eight shillings and ten pence
All Sterling money Extending the values of the Defuncts Shop Goods before written in haill to the sum of two hundred and thirty pounds nine shillings and four pence Sterling which articles were so valued by William Hall Merchant in Edinburgh conform to his signed valuation thereof dated the fourth day of January one thousand seven hundred and eighty eight years and Extending the values of the Shop Goods with the household furniture before mentioned In haill to the sum of two hundred and seventy three pound seventeen shillings and ten pence Sterling which In Scots money is three thousand two hundred and eighty six pounds fourteen shillings
Summa of the
Inventary
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Follows the debts owing to the
defunct.
Item the said Defunct had addebted and resting owing to him at the time of his decease foresaid the debts and sums of money aftermentioned by the several persons afternamed vizt
Imprimis By Baillie Murray nine shillings
Item by Mr Fraser Merchant Edinburgh nine shillings
Mr Cleghorn Canongate thirteen shillings
John Hardie brewer Holyroodhouse twelve shillings and sixpence
Mr Meggat starch maker two pound four shillings and sixpence
Mrs Storie Holyroodhouse six shillings and eightpence
Colin Dounie there two shillings and eight pence
George Petrie there eighteen shillings and ten pence
James Gibson there two pounds three shillings
Robert Roughs Bunkers hill five shillings and three pence
William Jameson mason
John Denholm Pauls work one pound seven shillings
James Campbell of Excise two pounds sixteen shillings and
seven pence three farthings
Mrs Shiels three shillings and ten pence
Miss Mackercher one pound eleven shillings
Mr Hodge brewer Canongate five shillings
Mr Younger brewer thirteen shillings and three pence
Farthing
Thomas Randolph Eighteen pounds nine shillings and
one penny half penny
Mrs Macdonald Potterrow one pound two shillings and six pence
George Rodger cork cutter nineteen pounds seven shillings and
five pence
James Kiggie vintner five shillings and ten pence
Sime Peter twelve shillings
Mrs Maccalum in the palace fifteen shillngs and
six pence half penny
Mrs Mair there one pound one shilling and five pence
Mr Mitchell at Musselburgh one pound ten shillings
Baillie Miller Canongate one pound eight shillings
and four pence
Mr Gray Holyroodhouse one pound nine pence
the Duke of Argyle twelve shillings and eleven pence
farthing
Mr Anderson Canongate two pound five shillings and
four pence
Doctor Grahame there four shillings and eleven pence
James Garreby Holyroodhouse sixteen shillings and
eleven pence half penny
John Machellan four pounds sixteen shillings
Mrs Colin Macpherson two pounds eight pence
George Rodger porter Edinburgh three pounds
All Sterling money Extending the debts and sums of money before written In haill to the sum of Eighty one pounds nine shillings and sixpence Sterling which in Scots money is nine hundred and seventy seven pounds fourteen shillings
Summa of the debts
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resting to the dead
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Summa of the Invnry }
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Master Andrew Balfour Cautioner
William Gundel Merchant in
Dated the twentieth day of September
One thousand seven hundred and eighty eight years
1 umquhile = the late or deceased, quh pronounced as wh in English.