^{page 2 note a} MS. Cotton. Calig. B. vii, fol. 216.

^{page 3 note b} “Linlithgow. Die Saboti xiiijo. die Septembris. Panetria, de anno Domini, &c. trigesimo octavo de iiij.M.vjC.lviij. panibus restantibus in Linlithgow xiij^o. Septembris preceden. de quibus ex^r (&c. expendimur) ad venationes Regis in Crammald, et in dominilio Regine apud Linlithg.^w ixC. xl. panes in dominico et secundo; et sic restant iijM. vijC. xviij. panes. Buttelaria, de iijM. jC. lxv. laginis ij. quart, cervisie restan. in Linlithg.^w dicto die xiij^o Septembris intran. isto die de quibus ex^e in domicilio xxxvj, lag. cervisiæ ij. quart Cervisiæ, et sic restant iijM. jC. xxix. laginæ. Cellarium, de resta antiquorum librorum intrac. xviij. dolia, iij. punsiones, vij. lag. iij. quart, de quibus ex^r ix laginæ, iij. quart, vini clareti. Item, expendimur dominæ Reginæ et suas familiæ xxiij. laginæ, j quarta vini clareti. Summa hujus expensæ xxxiiij. laginæ vini, et sic restant j^M. v^XX. xvj. laginæ vini præintrati. Coquina, de iijM. iijC. lxxxxvj. mutonibus, iij. quart, mutonis aridi, restantibus in Linlithgow, Edinburgh, et Stirling xj^o. Septembris et xiij^o. ejusdem, de quibus ex^r xviij. mutones aridi, et sic restant iij^M. iij^C. lxxviij. mutones iij. quart, mutonis aridi. Item, in emptionibus iiij^C. alleca, j^C. perches, xlviij. luci, ix^C. ostria, iij. petræ v. lib. casii v^C. pruna, j^M. ij^C. ix pira; in ordeo, frumento, grossa farina, cenapio, musculis, fundolis,’ herbis oleribus, iij. petræ butiri, varii pretii. Summa viijli. ixs. ij^d,”

^{page 5 note c} “Ad faciendum Claretum. R. nucem muscat, gariofil. cucubis, mac. cinamon. galangan. aqu. contundatur, et in vino ponatur cum quarta parte mellis, et cola per pannum, &c.” MS. Sloan. Mus. Brit. 1986. fol. 14 b.

^{page 5 note d} Li. xix. cap. 56.

^{page 5 note e} “Averia supremi domini nostri Regis ac serenissimæ Mariæ de Lorrane nostræ Reginæ inchoan. die subscript, de anno domini millesimo Quingentesimo xxxviij^o. prædicto David Wode de Crage ministran. in officio Compotorum rotulatoris.

“Linlithq^w. Vigesimo sexto Septembris, Rege remanente in Linlithq^w et Stirling, Intrat ij^C 1 f. avenarum pret. bollæ vj^s. viij^d. Summa xli. xv^s. et expendimur super xviij. equis magnis domini Regis in Faulkland et Stirling, et quinque equis magnis ejusdern, necnon xvj. equis minoribus ejusdem, ac uno equo gestan. vasa argentea et uno equo pharmacopile vulgo le pottinger1, qui sunt in numero xliiij equ. Remanen. ut supra prænotatum est, a dicto die xxvj. Septembris inclusive, usque secundum Octobris exclusive, qui sunt vj. dies, et sic æque de avenis. Item solut. in gagiis feni dictis equis per idem tempus capien. in die xvij^s. x^d. Summa vli. vij^s. Item expendimur super tribus Regis et vij. mulis Regis pro, le sowmes geren. in Linlithq^w remanen. per dictum tempus capien. suplicem mensuram capien. v^b. ij f. ij x^r. avenarum, pret. xxxvij^s. vj^d. Item solut. in gagiis feni ejusdem mulis xx^s. Item expendimur super duobus equis Regis in Stirling remanen. per tempus prædictum in avenis et feno xij^s. ix^d. Item solut. pro feodo stabulorum in Stirling xxj. equis regis xiiij. s. ij^d. Item solut. in gagiis undecim verletorum de stabulo Regis remanen. extra domicilium per dictum tempus capien. in die vij^s. iiij^d. Summa xliiij^s. Item solut. in gagiis iiij^or, Gallorum vocat, le pages de honor remanen. extra domicilium in Stirling per quinque dies infra hoc compotum, quolibet eorum capien. in die xvj^d. Summa xxvj^s. viij^d. Item solut. duobus Gallicis mulatoribus custodien. remanen. ad exn per sex dies capien. xijs. Item solut, ad eorum feodis, more Gallicano, per idem tempus viij^s. Item solut. duobus verletis custodien. mulos Regis per idem tempus capien. viij^s. Item Ternpiltoune agitan. le sovme remanen. ad ex.n vj^s. Item in gagiis Johannis Purwes in averia remanen. extra domicilium per tres dies iiij^s. Item solut. Peirsoni verletæ in averia iiij^s. pro gagiis suis. Insuper expendimur super xiiij. equis magnis domini Regis de Dathia empt. quos servat Arthur Sincgler remanen, in Edinburgh per dictum tempus prædictum, capien. mensuram duplicem capien. x b. ij f. avenarum, pret. bollæ vij^s. ij^d. Summa iijli. xv^s. iij^d. Item solut. in gagiis feni ejusdem equis capien. in die vij^s. Summa xlij^s. Item solut. in gagiis viij^o. verletorum Arthuir Sintgler per idem tempus capien. xxxij^s. Item solut. pro candelis in Edr.xij^d. Item solut. Hallowat Gallico, per tres dies, iiij^s, Insuper expendimur super quinque equis magnis dominae Reginæ, iiij^or.equis minoribus, xviij.equis dominarum Galliæ, et vij. mulis magnis pro le sotvmez, reginæ, qui sunt in numero xxxiiij. equis per dictum tempus j^C. iiij^b. prater aver. pret. bolls vj^s. viij^d. Summa vj^li. xiij^s. ixd1. Item solut. de gagiis feni capien. iiij^li. v^s. Item solut. in feodo stabulorum et stramento equorum capien. in die vj^s. x^d. Summa xlj^s. Item solut. in gagiis iiij^or. verletorum Valteri Munture remanen. extra domicilium dominæ Reginæ, per dictum tempus, capien. in die ij^s. viij^d. Summa xvj^s.

Summa pecuniæ xlvij^li. ix^s. j^d.

“Duodecimo Junii.—Item solut. per Georgium Ogilvy pro pabulo undecim equorum domini Regis equitan. de Faulkland versus Edinburgh, Temptallowne, et Dunbar, per sex dies ante xxiiij. Junij empt. per eundem in avenis, feno, et stabulo equorum, ut patet in cedula dicti Georgii…uper compotum xxxiiij^s. iij^d.

^{page 6 note f} “Edinr Rege et Regina presentibus.

panes, et sic restant iiij M. ixC. vxx. xviij panes. Butellaria. Expendimur xlix. laginæ cervisiæ et sic restant ijM. iijC. lxj laginæ j quart, cervisiæ. Cellarium. De vino præ-intrato expendimur domino Regi xviiij laginæ j. p. vini. Item, dominæ Reginæ xxiiij laginæ ij. quart. vini. Summa expensarum xlij. laginæ ij. quart, j. p. vini. et sic restant v. C. vxx. iiij. laginæ, j. p. vini. Coquina. De præ-intratis expendimur j. m'ta j.qr. m'rt. xv. mutones et qur. Item, empt. xxj. mutones vli. vs.et sic restant xxxv. m'rt iJ3 qr. m't. xix. muton. j. qr. mutones. Item intrat j. bos pastus cum corrio ex dono Akchiepiscopi Sanctiandr. Item, empt. xij. Hogthis xiij^s. viij^d. iiij. petræ cepi [texi?] xxvj^s. viij^d. j. C. Ixxx. pedes bovini xxxiij^s. iiij^d. iiij^C. Ixxx. pedes ovium xiij^s. vj^d. in mugat. et Roddinkens xv^s. iiij^d. et exr. Item, empt. j^C. anc. domest. x^li. lxxviij. capones iiij^li. xj^s. xxiiij. porcelli, xxxij^s. viij. gallinæ domesticæ viij^s. v. galli domestici v. pule. vij^s. vj^d. xxxvij. pullig. (sc. pulli gallinarum) xviij^s. vj^d, Hj. qualzies, xviij^d. xxviij. perdices, iiij^li. xvs. xxviij. pluviarii, xxxij^s. xxiiij. galli nigri xxxvj^s. xlvij.aves Morales xlix^s. iij^d. iij, aucæ campestres xviij^s. ix. auc. Gordon, xiij^s. vj^d. x.cuniculi xx^s. xxxiiij. anates xxx^s. ij^d. viij. redschanks ijs. viij^d. iiij^C. xxiiij. alande in herbis, ordeo, sinapio, et oleribus xxxvs. iiij^d. et exr successive. Item, expendimur v. petræ xiij. lib. butiri, et sic restant 1. petræ iiij^lib. buz. Intrac. ijt. xij. pule. viij. capon, xiiij. auc. domesticanæ de Fiff. et ex^r successive. Item, Intrac. xxxiiij. auc. domesticanæ de Arrell et ex^r. Item, Intrac. xiiij. perdices vj. coturnices per Domindm De Wautherton, x. cuniculi. ij. auc. campestr. xj perdices ij. butterz per Prio-rissam de Cauldstreme. Item, intrac. per Oliverium Singler j^C. vxx. xvj. cuniculi de Dunbar. Item xij. pluvarii. xij. perdices. xij. cuniculi. iij auc. campestres per Abeatam de Newbotill, et ex? successive. Summa xlixli. x^s. vj^d.

^{page 8 note g} Pinkerton, Hist. Scotl. vol. ii. p. 353.

^{page 11 note g} 1.“Item, empt. iiij. dolia aceti, ij^C lib. olii, more Gallicano, pret. lxi. fr. in moneta Gallicana, et in moneta Scoticana xxvijli. ij^s, ij^d. ob.”

“Item, empt. per rotulatorem apud Galliam xxxij. barilia virgeous per Johannem Bertonne nomine dicti Rotulatoris pret. b. xxxv^s. in moneta Gallicana, et in moneta Scoticana unacum naulo de Deip versus Leith ut patet in Cedula, xxvij^li. xiv^s. v^d.”

^{page 12 note h} Among the Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum, there are two Letters (Num. x. art. 6. and 18.) from one William Humfrey to Sir William Cecil, upon Scottish monies, which though written near thirty years later, in 1567 and 1568, will show the difficulty which must even then have existed of making an accurate reduction of Scottish to English currency. In the first letter the writer says:

“Pleasith it your honor to understand, although the Scottish monies be reckoned after £5. Scottish for £lOO. sterling, yet indeed the best of them made any time within these twenty years are not so worth, and their black monies much worse, as may appear by a bill of their rates, with the monies also, which is ready to present unto your honor.”

In the second letter:

Pleaseth it your honor, the Scottes monyes doth so much varie in themselves touching their waight and valewe, that it wer scarce creadible to reporte. I have therefor counterpoysed ther partes with lead, that your honor may see the thing, for that pece which is dyscrybed to be xxxs. Scottes counterpoyseth but v of the peces that gothe for vs. Scottes, and therefor of right owght to be but xxvs. Scottes. Item, the pece dyscribed for xxs. Scottes, counterpoyseth but iij peces qtr di. of those that gothe for vs. Scottes, and therfor of right is worth but xvj^s. x^d. ob. Scottes. Item, the pece that is dyscribed for x^s. Scottes, counterpoyzeth a pece and a half one viijth. part and iij grs. of that which gothe for v^s. Scottes, and therefor of right is worth but viij^s. v^d. Scottes. I exteme all thies mo-nyes from the pece of v^s. upward to be of one goodnes at thassay or elles ther difference wolde be yet greater, the truthe whereof is to be tryed when your honor have sene this reporte to be true.”