Poser 287 - Book of Rates, 1669

In this week's poser, taken from the Book of Rates within the Exchequer Records, c1669, we asked you to identify which items have a duty of more than 1l~ (one pound).

Answer: Items with a duty of more than 1l~ are: rabbit (or coney) skins, deer skins (doe and roe/hart and hind); goat and kid skins;

Transcription

Salt
Small and salt upon salt and great salt which hes been imported
the chalder cont[aining] 16 bolls Li[n]li[th]gow measure, 8s~

Sheep
The piece, 2s~

Shoes
The duzon pairs, 4s~

Skines voc[at]
Calfe skines the hundred, 3s~ 4d~
Rabbet or coney skines the hundred, 1l~ 10s~
doa and roa the dacker cont:, 10 8l~
fumarts and fitches the dacker, 10s~
fittsealls and scadling the hundred, 2s~
Goatt skines the hundred, 5l~
Hart and hynd the dacker, 8l~
Kidds skines the hundred, 8l~ 10s~
Lambes skines the hundred, 10s~

n.b. a 'dacker' or 'daiker' is a set of ten hides

This week's poser was devised by Dr Kirsteen Mulhern, archivist and professional researcher from Edinburgh.

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