VI. INVENTORY OF SOME OF MONTROSE'S EFFECTS IN GLASGOW. 1627. The Inventour of his Lordship's geire in Sir George's ludging in Glasgow, transported to James Duncan's ludging the 3d of May 1627. Imprimes, in the first, ane trunk of my Lord's and within it ane plaine silver cupe; ane uther cupe of dimpilit warke and doubill over gilt. Item aucht silver spunes, with the knapis thereof gilted. Item silver satfatt of raised warke of ane tyre hight, with ane lid, doubill over gilt. Item of sma linning serwits, 22 serwits; item fyve wund serwits. Item thrie towales; item thrie linning lang burd cloathes; item four pair of linning schorts; item ane code ware. Item ane stane of rid figerato courteins of three peis, with ane rid imbrotherit pane of twa peis. Item ane brune velvet kirke cusene. Item ane auld rid broutherit cusene. Item ane rid chalmore countercloath. Item ane auld grine countercloath for the Ha burd. Item ane grine chalmer countercloath. Item ane pellett bow in ane leder case; and ane leder case with four boutes in it. Item twa peis courteines yallow, with twa peis of yallow panes sewit with rid. Item twa cusanes of haras worke. Item ane of grine hempschyre velvet, and twa rakats for the chapill. 1 There follows, in this Inventory, a careful enumeration of the young nobleman's bedding, sheets and blankets, and ordinary GILBERT RANKING with my hand.1 household utensils. The orthography is more than usually uncouth, and the items not sufficiently characteristic to be worth printing. VII. LIST OF MONTROSE'S EFFECTS IN THE HANDS OF HIS PEDAGOGUE, In Mr William's handis. Item ane souird that my Lord gait fray Merchistoun. Item ane skairfe that my Lord gait fray my Lord his father. Item ane belt and ane pair of hingeris. Item ane braissine haigbuit. Item ane crois boill set with muther of peirll. Item the kay of my Lord's trunk that was in Glasgow. Item the heill boukis that he haid or that was gaittin fray my Lord's father, and speciallie Sir Wailter Raillis Historie. I Mr William Forrett grantes me to have receaved from the rycht honorable the laird of Inshbraikie elder, and from Laurence Græme in Aberuthen, factor for my Lord of Montrois in his Lordship's barronnye of Kingcairdin, the sowme of foure hundrette merkes money, wherof I hold me compleitlye payet, in witnes wherof I have subscryvet thir presents with my hand at Kingcairne the 9th of August 1627. For answer to the memorandum of my Lord's graith alleaget to be in my hands, the particulars as followeth: I grant me to haue in keeping ane guildet sworde whilk my Lord gat from my Lord Naper; with ane silk and silver skairfe whilk my Lord gat from his umquhill noble father; with ane belt and hingers; and ane crosbow set with mother of pearle; with the key of my Lord's trunk in Glasgow; and the silver work and plenishing whilk ar in James Duncan's hous in Glasgow ; whilk I obleis myself to delyver in tyme convenient uppon my Lord's sufficient warrant and discharge. As for the brasen hagbut, it was sent to his Lordship at St Androes with John Margat, whilk his Lordship receavet. As for the historye wrettin by Sir Walter Ralye, my Lord himself conveyed it to St Androes at his Lordship's first thither going; and as for these buikes whilk I had in borrowing of his Lordship in this toune, I have delyvered the same to the laird of Inshbraikie. MR W. FORrett. Delyveret to the laird of Inshbraikie, uppon the 9th of August 1627, my Lord's buikes, the names wherof followeth particularlye: In primis two volumes of Sabellicus Universal Historye in latin.' Ane treatise of the Orders of Knighthoode. The lyfe and deathe of Queene Mary.3 The bukis above wretin wer att the instant tyme off the reseit theroff put in my Lordis chamber be me, and therefter put in my Lordis his Lordship's cabinett be me, his Lordship thene being present. [Endorsed by Inchbrakie.] P. G. INSBREKIE. 2 Dischairge be Mr William Forret off iiije markis, with his answers to the memorandum within this paper. August 9, 1627. P. G. VIII. JAMES GRAHAM, MONTROSE'S SERVANT, TO JAMES DUNCAN, Loveing and assurid freind, I doubt not bot ye have resevit the letter which I send to you with Harie Blackwod his man concerning the causing mak buits and schone to my Lord, as his Lordship derects me alwayis; bot as ye wair not in the towne when I wreit to you befoir, in respect of the commoditie of the bearer I have taikin occasioune to wreit thir few lynes to you desyreing you maist earnestlie to send my Lord's buits and schone with the bearer, give possible they can be redie; and give ye can not gett bothe the buits and schone redie to send with the bearer, I will desyre you to 1 Justus Lipsius, a very learned critic of the sixteenth century. 2 Patrick Graham of Inchbrakie elder, and one of Montrose's curators. Patrick Graham younger, whose sobriquet was 'black Pate,' was the companion of Montrose when he raised the royal standard in Scotland 1644. send any of them that are redie so far. As I wreit to you before, my Lord hes naither buits nor schone that he can put on for the present. As also I will desyre you, as I wreit to you befoir, to send heir ane pair of fyne weill favourit ryding glovs, and twa pair of schevereins, to my Lord. So having no farther for the present, my loveing dewetie rememberit to yourself and your bedfallow, I rest, Rosdo, the 2 of Your most loveing and assurit freind, September at nicht, 1627. To his loveing and assuired freind James Duncane, factour of Mugdok, These. JAMES GRAHAM.1 [P.S.] Give ye can gett any schone that ar maid alredie, fitt for the purpose, I will desyre you to send them with the bearer. [Note by the factor.] The 16 of September 1627, sends my Lord to Garskube ane pair of boitts at 6 lb, 13f 4d; with twa pair schone 3 lb, and drinksiller 12 f; ane pair ryding gluiffes, 16 f; twa pair scheverons 15 f, with 2 f drinksiller. Summa; 11 lb, 18f, 4d. 1 This James Graham, as appears from the Southesk Papers, was in the service of Montrose's father, and subsequently we find him designed my domestic servitor' by Montrose. It is possible that it fell to the lot of this family retainer to execute the criminal letters against the laird of Luss, as the messenger who did so was of that name (supra, p.99), and may have obtained the post as a reward for his services to the family. 2 Garscube was a residence of the family of Montrose, as frequent mention is made of 'my hous of Garscub' in the precepts of Montrose's father, probably meaning Garscube in Dumbartonshire, now belonging to Campbell of Succoth. |