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Testament of Sir Henry Raeburn
SC70/1/31 pp 244-247

 Inventory of Sir Henry Raeburn, 1824

Sir Henry Raeburn
9th June 1824
At Edinburgh the ninth day
of June Eighteen hundred and
twenty four years the following
Inventory of the Personal Estate
of Sir Henry Raeburn Knight
deceased was presented by Mr.
John Dickie writer to the signet

Inventory of the Personal Estate of Sir Henry
Raeburn of St Bernards knight Portrait Painter
in Edinburgh who died on the eighth day of
July one thousand eight hundred and twenty
three years given up by Henry Raeburn
Esquire now of St Bernards his only son
and nearest of kin
1. Cash in the house___________________£10._._
2 Balance in hands of British Linen Company 16.16.3
3.Debts due to the deceased for paintings already
recovered pr List_____________________2526.18._
4.Do. still due and supposed recoverable pr list 1000._._
5. Arrears of feu duties falling due under Execu
try_________________________________24.8.9½
6.The deceased household furniture bed and
table linen plate books liquors etc. conform
to inventory and appraisements ________ 807.11.2
£4385.14.2½
Signed Henry Raeburn George Carphin
At Edinburgh the nineth day of June one thousand eight
hundred and twenty four years In presence of George
Carphin Commissary Clerk of Edinburgh ____
Appointed by the Honorable the Commissaries of Edinburgh
for taking the deposition underwritten appeared
Henry Raeburn Esquire of Saint Bernards only
son of the deceased Sir Henry Raeburn of Saint
Bernards knight Portrait Painter in Edinburgh
who being solemnly sworn and examined de
poses that the said Sir Henry Raeburn died
intestate on the eighth day of July last one thousand
eight hundred and twenty three years and that
the Deponent had entered upon the possession and
management of his personal and moveable estate
as Executor qua nearest of kin that the Deponent
knows of no settlement or other writing left by
the deceased relative to the disposal of his per
sonal Estate or Effect or any pairt of them that
the foregoing Inventory signed by the Deponent and
the said Commissioner as relative hereto is a full
and true Inventory of the Personal Estate and
Effects of the said deceased Sir Henry Raeburn
wherever situated already recovered or known
To be existing belonging or due to him beneficially
at the time of his death and that the value of
the said Estate situated in Scotland is of the
value of Four thousand pounds sterling and
under the value of Five thousand pounds sterling
all which is truth as the Deponent shall answer
to God and of which debts & effects specified
in said Inventory the Deponent requires con
firmation to be expede signed Henry Raeburn
George Carphin Caur.[cautioner]
List of debts due to the late Sir Henry Rae
burn Knight Portrait Painter in Edinburgh
recovered
1823
Septemr. 2 Received from J B Fraser Esq.W.S.__£42._._
October 15 ______Dr. Hope_________105._._
“27____________Lord Montague_____52.10._
Novemr. 7_______Smith of Jordanhill__105._._
10____________Francis Jeffry Esq____31.10._
13____________James Robertson Esq ws _42._._
” _____________James Gibson Craig Esq.42._._
21____________Major Harvey Castle Semple 315._._
24____________Sir John Douglas_________262.10._
”_____________Sir William Purves_________52.10._
26____________Lord Hardwick____________49.18._
Decemr.8_______Stewart of Pluysgill________272.10._
15____________J Wilson Esq______________15.15._
17____________William Allan Esq__________93.15._
18____________Mrs Denniston_____________84._._
19____________Lady Blantyres Exers_________52.10._
22____________A Greig Esq W.S.___________105._._
29____________M Jardine Esqu KR__________26.5._
31____________Lord J Campbell____________105._._
”_____________Miss Playfair_________________3.10._
”_____________Mrs Murray_________________80._._
1824
January 6_______Lord Breadalbane____________210._._
February 5______Archd Fletcher Esq____________42._._
13____________Robt. Buchan Esq.____________26.5._
17____________Sir Henry Stewart____________131.5._
”_____________Captn Houston Stewart_________52.10._
6_____________R Thomson Esq______________105._._
12____________Mr George Gibson_____________35._._
13____________J H Kennedy Esq W.S.__________78.15._
14____________Mrs Durham Calderwood________78.15._
May 1_________Wm Campbell _______________105._._
£2802.13._

Deduct paid Mr Syme Portrait
Painter and others Expenses of finish.
ing several of the above pictures 275.15._
________________________£2526.18._

Edinr. 9th June 1824 This is the list referred to in
the Inventory and deposition submitted …of
this date signed Henry Raeburn George Carphin Caur.
List of Debts due to Sir Henry Raeburn of St Ber
nards Knight Portrait Painter in Edinburgh
outstanding at
Lady Baird_____________£125
McDonald of Clanranald_____78.15._
Buchanan of Ardoch________78.15._
General Campbell of Lochnell__84._._
Mr Alexander Campbell & Mrs Campbell 52.10._
Lord Chief Commissioner______63._._
Mr Constable___________105._._
Lord John Campbell Balance__105._._
Lord Eglinton____________105._._
Colin McKenzie Esquire_______ 70._._
Duke of Hamilton_________ 315._._
Lord Hardwick Balance_______52.10._
Munro of Livingstone besides Interest_26.5._
Sir Henry Stewart of Allanton for Mrs
McDonald of Staffa________105._._
Major McDonald_________105._._
Mrs Richardson__________105._._
Lord William Russel________157.10._
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart____199.10._
Dugald Stewart Esquire______105._._
Mrs Thomson Glasgow_______42._._
Marquis of Tweedale_________315._._
Mrs Smellie_________________52.10._
Mr Campbell of Bessill______73.15._
Patrick White Leeds and Butterworth 100._._
£2622._._
Colonel Noel M.P. London_________75._._
2699._._
Supposed worth___________ 1000._._
…..

Edinr 9th June 1824 This is the list referred to in
the Inventory and deposition remitted by me of this
date signed Henry Raeburn George Carphin Caur.