Poser 351 - Inventory of Jaques Matone, merchant in Amsterdam, 1652

This poser is an inventory from the testament of Jaques Matone, merchant in Amsterdam, recorded in the registers of Edinburgh Commissary Court, 5 October 1652. We asked who among the debtors owed most money in terms of Scots pounds and who owed the most in terms of Great Flemish pounds?

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Answers: The largest debtor in terms of Great Flemish pounds was James Dalgleishe, baker, who owed 125 Great Flemish pounds (James dalgleishe Baxter burges of ed[inbu]r[gh] J C~ xxv lib great fleymes money). However, the largest debtor in terms of pound Scots was Phillip Kincaid, merchant, who owed 1333 pounds, 13 shillings and 4 pence Scots (Phillipe Kincaid me[rchan]d burges thar... extending In Scottes money to jaj iij C~ xxxiij lib vj sh viij d).

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In the first the s[ai]d vmq[uhi]ll Jaques matone had the sowmes
of money and vthers wnderwri[tti]n of the q[uan]tities eftirfollow-
-ing adebtit and restine auchtand to him be the personnes
following viz be James dalgleishe baxter burges of ed[inbu]r[gh]
j c~ xxv lib~ great fleymes money extending In Scottes
money to viij c~ lib~ Be Phillipe Kincaid me[rchan]d burges thair
j c~ lib~ great fleymes money foirs[ai]d extending In Scottes
money to jaj iij c~ xxxiij lib~ vj sh~ viij d~ Be Jo[h]n Mowbray
merchand thair j c~ lib~ great fleymes money extending In
Scottes money to vj c~ xvj lib~ xiij sh~ iiij d~ Be androw Ker
me[rchan]d thair xxx lib~ great fleymes money extending
In Scottes money to ij c~ lib~ And be Thomas Lowrie
also merchand thair xxx lib~ great fleymes money
foirs[ai]d Extending In Scottes money to vther ij c~ lib~

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