In this poser, taken from the heritors' minutes for Kirkliston parish in 1698 (National Records of Scotland, HR770/1, page 30), we asked which four unfortunate people were allowed permission to beg in the parish.
Answer: The four allowed to beg were John Young in Humbie (allowed a badge) and the three orphans of James Marshil (liberty to beg).
Transcription
A note of what may maintain the poor of the paroch of
Kirklistone according to their several circumstances with
what the Pensioners are to have out of the Box quarterlie
Agnes Sheel relict of umq[uhi]ll Ja[mes] Fleeming in
Carlaurie not able to travel by reason of age yearly
of meal [1 boll]
John Anderson a blind boy of meal yearly [1 boll]
Margaret Wast a widow a pensioner [1 boll]
Janet Henderson aged [1 boll]
Marion Kerr a widow w[i]t[h] 4 small children pen[sioner] [1 boll]
John Young in Humbie aged a badge
Eupham Richie in easter briggs a pens[ioner] [ 1 boll]
Janet Girdwood who hath a blind child [ 1 boll]
John Goger a servant w[i]t[h] 4 children [1 boll]
Janet Shittleton a widow w[i]t[h] 3 children [1 boll]
James Marshils 3 orphans w[i]t[h] liberty to beg [4 bolls]
This poser was devised by Bosco, an archivist from Fife.
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