In this poser, taken from the heritors' minutes for Kirkliston parish in 1698 (National Records of Scotland, HR770/1, page 30), we asked which six women were awarded 1 boll of meal each.

Image taken from the heritors' minutes for Kirkliston parish in 1698 (National Records of Scotland, HR770/1 page 30).

Answer: The six women were: Elizabeth Park, Marion Marshall, Grisel Seaton, Elizabeth Frame, Marjoram Hastie and Barbara Strathearn.

Transcription

Jo[hn] Balfour a pensioner only his pension
Helen Duncan her pension only
Jo[hn] Moorhead in Winchburgh aged w[i]t[h] his daugh[ter] [2 bolls]
Elizabeth Park w[i]t[h] 2 small children [1 boll]
Marion Marshall lame a pensioner [1 boll]
Grisel Seaton aged a pensioner [1 boll]
Will[iam] Wardlaw w[i]t[h] 3 smal children to be sup-
-plied in strait a badge for his children]
Elizabeth Frame aged [1 boll]
Marjoram Hastie aged [1 boll]
Barbara Strathearn [1 boll]

This poser was devised by Bosco, an archivist from Fife.

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