16610820UNS00

1661, August 20

Unst

Quittance of David Murray for Bremen merchant Dirick Kuning, for excise paid on salt which he imported to and used in Shetland, and for additional expenses in collecting the excises.

Created for and published on the HANSdoc website of the German Maritime Museum, Bremerhaven, by Bart Holterman in the context of the research project Between the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea: interdisciplinary Studies of the Hanse. Licensed CC BY.

Bremen, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Bremen

2-W.9.b.10 (Auslandsbeziehungen England)

One leaflet

20x16,5cm

Paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 3.

All quittances (also the German versions) written by the same hand.

Copy

Scots

Note on the back: Copie of David Murray his acquittance of salt accise to Dirick Küning anno 1661 and in another hand Lit. B.

16610820UNS00SAB0

Bremen, Staatsarchiv der Freien und Hansestadt Bremen

2-W.9.b.10 (Auslandsbeziehungen England)

One leaflet

20x14cm

Paper

Modern foliation in pencil, 4.

All quittances (also the German versions) written by the same hand.

Translation

High German

Scots original

Received from Dirick Kuning the soume of one hunderth seventie sex pounds sex shilling 8 d for the accise of sextie three bolls one furlett salt of Linlithgow measure which maks fifftie one barrells, (herring tree band) imported by him and made use of in Zetland subscreyved at Unst the 20th of august 1661. I say received 176 (pound) 6 s 8 d - David Murray.

More, received from Dirick Kuning for necessarie expenses seven dollers and fourtie sex stievers and so the whole soume, is 67 rexdollers 42 steivers - David Murray.

Transcript of B1 by Bart Holterman, 2017

German translation

Entpfangen von Dirich Küning die summa von hundert sibentzig sechß punden sechß schilling acht pfenning führ die accis von sechtzig drey bolls ein furlet saltzeß, Linlithgow maaß, welcheß er in Schetlandt gebrauchet hatt untergeschrieben zu Unst den zwantzigsten augustii anno etc. 1661. Ich sage entpfangen 176 (punt) 6 s 8 d führ funfftzig ein tunn.

David Murray.

Noch bezahlet an David Murray wegen die unkosten 7 r(eichs)th(a)l(er) 46 steuverß ist also die gantzen summa 67 r(eichs)th(a)l(er) 42 steuverß.

Transcript of B2 by Bart Holterman, 2017