Receavit be me from the Hamburghers and Bremers of tollis and customes for ther shippes to Yetland, the number of ane hundreth fourtie and fowr rex dollers, with the mens namis qho deliwered them, for the yeer jaj vj, fiftie and fowr, the qhich number of ane hundreth fowrtie and fowr dollers extendis to the sowm of fowr hundreth sewentein lb twelwe shillingh Scots.
| dollers | |
| From Jasper Gardie in Burrovo in Yell | 14 |
| From Luder Peav ther | 4 |
| From Daniell Wasterman in Hildisweek in Northmavein | 40 |
| From Albert Scruther in Burro | 20 |
| From Hermon Helderman at Valye in Walles | 24 |
| From Matthias Luckfish at Papastur | 34 |
| From Ditmar Hacman at Laxfirth | 8 |
Discharge
Item, given to the Duchman for the fraught of his shipp in bringin your lordship betwixt Yetland and Orkney, £87
Mair, given to skipper Polson for his fraught betwixt Orkney and Frazerburgh, £120
Mair, for my own charges in going about my Lord Mortounis affairs, from Yetland to Edenburgh, being on my jurney and in Edinburgh from the 23 of December till the 16 of March 1654, £138
Mair, for my charges in going to uplift the tolls and customs, £16
[Summa], £361.
Transcript by John Ballantyne