[148] It appears from factory accounts in the Caldwell papers as if oats fluctuated in the period 1645-54 between 6s. 1d. and 17s. 8d. sterling per boll. But probably the highest prices do not chance to occur in these accounts.
[149] Shew themselves.
[150] Nicoll, p. 67.
[151] Spalding Miscellany, iii. 205.
[152] From a copy of the petition in possession of the present Irvine of Drum.
[153] See under July 18, 1649.
[154] Illust. Shires of Aber. and Banff. Spal. Club. Vol. i. p. 285.
[155] Apparently a tax imposed on houses—equivalent to hearth-money.
[156] A small sect who held that families were the only proper congregations.
[157] Register of the Committee of Estates (Gen. Reg. House), Sept. 28, 1660.