| 1540. | Butter, 180½ Barrels at £3 | £541 | 10 | 0 |
| Grain, 79 Lasts at £5 | 395 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flesh, 12½ Lasts at £3 | 37 | 10 | 0 | |
| Marts, 4 at £1, 10s. | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hawkhens, 217 at 6d. | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| Swine, 2 at 15s. | 1 | 10 | 0 | |
| Wax, Peats, &c., about | 13 | 1 | 6 | |
| Silver | 251 | 2 | 6 | |
| Total Rents and Teinds of Bishopric in 1540 | £1251 | 2 | 6 | |
These quantities were officially attested by Bishop Adam in 1561, and in 1568 (the date of his first contract with Lord Robert), amounted at the current prices to the value and quantity following, viz.—
| 1568. | Butter at £9 per Barrel | £1624 | 10 | 0 |
| Grain at £30 per Last | 2370 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flesh at £7, 4s. | 90 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marts at £3, 12s. | 14 | 8 | 0 | |
| Hawkhens | 5 | 8 | 6 | |
| Swine at £1, 16s. | 3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Wax, &c. | 22 | 1 | 6 | |
| Silver | 251 | 2 | 6 | |
| Total | £4381 | 2 | 6 | |
These articles, the amount of the Bishopric Rental at Earl Robert’s entry, he increased to the following quantities at the same conversion:—
| 1587. | Butter, 73½ Barrels at £9 | £661 | 13 | 0 |
| Do., 136 Lispunds 21 Marks at 12s. | 82 | 2 | 6 | |
| Grain, 189 Lasts, 20 Meils, 5 Setns, at £30 | 5696 | 0 | 10 | |
| Flesh, 84 Lasts, 18 Meils, 2 Setns, at £7, 4s. | 610 | 10 | 0 | |
| Poultry, 1046 | 26 | 3 | 0 | |
| Wax, &c. | 24 | 6 | 6 | |
| Silver | 299 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | £7400 | 0 | 0 | |
which by his aggravation of one-fifth of every weight and measure, actually represented the following quantities and value at his death, 1592:—
| 1592. | Butter in Barrels (unchanged) | £661 | 10 | 0 |
| Do., Loose, 171 Lispunds at 12s | 102 | 12 | 0 | |
| Grain, 237⅓ Lasts at £30 | 7120 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flesh, 105 Lasts 22 Meils at £7, 4s. | 762 | 12 | 0 | |
| Poultry | 26 | 3 | 0 | |
| Wax, &c. | 27 | 15 | 10 | |
| Silver | 299 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total | £9000 | 0 | 0 | |
Earl Patrick’s aggravation of one-third in like manner raised the actual quantities paid from the Bishopric in the same proportion, and at the current prices of conversion, to the following value:—
| Butter, 73½ Barrels at £20 per Barrel | £1,470 | 0 | 0 | |
| Do., 182 Lispunds at £2 per Lispund | 364 | 0 | 0 | |
| Grain, 253 at £60 per Last | 15,180 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flesh, 113 Lasts at £16 per Last | 1,808 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poultry, 1046 at 1s. each | 52 | 6 | 0 | |
| Swine, 2 at £4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wax, &c., about | 33 | 6 | 10 | |
| Money | 299 | 7 | 2 | |
| Total Bishopric. | £19,215 | 0 | 0 | |
The following Abstract of the results of these Tables will exhibit briefly the progressive increase of the burdens of Orkney during the sixteenth century—