Copies of Six small Accompts, which I received from Mr Gib at my 5th and last Meeting with him, and a remarkable Instance of Honesty in one William Burnet, etc
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ceived fm Mr Gib at my 5th & last Meeting
wt him, & a remarkable Instance of Honesty in
one Wm Burnet, &c
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Copies of six small accompts qch I received fm Mr. Gib at my 5th & last meeting wt him, & a remarkable Instance of Honesty in one Wm Burnet, &c
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Here follow exact Copies of
the foresaid six Accompts, which
Accompts (one single Article on-
ly excepted, as will appear
hereafter) are not in James
Gib’s own Hand-writing.
1st.
(1040)
AcompetAccompt of Smith workework wrought
AcompetAccompt of Smith workework wrought
be1 AlexrAlexander Burn in Banockburn to
princprince Charls wagons 1746
2d.ⓧ AndrAndrew Fraser Dr8 to Mr Gib —
✝
This Article was dash’ddashed out in the Ori-
ginal. Accompt, but so as that I could read it.
ginal. Accompt, but so as that I could read it.
ⓧ
1041
I asked Mr Gib, what was the Mean-
ing of this small Accompt? His answer
was, that, when at Inverness, the Meal &and
yethe Flour became so scarce, that he behovedbehooved
to furnish yethe Baxter, AndrAndrew Fraser, wtwith so much,
for qchwhich he was accountable to Mr Gib.
ing of this small Accompt? His answer
was, that, when at Inverness, the Meal &and
yethe Flour became so scarce, that he behovedbehooved
to furnish yethe Baxter, AndrAndrew Fraser, wtwith so much,
for qchwhich he was accountable to Mr Gib.
Robert Forbes, A: M[:]
3d.
(1041[])
1746 Accompt of Liquors Sent to
Accompt
1746 Accompt of Liquors Sent to
His Royal Highness LodgeingsLodgings
by Al:Alexander Fraser
February
✝ 22d
✝ 22d
To 3 Dozens Claret
3
"
"
—
To ½ Dozen Lisbone wine
„ 10,—
To ½ Dozen Sherry DoDitto.....
„ 10„ —
£ 4„ 0 „ 0—
Sic subrsubscribitur AlexrAlexander Fraser
✝
1042
(1042)
I wish, I had seen this Accompt soon-
er; for the Date of it is a plain Proof
to me, that Mr Gib is mistaken, as to his
Account of Dates &and of Names of Places,
in the Prince’s marching from Castle-weem
to Inverness, &and that the Account in yethe
Scots Magazine for 1746, pag: 91, must
be right; be cause the Prince certainly
has been in Inverness when the above
Wines were sent to his Lodgings, where-
as Mr Gib’s Account of Days, &c.etc. (see pag:
988) makes the Prince to be only at Dal-
rachny on Saturday FebryFebruary 22nd. I did not
advert to the Date of the above Accompt,
when looking over the six Accompts in Mr
Gib’s Presence, otherwise I would have
taken Notice of it to him as a Proof that
his Memory had failed him. It is likewise
worth remarking, that the following Accompt is
of the same Date (FebryFebruary 22nd) which is a second
Proof of Mr Gib’s Mistake, &and that yethe Account of
ysthis Matter in the Scots Magazine must be right.
See pag: 993, 994, 995, 996.
er; for the Date of it is a plain Proof
to me, that Mr Gib is mistaken, as to his
Account of Dates &and of Names of Places,
in the Prince’s marching from Castle-weem
to Inverness, &and that the Account in yethe
Scots Magazine for 1746, pag: 91, must
be right; be cause the Prince certainly
has been in Inverness when the above
Wines were sent to his Lodgings, where-
as Mr Gib’s Account of Days, &c.etc. (see pag:
988) makes the Prince to be only at Dal-
rachny on Saturday FebryFebruary 22nd. I did not
advert to the Date of the above Accompt,
when looking over the six Accompts in Mr
Gib’s Presence, otherwise I would have
taken Notice of it to him as a Proof that
his Memory had failed him. It is likewise
worth remarking, that the following Accompt is
of the same Date (FebryFebruary 22nd) which is a second
Proof of Mr Gib’s Mistake, &and that yethe Account of
ysthis Matter in the Scots Magazine must be right.
See pag: 993, 994, 995, 996.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
4th.
Accompt Mr James Gib, But-
ler, MrMaster Hoūsald11 to His Roÿi-
allRoyal HÿnessHighness, Prince Charles, to
ThoThomas ffraserFraser PessteriePastry Cook
To Accompt
from ffeb#rFebruary
yethe 22 to
ffebrFebruary yethe 27
from ffeb#rFebruary
yethe 22 to
ffebrFebruary yethe 27
£ 2„ 05„ 06
Merch yethe 1st
0„ 03„ 06
Merch yethe 3d
To 2 Cakes Short Bread
0„ 06„ 00
To onone SallmonSalmon PasstiePasty
0„ 04„ 06
To 13 Tairts of SeuerallSeveral Sorts
0„ 07„ 00
Merch yethe 5th
To onone Plain Custard
0„ 01„ 00
To Short Bread
0„ 03„ 06
To onone Custard
0„ 01„ 04
To onone SideSeed Cake
0„ 07„ 06
To onone Custard
0„ 01„ 00
To Short Bread
0„ 03„ 00
Merch 11,
To onone Orange PudinnePudding
0„ 05„ 00
Merch 13th
To Short Bread
0„ 03„ 06
To onone Rice PudinePudding
0„ 02„ 06
Merch 14th
0„ 03„ 06
To onone CusstardCustard
0„ 01„ 06
To Short Bread
0„ 03„ 06
£ 05„ 03„ 04
1- 17- 8
1- 5- 6
8 '6 = 6
5th
Accompt Mr Gib: MrMaster Housalld, &cetc
To his RoÿiallRoyal HynessHighness Prince
Charles, D:Dei G:Gratia To Tho:Thomas Fraser PesstriePastry Cook
Merch yethe
18,th 1746
18,th 1746
6th.
Accompt Mr Gib PrincabillPrincipal
BūttllerButler &cetc to his RoÿillRoyal Hÿness
Der16 to Tho:Thomas ffraserFraser PessteriePastry Cook
Merch
yethe 30th
yethe 30th
To 2 KaiksCakes short Bread
£ „ 04„ 06
ApprillApril 1st
To onone SidekaickSeedcake
„ 07„ 06
To onone MoūrffoullMoorfowl PasstiePasty
„ 04„ 00
15th
To 2 SidkaicksSeedcakes
„ 15„ 00
To ffÿringFiring, and Attending 80 Dishes
„ 06„ 08
£ 1„ 17 08
At the foresaid fifth Meeting17 with Mr
Gib in my own Room, he told me, he could
inform me of a remarkable Instance of
William Burnet (the same Person with
whom he had left his Pocket-book in
the North) his Honesty &and Exactness, if I
thought it worththe while to write it
down. — Here follows an Account of
it, as Mr Gib narrated it to me.
Gib in my own Room, he told me, he could
inform me of a remarkable Instance of
William Burnet (the same Person with
whom he had left his Pocket-book in
the North) his Honesty &and Exactness, if I
thought it worth
down. — Here follows an Account of
it, as Mr Gib narrated it to me.
Some time in the Month of May, 1748,
Mr Gib happened to be in Company with
Deacon William Clerk, TaylorTailor in EdrEdinburgh,
when John Hay of Restalrig was some
howsomehow or other spoke of, at the mention-
ing of whose Name Mr Gib asked, if
Mr Hay’s eldest Daughter was in EdrEdinburgh,
or any of Mr Hay’s near Relations; for
that he (Gib) could give an Account
of a large Portmanteau in the North be-
longing to Mr Hay. Deacon Clerk as-sured1044(1044)
sured him, that Mr Hay’s eldest DaurDaughter
was living in EdrEdinburgh with the Ladies of
March,18 &and that he (Clerk) could carry
any Message from Mr Gib to yethe young
Lady. Upon this, Mr Gib told Deacon
Clerk, that, when Mr Hay at the Wa-
ter of Nairn desired Gib to part from
the Prince &and to shift for himself, he
recommended to Gib’s Care his Groom
&and the said Portmanteau, containing Mr
Hay’s fine CloathsClothes. Mr Gib assured
Mr Hay, he would take the same Care
of the Groom &and Portmanteau, that he
would do of himself. In coming down
the Country from Ruthven, Mr Gib be-
gan to be afraid, lest he should fall
into the Hands of some Party, and
therefore he left Mr Hay’s Portman-
teau (the more valuable, said Gib, that
it has in it a Plaid which the Prince
wore for some Time) in the Custody
of William Burnet at Breadhaugh
near the Kirktown of Alford in Aber-
deenshire, who, he was sure, would
deliver it safe &and in good Order, pro-
vided his House has not been plund-
ered &and pillaged, or Searched. Mr Gib
told Deacon Clerk, that, for the greater Exactness, 1045 (1045)
Exactness, they had opened the Port-
manteau, &and took a Note of every Thingeverything
in it, Burnet keeping one Copy &and Gib
another; but Gib said, he had destroy-
ed his Copy of said Note, after being
made Prisoner at Leven. However,
he still remembredremembered well the Contents
of the Portmanteau, &and could condescend
particularly upon every Piece in it.
Deacon Clerk informed Miss Hay of
all this Affair, &and came again to Mr
Gib, bringing along with him a young
Man, whom Mr Hay had bred as
a Writer or Clerk, in order to be
informed by Mr Gib how the Port-
manteau could be recovered. Mr
Gib told Deacon Clerk &and the young
Man, that he (Gib) would write a Let-
ter to Mr Burnet, provided they would
give him Assurance, that the Letter
should be carefully delivered into
Mr Burnet’s own Hands, because o-
therwise he [Gib] &and others might be
brought to much Trouble; &and therefore
he desired Deacon Clerk &and the young
Man to go &and get Counsel about the
Matter; which accordingly they did, &and 1046 (1046)
&and returned to Mr Gib, assuring him
they had found out a very right Per-
son going to AbdAberdeen, who had undertaken
to send the Letter carefully from A-
berdeen to Mr Burnet by a proper
Hand. Upon this, Mr Gib writ a Letter
to the said William Burnet, desiring
him to deliver such a Portmanteau
to the Bearer according to the Note
of the CloathsClothes contained in it, qchwhich
each of them ^had taken in Presence of
one another. — The Portmanteau was
brought to EdrEdinburgh, &and Mr Gib told me, ytthat
Deacon Clerk &and the young Man had
come to him, assuring him, that eve-
ry Thingeverything was safe in it, &and had been
kept in good Order. — The Portman-
teau had been in Mr Burnet’s Keep-
ing more than two Years.
Mr Gib happened to be in Company with
Deacon William Clerk, TaylorTailor in EdrEdinburgh,
when John Hay of Restalrig was some
howsomehow or other spoke of, at the mention-
ing of whose Name Mr Gib asked, if
Mr Hay’s eldest Daughter was in EdrEdinburgh,
or any of Mr Hay’s near Relations; for
that he (Gib) could give an Account
of a large Portmanteau in the North be-
longing to Mr Hay. Deacon Clerk as-sured1044(1044)
sured him, that Mr Hay’s eldest DaurDaughter
was living in EdrEdinburgh with the Ladies of
March,18 &and that he (Clerk) could carry
any Message from Mr Gib to yethe young
Lady. Upon this, Mr Gib told Deacon
Clerk, that, when Mr Hay at the Wa-
ter of Nairn desired Gib to part from
the Prince &and to shift for himself, he
recommended to Gib’s Care his Groom
&and the said Portmanteau, containing Mr
Hay’s fine CloathsClothes. Mr Gib assured
Mr Hay, he would take the same Care
of the Groom &and Portmanteau, that he
would do of himself. In coming down
the Country from Ruthven, Mr Gib be-
gan to be afraid, lest he should fall
into the Hands of some Party, and
therefore he left Mr Hay’s Portman-
teau (the more valuable, said Gib, that
it has in it a Plaid which the Prince
wore for some Time) in the Custody
of William Burnet at Breadhaugh
near the Kirktown of Alford in Aber-
deenshire, who, he was sure, would
deliver it safe &and in good Order, pro-
vided his House has not been plund-
ered &and pillaged, or Searched. Mr Gib
told Deacon Clerk, that, for the greater Exactness, 1045 (1045)
Exactness, they had opened the Port-
manteau, &and took a Note of every Thingeverything
in it, Burnet keeping one Copy &and Gib
another; but Gib said, he had destroy-
ed his Copy of said Note, after being
made Prisoner at Leven. However,
he still remembredremembered well the Contents
of the Portmanteau, &and could condescend
particularly upon every Piece in it.
Deacon Clerk informed Miss Hay of
all this Affair, &and came again to Mr
Gib, bringing along with him a young
Man, whom Mr Hay had bred as
a Writer or Clerk, in order to be
informed by Mr Gib how the Port-
manteau could be recovered. Mr
Gib told Deacon Clerk &and the young
Man, that he (Gib) would write a Let-
ter to Mr Burnet, provided they would
give him Assurance, that the Letter
should be carefully delivered into
Mr Burnet’s own Hands, because o-
therwise he [Gib] &and others might be
brought to much Trouble; &and therefore
he desired Deacon Clerk &and the young
Man to go &and get Counsel about the
Matter; which accordingly they did, &and 1046 (1046)
&and returned to Mr Gib, assuring him
they had found out a very right Per-
son going to AbdAberdeen, who had undertaken
to send the Letter carefully from A-
berdeen to Mr Burnet by a proper
Hand. Upon this, Mr Gib writ a Letter
to the said William Burnet, desiring
him to deliver such a Portmanteau
to the Bearer according to the Note
of the CloathsClothes contained in it, qchwhich
each of them ^had taken in Presence of
one another. — The Portmanteau was
brought to EdrEdinburgh, &and Mr Gib told me, ytthat
Deacon Clerk &and the young Man had
come to him, assuring him, that eve-
ry Thingeverything was safe in it, &and had been
kept in good Order. — The Portman-
teau had been in Mr Burnet’s Keep-
ing more than two Years.
At the same Time Mr Gib told
me, that the Highlanders were the most
surprizingsurprising ^Men he had ever seen; for, after
making very long Marches &and coming to
their Quarters, they would have got
up to the Dancing as nimbly, as if they
had not been marching at all, when-
ever they heard the Pipes begin to play; 1047 (1047)
play; which made him frequently say,
“I believe, the Devil is in their Legs!”
me, that the Highlanders were the most
surprizingsurprising ^Men he had ever seen; for, after
making very long Marches &and coming to
their Quarters, they would have got
up to the Dancing as nimbly, as if they
had not been marching at all, when-
ever they heard the Pipes begin to play; 1047 (1047)
play; which made him frequently say,
“I believe, the Devil is in their Legs!”
Monday, July 18th, 1748, I returned the
six Accompts (sealed &and addressed as agreed
upon, pag: 1039) by James Mackay, who hap-
pened to meet with Mr Gib in EdrEdinburgh, &and de-
livered them into his own Hands.
six Accompts (sealed &and addressed as agreed
upon, pag: 1039) by James Mackay, who hap-
pened to meet with Mr Gib in EdrEdinburgh, &and de-
livered them into his own Hands.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
Tuesday’s Afternoon, AugtAugust 23d, 1748,
I met accidentally with Deacon William
Clerk, TaylorTailor, upon the High Street in
EdrEdinburgh, when I asked him about Mr
John Hay’s Portmanteau, which had
been left in the Hands of one Wil-
liam Burnet in the North, &cetc. The
Deacon told me, that the Portman-
teau was brought to EdrEdinburgh with every
Thingeverything in it safe &and sound, &cetc.
I met accidentally with Deacon William
Clerk, TaylorTailor, upon the High Street in
EdrEdinburgh, when I asked him about Mr
John Hay’s Portmanteau, which had
been left in the Hands of one Wil-
liam Burnet in the North, &cetc. The
Deacon told me, that the Portman-
teau was brought to EdrEdinburgh with every
Thingeverything in it safe &and sound, &cetc.
Robert Forbes, A: M:
Citation
Forbes, Robert. “Copies of six small accompts qch I received fm Mr. Gib at my 5th & last meeting wt him, & a remarkable Instance of Honesty in one Wm Burnet, &c.” The Lyon in Mourning,
vol. 5,
Adv.MS.32.6.20, fol. 88r–90r. The Lyon in Mourning Project,
edited by Leith Davis, https://lyoninmourning.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/
Appendix
A Scots variant of by.
I.e, plates.
I.e., "a bolt or a large nail used" in a cart, likely "for fixing the body to the drawing-shafts."
Probably either in the sense of (1) a hook; or (8): 'A small catch designed to fall into the notch of a wheel.'
I.e., "One of the hooks or chains on a set of haims to which the traces are attached" ((9), only attested in the Lyon in Mourning).
Also haim, "one of two curved pieces of wood or metal forming or covering one-half of the collar of a draught horse to which the traces are fastened."
I.e., shoes.
Unclear what word is abbreviated here. It's possible the 'D' is an unusual 'B,' in which case it could be an abbreviation of 'Baxter.' Otherwise, this could be an abbreviation for 'Deliver.'
A Scottishmeasure.
A Scottish measure.
Used particiularly with reference to household management.
Either Heron or Herring.
I.e, mince.
I.e, "bread, scone or cake baked with the finest flour."
Possibly some kind of abbreviation related to the title of 'His Royal Highness,' otherwise probably an abbreviation for 'Deliver.'
On July 13, 1748.
Probably the ladies of the family of the Earl of March. See NRS GD236/2/15, which contains letters to John Hay (almost certainly Restalrig) and to "his daughter Margaret, at the house of Lady March." The file also contains inventory of a house in Canongate. The "Ladies of March" also appear in Ingram, Jacobite Stronghold, p. 40.