Octr. 24. Hire of 44 ditchers (_fossatores_) from the neighbourhood of Lochmaben, (including one overseer at 6 _pennies_ a day) for one day L.0 8 0 25. Do. of 34 do. (including one overseer at 6 _pennies_ a day) for 3 days 0 19 0 31. Do. of 50 do. (including 3 overseers at 6 _pennies_ each per day) for 4 days 1 17 4 Nov. 2. Do. of one manager, at 6 pennies a day, and 178 ditchers including 9 overseers from the county of Northumberland, for 3 days 4 15 0 Paid William of Lochmaben, overseer, and 25 labourers from the neighbourhood of Lochmaben, for 3 days (from 27th of Octr.) 0 13 6 Nov. 2. Hire of 76 labourers from Cumberland, including 4 overseers as above, by the King’s order (_ad mandatum Regis_) for 1 day 0 13 4 Do. of 4 men inspecting the work of said ditchers, from 23d till 30th October, 8 days, at 4 _pennies_ a day each 0 10 8 Do. of 7 women helping to clean the ditches for one day (Oct. 24) at 1½ _pennies_ 0 0 10½ Do. for 9 women (Oct. 27) 3 days at 1½d. 0 3 4½ Do. for 10 (Oct. 28.) } as above 0 3 4½ Do. for 14 (Oct. 29.) } Do. for 25 (Oct. 30.) 0 3 1½ Extra gratification to said ditchers, being King’s bounty 1 5 7 Carriage of workmen’s tools from Northumberland, through Carlisle to Dumfries 0 10 0 Hire of 2 smiths from said county, from 17th Oct. till Nov. 1st, 16 days, at 4 _pennies_ a day 1 1 4 ----------- L.13 4 1½ Amount paid to Henry Braundeston, for Ade de St Edmunds.--See page 269 of Wardrobe Account. Hire of 2 men employed in Inglewood-forest, making charcoal for the smiths, 4 days, 2s. [47] Paid Simon Kingesman, master of the Margaret of Kipavene, for freight of 30 quarters of wheat from Kirkcudbright to Dublin, to be ground there, and carriage of the same to Ayr, for the use of the King’s army in that place--Wages for self and 12 seamen, from 2. till 15. August, both included, 15 days L.2 9 0