![A receipt for George Ross of Balnagown attending St Andrew's University in 1566The savintein day of Fabruar ye yeir of God laj Vet sextie sex yeirs I Andrew Watsoun, Stewart in ye New College of Sanct Andrew, grants me to have resavit fra . . Maister Thomas Ross . . on behalf of Alexr. Ross of Balnagown for ye thrie quarters boyrd of George Ross his son . . twentie sevin punds . . witnesses George Ross, Johne Chalmers and James Tago.[on other side is]Heir followis ye money yt. said Thomas Ross left wt. Androw Watsoun . . . Item to buy tway sarks wt. ij neipkynis xxxiv sh. Item to by ij pair shone ane pair gluves and ane coird to ane bonat ix sh iiijd.Item for ane pound of candill xvi sh.](images/objects/700.jpg)
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![B. No. 677, 1574. A legal document called a Notarial Instrument; of revocation dated 5th August 1574.In pns. of me . . compered personally . . Alexr. Ross of Balnagown declared, that James Earle of Morton, Regent, summoned the said Alexr. Ross and his alleged accomplices to a Parliament to be held by him and the three estates in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh for the downcasting of the baillie tower of Cadboll and the alleged taking and imprisoning of Alexander Innes of Plaids in Cadboll and for alleged disobedienceSummoned before ye Justice general to underlie the law therefor . . . and by reason of his non-appearance, he was denounced Rebel and put to the horn. Summoned before Regent and lords of the secret counsel . . . comperit not . . . and yet he was and is innocent of the demolishing and imprisoning . . . and yet the same was done by Hugh MacCulloch pretending a right to Cadboll and his accomplices . . . When he was summoned he was laying clearly sick in Balnagown and there was not a minister in the parish kirk of Kilmuir of whom he might have testimonials, and when he came to Edinburgh the 11th day of March 1573 at my Lord Regent’s desire to have speak his L0. on the morning after, caused him enter in ward within the Castle of Edinburgh and imprisoned him in a house there, where he remained four months.And when he was delivered of the said Castle he has been and is sat continually in ward within the town of Edinburgh and a mile about under caution of great sums of money and to save his life, heritage unforfaltit . . of need was constrained to do all his grace would charge . . who caused him to make a contract with the said Alexr. Innes and Elizabeth his spouse to pay four thousand Merks . . . . had he not consented to it he supposed no less it should cost him his life and his heritage unjustly forfeited. . . . did all by being . . pressed . . . upon fear and dread . . . . he has been and obliged him to build up again sum vaults and houses of Cadboll at one certain time under payne of one thousand pounds yet it is not two years since it was cast down and five hundred marks would repair it and make the same as sufficient as ever. The said Alexander Ross . . . in the most ample form revokes the whole contract and other obligations . . . to be null . . . . [In Latin]These things were noted in his chamber for the time within. . Edinburgh . . . . present John Davidson burgess of Edinburgh, Walter McCulloch heir apparent of Meikle Terrell in Ross, &c.](images/objects/698.jpg)
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![The list includes sugar, pepper, aniseed and a cannon, which was later put to use attacking Cadboll Castle. “At Edinburgh, ye last day of Marche in ye yeir of God 1553 it is agreed betwyx …. Alex. Ross of balnegoine …. And Johne Ross of ye toune of Dunskyt [Dunskaith] as followis – John Ross, will of God, shall deliver at ye port of Cromarty to the laird …so many habengeous [chained mail coats] as will extend to the spending of twenty ponds Felemish, ye said habengeous to be with sleeves and linen fastenings with ye habengeous – of ye which habengeous two to be fine and three across works. One barrel of scheyms [?], three matts, six hundred pounds of hemp, eight stone of corks, three fine chandlers of gross work, a bason and laver of tin wear is fine, four ticks of bed with bolsters, six pounds of pepper, one pound of ginger, two stone of annetsede [aniseed], two ‘laiffe cannered suicre’ [loaf sugar], three pounds sugar candy, six fine tinned stoups – the arms is three lions two above and on underneath of them in each stoup two quarts, two pints two chopins extending to fifty pounds Flemish spending, and this to be delivered at ye said Johne first coming to Scotland for the which payment above expremit, to be …... and delivered as said Alexander shall deliver and pay to ye said John for every pound Fleming spending foresaid five pounds Scotts in salted hides, dry hides and other merchands [merchandise] to the said John within twenty days next and immediate following the delivering of the merchandise above expremit without fraud or guile on the promise as “sic” merchands gives in to the contract. One dozen of leaden basins of the which three of ten quarts, three of gallons, three of half gallons and three of quarts. A culvering that be is ryt fine and schetes [sheets] far, four firkins of fine culvering powder, twelve ells of Holland cloth. And both the sais oblige them faithfully to fulfil the promises, each one towards the other, in witness of which both ye said parties has subscribed this before their witness [three names and the signature of Alexander and of John Ross the shipmaster.](images/objects/583.jpg)
