Scottish marriage record of 1780

[Rosezi]

Help needed to decipher information taken from a 1780s Scottish marriage record "Penalty of forty pounds......?   And what this actually means

[Wiggy]

forty pound 'Scots'? in case of  ??  (Think there may have been different currency - still is isn't there?)

Don't know the rest - yet - still working on it.

Wiggy

[Gadget]

Penalty of forty pounds Scots in  Case of Failure*

Scots pounds were of different value to English pounds.This was as a security in case the marriage didn't take place.


Gadget

*Add- Failzie - see below

[Wiggy]

The 'dot/tittle' is in an odd place for failure isn't it - that was my first thought, but   

[Gadget]

I think it's a Scots word meaning Failure - failrie?

(add - didn't highlight all from notepad)

[Wiggy]

such as 'Faelie' for example -     Maybe - nearly long enough! 
 

[Gadget]

GR, Skoosh, Isabel or Forfarian will probably know the exact word.

[Gadget]

It has been suggested to me that it's Failzie

Failzie    Failure to comply with something, or non-fulfillment of an obligation.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/glossary/F?field_term_type_value

Thanks to JenB 

[CarolA3]

History of 'Pound Scots' here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_Scots

By the time this document was written (1780), the union with England had taken place and the 'old' pound was only used in accounting.

Carol