In the margin:
Testamentu[m] dativum Rind (Latin for 'testament dative Rind')
THE testament dative and inventarie
of the gudes gear and debtis of umq[uhi]ll (= the late) Mr william
rind burges of pearth within the parochein (= parish) and
s[he]reffdome y[ai]rof (= thereof) the tyme of his deceas quha (= who) de-
ceassit (= deceased/died) in the moneth of august 1628 zers (pronounced 'years')
ffaithfullie made and given up be (= by) Mr Johne robert-
sone minister at pearth as haveing best knawlege
of the gear In name and behalff of Robert and Jonet
rindes Laufull bairnes to the defunct being mi-
nores (= minors) and executors datives decernit (= decreed/appointed) to ther said
umq[uhi]ll (= late) father Be (= by) decreit (= decree) of the comissar (= commissary) of
Sanctan[drews] (= St Andrews)
the nyntein day of august 1628 zers (= years)
IN THE first the said umq[uhi]ll Mr w[illia]m being ane (= a) frie (= free/unattached)
gentlemand unmariet and ane widow (= unmarried and a widower) had no gudes nor
gear except the insicht (= furnishings) and pleanishing (= household goods) of his hous with the
abuliment (= clothing) of his bodie estimat (= estimated/valued) to j c lib. (= £100)
Sum[m]a (Latin = sum/total) of the inventarie .......... j c lib. (= £100)
debtis awtstand (= outstanding/owed) to the dead
In the first be (= by) george scot of Kirkstyle and his cautionars
for the martimes (= Martinmas) anuell (= interest) in anno (Latin = in the year) 1627 and
witsonday (= Whitsun) y[ai]refter (= thereafter)
1628 of ane zerlie (= yearly) anualrent (= interest) of twentie pund money xx s (= 20/-)
Item be (= by) Mr thomas murray of ca[ ]quh[ ] iij lib vj s viij d (= £3 6/8d)
money for the witsondayes termes anuell (= interest) last 1628 of ane
zerlie anualrent of ten markes money (10 marks = £6 13/4d) Item be (= by) constantin
hynd @les (= anuells = interest) of xl lib. (= £40) of [ ] anuels of the termes of martimes 1626
witsonday and martimes 1627 and witsonday termes
1628 Item be (= by) [ ] henderson of borrowit (= borrowed) money xij lib. (= £12)
Sum[m]a of the said debtis ....................... Lxxv lib. vj s viij d (£75 6/8d)
Sum[m]a of the inventarie and debtis ......... j c Lxxv lib. vj s viij d
To be divydit in twa (= two) p[air]ts (= parts) ilk (= each) p[air]t is .... Lxxxvij lib. xiij s iiij d (£87
13/4d)
In the margin:
quota iiij lib. vij s viij d (Latin = the quot £4 7/8d)
The p[rese]nt inventarie and testament before writtin together
with the executors y[ai]rin (= therein) constitut (= constituted) is confirmt (= confirmed) upone
the aucht (= eighth) day of october 1628 zers and Mr Johne robertsone mini-
ster at pearth in name of the exe[cuto]rs minors made faith (= took an oath) and
thomas oliphant of hi[ ] is becum cautione (= is become caution)
All the money is in £ Scots, which was worth a twelfth of the £ Sterling.
This is a testament dative, in other words William Rind did not make a will, but died intestate and the commissary court appointed his children to be executors. That being the case, what you have is an inventory of the possessions of the deceased along with a list of debts owed to him. He obviously didn't owe any money himself. The debts consist of 'borrowit money' (i.e. money borrowed and to be paid back without interest) and annualrents (= interest) due in two yearly instalments at Whitsun in May and Martinmas in November.
William's wife has died and his two children, Robert and Jonet are both minors, hence John Robertson's acting for them. Thomas Oliphant is cautioner for Robertson, in other words surety that he will carry out his work properly. The Quot is the sum (a proportion of the value of the net estate) which was paid to the commissary court for confirming the testament.
