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Drinksilver was a kind of tip or
gratuity given to
artisans in
Early Modern Scotland, a sum of
money suitable for
buying drinks and celebrating. Records...
-
Regent Moray gave
soldiers commanded by
James Cunningham 20
shillings in
drinksilver for
their labours confiscating the
goods of Lord
Fleming at Boghall....
- gave the
masons working on the
building a tip of 9 shillings,
known as "
drinksilver", and
ordered the
master mason to go to
Stirling Castle to
provide a...
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example pourboire in French,
Trinkgeld in German,
drikkepenge in Danish,
drinksilver in
Middle Scots, and
napiwek in Polish. This
comes from a
custom of inviting...
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excavated a new well.
James IV
visited in
April 1497 and gave the
masons drinksilver reward payments in May.
Building lime was
brought from Cousland. The...
- and to the
porters (officers of
lesser rank) 40
crowns described as "
drinksilver". In
April 1595,
James VI and Anne of
Denmark planned to come on a progress...
- 1578 the
young King
ordered that Inglis' "servandis"
should be
given "
drinksilver", a kind of tip, for
their efforts. In May 1590,
James Inglis worked...
- his new ship, the
Great Michael, he gave 5
shillings as a
reward or
drinksilver to a man who
brought some lead.
Beyond the
potential revenue and the...
- Palace. One of the
masons was
Thomas Bargany, who was
given tips
called "
drinksilver" and a
bonus of £12
Scots to buy clothes. The well for the
house or castle...
-
asked for "morning and afternoon's drink",
probably a
reference to "
drinksilver".
Margaret Sanderson, Mary Stewart's
People (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 23...
