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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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Regent Moray gave
soldiers commanded by
James Cunningham 20
shillings in
drinksilver for
their labours confiscating the
goods of Lord
Fleming at Boghall....
- 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...
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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...
- Gardens) was poisoned.
Morton gave the
workers who made
gabions a
bonus drinksilver payment after the
castle surrendered. Grange's
sister became ill, and...
- work, in 1561, Mary gave his
servant workmen a
reward of
money known as
drinksilver. He was an ****ay
Master at the
Scottish mint and made dies for the coinage...
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asked for "morning and afternoon's drink",
probably a
reference to "
drinksilver".
Margaret Sanderson, Mary Stewart's
People (Edinburgh, 1987), p. 23...
