Would you have been evicted in 1600s Canongate?

Following my reasonably successful quiz yesterday, I have created this one – which again is just for fun. The answers have been taken from my own research/reading of Canongate Burgh Court books from 1567 to 1640. Eviction notices were usually issued in the burgh court from mid-May until mid-June, although a few were issued in November. Rental agreements in 1600s Canongate were de facto annual arrangements and were still being ‘paid in kind’ by some tenants as late as the 1630s. For instance, William Harper, a cordiner and tenant to George Minto paid £8 14s 4d and “ane pair of marekin schewes” in rent for an upper back house in North Canongate in 1627. Rents on the eviction notices varied from £3 per annum to £100, but as you can imagine, there were few evicted at the higher end of the scale.

The Map section shown on this page is taken from Rothiemay’s 1647 plan of Edinburgh. Annotated locations are approximate, as best as I could manage. The bold red line indicates area of high risk of eviction and multiple evictions during your lifetime.