The Trust was funded by a gift of $ 10 million ( a then unprecedented sum: at the time, total government assistance to all four Scottish universities was about £ 50, 000 a year ) and its aim was to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in the Scottish universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a university.

* 1667 – The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £ 10.

The deal valued Aston Martin / AML at £ 2 million, the year it built its 10, 000th car.

At the start of the First World War, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1914 was passed which granted temporary powers to HM Treasury for issuing banknotes to the value of £ 1 and 10 /- ( ten shillings ) in the UK.

The Honourable East India Company presented Nelson with £ 10, 000 (£ as of ) in recognition of the benefit his action had on their holdings and similar awards were made by the cities of London, Liverpool and other municipal and corporate bodies.

Ordered to repay £ 16, 918, suspended from the House of Commons for 10 days and removed from the party whip.

The participant carrying the ball when it reaches the turret clock will receive a £ 10 reward from the mayor.

A pipe roll of King Henry II from 1170 records the purchase of at a farthing per pound ( totaling £ 10. 13s. 4d., about £ 10. 67 in decimal currency ).

He was supported by his colleagues and the King in petitioning Parliament and was granted £ 10, 000 for his work on vaccination.

In the 2009 / 10 financial year, the government revenue was £ 42. 4 million of which £ 14. 5 million came from fishery licences and services and £ 10. 5 million from taxes.

Glenfinnan, away, is home of the Glenfinnan Monument ( Jacobite era ) and the famous viaduct ( as seen on a Bank Of Scotland £ 10 note ).

An estimated £ 10, 000 was spent on traffic policing, and even more on rerouting traffic from the M60 motorway around Ashton.

On 10 August 1860 the company was statutorily incorporated by an Act of Tynwald with a capital of £ 5, 500.

Dutch firm Akzo Nobel ( owner of Crown Berger paints ) bid £ 7. 2 billion (€ 10. 66 billion or $ 14. 5 billion US ) for ICI in June 2007.

In June 2012, two metal detectorists announced that they had uncovered what could be Europe's largest hoard of Iron Age Celtic coins, and which may be worth up to £ 10 M, after a search spanning 30 years.

John invaded Scotland and forced William to sign the Treaty of Norham, which gave John control of William's daughters and required a payment of £ 10, 000.

On 10 August 1977, after making 320 appearances and scoring 167 goals for Celtic, Dalglish was signed by Liverpool manager Bob Paisley for a British transfer fee record of £ 440, 000.

Bosnich was earning A $ 130, 000-a-week ( approximately £ 45, 500-a-week ) at Chelsea.

Owen signed a four-year contract worth £ 70, 000-a-week with Liverpool during the season – making him one of the highest earners in the English Premiership.

Despite rumours circulating in March 2007 that Real Madrid were willing to pay an unprecedented € 80 million (£ 54 million ) for Ronaldo, he signed a five-year, £ 120, 000-a-week (£ 31 million total ) extension with United on 13 April, making him the highest-paid player in team history.

In May 2010 figures in the Daily Telegraph stated that Dyer, who had made only 22 appearances and had never played a full 90 minutes for West Ham, was the club's top earner on £ 83, 000-a-week.

Stead was linked with a move to Blackpool in July 2010, with Ipswich accepting a fee of 250k, but Blackpool refused to match Stead's £ 12, 000-a-week wages.

In July 2010 Ben Haim was set to join his ex-Portsmouth manager, Avram Grant at West Ham United on a free transfer, but it was reported that the move had collapsed after Ben Haim had failed a medical and Ben Haim's rumoured wage demands of £ 38, 000-a-week.

Ben Haim's contract was criticized by administrator Trevor Birch because he was offered £ 36, 000-a-week over four years, shortly before the club first went into liquidation.

However, due to administration the maximum the club paid any player at that time was just £ 5, 000-a-week.

The deal is said to be worth £ 80 million over four years, replacing United's deal with AIG as the most lucrative shirt deal in history at the time, but it was later equalled when Standard Chartered Bank agreed a deal with Liverpool FC to pay £ 20 million a year over the same period.

This deal will be worth £ 3 billion as of 2013 – 14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively.

The company ’ s GBP £ 1. 5 million deal with Ericsson was heralded as “ opening up a new era for mobile telephony in Gibraltar ”.

An area of concern about a potential deal was ICI's British pension fund, which had future liabilities of more than £ 9 billion at the time.

As part of the deal, John offered to surrender the Kingdom of England to the papacy for a feudal service of 1, 000 marks ( equivalent to £ 666 at the time ) annually: 700 marks (£ 466 ) for England and 300 marks (£ 200 ) for Ireland, as well as recompensing the church for revenue lost during the crisis.

American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks became the owners of the club during the 2006 – 07 season, in a deal which valued the club and its outstanding debts at £ 218. 9 million.

The deal valued the club and its outstanding debts at £ 218. 9 million.

Liverpool reported a £ 49. 4m annual loss in 2011, although this figure does not include a new £ 25m kit deal with Warrior Sports.

After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991, the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £ 800 million.

* US sets up £ 215m deal for Afghan arms-from Russia

After the relative success of Alexander the Mouse, Postgate agreed a deal to make the next series on film, for a budget of £ 175 per programme.

In June 2001, the comic was acquired as part of a £ 6. 4 million deal by I Feel Good ( IFG ), a company belonging to ex-Loaded editor James Brown, and increased in frequency to ten times a year.

Peter Rogers, producer of the series, recollected, " Kenneth was worth taking care of because, while he cost very little – £ 5, 000 a film, he made a great deal of money for the franchise.

The dome was publicly renamed as The O2 on 31 May 2005, in a £ 6 million-per-year deal with telecommunications company O2 plc, now a subsidiary of Telefónica Europe.

On 16 February 1993, Bergkamp agreed a £ 7. 1 million move to the latter club in a deal which included his Ajax teammate Wim Jonk.

Indeed, the cost of the Football League deal proved one too many a burden for ITV Digital, and it was placed into administration on 27 March 2002, after the League refused to accept a £ 130m pay cut in its £ 315m deal with the ITV Sport Channel.