Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh [10 April 1696] eodem Die postmeridiem

D1696/4/22

D1696/4/22¹

Act

Act Anent Accompts Due to the inhabitants of Peebles

The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell haveing considered the report of a comittie of ther own number appointed for reviseing the accompts resting be his majesties forces to the Countrie Beareing that the comittie haveing considered the two following accompts presented to them the one therof resting be the Deceast Lord Angus his regiment to the inhabitants of to the toune of Peebles And the other therof be the deceast Lord Cardross his regiment of Dragounes and the Lord Elphingstoune his troupe of horse to the tenents of Whitefeild at the towne of Lintoune in Tweedale with the instructiones and verificationes of both the Saids accompts They find that there one of the articles of the said first accompt viz That resting by the deceast Lord Angus his regiment of foot to the inhabitants of the towne of Peebles which is not in the termes of the act of parliament anent pole money And proclamationes of Counsell relative therto And therfore they have refwised and rejected that article And finds the haill other articles of the said accompt (except one which they have rejected for want of instructione) Sufficiently verified and proven both by recepts under the hands of the Souldiers or officers of the said regiment And also by the oathes of the Land Lords taken befor two of the Comissioners of the Supplie within the Shyre of Peebles in respect that Some of the persones granters of the saids recepts were not designed in the body of the recepts Conforme to the oathes of the saids Landslords returned be the Commissioners to the Comittie and Subscribed both by The Land Lords and the Commissioners And finds that ther is resting be the said deceast Lords Angws his regiment besydes the articles rejected as said is to the saids inhabitants of Peebles the Soume of Thriescore Eleven punds two Shilling eight pennies Scotts And it is the opinion of the Comittie that this Soume is to be payed to the saids inhabitants out of the pole money imposed in anno J^aj vi^c nyntie thrie And that the saids inhabitants are to be recomended to the Commissioners of parliament appointed anent the said polemoney for payment to them of the Soume of Thriescore Eleven punds two Shilling eight pennies Scotts furth of the said pole money And the Comittie finds the other accompt resting be the said Deceast Lord Cardross dragounes and the Lord Elphingstounes troupe to the Saids tenents of whitefeild Sufficiently proven by recepts under the hands of the officers of the said regiment and troupe And that ther is resting to the saids tennents be the said Lord Cardross his Dragounes Five punds ten Shilling Scotts And be the Said Lord Elphingstounes troupe thrie punds eight Shilling Scotts As the said report bears Extending the saids two Soumes in this accompt to the Soume of Eight pund Eightein Shilling Scotts And the Comitties opinion is that this Soume is to be payed to the Saids tenents owt of the above fond of the polemoney imposed in anno J^aj vi^c nyntie thrie And that they are to be recommended to the Saids Commissioners of parliament for payment of the Same accordinglie And the Comittie finds that the haill articles allowed and reported to be payed as said is are all in the termes of the nynth act fourth Sessione of this present parliament Intituled act for polemoney and proclamationes of privie Counsell relative therto As the said report bears The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell haveing considered this report anent accompts resting to the inhabitatns of the towne of Peebles and to the tenents of Whitefeild at the towne of Lintowne They heirby approve therof And recomends to the Commissioners of parliament appointed anent the polemoney imposed in anno J^aj vi^c nyntie thrie To cause make payment of the Said Soume of Thriescore Eleven punds two Shilling eight pennies to the saids inhabitants of Peebles And of the Said Soume of Eight punds Eightein Shilling Scotts to the saids tenents of Whitefeild And that out of the said polemoney imposed in² anno J^aj vi^c nyntie thrie yeirs.