Edinburgh the fourtein day of Jully Jaj vjc nyntie two years
D1692/7/14
D1692/7/141
Act
Act Mr James Gray of Balnagoun and Commissioners of supply of Aberdeenshyre
The Lords of their Majesties privy Councill haveing heard a Petition given in to them be the Commissioners of Supply of the Shyre of Aberdeen and Mr James Gray of Balnagown Craveing the saids Lords to grant warrand for removeing any part of the souldiers quartered upon the lands of Balnagowan and Cairnfield for deficiency in payment of the Cess or other publict dues as a part of the shyre of Banff without payment of any quartering money, and to prohibit and Discharge any such sumar quartering upon the saids lands or any others within the shyre of Aberdeen Otherwayes then in the proportiones prescryved by law In caise these lands or the heritors therof be deficient In payment of their proportiones as parts of the said shyre of Aberdeen As also to Decerne James Cock the Collector of the Shyre of Banff to repay the petitioners expences according to the modificatione In Respect of his unwarrantable order for the quartering quhich was produced to the petitioner quhen he took instruments against the said Illegall quartering The saids Lords allow the above Collector of Supply of the Shyre of Bannff to see and answer the said petition, And in the mean tyme ordains the parties quartered upon the above Lands of Cairnfeild and Balgonie to be removed (without payment of quartering or ryding money) furth with upon intimatione heirof And Discharges the quartering of any such parties in tyme comeing Untill answers be given in to this petition and advysed be the saids Lords and interloquitor given be them upon the said petitione and the saids answers.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 76v-77r.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 76v-77r.