Act, 29 December 1692, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Fourteinth day off September J^aj vj^c nyntie tuo years

A1692/9/7

A1692/9/7¹

Act

Act Mcdonald of Slate and others

Anent the petitione Given in to the Lords of there majesties privie Councill be Sir Donald Mcdonald of Slate John McLeod of Dunevegan Lauchlan Mcfingan of Strathardell and Alexander McLeod of Rasay Shewing That whereas the states of parliament haveing Imposed the soume of Fourteen shillings scotts for everie hearth within the Kingdome to have been payed at the terme of Candlemes J^aj vj^c and nyntie one by the Inhabitants duelling in the said houses where the saids hearths are and haveing by ane other act of the same date Impowered the saids Lords of privie Councill to give such orders for Collecting and Ingathering of the said hearth money as the saids Lords should think fitt, In prosecutione where of² There Lordships have ordained the heretors of each paroch to give in Lists to Mr James Melvill of Cassengray Collector of all the said hearth money his subcollectors and deputts of all hearths within there bounds And Lykewayes ordained all persones whatsomever Lyable in payment of the said hearth money To make payment of the samen to the said Mr James Melvill and his Subcollectors betuixt and the tenth day of Maij then next J^aj vj^c nyntie one with Certificatione That Letters of horning and poynding should be direct at the instance of the said Collector generall his subcollectors and deputts or they should be allowed to quarter upon the saids deficients not exceeding on souldier for each three hearthes which proclamatione and certificationes therein contained The troubles that were then in the countrie did hynder from comeing to the petitioners knowledge And did render it Impossible for them in these Circumstances to give obedience thereto notwithstanding whereoff the subcollectors of the said hearthmoney within the shyre of Innerness without any previous Intimatione Given to the petitioner for giving in the saids Lists Hes directed a pairtie to quarter upon the petitioners and there tennents therefore, whereby the petitioners and there tennents would be extreamly damnifyed befor they can get Lists of the hearths taken up, being at severall places and at great distance one from aneother And haveing hade no Intimatione to make these Lists but from the pairtie that came to quarter therefore And if there Lordships doe not allow some competent tyme to the petitioners to give in the saids Lists And to make payment Conforme thereto The petitioners tennents will be utterly depauperate by these extraordinarie quarterings Especiallie sieing the forsaid pairty does Lykewayes quarter for about tuenty five moneths Cess and besydes the quartering money due therefore does exact distinct quartering money for the said hearth money And not content with single dyett which is only due to them in Law And wes offered by the petitioners They doe exact four shilling per diem for each footman from severall deficients at once from the tyme the quartering wes ordered whereby the petitioners tennents being Exhausted of money are rendered uncapable to make punctuall payment of the said hearthmoney And therefore Craveing that the saids Lords would be pleased to take the premises to there serious Consideratione And to allow some competent tyme to the petitioners to give in to the Collectors the saids Lists of the hearths within there bounds and make payment Conforme thereto And in the mean tyme to be elapsed And to ordaine that whatever soumes have been alreadie exacted by the saids quarterings beyond Four Shilling for each footman singly, or his dyet may be accepted of and allowed by the Collector In pairt of payment of the said publict dues as being Illegally exacted. As the said petitione bears The Saids Lords of there majestyes privie Councill Haveing Considdered this petitione Given Given³ in to them be the said Sir Donald M^cdonald of Slate and others They allow to the petitioners the First day of Januarij next to come for giveing in to the Collector of the Lists of the hearths within there bounds and makeing payment of the hearth money And discharges any quartering to be used for the saids Lists or hearthmoney untill the said day and if any pairties be alreadie quartered upon that accompt They appoint the same Instantly to be removed And allowes the above Collectors to see and ansuer this petitione as to that pairt thereof anent the Illegall exactiones or quarterings betuixt and the first councill day of November next to come