Decreet, 29 December 1698, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh The Fifteinth day of December J^aj vi^c Nyntie Eight years

D1698/12/9

D1698/12/9¹

Act

Act Mr George Johnston for the Stipend of Bruntisland

Anent the petition given in to the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill be Mr George Johnstone late Minister of Bruntisland Shewing That wher by ane act of the saids Lords dated the fiftein day of December J^aj vi^c nyntie one therwith produced It was ordered that the keyes of the Church of Bruntisland Should be delyvered to the presbytrie of Kirkaldie, and that the said Church of Bruntisland should not be legally planted untill the Case then depending should be deryded be the assembly, And the Church not haveing been planted untill August J^aj vi^c Nyntie thrie, The petitioner upon the forsaid act did most readily and friendly from year to year receive payment from the heritors of the parochin of their share of the Stipend untill the said Church was planted, Bot the toune of Bruntisland albeit they doe not absolutly refuse payment yet they being ane incorporation, and swae Lyable for their administration to their successor they Conceive that they can not safely pay unless the forsaid act did expressly bear that the Stipend should have been due to the petitioner untill the planting of the Church Therfore to remove their Scruple and that the petitioner may receive payment of what is resting be them, And Therfore Humbly Supplicating to the effect aftermentioned The Lords of his majesties privy Councill haveing Considered this petition given in to them by the above Mr George Johnstone with the act mentioned therin and produced therwith They hereby Declare that the Stipend of the kirk of Bruntisland was due to the petitioner untill the said Church was planted Viz for the whole years J^aj vi^c Nyntie one and J^aj vi^c and Nyntie two and the first half of the year J^aj vi^c Nyntie thrie, And Decernes and Ordaines the present Magistrats of the said burgh of Bruntisland and their Successors in office for the time to make payment and Satisfactione to the petitioner of their proportionall part of the saids two years and ane half Stipend payable by the said burgh of Bruntisland, and Ordaines Letters to be direct hereon under the Signet of Councill Conforme to the decreet of Locality of the said kirk, and in case ther be no decreet of Localitie Decernes and Ordaines the said Magistrats and their Successors to make payment to the petitioner of their proportion of the said Stipend payable by the said burgh of Bruntisland Conforme to ane decreet to be obtained against them before the Judge ordinary.