Decreet, 29 December 1698, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Fifteinth day of November J^aj vi^c Nyntie Eight years Post Meridiem

D1698/11/6

D1698/11/6¹

Act

Act James Turner and Cautioners

Anent the petition given in to the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill be James Turner Cabinat maker and Thomas Wyllie merchant in Edinburgh Shewing That wher the wrights and trades of Edinburgh haveing Conveened the said James Turner the petitioner before the toune Councill of Edinburgh as one that hade unlawfully sett up in prejudice of their trade He not being freeman and burges of the toune, and altho it was represented for the said James That the trade in which he did work did nowayes interfeir with that of the wrights, He only exerceing the office of ane Cabinat and Mirror glass maker of which there is non in the kingdome And also he haveing represented that by ane act of the saids Lords he was authorized to exerce the said Imployment, and so could not be disturbed therin or debarred therof The toune Councill gave Sentence against the petitioner in the Soume of Twentie pounds Sterling and for payment wherof, He was Imprisoned so that he was forced for his own Liberatione to apply of new againe to the saids Lords and enacted the forsaid Thomas Wyllie the now petitioner for the forsaid soume of Twenty pounds Sterling incase it should be found that the petitioners Imprisonment was warrantable Wherupon the saids Lords of new again ordained the petitioner to be sett at Libertie and Confirmed the former priviledges they granted in the petitioners favors and ordained the wrights to Cease from troubleing the petitioner in all time therafter Likeas in the sixth session of this Current parliament the petitioner obtained ane ratificatione of the saids Lords two former acts of Councill in the petitioners favors with ane full and free Libertie to work and exerce the petitioners Airt and trade within the toune of Edinburgh in all time comeing, and all persones discharged from troubling or letting the petitioner therin in any time hereafter, And now Seeing the said Thomas Wyllie the petitioners Cautioner was very pressing to have his bond up and be free of his said Cautionne, Likeas he hath severall goods of the petitioners, which he retaines for the security which the petitioners present necessitie Calls for, And Therfore humbly Craveing the saids Lords would be pleased to Ordaine the Clerk of Councill to give up the said bond to the petitioner and his Cautioner Conforme to the saids two acts of Councill and ratification in parliament abovespecified given in as the petitione bears, The Lords of his majesties privy Councill Haveing Considered this petition given in to them be the above James Turner, They hereby appoint the bond granted by the petitioner and the above Thomas Wyllie to be given up and delyvered to them by the Clerks of Councill upon their recept therof for which this shall be to all concerned a Sufficient warrant