Decreet, 29 December 1698, Edinburgh

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

D1698/11/4

D1698/11/4¹

Act

Act Ker of Lintoun

Anent the petition given into the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill be Androw Kerr of Lintoune Shewing That wher the paroch kirk of Lintoune haveing been vaccant for the last half of the year J^aj vi^c Nyntie Seven and the first half of the year J^aj vi^c Nyntie Eight, The petitioner as undoubted patron therof hath with consent of the heritors of the paroch designed and appointed the said vaccant Stipend to be Imployed for repairing the manse and building a bridge over the watter of Cavertoune For the better accomodating the most part of the paroch in Comeing to the Church as weell as ordinary passingers in travelling to and from the borders of England, and for buying ane Mortcloath for the more decent burying of the dead and provideing Some Supplie for the poor of the paroch and for building ane bellhouse and hanging ane bell which was gifted to the said Church, and which being pious uses within the paroch the Stipend ought properly to be Imployed for the Samen Conforme to the Laws and acts of parliament made theranent And these lyable in payment Ordained by the saids Lords Authority to make payment therof to the petitioner or his factor to be Imployed in maner abovementioned And Therfore Humbly Craveing the saids Lords would be pleased in Consideration of the premisses to Ordaine the heritors wodsetters, Lyferentars taxsmen and others Lyable in payment of the said stipend within the said paroch to make payment therof to the petitioner or the factor to be appointed by him upon finding sufficient Caution to Imploy the same to pious uses abovementioned as Sight and with Consent of the said heritors And to ordaine Letters to be direct against these Lyable in payment for that effect As the petition bears. The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill Haveing Considered this petitione given in to them by Androw Ker of Lintoun They hereby Decerne and Ordaine the heritors fewars wodsetters Lyfrentars titulars taxsmen of teynds tennents possessors and others Lyable in payment of the Stipend of the paroch Kirk of Lintoune To make payment to […] factor named by the petitioner of the Steipend of the said kirk of Lintoune for the Last half of Cropt and year of God J^aj vi^c Nyntie Seven, And the first half of the Cropt and year of God J^aj vi^c Nyntie Eight, And Ordaines Letters of horning under the Signet of Councill upon fiftein dayes to be direct at the said factors instance against the heritors and others forsaids Lyable in payment of the said two half years Stipends upon production of a decreet of Locality, and² In case ther be non Ordaines the heritors and others forsaids Lyable in payment of the Stipend to make payment to the said factor of their respective proportions of the said Stipend according as they shall be decerned by the Judge ordinar the said factor before extracting hereof giveing bond and finding Sufficient Cautione acted in the books of privy Councill That he shall Imploy the said years Stipend at sight and with Consent of the saids heritors upon repairing the manse and building the bridge mentioned in the petition and upon buying of the Mort-Cloath and provideing some supply for the poor; and building ane Bell house and hanging the bell all Specified in the petition