Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Sixtein day of Jwlly J^aj vi^c nyntie Six yeirs

D1696/7/19

D1696/7/19¹

Act

Act Hamiltowne of Maner Eleistowne

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell Be William Hamiltowne eldest Laufull Sone and appeirand are to the deceast Sir James Hamiltowne of Maner Eleistowne Shewing That wher Mr John Eleis being the petitioners fathers trwstie he had the keeping of his fathers charter chist and haill wrytes and upon applicatione made severall yeirs ago be the petitioners deceast father The Samen were seqwestrat in the clerk of the Cownsell his hands And the petitioners father being now Dead he cannot Deliberat whither he will enter air to him or not till first he have inspectione of his said wmqwhile fathers evidents lying in his charter chist now lying in the clerk of the Counsells hands And therfore humbly craveing ther Lordships to allow the petitioner to have inspectione of the saids wrytes and evidents in the clerk of the Counsells hands And for that effect to grant warrand for opening of the saids trwnks and chists As the said petitione bears Which petitione being this day red and considered be the saids Lords of privie Counsell with the ansuers made therto for Mr John Eleis They heirby allow Maner Eleistowne to have inspectione of the papers parchments and wrytes lyeing in the hands of the clerks of privie Counsell in the chists which were exhibited by Mr John Eleis in presence of the Lords Hallcraig and any persone to be appointed by Lord John Hamiltowne And by Mr John Eleis from tyme to tyme and allowes the writes to be inventared and coppies of the inventar to be given to aither pairtie upon ther reasoneable expensses