Act, 27 December 1694, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the second day of January J^aj vi^c nyntie Four years

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Act

Liberatione The Lady Lockhart

Anent the petitione Given In to the Lords of their Majesties privy Councell Be Dam Philadelpha Lockhart sheuing That wher she was seized and putt under guairds by their Lordships warrand upon some suspicione alleadged Against her uithout any Informer And that her papers being searched by the saids Lords their ordor Ther was only found tuo or three Letters which seem to mentione some disguised names upon which Ground nevertheless the saids Lords thought fitt to ordaine her to find bale for her Good behaviour and appearance when Called under the paine of ane thousand pounds sterline As to quhich the petitioner Humbly Craved leave to represent First That she had good freinds in England yet she was very much a strainger here And in effect was dowbtfull If she was able to Give in bale for so Great a soume being but a Liferenter Secundo that the noyse of the Letters and Correspondencies and quantaty of the soume did fright even these that otherwayes would be uilling to be bale for her And Thirdly that ther was noe Informer Against her nor any Ground of Suspicione save what was very remote and doubtfull And of which she was ready to purge herself By declaring upon oath that she knew nothing in these Letters Concerning the government And that if they beard any thing that was misticall It related only to privat bussiness as she had already declared And seing that she had been now these tuelv dayes under Guard and Centeries on her privat Chamber which is a Great Inconveniency And therfore Humbly Craving the saids Lords to Consider her Conditione and Circumstances And to discharge her both of her guairds and of finding bale And to allow her to Inact herself under the paine of fyve hundreth pounds sterline which was almost equall to her Joynture Specially seing she was resolved for the future to shune all occasiones of offence as the said petitione Bears The Lords of their Majesties privy Councell Having Considered the forsaid petitione Given In to them Be the above Philodelpha Lockhart They doe Heirby Give ordor and uarrand to the Captaine of the toune of Edinburghs Company of Guairds or to the nixt Commanding officer ther To take off the Centinells presently upon the Lady Lockhart at her Chamber in Edinburgh and allow her to be at Liberty In respect she hath Inacted herself in the books of privie Councell That she shall Live peacably under and uith all submissione to the present government of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary And that she shall not Act consult nor Contryve any thing in prejudice therof nor Converss or Correspond uith any rebells And shall appear before the Lords of privy Councell when Called for under the penaltie of ane Thousand pounds sterline In case she shall transgress in any part of the premisses And Recalls the Act of Councell of the date the tuenty Eight day of december last appoynting her to find Cautione and discharges the extracting or booking therof