Att Edinburgh the twentie sixth day of Janwary Jaj vic nyntie seven yeirs
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Act
Act Jennet Crichtoun
Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be Jennet Creichtowne relict of Mr John King minister of the gospell Shewing That the petitioners deceast husband being in the tyme of the Late troubles by a meeting of presbiterian ministers ordained minister of the paroch of Port within which paroch he exercised his ministrie for Some yeirs without payment of any Stipend as was very well understood to the deceast Lord Cardross who was patron of the said Kirk and designed to have given the petitioner Some pairt of the vaccant Stipend of the said Kirk if he had not bein prevented by Death and wherwith he acqwainted his Lady befor his Death as a missive Letter from the Lady Cardross wnder her own hand to the petitioner therwith produced testified And seing all the piows wses within the said paroch Such as repaireing the Kirk, Kirkyeard Dyke appointing a fond for a School and School maisters house, Mortcloaths, bwilding and repaireing of bridges etc within the said paroch are alreadie provided for, owt of the vaccant Stipends of the said kirk of Port And that ther are yet vaccant Stipends resting ther And that the Lady Cardross and also the present Lord Cardross are content that a pairt of the vaccant Stipends of the said paroch be bestowed upon the petitioner as her husbands relict in Leiw of his service within the same as appears by the Ladies missive Letter as afoirsaid And therfore humblie craveing to the effect eftermentioned As the said petitione bears Which being this day considered be the saids Lords of privie Counsell with the Lady Cardross her missive Letter or testificat mentioned therin and produced therwith They heirby allow to the petitioner the Stipend of the above Kirk of Port for the haill cropt and yeir of God Jaj vic nyntie six yeirs And decernes and ordaines the petitioner to be readielie ansuered obeyed and payed of the said yeirs Stipend by the heretors fewars wodsetters Liferenters titullars tacksemen of teinds tenents possessors and others lyable in payment therof or by the2 Above Robert Graham the factor in caise he hes uplifted the said yeirs Stipend And ordaines Letters of of Horning upon fiftein dayes wnder the signet of Counsell to be direct hereon at the petitioners instance against the heretors fewers wodsetters and others foirsaids and against the said Robert Graham factor upon productione of a decreit of Localitie and in caise ther be non ordaines the heretors and others foirsaids to make payment of ther respective proportiones of the said yeirs Stipend to the petitioner according as they shall be decerned by the Judge ordinary
1. NRS, PC2/26, 323r-324r.
2. The word ‘within’ scored out here.
1. NRS, PC2/26, 323r-324r.
2. The word ‘within’ scored out here.