Warrant, 21 December 1699, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Twentie Seventh of July J^aj vi^c Nyntie Nyne

D1699/7/14

D1699/7/14¹

Act

Act Samuell McClelland merchant and others

Anent the petition given in to the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill be Samuell McClelland, Robert Blaickwodd, William Frazer, Hary Hathorne, William Grame Charles Gray Alexander Brown Robert Johnstone merchants in Edinburgh for themselves and in name of the severall merchants who have goods aboard of James Lawes Ship from London viz John Hay merchant in Edinburgh Shewing That wher the petitioners haveing Long before ther was any word of the late prohibition in their Comune course of Trade Commissioned severall parcells of goods amongst which ther is broad Cloath worsett Stuff and stockings now prohibited It was humbly Represented to the saids Lords That ther could be no designe in the petitioners to anticipat or frustrat the said act of Councill, Because the goods were all Commissioned and bought in May Last and were Shipped from London before the date of the proclamation as could be made appear by bills of parcells and Loadening to the satisfaction to any of the saids Lords number that should be appointed to inspect the same, and farder the ship was cleared at the custome house and sailled from London severall dayes before the prohibition all which was intimat to the custom house officers of Leith and instruments taken therupon And Therfore Humbly Craveing the saids Lords would be pleased to take the premisses to their Consideration, and to declare the same to be lyable to no Seazure, Bot to allow the petitioners to Import the saids Cloaths Stuffs and Stockings And to grant warrand to the officers of the Custome house at Leith to admitt the same to ane entrie. As the petition bears Which petition being upon the twentie of July instant Read in presence of the saids Lords of his majesties privy Councill, They Nominated and appointed the Earles of Crafurd and Leven Lords Strathnaver and Boyle and the Lord² Provest of Edinburgh To be a Committie for Considering the said petition and Recommended to the said Comittie to Consider the said petition and to see the severall instructions therof, and to make their report to the Councill hou farr they find the samen instructed and what part therof is not instructed And Declared any two of the above Committie to be a Sufficient quorum, And Recommended to them to meett the morrow at Ten of the Cloak in the forenoon And the said Committie haveing mett They made their report as followes Viz The Committie has seen a bill of Envoyes frae William Bowdon at London the fourtein May J^aj vi^c Nyntie Nyne to Samuell McClellan amounting to Nyntie one pound Six Shilling Sterling Item the bill of Loading dated the Seventein day of the said moneth Item ane Envoyes be Alexander Young merchant at London to Robert Johnstone Merchant in Edinburgh amounting to […] dated the Eight day of the said moneth and year forsaid Item the bill of Loading dated the fiftein day of the said moneth and year Item and Envoyes be William Gordon Merchant at London to Charles Gray merchant in Edinburgh dated the fourth of May last, and another Envoyes be Alexander Hame parrat to the said Charles Gray dated the fiftein of June Last with the bill of Loadning for both, The value of both the Envoyes Extends to One hundered and twenty Eight pound ten shilling Sterling The bill of Loadning is dated the Tenth of June last Item thrie Envoyes one of the twentie thrid May last by Garvis Hanly another of the thretein of June last by John Ranny and the thrid of the fourtein of June last by William Bowdonne to William Frazer merchant at London now at Edinburgh value of the thrie extending to ane hundred and twelue pounds Sterling Item a bill of Loadning dated the Twentie fourth of June last Item ane Envoyes be Mr More dated the Twentie Sixt of June last to Mr Robert Blaikwood And to Mr Blaikwoods partners the value wherof Extends to ane hundred Sixtie four pounds Sterling Item Envoyes from James Tounsend to Alexender Brown dated the fiftein June Last, and another from George Wyse the twentie Second of the same moneth to the said Alexander value of both Extends to about twenty pound The bill of Loadning is dated the Sixtein of June last The date of the proclamation prohibiting the Importatione of woollen Manufacturs is dated the Twentie third of June last as the report bears The Lords of his majesties privy Councill haveing Considered the above report of a Committie of their oun number upon the above petition given in by Samuell McClelland and other merchants anent some goods Imported from England of the woollen manufactory Since the proclamation Emitted Discharging the Import therof They doe hereby Declare the goods belonging to the severall persones mentioned in the said report to be lyable to no Seazure And Discharge the Tacksmen and officers of the Custom house under them to seaze therupon Bott allowes the persones to whom they doe belong to export or transmitt these goods to any port harbour or place furth of this kingdome upon Inventars to be made by them upon oath, and appoints the transportatione to be betwixt and the […] day of […] and in the mean time to find Cautione for that effect each of them under the payn of the value of the proportione of the saids goods belonging to them And Discharges any part of the saids goods to be taken out of the toune of Leith and Ordaines them to lye in the Custom house their till they be transported furth of the kingdome as said is.
Conforme to which Warrand, The acts after mentioned was extracted and Cautione found and ther oathes upon ther respective inventars taken.