Att Edinburgh the third day of Apryll Jaj vijc and fyve years
A1705/4/4
A1705/4/41
Act
Repryve to John Bruckley
The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill haveing heard and considered the Confessions emitted and given by John Bruckly present prisoner in the Castell of Edinburgh as one of the Crew of the East India Shipe the Worchester Condemned and Sentenced to death by the high Court of Admirality as Guilty of the crymes of Pirracie and robberie committed by 2 him and Captain Thomas Green Commander of the said Shipe and others of the said Crew, The saids Lords of her Majesties privie Councill have repryved and heirby Repryve the said John Bruckley from the Sentence of death appoynted to have been execute upon him the eighteinth day of Apryll instant from the said day wntill the fyfteinth day of May nixt to come Inclusive, And have delayed and Superceeded the execution of the said sentence untill the said day Sic Subscribitur Seafeild Cancellar. Tweedale P. Rothes s.p.s. Montrose. Roxburgh. Mar. Buchan. Glencairne. Hadington Loudoun. Forfar. Dunmore. Ruglen. Hyndfoord. Roseberie. Belhaven. James Steuart. George Baillie. Adam Cockburne. F Montgomrie. Robert Dundas.
1. NRS, PC1/53, 382-83.
2. The word ‘them’ scored out here.
1. NRS, PC1/53, 382-83.