Act, 27 December 1694, Edinburgh

At Edinburgh tuesday 4th December 1694

A1694/12/4

A1694/12/4¹

Act

Protectione Raitt of Halgreen

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of their Majesties privy Councill by William Raitt of Halgreen Shewing that where George McKenzie Collector Robert Japhray in Gurdune […] his spouse […] Japhray his daughter George Greive Thomas Folly William Japhray at the milne of Bervie […] Stevensone and Robert Hamptoune in the mayns of Halgreen the said petitioners tenents taking the advantage of the said petitioners present circumstances being necessitat to retire through the regour of some of his Creditors occasioned by the unjust dealing of Master Andrew Wood of Netherbenholme and James Burnet of Lagavane to whom the said petitioner sold ane pairt of his estate to the value of threescoir thousand merks (as is nottourly known) towards their payment and satisfactione and the said Tenents haveing suspended the charge and the said George McKenzie and remanent persons abovenamed finding the said petitioner in this pinch, hes raised ane Complaint before the said Lords for ane ryot alleadged committed by him, George Raitt his Uncle Andrew Wood of Balbegnoe and John Profeitt the petitioners servant and for severall other Calumnious crymes in manner specified in the coppie of the letters produced as also have raised letters of lawborrows before the said Lords against them at the instance of Katharine Persone spouse to William Couts merchant in Montross Master Gilbert Keith minister at Dunnottar and Alexander Fergusone merchant in Montross and remanent persones abovewryten That they should find sufficient Cautione acted in the said Lords of privy Councill their books as the said Coppie of Laborrows produced lykewayes bears and seeing the said petitioner is very willing To give obedience to the said Citations and compear before the said Lords in ordor to vindicat and defend himself if he had personall freedome from Captions and other personall dilligences for civill debts and the said Lords being authorized and in use to grant protections in such cases for a competent tyme That He might have the freedome to compear before the said Lords to propone his just and lawfull defences against their so unjust and calumnious persuit. And therfore Humblie Craveing that the said Lords might consider the premisses and grant the said petitioner protectione for a Competent tyme that he might have freedome to compear before the said Lords To propone his just and Lawfull defences against their unjust and Calumnious persuit
The Lords of their majesties privy Councill haveing Considered this petitione given in to them by the said William Raitt They Hereby Grant personall protectione To the said petitione from the sexth to the thretteen day of December instant inclusive and Discharges all macers or messengers at armes and all other ministers of Law within this Kingdome To put any letters of Captione, acts of wairding or other dilligence against the person of the said William Raitt to executione untill the said thretteen day of December instant excepting alwayes their majesties rents and publict dues sic subscribitur Annandale p Southerland Morton Cassillis Broadalbane F Montgomerie Robert Sinclair Burnet