Procedure, 30 December 1701, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Sixth day of February One Thousand Seven hundred and one years

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Act

Act Mungo Campbell anent Irish victuall

Anent a Petition given in the His Majesties high Commissioner and the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill be Mongo Campbell Mercant in Air for himself and partners Shewing That wher the petitioners not only by Connivance bot by publict allowance did Lately upon the sixth and nynth of november send out two boats one the Concord of Air; and the other the providence of Comrie to Ireland with a loadening of Coalls with a purpose to bring in victuall to serve the then use and necessity of the Countrey while ther was no restraint bot the pryces really rased above the rates of the acts of parliament which tuo boats being bona fide Loaded in Ireland with a small quantitiy of Meall and bear were Lykwayes putt to sea before the proclamation of the sixt of Janwary dischargeing the Import of Irish victuall Bot were keeped back by contrary winds That they could not arryve till after the proclamation And yet did realy aryve before any publication of the said proclamation in these ports Wherby his grace and the saids Lords might easily perceived that the petitioners were altogither innocent and aught to have been keept skaithless in the said matter And seeing that the petitioners could naither return the saids boats with their Loadning nor dispose of the Loadning any where else without the same prejudice and damnage as if they had incurred a Forfaultour which they had not done and that the quantity of victwall was very small and could not be hurtfull especially where the Mercat pryces were still so high upon the very bordor of the rates mentioned in the act of parliament or that any allouance or indulgence given the petitioner could be of no badd example And therfore Craveing to the effect aftermentioned As the said petition bears His Majesties high Commissioner and Lords of privy Councill haveing considered the above petition given to them by the above Mungo Campbell for himself and partners They heirby Allow The said petitioner and his partners to dispose of the small qwantities of victwall in the tuo above boats sicklyke as if they had been imported before the proclamation And that at sight of Samuell Mure present provost of Air William Robine or Hugh Mcchutcheon present baillies there that there may be naither abuse nor ground of Jealousy in the said matter