Procedure, 30 December 1701, Edinburgh

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

D1701/2/6

D1701/2/6¹

Act

Act Arthur Park anent victwall brought from Ireland

Anent a petition given in to His Grace His majesties high Commissioner and Lords of His Majesties privie Councill by Arthur Park Shewing That before their last proclamation dischargeing the import of Irish victuall The petitioner had Loaded aboard his Gabbert a small parcell of Meal Meall groats and other grain at Belfast and was detained there by the extraordinary stormes and tempestuous weather long after his said small Loading was aboard otherwayes he might have aryved at the port of Greenock before the said proclamation But when the petitioner aryved some few dayes after the proclamation The waiters and other officers of the Customes att the port of Greenock would not suffer the petitioner to Liver his vicwall Because of the prohibition contained in the proclamation And albeit it was very weell knoun to them that the petitioner had Loaded the said small qwantity of vicwall at Belfast in returne of a Loading of Coalls caried thither long before the said proclamation Yet because the prohibitioned mentioned therin Did bear the dischargeing all Irish victwall to be imported from the date of the said proclamation Therfore they detained the victwall till The saids Lords their pleasure were knoune and would not suffer the petitioner to unload the same Wherby that small qwantitie of victwall would certainly be lost by heating and other damnages to the petitioners utter Ruine Which certainly was never their Lordships intention and it were the hardest severity imaginable That persones following a course of Trade bona fide should be surpryzed with a prohibition appoynted to the effect so summarly without allowing a competent tyme aither to know the proclamation or give due obedience therto Which the petitioner was content to give his oath he never heard of till he arryved at Greenock Therfore Craveing To the effect aftermentioned As the said petition bears His Majesties high Commissioner And Lords of privie Councill haveing considered the above petition given in to them by the above Arthur Park They heirby Allow the petitioner to unload the within small qwantitie of victwall from aboard his Gabbert And to dispose therof upon the petitioner his giveing his oath and the sailers aboard the said Gabert giveing their oaths that the samen was loaded aboard the vessell and arryved at Greenock before they knew or heard of the above proclamation And that before the admirall deput of the place And Discharges all waiters to hinder the same