Warrant, 31 December 1695, Edinburgh

[9 April 1695] Eodem die Post meridiem

D1695/4/7

D1695/4/7¹

Act

Act Margret Hamiltone Lady Harwood

Anent a Petition given in to the Lords² of his majesties privy Councill be Margret Hamiltone relict of Mongo Lockhart of Harwood Shewing That quher the petitioner was maried to her said husband about the moneth of november J^aj vj^c nyntie thrie and that it pleased to God to remove him by death in the moneth of February J^aj vj^c nyntie five Last by past Liveing her with Child so that the petitioner is wholly unprovyded of any aliement either for her self or for the defuncts familly or for the Child in her belly when it shall be brought forth, And seing that the petitioners said deceast husbands estate is worth the soum of Eightein Hundred merks yearly and that the forsaid postumus Child when brought furth is Certainly to succeid therto, And that ther are neither Creditors nor others than can Compet with her and her said Child anent the premises so that in all reasone the petitioner ought to have a Competent allowance out of the forsaid estate for the mantinance of her self and the defuncts familly ay and whill the terme of Whitsunday nixt as also for her self and her said posthumus Child ay and whill that she obtaine a legall Security for her teirce ther having been no Contract of mariadge betwixt them And Therfore Humbly Craving the saids Lords would be pleased in Consideratione of the premises and of the absolute and visible necessity of petitioners subsistance as said is to modifie into the petitioner such a soume of aliement as shall be thought reasonable for the petitioner and the said familly untill the said terme of Whitsunday nixt And farder to modifie for her and her said Postumus Child ane aliement for therafter and the same to be payed yearly and termly ay and whill that the petitioner be secured as said is And for that effect to ordaine the tennants and possessors of the said land and estate of Harwood whose names are heirwith given up in List to make payment to the petitioner out of the first and readiest of the rents due by them of the forsaid soumes to be modified by their Lordships as above and at the termes to be therto appointed, and to ordaine letters to be direct against them for that effect as the petition bears The Lords of his majesties privy Councill haveing Considered a petitione given in to them be Margrat Hamiltone relict of³ Mongo⁴ Lockhart of Harwood with another petition be Margret Lockhart of Harwood daughter to the said Mongo Lockhart They heirby modifie the superplus of the rents of the said estate of Harwood more then will satisfie the defuncts mothers Lyfrent provisione and the annualrents of the debts due upon the estate since the terme of mertimiss Last provyding the said superpluse does not exceid the Soume of Fyve Hundred merks scots to which the said aliement is heirby restricted, and that as ane aliement is heirby restricted, and that as ane aliement for mantinance of the said Margret Hamiltone and her familly and Child for the space of ane year Comensing from Mertimiss last o Mertimiss nixt begining the first termes payment at the terme of Whitsunday nixt to come and the other terme at the said terme of mertimiss nixt to come And Decernes and Ordaines the persones following tennents in the saids Lands of Harwood viz William Wallace in the maynes of Harwood Richard Wallace in Westertoune John Wallace in Mossend, James Wallace ther John Weir in Roseats John Segie in Cowhill and William Lockhart in the Comon brae To make payment to the said Margret Hamiltone of the forsaid aliement at the termes abovewritten the termes of payment being first come and bygone and Ordaines letters of horning on fiftein dayes and others needfull to be direct heiron in form as effeirs