Act, 6 October 1697, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the seventeenth day of November J^aj vi^c nyntie seven years

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Commission by the Council

Commission To The Lord Carmichaell to send troops Against the Frazers

The Lords of his Majesties privie Councell Having been Certainly Informed That Thomas Frazer of Bowfort and Captaine Simeon Frazer his son with their Complices of their name and Clan and other Loose and Laules men Have Convocat and Conveened in armes to the Number of Four or fyve hundred within the shire of Invernes In a most seditious and rebellious manner And ther have occupyed fortified and stuffed houses and forts And have also seased upon the persons of the Lady Douager of Lovitt The Lord Mungo Murray and the Lord Saltoune and others and made them their prisoners Keeping and detaining them in a most violent and barbarous manner untill they extorted from them such bond and conditions as they thought fitt to require Lykeas They still detaine the persone of the said Lady Douager of Lovitt In most wicked and greivous bondage For Which Causes The Saids Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell Have ordained Letters to be direct In his Majesties name and authority Charging the forsaid Thomas and Simeon Frazers with their accomplices therinnamed and all others their adherents to Lay doun their armes submitt themselves to Law and Enter their persons in prisone to abyde and underly the same within the space of Fourtie Eight houres after they be therto charged And in case they failzie to obey and to doe the same To denunce them rebells and Traitors As also to Command the shirreff of Invernes and all others his Majesties officers and other good subjects to rise in armes Concurr and assist for reducing the forsaids rebells and Traitors to their due subjectione and bringing them In dead or alyve to underly the Law as said is Herefore The Lords of his Majesties privie Councell Have thought fit to Give full pouer warrand and Commission to John Lord Carmichaell Commander In cheiff of his Majesties forces within this Kingdome for the tyme Immediately to Give orders to the one halfe of the regiment of foot under the Command of John Earle of Tullibardine principall secretary of state with the officers of the said half regiment to march sufficiently provyded with ammunition to the toune of Dunkeld and the other halfe of the said regiment and their officers to march In manner forsaid to the toune of St Johnstoune And Lykeuayes that tuo troops of the regiment of dragoons under the Command of the said John Lord Carmichaell march provyded as said is to the said toune of Dunkeld from which places the said Foot and dragoons and their saids officers are to proceed and Act as they shall receave Informatione or be advertised of the motions of Thomas and Simeon Frazers Elder and younger of Boufort and their accomplices nou rebells and Traitors to his Majesties or of any Loose and broken men that may Gather and Joyne themselves to their assistance seize subdue and reduce the said Thomas and Simeon Frazers and their accomplices and others who shall Joyne them and who shall bring them in dead or alyve as said is And to assist and fortifie the Shirreff of Pearth and his deputs for seasing subdeuing and reducing them Declaring that whatever Slaughter mutilation blood fire raising or other violence shall happen to be acted done or Committed by all or any of the forsaids persons heirby authorized to march against the saids rebells In Seasing reducing and subdeuing them as said is The Same Shall be holdren Laufull and warrantable and good service to his Majesties government And the actors and accessories therto shall be and are fullie Indemnified and secured to all Intents and purposes sic subscribitur Marchmont cancelar John Mar Leven Annandale Ruglen Ross Ruthven Beilhaven James Steuart Advocat Cockburne Ludovick Grant.