Decreet, 22 May 1693, Edinburgh

Act, 28 December 1693, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh The Tuentieth second day of May Jaj vic nyntie three years

A1693/5/321

Decreet

Decreit of deprivation Their Majesties Advocat Against Mr David Angus

Anent our Soveraigne Lord and Ladys Letters raised and pursued Before their Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell att the Instance of Sir James Steuart their Majesties Advocat for their Highness Intrest in the matter underwryten Mentioning That wherby the Law of God and the principls and constitutiones of every uell Governed natione all persones are bound to give due obedience unto wish well and pray for such to who they oue Just obedience and true alleadgance as their soveraigne Especially such who have been the glorious Instrument of their delyverance from the thraldome of popery and the pernicous Inconvenences that accompany ane arbitrary pouer And by the Municipall constitutione of this realme all their Majesties subjects therof are Ingadged to pray for their Majesties King Uilliam and Queen Mary their laufull soveraign And particularly by ane Act of the meeting of estates the threttienth day of Apryle Jaj vic Eightie nyne years all ministers who are in ane Eminent manner obleidged to discharge that deuty are therby expressly Commanded to read the proclamatione of that date and publictly to pray for ther Majesties as King and Queen of this realm upon the dayes therinmentioned under the paine of depryved Lossing of their benefice And by the same proclamatione all their Majesties Leidges are Certifyed That they presume not to oune or acknouledge the late King James the seventh for their King or presume upon their highest perill by word wryting In sermane or any other manner of way to Impugne or disoune their Majesties as King and Queen of Scotland And by the threttiefifth Act second sessione of this Currant parliament all Ministers depryved for not praying publictly for their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme and for not reading the said proclamatione of the estates are prohibited and discharged to preach or exercise any part of the Ministeriall functeone aither in Church or meeting house upon any pretext whatsomever untill first they present themselves before the Lords of their majesties privie Councell And ther In ther presence take suear and subscribe the oath of alleadgance and assurance to their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme and not to oune the Late King James in any sorte Conforme to the tenor of the said proclamatione Certifying such ministers doing the Contrare They shall be proceeded against as persones disaffected and Enemies to the Government and shall be punished uith all rigour And therby ordained the said proclamatione And Act of the meeting of estates to be putt to farder executione Against all such ministers who have not as yet Given obedience therto by praying for their Majesties In manner forsaid And ordained the saids Lords to proceed therin And by diverse and sundrie proclamationes of the saids Lords of their Majesties privie Councell The particular dayes of thanksgiving and 2 Fasting are ordained to be observed nevertheless Mr David Angus minister at Fortross and Rossmarkie In the shyre of Ross albeit he hes been publictly depryved for not praying for their Majesties in the termes of the Act of Parliament Hes publictlie preached and exercised the ministeriall functione uithin his oune house and paroch wher the same lyes and else wher uithout qualifying himself according to Law By suearing and signing the oath of alleadgance and Ingadging not to oune the Late King James And hes not prayed for their Majesties In such Circumstantiat termes as his Hearers might know He prayed for their Majesties And hes been so farr from evidencing the sense he ought to have had for their Majesties preservatione and releiff of the Greivous Circumstances The Natione Lay under That when the proclamatione of estates was sent to him at least came to his hands or of which he had knouledge He uas soe farr from testifying his Gratittude In Giving due obedience therto That neither the day appoynted nor at any tyme sincesyne did he read any of the saids proclamationes for thanksgiving or fast albeit these uere delyvered to his hands But on the Contrare In Contempt of the proclamatione Hes actually preached sincesyne dayly uithout praying for their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme Convocating severall3 of the paroches stirring up and formenting their disaffectione to the Government Encouradging their Majesties Enemies and discouradging their Loyall subjects And sometymes not only praying for the late King James And that God uould restore him and make his Croune to flourish But also at other termes4 to pray In such ambiguous termes That his Hearers Could not under stand That He prayed for their Majesties off all which Crymes The said Mr David Angus Is guilty Actor Airt and pairt And ought and should be severely punished in their persone and goods To the tenor of others to doe and Committ the lyke In tyme Coming And annent the charge Given to the said Mr David Angus defender to Have Compeared personally before the saids Lords Att ane certaine day bygone To Have ansuered to the forsaid Complaint and to have heard and seen such order and course taken theranent as the saids Lords showld think fitt under the paine of rebellione and putting him to the Horne with Certificationry as the saids Letters uith the executiones therof more fully Bears The uhich Lybell Being this day called In presence of their Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell And both parties Compearing personally And the defendar Having acknouledged the Lybell and refuised to obleidge himself under his hand That for the future when he shall preach He shall pray for their Majesties King William and Queen Mary as King and Queen of this realme The Lord High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell Having Considered the Lybell and the defendars acknouledgement therof and refusall as said is The saids Lords Have depryved and heirby depryves the said Mr David Angus from his benefice at the said kirk of Fortross and Rossmarkie And declares the saids Churches vaccant And ordaines him to remove from his manse and Gleib Against the first day of Agust nixt And discharges him to Labour the said Gleib or any part therof In tyme coming And discharges him to preach or exercise any part of the ministeriall functione uithin the said paroch or any other place uithin this kingdome untill he qualifie himself according to Law And ordaines Letters of horning on fifteen dayes and others needfull to be direct heiron In forme as effeirs

Att Edinburgh The Tuentieth second day of May Jaj vic nyntie three years

A1693/5/321

Decreet

Decreit of deprivation Their Majesties Advocat Against Mr David Angus

Anent our Soveraigne Lord and Ladys Letters raised and pursued Before their Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell att the Instance of Sir James Steuart their Majesties Advocat for their Highness Intrest in the matter underwryten Mentioning That wherby the Law of God and the principls and constitutiones of every uell Governed natione all persones are bound to give due obedience unto wish well and pray for such to who they oue Just obedience and true alleadgance as their soveraigne Especially such who have been the glorious Instrument of their delyverance from the thraldome of popery and the pernicous Inconvenences that accompany ane arbitrary pouer And by the Municipall constitutione of this realme all their Majesties subjects therof are Ingadged to pray for their Majesties King Uilliam and Queen Mary their laufull soveraign And particularly by ane Act of the meeting of estates the threttienth day of Apryle Jaj vic Eightie nyne years all ministers who are in ane Eminent manner obleidged to discharge that deuty are therby expressly Commanded to read the proclamatione of that date and publictly to pray for ther Majesties as King and Queen of this realm upon the dayes therinmentioned under the paine of depryved Lossing of their benefice And by the same proclamatione all their Majesties Leidges are Certifyed That they presume not to oune or acknouledge the late King James the seventh for their King or presume upon their highest perill by word wryting In sermane or any other manner of way to Impugne or disoune their Majesties as King and Queen of Scotland And by the threttiefifth Act second sessione of this Currant parliament all Ministers depryved for not praying publictly for their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme and for not reading the said proclamatione of the estates are prohibited and discharged to preach or exercise any part of the Ministeriall functeone aither in Church or meeting house upon any pretext whatsomever untill first they present themselves before the Lords of their majesties privie Councell And ther In ther presence take suear and subscribe the oath of alleadgance and assurance to their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme and not to oune the Late King James in any sorte Conforme to the tenor of the said proclamatione Certifying such ministers doing the Contrare They shall be proceeded against as persones disaffected and Enemies to the Government and shall be punished uith all rigour And therby ordained the said proclamatione And Act of the meeting of estates to be putt to farder executione Against all such ministers who have not as yet Given obedience therto by praying for their Majesties In manner forsaid And ordained the saids Lords to proceed therin And by diverse and sundrie proclamationes of the saids Lords of their Majesties privie Councell The particular dayes of thanksgiving and 2 Fasting are ordained to be observed nevertheless Mr David Angus minister at Fortross and Rossmarkie In the shyre of Ross albeit he hes been publictly depryved for not praying for their Majesties in the termes of the Act of Parliament Hes publictlie preached and exercised the ministeriall functione uithin his oune house and paroch wher the same lyes and else wher uithout qualifying himself according to Law By suearing and signing the oath of alleadgance and Ingadging not to oune the Late King James And hes not prayed for their Majesties In such Circumstantiat termes as his Hearers might know He prayed for their Majesties And hes been so farr from evidencing the sense he ought to have had for their Majesties preservatione and releiff of the Greivous Circumstances The Natione Lay under That when the proclamatione of estates was sent to him at least came to his hands or of which he had knouledge He uas soe farr from testifying his Gratittude In Giving due obedience therto That neither the day appoynted nor at any tyme sincesyne did he read any of the saids proclamationes for thanksgiving or fast albeit these uere delyvered to his hands But on the Contrare In Contempt of the proclamatione Hes actually preached sincesyne dayly uithout praying for their Majesties as King and Queen of this realme Convocating severall3 of the paroches stirring up and formenting their disaffectione to the Government Encouradging their Majesties Enemies and discouradging their Loyall subjects And sometymes not only praying for the late King James And that God uould restore him and make his Croune to flourish But also at other termes4 to pray In such ambiguous termes That his Hearers Could not under stand That He prayed for their Majesties off all which Crymes The said Mr David Angus Is guilty Actor Airt and pairt And ought and should be severely punished in their persone and goods To the tenor of others to doe and Committ the lyke In tyme Coming And annent the charge Given to the said Mr David Angus defender to Have Compeared personally before the saids Lords Att ane certaine day bygone To Have ansuered to the forsaid Complaint and to have heard and seen such order and course taken theranent as the saids Lords showld think fitt under the paine of rebellione and putting him to the Horne with Certificationry as the saids Letters uith the executiones therof more fully Bears The uhich Lybell Being this day called In presence of their Majesties High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell And both parties Compearing personally And the defendar Having acknouledged the Lybell and refuised to obleidge himself under his hand That for the future when he shall preach He shall pray for their Majesties King William and Queen Mary as King and Queen of this realme The Lord High Commissioner and Lords of privie Councell Having Considered the Lybell and the defendars acknouledgement therof and refusall as said is The saids Lords Have depryved and heirby depryves the said Mr David Angus from his benefice at the said kirk of Fortross and Rossmarkie And declares the saids Churches vaccant And ordaines him to remove from his manse and Gleib Against the first day of Agust nixt And discharges him to Labour the said Gleib or any part therof In tyme coming And discharges him to preach or exercise any part of the ministeriall functione uithin the said paroch or any other place uithin this kingdome untill he qualifie himself according to Law And ordaines Letters of horning on fifteen dayes and others needfull to be direct heiron In forme as effeirs

1. NRS, PC1/49, 37-40.

2. The word ‘thank’ scored out here.

3. Marginal insertion.

4. Sic.

1. NRS, PC1/49, 37-40.

2. The word ‘thank’ scored out here.

3. Marginal insertion.

4. Sic.