Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

At Edinburgh tuesday the seventh day of Januarie J^aj vj^c nynty and fyve years

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Decreet

Interloquitor Mr Jon Wilsone minister at ² Orknay

The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill doe hereby ordaine the former Sentance pronounced by their Lordships upon the tuenty fourth day of July J^aj vj^c nynty and four years in a lybell pursued before them at the instance of his Majesties Advocat against Mr John Wilsone minister in Orknay and others quherby they depryved the said Master John from his benefice at the kirk of Kirkwall and declared the Church vaccant and Discharged Him from preaching or exerciseing any other part of his ministeriall functione within the said paroch and appoynted Him to remove from the manse or Gleib and to Leave the samine void and redd betwixt and the first day of October then next And confyned the said Master John to the Island of Zetland dureing the Councills pleasure and discharged Him to remove without the bounds of the said Confynement without his Majesties or the Councills warrand for that effect And ordained the said Master John To repaire to the place of his confynment betwixt and the first day of October then next and to find Cautione for that effect To be put to executione against the said Mr. John and that notwithstanding that the Councille by a posterier interloquitor hes altered the said Confynement from Zetland to the Island of Orknay And ordains the said Mr John to repaire to and continow at the said Island of Zetland betwixt and the first day of May next to come under the penalty of ane thousand merks.