Judicial Proceeding, 10 December 1700, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh The Seventeenth day of June J^aj vii^c years

A1700/6/10

A1700/6/10¹

Letter: royal

Letter From the King To the Councill² Adjourning the Parliament

The Letter underwritten from the King To the Councill Being Read, was ordered to be Recorded, wherof the Tenor Follows
Sic Supra Scribitur William Rex
Right Trusty and Right welbeloved Cousin and Councellor Right Trusty and Right Entirely beloved Cousin and Councellor Right trusty and welbeloved Cousins and Councellors, Right trusty and welbeloved Councellors, and trusty and welbeloved Councellors. Wee greet yow well, Whereas our Right Trusty and right Entirely beloved Cousin and Councellor, James Duke of Queensberry our Commissioner did on good Reasones Adjourn the present Session of our Current Parliament To the Twentieth day of this Instant moneth of June, with which we are well Satisfied, And doe approve the Same, And we Finding That the present Circumstances of our affairs Require a Further Adjournment: That the members may not be put to unnecessary attendance, We doe authorize and Require yow to Issue Forth a Proclamation In our name Adjourning the Said Session from the said Twentyeth of June Instant, To the fourth day of July next And ordering all the members To attend that day at Edinburgh in the usual way and upon the accustomed Certificationes, For doing wherof This Shall be yowr warrant, And so we bid yow heartily farewell Given at our Court at Hampton Court The 13th day of June 1700 And of our Reign the 12th year. By his Majesties Command Sic Subscribitur Sea-field.