Warrant, 31 December 1695, Edinburgh

At Edinburgh fryday the tuentie second day of March J^aj vj^c nynty and fyve years

A1695/3/39

A1695/3/39¹

Letter: royal

Letter from the Councill to the King anent cryeing up Scots money

The Letter underwryten being read voted approven and signed and ordored to be recorded whereof the tenor followeth, may it please your sacred majestie The heavie prejudice of English clip’t money and the certaine loss and damnadge arriseing thereby is of late exceedinglie grow’n upon the subjects of this your ancient Kingdome which inclyn’s us to think that remeedies most be provyded by the cryeing up of the Species of our currant coyne and such other expedients as the conditione of the Kingdome can bear But because this matter belongs to your majesties Royall prorogative and your Councill have not at any tyme offered to cry up or cry doune money without a particular warrand Therfore in a matter so pressing we thought it our duety to lay it before your majestie That we may have your Royal ordors authorizing us to cry up such species and in such a measure and to ordor such expedients as shall be judged necessarie with what further commands your majestie shall be pleased to lay upon us which shall ever in this and all other things be reddilie obeyed by may it please your majestie your majesties most loyall, most faith and most obedient subjects and servants sic subscribitur Annandale P Argyle Southerland Morton Forfar Breadalbane Strathnaver Carmichaell Polwarth James Stueart John Lauder Lodovick Grantt