Act, 28 December 1693, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Tuenty Sixth day of Januarij J^aj vj^c nyntie three years

A1693/1/48

A1693/1/48¹

Letter: royal

Letter from the Councill To the Kings majestie Edinburgh

The Following Letter from the Councill to the Kings Majestie acquanting his majestie with the stopt Given by the Councill to the toun councill of Edinburghs proceedings In filling up the places of the proveist and tuo of the Magistrats of Edinburgh read, votted and approven And recomended to the Lord High Chancellour to transmitt the same under a Cover to the secretary of state with a fleeing pacquet againest the morrow at² ten in the forenoon, Follows the tenor of the Letter
May it please your Majestie […] In returne to your majesties Royall pleasure signifyed to us by secretarie Stair in December last Touching the process then raised by some of the Inhabitants of Edinburgh for annulling the electione made at Michaellmess last In that citie That we should stopt our procedure or In case sentence were past stopt a new electione till the matter were represented your Majestie hade ane account on the tenth last of what wes done in that matter And that the new electione wes over and past befor the secretaries Letter wes Comunicate to us But the proveist and tuo more of the Magistrates then chosen with some of the toun councill demurring and delaying to accept And the present toun councill goeing on to choise others to officiate for them wee thought fitt on this emergent to reconsider your majesties pleasure And Finding that tho the forsaid electione wes over and past befor wee knew your majesties mynd yet it remaines still incompleat throw the non acceptance of the forsaid persones wee Judged that there wes ground from your majesties former order to put a stopt to the toun councills proceeding untill your majesties pleasure should be knowen in this matter and gave our orders accordingly Wee doe therefore In all humble duety represent this matter to your Majestie That your pleasure may be signifyed to us And what further Comands shall be Given us by your majestie therein or in any thing else shall receave all duetyfull obedience from May it please your majestie Your Majesties most Loyall most faithfull and most obedient subjects and servants sic subscribitur Tweeddale cancel: Haniltone. Melvill Linlithgow Strathmore Leven Forfar Raith Cardross Carmichaell Uilliam Master of Forbes Frances Montgomery James Stewart Adam Cockburne John Lauder John Maxwell Archibald Murray Lodovick Grant.