Procedure: petition, 31 December 1696, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Eleventh Day of Jwny J^aj vi^c nyntie six yeirs

D1696/6/8

D1696/6/8¹

Procedure

Recomendatione to the Earle of Annandale to write to his Stewart deputs anent horses and armes and anent polemoney

The Earle of Annandale who is Stewart principall of the Stewartie of Annandale haveing represented to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell that he hes a Letter from his Stewart deput acqwainting him that the deput hes seased horses from severall persones not qwalified by takeing the oath of alleadgeance and assureance And that Some of the persones whose horses are seased have offered to qwalifie themselves that they may gett back ther horses but that he knowes not who is to administrat the oath and assureance to them And that the said deput being generall collector of the pole within the said Stewarty wher he Lives the paroch collectors have offered to him chipped merk peices And English mylned money and Scotts money receaved by them befor the saids severall Species of money were cryed Downe which he conceaves he cannot be obleidged to receave because it will not be receaved from him the Councell recomends to the Earle of Annandale to write to his Stewart deput that he himself or any Judge or magistrat may administrat the oath of alledgeance and assureance to persones within ther bownds And upon ther Swearing and Signeing ther horses and armes may be delivered back to them And that he report the saids oathes to the clerks of privie Counsell And that he as generall collector may receave from the paroch collector all Such chipped old merk peices and ther fractions English mylned Crownes and half Crownes and the Scotts crowne peices and fourtie Shilling twentie Shilling ten Shilling and five Shilling peices as the paroch collectors shall give ther oaths in presence of ane of the Commissioners of Supplie that they receaved as paroch collectors in payment of the pole money which the offer to the generall collector And that befor the proclamatione dischargeing or cryeing downe the said merk peices And other Species of money was promulgat in the Shyre or Stewartie wher they Live