Procedure, 24 December 1702, Edinburgh

Procedure, 24 December 1702, Edinburgh

Edinburgh the Twenty fourth of December Jaj viic and two years

A1702/12/241

Procedure

Commission for The Marques of Annandale to be Lord president of privy Councill

Commission under the great Seall of this kingdome In favors of William Marques of Annandale To be Lord president of privy Councill being presented by Sir Gilbert Elliot Clerk therto; The samen was read and ordered to be Recorded; and therafter delyvered by the Earle of Eglingtoune as Lord president for the time To Mr Francis Montgomry in name and in absence of the said William Marques of Annandale who received the samen upon his knee as use is.
Followes the Commission.
Anna Dei Gratia Magnae Brittaniae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina fideique defensor , Omnibus probis hominibus ad quos praesentes Literae nostrae pervenerint Salutem Quandoquidem nos regio nostro animo perpendentes preclaram fidelitatem servitia fidelissima et eximios animi dotes fidelissimi et dilectissimi nostri Consanguinei et Consiliarii Gulielmi Marchionis de Annandale unde pro rite obeundo Munere summae fidei et officii secreti nostri Consilii Antiqui regni nostri Scotiae praesidis Usquequaque sit Idioneus.2 Noveritis Igiter3 nos Nominasse Constituisse et ordinasse sicuti nos tenore praesentium nominamus Constituimus et Ordinamus praefatum Gulielmum Marchionem de Annandale Secreti nostri Consilii dicti antiqui regni nostri Scotiae Praesidem durante nostro bene placito Solummodo Cum plenaria potestate illi praedicto Munere et officio utendi fruendi gaudendi Idemque exercendi cum universis Honoribus dignitatibus privilegiis Immunitatibus et Casualitatibus quibuscunque eo spectantibus Atque Itidem tenore praesentium predictum Gulielmum Marchionem de Annandale Secreti nostri Consilii praesidem antedictum prioritatem et precedentiam Immediate proximam Thesaurario nostro soli et principali dicti regni et Immediate post Locum illum precedentiae Quem Thesaurarius principalis perprius retinebat seu retinere debuit Omnibus Locis et temporibus durante spatio antedicto habere ordinamus In Cujus Rei Testimonium presentibus Magnum Sigillum nostrum apendi4 precipimus Apud aulam Nostram de St James’s Quindecimo die Mensis Decembris Anno domino Millessimo septingentesimo secundo et Anno regni nostri primo Per signaturam Manu S: D: N Regina[e] supra scriptam , Wryten to the great seall and registrat the twenty thrid day of December 1702 Sic subscribitur Charles Kerr . Sealled at Edinburgh the twenty fourth day of December one thousand seven hundred and two by speciall order till the Seall be renewed Sic subscribitur Alexander Ogilvie

Edinburgh the Twenty fourth of December Jaj viic and two years

A1702/12/241

Procedure

Commission for The Marques of Annandale to be Lord president of privy Councill

Commission under the great Seall of this kingdome In favors of William Marques of Annandale To be Lord president of privy Councill being presented by Sir Gilbert Elliot Clerk therto; The samen was read and ordered to be Recorded; and therafter delyvered by the Earle of Eglingtoune as Lord president for the time To Mr Francis Montgomry in name and in absence of the said William Marques of Annandale who received the samen upon his knee as use is.
Followes the Commission.
Anna Dei Gratia Magnae Brittaniae Franciae et Hiberniae Regina fideique defensor , Omnibus probis hominibus ad quos praesentes Literae nostrae pervenerint Salutem Quandoquidem nos regio nostro animo perpendentes preclaram fidelitatem servitia fidelissima et eximios animi dotes fidelissimi et dilectissimi nostri Consanguinei et Consiliarii Gulielmi Marchionis de Annandale unde pro rite obeundo Munere summae fidei et officii secreti nostri Consilii Antiqui regni nostri Scotiae praesidis Usquequaque sit Idioneus.2 Noveritis Igiter3 nos Nominasse Constituisse et ordinasse sicuti nos tenore praesentium nominamus Constituimus et Ordinamus praefatum Gulielmum Marchionem de Annandale Secreti nostri Consilii dicti antiqui regni nostri Scotiae Praesidem durante nostro bene placito Solummodo Cum plenaria potestate illi praedicto Munere et officio utendi fruendi gaudendi Idemque exercendi cum universis Honoribus dignitatibus privilegiis Immunitatibus et Casualitatibus quibuscunque eo spectantibus Atque Itidem tenore praesentium predictum Gulielmum Marchionem de Annandale Secreti nostri Consilii praesidem antedictum prioritatem et precedentiam Immediate proximam Thesaurario nostro soli et principali dicti regni et Immediate post Locum illum precedentiae Quem Thesaurarius principalis perprius retinebat seu retinere debuit Omnibus Locis et temporibus durante spatio antedicto habere ordinamus In Cujus Rei Testimonium presentibus Magnum Sigillum nostrum apendi4 precipimus Apud aulam Nostram de St James’s Quindecimo die Mensis Decembris Anno domino Millessimo septingentesimo secundo et Anno regni nostri primo Per signaturam Manu S: D: N Regina[e] supra scriptam , Wryten to the great seall and registrat the twenty thrid day of December 1702 Sic subscribitur Charles Kerr . Sealled at Edinburgh the twenty fourth day of December one thousand seven hundred and two by speciall order till the Seall be renewed Sic subscribitur Alexander Ogilvie

1. NRS, PC1/52, 480-1.

2. Sic.

3. Sic.

4. Sic.

1. NRS, PC1/52, 480-1.

2. Sic.

3. Sic.

4. Sic.