Act, 6 October 1697, Edinburgh

Att Edinburgh the Threttie Day of November J^aj vi^c nyntie seven yeirs

D1697/11/16

D1697/11/16¹

Procedure: petition

Petitione The towne of Dwmferleing remited to the Thesaurie

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be Sir Patrick Murray proveist John Chalmers and David Edie baillies of Dwmferleing In name of severall inhabitants of the said bwrgh Shewing That My Lord Jedburgh (now my Lord Forbes) troupe of Dragownes haveing bein qwartered in Dwmferleing for severall moneths befor March J^aj vi^c nyntie Six They did contract severall debts in the said bwrgh But because they pretended want of pay when they were to march the petitioners with much adoe gott the Captaine Leivtenent Kennedie to Subscribe and attest ane accompt of swch of the debts as the dragownes owed for ther necessarie intertainment accownting to nyn hundereth and threttie four pund Scotts as the said attested accompt acknowledgeing the same to be both fairlie and Jwstly Staited and Dwe bears Notwithstanding wherof albeit The Lord Jedburgh and therefter Leivetennent Collonell Brwce did most Jwstly order these debts to be Stopped and payed And that my Lord Forbes hath since possitivelie promised payment and that the petitioners are crediblie informed that they are all Stopped Long agoe off the Dragownes yet ther rests still due of the saids debts Five hundereth and sixtie pwnd which the petitioners can no way recover except by giveing exorbitant abaitements swch as the poor people were forced to doe for what pairt is hitherto payed The Captaine Leivtennent pretending that what is Stopped is applyed to payment of other debts And that Since he was soe Jwst as to Secure ther payment by attesting the debts therfore they owght to waite his Leasure of paying them Notwithstanding all which treatment the petitioners have Still all alongest patientlie forbone to give ther Lordships any trouble in the mater till the Starveing conditione of the poor people hath forced them to make the address to ther Lordships And therfore humbly craveing ther Lordships to take the premisses to ther consideratione And in respect thir debts are soe distinctly staited and instrwcted that therfore ther Lordships will be pleased to ordaine John Orrock collector of the Supplie of the Shyre of Fyffe forthwith to make payment to Andreu Bellfrage the petitioners towne thesaurer of the five Hundereth pwnds Scotts Still resting of the above debts to be detained by him of the receavers As ther Lordships were pleased Lately to doe in the case of the inhabitants of Falkland As the said petitione bears The saids Lords of his majesties privie Cownsell haveing heard the above petitione read in ther presence They heirby remit the same to the Lords Commissioners of his majesties thesaurie to be considered and determined by ther Lordships as they shall find Jwst and in the mean tyme allowes the officers of The Lord Jedburgh therefter The Lord Forbes his regiment to sie and answer the same