D1693/2/38
D1693/2/381
Procedure
Recomended to the Lord Chancelor to subscryve the warrand for James Jarvies Liberation which hade been declyned thes two last Councill dayes.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191v.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191v.
D1693/2/37
D1693/2/371
Order
Petition Sir James Ramsay Craveing ane aliement off the Earle of Seaforth and answers therto Read and Recomended to the Lord privy Seall and Lord Viscount of Tarbat to speak with the Earle of Seaforth, voluntarly to allow ane aliement to the petitioner
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191v.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191v.
D1693/2/36
D1693/2/361
Decreet
The Lords of their Majesties privy Councill haveing Considered the oath wherof the tenor followes I etc Doe heirby Declair upon my Solemn oath in presence of etc That the forsaid list of hearths extending to etc which are payed and etc which are unpayed Is a true and Just list of all the hearths of the forsaid parishin of etc to the best of my knowledge Excepting etc hearths of poor and that I have used my outmost endeavor to come to the knowledge of all the hearths of the said parishins And that I have not wittingly concealled any, But given up the samen as said is, as I shall answer to god, They heirby Recomend to the Lords Commissioners of their majesties thesaurie to take the oathes of the sub Collectors of the hearth money at giveing in the lists of the hearths Collected by them in the termes of the above oath Bot prejudice allwayes to the saids Lords to take what other courses they think fitt for Farder discovering of the hearths which may be concealled or deficient and not contained in the lists deponed upon.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191r-191v.
2. The prefix ‘sub-‘ is an insertion.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 191r-191v.
2. The prefix ‘sub-‘ is an insertion.
D1693/2/35
D1693/2/351
Act
Anent a Petition given in to the Lords of their Majesties privy Councill be the heritors and elders of the parish of Erroll. Shewing that in obedience to the saids Lords late act and proclamatione against vagrant beggers they are most ready to mantaine their oun poor and to apply for that effect the intrest and annualrent of all mortificationes belonging to their Church without diminishing the stock as the said proclamatione appoints Bot, are therin invinceable Impeded by Mr John Nicolsone late incumbent in the said paroch his keeping up of the bonds of Mortificationes and other bonds for the poors money with the poors box Lykeas he also keeps up the comunion cups and other utincells of the Said Church Notwithstanding he was charged by letters raised upon the saids Lords Deliverance for giveing up the Same, Which charges he not only sometime agoe Suspended bot when lately requyred by Commissioners Specially appointed by the petitioners appointed for that effect He alledged that ther were other heritors of the parish that had ane inttrest in the said mortificationes and poors money also weell as the petitioners And that he had allready suspended a charge given him to the same purpose, which charge Lay over undiscused wherby the Lords might perceive that he still shifts the delivery of the said mortificationes and other bonds Still in his hand For the treuth is that albeit upon the forsaid bill of Suspensione the petitioners letters were suspended simplicitor upon a Condescendance that he was ordained to make under his hand and give to the saids Lords Clerks upon the persones by name and Designation to whom he delivered the premisses and did at that tyme make a fashion of a Condescendance, yet the same was not true for Mr James Brown Clerk to the session to whom he sayes he delivered the forsaid mortificationes and bonds hath given it under his hand that the farr greatest part of them is yet in Mr Johns oun hands as a list all written with the said Mr Browns hand therwith produced would testifie, And seing that the treuth is and appears by the instrument therwith produced That Mr Nicolson doeth only delay and tergeverse both with the saids Lords and the petitioners as to the delivery of the said mortificationes and bonds as also as to the Comunion Cups which he would be sure to turne from hand to hand unles he be fixed by the saids Lords ordinance And Therfor Humbly Craveing the saids Lords to ordaine the said Mr John Nicolson peremptorly to exhibit and deliver to the petitioners upon oath the wholl foresaid Mortifications and bonds Comunion Cups and other utincills abovementioned that he hade in his hands to the effect that they might execute the forsaid act and proclamatione and what else belongs to their charge in the said parish And this they humbly Craved to be done sumarly because by the instrument produced The Lords might see that the said Mr Nicolsone alledges his former bill of suspensione raised before the Lords to be still depending undiscussed as the petitione bears The Lords of their Majesties privy Councill haveing heard this petition given in to them be the above minister Heritors, and Elders of the parish of Erroll and instrument produced therwith They ordaine letters to be direct heiron for citeing of the above Doctor John Nicolsone to Compeir befor their Lordships upon the Fourth day of Aprill nixt to come and answer to the points contained in the said petition, And in the mean tyme Ordaines the said Doctor to exhibit and produce in the hands of the Clerks of privy Councill upon oath the wholl mortificationes, bonds Comunion Cups, and other utincells abovementioned that he has in his hand to the effect the same may be made Furthcomeing as accords.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r-191r.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r-191r.
D1693/2/34
D1693/2/341
Procedure
The Lords of their majesties privy Councill Doe heirby add the Laird of Grant to the Committie formerly appointed for examineing the witnesses in the mutuall processes betwixt Alexander Burnet and Urquhart of Meldrum.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r.
D1693/2/33
D1693/2/331
Order
Anent a Petition given in to the Lord of their majesties privy Councill be Elizabeth Urrie relict of umquhill Mr John Hamiltone late bishope of Dunkeld Shewing That the petitioner being referred by the said Lords to the Lords of their majesties thesaurie for Causeing pay to her two hundred and fiftie punds scots which the duo due to her out of the stipend of Meigle was uplifted by Casingray and being informed that in regaird of her great trouble charge and expence, The saids Lords agreed that she should have from the Lords of thesaurie the gift of any vaccant stipend as the Kings gift And Therfore Craveing the Lords to mynd her present hard Circumstances and in leiw of the two hundred and fiftie punds to grant her a right of the vaccand stipend of the parish of Skoon for the cropt and year of god Jaj vjc nyntie two which was at his majesties gift and donatione by which her great charge and expences might be in some measure Compensated as the petitione bears The Lords of their Majesties privy Councill haveing Considered the above petition given in to them be the above Elizabeth Urrie read in their presence They doe heirby Recomend to the Lords Commissioners of their majesties thesaurie to grant the petitioner the stipend in the petition or such other stipend as they shall think fitt.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 190r.
D1693/2/32
D1693/2/321
Order
Petition John Easone seazed as a robber or resetter of Roberts prisoner in the Cannongate, Craveing Libertie upon Cautione to answer when called Read and Recomended to the Committie anent theives and robbers to call for and examin the petitioner and to report to the Councill.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189v.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189v.
D1693/2/31
D1693/2/311
Order
Petition Cathrin Swords Indwaller in St Androwes Compleaning her daughter is Caried away in ane Virginia Ship now in Berwick Read and And2 Recomends to the Lord Chancelor to writt a letter to the mayor of Berwick for bringing a shoar the womans daughter and takeing tryall and doeing Justice in the matter and sett the woman seazed at libertie if he find cause
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189v.
2. Sic.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189v.
2. Sic.
D1693/2/30
D1693/2/301
Act
Anent a Petition given in to the Lords of their majesties privy Councill be James Montgomrie Clerk to the Justice Court Shewing That the petitioner being patron of the parochin of Stewartoune hath right to dispose of the vaccand stipends for pious uses within the said parish Cropt and year of god Jaj vjc nyntie two, And ther being severall pious uses for Disposeing of the said vaccand stipend which are very urgent and necessary such as repaireing of the church and manse which are near ruineing building of bridges building of a Churchyeard-dyke and other pious uses within the parish not particularly mentioned in the act of Parliament which retards the Frank payment of these Lyable in payment of the said stipend to the petitioner in the speedie application therof to the uses forsaid Except the saids Lords gift and authoritie ware interponed therto, To which the heritors and elders of the said parish have consented as the Commission to David Boyle of Kelburne and the petitioner therwith produced would testifie And Therfore humbly Craveing The saids Lords would grant the petitioner ane gift of the said years stipend to be applyed for the forsaids pious uses and others within the said parishin as the petition bears The Lords of their Majestyes Privy Councill Haveing Considered this petition given in to them be the above James Montgomrie with the Commission mentioned therin and produced ther with They heirby allow the stipend of the above kirk of Stewartoune for the haill cropt and year of god Jaj vjc nyntie two and that for the repairing of the Church and manse building of bridges building of a Church yeard-dyke and other pious uses within the said parish of Stewartoune And at desyre of the petitioner patron of the said kirk Doe heirby nominat and appoint William Boyle writter in Edinburgh to be factor for uplifting the said years Stipend And ordaines the said factor to be readily answered obeyed and payed therof be the heritors fewars wodsetters and others Lyable in payment of the same And Ordaines letters of horning under the signet of Councill against them for that effect upon production of a Decreet of Locallitie, And in caice ther be non Ordaines these Lyable to make payment of their respective proportiones of the said years Stipend according as they shall be Decerned by the Judge ordinary In Respect2 The said factor has before extracting heirof Found suficient Cautione acted in the books of privy Councill that he shall Imploy the forsaid years stipend upon the ends and uses forsaids at the sight of the said James Montgomrie patron forsaid.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189r-189v.
2. The words ‘In Respect’ are an insertion.
1. NRS, PC2/24, 189r-189v.
2. The words ‘In Respect’ are an insertion.
D1693/2/29
D1693/2/294
Sederunt
Lord Chancelor; Duke of Hamilton P of C; Earl of Melvill P: Seall; Earl of Linlithgow; Earl of Strathmore; Earl of Leven; Earl of Anandale; Earl of Brodalbin; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Raith; Lord Cardross; Lord Beilhaven; Lord Carmicheall; Master of Forbes; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Hatton; Laird of Grant; Laird of Blackbarony
1. The word ‘six’ scored out here.
2. Insertion.
3. NRS, PC2/24, 189r.
4. NRS, PC2/24, 189r.
1. The word ‘six’ scored out here.
2. Insertion.
3. NRS, PC2/24, 189r.
4. NRS, PC2/24, 189r.