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Procedure, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Procedure

Recommendation to the Advocat and General Ramsay anent Mr Patrick Ogilvie

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Recommend to Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To wryt to and advertise Mr Patrick Ogilvie to goe to the West Country with all convenient speed To attend the Execution of his Commission against the import of Irish victuall. And Recommends to Livetennant General George Ramsay Commander in Cheiff of her Majesties forces with all convenient speed and Dispatch To send up to the Western Coasts ane party of Fourty foot and Twenty Dragoons To assist the said Mr Patrick in the Execution of his Commission And to continue under his Direction as formerly And Discharges the said party to be recalled till farder orders of Councill according to the former Recommendation direct to him theranent

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Recommendation to the Advocat and General Ramsay anent Mr Patrick Ogilvie

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Recommend to Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To wryt to and advertise Mr Patrick Ogilvie to goe to the West Country with all convenient speed To attend the Execution of his Commission against the import of Irish victuall. And Recommends to Livetennant General George Ramsay Commander in Cheiff of her Majesties forces with all convenient speed and Dispatch To send up to the Western Coasts ane party of Fourty foot and Twenty Dragoons To assist the said Mr Patrick in the Execution of his Commission And to continue under his Direction as formerly And Discharges the said party to be recalled till farder orders of Councill according to the former Recommendation direct to him theranent

1. NRS, PC1/53, 283.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 283.

Warrant, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Warrant

Warrand Dischargeing Thurstouns Commission

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Recall the Commission granted to Lodwick Cant younger of Thurstoun for hindering the import of English victuall And discharges the said Lodwick or any other his Deputs and servants To put the said Commission to any farder Execution after the date heirof, till farder orders of Councill theranent And appoints her Majesties Solicitors to intimat the premisses to the said Lodwick Cant with all dispatch.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Warrant

Warrand Dischargeing Thurstouns Commission

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Recall the Commission granted to Lodwick Cant younger of Thurstoun for hindering the import of English victuall And discharges the said Lodwick or any other his Deputs and servants To put the said Commission to any farder Execution after the date heirof, till farder orders of Councill theranent And appoints her Majesties Solicitors to intimat the premisses to the said Lodwick Cant with all dispatch.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 283.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 283.

Procedure, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Procedure

Recommendation to the Lord Advocat To wryt to the Duke of Gordon and Borlam anent the Garrison of Fort William

The Lords of Her Majesties privie Councill Recommends to Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To wryt to his Grace The Duke of Gordon, Anent provyding the Garrison of Fort William with fewall And to wryt as his Lordship shall think most propper To McIntosh of Borlum Baillie to the said Duke anent his hindering the Garrison to provyde fewall to themselves, To the end noe hinderance may be made to their effectuall provyding fewall for the said Garrison and lying in the same, As they had formerly been in use to doe.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Procedure

Recommendation to the Lord Advocat To wryt to the Duke of Gordon and Borlam anent the Garrison of Fort William

The Lords of Her Majesties privie Councill Recommends to Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To wryt to his Grace The Duke of Gordon, Anent provyding the Garrison of Fort William with fewall And to wryt as his Lordship shall think most propper To McIntosh of Borlum Baillie to the said Duke anent his hindering the Garrison to provyde fewall to themselves, To the end noe hinderance may be made to their effectuall provyding fewall for the said Garrison and lying in the same, As they had formerly been in use to doe.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

Warrant, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Warrant

Warrand anent the payment of the Aliment and house dues of prisoners

Her Majesties Advocat haveing represented to the board that there were several prisoners for Crimes sent in to the Tolbooth of Edinburgh who were in hazard to starve, The keeper refuseing to aliment them In respect he gets no payment. The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Appoint and Ordaine The Magistrats of Edinburgh, To make payment to George Drummond keeper of their Tolbooth of the house dues of all such prisoners as have been or shall be incarcerat for murder, theift and other such Crimes And recommends the said George Drummond to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesties Theasaury for present and immediat payment of the aliment of such prisoners; And also of the house dues of all prisoners imprisoned on accompt and by order of the Government.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Warrant

Warrand anent the payment of the Aliment and house dues of prisoners

Her Majesties Advocat haveing represented to the board that there were several prisoners for Crimes sent in to the Tolbooth of Edinburgh who were in hazard to starve, The keeper refuseing to aliment them In respect he gets no payment. The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Doe heirby Appoint and Ordaine The Magistrats of Edinburgh, To make payment to George Drummond keeper of their Tolbooth of the house dues of all such prisoners as have been or shall be incarcerat for murder, theift and other such Crimes And recommends the said George Drummond to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesties Theasaury for present and immediat payment of the aliment of such prisoners; And also of the house dues of all prisoners imprisoned on accompt and by order of the Government.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

Warrant, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Warrant

Warrand for disposeing of Theives now at Peebles to be souldiers.

The Lords of her Majesties privy Councill Doe heirby appoint and Ordaine John Murray late Dragoon in my Lord Teviots Regiment, John and William Mitchells, Robert Broun and William Thomson alias Peter Anderson Now prisoners in the Tolbooth of Peebles and convict of Thift before the Magistrats of the said Burgh And by their sentence remitted to the Lords of Councill to be banished or other wayes disposed off as their Lordships should think fitt, To be delyvered to any of her Majesties officers to be transported as Recruites to Flanders, And that at the sight and by the order and Disposall of the Marques of Annandale Lord president of privie Councill and the Earle of March.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Warrant

Warrand for disposeing of Theives now at Peebles to be souldiers.

The Lords of her Majesties privy Councill Doe heirby appoint and Ordaine John Murray late Dragoon in my Lord Teviots Regiment, John and William Mitchells, Robert Broun and William Thomson alias Peter Anderson Now prisoners in the Tolbooth of Peebles and convict of Thift before the Magistrats of the said Burgh And by their sentence remitted to the Lords of Councill to be banished or other wayes disposed off as their Lordships should think fitt, To be delyvered to any of her Majesties officers to be transported as Recruites to Flanders, And that at the sight and by the order and Disposall of the Marques of Annandale Lord president of privie Councill and the Earle of March.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 282.

Warrant, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Warrant

Warrand for Banishing Mr James Innes a preist

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Haveing called for and examined Master James Innes a supposed preist, And who was by their Lordships sentence banished the Kingdome on that account upon the fyfteen of August Jaj vijc years, Under the name of Mr James Innes alias Clark And he haveing accknowledged himselfe to be popish and refused to signe the formula appointed by Act of parliament, And that he had used Change of names. The saids Lords of her Majesties privy Councill, Have appointed and ordained, And heirby Appoints and ordaines The Magistrats of Edinburgh and keeper of their Tolbooth, To sett the said Mr James Innes at Liberty furth of their said Tolbooth upon his giveing Bond and finding sufficient Caution That he shall depart furth of this Kingdome Betuixt and the first day of November nixt to come, And report sufficient Certificat of his being furth of this Kingdome and of her Majesties other Dominions betuixt and the first day of January nixt to come; And that he shall not return therto without Her Majestie or the Privie Councills leave under the paine of Death; And in the mean tyme that he shall live peaceablie under and with all submission to Her Majesties Government, And shall not Act consult nor contrive any thing to the prejudice therof Nor converse nor Correspond with any of her Majesties Rebells And that under the penalty of Two Hundered pounds sterling in case he transgress any pairt of the premisses.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Warrant

Warrand for Banishing Mr James Innes a preist

The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Haveing called for and examined Master James Innes a supposed preist, And who was by their Lordships sentence banished the Kingdome on that account upon the fyfteen of August Jaj vijc years, Under the name of Mr James Innes alias Clark And he haveing accknowledged himselfe to be popish and refused to signe the formula appointed by Act of parliament, And that he had used Change of names. The saids Lords of her Majesties privy Councill, Have appointed and ordained, And heirby Appoints and ordaines The Magistrats of Edinburgh and keeper of their Tolbooth, To sett the said Mr James Innes at Liberty furth of their said Tolbooth upon his giveing Bond and finding sufficient Caution That he shall depart furth of this Kingdome Betuixt and the first day of November nixt to come, And report sufficient Certificat of his being furth of this Kingdome and of her Majesties other Dominions betuixt and the first day of January nixt to come; And that he shall not return therto without Her Majestie or the Privie Councills leave under the paine of Death; And in the mean tyme that he shall live peaceablie under and with all submission to Her Majesties Government, And shall not Act consult nor contrive any thing to the prejudice therof Nor converse nor Correspond with any of her Majesties Rebells And that under the penalty of Two Hundered pounds sterling in case he transgress any pairt of the premisses.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 281-2.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 281-2.

Order, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Order

Recommendation to the Lord Advocat To sett at Liberty Issobell Adam suspect of Witch Craft

Her Majesties Advocat haveing represented to the board, That in obediance to their Lordships former Recommendation for persueing the witches in Pittenweem, he had called for and examined Issobell Adam said to be the most Notorious Witch, and the Laid said to be tormented, And finding noe evidence from their Examinationes to be the ground of a proces, Gave it as his oppinion That the Lords of privie Councill should allow him to sett the said Issobell Adam at liberty and lett the proces fall; The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Have allowed and heirby allowes Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To cause Liberat Issobell Adam suspect of Witchcraft, and to let the proces against her on that accompt fall, and desist from the prosecuting her for the same.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Order

Recommendation to the Lord Advocat To sett at Liberty Issobell Adam suspect of Witch Craft

Her Majesties Advocat haveing represented to the board, That in obediance to their Lordships former Recommendation for persueing the witches in Pittenweem, he had called for and examined Issobell Adam said to be the most Notorious Witch, and the Laid said to be tormented, And finding noe evidence from their Examinationes to be the ground of a proces, Gave it as his oppinion That the Lords of privie Councill should allow him to sett the said Issobell Adam at liberty and lett the proces fall; The Lords of her Majesties privie Councill Have allowed and heirby allowes Sir James Steuart her Majesties Advocat To cause Liberat Issobell Adam suspect of Witchcraft, and to let the proces against her on that accompt fall, and desist from the prosecuting her for the same.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 281.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 281.

Proclamation, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Proclamation

Proclamation Adjourning the parliament to the 16 of December

Proclamation for Adjourning the Parliament to the Sixteenth of December, Read signed and ordered to be Recorded and printed and published which was accordingly this day done, Whereof the tennor followes
Ann By the Grace of God, Queen of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the faith To our Lion King at arms, and his Breithren Heraulds, Macers of our privie Councell, pursevants, Messengers at arms our Sherriffs in that pairt Conjunctlie and seaverallie Speciallie Constitute Greeting, Forasmuchas By the last Act of the last Session of the Current Parliament of this our Ancient Kingdome The said parliament was Adjourned to the seventh day of October current, And seeing the state of our affairs, Doe not require the meeting of our said parliament so soon as the said seventh day of October, To which it was Adjourned. Therefore Wee with advice of the Lords of our privie Councill, Have Adjourned and heirby Adjourn, the meeting of our said parliament from the said seventh day of this present moneth of October, To the Sixteen day of December nixt to come, Requiring heirby and Commanding, All Noblemen, Officiers of state, and Commissioners for shires and Burrows, Members of the said parliament To attend the meeting of our said Parliament Att Edinburgh the sixteen day of December nixt to come, To which it is now Adjourned, in the usuall way, upon the accustomed Certificationes and under the pains contained in the Laws made theranent. Our Will is Herefore And we Charge yow strictly and Command, That incontinent thir our Letters seen ye pass, To the mercat Cross of Edinburgh, And to the mercat Crosses of the haill remanent head burghs of the several shyres and steuartries within this our Ancient Kingdome And there in our name and Authority by open Proclamation make publict Intimation that our said parliament is Adjourned to the said Sixteenth day of December next to come And ordains thir presents to be printed and published. Given under our signet Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October And of our Rigne the Thrid year 1704.

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Proclamation

Proclamation Adjourning the parliament to the 16 of December

Proclamation for Adjourning the Parliament to the Sixteenth of December, Read signed and ordered to be Recorded and printed and published which was accordingly this day done, Whereof the tennor followes
Ann By the Grace of God, Queen of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the faith To our Lion King at arms, and his Breithren Heraulds, Macers of our privie Councell, pursevants, Messengers at arms our Sherriffs in that pairt Conjunctlie and seaverallie Speciallie Constitute Greeting, Forasmuchas By the last Act of the last Session of the Current Parliament of this our Ancient Kingdome The said parliament was Adjourned to the seventh day of October current, And seeing the state of our affairs, Doe not require the meeting of our said parliament so soon as the said seventh day of October, To which it was Adjourned. Therefore Wee with advice of the Lords of our privie Councill, Have Adjourned and heirby Adjourn, the meeting of our said parliament from the said seventh day of this present moneth of October, To the Sixteen day of December nixt to come, Requiring heirby and Commanding, All Noblemen, Officiers of state, and Commissioners for shires and Burrows, Members of the said parliament To attend the meeting of our said Parliament Att Edinburgh the sixteen day of December nixt to come, To which it is now Adjourned, in the usuall way, upon the accustomed Certificationes and under the pains contained in the Laws made theranent. Our Will is Herefore And we Charge yow strictly and Command, That incontinent thir our Letters seen ye pass, To the mercat Cross of Edinburgh, And to the mercat Crosses of the haill remanent head burghs of the several shyres and steuartries within this our Ancient Kingdome And there in our name and Authority by open Proclamation make publict Intimation that our said parliament is Adjourned to the said Sixteenth day of December next to come And ordains thir presents to be printed and published. Given under our signet Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October And of our Rigne the Thrid year 1704.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 280-1.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 280-1.

Letter: royal, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Letter: royal

Letter from the Queen’s Majestie To The Councill for Adjourning the parliament to the 16 of December

Letter from her Majestie to the Councill for Adjourning the parliament to the Sixteenth of December nixt, Read and ordered to be recorded Wherof the tennor followes.
Supra Scribitur Anne Regina
Right Trusty and right well beloved Cousin and Councellor, Right Trusty and entirely beloved Cousins and Councellors, Right trusty and well beloved Cousins and Councellors, Right Trusty and weell beloved Councellors, And Trusty and weell beloved Councellors We Greet yow well. Whereas by the last Act of the last Session of our Current Parliament of that our Ancient Kingdome, The same was Adjourned to the seventh day of October next to come, And whereas the state of our affairs doeth not require this meeting so soon; It is our Will and pleasure, And we doe heirby Authorize and require yow, To ishue furth a Proclamation in our name Continueing the Adjournment of that our Parliament, To the Sixteen day of December next ensueing the date of these presents And requiring all the members thereof to attend that day at Edinburgh in the usuall way and under the accustomed Certifications. For doeing wherof this shall be your warrand, And so we bid yow heartily fairweell. Given at our Court Att Windsor Castle the Tuenty fourth day of September 1704 And of our Rigne the Thrid year. By Her Majesties Command Sic Subscribitur Cromertie

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years

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Letter: royal

Letter from the Queen’s Majestie To The Councill for Adjourning the parliament to the 16 of December

Letter from her Majestie to the Councill for Adjourning the parliament to the Sixteenth of December nixt, Read and ordered to be recorded Wherof the tennor followes.
Supra Scribitur Anne Regina
Right Trusty and right well beloved Cousin and Councellor, Right Trusty and entirely beloved Cousins and Councellors, Right trusty and well beloved Cousins and Councellors, Right Trusty and weell beloved Councellors, And Trusty and weell beloved Councellors We Greet yow well. Whereas by the last Act of the last Session of our Current Parliament of that our Ancient Kingdome, The same was Adjourned to the seventh day of October next to come, And whereas the state of our affairs doeth not require this meeting so soon; It is our Will and pleasure, And we doe heirby Authorize and require yow, To ishue furth a Proclamation in our name Continueing the Adjournment of that our Parliament, To the Sixteen day of December next ensueing the date of these presents And requiring all the members thereof to attend that day at Edinburgh in the usuall way and under the accustomed Certifications. For doeing wherof this shall be your warrand, And so we bid yow heartily fairweell. Given at our Court Att Windsor Castle the Tuenty fourth day of September 1704 And of our Rigne the Thrid year. By Her Majesties Command Sic Subscribitur Cromertie

1. NRS, PC1/53, 279-280.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 279-280.

Sederunt, 3 October 1704, Edinburgh

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Sederunt

Marquis of Annandale p:C:; Earl of Crafoord; Earl of Mar; Earl of Mortoun; Earl of Buchan; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Findlatter; Earl of Leven; Earl of Dunmore; Earl of Roseberry; Earl of Hopetoun; Lord Advocat; Laird of Collingtoun; Laird of Stivenson; Laird of Prestongrange

Att Edinburgh the Thrid day of October Jaj vijc and four years1

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Sederunt

Marquis of Annandale p:C:; Earl of Crafoord; Earl of Mar; Earl of Mortoun; Earl of Buchan; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Findlatter; Earl of Leven; Earl of Dunmore; Earl of Roseberry; Earl of Hopetoun; Lord Advocat; Laird of Collingtoun; Laird of Stivenson; Laird of Prestongrange

1. NRS, PC1/53, 279.

2. NRS, PC1/53, 279.

1. NRS, PC1/53, 279.

2. NRS, PC1/53, 279.