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Procedure: petition, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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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 Jaj vic 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

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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 Jaj vic 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

1. NRS, PC2/27, 56v-57r.

1. NRS, PC2/27, 56v-57r.

Procedure: petition, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Petition the inhabitants of Dwns remited to the Thesaurie

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be James Liddell and Patrick Whillas and other inhabitants of the towne of Dwns Shewing That the severall troupes of The Lord Jedburgh now Lord Forbes regiment both officers and dragownes were were resting to the petitioners efter stateing of accompts with Leivetennent Collonell Brwce and major Burnet the Sowme of Ane Thowsand Seven Hundereth and Fowrtie one pund one Shilling Scotts for meat and drink fwrnished by the petitioners to the said regiment For payment wherof the said Leivtennent Collonell and major drew ane precept upon the depute receaver payable furth of the said regiments Subsistance for the moneths of March Aprile and May Last be eqwall portiones And accordingly payment was made of the first moyetie owt of March subsistance But when the petitioner came to desyre payment of the other two moneths The said depute receaver did produce a paper Subscribed by the said Leivtenent Collonell Brwce wherby he dischairges any furder payment be vertue of his former precept And accordingly the said receaver refwised to make payment of the saids other two moneths notwithstanding that he had entered in payment by paying of the first By which contriveance and collwsion betuixt the saids officers and receavers the petitioners have bein hitherto frwstrat of ther payment who have bein pwtt to Considerable expensses in attendance at Edinburgh and els wher and makeing applicatione for recoverie therof near to the value of ane third pairt therof And therfore humbly craveing ther Lordships to take the premisses to consideratione and to advance the generall receavers and ther deputs to make payment to the petitioners of the saids two moneths moyety being Eleven hundereth fiftie seven pwnd Sixteen Shilling Scotts yet resting by the said regiment conforme to the said precept As the said petitione bears Which petitione being this day and considered be the saids Lords of privie Cownsell They hereby 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

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Petition the inhabitants of Dwns remited to the Thesaurie

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be James Liddell and Patrick Whillas and other inhabitants of the towne of Dwns Shewing That the severall troupes of The Lord Jedburgh now Lord Forbes regiment both officers and dragownes were were resting to the petitioners efter stateing of accompts with Leivetennent Collonell Brwce and major Burnet the Sowme of Ane Thowsand Seven Hundereth and Fowrtie one pund one Shilling Scotts for meat and drink fwrnished by the petitioners to the said regiment For payment wherof the said Leivtennent Collonell and major drew ane precept upon the depute receaver payable furth of the said regiments Subsistance for the moneths of March Aprile and May Last be eqwall portiones And accordingly payment was made of the first moyetie owt of March subsistance But when the petitioner came to desyre payment of the other two moneths The said depute receaver did produce a paper Subscribed by the said Leivtenent Collonell Brwce wherby he dischairges any furder payment be vertue of his former precept And accordingly the said receaver refwised to make payment of the saids other two moneths notwithstanding that he had entered in payment by paying of the first By which contriveance and collwsion betuixt the saids officers and receavers the petitioners have bein hitherto frwstrat of ther payment who have bein pwtt to Considerable expensses in attendance at Edinburgh and els wher and makeing applicatione for recoverie therof near to the value of ane third pairt therof And therfore humbly craveing ther Lordships to take the premisses to consideratione and to advance the generall receavers and ther deputs to make payment to the petitioners of the saids two moneths moyety being Eleven hundereth fiftie seven pwnd Sixteen Shilling Scotts yet resting by the said regiment conforme to the said precept As the said petitione bears Which petitione being this day and considered be the saids Lords of privie Cownsell They hereby 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

1. NRS, PC2/27, 55v-56v.

1. NRS, PC2/27, 55v-56v.

Procedure: petition, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Petitione Johnstoun and Crwikshanks in Aberdeen to be amended and Sein

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Cownsell be Mr John Johnstowne and Robert Crwikshank James Gordon and others Shewing ther being mwtwall complaints befor Ther Lordships at the instance of Thomas Mitchell John Allardyce and others and at one instance against the said Thomas Mitchell Alexander Ragg and others The occasione and Subject of both complaints being ane wnjwstifieable contriveance and combinatione of the Lesser pairt of the towne Councill of Aberdeen who not being able to carie the electione of the new Cowncill and magistrats at ther pleasure resolved to absent that by ther withdrawing and the necessarie absence of other two members one by not accepting his office and the other by Sicknes ther might not remaine a qworum to proceed to the new electione And the petitioners were qwestioned upon this single grownd that they did proceed to the electione not being the plwralitie of the full number of the Councill by the constitutione Ther Lordships have fownd that the electione could not proceed without the plwralitie And therfore have annwlled the Late electione But ther Lordships have not proceeded to consider the petitioners Lybell against the willfwll absenters and withdrawers from the electione which they were bound in dwety to have attended and which hes given occasione to all the noise expensses and inconveniency which have happened and may furder enswe They doe therfore humbly intreat ther Lordships to proceed to the consideratione and decisione of ther complaint And they must remember ther Lordships that in the written answers offered and in the debate at the barr ther was not any Jwstificatione offered in behalf of the Councellors who did factiously combine to pwtt a Stopp to the electione and exercise of the magistracie both pairties and Lawiers remane convict that ther procedure could not be Jwstified only they contended that no fault or cryme of thers was Sufficient to authorize the petitioners to proceed without a qworum which ther Lordships have Sustained But not it remains that these factious persones (who drew the petitioners into the snare that they behoved aither to proceed or suffer the magistracie to be deserted) Should be Justlie and severely pwnished according to ther demerit They have intended a new practice for Support of factione in the Lesser number against the greater And if they Should not only prevaile to anwll the electione but pass wnpwnished the preparative for everie factione that can come neer a balance will have the same opportunitie for the persones caswallie or necessarlie absent being added to these who may combine ther can never faill to be a disapointment in the electione And therby great charges occasioned and divisiones fomented which would be crwshed in the bwd if ther Lordships apply a pwnishment Swteable to the cryme The petitioners have also lybelled against Thomas Mitchell that he went about to mendicat votes by briberie which is soe directly contrair to the friedome of electione and of so bad conseqwence that ther Lordships would be pleased to enqwyre narrowlie into it In the next place now that the electione is annwlled and the magistracie ceases it remaines that ther Lordships would be pleased to awthorize a new electione in the most regwlar and legall maner according to the sett of the burgh Ther Lordships have considered that the rwles and constitutiones might not be transgressed by the petitioners upon any injurie or contempt that was done or necessitie aither to proceed or Lett the electione fall And the petitioners are perswaded that ther Lordships will Still proceed with the same regaird to the customs and constitutiones of the place that ther may be a fwll and frie electione as it owght to have bein if the eight deserters or any of them had attended according to ther dwety And the petitioners are confident that ther Lordships will have noe regaird to the byass and Suggestiones that are offered by ther influence viz that the new electione Should proceed by Joineing the Cowncills Jaj vic nyntie five and Jaj vic nyntie Six The petitioners boldlie Say that this would be a downe right inversione of the sett and practice even in the contraverted electiones for by that conjwnctione the number and the qworwm of the electors wowld be altered And persones incapable and inhabite to elect would be awthorized so that ther Lordships might als well name any inhabitant in the place to elect or to proceed more plainlie The magistrats might be named by ther Lordships by no worse preparative Ther is no need to proceed in this extraordinary way for the legall method is plaine and easie if the petitioners had not proceeded to the electione without the plwralitie of the Cownsell nothing remained for them but to represent the case to ther Lordships And to desyre ther awthoritie to convein the Counsell in being at that tyme at a new dyet And that ther Lordships Should have injoined the absenters to attend wnder swch a penaltie as might obleidge them to it And the petitioners are humbly confident that ther Lordships who are carefwll of ther priviledges will not Swffer any one man to be imposed as a voter in that electione who was not of the Counsell in being upon the ordinarie day that the electione owght to have proceeded for these are the limits of the petitioners sett Because the Law appoints that the old Cowncill is to choise the new And these who were not of the old Cownsell at the ordinarie tyme of electione can never be admitted amongst them without a totall dissolwtione of that Cownsell And if any one man Should have access to vote amongest them who is not of the petitioners number ther is noe bownds It will be als agrieable to ther constitutiones and priviledges to accept of ane nomination from ther Lordships of a magistracie and Cowncill as to admit any who was of a preceeding Cowncill or who was not of the Cowncill in being at the ordinary tyme of electione Therfor they most humbly beseech ther Lordships to proceed to determine the process at ther instance and to pwnish the awthors of all the debaites that have happened by ther obstinat withdrawing the ordinarie tyme of electione And Likewayes to take tryell of the petitioners lybell against Thomas Mitchell for attempting to pwrchase votes by briberie and to appoint a dyet for a new electione by the meinters of the Cownsell in being the Last yeir who owght to have mett and conveened for that effect at the ordinary tyme before Michaelmise Last And that wnder Such penalties on these who formerly absented as may render the electione effectwall by ther Lordships authoritie and in a dwe and regwlar way As the said petitione bears which being this day read in presence of the saids Lords of privie Cownsell They before considering therof ordaines the samen to be reformed and amended Conforme to the interloqwitors of Cowncill pronunced in the maters mentioned in the petitione And efter amending and reformeing allowes the persones Complained upon to sie and answer the said petitione

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Petitione Johnstoun and Crwikshanks in Aberdeen to be amended and Sein

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his majesties privie Cownsell be Mr John Johnstowne and Robert Crwikshank James Gordon and others Shewing ther being mwtwall complaints befor Ther Lordships at the instance of Thomas Mitchell John Allardyce and others and at one instance against the said Thomas Mitchell Alexander Ragg and others The occasione and Subject of both complaints being ane wnjwstifieable contriveance and combinatione of the Lesser pairt of the towne Councill of Aberdeen who not being able to carie the electione of the new Cowncill and magistrats at ther pleasure resolved to absent that by ther withdrawing and the necessarie absence of other two members one by not accepting his office and the other by Sicknes ther might not remaine a qworum to proceed to the new electione And the petitioners were qwestioned upon this single grownd that they did proceed to the electione not being the plwralitie of the full number of the Councill by the constitutione Ther Lordships have fownd that the electione could not proceed without the plwralitie And therfore have annwlled the Late electione But ther Lordships have not proceeded to consider the petitioners Lybell against the willfwll absenters and withdrawers from the electione which they were bound in dwety to have attended and which hes given occasione to all the noise expensses and inconveniency which have happened and may furder enswe They doe therfore humbly intreat ther Lordships to proceed to the consideratione and decisione of ther complaint And they must remember ther Lordships that in the written answers offered and in the debate at the barr ther was not any Jwstificatione offered in behalf of the Councellors who did factiously combine to pwtt a Stopp to the electione and exercise of the magistracie both pairties and Lawiers remane convict that ther procedure could not be Jwstified only they contended that no fault or cryme of thers was Sufficient to authorize the petitioners to proceed without a qworum which ther Lordships have Sustained But not it remains that these factious persones (who drew the petitioners into the snare that they behoved aither to proceed or suffer the magistracie to be deserted) Should be Justlie and severely pwnished according to ther demerit They have intended a new practice for Support of factione in the Lesser number against the greater And if they Should not only prevaile to anwll the electione but pass wnpwnished the preparative for everie factione that can come neer a balance will have the same opportunitie for the persones caswallie or necessarlie absent being added to these who may combine ther can never faill to be a disapointment in the electione And therby great charges occasioned and divisiones fomented which would be crwshed in the bwd if ther Lordships apply a pwnishment Swteable to the cryme The petitioners have also lybelled against Thomas Mitchell that he went about to mendicat votes by briberie which is soe directly contrair to the friedome of electione and of so bad conseqwence that ther Lordships would be pleased to enqwyre narrowlie into it In the next place now that the electione is annwlled and the magistracie ceases it remaines that ther Lordships would be pleased to awthorize a new electione in the most regwlar and legall maner according to the sett of the burgh Ther Lordships have considered that the rwles and constitutiones might not be transgressed by the petitioners upon any injurie or contempt that was done or necessitie aither to proceed or Lett the electione fall And the petitioners are perswaded that ther Lordships will Still proceed with the same regaird to the customs and constitutiones of the place that ther may be a fwll and frie electione as it owght to have bein if the eight deserters or any of them had attended according to ther dwety And the petitioners are confident that ther Lordships will have noe regaird to the byass and Suggestiones that are offered by ther influence viz that the new electione Should proceed by Joineing the Cowncills Jaj vic nyntie five and Jaj vic nyntie Six The petitioners boldlie Say that this would be a downe right inversione of the sett and practice even in the contraverted electiones for by that conjwnctione the number and the qworwm of the electors wowld be altered And persones incapable and inhabite to elect would be awthorized so that ther Lordships might als well name any inhabitant in the place to elect or to proceed more plainlie The magistrats might be named by ther Lordships by no worse preparative Ther is no need to proceed in this extraordinary way for the legall method is plaine and easie if the petitioners had not proceeded to the electione without the plwralitie of the Cownsell nothing remained for them but to represent the case to ther Lordships And to desyre ther awthoritie to convein the Counsell in being at that tyme at a new dyet And that ther Lordships Should have injoined the absenters to attend wnder swch a penaltie as might obleidge them to it And the petitioners are humbly confident that ther Lordships who are carefwll of ther priviledges will not Swffer any one man to be imposed as a voter in that electione who was not of the Counsell in being upon the ordinarie day that the electione owght to have proceeded for these are the limits of the petitioners sett Because the Law appoints that the old Cowncill is to choise the new And these who were not of the old Cownsell at the ordinarie tyme of electione can never be admitted amongst them without a totall dissolwtione of that Cownsell And if any one man Should have access to vote amongest them who is not of the petitioners number ther is noe bownds It will be als agrieable to ther constitutiones and priviledges to accept of ane nomination from ther Lordships of a magistracie and Cowncill as to admit any who was of a preceeding Cowncill or who was not of the Cowncill in being at the ordinary tyme of electione Therfor they most humbly beseech ther Lordships to proceed to determine the process at ther instance and to pwnish the awthors of all the debaites that have happened by ther obstinat withdrawing the ordinarie tyme of electione And Likewayes to take tryell of the petitioners lybell against Thomas Mitchell for attempting to pwrchase votes by briberie and to appoint a dyet for a new electione by the meinters of the Cownsell in being the Last yeir who owght to have mett and conveened for that effect at the ordinary tyme before Michaelmise Last And that wnder Such penalties on these who formerly absented as may render the electione effectwall by ther Lordships authoritie and in a dwe and regwlar way As the said petitione bears which being this day read in presence of the saids Lords of privie Cownsell They before considering therof ordaines the samen to be reformed and amended Conforme to the interloqwitors of Cowncill pronunced in the maters mentioned in the petitione And efter amending and reformeing allowes the persones Complained upon to sie and answer the said petitione

1. NRS, PC2/27, 54r-55v.

1. NRS, PC2/27, 54r-55v.

Procedure, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Recomendatione Laird of Grant to send accompt of the persones who were in armes with Frazer of Beaufort

The Lords of his majesties privie Cownsell doe heirby recomend to Lodovick Grant of that ilk Shirreff principall of the Shyre of Invernes to procure from the depute at Invernes a particular accompt of the persones by name and designatione who were in armes with Thomas and Simeon Frazers and ther accomplices and of ther accessione to the saids Beauforts ther treasone and rebellione and what probatione can be fwrnished against them

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Recomendatione Laird of Grant to send accompt of the persones who were in armes with Frazer of Beaufort

The Lords of his majesties privie Cownsell doe heirby recomend to Lodovick Grant of that ilk Shirreff principall of the Shyre of Invernes to procure from the depute at Invernes a particular accompt of the persones by name and designatione who were in armes with Thomas and Simeon Frazers and ther accomplices and of ther accessione to the saids Beauforts ther treasone and rebellione and what probatione can be fwrnished against them

1. NRS, PC2/27, 54r.

1. NRS, PC2/27, 54r.

Sederunt, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Sederunt

Lord Chancellor; Marquis of Tweedale; Earl of Sutherland; Earl of Marr; Earl of Lawderdale; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Forffar; Earl of Rwglen; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Ross; Lord Carmichael; Lord Advocat; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Philliphaugh; Lord Hallcraig; Lord Anstruther; Lord Rankeillor; Mr Fra: Montgomry; Laird of Grant; Laird of Pollock; Laird of Leyes; Laird of Stevensone

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Sederunt

Lord Chancellor; Marquis of Tweedale; Earl of Sutherland; Earl of Marr; Earl of Lawderdale; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Forffar; Earl of Rwglen; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Ross; Lord Carmichael; Lord Advocat; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Philliphaugh; Lord Hallcraig; Lord Anstruther; Lord Rankeillor; Mr Fra: Montgomry; Laird of Grant; Laird of Pollock; Laird of Leyes; Laird of Stevensone

1. NRS, PC2/27, 53v.

2. NRS, PC2/27, 53v.

1. NRS, PC2/27, 53v.

2. NRS, PC2/27, 53v.

Warrant, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Warrant

Warrand for transporting nyne Frazers from Invernes to Edinburgh

A Letter from the Shirreff deput of Invernes to the Lord high Chancelor Giving ane account that the Frazers of Bowfort are fled and the Lady Douager of Lovatt sett at Libertie and the rest are scattered And that nyne Gentlemen of the name of Frazer Have Entered themselves prisoners to the shirreff deput The Lords of his Majesties privie Councell Doe heirby Give order and warrand to the Laird of Grant Shirreff principall of the shire of Invernes and his deputes To Cause Convoy under a sufficient guard from Invernes to the shire of Nairn the persons of the Nyne Gentlemen under a sufficient guard from Shirreff to Shirreff till they Come to the toune of Aberdeen And appointes the Guard to delyver them to the Magistrats of Aberdeen And the saids Magistrats to detaine the said Gentlemen prisoners untill a party of his Majesties forces shall Come to receave them And Recomends to the Lord Carmichaell Commander in cheiff for the tyme of his Majesties forces within this Kingdome To send a troop of his Majesties forces to Aberdeen to receave the persons of the said nyne Gentlemen of the name of Frazer from the Magistrats of Aberdeen whom The Councell appoyntes the saids Magistrats to delyver to the Commanding officer of the said troop to receave them And to Conduct them to the toune of Edinburgh And to delyver them prisoners to the magistrats of Edinburgh and Keepers of their tolbooth And appointes the saids Magistrats of Edinburgh and Keeper of their tolbooth to receave the persons of the saids nyne Gentlemen and detaine them prisoners in their tolbooth till furder order of Councell.

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Warrant

Warrand for transporting nyne Frazers from Invernes to Edinburgh

A Letter from the Shirreff deput of Invernes to the Lord high Chancelor Giving ane account that the Frazers of Bowfort are fled and the Lady Douager of Lovatt sett at Libertie and the rest are scattered And that nyne Gentlemen of the name of Frazer Have Entered themselves prisoners to the shirreff deput The Lords of his Majesties privie Councell Doe heirby Give order and warrand to the Laird of Grant Shirreff principall of the shire of Invernes and his deputes To Cause Convoy under a sufficient guard from Invernes to the shire of Nairn the persons of the Nyne Gentlemen under a sufficient guard from Shirreff to Shirreff till they Come to the toune of Aberdeen And appointes the Guard to delyver them to the Magistrats of Aberdeen And the saids Magistrats to detaine the said Gentlemen prisoners untill a party of his Majesties forces shall Come to receave them And Recomends to the Lord Carmichaell Commander in cheiff for the tyme of his Majesties forces within this Kingdome To send a troop of his Majesties forces to Aberdeen to receave the persons of the said nyne Gentlemen of the name of Frazer from the Magistrats of Aberdeen whom The Councell appoyntes the saids Magistrats to delyver to the Commanding officer of the said troop to receave them And to Conduct them to the toune of Edinburgh And to delyver them prisoners to the magistrats of Edinburgh and Keepers of their tolbooth And appointes the saids Magistrats of Edinburgh and Keeper of their tolbooth to receave the persons of the saids nyne Gentlemen and detaine them prisoners in their tolbooth till furder order of Councell.

1. NRS, PC1/51, 298-9.

1. NRS, PC1/51, 298-9.

Sederunt, 30 November 1697, Edinburgh

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Att Edinburgh The Threttieth day of November Jaj vic nyntie seven years1

A1697/11/422

Sederunt

Lord Chancelor; Marquis of Tueeddale; Earl of Southerland; Earl of Mar; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Forfar; Earl of Ruglen; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Ross; Lord Carmichaell; Lord Advocat; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Philiphaugh; Lord Halcraig; Lord Anstruther; Mr Francis Montgomery; Laird of Grant; Laird of Pollock; Laird of Leyes; Laird of Stevensone

Att Edinburgh The Threttieth day of November Jaj vic nyntie seven years1

A1697/11/422

Sederunt

Lord Chancelor; Marquis of Tueeddale; Earl of Southerland; Earl of Mar; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Forfar; Earl of Ruglen; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Ross; Lord Carmichaell; Lord Advocat; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Philiphaugh; Lord Halcraig; Lord Anstruther; Mr Francis Montgomery; Laird of Grant; Laird of Pollock; Laird of Leyes; Laird of Stevensone

1. NRS, PC1/51, 298.

2. NRS, PC1/51, 298.

1. NRS, PC1/51, 298.

2. NRS, PC1/51, 298.