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Warrant, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Warrand Gardine of Greenhill

Anent a petitione given in to The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be Adam Gairnes of Greenhill Shewing That wher The Saids Lords of privie Counsell by ther act of the Date the twentie sixth of Janwary Jaj vic nyntie two yeirs ordained the Stipend of the Second minister of the west kirk to be payed to the petitioner for the cropt Jaj vic nyntie ane upon his giveing bond that he Should make payment of thrie Hundereth merks of that yeirs Stipend to Mr David Williamson And that he Should imploy the rest for repaireing the kirk and Manse of the west kirk paroch Wherupon the petitioner and James Dwncan brewar in Portburgh as Cautioner for him did give bond to the effect foirsaid dated the Second of February Jaj vic nyntie two And Seing the foirsaid Stipend hath bein uplifted and imployed in the precise termes foirsaids So that the bond is now satisfied As ane testificat wnder the Subscriptione of the minister and kirksessione of the westkirk prodwced with the said petitione hes testified As the said petitione bears The saids Lords of his majesties privie councell haveing considered the above petitione given in to them be the said Adam Gairnes with a Discharge or testificat under the subscriptione of the minister or kirksessione of the west kirk mentioned in and produced with the said petitione they Doe heirby Grant warrand to ther clerks to give wp and Deliver to the petitioner the bond granted be him and his Cautioner mentioned in the petitione upon the petitioners recept of the same.

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Warrand Gardine of Greenhill

Anent a petitione given in to The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell be Adam Gairnes of Greenhill Shewing That wher The Saids Lords of privie Counsell by ther act of the Date the twentie sixth of Janwary Jaj vic nyntie two yeirs ordained the Stipend of the Second minister of the west kirk to be payed to the petitioner for the cropt Jaj vic nyntie ane upon his giveing bond that he Should make payment of thrie Hundereth merks of that yeirs Stipend to Mr David Williamson And that he Should imploy the rest for repaireing the kirk and Manse of the west kirk paroch Wherupon the petitioner and James Dwncan brewar in Portburgh as Cautioner for him did give bond to the effect foirsaid dated the Second of February Jaj vic nyntie two And Seing the foirsaid Stipend hath bein uplifted and imployed in the precise termes foirsaids So that the bond is now satisfied As ane testificat wnder the Subscriptione of the minister and kirksessione of the westkirk prodwced with the said petitione hes testified As the said petitione bears The saids Lords of his majesties privie councell haveing considered the above petitione given in to them be the said Adam Gairnes with a Discharge or testificat under the subscriptione of the minister or kirksessione of the west kirk mentioned in and produced with the said petitione they Doe heirby Grant warrand to ther clerks to give wp and Deliver to the petitioner the bond granted be him and his Cautioner mentioned in the petitione upon the petitioners recept of the same.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 91r-91v.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 91r-91v.

Warrant, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Warrand for a Lybell Against Hepburn and Barkley

The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby authorize and appoint ther clerks to give owt a lybell at the instance of Sir James Ogilvie his majesties Solicitor Against Maister […] Hepburne preacher and Mr […] Barclay preacher at Peterhead Conforme to a note to be given in be the said Sir James Ogilvie

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Warrand for a Lybell Against Hepburn and Barkley

The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby authorize and appoint ther clerks to give owt a lybell at the instance of Sir James Ogilvie his majesties Solicitor Against Maister […] Hepburne preacher and Mr […] Barclay preacher at Peterhead Conforme to a note to be given in be the said Sir James Ogilvie

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90v-91r.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90v-91r.

Warrant, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Warrand George Mossman To print the apparitiones of Spirit

The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell doe heirby allow George Mossman Stationer in Edinburgh to print vend and sell a book Intituled a true relatione of ane apparitione expressiones and actings of a Spirit which infested the house of Andrew Mackie in Kingscroft of Stocking in the parish of Kerrick in the Stewartie of Kirkudbright And Discharges any other persones whatsomever to import imprint vend or sell the said book for the Space of Ane yeir efter the date hereof except the said George Mossman and his assigneyes wnder the penaltie of haveing the saids books Confiscat to the wse of the said George And of paying to him The Soume of Fourtie punds Scotts for each transgressione besydes the foirsaids confiscatione toties qwoties

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Warrand George Mossman To print the apparitiones of Spirit

The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell doe heirby allow George Mossman Stationer in Edinburgh to print vend and sell a book Intituled a true relatione of ane apparitione expressiones and actings of a Spirit which infested the house of Andrew Mackie in Kingscroft of Stocking in the parish of Kerrick in the Stewartie of Kirkudbright And Discharges any other persones whatsomever to import imprint vend or sell the said book for the Space of Ane yeir efter the date hereof except the said George Mossman and his assigneyes wnder the penaltie of haveing the saids books Confiscat to the wse of the said George And of paying to him The Soume of Fourtie punds Scotts for each transgressione besydes the foirsaids confiscatione toties qwoties

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90v-91r.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90v-91r.

Act, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Act Bining of Dalvinan

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell be John Bining of Dalvenan Shewing that the petitioner as haveing right from Robert Boyd of Trochrig hes actione of reductione Depending at his instance Against Mr Roderick Mckeinzie Jwnior Advocat upon the head of concussione for verifieing and instructing wherof It is found necessar by The Lords of Sessione to produce befor them The Sederunt book of the District of Air in the moneths of September october and November Jaj vic eightie four with the bonds of cautionrie which Trochrige was necessitat to give by vertue of orders from The Comittie of Councell recorded in the saids book and bond of cautionrie of Ane Thousand pund Sterleing by Trochrige and Bargany as his cautionrie for his Liberatione dated the Seventh of August Jaj vic eightie five For produceing wherof the petitioner had act and dilligence against the clerks of privie Counsell yet they refuse to produce The Same in the clerks of Sessiones hands without The Lords of privie Counsells Speciall warrand And Seing the petitioners Just actione must perish if the foirsaid book and bonds be not produced And made patent to the Saids Lords of Session Therfor humbly craveing to the effect eftermentioned The Saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell haveing Considered the above petitione They heirby allow The clerks of Counsell to deliver to the clerk of the civill proces mentioned in the petitione The book and bonds Specified in the Said petitione upon his recept of the Samen The petitioner2 Haveing given bond and fownd Sufficient cautione acted in the books of privie Counsell That he Shall produce to the Saids Clerks of privie Counsell the said book and bonds betuixt and the first Day of March next to come wnder The penaltie 3 of Ane Hundered punds Sterleing by and attour performance of the premisses

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Act Bining of Dalvinan

Anent the petitione given in to the Lords of his Majesties privie Counsell be John Bining of Dalvenan Shewing that the petitioner as haveing right from Robert Boyd of Trochrig hes actione of reductione Depending at his instance Against Mr Roderick Mckeinzie Jwnior Advocat upon the head of concussione for verifieing and instructing wherof It is found necessar by The Lords of Sessione to produce befor them The Sederunt book of the District of Air in the moneths of September october and November Jaj vic eightie four with the bonds of cautionrie which Trochrige was necessitat to give by vertue of orders from The Comittie of Councell recorded in the saids book and bond of cautionrie of Ane Thousand pund Sterleing by Trochrige and Bargany as his cautionrie for his Liberatione dated the Seventh of August Jaj vic eightie five For produceing wherof the petitioner had act and dilligence against the clerks of privie Counsell yet they refuse to produce The Same in the clerks of Sessiones hands without The Lords of privie Counsells Speciall warrand And Seing the petitioners Just actione must perish if the foirsaid book and bonds be not produced And made patent to the Saids Lords of Session Therfor humbly craveing to the effect eftermentioned The Saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell haveing Considered the above petitione They heirby allow The clerks of Counsell to deliver to the clerk of the civill proces mentioned in the petitione The book and bonds Specified in the Said petitione upon his recept of the Samen The petitioner2 Haveing given bond and fownd Sufficient cautione acted in the books of privie Counsell That he Shall produce to the Saids Clerks of privie Counsell the said book and bonds betuixt and the first Day of March next to come wnder The penaltie 3 of Ane Hundered punds Sterleing by and attour performance of the premisses

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90r-90v.

2. The word ‘allwayes’ scored out here.

3. The word ‘of’ scored out here.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 90r-90v.

2. The word ‘allwayes’ scored out here.

3. The word ‘of’ scored out here.

Judicial Proceeding, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Judicial Proceeding

Remitt Fea of Whitehall Against Lapner

Anent the Lybell or Letters of complaint raised and persued befor the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell at the instance of Patrick Fea of Whytehall with concurse of Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat for his interest in the mater underwritten Makeing Mention That wher the misinforming of the Lords of privie Cownsell or his majesties Advocat against any Loyall Subjects and asperseing them with Lies and counterfite Stories as being Disaffected to The Kings majestie or his government wherthrough they are putt to great expectationes to defend themselvs against vexatiouse processes to exculpat themselvs of Such alleadgeances As also the oppressing of any of the Leidges by groundles and illegall fyneing of them without any cryme or fault by any of the Judges And for these and the lyke unjust and wnwarrantable fynes to convocat and conveen the Leidges in armes by borrowing his Majesties name and authoritie therto And not only rob and Spoillie the whole the moveable goods and geir belonging the persones So wnjustly fyned But Likewayes violently and by force of armed men to eject and Dispossess them of ther houses Lands and heretadges are crymes of the grossest nature and Severely pwnisheable by the Lawes of this and all other well governed nations as tending to engender Disorder betuixt his Majestie and his Loveing Subjects ther oppressione and rwine And the breach of peace Yet nevertheles Robert Elphingstowne of Lapnes Shakeing of all fear of God and respect to his Majesties Lawes and the peace and will of his Loveing Subjects Did upon And or other of the dayes of […] Jaj vic and nyntie thrie yeirs out of meer malice and peike to the complainer and without all ground or Shaddow of Law fyne and amerciat him in the Soume of five Hundereth merks And when the complainer efterwards expostulating with him anent his wnjust procedure And finding he would not retract his wnjust Sentance told the said Robert Elphingstoune that he hoped to Sie a change meaneing of him and his court The Said Robert Elphingstowne in a base and Leiseing maner wrote a letter to the Lords of privie Counsell acqwainting them that the said complainer had Said he hoped to Sie a change of his majestie and Government Wherupon by a proces at the advocats instance against the complainer he was brought to great vexatione and expensses The Samen haveing efter wittnesses were examined therupon appeared to be ane callumnie and aspersione As also upon the twentie Seventh or twentie eight day of November Last bypast The Said Robert Elphinstoune Did without all ground of Law or reasone but out of meer malice to the complainer fyne and amerciat him in the Soume of Thrie Thousand merks and within fourtie eight houres therefter Convocat the whole Leidges within the Iseland of Stronzay betuixt Sixtie and Sixtein haveing borrowed his majesties name and authoritie therto And so came with ane armed force to the complainers Duelling house of Whitehall and by himself And Malcolme Scoway of Hwntowne and Andrew Smith in Minshester active concurrers And haveing airt and pairt with the said Robert Elphingstowne in the said Heynows ryot did violently enter the Samen And turned out the complainers wyfe bairnes and Servants out of possessione of the Samen And medle with all the complainers house hold panishing and furniture to a considerable value his chists and cabinets wher wer the evidents and Securities of his Lands bonds and obligationes wherof Some granted by the Said Robert Elphingstowne himself to the complainer And then medled with all other moveable goods and geir without the house as horse nolt Sheep fwyne goose and poultrie and whole Laboureing Strenth the cornes in his barne yeards Boats and Barks and wthers whatsoever And not only pertaining to the Complainer But also the horses and Laboureing Strenth propperly belonging to his tenents so that through the said Robert Elphingstowne and the foirnamed persones his accomplices ther wnjustice and oppressione The complainer hes not only Sustained the said present Loss of all his goods and geir But by being turned out of the possessione of his Lands out of all which he payes Ane Thousand pund Scotts yeirly to his Majestie and his chamberland of few dwetie his Lands are cast waist and ly wnlaboured for this present yeir Jaj vic nyntie five wherthrough he not only Losses the profite therof but being wnabled to pay the Said few Duetie for cropts Jaj vic nyntie four and Jaj vic and nyntie five a reall burden is contracted upon his Lands exhausting the value therof For all which wnjust practises and barbarous oppressiones the said Robert Elphingstoune Mallcolme Scollay and Andrew Smith ought not only to be severly pwnished in ther persones and goods that others may be deterred from comitting the lyke in tyme comeing But the Said complainer to be restored and possessed of his houses and Lawes and haill other goods and geir Soe wnjustly Spwillzed and away taken in maner above mentioned And anent the charge given to the saids defender to have compeared personallie befor the Saids Lords at ane certaine day now bygone to have ansuered to the forsaid complaint And to have heard and Sein Such order and course taken theranent as the saids Lords Should think fitt wnder the paine of rebellione and putting of them to the horne with certificatione etc As in the principall Letters or lybell raised in the said mater and executiones therof at more Length is contained Which lybell or Letters being called upon the Eleventh of Jwne Last bypast in presence of his Majesties high Comissioner And Lords of privie Counsell And the persewar compeareing personally with Sir James Ogilvie and Mr Robert Frazer his advocats And the saids defenders Compeareing also personally with Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat Mr David and Mr Robert Forbesses ther Advocats The lybell ansuers therto being red And both pairties procurators being fullie heard The Saids Lords admitted the lybell to the persewars probatione And Such of the wittnesses as uere present haveing made faith at the barr The Councell appointed a comittie of ther own number for examining the saids wittnesses And reserved all objectiones to be proponed and disucst befor the said Comittie Which comittie haveing accordingly mett the persewer adduced diverse and Sundrie famous wittnesses befor them who being all Solemnly Sworne and interrogat deponed As ther oathes and depositiones extant in proces bears Befor adviseing of which depositiones The Councell recomended to Severall comitties of ther own number to call for and hear both pairties And to endeavour to Setle and agrie them And in caice of difficultie to report to the Counsell Which Comitties haveing reported that they could not agrie the pairties The Saids Lords of his majesties privie Councell haveing this day considered the foirsaid Lybell They heirby Superceed the adviseing of the probatione adduced in this proces As to the ryot untill the point of Spwillzea be first insisted in and discust befor the Lords of Counsell and Sessione And recomends to The saids Lords of Counsell and Sessione to discuss the lybell of Spwillzea raised or to be raised befor them at the instance of the said persewar against the saids defenders summarly without the abideing the ordinary course of the roll

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Judicial Proceeding

Remitt Fea of Whitehall Against Lapner

Anent the Lybell or Letters of complaint raised and persued befor the Lords of his majesties privie Counsell at the instance of Patrick Fea of Whytehall with concurse of Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat for his interest in the mater underwritten Makeing Mention That wher the misinforming of the Lords of privie Cownsell or his majesties Advocat against any Loyall Subjects and asperseing them with Lies and counterfite Stories as being Disaffected to The Kings majestie or his government wherthrough they are putt to great expectationes to defend themselvs against vexatiouse processes to exculpat themselvs of Such alleadgeances As also the oppressing of any of the Leidges by groundles and illegall fyneing of them without any cryme or fault by any of the Judges And for these and the lyke unjust and wnwarrantable fynes to convocat and conveen the Leidges in armes by borrowing his Majesties name and authoritie therto And not only rob and Spoillie the whole the moveable goods and geir belonging the persones So wnjustly fyned But Likewayes violently and by force of armed men to eject and Dispossess them of ther houses Lands and heretadges are crymes of the grossest nature and Severely pwnisheable by the Lawes of this and all other well governed nations as tending to engender Disorder betuixt his Majestie and his Loveing Subjects ther oppressione and rwine And the breach of peace Yet nevertheles Robert Elphingstowne of Lapnes Shakeing of all fear of God and respect to his Majesties Lawes and the peace and will of his Loveing Subjects Did upon And or other of the dayes of […] Jaj vic and nyntie thrie yeirs out of meer malice and peike to the complainer and without all ground or Shaddow of Law fyne and amerciat him in the Soume of five Hundereth merks And when the complainer efterwards expostulating with him anent his wnjust procedure And finding he would not retract his wnjust Sentance told the said Robert Elphingstoune that he hoped to Sie a change meaneing of him and his court The Said Robert Elphingstowne in a base and Leiseing maner wrote a letter to the Lords of privie Counsell acqwainting them that the said complainer had Said he hoped to Sie a change of his majestie and Government Wherupon by a proces at the advocats instance against the complainer he was brought to great vexatione and expensses The Samen haveing efter wittnesses were examined therupon appeared to be ane callumnie and aspersione As also upon the twentie Seventh or twentie eight day of November Last bypast The Said Robert Elphinstoune Did without all ground of Law or reasone but out of meer malice to the complainer fyne and amerciat him in the Soume of Thrie Thousand merks and within fourtie eight houres therefter Convocat the whole Leidges within the Iseland of Stronzay betuixt Sixtie and Sixtein haveing borrowed his majesties name and authoritie therto And so came with ane armed force to the complainers Duelling house of Whitehall and by himself And Malcolme Scoway of Hwntowne and Andrew Smith in Minshester active concurrers And haveing airt and pairt with the said Robert Elphingstowne in the said Heynows ryot did violently enter the Samen And turned out the complainers wyfe bairnes and Servants out of possessione of the Samen And medle with all the complainers house hold panishing and furniture to a considerable value his chists and cabinets wher wer the evidents and Securities of his Lands bonds and obligationes wherof Some granted by the Said Robert Elphingstowne himself to the complainer And then medled with all other moveable goods and geir without the house as horse nolt Sheep fwyne goose and poultrie and whole Laboureing Strenth the cornes in his barne yeards Boats and Barks and wthers whatsoever And not only pertaining to the Complainer But also the horses and Laboureing Strenth propperly belonging to his tenents so that through the said Robert Elphingstowne and the foirnamed persones his accomplices ther wnjustice and oppressione The complainer hes not only Sustained the said present Loss of all his goods and geir But by being turned out of the possessione of his Lands out of all which he payes Ane Thousand pund Scotts yeirly to his Majestie and his chamberland of few dwetie his Lands are cast waist and ly wnlaboured for this present yeir Jaj vic nyntie five wherthrough he not only Losses the profite therof but being wnabled to pay the Said few Duetie for cropts Jaj vic nyntie four and Jaj vic and nyntie five a reall burden is contracted upon his Lands exhausting the value therof For all which wnjust practises and barbarous oppressiones the said Robert Elphingstoune Mallcolme Scollay and Andrew Smith ought not only to be severly pwnished in ther persones and goods that others may be deterred from comitting the lyke in tyme comeing But the Said complainer to be restored and possessed of his houses and Lawes and haill other goods and geir Soe wnjustly Spwillzed and away taken in maner above mentioned And anent the charge given to the saids defender to have compeared personallie befor the Saids Lords at ane certaine day now bygone to have ansuered to the forsaid complaint And to have heard and Sein Such order and course taken theranent as the saids Lords Should think fitt wnder the paine of rebellione and putting of them to the horne with certificatione etc As in the principall Letters or lybell raised in the said mater and executiones therof at more Length is contained Which lybell or Letters being called upon the Eleventh of Jwne Last bypast in presence of his Majesties high Comissioner And Lords of privie Counsell And the persewar compeareing personally with Sir James Ogilvie and Mr Robert Frazer his advocats And the saids defenders Compeareing also personally with Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat Mr David and Mr Robert Forbesses ther Advocats The lybell ansuers therto being red And both pairties procurators being fullie heard The Saids Lords admitted the lybell to the persewars probatione And Such of the wittnesses as uere present haveing made faith at the barr The Councell appointed a comittie of ther own number for examining the saids wittnesses And reserved all objectiones to be proponed and disucst befor the said Comittie Which comittie haveing accordingly mett the persewer adduced diverse and Sundrie famous wittnesses befor them who being all Solemnly Sworne and interrogat deponed As ther oathes and depositiones extant in proces bears Befor adviseing of which depositiones The Councell recomended to Severall comitties of ther own number to call for and hear both pairties And to endeavour to Setle and agrie them And in caice of difficultie to report to the Counsell Which Comitties haveing reported that they could not agrie the pairties The Saids Lords of his majesties privie Councell haveing this day considered the foirsaid Lybell They heirby Superceed the adviseing of the probatione adduced in this proces As to the ryot untill the point of Spwillzea be first insisted in and discust befor the Lords of Counsell and Sessione And recomends to The saids Lords of Counsell and Sessione to discuss the lybell of Spwillzea raised or to be raised befor them at the instance of the said persewar against the saids defenders summarly without the abideing the ordinary course of the roll

1. NRS, PC2/26, 87r-90r.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 87r-90r.

Judicial Proceeding, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Judicial Proceeding

Remitt Tenents of Coldinghame

Anent the lybell or Letters of complaint purchased and raised befor The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell at the instance of Thoams Harper Thomas Lwgatt Patrick Edingtowne John Craige James Air Elspeth Robertsone tenents and possessors of Burnseland in Colindgham belonging to Sir Patrick Home of Lumbsden Advocat And Patrick Purves Thomas Wtterstowne Elspeth Robertsone, John Rae Robert Corsar Henry Home, John Blyth Robert Mcdougall, William Fleeming Margaret Pollwart James Air, William Brock Agnes Wales, Christean Craw James Edingtowne Thomas Lighterns Patrick Aitchiesone tenents of Lwmbsdeanes Lands in Coldinghame and Robert Browne of Blackburne factor appointed be the Lords of Sessione for uplifting the rents of the aikers of Lumbsdeanes Lands with concourse of Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat for his interest in the mater wnderwritten Makeing Mentione That wheras by the comoune Law Lawes and acts of parliament of this natione the wnwarrantable and wnlaufull convocatione of the Leidges in fear of near especially when done in order to comitt acts of wnjustice and violence is a cryme of a high nature and Severely pwnishable And the wnwarrantable and wnjust Seaseing upon persones cornes or other goods and extorting2 from them bonds for Soumes of money to redeim the cornes or other goods that was So wnwarrantablie and wnjustly Seased upon is a high ryot and manifest oppressione As also by the Eightie third act parliament eleventh James the Sixth It is Staitut and ordained that officers at armes comitting falsehood or oppressione of the Leidges in executione of ther office Shall be pwnished to Death in caice they Shall be found culpable Yet Nevertheles It is of veritie that George Rentowne writter in Edingburgh And James Rentoune messenger Patrick Cockburne messenger and Robert Home brother to […] Home sometyme at Eccles being all armed with Swords pistolls and Carrobynes accompanied with Archibald Purves in Plendergaist And ther accomplices Jean Home relict of the deceast John Home of Plendergaist being Likewayes present and in companie came in a violent and hostile maner upon the twentie fourth and twentie fifth dayes of September Last or ane or other of the Dayes of the said moneth to the ground of the forsaids Lands of Lumsdeanes Lands and Burnse Lands in Coldinghame under pretence of executeing Letters of poynding of the ground raised at the instance of the said Jean Home for a liferent annwitie of Two Thousand five Hundereth merks granted to her by the deceast John Home her husband owt of certaine Lands belonging to him And did violently Seaze upon the cornes upon the Saids Lands Standing in the feilds And offered to cary the Samen away by force and violence in ther naimes and cairts which they brought with them for that effect And the foirsaids tennents complainers to Save and preserve ther cornes from being distroyed and caryed away were forced to give bonds to the said Jean Home for certaine Soumes of money extending to the Soume of five Hundereth and fourtie Seven punds four Shilling Scotts conforme to a particular List and accompt therof given in with the said lybell and reported as a pairt of the lybell brevitatis causa which was most illegall and wnjust In so far as the said John Home had never any right to the Saids Lands nether did he give any Liferent infeftment to the said Jean Home of the Same nor are these Lands contained in her liferent infeftment or Decreit and Letters of poinding the ground nor was the heretors for the tyme nor the tenents of the Saids Lands called to any Such Decreit And no mans ground can be poinded be vertue of Letters of poinding of the ground albeit the persone at whose instance the Letters are raised had a right of annualrent out of the Lands (as the said Jean Home in this caice hes not) wnles the Lands be particularly mentioned in the decreit And the heretors and possessors of the Lands for the tyme be called And as a furder aggravatione of the saids crymes comitted by the said Jean Home George and James Rentounes and the other persones complained upon the tyme when they come to the ground to seaze upon the saids cornes Robert Clacksone Chamberland to the said Sir Patrick Home went first to the presence of the said Jean Home And then to the messinger And protested against the said pretended poynding as being most illegall and wnjust for severall reasones And particularly that the saids Lands were not comprehended within the Letters of poinding nor does the Samen mention any thing of the Saids Lands as appears by ane instrument produced And yet notwithstanding they proceeded in the said most wnust and illegall poinding and extorted the bonds from the tenents in maner above mentioned By which meanes the saids Lands is lyke to be Laid absolutely waist of all which crymes of wnwarrantable and wnlaufull convocationes of the Leidges wnjust and violent Seaseing upon the tenents cornes and wnlaufull oppressione The Said Jean Home George and James Rentownes and the other persones complained upon are gwiltie as actors airt and pairt and the said Jean Home ought to be decerned to deliver up to the saids complainers tenents of the saids Lands and aikers the severall bonds granted by them to her And She and the other persones complained upon ought to be lyable for the Soume of […] of Damnadges And otherwayes pwnished in ther persones and goods to the terror of others to comitt the lyke hereafter And anent the charge given to the haill forenamed persones defenders to have compeared personallie befor the Saids Lords at ane certaine Day now bygone to have ansuered to the foirsaid complaint And to have heard and Sein Such order and course taken theranent as the Saids Lords Should think fitt wnder the paine of rebellione And putting of them to the horne with certificatione etc As in the principall Letters or lybell raised in the said mater and executiones therof at more Lenth is contained Which lybell being this day called in presence of the saids Lords of privie Counsell And the persewars compeareing pairtly personallie and pairtly by comissione granted by the absents to such as doe compear To compear and insist for them And Sir Patrick Home and Mr John Stewart Compeareing as advocats for the haill persewars And the haill defenders compeareing also personallie except Patrick Cockburne messinger And Archbald Purves in Plandergaist with Sir James Ogilvie And Mr Hew Dallrimple Advocats for the haill defenders The Lybell and ansuers therto for the saids Defenders being red And both pairties being fullie heard The saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby remitt to The Lords of Counsell and Sessione to discuss the point of right Depending betuixt both pairties befor them And that Sumarly without abydeing the ordinar course of the roll reserveing the point of ryot to be considered and admitted to probatione be the Councell efter the point of right is dismist by the sessione As the saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Shall find Just

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Remitt Tenents of Coldinghame

Anent the lybell or Letters of complaint purchased and raised befor The Lords of his majesties privie Counsell at the instance of Thoams Harper Thomas Lwgatt Patrick Edingtowne John Craige James Air Elspeth Robertsone tenents and possessors of Burnseland in Colindgham belonging to Sir Patrick Home of Lumbsden Advocat And Patrick Purves Thomas Wtterstowne Elspeth Robertsone, John Rae Robert Corsar Henry Home, John Blyth Robert Mcdougall, William Fleeming Margaret Pollwart James Air, William Brock Agnes Wales, Christean Craw James Edingtowne Thomas Lighterns Patrick Aitchiesone tenents of Lwmbsdeanes Lands in Coldinghame and Robert Browne of Blackburne factor appointed be the Lords of Sessione for uplifting the rents of the aikers of Lumbsdeanes Lands with concourse of Sir James Stewart his majesties Advocat for his interest in the mater wnderwritten Makeing Mentione That wheras by the comoune Law Lawes and acts of parliament of this natione the wnwarrantable and wnlaufull convocatione of the Leidges in fear of near especially when done in order to comitt acts of wnjustice and violence is a cryme of a high nature and Severely pwnishable And the wnwarrantable and wnjust Seaseing upon persones cornes or other goods and extorting2 from them bonds for Soumes of money to redeim the cornes or other goods that was So wnwarrantablie and wnjustly Seased upon is a high ryot and manifest oppressione As also by the Eightie third act parliament eleventh James the Sixth It is Staitut and ordained that officers at armes comitting falsehood or oppressione of the Leidges in executione of ther office Shall be pwnished to Death in caice they Shall be found culpable Yet Nevertheles It is of veritie that George Rentowne writter in Edingburgh And James Rentoune messenger Patrick Cockburne messenger and Robert Home brother to […] Home sometyme at Eccles being all armed with Swords pistolls and Carrobynes accompanied with Archibald Purves in Plendergaist And ther accomplices Jean Home relict of the deceast John Home of Plendergaist being Likewayes present and in companie came in a violent and hostile maner upon the twentie fourth and twentie fifth dayes of September Last or ane or other of the Dayes of the said moneth to the ground of the forsaids Lands of Lumsdeanes Lands and Burnse Lands in Coldinghame under pretence of executeing Letters of poynding of the ground raised at the instance of the said Jean Home for a liferent annwitie of Two Thousand five Hundereth merks granted to her by the deceast John Home her husband owt of certaine Lands belonging to him And did violently Seaze upon the cornes upon the Saids Lands Standing in the feilds And offered to cary the Samen away by force and violence in ther naimes and cairts which they brought with them for that effect And the foirsaids tennents complainers to Save and preserve ther cornes from being distroyed and caryed away were forced to give bonds to the said Jean Home for certaine Soumes of money extending to the Soume of five Hundereth and fourtie Seven punds four Shilling Scotts conforme to a particular List and accompt therof given in with the said lybell and reported as a pairt of the lybell brevitatis causa which was most illegall and wnjust In so far as the said John Home had never any right to the Saids Lands nether did he give any Liferent infeftment to the said Jean Home of the Same nor are these Lands contained in her liferent infeftment or Decreit and Letters of poinding the ground nor was the heretors for the tyme nor the tenents of the Saids Lands called to any Such Decreit And no mans ground can be poinded be vertue of Letters of poinding of the ground albeit the persone at whose instance the Letters are raised had a right of annualrent out of the Lands (as the said Jean Home in this caice hes not) wnles the Lands be particularly mentioned in the decreit And the heretors and possessors of the Lands for the tyme be called And as a furder aggravatione of the saids crymes comitted by the said Jean Home George and James Rentounes and the other persones complained upon the tyme when they come to the ground to seaze upon the saids cornes Robert Clacksone Chamberland to the said Sir Patrick Home went first to the presence of the said Jean Home And then to the messinger And protested against the said pretended poynding as being most illegall and wnjust for severall reasones And particularly that the saids Lands were not comprehended within the Letters of poinding nor does the Samen mention any thing of the Saids Lands as appears by ane instrument produced And yet notwithstanding they proceeded in the said most wnust and illegall poinding and extorted the bonds from the tenents in maner above mentioned By which meanes the saids Lands is lyke to be Laid absolutely waist of all which crymes of wnwarrantable and wnlaufull convocationes of the Leidges wnjust and violent Seaseing upon the tenents cornes and wnlaufull oppressione The Said Jean Home George and James Rentownes and the other persones complained upon are gwiltie as actors airt and pairt and the said Jean Home ought to be decerned to deliver up to the saids complainers tenents of the saids Lands and aikers the severall bonds granted by them to her And She and the other persones complained upon ought to be lyable for the Soume of […] of Damnadges And otherwayes pwnished in ther persones and goods to the terror of others to comitt the lyke hereafter And anent the charge given to the haill forenamed persones defenders to have compeared personallie befor the Saids Lords at ane certaine Day now bygone to have ansuered to the foirsaid complaint And to have heard and Sein Such order and course taken theranent as the Saids Lords Should think fitt wnder the paine of rebellione And putting of them to the horne with certificatione etc As in the principall Letters or lybell raised in the said mater and executiones therof at more Lenth is contained Which lybell being this day called in presence of the saids Lords of privie Counsell And the persewars compeareing pairtly personallie and pairtly by comissione granted by the absents to such as doe compear To compear and insist for them And Sir Patrick Home and Mr John Stewart Compeareing as advocats for the haill persewars And the haill defenders compeareing also personallie except Patrick Cockburne messinger And Archbald Purves in Plandergaist with Sir James Ogilvie And Mr Hew Dallrimple Advocats for the haill defenders The Lybell and ansuers therto for the saids Defenders being red And both pairties being fullie heard The saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Doe heirby remitt to The Lords of Counsell and Sessione to discuss the point of right Depending betuixt both pairties befor them And that Sumarly without abydeing the ordinar course of the roll reserveing the point of ryot to be considered and admitted to probatione be the Councell efter the point of right is dismist by the sessione As the saids Lords of his majesties privie Counsell Shall find Just

1. NRS, PC2/26, 84v-87r.

2. The word ‘them’ scored out here.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 84v-87r.

2. The word ‘them’ scored out here.

Order, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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[Order Mr James Graham]

The Lords of his majesties privie Councell upon a report made to them be The Lord Justice clerk That Mr James Graham minister of Holme in Orkney who was receaved by the Generall Assemblie upon Sat2 Saturday Last haveing applyed to the said Lord Justiceclerk for administrating the oath of alleadgeance and assureance to him His Lordship did administrat the Same which he now prodwces The Councell Does appoint the oath of alleadgeance and assureance to remaine in the clerks of Councell ther hands And to be putt up and inventared with the rest And recomends to The Lairds Commissioners of his majesties Thesaurie to allow to the said Mr James Graham such pairt of the vaccand Stipend of Kirkwall as they shall think fitt for a competent Viaticwm to him in order to his returne to his own home

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[Order Mr James Graham]

The Lords of his majesties privie Councell upon a report made to them be The Lord Justice clerk That Mr James Graham minister of Holme in Orkney who was receaved by the Generall Assemblie upon Sat2 Saturday Last haveing applyed to the said Lord Justiceclerk for administrating the oath of alleadgeance and assureance to him His Lordship did administrat the Same which he now prodwces The Councell Does appoint the oath of alleadgeance and assureance to remaine in the clerks of Councell ther hands And to be putt up and inventared with the rest And recomends to The Lairds Commissioners of his majesties Thesaurie to allow to the said Mr James Graham such pairt of the vaccand Stipend of Kirkwall as they shall think fitt for a competent Viaticwm to him in order to his returne to his own home

1. NRS, PC2/26, 84v.

2. Sic.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 84v.

2. Sic.

Act, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Act Lady Halkertoun

Anent the petitione presented to the Lords of his majesties privie Councell be The Lady Halkertoune And Patrick Lyell her husband for his interest Humbly Shewing That wher by the Lawes of this kingdome the appearand air and childrein of persones deceased owght to be intertained and aliemented especiallie wher ther remaines ane competent estate And the persones So to be alimented are of qwalitie And albeit The deceast Alexander Lord Hallkertowne Left behind him ane competent fortowne and did appoint portiones for his younger childrein yet he did omitt to appoint alimentarie provisione for them untill ther portiones became to bear annualrent And therby the petitioner who hes but a Small life rent provisione hes bein much Straitned and necessitat to contract debt for aliementing of them And the petitioner hes actuallie entertained five of them till the begining of October Last The Lord of Glenfarquhar Did intyse and perswade the two eldest Mistress Jean and Mistress Hellen Falconers to retire to the house of Halkertowne knowing that they had attained to that age that ther portiones Did bear annualrent But the other thrie does as yet remaine in the petitioners custodie And the petitioners haveing formerly applyed to freinds ther was ane agriement entered into with the present Lord Hallkertowne And2 Severall others of the freinds on the father and mothers syde wherby from whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie two to whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie thrie Ther was ane allowance given for alimenting of the said five childrein Extending to one Hundereth pownd of money And two chalders of victuall besyde the wse of the orchyeard and planting But this agriement haveing Contained but for a yeir And The Lord Halkertowne haveing become intirely incapable for makeing any transactione Since that tyme to the petitioners have gott nothing And Seing The Lords of privie Counsell are constantly in wse to protect minors and infants by appointing them Suteable aliements The petitioners are therfor necessitat to apply to the Saids Lords that from Whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie thrie to whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie five The Saids Lords would be pleased to appoint the foirsaid aliment to be payed to the petitioners Which tho it be but Small yet the petitioners are Satisfied to take the Samen It being what was appointed by the nearest relationes of the familie As also in tyme comeing to modifie for the aliment and intertainment of Mr Alexander Falconer and his two Sisters what the Saids Lords Shall think fitt and Jwst he being to be considered as the air of the familie his elder brother being altogither fatwous And that without any intervall Especiallie Seing owt over the Liferent provision and the payment of the annualrents of the Debts ther will remaine atleast One Thousand merks of frie estate Therfoir humbly craveing that the Saids Lords of privie Counsell would take the premisses to ther consideratione And in respect therof to modifie ane Suteable aliment to the saids childrein for bygones and in tyme comeing in maner abovementioned And in caice of difficultie to appoint a comittie for Seing the premissses verified and instructed And heare the pretences of any of the creditors and others who may compeare and make ansuer therto As the said petitione att more Lenth bears Which petitione being at first red in presence of the Councill they allowed Sir Alexander Falconer of Glenfarqwher And the creditors of The Lord Halkertowne to Sie and ansuer the Same And accordingly the Said Sir Alexander haveing Sein the Said petitione Gave in a counter petitione be way of ansuer therto Wherupon the Saids Lords of privie Counsell appointed a comittie of ther own number for heareing both pairties upon the saids bill and ansuers And the said Committie haveing mett and heard The Lady Halbertownes husband and Laird of Glenfarquhar They made ther report therin to the Counsell And the saids Lords of privie Councell haveing this day considered the said petitione and counter petitione be way of ansuer therto with the report of the comittie made theranent They heirby refwise to modifie any aliment to the childrein as to the tyme bygone they haveing bein alimented by the mother which is Supposed to have bein Done expietate materna And the mother offering now to aliment Mr Alexander Fallconer the Second Sone gratis the saids Lords of privie Counsell Doe heirby modifie two chalders of victuall wherof half ane Chalder of bear And ane chalder and half of meall with the yeard and grass ther of to be payed to The Lady and her husband be the present Lord Hallbertoune or the tenents of Hallbertoune or be Alexander Corne factor for the said estate And that yeirly comenceing from Mertimes Last bypast Beginning the first yeirs payment at Mertimes next to come as for the first yeir preceeding for alimenting of Mistress Euphan and Mistress Elizabeth Fallconers the two yowngest Dowghters And soe furth yeirly till ther portiones come to bear annwall rent And ordaines Letters of Horning to be direct against The Lord Hallbertowne his factor or any others concerned with My Lord Hallkertowne

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Act Lady Halkertoun

Anent the petitione presented to the Lords of his majesties privie Councell be The Lady Halkertoune And Patrick Lyell her husband for his interest Humbly Shewing That wher by the Lawes of this kingdome the appearand air and childrein of persones deceased owght to be intertained and aliemented especiallie wher ther remaines ane competent estate And the persones So to be alimented are of qwalitie And albeit The deceast Alexander Lord Hallkertowne Left behind him ane competent fortowne and did appoint portiones for his younger childrein yet he did omitt to appoint alimentarie provisione for them untill ther portiones became to bear annualrent And therby the petitioner who hes but a Small life rent provisione hes bein much Straitned and necessitat to contract debt for aliementing of them And the petitioner hes actuallie entertained five of them till the begining of October Last The Lord of Glenfarquhar Did intyse and perswade the two eldest Mistress Jean and Mistress Hellen Falconers to retire to the house of Halkertowne knowing that they had attained to that age that ther portiones Did bear annualrent But the other thrie does as yet remaine in the petitioners custodie And the petitioners haveing formerly applyed to freinds ther was ane agriement entered into with the present Lord Hallkertowne And2 Severall others of the freinds on the father and mothers syde wherby from whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie two to whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie thrie Ther was ane allowance given for alimenting of the said five childrein Extending to one Hundereth pownd of money And two chalders of victuall besyde the wse of the orchyeard and planting But this agriement haveing Contained but for a yeir And The Lord Halkertowne haveing become intirely incapable for makeing any transactione Since that tyme to the petitioners have gott nothing And Seing The Lords of privie Counsell are constantly in wse to protect minors and infants by appointing them Suteable aliements The petitioners are therfor necessitat to apply to the Saids Lords that from Whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie thrie to whittsonday Jaj vic nyntie five The Saids Lords would be pleased to appoint the foirsaid aliment to be payed to the petitioners Which tho it be but Small yet the petitioners are Satisfied to take the Samen It being what was appointed by the nearest relationes of the familie As also in tyme comeing to modifie for the aliment and intertainment of Mr Alexander Falconer and his two Sisters what the Saids Lords Shall think fitt and Jwst he being to be considered as the air of the familie his elder brother being altogither fatwous And that without any intervall Especiallie Seing owt over the Liferent provision and the payment of the annualrents of the Debts ther will remaine atleast One Thousand merks of frie estate Therfoir humbly craveing that the Saids Lords of privie Counsell would take the premisses to ther consideratione And in respect therof to modifie ane Suteable aliment to the saids childrein for bygones and in tyme comeing in maner abovementioned And in caice of difficultie to appoint a comittie for Seing the premissses verified and instructed And heare the pretences of any of the creditors and others who may compeare and make ansuer therto As the said petitione att more Lenth bears Which petitione being at first red in presence of the Councill they allowed Sir Alexander Falconer of Glenfarqwher And the creditors of The Lord Halkertowne to Sie and ansuer the Same And accordingly the Said Sir Alexander haveing Sein the Said petitione Gave in a counter petitione be way of ansuer therto Wherupon the Saids Lords of privie Counsell appointed a comittie of ther own number for heareing both pairties upon the saids bill and ansuers And the said Committie haveing mett and heard The Lady Halbertownes husband and Laird of Glenfarquhar They made ther report therin to the Counsell And the saids Lords of privie Councell haveing this day considered the said petitione and counter petitione be way of ansuer therto with the report of the comittie made theranent They heirby refwise to modifie any aliment to the childrein as to the tyme bygone they haveing bein alimented by the mother which is Supposed to have bein Done expietate materna And the mother offering now to aliment Mr Alexander Fallconer the Second Sone gratis the saids Lords of privie Counsell Doe heirby modifie two chalders of victuall wherof half ane Chalder of bear And ane chalder and half of meall with the yeard and grass ther of to be payed to The Lady and her husband be the present Lord Hallbertoune or the tenents of Hallbertoune or be Alexander Corne factor for the said estate And that yeirly comenceing from Mertimes Last bypast Beginning the first yeirs payment at Mertimes next to come as for the first yeir preceeding for alimenting of Mistress Euphan and Mistress Elizabeth Fallconers the two yowngest Dowghters And soe furth yeirly till ther portiones come to bear annwall rent And ordaines Letters of Horning to be direct against The Lord Hallbertowne his factor or any others concerned with My Lord Hallkertowne

1. NRS, PC2/26, 82v-84r.

2. Written over an illegible word.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 82v-84r.

2. Written over an illegible word.

Sederunt, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Sederunt

Lord Chancellour; Earl of Southerland; Lord Polwarth; Lord Justiceclerk; Lord Anstruther; Mr Fra: Montgomerie; Laird of Blackbarronie; Laird of Stevensone; Sir Thomas Livingstone; Laird of Cessnock; Proveist of Edinburgh

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Sederunt

Lord Chancellour; Earl of Southerland; Lord Polwarth; Lord Justiceclerk; Lord Anstruther; Mr Fra: Montgomerie; Laird of Blackbarronie; Laird of Stevensone; Sir Thomas Livingstone; Laird of Cessnock; Proveist of Edinburgh

1. NRS, PC2/26, 82v.

2. NRS, PC2/26, 82v.

1. NRS, PC2/26, 82v.

2. NRS, PC2/26, 82v.

Decreet, 7 January 1696, Edinburgh

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Decreet

Interloquitor Mr Jon Wilsone minister at 2 Orknay

The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill doe hereby ordaine the former Sentance pronounced by their Lordships upon the tuenty fourth day of July Jaj vjc nynty and four years in a lybell pursued before them at the instance of his Majesties Advocat against Mr John Wilsone minister in Orknay and others quherby they depryved the said Master John from his benefice at the kirk of Kirkwall and declared the Church vaccant and Discharged Him from preaching or exerciseing any other part of his ministeriall functione within the said paroch and appoynted Him to remove from the manse or Gleib and to Leave the samine void and redd betwixt and the first day of October then next And confyned the said Master John to the Island of Zetland dureing the Councills pleasure and discharged Him to remove without the bounds of the said Confynement without his Majesties or the Councills warrand for that effect And ordained the said Master John To repaire to the place of his confynment betwixt and the first day of October then next and to find Cautione for that effect To be put to executione against the said Mr. John and that notwithstanding that the Councille by a posterier interloquitor hes altered the said Confynement from Zetland to the Island of Orknay And ordains the said Mr John to repaire to and continow at the said Island of Zetland betwixt and the first day of May next to come under the penalty of ane thousand merks.

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Decreet

Interloquitor Mr Jon Wilsone minister at 2 Orknay

The Lords of his Majesties privy Councill doe hereby ordaine the former Sentance pronounced by their Lordships upon the tuenty fourth day of July Jaj vjc nynty and four years in a lybell pursued before them at the instance of his Majesties Advocat against Mr John Wilsone minister in Orknay and others quherby they depryved the said Master John from his benefice at the kirk of Kirkwall and declared the Church vaccant and Discharged Him from preaching or exerciseing any other part of his ministeriall functione within the said paroch and appoynted Him to remove from the manse or Gleib and to Leave the samine void and redd betwixt and the first day of October then next And confyned the said Master John to the Island of Zetland dureing the Councills pleasure and discharged Him to remove without the bounds of the said Confynement without his Majesties or the Councills warrand for that effect And ordained the said Master John To repaire to the place of his confynment betwixt and the first day of October then next and to find Cautione for that effect To be put to executione against the said Mr. John and that notwithstanding that the Councille by a posterier interloquitor hes altered the said Confynement from Zetland to the Island of Orknay And ordains the said Mr John to repaire to and continow at the said Island of Zetland betwixt and the first day of May next to come under the penalty of ane thousand merks.

1. NRS, PC1/50, 309-310.

2. The letters ‘Ov’ scored out here.

1. NRS, PC1/50, 309-310.

2. The letters ‘Ov’ scored out here.