A1702/1/1
A1702/1/12
Sederunt
Lord Chancelor; Marquis of Annandale; Earl of Buchan; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Montgomry; Lord Boyle; Lord Thesaurer Deput; Lord Justice Clerk; Lord Aberurchill; Lord Halcraig; Lord Phesdoe; Mr Fra: Montgomry; Lord Provest of Edinburgh Laird of Meggins
1. NRS, PC1/52, 328.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 328.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 328.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 328.
A1701/1/7
A1701/1/71
Warrant
His Majesties High Commissioner and the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill Do heirby Recommend to Her Grace Anna Dutches of Hamiltoun, and in her absence gives order and warrant To John Hamiltoun Her Graces Baillie, To Suffer and permitt the Corps of […] Lord Mordingtoun to be interred and buried within the abbay Church of Halyroodhouse, notwithstanding the same be declared his Majesties Chappell.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
A1701/1/6
A1701/1/62
Sederunt
His Majesties high Commissioner; Lord Chancellor; Earl of Argyle; Earl of Crafurd; Earl of Morton; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Lothian; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Kintore; Viscount Seafield S.; Lord Carmichaell S.; Lord Ross; Lord President of Session; Lord Thesaurer Deput; Lord Aberuchill; Lord Philiphaugh; Mr Fr: Montgomry
1. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 167.
A1701/1/5
A1701/1/51
Proclamation
The Following Proclamation being Read was voted approven and Signed and ordered to be published and Recorded. Whereof the Tenor Follows
William by the Grace of God King of great Brittan France and Ireland defender of the faith To […] macers of our privy Councill, messengers at arms, our Shiriffs in that pairt Conjunctly and severally Specially constitute greeting, Forasmuchas albeit by the Fourteenth act Parliament Jaj vic Eighty Six, The Importing Irish victuall is Strictly prohibite and discharged with certification, That all the Victuall That shall be Imported Shall be Sunk and destroyed, and the Seizer and discoverer for his Reward shall have the Boat Bark or vessell wherin the Said victuall Shall be Imported, To dispose off at his pleasure Together with the half of the fines, Imposed upon the Importers, Resetters or Heretors By The Third Act, Third Session parliament Second Charles Second Ratified also by the act of parliament abovementioned which appoints the other half of the saids Fynes to belong to his Majesty Nevertheless Sundry persons preferring their own privat Interests to their obedience to the Laws and good of the Kingdom, do presume and adventure to Import divers quantities of victuall from Ireland and Vent and Sell the Same in this Kingdom, wherby the sale of the Corns growing within the Same is Stopped, and much money unwarrantably carried out of the Kingdom, and Wee being Resolved for the good of this our antient Kingdom, to take ane Effectuall course for preventing and Restraining such courses in tyme coming. Therfore Wee with advice of the Lords of our Privy Councill, Strictly prohibite and discharge all persons whatsoever, whither Natives or Forraigners, To Import or being into this Kingdom any Victual from Ireland, from and after the date hereof, or to buy, make use of or Retail the Same, under the pains contained in the acts of parliament abovementioned, Requiring hereby all Sheriffs, of the severall Shyres Justices of peace, and magistrats of Burghs within their Respective Jurisdictions, not only to Sink and destroy the forsaid victuall from Ireland if any Shall be Imported, but also to take and apprehend the persons of all such mariners Seamen or Sailers Importing any Victuall from Ireland to this Kingdom in manifest Transgression of the premisses, and to Committ and detain them in prison, untill they shall be thence delivered by Express Warrant from the Lords of our privy Councill to be granted for that Effect. Our Will is Heirfore and Wee Charge yow Straitly and Command, That Incontinent these our Letters Seen ye pass to the mercat Cross of Edinburgh and to the mercat Crosses of Glasgow and Dumfreis, and of the hail head burghs of the Severall Shyres within the bounds betwixt Dumfreis and the Sound of Mull, and therat make publication heirof by open proclamation of the premises, That none may pretend Ignorance, and ordains these presents to be printed, Given under our Signet at the Abbay of Halyroodhouse the Sixth day of January and of our Reign the Twelfth year. 1701 Sic Subscribitur.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 165-6.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 165-6.
A1701/1/4
A1701/1/41
Act
Anent The Petition given in to the His Grace His majesties high Commissioner and the Right Honourable The Lords of His Majesties Privy Councill by Gilbert Stewart merchant in Edinburgh, Shewing That their Petitioner having frequently applyed to the officers of the mint for coyning of some Gold dust in the terms of their Lordships former ordinance They have hitherto postponed the giving obedience to their Lordships act and ordinance, upon pretence That they wanted ane order from their Lordships for making of the puncheons, and Recommendation upon the Lords of the Thesaury for some advance to them for Supporting of the Coynadge and defraying the Charge of the Tools, That they have already provided and were to provide, which pretensions hade bended greatly to the prejudice of their Supplicant, And Therfore Humbly Craving to the Effect underwrittin as the said Petition bears. His Majesties high Commissioner And The Lords of His majesties privy Councill having Considered the above petition given in to them by Gilbert Stewart, They heirby ordain and Require The severall officers within his Majesties mint-house with James Clark Graver to the said mint, To Concurr in obeying the former acts and ordinances of Councill of the date the Fourteenth day of August last bypast anent the said matter and particularly ordains the said James Clark to make the materesses puncheons, Counter pouncheons and other Instruments of his trade necessar for Expeading the Said Coynadge, And Recommends to the Lords Commissioners of his majesties Thesaury to allow what they Shall think Competent for Supporting of the Coynadge of the said Gold, and defraying the Charge of the saids tools that are provided or to be provided by the other officers of the mint or the said James Clark for that End, according to use and wont.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 165.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 165.
A1701/1/3
A1701/1/32
Sederunt
His Majesties high Commissioner; Lord Chancellor; Earl of Argyle; Earl of Crafurd; Earl of Mar; Earl of Morton; Earl of Cassills; Earl of Strathmore; Earl of Galloway; Earl of Lothian; Earl of Loudoun; Earl of Finlater; Earl of Northesk; Earl of Kintore; Lord Montgomry; Lord Jedburgh; Lord Carmichaell S.; Lord Forbes; Lord Ross; Lord Boyle; Lord President of Session; Lord Advocat; Lord Thesaurer Deput; Lord Aberuchill; Laird of Stevensone; Lord Provost of Edinburgh
1. NRS, PC1/52, 164.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 164.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 164.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 164.
A1701/1/2
A1701/1/21
Proclamation
The Following Proclamation Being Read was voted approven and Signed, and ordained to be published and Recorded, whereof the Tenor follows
William By the grace of God King of great Brittain France and Ireland defender of the faith To; […] macers of our privy Councill messengers at arms, our Sheriffs in that pairt Conjunctly and Severally Specialy Constitute Greeting. Forasmuchas Wee and the Estates of Parliament Being Informed That one Walter Herries Chirurgeon, who went with the Company trading to Africa and the Indies Their First Ships to Darien, Is the author of a Pamphlet Entituled, a Defence of the Scots abdicating Darien, Including ane answer to the Scots Setlement there, And of another Pamphlet Entituled, a vindication of the said former Pamphlet, and the Estates of Parliament having Considered The saids Two Pamphlets to be Blasphemous, Scandalous and Calumnious lybells, Reflecting upon Religion and the Honour of this Nation, did Recommend to us, to Issue forth a Proclamation with advice of our Privy Councill appointing the said Walter Herries to be taken into Custody, Therfore we with advice of the Lords of our Privy Councill Require and Command all magistrats officiars of the Law and others of our Leidges To Seaze upon and take into Custody the person of the said Walter Herries where ever he can be apprehended within this Kingdom, and to deliver him to any Magistrat within the same, Indemnifying heirby all persons from any hazard of Slaughter mutilation or other violence which they may Committ against the said Walter Herries in caice of Resistance in apprehending of him, and for the further Encouragement of all our good Subjects within this Kingdom, To apprehend the person of the said Walter Herries Wee with advice forsaid, do promise and assure the soume of Six Thousand pounds Scots for a Reward who shall apprehend the said Walter Herries within this Kingdom, and deliver him to any magistrat within the same, in order to be tryed and brought to Justice, Requireing heirby The Lords Commissioners of our Thesaury to make payment of the Soume and Reward abovementioned To the person or persons who shall perform the forsaid service Our Will is Herefore and Wee Charge yow Straitly and Command, That Incontinent these our Letters Seen, ye pass to the mercat Cross of Edinburgh, and to the mercat crosses of the haill head burghs of the Severall Shyres and Stewartries within this Kingdom, and There in our name and authority by open Proclamation, make publication of the premises, That none pretend Ignorance, and ordains these presents to be printed Given under our Signet att Edinburgh The First day of January, and of our Reign the Twelfth year 1701. Sic Subscribitur.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 163-4.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 163-4.
A1701/1/1
A1701/1/12
Sederunt
His Majesties high Commissioner; Lord Chancellor; Earl of Argyle; Earl of Crafurd; Earl of Mar; Earl of Morton; Earl of Galloway; Earl of Lothian; Earl of Loudoun; Earl of Finlater; Earl of Leven; Earl of Northesk; Earl of Forfar; Earl of Kintore; Viscount Seafield S.; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Carmichaell S.; Lord Forbes; Lord Ross; Lord Ruthven; Lord Boyle; Lord President of Session; Lord Thesaurer Deput; Lord Justice-Clerk; Lord Aberuchill; Lord Halcraig; Mr Francis Montgomry; Laird of Grant.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 163.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 163.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 163.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 163.
A1700/1/30
A1700/1/301
Decreet
Anent The Lyble or Letters of Complaint Raised and persued before the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill att the Instance of Sir James Stewart his Majesties Advocat for his highness Interest in the Matter underwritten by special order of the saids Lords of his Majesties privy Councill Making Mention That Where by severall acts of Parliament, It is Statute That Leising makers and Tellers of them to the Engendring of Discord, Between his Majesty and his people, should be in his Majesties Will And particularly by the act James Sixth, Parliament Eight Chapter, one Hundered and Threty Four, It is Statute That all Such as privatly or publictly outer Sclanders or untrue Speeches To the Reproach of his Majesty, His Councill and proceedings or to the Dishonor or hurt of his Majesty, or who medle in the affairs of his Majesty or Estate present bygone and intyme coming be punished as Leiseing makers which by the forsaid former acts is Tinsell of Life and goods to his Majesty Nevertheless It is of verity That Mr Archbald Pitcairne Doctor of medicine on the occasion of ane Address, sett on foot for the meeting of the Parliament and of his Majesties Proclamation anent Petitioning Signifieing his Displeasure against the disorderly and undutifull, way and manner of carrying on the Same, Did presume on ane or other of the dayes of December last to write and Send a Letter all written and Subscrived with his hand to one Doctor Gray in London wherin he Falsely Represents That the Said Address for the Parliament he Falsely Represents That the Said Address for the Parliament goes on unanimously Throw the whole nation, and That only a few Courtiers and Presbeterian ministers oppose it, But in vain, and That Twice So many have Signed since the proclamation anent Petitioning, as Signed it before, And Bids him take Notice That there is one sent To Court with a Title Different, To beguile the Elect of the Court If it were possible, And That all the Corporationes and all the Gentlemen have Signed the address and himself among the rest, And That it is now a nationall Covenant And by Jove It would produce a nationall and universalle […] To which he adds That he is Thinking after a Lazie Way, To Reprint his papers, But hopes there Shall be news Ere they are printed, And That he is calculating the Force of the Musculi Abdominis in Digesting meat and is Sure he can prove they can doe it, une belle affair, Which Being the Words and Substance of the said letter, It being False that the said address Lines almost as many Lyes, It being False that the said address goes on unanimously and that a few Courtiers and Presbeterian ministers doe only in vain oppose it, as lykeways It is a Gross and Scandalous Falsehood That Twice So many hade Signed it since the Proclamation anent Petitioning as hade Signed it before, wherby he plainly Insinuats, as if his Majesties Leidges did Contemn or misregaird the forsaid proclamation, And Furder where he Takes notice That there is one sent to Court, with a Different Title To beguile the Elect of the Court, If it were possible, It is not only ane none-sensicall and Irreligious Expression, But as to any sense it is capable of Suggests designes of Imposeing and deceaveing amongst his Majesties goods Subjects, But where he adds all the Gentry all the Incorporationes have Signed the address, It is another Gross lye, out of which nevertheless he Fancies and positively affirmes a nationall Covenant or rather Combination then which being in opposition as he hath Insinuat To his Majesty’s forsaid Proclamation, Nothing could be more pernicious, And This he Furder Confirmes by swearing prophanely as a Pagan and not as a Christian by Jove, It will produce a Nationall and universall […] Which Blank cannot From such premises be Construed, To have a Less Import Then A Nationall and ane universall overturning, And so he hopes That there Shall Soon be news And For what he adds of his Musculi abdominis and of their Force, In digesting, whither It be plainly meant or in Mistery yet it is manifest That This particle of the forsaid Letter, In Stead of une belle affair Is a most False Scandalous and mischevious attempt, By all which It is Evident That in writing and Sending the forsaid Letter he hath uttered False Scandalous or untrue Speeches To the disdain Reproach and Contempt of his Majesty His Councill and proceedings or to the Dishonour or prejudice of his Majesty, And That he hath both Foolishly and wickedly medled in the affaris of his Majesty and his Estate, which being Found proven by the said Letter acknowledged by himself, Judicialy In presence of the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill he ought to be Severely punished in his person and goods, as the saids Lords of privy Councill shall see cause, To the Example and Terror of others to Committ the like in tyme comeing. And Anent the Charge given to the Said Defender To have Compeared personally before the Saids Lords of his majesties privy Councill at ane certan day bygone To have answered to the grounds of the above Complaint and To have heard and Seen Such order and course taken thereanent as the saids Lords Should Think fitt under the pain of Rebellion and putting of him to the horn with Certification etc as in the principall Lyble or Letters of Complaint with the Executiones therof att more length is contained. Which Lyble Being this day Called In presence of the Lords of his Majesties privy Councill And The Lord Advocat Compearing personally with Sir Patrick Home his Majesties Solicitor as persuers, And The Said Doctor Pitcairne defender Compearing also personally with Sir Patrick Hume his Majesties Solicitor as persuers, And The Said Doctor Pitcairne defender Compearing also personally with Mr David Dalrymple, Mr David Cuningham and Mr James Nasmith his Advocates, The Lyble with a Petition given in by the defender acknowledging his Fault and Folly in writing the Letter Lybelled upon, And declaring It was in Cups and without any design Either against his Majesty or the Government, and absolutely Submitting to the privy Councill, The Councill accepted of his Submission, And appointed him to be called to the Barr, And Recomended To the Lord High Chancellor To give him a Reprimand, And The Saids Lords of his Majesties privy Councill Having caused call The Said Mr Archbald Pitcairne To the Barr, The said Lord High Chancellor gave him a Reprimand, Which The said Doctor Receaved humbly acknowledgeing his fault, as said is And The Saids Lords Decerned and ordained The said Doctor Pitcairne defender To give Bond and Find Sufficient Caution acted in the books of his Majesties privy Councill, That he shall live peaceably under and with all Submission, To the present Government of his Majesty King William, And That he shall not act Consult or Contrive any thing in prejudice therof, nor shall not Converse or Correspond with any Rebells And That he shall appear before the saids Lords of privy Councill whensoever he shall be Called or Required therto, under the penalty of Two Hundered pounds Sterling, In caice he shall Faill or Transgress in any pairt of the premises which accordingly he did and Therupon was dismissed from the Barr free from all Furder Censure or punishment for the said Fault and offence, And The saids Lords allowes their Clerks to deliver up, To the said Doctor Pitcairne The Bond formerly granted be him as Principall and Sir Archbald Stevensone Doctor of medicine as Cautioner For hes peaceable behaviour and appearance when called for, Containing Two Hundered pounds sterling of penalty dated the Eighteenth day of January Instant.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 66-9.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 66-9.
A1700/1/29
A1700/1/292
Sederunt
Lord Chancellor; Earl of Crafurd; Earl of Mar; Earl of Lauderdale; Earl of Loudoun; Earl of Leven; Earl of Annandale; Earl of Forfar; Viscount Tarbat; Lord Ruthven; Lord President of Session; Lord Advocat; Lord Thesaurer Deput; Lord Justice-Clerk; Lord Philiphaugh; Lord Rankillor; Lord Phesdoe; Mr Fra: Montgomry; Laird of Stevensone
1. NRS, PC1/52, 66.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 66.
1. NRS, PC1/52, 66.
2. NRS, PC1/52, 66.