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B05682 A proclamation, for rouping the rests of the hearth-money. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1694 (1694) Wing S1908; ESTC R183538 1,273 1

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DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION For Rouping the Rests of the Hearth-money WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD King and Queen of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith To Macers of Our Privy Council or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as the Estates of Parliament of this Our antient Kingdom by their Act of the date the Tenth Day of September One Thousand six hundred and ninety Years made an humble Tender and Offer to Us of fourteen shilling Scots for every Hearth within this Kingdom payable at the Term of Candlemass One Thousand six hundred ninety one Years by the Inhabitants Dwelling in the Houses where the saids Hearths are without exception or exemption of any except the Hearths of Hospitals and of poor people who were upon the Charity of the Parish and where any Houses were not Inhabited that the said Hearth-Money should be payed by the Heretor Liferenter or proper Wodsetter to whom the same for the time did belong And albeit We by Our Commission under Our Royal Hand Named a Collector with power to him to constitute and appoint Sub-Collectors for the In-bringing Uplifting and Receiving of the foresaid Hearth-money and with Advice of Our Privy Council Did Emit and Publish divers Proclamations Acts and Orders for the better helping and assisting Our said Collector and his Deputs in the Execution of their saids Commissions Nevertheless a great part of the Money that would have arisen from the Hearths of this Kingdom is yet deficient and not uplifted or Collected from the persons lyable in payment thereof to the great prejudice of Our Service and frustrating the intent of the foresaid Act of Parliament And We Considering that what rests unpayed of the foresaid Hearth-money freely offered to Us by the foresaid Act of Parliament may be most effectually uplifted and profitably brought in for the interest of Our Service and satisfaction of the intention of Our Estates of Parliament in their foresaid offer by way of publick Roup in favours of the Persons who shall offer most for the same THEREFORE WE with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Do hereby make publick Intimation to all Our Leidges that what is resting unpayed of the Hearth-money offered to Us by the foresaid Act of Parliament is to be publickly Rouped by the Lords of Our Thesaury and Exchequer at Edinburgh in the Exchequer-House upon the Twenty fifth Day of July instant betwixt Four and Six Hours in the Afternoon and that who sh●ll bid most for the same shall be preferred and have Commission or Right granted to them for uplifting and Collecting thereof As also That the Articles and Conditions of the said Roup are lying in the Hands of the Clerks of Our Thesaury and Exchequer to be seen by all concerned before the said Roup and thereafter to be published both for the Security of Our Leidges against exactions and better Direction of the said Fermorer in uplifting and Collecting of the same OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and to the Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the several Shires of this Kingdom and there in our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publick Intimation of the Premisses that none pretend Ignorance Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twelfth day of July And of Our Reign the sixth Year 1694 Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD Save King William and Queen Mary Edinburgh Printed by the Heirs of Andrew Anderson Printer to Their most Excellent Majesties Anno Dom. 1694.