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B05692 A proclamation for taking the oaths of masters of ships, boats, barks, and other vessels, outvvard or invvard bound into this kingdom, anent their passengers. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1683 (1683) Wing S1924; ESTC R183549 1,691 1

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CR A PROCLAMATION For taking the Oaths of Masters of Ships Boats Barks and other Vessels Outvvard or Invvard bound into this Kingdom anent their Passengers CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers of Our Privy Council Pursevants or Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute greeting Forasmuch as many wicked and rebellious Persons being conscious of their own guilt have fled from this Kingdom into forreign Kingdoms or Countreys where they continue to carry on their Traiterous and Hellish Designs against Our Sacred Person and the Government of this Our Realm by corresponding and keeping of Intelligence with their rebellious Complices lurking within this Kingdom Therefore and for preventing of the saids Designs as much as can be We with advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council do hereby Require and Command all Masters of Ships going from this Kingdom or returning to the same to present all and every one of their Passengers upon Oath to the several Persons to be named by the Customers in the several Precincts following viz. All Masters of Ships Barks Boats or other Vessels going from or returning to any place within the Precincts of the Custome-Office of Leith and Prestoun-Pans to the Collectore there for the time All within the Precinct of the Custome of Borrowstounness to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Kirkaldy to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Montross to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Aberdene to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Inverness to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Port-patrick to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Air to the Collectors there for the time Those of the Precinct of Irving to the Collectors there for the time And those of the Precinct of Port-Glasgow to the Collectors there for whom the Tacks-men and Customers are to be answerable Declaring hereby That whatever Matter of Ship Bark Boat or Vessel shall do in the contrair shall lose his whole Goods the one half to the Informer and the other half to Us his person shall be Imprisoned and he declared uncapable to be a Master of a Ship Bark or other Vessel hereafter And if any of the saids Masters of Ships or other Vessels foresaid shall Import to this Kingdom any Traitors Rebels Fugitives Intercommuned or banished persons it is hereby Declared they shall be liable therefore conform to the Laws and Acts of Parliament and Proclamations made against Ressetters of Rebels Requiring also the persons above-mentioned authorized to take the said Oath to give an exact account of their Diligence the first Tuesday of every Moneth to the Clerks of Our Privy Councils And We do hereby Require and Command the Collectors and Clerks of Our several Custom Offices to accept of no report Inward from any Master of a Ship Bark Boat or other Vessel and the Keepers of the Cocquet-office not to give out the same to any such Master outward bound until he receive Testificat from the persons above-written authorized as said is within whose precinct any such Ship Bark Boat or other Vessel is That he has made Faith anent his Passengers as aforesaid and that he neither hath had nor has any other Passengers from abroad nor outward bound then these mentioned in his Oath as they will be answerable at their highest peril And further Declaring that the Master and Owner shall lose the Ship Boat Bark or Vessel and Goods in which any person not given up as said is shall be in-brought unto this Kingdom or Transported forth thereof and that all Magistrats of Burghs of Royalty or Regality and Heretors on whose Ground such persons shall be Landed are to be liable and punished therefore at Our Privy Council shall think fit in case they do not Diligence to prevent the same or apprehend the persons so Landed And to the effect Our pleasure in the Premisses may be known to all persons concerned Our Will is and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontenent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and the remanent Mercat Crosses of the head Burghs of this Kingdom and other places needful and thereat in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publication of the Premisses that all persons concerned may have notice thereof and give punctual and exact obedience thereto Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the fifteenth day of September One thousand six hundred eighty and four And of Our Reign the thirtieth and sixth Year Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii WILL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Conslii GOD SAVE THE KING Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty Anno DOM. 1684.