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B05463 A proclamation, against penny-weddings Scotland. Privy Council. 1687 (1687) Wing S1596; ESTC R233627 1,711 1

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I R 〈…〉 A PROCLAMATION Against Penny-Weddings JAMES by the Grace of GOD King of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defender 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 by the fourteenth Act of the Third Parliament held in the Reign of Our dearest Royal Brother of ever glorious Memory Entituled Act Restraining the exorbitant Expence of Marriages c. upon the considerations therein-mentioned the keeping of Penny-Weddings is Prohibited and Discharged under and with the Certifications and Qualififications thereby expresly provided And whereas● notwithstanding of the said Act and Prohibition divers persons Vintners and others have and still continue to contraveen so necessary and useful a Law to the great contempt of Our Authority expense and abuse of Our Leidges contrair to the design and intent thereof Therefore We with Advice of Our Privy Council Do hereby Ordain the said Act of Parliament to be put in full and vigorous execution against the Contraveeners conform to the tenor thereof in all points And to the end that all persons may be fully certiorate of this Our Royal Pleasure We hereby Ordain the said Act of Parliament to be of new printed and subjoyned hereto and published in manner under-written And therefore Our Will is and We Charge you strictly and Command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh and all the other Mercat-Crosses of the Head-Burghs of the Shires of this Kingdom and there in Our Royal Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publication of Our Pleasure in the Premisses and also read the foresaid Act of Parliament hereunto subjoyned that none may pretend Ignorance under the Pains and Certifications therein-mentioned Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the sixth day of December One thousand six hundred eighty seven And of Our Reign the third year GOD save the KING Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii WILL. PATERSON Cls. Sti. Concilii Follows the Tenor of the above-mentioned Act of Parliament ACT Restraining the exorbitant expence of Marriages Baptisms and Burials September 13. 1681. OUR SOVERAIGN LORD Considering the great hurt and prejudice arising to this Kingdom by the superfluous expence bestowed at Marriages Baptisms and Burials For repressing of which abuse in time coming His Majesty with Advice and Consent of His Estates of Parliament Does Statute and Ordain That Marriages Baptisms and Burials shall be solemnized and gone about in sober and decent manner And that at Marriages besides the married persons their Parents Children Brothers and Sisters and the Family wherein they live There shall not be present at any Contract of Marriage or In-fare or meet upon occasion thereof above four Friends on either side with their ordinary domestick Servants and that neither Bride-groom nor Bride nor their Parents or Relations Tutors or Curators for them and to their use shall make above two changes of Raiment at that time or upon that occasion Certifying such persons as shall contraveen if they be Landed persons They shall be lyable in the fourth part of their yearly valued Rent and those who are not Landed Persons in the fourth part of their Moveables Burgesses according to their Condition and Means not exceeding five hundred Merks Scots and mean Crafts-men and Servants not exceeding one hundred Merks And if there shall be any greater number of persons than aforesaid in any House or Inn within Burgh or Suburbs thereof or within two Miles of the same where Penny-Weddings are made That the Master of the House shall be Fined in the Sum of five hundred Merks Scots And it is Statute and Ordained That at Baptisms upon that occasion besides the Parents Children Brothers and Sisters and those of the Family there shall not be present above four Witnesses And Further His Majesty with Consent foresaid Statutes and Ordains That there shall not be invited to Burials any greater number of persons than those following viz. To the Burial of Noblemen and Bishops and their Wives not above one hundred Noblemen and Gentlemen To the Burial of a Baron of Quality not above Sixty and other Landed Gentlemen not above Thirty And that the Mourners at the Burials of Noblemen and Bishops and their Ladies do not exceed Thirty and at the Burials of Privy-Counsellors Lords of Session Barons Provosts of Burghs and their Wives the number of Mourners do not exceed Twenty four And at the Burials of all other Landed Gentlemen and Citizens within Burgh they do not exceed the number of Twelve And Prohibits and Discharges the using or carrying of any Pencils Banners and other Honours at Burials except only the eight Branches to be upon the Pale or upon the Coffin where there is no Pale under the foresaids penalties respectivè in case they contraveen And it is Statute and Ordained That there be no Mourning Cloaks used at Burials nor at any other time under the pain of One hundred pounds Scots Edinburgh Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson Printer to His most Sacred Majesty 1687.