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B05517 A proclamation, anent the horses and arms of such as refuse the oaths. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1689-1694 : William and Mary) 1694 (1694) Wing S1665; ESTC R183386 1,800 1

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〈◊〉 〈◊〉 QUI MAL Y PENSE A PROCLAMATION Anent the Horses and Arms of such as refuse the OATHS WILLIAM and MARY by the Grace of GOD King and Queen of Great-Britain France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers of Our Privy Council Pursevants Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as by the sixth Act of the Fourth Session of Our current Parliament It was Statute for a further Security to the Protestant Religion and Our Government in this present Exigence That both the persons therein particularly specified and all other persons whether ranked in the said Act or not who shall not Swear the Oath of Alledgiance and Subscribe the same and Assurance subjoyned to the said Act should not be allowed to keep any Horses above a hundred merks Scots or any sort of Arms more than a Walking-Sword Certifying such as shall be found to have Horses and Arms contrary to this Provision either in their own or in the keeping of others that both the Owner and the Keeper shall incur the Penalty of a Thousand Merks Scots the one half to the Informer and the other to Vs And the Lords of Our Privy Council are Authorized and Impowered to take such furder effectual Methods for Dis-arming these Persons and seizing of their Horses above the foresaid Value as they shall judge necessary And We being resolved that the foresaid Act be put effectually to Execution Do therefore with the Advice of Our Lords of Privy Council Command and Charge all persons of whatsoever Degree or Rank without Exception who have not already qualified themselves by duely Swearing and Subscribing the foresaid Oath of Alledgiance and Subscribing the foresaid Assurance or who shall not qualfie themselves by Swearing and Subscribing as said is before the Sheriffs Stewarts Baillies Justices of Peace or other Judges ordinary of the Jurisdiction within the which they Live or their Deputs betwixt and the Third and Eleventh days of April next viz. These one this side of the water of Tay betwixt and the said Third day and these on the other side betwixt and the said Eleventh day and report an Authentick Certificat thereof subscribed by the said Judge and his Clerk To deliver up all their Horses above the foresaid Value of a hundred Merks the Head whether in their own keeping or in the keeping of any others with all sorts of Arms that they have either in their own keeping or in the keeping of others more than a Walking-Sword betwixt and the foresaids days to the same Judge at the Tolbooth of the Head-Burgh of the foresaid Jurisdiction within which they live which Horses and Arms so delivered are to be Rouped by the said Judge the first Mercat-day thereafter to the best Avail and the Price is to be given to the Deliverer and Owner foresaid certifying all such as shall Contraveen and not give ready Obedience hereunto by keeping either their own or other mens Horse or Arms contrary to the Provision foresaid betwixt and the foresaids days they shall incur the foresaid Penalty of one thousand Merks the one half to Us and the other half to the Informer and that over and above the loss of the Horses and Arms with this Provision nevertheless that the saids Horses and Arms amitted as above are also to be Rouped to the best Avail in manner above-prescribed and the Price reckoned and compted in part of payment of the foresaid Penalty pro tanto And it is hereby Declared that it shall be sufficient for the Informer to Challenge the Keeper or Haver of the said Horse or Arms contrary to the foresaid Act and to Conveen them summarly upon a Charge of six days before the Judge Ordinary of the Bounds and to refer if he think fit the foresaid Having or Keeping to their Oaths instead of all further Probation whereupon Decreet shall be pronounced unless the foresaid authentick Certificat be produced without further delay And We with Advice foresaid Discharge all Advocation or Suspension to be given in the Premisses upon any pretext And furder do hereby require all the foresaid Sheriffs Baillies Justices of the Peace and other Judges ordinary and their Deputs to make diligent Inquiry within their respective Bounds for the said Horse and Arms and the Keepers and Havers thereof contrary to the foresaid Act and to cause execute the same against them as they will be answerable to Us upon their highest peril OUR WILL IS HEREFORE and We charge you strictly and Command that Incontinent thir Our Letters seen ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh and to the Mercat-Crosses of the remanent Head-Burghs of the several Shires of this Our Antient Kingdom and there in Our Name and Authority by open Proclamation make publick Intimation hereof that none may pretend Ignorance And Ordains these presents to be Printed Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the thirteenth day of March and of Our Reign the Fifth Year 1694. Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii GILB ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save King VVilliam and Queen Mary Edinburgh Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson Printer to Their Most Excellent Majesties Anno DOM 1694.