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A11651	Acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraign Charles, by the grace of God King of Great Britane, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c. Holden by himself, present in person, with his three estates, at Edinburgh, upon the 28 day of June, 1633.; Laws, etc.	Scotland.; Hay, John, Sir, 1578-1654.	1650 (1650)	STC 21902.5; Wing S1168A; ESTC S122278	68,062	76

impoverishing a number of the said Fermerers labourers and tenants and bringing of them to utter wrack and ruine whereas of reason they should be altogether free from payment of any taxations And the same should be payed by such as have free rents lands and goods of their owne FOR REMEDIE whereof it is staturte and ordained that no persons whatsoever exact or compell his tenants or fermerers removeable who payes ferme and other deare duties for the lands occupied by them to pay any part of this present Taxation or to seek reliefe at their hands of the same And if the same be found done by any persons that they shall be called and conveened therefore before his Majesties Justice and his Deputies or before his Majesties Councell as violent and masterfull oppressors of his Majesties subjects and punished therefore according to Justice AND FURTHER the said Estates beside the ordinarie taxation above-written have for the space of six years next and immediately following the terme of Martinmasse 1634. years freely and voluntarily granted to his Majestie a yearly extraordinary taxation of the sixteenth pennie of all annuall rents which any person or persons within this Kingdome half freely due and payable unto them yearly and termly their own annuall rents wherein they are adebted to others being first deduced The first termes payment thereof shall be and beginne at the said Feast and terme of Martinmasse 1634. yeares and so forth yearly and termely at Martinmasse and Whitsunday untill the said six yeares and twelve termes payment thereof be fully and completely out-run AND whereas his Majestie and Estates have by act of Parliament authorised all and sundrie heretable Sheriffs Stewarts Bayliffs and Bayliffs of regalities and their Deputes and the Provests and Bayliffs of free burrowes within the bounds of their jurisdictions as likewise the Clerks within the jurisdictions where these offices are not heretable which Clerks have their offices ad vitam To collect the said extraordinarie taxation and to make payment thereof to the Collector generall of the some taxation THEREFORE and for inbringing of the said extraordinarie taxation Ordains letters to be direct charging all and sundrie the said heretable Sheriffs Stewards bayliffs bayliffs of regalities and their Deputes and Clerks and the said Provests and bayliffs of free burrowes and their Clerks as likewise the Clerks within the jurisdictions where these offices are not heretable that they and every one of them by North the water of Dee within the space of fifteen dayes after every terme of Martinmasse and Whitsunday and that they and every one of them by South the water of Dee within the space of ten daies after every terme of Martinmasse and Whitsunday deliver to his Majesties said Collector generall a true and just accompt and inventar of the whole summes of money due to be payed by any person within the bounds of their jurisdiction for his part of the said extraordinary taxation And that they give up the same compt inventar upon their oath solemnly sworne that the same is just and true And to make payment to his Majesties said Collector generall or to his Deputes in his name having his power to receive the same of the whole moneys due to be payed to his Majestie conforme to the said compt and inventar within twentie dayes after each terme under the paine of rebellion And in case the said Sheriffs Stewarts Bayliffs Bayliffs of regalities their Deputes and Clerks failye c. To denounce and escheat c. FOR WHOSE RELIEFE that letters be direct charging all and sundrie the said annuall renters to make payment to the said Sheriffs Stewards Bayliffs Bayliffs of regalities their Deputes and Clerks Provests and Bayliffs of free burrowes of the said sixteenth pennie of all annuall-rents freely due and payable to them within twentie daies next after the charge under the paine of rebellion c. And if they failye c. To denounce c. And if neede bee That the said Sheriffs Stewards Bayliffes of Regalities Clerkes Provests and Bayliffs of free burrowes poynd and distrenyie therefore as they shall thinke most expedient AND His MAIESTIE and the said Estates ordaine the Lords of Session to bee onely Judges to all suspensions to bee craved and suted by any of our soveraigne Lords Lieges touching the said taxations Which suspensions the said Estates finde may be granted upon lawfull and equitable reasons to bee considered by them And discharge all other Judges within this Kingdome of granting of any suspensions thereanent With power to the said Lords To delegate five at the least of their ordinary number as they shall think expedient To sit cognosce and decide the said suspensions in time of vacance if neede be And sicklyke to depute Commissioners for trying and judging of concealements with als ample and full power to be given to them as the said Lords of Session by vertue of this present Act have ACT III. ANENT HIS MAJESTIES ROYALL Prerogative and Apparell of Kirkmen OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With advice consent and assent of the whole estates acknowledging his Majesties Soveraigne Authoritie Princely Power royall Prerogative and Priviledge of his Crowne over all Estates Persons and Causes whatsoever within this Kingdome Ratifies and approves the Act of Parliament made in the year 1606. anent the Kings royall Prerogative and perpetually confirms the same for his Highnes his Heires and Successors al 's amply absolutely freely in all respects as ever any of his Majesties royall Progenitors did possesse and exercise the same And withall remembring that in the Act of Parliament made in the yeare 1609. anent the Apparell of Judges Magistrates and Kirkmen IT WAS agreed That what order soever his Majesties Father of blessed Memorie should prescrive for the apparell of Kirkmen and send in Writ to his Clerk of Register should bee a sufficient Warrant for inserting the same in the bookes of Parliament to have the strength of an Act thereof HAVE all consented that the same Power shall remaine with the Person of Our Soveraigne Lord and His Successours that now is And with the same clause for execution thereof as in the said Act is contained ACT IIII. RATIFICATION OF THE ACTS Touching RELIGION OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With advice and consent of the Estates ratifies and approves all and whatsoever acts and statutes made before anent the libertie and freedome of the true Kirke of God and Religion presently professed within this Realme And ordaines the same to stand in their full force and effect as if they were specially mentioned and set downe herein ACT V. RATIFICATION OF THE ACT OF Councell anent Plantation of Schooles OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With the Advice of the States ratifies the Act of secret Councell dated at Edinburgh the tenth day of December one thou sand six hundred and sixteene years made anent the planting of schooles with this addition That the Bishops in their severall Visitations shall have power with consent of the heritours and most part of the Parishioners And