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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

if the heritour being lawfully warned refuses to appeare Then with consent of the most part of the Parishioners to set downe and stent upon everie Plough or Husband Land according to the worth for maintenance and establishing of the said Schools And if any person shall find himself grieved it shall bee lawfull to him to have recourse to the Lords of secret Councell for redresse of any prejudice hee may or doth sustaine And ordaine letters to be direct for charging of the possessours for the time to answer and obey the schoole-masters of the duties that shall bee appointed in manner foresaid ACT VI AGAINST THE INVERTING OF Pious Donations OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With the Advice of the Estates understanding that certaine persons piously disposed have of late bestowed certaine gifts in Lands heritages and summes of money in favours of Colledges Schooles Hospitals and other pious uses which by the Administrators and such others as they have entrusted with the managing thereof are inverted to other uses than the Will of the disponer upon some specious pretences contrarie or different from the Disponers intention to the evill example of others and the hinderance of such and the like charitable works against all reason and conscience THEREFORE it is statute and ordained that it shall no waies be lawfull to alter change or invert any of the said gifts legacies and other pious donations to any other use than that specifick use whereunto they are destinate by the Disponer himselfe And that the Heires Executors or others entrusted with the said gifts and legacies shall be comptable for the same to the use of the Kirkes Colledges and others to whom the said dispositions were made And that actions shall be competent eyther to the said Kirkes Colledges and others to whom the same were disponed or to the Bishops and Ordinaries within the Diocesses where the said Kirkes Schooles and others above-specified lye compelling them to apply the same to the true use And to make compt and payment of the ordinarie profits of everie years intromission at the rare allowed by the Lawes of the Realme by and attour the fulfilling of the Disponers Will And this Act to be extended to all Disposicions made at any time since the majoritie of King JAMES the Sixth or to be made hereafter in all time comming And that letters of horning bee direct at their instance by deliverance of the Lords of Session without citation of parties ACT VII ANENT INVADING OF MINISTERS OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With the advice of the Estates ratifies and approves the Act of Parliament made in the yeare of God one thousand five hundred fourescore and seven yeares anent the Invaders of Ministers with this explanation and addition That whosoever invades any Minister or puts any violent hands on him by themselves their men tenants servants or any others by their hounding out direction or allowance for whatsoever cause or occasion whether the same be for the cause contained in the said Act or for any other cause otherwise than by order of Law or doth offer violence to them Shall incurre the like paine as is contained in the said Act and shall be judged after the forme and manner therein prescribed And declares that the same shall bee extended to all Archbishops Bishops and Ministers whatsoever having power by lawfull warrant to preach and administer the sacraments And because the malice of some is such that the invasion and violence foresaid may bee committed by lawlesse and unresponsall men the hounders out of whom cannot be gotten detected so as the benefite of this Act and the indempnitie of the said Church men and their foresaids may bee frustrate THEREFORE it is statute and ordained That the Landlords and Heritors and chiefe of Claimes and others in whose bounds the said offenders dwell or haunt ordinarily shall be holden upon the complaint of the partie offended to the Lords of his Majesties secret Councell to exhibite and produce the said malefactors before the said Judges to be censured and punished corporally or otherwise in their estates if they be responsall at the discretion of the said Judges And if it shall happen the said offenders to absent and remove themselves out of the bounds of the said Heritors and Landlords and others on whom they depend so that the said Landlords Heritors and others foresaid may precend that it is not in their power to exhibite the foresaid delinquents Therefore it is statute that if after the giving in of the said complaint before the said Judges and certiorating of the said Landlords and others foresaid eyther by citation charge or intimation or any other Legall manner of way if the said delinquents shall be found within the bounds of the said Landlords and others foresaid haunting publickly and openly by the space of ten daies That then and in that case the said Landlords and others foresaid shall be esteemed as connivers with the delinquents and be obliged under the like censure and punishment to exhibit them to the Councell ACT VIII OF RATIFICATION OF THE ACT OF Commission anent the Ministers Provisions OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With the advice and consent of the Estates of Parliament ratifies and approves the Act of Commission of Surrenders and Teynds of the date at Holy-rude-house the twentie sixth day of June the yeare of God 1627 years whereof the Tenor follows The Commissioners after reasoning upon the lowest proportion and provision wherewith the Ministrie serving the Cure at each Kirke shall be provided Have found it meet and expedient that the lowest proportion shall be eight Chalder of Victuall where victuall is payed or proportionally in silver or victuall as the Commissioners shall appoint at the settling of the Kirke and according to the Estate of that part of the Countrey where the payment of the stipend shall occurre And thinke it meet that the said proportion of eight Chalder of victuall or proportionally in silver as said is shall be the lowest maintenance to each Kirke except such particular Kirkes occurre wherein there shall bee a just reasonable and expedient cause to goe beneath the quantitie now determined AND His Majestie and Estates foresaid referre to the Commissioners to be chosen by his Majestie at this present Parliament The consideration of the reasons and causes which may move them after the valuation of the true worth of the Teynds of like Parish be closed To determine and modifie a lesse quantitie for the Ministers maintenance nor the quantitie foresaid of eight chalder of victuall or eight hundred markes in victuall or moneys proportionally And what the said Commissioners shall determine therein the same to stand notwithstanding of this present Ratification And also his Majestie and Estates ratifie and approve the whole particular Acts of the said Commission of Surrenders and Teynds whereby stipends are appointed and modified by the said Commissioners alreadie And ordaine the Ministers to whom the same is assigned to have intromission therewith And that the Lords of Session direct

the Kingdome being willing to buy his owne teind from the titulars having power to sell the same shall be obliged to buy the teinds of his owne lands except so much as shall be locally assigned to the Minister serving the cure of the kirke for his maintenance and to pay the prices foresaid betwixt and the terme of Martinmasse in the yeare of God 1635 yeares where the valuation of the teinds is made and approved before the date hereof and where the same is not yet valued and approved within the space of two yeares after the same be valued and approved by the Commissioners to be appointed by his Majestie and Estates to that effect after the expiring of the which time his Majestie and Estates declare that the said titulars shall not be compelled to sell the same except they doe it of their own good will and consent with this declaration alwayes that incase the impediment of not selling induring the space foresaid flow from the titular by reason of his minority or other inhabilitie in that case the heritor who offereth himselfe ready to buy his own teind within the space foresaid shall have place so soone as the impediment is removed to buy his teinds notwithstanding of the expiring of the yeares and spaces above-expressed And it is declared that if the heritor be minor and his Tutors neglect the buying of his teinds within the space foresaid the minor shall have action against his Tutors pro Damno interesse but not action to compell the titular after the expiring of the space foresaid for selling of the said teinds And where the said teinds are coft by the heritors as said is finde that the heritor shall bee obliged to give to the life-renter of the said lands having right thereto by contract of marriage life-rent infeftment conjunct-fee or reservation forth of the infeftment of fee the leading of the teinds of their said life-rent lands for payment of the rate of the teind of the same And sicklike finds that in all cases where teinds are not coft that the heritors or life-renters of lands who have the leading of their owne teinds by themselves their tennants and others in their name shall be obliged to pay to the titulars of teinds the yearely rate thereof according to the valuation of the same made or to be made and to give securitie thereof according to the order set downe and prescribed by the Commissioners of surrenders and teinds or to be set downe by the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed by his Majestie with consent of the Estates of this present Parliament deducing so much thereof as shall be assigned to the Minister for his maintenance It is alwayes declared that whether the said teinds be sold or not his Majestie shall have his annuitie forth of the same according to the tenor of the act of annuitie And because sundrie questions may arise both anent the valuation of teinds and price of the same in divers parts of the countrey and anent the securities to be made by the titulars to the heritors who buy their teinds and by the heritors to the titulars of the price to be payed for the same where the teinds are coft or for payment of the rate of teind where the same is not coft And sicklike anent the provision of the Kirkes with competent maintenance and for division of the price of teinds betwixt the heritors and life-renters and rectifying of valuations already led to the enorme hurt and prejudice of these having interest Therefore his Majestie and Estates have referred and refer the determination of the said particulars and all others concerning the teinds to the Commissioners appointed by his Majestie and Estates in this present Parliament It is alwayes declared that this present act shall be no farther obligator against whatsoever Archbishops Bishops Parsons Vicars and other beneficed persons being Ministers nor their successors but according to the provisions conditions expressed in the submission made by the Bishops to his Majestie which is of the date the day of 1628 yeares and registrate in the bookes of commission of surrenders and teinds upon the thirteenth day of July 1631 yeares Which provisions and conditions are holden as expressed herein And also it is declared that the Vicarages of each Kirke being a severall benefice and title from the parsonage shall be severally valued to the effect the titulars or Ministers serving the cure who have right to the said Vicarages be not frustrate of the true worth of the said Vicarages ACT XVIII ANENT THE EXCHEQUER OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD And Estates of this present Parliament ratifie and approve that head and clause of Parliament made upon the twentie two day of May 1584 Whereby his Majesties umwhile Father of eternall memorie with consent of the Estates hath appointed and ordained that all causes concerning his Majesties property whether the same be suspensions letters conforme breaking of arrestment deforcement of Officers in the premisses or any thing depending thereupon shall be discussed before his Majesties Exchequer in the Exchequer-house And sicklike his Majestie with consent of the Estates statutes and ordaines that the Lords of Exchequer appointed or to be appointed by his Majestie shall have undoubted power warrant and authoritie to sit cognosce and decide in all the foresaid causes concerning his Majesties propertie and others depending thereupon And also in all causes concerning his Majesties annuitie forth of the teinds and ordaines them to sit at all convenient times for passing discussing of suspensions and for deciding of all other actions concerning the said propertie and annuitie of teinds And to direct letters of horning and poynding and other execution necessary upon the decretes pronounced by them of or concerning the premisses and the horning to passe upon a simple charge of ten dayes upon this side of the water of Dee And upon twenty dayes by north Dee alennerly at the discretion of the said Lords of Exchequer ACT XIX COMMISSION FOR VALUATION OF Teinds not valued rectifying the valuations of the same already made and other particulars therein contained FOR SO MUCH As our Soveraigne Lord immediately after his happy attaining to the Crown of this his ancient and native Kingdome did out of his Royall and Fatherly care to the publique good thereof give forth his Royall declaration anent the reforming of the abuses used in leading of teinds and for provision and maintenance of Kirkes and other pious uses forth of the said teinds And also for restoring the Crowne to the superiorities of whatsoever benefices and temporalities thereof erected in temporall livings and against other prejudices and detriments done to the Crowne mentioned in the said declaration And albeit his Majestie hath beene still urging and following the performance of the particulars foresaid these five yeares bygone or thereabout by commissions direct by his Majestie under his great Seal to that effect wherein there hath beene good progresse made yet the same could not take