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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

appointed to the Vassals for conveening with the Prelats Lords of erections and other beneficed persons for appointing and setting downe of their due and right proportions of the said taxations which they ordaine to be upon the seventeenth day of September next to come which is declared to be the precise day of meeting to the effect foresaid And that no farther citation nor summoning shall be requisite to that effect than the publication and proclamation of this present Act at the market Crosses of the head Burrowes of this Realme and holdeth the whole remnant clauses and provisions of the Act of reliefe of his Majesties taxations as here repeated And ordaines letters to be direct hereupon ACT XXIII RATIFICATION OF THE LIBERTIES Of the Colledge of Justice OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD With advice and consent of the Estates of Parliament ratifies approves and confirmes all Acts of Parliament gifts grants donations whatsoever of all priviledges freedomes and immunities made given granted or conceived in favour of the Senatours of the Colledge of Justice by any of his Majesties Royall Predecessors or in any Parlialiament holden by them dispensing alwayes with the generalitie hereof And holding this generall ratification as sufficient as if the whole priviledges freedomes and immunities Acts and grants thereof were specially and at length insert hereintill ACT XXIIII RATIFICATION OF THE PRIVILEDGES Of the free Royall Burrowes OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD And Estates of this present Parliament Have ratified and approved and by the tenour hereof ratifie and approve of new all acts and constitutions of Parliament made by his Majesties Predecessours in favour of the free burrowes of this Realme and Burgesses and inhabitants within the same with all priviledges freedomes liberties and immunities granted and given to the whole burrows in generall in any time by past by any of our Soveraigne Lord his Majesties noble Progenitors with all that hath followed or may follow thereupon And decernes and declares the same to have full strength force and effect in all times hereafter so that the same may be put to full and due execution in all points And specially without prejudice of the generalitie above-written His Majestie and Estates ratifie the Act of Parliament made by his Highnesse Grandfather umwhile King Iames the third 1466. His second Parliament Cap. 11 Ordaining that none saile nor passe in Merchandise out of the realme but Freemen Burgesses dwelling within Burgh or their familiar factors servants being with them in houshold at meat and drink excepting and reserving to the Prelates Lords Barons and Clerks as in the said act is contained and all other exceptions contained in any act of Parliament in force preceding the day and date hereof And siclike the Act of Parliament made by King Iames the fourth of worthie memorie in the Parliament holden at Edinburgh the eleventh day of March 1503 yeares Cap. 84. Ordaining that no person dwelling out of Burrowes use any merchandise nor yet buy nor sell wine wax silkes spicerie wad nor siclike stuffe nor yet staple goods And that none pack nor pill in Leith nor other places without the Kings burrowes under the paine of escheat of the goods that bee topped sould packed or pilled contrary to that statute And siclike the 152 Act of umwhile King Iames the sixth His 12. Parliament Ordaining that no person exercise the traffique of Merchandise but Burgesses of free burrows under paine of escheat of their whole goods and geare the one halfe to his Majestie and the other halfe to the burgh apprehender And giving power to every burgh by themselves or a collector or commissioner depute by them to search the said unfree mens goods intromet therewith as escheat eyther within the Country or any other part to arrest call follow and pursue before unsuspect Bailiffs to bee creat by them As also the Sixth Act of King JAMES the Sixth His ninth Parliament Ordaining letters of horning to be direct against unfree men not being burgesses of the free royall Burrowes to finde caution for desisting from usurping of their liberties in all the heads clauses articles and circumstances thereof Like as his Majestie and Estates declare that the said liberties and priviledges mentioned in the said Acts are onely proper and competent to the free Burrowes Royall that have vote in Parliament and beare burden with the rest of the burrowes and to no others Prohibiting and discharging all persons who are not burgesses of the said free Royall Burrowes and beare not burden with the rest Of all using and exercising of the liberties and priviledges foresaid in all time comming And ordaine that letters of horning may bee direct by the Lords of Councell at the instance of all burrowes upon the foresaid Priviledges and former Acts of Parliament made thereupon And this present Act in all times to come for putting of the same to due execution with all rigour against them that do or come in the contrary of the Acts and Priviledges foresaid without calling of any partie ACT XXV RATIFICATION OF THE ACTS MADE In favour of the Justices of peace and their Constables and Commission to the Lords of Secret Councell thereanent OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD And Estates of Parliament ratifie approve and confirme the eighth Act of the twentie two Parliament holden by King Iames the Sixth of eternall memorie Intitulate Anent the Justices for keeping of the Kings peace and their Constables In the whole heads articles and clauses therein contained admitting the generalitie hereof to be als valid and sufficient as if the same were all herein per expressum ingrost Attour his Majestie and Estates foresaid give full power authoritie and commission to the Lords of his Majesties privie Councell to set downe and impose penalties upon such of the Justices of peace as shall not keep and observe the diets prefixed for their severall and particular meetings And with power likewise to the said Lords of privie Councell to enlarge and amplifie the power and authoritie of the said Justices of peace if they shall finde it necessarie and expedient and what they shall decrete and determine thereanent finde and declare that the same shall have the force strength and power of an act of Parliament ACT XXVI EXPLANATION OF THE ACTS OF PARliament made in favour of the Lords of session anent twelve pennies of the pound to be payed in decretes to be given by the said Lords hereafter OUR SOVERAIGNE LORD And Estates of Parliament for explanation of the former acts of Parliament made in favour of the Lords of session anent twelve pennies of the pound Statute and ordaine that whensoever the said Lords shall decerne ordain 12 pennies of the pound to be payd in any decrete or sentence to be given or pronounced by them at any time hereafter The same shall no wayes be payed by the parties purchasers and obtainers of the said decretes and sentences but by these parties alennerly against whom the said decretes and sentences shall happen to be obtained and purchased And the

sacred Majesty and Estates of Parliament presently conveened Remembring that at the first institution of the colledge of Justice and divers times thereafter in the Parliaments ratifying the same his Majesties royall Antecessors and Estates of the Realme then assembled found the erection of that honourable Consistorie which is a biding monument of the glorie of their reignes not onely to be most usefull for royall service but also necessary and profitable for the peace of the Kingdome and to the seene good and comfort of all the subjects And considering that the provision allowed of before to the Lords of Session was no wayes sufficient for defraying of their charges and that through their continuall attendance their private affaires are neglected and great losses thereby sustained by them THEREFORE and to the effect the said Senators and Lords of Session present and to come may be more encouraged to goe on and to persist as they doe in their zeale and affections to his Majesties service and in faithfull ministration of Justice to the generall weal of the Realme and all the Lieges The said Estates with the speciall approbation and gracious good liking of the Kings sacred Majestie have most freely condiscended statute enacted that a taxation be presently imposed upon their lands and meanes which with his Majesties consent foresaid they ordaine to be collected payed to the effect in manner and at the termes following That is to say The Duke Marquesses Earles Vicounts Lords and Commissioners of Shires for the temporall Estate have granted that there shall be up-lifted of every pound land of old extent within this Kingdome pertaining to Dukes Marquesses Vicounts Lords Barons and Free-holders and Fewars of his Majesties proper lands the sum of ten shillings money at every one of the foure termes following viz. The sum often shillings money at the feast and terme of Martinmasse next to come in this instant yeare of God 1633 yeares the sum of other ten shillings money at the feast and terme of Martinmasse 1634 yeares the sum of other ten shillings money at the feast and terme of Martinmasse 1635 yeares and the sum of other ten shillings money at the feast and terme of Martinmasse 1636 yeares And the Archbishops and Bishops for the spirituall Estate have granted that there shall be up-lifted of all Archbishopricks Bishopricks Abbacies Pryories and other inferior Benefices within this Kingdome at every one of the foure termes above-specified the just taxation thereof as they have beene accustomed to be taxed in all time by-gone whensoever the temporall lands of this Kingdome were stented to ten shillings the pound land of old extent And the same taxation to be payed at every one of the foure termes above-specified And the Commissioners of Burrowes for their Estate have granted that there shall be up-lifted of all the Burrowes within this Kingdome at everie one of the foure termes above-written the just taxation thereof as they have beene accustomed to be taxed unto in all time by-gone whensoever the temporall lands of this Kingdome were stented to ten shillings the pound land of old extent And the said taxation to be payed at every one of the said foure termes above-written And in regard that his Majestie hath erected sundrie Prelacies in temporall Lordships whereby the owners thereof may claime to be taxed with the Barons of the temporall Estate whereby the said Lords of the Session would be defrauded of a great part of the said taxation destinate and appointed as said is Therefore the said Estates ordaine that all erections of Prelacies and other small benefices in whole or in part in temporall Lordships shall in payment of the said taxation pay to the collectors thereof so much of the said taxation pro rata as if they were no wayes erected and as they were subject to doe before the erection of the same And sick like it is statute ordained that all dissolved benefices within this kingdome in whole or in part shall be subject in payment of so much of the same taxation pro rata as they would have beene subject to pay though the same had not beene dissolved And that the parties who have gotten any part or portion of any Prelacies or other inferior benefices dissolved and new securities made unto them by his Majestie of that part and portion thereof so dissolved shall be subject in payment of the taxation thereof to the Prelate or other beneficed person for his reliefe of the same taxation as they would have beene so the same had not beene dissolved notwithstanding of any condition contained in the Infeftments and securities made by his Majesty to them in the contrary thereof And farther the said Estates annull and discharge all priviledges and immunities whatsoever whereby any persons may thinke themselves free of payment of this present taxation the priviledges granted to the ordinary Lords and Senators of the Colledge of Justice and the taxation of the benefices given disponed and mortified for intertainment of the Universities Colledges and Hospitalls within this Kingdome onely excepted Attour our said Soveraigne Lord and Estates foresaid have given and granted and by these presents give and grant full power and authoritie to the said Lords of Session to nominate appoint and elect their owne Collectors one or moe as they shall thinke most expedient for up-lifting of the foresaid taxation to the effect foresaid Which summes of money after they shall be in-gathered as is before appointed Our Soveraigne Lord and the Estates foresaid destinate and ordaine to be mortified by imployment upon land heritably or for annual-rent or other sufficient securitie as may conveniently be found for the use and benefit of the said ordinarie Lords of Session present and to come To the effect that the yearely profit and annuall of the said lands or moneys as the same shall happen to be imployed may be received by them and their successors in their said offices yearely and termely after the termes of payment of the same and applyed to their behove in manner and conforme to the consuetude of the division of the yearely duety presently allowed and received by them and that by and attour the present provision and rents allotted to them by Parliaments heretofore And to that effect the said ordinary Lords of Session shall with all convenient diligence make subscribe and deliver to his Majesties Thesaurer principall deputie a sufficient and valide security by band or contract made by the sight and advice of his Majesties Advocate for imploying of the said taxation and whole benefit thereof in whole or in part as the same shall be up-lifted to the use and effect above-specified And ordaine the particular forme and manner of up-lifting and in-gathering of the said taxation and reliefe of the Prelats Lord of erections and other beneficed persons to be conforme to his Majesties owne taxation granted in this present Parliament in all points except in so farre as concerneth the particular day to be

Balhagradie 141 Act in favour of the Laird of Makclachin 142 Act in favour of the Kirke of Pittinwyme 143 Act in favour of the Kirke of Eymouth 144 Act in favour of the Minister of Coldinghame 145 Act in favour of the Minister of Bruntiland 146 Act of dissolution of Lugtoun and Melvill from the Parish of Saint Andros and union thereof to Dalkeith and Laswade 147 Act anent the Parsonage of Dalkeith and payment of the taxation thereof 148 Act in favour of sir Richard Murray of Cokpull 149 Act in favour of the Minister of Colbrandspeth 150 Act in favour of sir Iohn Charters of Aimisfield 151 Act in favour of sir Patrick Hamiltoun ef little Prestoun 152 Act in favour of the Laird of Balvaird 153 Protestation Earle Annandail 154 Act in favour of Iohn Hamiltoun of Boghall and his spouse 155 Act in favour of William Lockhart of Carstairs 156 Protestation Marques of Hamiltoun 157 Protestation Marques of Dowglas 158 Protestation Archbishop of Glasgow 159 Act in favour of Master Robert Gordoun of Strealoch 160 Act disuniting the Kirkes of Ebdie and Newburgh 161 Act anent the erection of the Parish Kirke of Strechine 162 Protestation Lord Lundors 163 Act in favour of sir George Hamiltoun 164 Act uniting certaine lands to the Kirkes of Corstorphine and Hails 165 Act in favour of Iames Hay of Smithfield 166 Act in favour of sir Iames Balfour 167 Act in favour of Alexander Cuningham of Barnes 168 Protestation Archbishop of Saint Andrews 169 Act in favour of the Master of Elphingstoun 170 Act in favour of Master Alexander Keith of Benholme 171 Act dissolving foure prebendaries from the parish Kirke of Corstorphine to the Colledge Kirke thereof 172 Act in favour of sir Iohn Achmootie of Gosfuird 173 Act in favour of sir George Ogilvie of Bamffe 174 Protestation Doctor Philip contrary the act of erection of the Kirk of Kingsbarnes in favour of the Lord Lindesay 175 Protestation Earle Lauderdaill contra Iames Livingstoun of Beill 176 Act in favour of sir Thomas Hope of Craig-hall Knight Baronet A TABLE OF THE PRINTED ACTES AND Lawes past in this first PARLIAMENT of our Soveraigne Lord King CHARLES c. and in what leafe and page the same is to be found 1 ANent the taxation granted to his Majestie of thirtie shillings termly upon the pound land and the sixteenth pennie of all annuall-rents pag. 3. 2 Anent the collecting and inbringing of the taxation and reliefe to prelates 9. 3 Anent his Majesties royall Prerogative and Apparell of Kirkemen 18. 4 Ratification of the Acts touching Religion ibid. 5 Ratification of the act of Councell anent the plantation of schools 19. 6 Anent the inverting of pious donations ibid. 7 Anent invading of Ministers 20. 8 Ratification of the act of Commission anent the Ministers provisions 21. 9 The Kings generall Revocation 22. 10 Anent annexation of his Majesties propertie 28. 11 Act of Dissolution 30. 12 Ratification of the act of Interruption 31. 13 Anent Regalities of erections 36. 14 Anent superiorities of Kirkelands 38. 15 Anent his Majesties annuitie of teinds 39. 16 Anent Vassals holding Ward 41. 17 Anent the rate and price of teinds 42. 18 Anent the Exchequer 44. 19 Commission for valuation of teinds not valued rectifying the valuation of the same already made and other particulars therein contained 45. 20 Anent the King his designation of the names to be insert in the Commissions anent the tithes and lawes 52. 21 Anent the annuall of eight to bee taken of ilk hundred in time to come alannerly suspending the same for three yeares and in the interim two of ten to bee payed for the said space to his Majestie ibid. 22 Anent the Lords of session their taxation of ten shillings to be imposed upon everie pound land of old extent 53. 23 Ratification of the liberties of the Colledge of Iustice pag. 56. 24 Ratification of the priviledges of the free royall burrows 57. 25 Ratification of the acts made in favour of the Iustices of peace and their Constables and Commission to the Lords of secret Councell thereanent 58. 26 Explanation of the Acts of Parliament made in favour of the Lords of session anent twelve pennies of the pound to be payed in decreets given by the said Lords hereafter 59. 27 Act pardon penall statutes ibid. 28 Ratification in favour of the Vicount of Sterling of the infeftments and signature granted to him of the Dominions of new Scotland Canada in America priviledges therein contained and of the dignitie and order of knight baronets and act of convention of Estates made thereanent 60. 29 Act in favour of the Earle of Mortoun and the Lord Dalkeith his son anent the Loch of Levin preservation of the fishings thereof 61. 30 Act anent the Clan-Gregour 62. 31 Act in favour of his Majestie and Lieges intitulate Iure salvo cujuslibet 56. FINIS