Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
lord_n	baron_n	earl_n	viscount_n	17,931	5	11.9058	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05234	Charles, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, defender of the faith, to the provotst and bailyes of our burgh of North Berwick ... Forasmuch as our Convention of Estates, holden at Edinburgh, the fourth day of August ...	Scotland. Sovereign (1649-1685 : Charles II); Scotland. Convention of Estates.	1665 (1665)	Wing S1190; ESTC R183966	1,826	1

C R HONI 〈◊〉 ●VI MAL Y PENS● CHARLES by the grace of GOD King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith To the Provost and Bailyes of Our Burgh of Northbervik .... And to Our Lovits Messengers Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Forasmuch as Our Convention of Estates holden at Edinburgh the fourth of August one thousand six hundred and sixty five years taking to their consideration the great blessings this Our ancient Kingdom doth enjoy under Our Royal Government being thereby delivered from all the miseries and bondage that doth accompany the Iron Rod of an insolent Usurpation and possessed of all the liberties and priviledges of a free People living under Our Royal Scepter and that by a full and free exercise of their Religion with all sutable encouragements thereunto by an equal and due administration of Justice and peaceable and secure enjoyment of their Laws Rights and Properties Find themselves obliged in conscience honour and gratitude to embrace every occasion whereby they may witness to the World their just resentments thereof and their readiness to contribute their Lives for the maintaining and advancing of Our Royal Authority Power and Greatness under the Protection whereof the Peace Freedom and Interest of this Our Kingdom and Subjects thereof can only be secured And understanding that We are now engaged in a War with the Inhabitants of the United Provinces for the maintenance of Our Honour and the Peace and Trade of Our Kingdom and that thereby a new opportunity is offered to them to make good their Professions of their zeal and affection to Our service Therefore the saids Estates of Our Kingdom in a due sense of Our Honour and Interest and of their own duty Do with humble loy●● and cheerful Hearts for themselves and in Name of the whole Kingdom whom they do represent make humble and free tender to Us of a Taxation which is to be imposed collected and payed at the five terms following viz. For the Barrons and Freeholders parts of the same Taxation fourty shillings money yearly to be uplifted off every pound Land of old extent within this Our Kingdom pertaining to Dukes Marquesses Earles Viscounts Lords Barrons Freeholders and Fewers of Our Proper-lands holden by them immediatly of Us Excepting the Shires of Lanerk Air Renfrew Dumbartoun Bute Argyle Wigtoun Dumfrise and Peebles with the Stewartries and Baileries lying within the same who by reason of their high Retours are to be taxt only to two Merks upon ilk Pound-land of old extent in manner mentioned in Our said Act of Convention and to be payed by them at each one of the five Termes following viz. At Whitsunday next to come 1666. years as for the first Term. At Whitsunday 1667. as for the second At Whitsunday 1668. as for the third At Whitsunday 1669. as for the fourth And at Whitsunday 1670. as for the fifth and last Term. And for In-bringing of the fyft Termes payment of Our Burghs part of the same Taxation Our other Letters are directed charging the Provosts and Bailyes of ilk Burgh to make payment of the Taxt and Stent thereof To our 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Cusigne and Counsellor 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of Hamilton ● Our Collector General appointed by Us for receiving the same his Deputes and Officers in his Name having his Power to receive the same at the said Feast and Term of Whitsunday 1660 under the pain of Rebellion and putting of them to Our Horn c. For whose relief OUR WILL IS And we charge you straitly and commands that incontient these Our Letters seen ye pass and in Our Name and Authority command and charge the Provost Bailyes and Council of Our said Burgh of to conveen and elect certain persons to stent their Neighbour and the said election being made That ye charge the persons elected to accept the charge upon them In setting down of the said Stent upon the Burgesses and Inhabitants of Our said Burgh and so to make and set down an Stent Roll thereupon as effeires within twenty four hours after they be charged by you thereto under the pain of Rebellion and putting of them to Our Horn And if they failȝie to denounce and escheat c. And sicklike the said Stent Roll being made and set down as said is That ye in Our said Name and Authority command and charge the Burgesses Indwellers and Inhabitants within Our said Burgh to make payment of their part of the said Stent to you Our said Provost and Bailyes conform to the Taxt Roll to be given out thereupon within three dayes next after they be charged by you thereto under the pain of Rebellion and putting of them to Our Horn. And if they failȝie the saids three dayes being by-past that ye incontinent thereafter denounce the disobeyers Our Rebels and put them to Our Horn and escheat and in-bring all their moveable Goods to Our use for their contemption And if need be that ye Our said Provost and Bailyes poynd and distreinȝie therefore as ye shall think most fit according to Justice Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the fourth day of August and of Our Reign the seventeenth year one thousand six hundred and sixty five years Per Actum Conventionis Thomas Hay●●…