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A89992 The new model of a part of the militia of the kingdom of Scotland, consisiting of five thousand foot, and five hundred horse ; with the instructions to the commissioners of the militia. 1680 (1680) Wing N675; ESTC R180948 7,602 13

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and to the Leiutenants of Horse and has declared it His Pleasure that the Leiutenants of Horse and Foot shall choose their own Corporals and Serjeants Therefore you are to give your concurrence to them in their respective stations XIII You are to appoint two of your number per vices to attend the first day of each Rendezvous within your Shire and one of your number to attend the general Rendezvous of your Regiment or Troop when they come together it being necessar that there be one Commissioner present for every Shire out of which the Regiment or Troop is taken to the effect they may give order for fining and punishing the Absents and for proceeding against all Deficients and for performance of every thing else incumbent to them conform to the Acts of Parliament and Council made thereanent as well in every Company of Foot and Squad of Horse as when the whole Regiment and Troop are together XIV These two Commissioners with the concurrence of the Commanding-officer present for the time of the Foot-Company or Squadron of Horse or Corporalship and of the Major of Foot and Leiutenant of Horse or other Commanding-officer present when the Regiment of Foot or Troop of Horse is together are carefully to ca●●e poy●d every Deficient and other Transgressours conform to the Acts of Parliament and Council anent the Militia Hereby requiring the saids Commissioners to do exact diligence herein as they will be answerable at their outmost peril And certifying these Commissioners who shall be absent or being present shall neglect their duty hereby and by Act of Parliament intrusted to them shall be proceeded against as Contemners of His Majesties Authority and Service and neglecters of the publick Peace of the Kingdom XV. The Commissioners of the Militia on the south side of the North Water of Esk in the several Shires of the Kingdom are appointed to have their first meeting at the head Burgh of the Shire upon the fifteen day of July next and the Militia thereof to have their first Rendezvouz upon the thirteenth of August thereafter And the Commissioners benorth the said Water are to have their first meeting upon the tenth of August and the Militia thereof to have their first Randezvouz upon the 24. of Aug. And the Commissioners on the south side of the said Water are to give an account what they do at their first Meeting to the Council upon the first Council day of August and to give the second account of the condition of their first Rendezvous against the first Council day in September And these benorth the said Water are to give an account what they do at their first Meeting the first Council day in September and the second account of the condition of the first Rendezvous the first Council day in October next XVI The Commissioners of the Militia of the several Shires at their first Meeting are to appoint the Place of the first Rendezvous in every Shire and to acquaint the Person of Quality afternamed who is appointed to be present thereat XVII The Persons of Quality afternamed are appointed to conveen the Commissioners of the Militia to their first Meeting and to be present thereat and to go to the several Shires and see the first Rendezvous keeped and give an account thereof to the Council For the Shire of Roxburgh the Earl of Roxburgh For the Shire of Selkirk the Laird of Hayning For the Shire of Berwick the Earl of Home For the Shire of Peebles the Lord Livingston For the Shire of Dumfreis the Earl of Queensberry For the Shire of Wigton the Laird of Burghton For the Stewartry of Kircudbright the Earl of Nithisdale For the Shire of Edinburgh Lord Hatton Theasaurer Depute For the Shire of Haddington the Earl of Winton For the Shire of Linlithgow the Earl of Linlithgow For the Shire of Stirling the Lord Elphingston For the Shire of Clackmannan the Earl of Mar For the Shire of Lanerk the Marquess of Dowglas and the Lord Ross For the Shires of Fife and Kinross the Lord Chancellor or whom he shall appoint For the Shire of Perth the Marquess of Athol For the Shire of Air the Earl of Glencairn For the Shire of Renfrew the Lord Ross For the Shire of Forfar the Earl of Southesk For Kincardin and Marischals part of Aberdeen the Earl Marischal For Bamff and rest of Aberdeen the Laird of Auchmedden younger For Argile the Earl of Argile For Bute the Laird of Kelburn For Dumbarton the Lord Lorn For Elgin the Lord Duffus For Nairn and Earl of Murrays division of Innerness and Badzenoch the Earl of Murray and in his absence the Laird of Caddel For the Earl of Seaforth and Lord Lovats division of Innerness the Earl of Seaforth The rest of Ross Sir George Mackenzie of Tarbet or Sir George Munro For the Shire of Caithness the Earl of Caithness For the Shire of Sutherland the Earl of Sutherland or Sir Robert Gordon of Embo For Orkney and Zetland the Stewart or his Depute XVIII His Majesties Privy Council have appointed and appoints that in the Shires of Ross Sutherland Caithness and Orkney which had not formerly a Militia setled therein the Justices of Peace and Commissioners of Excise be Commissioners of the Militia Extracted by me WILL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Concilij FINIS Additional Instructions for the Militia Edinburgh the eight day of July 1680. I. THE Lords of His Majesties Privy Council considering that by the first Article of the late Instructions the Heretors and Liferenters are ordered to Stent the number of Horse and Foot in the usual way Do declare that albeit according to the Act of Parliament the Heretors and Liferenters be lyable thereto yet they are to have their relief from the Tenants whose proper Burthen it is to furnish the Bodies of the Footmen and their Arms and Pay during the days of the Rendezvous and the Heretors may accordingly force any of their Tenants or Servants who are fittest the rest of the Tenants contributing for their several Proportions in the way formerly accustomed either by Paroches or otherwise according as has been used in the respective Shires II. As to the third and fourth Articles of the saids Instructions whereby it is appointed that no Souldier Horse or Foot be changed for another and that no Horse once received and listed be changed without consent of the Leiutenant It is ordered that no such change be made without expresse consent of the Leiutenant and two Commissioners of the Militia III. As to the sixth Article of the Instructions where it is appointed that Rendezvous be kept eight days every two Months for the space of ten Moneths It is ordained that the first Rendezvouz shall meet for this year as is formerly appointed viz upon the 13 and 24. of August respective and to continue together for eight dayes and the next Rendezvouz to begin the first Wednesday of October and to continue together sixteen days And for the subsequent Years it is appointed that the first Rendezvouz shall begin the first Wednesday of June and to continue for sixteen dayes and the next Rendezvouz to be upon the first Wednesday of October and to continue then likewise for sixteen dayes and so forth to continue yearly thereafter which two Rendezvouzes compleats the 32. dayes payable by the Country IV. As to the ninth Article It is appointed that the Militia Horse be worth ten Pound Sterling conform to the Act of Parliament and be fiftie eight Inches high At least that the Horse be of sufficient size fit for Service V. It is hereby declared that these that are liable in the Fraction shall pay to the Leaders of Horse and Outreikers of Foot their proportional parts of what is due for the Pay both of Horse and Foot during the whole time they stay at the Rendezvouses VI. Whereas since the Act of Parliament in the Year 1663 Establishing the Militia by which there are 800. Foot and 88. Horse appointed for the Shire of Dumfreis There is an late Act of Parliament disjoyning the Militia of the five Kirks of Eskdale from the said Shire and uniting the same to the Militia of Roxburgh whose proportion of the great Militia is one hundreth Foot and ten Horse The Lords of Council ordains the Proportion of the new Model'd Militia of these two Shires to be regulat accordingly Extracted by me WILL. PATERSON Cl. Sti. Concilij