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B05548 A proclamation, calling out the half foot militia in some shires, the fencible men in others, and the whole horse militia in the northern shires. Scotland. Privy Council.; Scotland. Sovereign (1694-1702 : William II) 1696 (1696) Wing S1713; ESTC R183421 6,779 6

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Fyfe and Kinross to be in one Regiment consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Lord Elcho as Colonel _____ Balfour of Dunbug as Lieutenant Colonel and _____ Arnot of Auchinmoor as Major of the eastern Regiment of the said Shyre The four hundred Men as the eastern Regiment of the half Foot Militia of Perth Shyre consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Earl of Tallibairdin Our Secretary of State ●s Colonel _____ Thomas Hay of Balhousie as Lieutenant Colonel and Captain Walter Murray in Colonel Lauders Regiment as Major And the four hundred Men as the western Regiment of the said half Foot Militia of Perth-Shyre consisting of Eight Companies to be Commanded by the Lord Ruthven as Colonel Adam Drummond of Megginsh as Leiutenenant Colonel and Captain John Campbel as Major The four hundred Men as the half Foot Militia of Drumfries Shyre to be one Regiment consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Duke of Queensberry as Colonel the Earl of Carnwath as Lieutenant Colonel and Captain William Maxwell in Brigadeer Maitlands Regiment as Major The three hundred and thirtie three Foot as the half Foot Militia of the Stewartry of Orkney to be in one Regiment in fix Companies under the Command of Mr. Robert Dowglas Brother to the Earl of Morton as Colonel Sir William Gragie of Gairsie Lieutenant Colonel and Captain _____ Moodie of Melstar as Major The half Foot Militia of the Shyres of Bute and Dumbartoun to be divided in three Companies the first to be Commanded by Archibald Mccaulay of Arnacaple and the second by _____ Bannantyne of Kames and the third by _____ Buntin younger of Airdoch as Captains And We with Advice foresaid require and Command the saids Commissioners of Militia for the respective Shyres and Stewartries above named with their utmost diligence to proceed and List the said respective half Foot Militia and how soon or whensoever they have Listed the saids respective Companies under the Command of the Captains and other Inferior Officers to be named by them except the Captains for Bute and Dumbartoun comform to the Methods and Rules formerly observed in the out-rick of the Militia and allowed by the Acts of Parliament made thereanent That imediately they design and appoint particular places and dayes of Randevouz for each Company to meet and be exercised upon at least for one day every week untill further Orders be direct to them thereanent The first of which dayes for each Company to meet and Rendevouz upon within the ●aroch or Bounds out of which it is raised is hereby appointed to be within Eight dayes after the Captains and Lieutenants shall be named and the List of the Bounds for their respective Companies given to them by the saids Commissioners And We with Advice foresaid appoints the several Heretors to pay to each Foot Militia Man of the saids respective Companies six shillings Scots per diem for each day they shall be Exercised and Randevouzed during the space foresaid reserving to them their Relieff thereof from the Men Tenents and Servants for whom the said Foot Men are to be put out and who are not listed in the Militia requiring hereby the Officers and Souldiers punctually to attend the Particular dayes of Randevouz with their best Arms under the pains contained in the first Act of Parliament 1672. being now double in the time of War And for the better encouragement of such who shal be Listed for Our Service in the said Militia We do hereby Declare that all such pesons who shal be introlled and admitted in this Trust and Service of the Militia shal be intirely reserved for that Imployment and during their Service in it ●●al be freed and exeemed from all other Levies and shal have the benefit of and be subject to the whole other Advantages and Orders set down and provided to the Militia by the first Act of Parliament 1672 and other Acts made thereanent Certifying withal every Heretor lyable in Outreik of any Foot-man who shal fail in the punctual and timely putting out of sufficient Men with their best Arms and every Footman Listed in the said Service of the Militia who shal be absent from any day of Rendevouz shal be Fined in bel yable to the Penalties thereanent provided by the first Act of Parliament 1672. And We with Advice foresaid Require and Command the Majors of the several Regiments respectivé above named to be present with one or other of the Companies of the saids Regiments every Rendevouz day and to Train and Exercise the same in Military Discipline And for his encouragement in the said Service We have appointed thirteen shillings sterling per diem to be payed to each Major for their Pains and Service for each day they shal be present with and attend the Exercising and Training of any of the Companies of the saids respective Regiments with four shillings sterling per diem to the Lieutenants of each Company and three shillings sterling money foresaid to the Ensign of the Colonel's Company per diem and six pence money foresaid for each Drummer and Serjeant besides the like Sum payable to them by their Outputters for each day the saids Companies shal be brought together for Exercise and Discipline Which Sums respectivè forsaids We with Advice and Consent foresaid Require and Command the Collectors of Our Supply in the several Shires upon an Attestation from the saids Commissioners of the several Shires under the hands at least of three thereof with their Clerk who is to record the same in the Commissioners Books bearing the Number of the Days Pay due to the saids Officers Serjeants and Drummers upon an Receipt of the same by them respective to the Collector upon Payment punctually to pay which Attestation and Receipt We hereby Require Command Our General Receivers to Accept of receive from the several Collectors as good Payment of so much of the Supply of the said Shire sufficient Exoneration to them pro tanto as they will be answerable for the same upon their highest Peril And Appoints the same to be Allowed by the Lords of Our Tresaury to the saids General Receivers And for the more effectual defeating and opposing of the said Invasion We with Advice foresaid Require and Command the haill Fencible Men within the Shire of Wigtoun and Stewartry of Kirkcudoright and within the Sheriffdoms of Air Argile Lanerk and Renfrew to Meet and Conveen upon the Seventh Day of Jannuary next and Rendezvouz with their best Arms within their several Paroches under the Command of the Officers formerly nominated and appointed or who shall be nominated or appointed for that effect and there to exercise themselves and be in readiness to march with necessar Provisions as they shall be required by further Orders from Us or Our Privy Council And for the better Reinforcing Our Standing Troops to make a vigorous Opposition to any such Invasion and timely to suppress any Intestine
W R HONI SOITQUI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT A PROCLAMATION Calling out the half Foot Militia in some Shires the Fencible Men in others and the whole Horse Militia in the Northern Shires WILLIAM by the grace of GOD King of Great-Britains France and Ireland defender of the Faith To Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers of Our Privy-Council Pursevants Messengers at Arms Our Sheriffs in that part conjunctly and severally specially constitute greeting Forasmuch as the present preparations made by the French King and the implacable malice he hath upon all occasions exprest against Us Our people and the Protestant Religion gives Us just ground to apprehend there is an Invasion intended by bloody Papists and disaffected Subjects from France upon this Our antient Kingdom of purpose if possible to make the same the Seat of a bloody War for defeating and opposing whereof it is necessary to put the Kingdom in a suitable Posture of Defence And We considering that by sundrie Acts of Parliament there is a regular Militia established within this Kingdom expresly to be imployed in opposing any Forraign Invasion or suppressing any intestine Trouble or Commotion that may happen within the same Have thought fit at this time to appoint the one half of the Foot Militia to be Listed and in readiness to be called out upon twenty four Hours advertisement and in the mean time to be exercised within the Shires after specified the hail Militia of Horse appointed by the twenty sixth Act Parliament one thousand six hundred sixty three for the Shires Under-written to be Rendevouzed upon the days at the places and under the Command in manner after mentioned And to the effect the said half of the Foot Militia and whole Horse Militia of the Shires respectivè after-named may be the more speedily Listed Modelled and Trained in Military Discipline whereby they may be in greater readiness and fitness for Our Service when they shall be called for We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council Nominat Appoint and constitute the Commissioners of Supplie of the saids respective Shires and the Colonels Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors of Foot and the Captains and Lieutenants of Horse appointed or to be appointed to Command the half Foot or whole Horse Militia of the saids Shires to be Our Commissioners for Listing and Ordering the same and to that effect do hereby Require and Authorize the saids Commissioners of Militia to meet at the Head-Burghs of their respective Shires upon the days following viz. the Shires of Edinburgh Haddingtoun Fife Kinross the Town of Edinburgh upon the Seventeenth day of December current The Shires of Berwick Roxburgh Selkirk Peebles Linlithgow Stirling Clackmanan upon the twenty second day of the said Moneth the Shires of Perth Drumfries Dumbarton Bute upon the twenty fourth day of the samen the Commissioners for the Stewartrie of Orkney Zetland upon the sixteenth day of February next to come one thousand six hundred ninety seven years there to proceed nominat and appoint persons well affected to Our Government for Captains and Lieutenants of Foot an Ensign to the Colonels Company Lieutenants Coronets of Horse to cause intimation presently to be given to them of the Service and Command they are chosen to which Officers of Horse and Foot respectivé We hereby Require and Command to accept and attend their Charges under the Pains following viz. each Captain of Foot or Lieutenant of Horse one thousand Merks a Lieutenant of Ensign of Foot or Coronet of Horse five hundred Merks conform to the first Act of Parliament one thousand six hundred seventy two And that the saids respective Officers take the Oath of Allegiance and Subscribe the Assurance to Us in presence of the Commanding Officer the first day the Regiment shal Rendevouz together under the pains contained in the Acts of Parliament made thereanent With power likeways to the saids Commissioners to List the half of the said Foot Militia by filty in each Company and eight Companies in every Regiment to be Outreiked by the Divisions following and Commanded by the Colonels Lieutenant-Colonel and Majors after-named viz. The one half of the Foot Militia of the Shire of Edinburgh consisting of four hundred Men and eight Companies to be in one Regiment Commanded by the Earl of Lauderdale as Colonel and Sir John Clerk of Penniecook as Lieutenant-Colonel and Captain William Ogilvie in Colonel Robert Mackay's Regiment in Flanders as Major the one Regiment of four hundred Men as the half of the Foot Militia of the Shire of Haddingtoun to consist of eight Companies and be under the Command of the Lord Yester as Colonel Nisbit of Dirletoun Lieutenant Colonel and Captain William Bailie of Hardingtoun as Major the one Regiment of four hundred Men consisting of eight Companies as the half of the Foot Militia for the Shyre of Berwick to be Commanded by the Lord Polwarth Our Chancellor as Colonel Captain John Home of Manderstoun as Lievetnant colonel and Captain George Home of St. Leonards as Major The one Regiment of four hundred Men as the half of the Foot Militia of the Western Division of Roxburgh-Shyre with a part of the half of the Foot Militia of the Shyres of Selkirk and Peebles to consist of Eight Companies under the Command of the Earl of Dalkeith as Colonel Sir Francis Scot of Thirlstone Lieutenant Colonel and Captain _____ Irvin in the Royal Regiment as Major The three hundred nyntie and nyne Men as the half Foot Militia of the easter Division of Roxburgh-Shyre and the rest of the half Foot Militia of the Shyres of Selkirk and Peebles to be in one Regiment consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Earl of Roxburgh as Colonel Captain William Bennet of Grubet Lievtenant Colonel and Captain _____ Cunningham in the Royal Regiment as Major The four hundred nyntie nyne Men of the half Foot Militia of the Shyres of Linlithgow Stirling and Clackmannan to be in one Regiment consisting of ten Companies under the Command of the Earl of Annandale as Colonel Patrick Murray of Livingstoun as Lievtenant Colonel and Captain Walter Sharp in Colonel Robert Mckay his Regiment as Major The four hundred Men as the half of the Foot Militia of the Town of Edinburgh Leith and Cannongate to be in one Regiment consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Lord Provost of Edinburgh for the time as Colonel Major George Monro as Lievtenant Colonel and Captain Samuel Fullarton as Major The four hundred Men as the one half of the half Foot Militia of Fyfe and Kinross to be in one Regiment consisting of Eight Companies under the Command of the Lord Leslie as Colonel Alexander Dowglas of Strathendrie as Lievtenant Colonel and Lieutenant Robert Young in Brigadeer Maitlands Regiment as Major of the western Regiment of the said Shyre The other four hundred Men of the said half foot Militia of