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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B03660	Unto the right honourable, the Lords of His Majesties Privie Council, the petition of Sir John Hill late collonel of the regiment at Fort-William.	Hill, John, Sir, fl. 1700.	1700 (1700)	Wing H1997A; ESTC R178156	6,501	5

Unto the right Honourable the Lords of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council The PETITION of Sir John Hill late Collonel of the Regiment at Fort-William Humbly sheweth THat whereas Captain Allan Catheart Captain James Menȝies and Captain Thomas Hamilton Officers in your Petitioners late Regiment having presented a Petition to the Lords of his Majesties Privy Council alledging that I my Lieutenant Collonel and John Forbes my Factor had detained in their hands a considerable part of the saids Captains their pay unaccounted for pointing at the several Sums received by the Lieutenant Collonel for defraying the Expences of his several journeys to London in the Regiments Service and that he had benefited himself by the saids journeys and did little or no service to the Regiment And they also crave that John Forbes may be ordained to produce the Compt Books and Bills of the Regiment all which matter your Lordships has remitted to a Committee to hear both parties Procurators and to report Your Petitioner with all humility begs leave to represent how groundless this Complaint is and also to State the true steps of my Administration of the Regiments Affair as follows 1. Your Petitioner established Mr. Forbes as his Factor for uplifting the Regiments pay from the general Receivers and to remit the same either in specie or to answer such Bills as I or any I should impower to draw upon him from Invernese or else where and which Money either remitted by Bill or otherways was always given to these appointed to pay out of the Weekly pay of the respective Companies of the Regiment lying in Garison at Fort-William or else where and the said Mr. Forbes came up from Edinburgh to Fort William sometimes twice and always once every year and compted fully and fairly for his Intromissions and delivered to the commanding Officer of each Company a stated accompt of Charge and Discharge and delivered to them a Credential or Receipt under their own hands of the Article that was payed out by him and Mr. Corsbie and John Grant who were the dispensers of the Money remitted in manner foresaid to the Garison and Pay masters of the Weekly pay of the whole Companies of the Regiment Compted also for their Intromissions at the said time and produced their Books wherein were insert a Receipt either by the commanding Officer of each Company himself or by those they authorized to uplift their Companies pay Weekly for every Article stated in their Discharge and the foresaids receipts were immediatly after perusal and Examination cancelled by the Officers themselves lest they should be probative against them at the next compting whereupon Compting being so fairly stated Receipt delivered up Bookscancelled as said is the said Mr. Forbes obtained a full and ample Discharge from the commanding Officer of each Company o● their own Companies and subalterns full pay discharging him and all others of all Accompts preceeding the dates of the saids respective Discharges which Discharges the said Mr. Forbes reported to me and at the same time made up the Accompts of the Cloathing and it any ballance was the same by my order was delivered in to the Pay-master for Subsisting the Regiment till more Money should come up and for defraying the Expences of the Emergencies and Exigencies of the Regiment and after perusal of the foresaid Discharges and Examination of the Cloathing Accompts being all verified by instructions and credentials uncontestable I accordingly gave to the said Mr. Forbes his full and ample Dicharge with a clause of Registration Discharging him and all others of their Intromissions preceeding the date of the said Discharge and all the Captains of the Regiment at every Compting received stated Abstracts of all their Pay by way of principal and Additional Accompt which was payed to them by Mr. Forbes and the Pay-ma●… at the Garison which Accompts if they will but produce before your Lordships ye 〈◊〉 not only easiely perceive how unjust the Complainers are but also that every Office● the Regiment has received all the King allows them by the establishment and not sixpence detained from them for any contigencie of the Regiments Expences whatsoeue● So that it surprizes your Petitioner how any Complaint should be sustained after solemn a way of Transacting matters by Compt and reckoning and Discharges 2. Your Petitioner as being Collonel to the Regiment had the undoubted and ab●…lute Right of disposing of the Retention-Money not only for the Cloathing but fo●…ther necessary uses in relation to the Regiment for by the constant practice of 〈◊〉 Scots Forces abroad and at home and by His Majesties special Decisions if any Col●…el keep his Regiment in good order well Mounted with all necessar Abuilȝiments fo● Souldier whatsomever If by the Collonels care and Industery any thing be saved 〈◊〉 the Cloathing Money it belonged to the Collonel as his just perquisit and an Rew●… for his extraordinary care and Diligence and Conduct in his Regiments Affairs and defraying the contingent Expense the Collonels are usually at in Supporting the C●…cerns and Interest of the Regiments And it 's very well known both by my Officers a●… others that no Regiment in His Majesties Service upon the Scots Establishment without derogation to one or other was better Mounted and appointed than my Regiment always was upn all occasions not so much as Combs to their Heads and Buckles their Shoes but I provided them with and looked after the Wellfare of the Souldiers if they had been my Children and within eight Months of the Regiments Disbanding Cloathed all of them with double Mounting to wit each Souldier with a new p●… Coat red Coat two Linen Shirts a pair of Bretches Shoes and Stockings with ne●… Buff●belts and Baginots and Patterntashes and new Capes And each Sergeant with new Scarlet Coat mounted with Gilded Buttons and broad Gold Lace and other Furniture conform and after I had certain knowledge that the Regiment was to be Disbanded I payed out 80 lib. sterling for Cravates which I gave to my Officers to divide amongst the Souldiers to Incourage them that if His Majestie should after yard have occasion for them they might the more willingly and readily Ingage in the Service S●… that it appears not by what Title the Complainers can pretend to the Remains of th●… Cloathing Money if any were that pertains of right to me as said is 3. Your Petitioner can boldly affirm that there was never any Collonel in my circumstances more open handed and Liberal both to the Officers and Souldiers than I was i●… regard that of-times when there was any thing saved in the Cloathing Money I complemented my Officers in so far as that at one time I bestowed for 40 beaten silver Husk●… or Collars and as many Silken Sashes which cost upwards of 1000 Crowns And also at another time I bestowed on my Sergeants 26 Silver beaten hilted Swords with Buff●…belts and large Silver Buckles which cost about 7 lib. sterling per price besides several