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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.
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1680
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Wing N675; ESTC R180948
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THE NEW Model of a part of the MILITIA OF THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND Consisting of five Thousand Foot and five Hundred Horse with the Instructions to the Commissioners of the Militia FOrasmuch as the Kings Majesty taking to Consideration that by Act of Parliament in the Year 1663. the Estates of Parliament did then heartily offer unto His Majesty the Number of twenty Thousand Foot-men and two Thousand Horse-men sufficiently Armed and furnished with fourty dayes provision to be raised in the several Shires of the Kingdom according to the proportions mentioned in that Act. And seing by Act of Parliament in the Year 1669. the Countrey is to pay the Horse-men at eighteen shilling and the Foot-men at six shilling 〈◊〉 per diem for every day that they appear at any Randezvouz or Muster Yearly to the effect the Souldiers may be Exercised and may thereby understand the Discipline of War And that if His Majesty shall call them together for His Service the Countrey is oblieged to furnish them with fourty dayes Provision or Pay In prosecution whereof The Lords of Privy Council for the time to whom the Parliament by their Act did remit the particular ordering and setlement of this matter did by their several Acts put in Execution the said Act of Parliament by reducing these Forces of Horse and Foot to formed Troops and Regiments and by His Majesties special warrant did prescribe the way for naming and placing all the inferior Officers of Horse and Foot the chief Officers being Commissionate by His Majesty as their Acts made thereanent and the instructions given to them for that purpose more fully bear And whereas His Majesty by a Letter under His Royal Hand directed to His Council of the date the 26. of October 1678. Thought fit for this Service and the present Exigent of Affairs to appoint five Thousand Foot and five Hundred Horse of the number of the twenty Thousand Foot and two Thousand Horse abovementioned to be drawn out of the several Shires and Burghs of this Kingdom being a fourth part of the whole not including the Militia Regiment of the good Town of Edinburgh as any part of this Number And did appoint these Foot to be divided into five Regiments and the Horse into five Troops and each Regiment consisting of ten Companies to be commanded by a Major and each Company to have a Leiutenant Ensign and two Serjants Each Troop of Horse to have a Leiutenant and four Corporals and to whom for their encouragement His Majesty hath appointed competent Yearly Sallaries And to the end this His Majesties Royal resolution might not be mistaken Thought fit to declare that thereby he did not intend to put the Countrey to any greater charge then what they stand already oblieged by Acts of Parliament Yearly And by this His intention does not resolve to lay aside the yearly Randezvouz of the rest of the Militia of this Kingdom Horse and Foot as formerly In Obedience and conform to which Letter and His Majesties other Letters direct to His Privy Council since the said Letter relative thereto The Lords of His Majesties Privy Council Have ordained and ordaines five Thousand Foot and five Hundred Horse of the number of these twenty Thousand Foot and two Thousand Horse of the Militia established by Act of Parliament to be drawn out of the several Shires and Burghs of this Kingdom being a fourth part of the whole not including the Militia of the Town of Edinburgh according to the rule of Proportion and hath made a particular division thereof and given Instructions to the Commissioners of the Militia in manner aftermentioned all which is Ratified and approven by His Majesty Followes the division of the five Thousand Foot in the several Shires of this Kingdom according to the proportion of the Militia appointed by the twenty fifth Act of the third Session of His Majesties first Parliament in anno 1663. Follows the division of the five Thousand Foot in the several Shires of this Kingdom according to the proportion of the Militia appoynted by the 25. Act of the 3. Session of His Majesties 1. Parl Anno 1663. REGIMENT 1. The Shires of Roxburgh and Selkirk Three Companies consisting of one hundreth and eleven men each which makes up in all 0333 The Shire of Berwick Two Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0200 The Shire of Peebles One Company consisting of sixty six men which makes 0066 The Shire of Dumfreis Two Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0200 The Shire of Wigton and Stewartry of Kirkendburgh Two Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0200  All these makes up one Regiment consisting of nine hundreth ninty and nine men 0999 REG. 2. The Shire of Edinburgh Two Companies consisting of one hundreth men each which makes 0200 The Shire of Haddingtown Two Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0200 The Shire of Linlithgow One Company consisting of eighty three men inde 0083 The Shires of Stirling and Clackmannan Two Companies consisting of eighty three men each which makes 0166 The Shire of Lanerk Two Companies consisting of one hundreth and twenty five men each which makes 0250 Of the Locality from the Shire of Air and Renfrew One Company consisting of one hundreth and ten makes 0110  All these make up one Regiment consisting of one thousand and nine men 1009 REG. 3. The Shire of Fife and Kinrosse Four Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0400 The Shire of Perth Four Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0400 The Locality of Air and Renfrew Two Companies consisting of one hundreth and eleven each makes 0222  All these make up one Regiment consisting of one thousand twenty and two men 1022 REG. 4. The Shire of Forfar Three Companies consisting of eighty three men each which makes 0249 The Shire of Kincardin and Marischals division of Aberdeen Two Companies consisting of one hundreth men which makes 0200 The remnant part of Aberdeen and Bamff Three Companies consisting of eighty eight men each which makes 0264 The Locality of Argyle Dumbarton and Bute Two Companies consisting of one hundreth men each which makes 0200  All these make up one Regiment consisting of nine hundreth and thirteen men 0913 REG. 5 The Shire of Elgin and Nairn Three Companies consisting of eighty three men each This comprehends the Earl of Murray's division of Innernes to Nes with Badzenoch Inde 0249 The Earl of Seaforth and Lord Lovats division of Innnerness Two Companies consisting of eighty three men each inde 0166 The rest of Ross One Company consisting of one hundreth Inde 0100 The Shires of Sutherland and Caithness Two Companies consisting of one hundreth each which makes 0200 Orkney and Zetland Two Companies consisting of eighty three men each which makes 0166  All these make up one Regiment consisting of eight hundreth and eighty one men Inde 0881 The whole five Regiments of Foot amount to four thousand