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B05175 Act concerning the priviledges of the office of Lyon King at Armes. Edinburgh, 10. of September, 1672. Scotland. Parliament. Committee of Estates. 1673 (1673) Wing S1072A; ESTC R183879 1,599 2

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ACT Concerning the Priviledges of the Office of Lyon King at Armes Edinburgh 10. of September 1672. OUr Soveraign Lord considering That albeit by the 125. Act of the 12. Parliament holden by His Majesties Grand-father in the Year 1592. the usurpation of Armes by any of His Majesties Leiges without the Authority of the Lyon King of Armes is expresly discharged And that in order thereto Power and Commission is granted to the Lyon King of Armes or his Deputes to visit the whole Armes of Noblemen Barons and Gentlemen and to matriculate the same in their Registers and to fyne in one hundred pounds all others who shall unjustly usurp Armes As also to escheat all such Goods and Gear as shall have unwarrantable Armes ingraven on them Yet amongst the many irregularities of these late times very many have assumed to themselves Armes who should bear none and many of those who in Law bear have assumed to themselves the Armes of their Chief without distinctions or Armes which were not carried by them or their Predecessors Therefore His Majesty with advice and consent of His Estates of Parliament Ratifies and Approves the foresaid Act of Parliament And for the more vigorous prosecution thereof doth hereby Statute and Ordain that Letters of publication of this present Act be direct to be execute at the Market-cross of the head Burghs of the Shires Stewartries Baileries of Royalty and Regality and Royal Burrows charging all and sundry Prelats Noblemen Barons and Gentlemen who make use of any Armes or Signs armorial wi●●in the space of one year after the said publication to bring or send an account of what Armes or Signs armorial they are ac●●●●●● ed to use and whether they be Descendants of any Family the Armes of which Family they bear and of what Brother of the Family they are descended With Testificats from persons of Honour Noblemen or Gentlemen of quality anent the verity of their having and using those Arms and of their descent as aforesaid to be delivered either to the Clerk of the Jurisdiction where the persons dwell or to the Lyon Clerk at his Office in Edinburgh at the option of the party upon their Receits gratis without paying any thing therefore Which Receit shall be a sufficient exoneration to them from being obliged to produce again to the effect that the Lyon King of Armes may distinguish the saids Armes with congruant Differences and may matriculate the same in his Books and Registers and may give Armes to vertuous and well deserving persons and Extracts of all Armes expressing the blazoning of the Armes under his hand and seal of Office For which shall be payed to the Lyon the summ of twenty merks by every Prelat and Nobleman and ten merks by every Knight and Baron and five merks by every other person bearing Armes and no more And His Majesty hereby dispenses with any penalties that may arise by this or any preceeding Act for bearing Armes before the Proclamation to be issued hereupon And it is Statute and Ordained with consent foresaid that the said Register shall be respected as the true and unrepealable rule of all Armes and Bearings in Scotland to remain with the Lyons Office as a publick Register of the Kingdom and to be transmitted to his Successors in all time coming And that whosoever shall use any other Armes any manner of way after the expyring of year and day from the date of the Proclamation to be issued hereupon in manner foresaid shall pay one hundred pounds money totiès quotiès to the Lyon and shall likewise escheat to His Majesty all the moveable Goods and Gear upon which the saids Armes are engraven or otherwise represented And His Majesty with consent foresaids Declares that it is only allowed for Noblemen and Bishops to subscribe their Titles And that all others shall subscribe their Christned Names or the initial letter thereof with their Sirnames and may if they please adject the Designations of their Lands prefixing the word of to the saids Designations And the Lyon King of Armes and his Brethren are required to be carefull of informing themselves of the contraveeners hereof and that they acquaint His Majesties Council therewith who are hereby impowered to punish them as persons disobedient to and contraveeners of the Law It is likewise hereby Declared that the Lyon and his Brethren Heraulds are Judges in all such causes concerning the Maleversation of Messengers in their Office and are to enjoy all other priviledges belonging to their Office which are secured to them by the Laws of this Kingdom and according to former practice EDINBURGH Printed and Published by Authority Anno Dom. 1673.