Privy Council Acts 1565 - Nine Incorporated Trades of Dundee

nane of thair Actis, tuicheing ony of the saidis twa, except thay be ratifiit and apprevit be us and the Lordis of oure
Secreit Counsall, and to stay all commissionis not direct to him and quhairin he is not first nominat; and quha ressavis
or transportis ony fra the Law Cuntreis, by his advise, sall pay ten pundis. Item, it is statute and ordanit that
quhatsumevir sowmes salbe debursit be the Conservatour in the effaris of the generall estate of marchantis, or in the
effaris of quhatsumevir particular marchant, salbe refoundit and rambursit to him, besydis the consideratioun of his
panis. Item, quhaevir injureis the Conservatour be word, gif he be of the natioun, sall pay ten pund, and be
impressonit; gif he be ane strangeare, the natioun salbe dischargeit to by or sell with him under the lyke paine; gif be deid, salbe
afoir ony jugement or counsall in the Law Cuntreis by the advise of the Conservatour, he sall pay fyve pundis; and
ordanis everie man, besydis his defraying quhen he compeiris in jugement, to pay him dalie twentie schillingis. Item,
we ratifie, apprevis and confermis all and quhatsumevir actis, statutis and ordinances maid and set doun be us or oure
maist nobill progenitouris in ony tyme bipast, concerning, the office of conservatorie and privilegeis of this natioun
within the Law Cuntreis, and commandis, oure said Conservatour to put the samyn in executioun upoun the
contravenaris without respect of personis, nochtwithstanding quhatsumevir utheris letters purchest or to be purchest
in the contrair be quhatsurnevir persoun or personis, as he will answer to us upoun his office. Quhilkis actis,
constitutionis and ordinances the Kingis Majestie ordanis to be actit and registrat in the bukis of Secreit Counsall to
lestand memorie, and, the samyn being registrat, ordanis his Hienes greit signet to be appendit thairto."
Holyrood House 8 th June 1592
"Forasmeikle as it is undirstand to the Kingis Majestie and Lordis of Secrete Counsale that sindrie inhabitants of the
town of Bommell in Gelder, undir the dominioun of the Esteates of Holland and Zeland, being addebtit to [blank]
spous to Captain Alexander Wisheart, in divers soumes of money, and for payment thairof ane ordinance being maid
and sett doun be the saidis Esteatis in the tyme of his wedouheid, that the personis and guidis of the haill inhabitantis
of the said toun sould be arreisted quhairevir they mycht be apprehendit and remane undir stay and arreistment at hir
instance ay and quhil sho wer compleitlie payit of the saidis debtis, and of all coistis, skaithis and expenssis to be
sustenit be hir in the suteing thairof scho and hir said spous, divers tymes sen the making of the said ordinance, hes
cravit and desyrit the saidis Esteatis to caus putt the same ordinance to dew executioun in all pointis, conforme to the
tennour thairof, aganis the saidis inhabitantis ; quhilk the saidis Esteatis hes not onlie refused swa to do, bot
uthirwayes to minister equall and indifferent justice in sindrie uthiris caussis persewit be the said Capitane and his
said spous aganis divers uthiris personis, inhabitantis of the saidis cuntreyis of Holland and Zeland; at quhais
instance, nocht withstanding, the said Capitane and his said spous hes bene persewit, and a maist rigorous and
extreme forme of proceding usit aganis thame be the same Esteatis, expres contrair all ressoune, equitie and gude
conscience, and to thair grite hurte and prejudice, compelling thame in this respect in end to have recours to his
Majestie and Lordis of Secrete Counsale and Sessioun for remeid: quhairof thay takand consideratioun, his Majestie,
the lieges by open proclamation at the market crosses of the head burghs not to reset or intercommune with the said
Master, or with Robert Gray, his brother, both denounced rebels, but to shout and raise fray against them, under pain
of treason. In respect that the General Assembly of the Kirk has directed Commissioners, in "certane boundis limitat to
thame, to travell and tak ordourin all thingis that may serve to the glorie of God and advancement of his trew
religioun, -and in speciall to plant kirkis and ministeris quhair thai laik, with prisbitereis quhair thay may be
convenientlie had; to tak diligent inquisitioun of papistis, jesuitis, and all sic as trafficquis and travellis in ony thing
contrair the trew religioun publictlie professit be his Majestie and liegis of this realme, and ather putt ordour to thame,
or uthirwayes, giff thai may nocht, to adjornay thame and charge thame to compeir befoir his Majestie and Secrete
Counsale, that thai may be punist according to the lawis maid aganis sic personis; to see how the kirkis that ar decayit
may be rapairit; to tak inquisitioun of the present estate of every particulair kirk, in quhais handis it is, and of the rent
thairof present and of auld, and of all thingis that may sufficientlie informe the commissionaris depute be his Majestie;
to tak ordour anent the particulair locall assignatioun of everie minister of his stipend, and quhatsumevir uther thing
is directit in commissioun to the commissionaris of the Generall Assembly," - his Majesty, "willing, that the saidis
commissionaris directit be the Generall Asserabley sall not be dissobeyit, be avise of his Prevey Counsale, ordanis
commissionis to be past undir his Hienes signett and subscriptioun of the Clerk of the Prevey Counsale contening a
blank for names of noblemen, baronis, gentilmen, and magistratis of burrowis to be insert thairin at the chois and
discretioun of the saidis commissionaris of the Generall Assembley, makand thame his Hienes justiceis and
commissionaris in that parte to the effect undirwrittin, gevand, grantand and committand to thame full pouer, charge
and authoritie to assist the saidis commissionaris of the Generall Assembley in executioun of the commissioun thairof
grantit to thame in all the heidis and articlis thairof abonespecifeit, and to see that they be nocht dissobeyit; as alswa
with pouer to thame to inquire the names suspectit and dilaitit of witchecraft, or seikand responssis or help of thame,
and of all strang vagaboundis and idill beggaris, to examinat thame and committ thame to prisone, irnis or stokkis,
and to caus prisonis, irnis and stokkis be maid to that effect at all placeis neidfull; to move the puir and impotent to be
providit for within thair awne parrochynnis; to assist the commissioner or commissioneris of the General Assembley,
and the prisbitereis, quhair thay ar wele constitute, in thair proceding to deprivatioun of all personis non-resident or
unworthie that hes bene providit in title to beneficeis of cure undir prelaceis sen his Hienes coronatioun, according to
the Actis of Parliament maid thairanent ; and to that effect to call befoir thame be thair awne preceptis all personis
neidfull to be callit, summound, inquirit, examiriat upoun the heidis, pointis and articles foirsaidis or ony of thame, or
to apprehend and putt in prisone sic as salbe thocht meit in the commoun prisone of the heid burgh of the shire or nixt
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