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A proclamation, containing His Majesties grace and favour to His Subjects [in t]his His ancient kingdom of Scotland; Proclamations. 1674-03-24
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Scotland. Privy Council.; Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.
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1674
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Wing S1727; ESTC R483507
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A PROCLAMATION Containing His MAjESTIES Grace and Favour to His Subjects ãâã âhis His Ancient Kingdom of SCOTLAND C R HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE CHARLES by the Grace of GOD King of Great Brittain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith to our Lovits _____ Our Lyon King at Arms and his Brethren Heraulds Macers Pârsevants Messengers at Aâms Our Sheriffs âââ¦hat part conjunctly and severally specially constitute Greeting Fo ââ much as the affection which We have to this Our Ancient Kingdom of Scotland makes Us readily to embrace âll occasions whereby We may witness Our zeal to do all things which may be for the advantage and ease of âur good Subjects And We being informed by Our right trusty and intirely beloved Cousin and Counsellââ the Duke of Lauderdale Our Commissioner of some things which have been and still are troublesome aâ burdensome to Our good Subjects of this Our Kingdom We have thought fit as an Act of Our Royal Bountie by Our Royal Authority with advice of Our Privy Council to Declare Our Royal Pleasure for the ease and satisfaction of Our good Subjects in manner following First We with advice foresaid Do hereby Statute and Enact and accordingly do freeây and absolutely discharge to Our Subjects all Rests of Assessments Monethly maintenance Loan and Tax Levies Out-reiks of Horââ and Foot Excise tenth and twenty âenny And generally all Impositions whatsoever due or imposed upon this Our Kingdom ãâã any time before Our happy Restauration excepting all sums of money already payed or bonds given for money which by Assignaââons may be conveyed through several hands and all these Particulars above-mentioned We with Advice foresaid do now discharge notwithstanding of any Commission graâted to Sir John Weymes of Bogie or any others for collecting them or any of them We in like manner with Advice foresaid Discharge all rests of the Taxation ordinary and extraordinary granted to Our Royal Father of blessed memory by the Parliament in the year of GOD 1633. Comprehendââg therein the Taxation of two of ten ãâã Annual-rents excepting all sums of money already payed or bonds granted preceeding the date hereof And excepting all sums of money due by any person lyable for the relief of those who have made payment or gven Bond. But in regard the Duke and Dutchess of Hâmiltoun have a right to the Rests of the said Taxatâââ untill they be ãâ¦ã of certâââ sums of money acclaimed as yet reââng to ãâã by Us conform to a Contract past betwixt ãâ¦ã Duke of Hamiltoun and a Commission granted by Us âo William now Duke of Hamiltoun We do Declare that We ãâ¦ã satisfie the ãâ¦ã the said Duke after count and reckoning of his intromission with the said ãâã Thâ ãâã Grace and Favour intended hereby to Our good Subjects may be made effectual and entire to them But prejudice in the mâââtime to the Duke of Hamiltoun of hiâ right and execution thereupon ay and untill he be satisfied of what shal be found due to him ãâ¦ã court and reckoning of his intromission with the said Taxation We do likewise with advice foresaid freely and absolutely discharge all such parts of the annuââe of âeinds as were due to Us before our happy Restauration And do suspend the charging for the receiving or paying of any Annuity due ãâ¦ã Our Restauration ay and until the Earl of Lowdon make account to any VVe shall appoint for that effect of what he oâ his Father ãâ¦ã received of the saids Annuities To the end We may then declare Our further pleasure excepting alwayes from this all sums of moneâ ãâã payâed or for which Bond is given upon that Account preceeding the date hereof And this notwithstanding of any ãâ¦ã granted by Us ãâã to the Earl of Lowdon for collecting of the saids Annuities We do also with advice foresaid freely and absolutely discharge all Fynes imposed by Ouâ First Parliament of this Our Kingdom excepting such as are already payed or such for which there is bond already given It is alwayes hereby declared That all moneys received by Collectors or Sub collectors from their several Entries in all or any of these particulars ãâ¦ã discharge or others entrusted for uplifting thereof are âââeby excepted And the saids Collectors Sub-collectors and others foresaid declared accomptable for the same to any who have or shal have Our Commission for that effect And last We for a further proof of Our affection to Our good Subjects of this Our Kingdom Do ââth advice foresaid freely and absolutely grant ageneral pardon and discharge of all arbitrary and pecunial pains incurred by any of Our Subjects before the date hereof through the contraveening of any Laws penal Statutes or publick Acts whatsoever except such pecunial pains as are already inflicted ãâ¦ã Our Privy Council or any other competent Judicatory for ãâ¦ã of money payed And excepting all Sentences of ãâ¦ã imprisonment or ãâã Declaring alwayes this âardon is not to be extended to any who were guilty of the Rebeâliââ in the Year 1666. and are not admitted to the benefit of our ââmpnity not to such as are guilty of ãâã Crimes And We having given as said is so full proof of Our bounty and goodness ãâ¦ã ââbjects aââ of Our full pardon of all arbitrary and pecunial pains extending even to these against Conventicles withdrawing ãâ¦ã ances disorderly Baptisms and Marriages We do expect that this Our unparalelled grace and goodness will oblige all Our good Subjects ââ to express their due sense of and thankfulness for the same by a more careful observance and due obedience to Our Laws from which nothing is to be derogate hereby as to their due observance in time coming And to the end That Our Royal clemency and bountâ to Oââ good Subjects may be for their full security made known to them Our Will is and We charge you straitly and command that incontinent these Our Letters seen ye passe to the Mercat Cross of Edinburgh and the Market Crosses of all the other Royal Burroughs of this Our Kingdom and other places needful And thereat in Our Name and authority with all due Solemnities by open Proclamation make publication of the Premisses The which to do We commit to you conjunctly and severally Our full power by these Our Letteâ delivering them by you duely execute and indorsed again to the Bearer Given under Our Signet at Holy-rood-house the twenty fourth day of March 1674. And of Our Reign the twenty sixth year Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii Gibson C. S â Concilii God save the King EDINBVRGH Printed by Andrew Anderson Printer to the King 's most Excâllent MAjESTY Anno Dom. 1674.