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<DATE>2008-03-04</DATE>
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<NAME>Elspeth Healey</NAME>
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<HEAD>To His Grace, His Maje&s;ties High Commi&s;sioner, and the Right Ho|nourable the E&s;tates of Parliament. THE PETITION Of the Principal and Ma&s;ters of the <HI>Mari&s;hal Colledge</HI> of <HI>Aberdeen.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>Humbly Sheweth</OPENER>
<P>THat where the Petitioners having repre&s;ented to this Parliament, That they in con&s;ideration that their Colledge was exceedingly decayed had adventured to erect and join a new Building thereto, without any other Fond; But the Charitable A&s;&s;i&s;tance of Noblemen, Gentlemen and others both at home and Abroad, and the Contribution being expended, and the Work uncompleat; It plea&s;ed his Maje&s;ties High Commi&s;&s;ioner, and Honour|able E&s;tates of Parliament, to allow the Petitioners the Vacant Stipends of &s;uch Churches whereof the Earl <HI>Mari&s;hal</HI> and Earl of <HI>Kintore</HI> were Patrons, but the Act was re&s;tricted only to endure till this Se&s;&s;ion of Parliament; And &s;eeing few of the&s;e Churches have Vaicked, and the Stipend of tho&s;e that are Vacant, being near; Exhau&s;ted, by the twenty Merks payed, to &s;uch as Preach at the &s;everal pari&s;h Churches our new building lyes &s;till uncompleat, and it will take a Con|&s;iderable &s;umm to fini&s;h the &s;aid Work, And the Royall Burrows in Con&s;ide|ration thereof, were plea&s;ed at their la&s;t General Convention at <HI>Aherdeen</HI> to be|&s;tow upon us a Generous A&s;&s;i&s;tance, and it being his Maje&s;tie and Royall Pre|dece&s;&s;ors, their Con&s;tant Care to provide for Univer&s;ities and Colledges, and to allow them Supplies for repairing and upholding their Fabricks: The Petition|ers have pre&s;umed to make this new Addre&s;s to his Grace and Honourable E&s;tates of Parliament, Humbly craving, That not only the former Act, allow|ing the Petitioners the Vacant Stipends of the Churches of <HI>Foverain, New Deer, Saint Brides</HI> alias <HI>Dunnottar, Fettere&s;&s;o, Old Deer, Auchredie, Langside,</HI> Peter|head, <HI>Saint Fergus, King Edward,</HI> and any other whereof the Earl <HI>Mari&s;hal</HI> and Earl of <HI>Kintore</HI> are undoubted Patrons, may be allowed and continued for &s;uch a competent time, as His Grace and E&s;tates of Parliament &s;hall think &s;it. But al&s;o in con&s;ideration of the nece&s;&s;ity. That the Old Fabrick lyes under to be re|paired, and the New Work to be compleated; Your Grace and Honourable E&s;tates of Parliament, would be plea&s;ed to allow the Petitioners &s;ome part of the Bi&s;hops Rents, or &s;ome other more certain and &s;ure Fond then the Ca&s;ual Vacant Stipends, for the u&s;e and ends a&s;ore&s;aid; And the rather becau&s;e the Honour|able Members of the la&s;t Vi&s;itation of Colledges, in con&s;ideration of the Pre|mi&s;&s;es, by their Act in <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> 1696. Recommended the Petitioners to the Lords of The&s;aury, that they might be&s;tow upon them any Fond, that might be mo&s;t Effectual for the U&s;es fore&s;aid.</P>
<CLOSER>And Your Petitioners &s;hall ever Pray, &amp;c.</CLOSER>
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