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<P>AN ORDINANCE OF Pardon and Grace TO THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> 12^t^h <HI>April,</HI> 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P><HI>ORdered by His Highne&s;s the</HI> Lord PROTECTOR <HI>and the Coun|cil, that this Ordinance bee forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Hen. Scobel,</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed, by <HI>William Du-Gard,</HI> and <HI>Henry Hills,</HI> Printers to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector. 1654.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="proclamation">
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<PB N="231" REF="2">
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<FIGDESC>blazon or coat of arms of the Commonwealth of England</FIGDESC>
</FIGURE> AN ORDINANCE OF Pardon and Grace TO THE People of Scotland.</HEAD>
<P>_HIs Highne&s;s the Lord Pro|tector of the Common-wealth of <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the Dominions thereunto belonging, being de&s;irous that the mercies which it hath plea|&s;ed God to give to this Nation, by the &s;ucce&s;|&s;es of their forces in the late War in <HI>Scotland,</HI> &s;hould bee improved for the good and advan|tage of both Nations, and the people of <HI>Scot|land</HI>
<PB N="232" REF="3"> made equal &s;harers with tho&s;e of <HI>Eng|land,</HI> in the pre&s;ent &s;ettlement of Peace, Li|bertie and Pro&s;peritie, with all other Privi|leges of a Free People, Doth Ordeine and Declare, And bee it Ordeined and Declared by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, with the con&s;ent of His Council, That all per|&s;ons of the Scotti&s;h Nation, of what de|gree or qualitie &s;oever they or any of them are (except the per&s;ons hereafter in this Or|dinance particularly excepted) &s;hall bee, &amp; are hereby, and from and after the Fir&s;t day of <HI>May</HI> in the year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fiftie four, Freed, Acquitted and Di&s;char|ged, from all forfeitures, pains, penalties, mulcts, corporal or pecuniarie, re&s;traints, impri&s;onment or impri&s;onments, puni&s;h|ment or puni&s;hments what&s;oever (other then is hereafter in this Ordinance expre&s;|&s;ed) for any matter or thing by them, or any of them committed or don by Sea or Land, in relation to the late War, or any preceding Wars between the two Nations; And that for the matters afore&s;aid, there &s;hall be from and after the &s;aid fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> afore&s;aid, no Seque&s;tration, Confi&s;cation, Fine, Pe|naltie, Forfeiture or Puni&s;hment, impo&s;ed or continued upon them, or any of them, (otherwi&s;e than as is hereafter in this Or|dinance expre&s;&s;ed) but the &s;ame &s;hall bee put in perpetual Oblivion.</P>
<P>And al&s;o that the E&s;tates real and per&s;o|nal of all per&s;ons of the Scotch Nation (ex|cept as is hereafter in this Ordinance ex|cepted and provided) &s;hall bee and are here|by and from thenceforth, freed, di&s;charged,
<PB N="233" REF="3"> and acquitted, from all Seque&s;trations, Confi&s;cations, Fines, Penalties, and For|feitures what&s;oever, for any matter or thing by them, or any of them committed or don, in relation to the afore&s;aid Wars between the two Nations.</P>
<P>Except and alwayes re&s;erved out of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and all benefit thereof, <HI>Henrietta Maria,</HI> the Relict and late Queen of the late King <HI>Charls</HI> Decea&s;ed; <HI>Charls Stuart</HI> their elde&s;t &s;on, <HI>James Stuart</HI> their &s;econd &s;on, and all the Honors, Mannors, Ca&s;tles, Hou|&s;es, Me&s;&s;uages, Fore&s;ts, Cha&s;es, Parks, and Lands, and all Tenements and Here|ditaments, Royalties, Privileges, Fran|chi&s;es, Immunities, Rents, and appur|tinances to them, or any of them in <HI>Scot|land,</HI> belonging or appertaining, or here|tofore lawfully u&s;ed or enjoyed by them, or any of them, as part or parcel there|of; and al&s;o all the goods and chattels, and all the E&s;tates, both real and per&s;onal, in <HI>Scotland,</HI> heretofore belonging to the late King <HI>Charls</HI> Decea&s;ed, either in right of the Crown of <HI>Scotland,</HI> or in any other right or capacitie, or unto <HI>Henrietta Maria,</HI> the Relict and late Queen of the &s;aid King, or unto <HI>Charls Stuart</HI> their elde&s;t &s;on, or <HI>James Stuart</HI> their &s;econd &s;on or unto any other the i&s;&s;ue or po&s;te|ritie of the &s;aid late King <HI>Charls,</HI> or otherwi&s;e belonging unto them, or any of them, and which were in the actual &s;eizin or po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of them, or any of them, or of their, or any of their Tenants, Agents, Servants, Tru|&s;tees, Officers, or Mini&s;ters in their right, and for their u&s;e, or in tru&s;t for them, or any
<PB N="234" REF="4"> of them, on the &s;even and twentieth day of <HI>March,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred twentie and five, or at any time &s;ince, or for which they, or any of them have of right been an&s;wered the profits, or might, or ought to have received the &s;ame in the year afore&s;aid, or at any time &s;ince, &amp; all rever&s;ions or remainders of any e&s;tate or e&s;tates, to them, or any of them belong|ing or apperteining, and that free from all mannor of e&s;tates, titles, intere&s;ts, debts, charges, and incumbrances what&s;oever, wherewith the &s;aid Lands or premi&s;&s;es, or any of them &s;tand or &s;tood charged or charge|able with, or are pretended to &s;tand charged or chargeable with, at any time &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fourty two, and not before. And al&s;o excepted out of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and all benefit thereof, <HI>James</HI> late Duke of <HI>Hamilton,</HI> decea&s;|ed, <HI>William</HI> late Duke of <HI>Hamilton,</HI> decea&s;ed, <HI>John</HI> Earl of <HI>Crawford-Lind&s;ey, James</HI> Earl of <HI>Calender,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl Mar&s;hall, <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Kelley, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Lawderdail, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowdoun,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Seaforth,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Athol,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Vi&s;count <HI>Kenmure,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Lorne,</HI> elde&s;t &s;on of the Marque&s;s of <HI>Arguile,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Machlin,</HI> elde&s;t &s;on of the Earl of <HI>Lowdoun,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Montgo|mery,</HI> elde&s;t &s;on of the Earl of <HI>Egglingtoune, George</HI> Lord <HI>Spynie,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Cran|&s;ton,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Sincleere, Thomas Da|lyell,</HI> late Major General of the Foot in the Scotti&s;h Army, <HI>John Midletoune,</HI> late Liev|tenant General of the Hor&s; in the Scotti&s;h
<PB N="235" REF="4"> Army, <HI>James</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>Newburgh,</HI> Lord <HI>Bar|gany,</HI> Sir <HI>Thomas Thom&s;on, James Edme&s;ton,</HI> Laird of <HI>Womat,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Napier, William</HI> Earl of <HI>Glencarne,</HI> and all the Honors, Mannors, Ca&s;tles, Hou&s;es, Me&s;&s;uages, Fore&s;ts, Cha&s;es, Parks, and Lands, and all Tenements and Hereditaments, Roy|alties, Priviledges, Franchi&s;es, Immu|nities, Rents and appurtenances to them, or any of them, belonging, or appertain|ing, or on the eighteenth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fourtie eight, lawfully u&s;ed or en|joyed, with them or any of them, as part or parcel thereof, and al&s;o all the goods, and chattels, and all the e&s;tates, both real and per&s;onal, belonging unto the &s;aid <HI>James,</HI> late Duke of <HI>Hamilton, William</HI> late Duke of <HI>Hamilton, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Crawford-Lind&s;ey, James</HI> Earl of <HI>Calender,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl <HI>Mar&s;hal,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Kelley, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Lawderdaile, John</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowdoun,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Seaforth,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Athol,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Vi&s;count <HI>Kenmure,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Lorne,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Machlin,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Montgo|mery, George</HI> Lord <HI>Spynie,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Cran&s;ton,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Sincleere, Thomas Dalyell, John Midletoune, James</HI> Vi&s;count <HI>New|burgh,</HI> <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Bargany,</HI> Sir <HI>Tho|mas Thom&s;on, James Edme&s;ton,</HI> Lord <HI>Napeir, William</HI> Earl of <HI>Glencarne,</HI> or any of them, and which were in the actual &s;eizin or po&s;|&s;e&s;&s;ion of them, or any of them, or of their, or either of their Tenants, Agents, Ser|vants, Tru&s;tees, Officers, or Mini&s;ters,
<PB N="236" REF="5"> in their right, and for their u&s;e, or in tru&s;t for them or any of them, on the eighteenth day of <HI>April,</HI> in the year of our Lord, One thou|&s;and &s;ix hundred fourtie eight, or at any time &s;ince, or for which they, or any of them, have of right been an&s;wered the profits, or might or ought to have received the &s;ame, at the time afore&s;aid, or at any time &s;ince, and all Rever&s;ions or remainders of any E|&s;tate or E&s;tates, to them, or any of them be|longing, or appertaining, and that free from all and all manner of E&s;tates, Titles, Inte|re&s;ts, Debts, Charges, and Incumbran|ces what&s;oever, wherewith the &s;aid Lands and premi&s;&s;es, or any of them, &s;tand, or &s;tood charged or chargeable with, or are pretend|ed to &s;tand charged or chargeable with, by force of any Act or Acts, Deed, Grant, or other thing done by any of the per&s;ons before named, at any time &s;ince the &s;aid eighteenth day of <HI>April,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred four|tie and eight, and not before. And al&s;o ex|cepted out of this pre&s;ent Ordinance, and all benefit thereof, all the E&s;tate, right, intere&s;t, claim and demand, of <HI>James</HI> Lord <HI>Mordington,</HI> of, in, or to, the Maudlain Field, Sunck, Co|ny-garth, Con&s;tables-Batt, Two Water-mils, and a Wind-mil lying within <HI>Barwick</HI> bounds. And al&s;o excepted out of this pre|&s;ent Ordinance, and all benefit thereof, all and all manner of E&s;tates, Titles, Inte|re&s;ts, Debts, Charges, and Incumbrances what&s;oever, claimed out of any the e&s;tate or e&s;tates, of any of the per&s;ons excepted as afore&s;aid, or of any other per&s;on or per&s;ons as &s;ureties for them, or any of them, by, for,
<PB N="237" REF="5"> or in right, and to the u&s;e of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, who &s;itting as a Mem|ber or Members of the late Parlament of <HI>Scotland,</HI> in the year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hun|dred fourty and eight, did not prote&s;t in the great Prote&s;tation made in the &s;aid Par|lament, again&s;t the proceedings of the &s;aid Parlament, by which the Armie was rai&s;ed under <HI>James</HI> Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> or that Invaded <HI>England</HI> with the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> in the &s;aid year, or that &s;ate in the late Parlament, or Committee of E|&s;tates of <HI>Scotland,</HI> from and after the Corona|tion of <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> in the year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fiftie and one, or that &s;ince the Battle of <HI>Dunbar,</HI> on the third day of <HI>Septem|ber,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fiftie, &s;er|ved in Arms in <HI>Scotland</HI> under the &s;aid <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> or any Commi&s;&s;ionated by him, or his Authoritie, or that Invaded <HI>England</HI> with the &s;aid <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> or any of his Forces, in the &s;aid year, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fiftie and one, which &s;aid E&s;tates, Titles, Intere&s;ts, Debts, Charges and Incum|brances, are by Authoritie afore&s;aid, relea&s;|ed, and di&s;charged (&s;uch onely excepted, who have de&s;erted the &s;aid <HI>Charls Stuart,</HI> and not born Arms again&s;t the Parlament, &s;ince the &s;aid third day of <HI>September,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred and fiftie; as al&s;o &s;uch who&s;e me|rits and &s;ervices to this Common-wealth, have rendred them capable of being taken in|to a more favourable con&s;ideration by His Highne&s;s.)</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, And bee it Ordeined, That all and everie per&s;on and per&s;ons
<PB N="238" REF="6"> what&s;oever, claiming any e&s;tate, title, In|tere&s;t, debts, charge or incumbrance, out of any the e&s;tate or e&s;tates, excepted as afore|&s;aid, do and &s;hall within three&s;core dayes after publick Proclamation made of this Ordinance, in the Countie where the per&s;on making &s;uch claim doth live, enter his and their re&s;pective claims, with <HI>John Swinton</HI> of <HI>Swinton,</HI> E&s;q; <HI>William Lawrence,</HI> E&s;q; <HI>George Smith,</HI> E&s;q; Sir <HI>James M^c Dowel</HI> of <HI>Garth|land, Samuel Disbrow, John Thomp&s;on,</HI> E&s;|quires, or any three of them, and make the truth and realitie of them &s;ufficiently ap|pear unto the &s;aid <HI>John Swinton, William Law|rence, George Smith,</HI> Sir <HI>James M^c Dowel, Samuel Disbrow,</HI> and <HI>John Thomp&s;on,</HI> or any three of them, within four moneths after &s;uch entry made, and obtein from them or a|ny three of them a Certificate of their allow|ance of &s;uch claim and claims, and that in default thereof, the &s;aid e&s;tates, titles, intere&s;ts, debts, charges, and incumbran|ces, bee, and the &s;ame are hereby Declared, as well to Sureties as Principals, di&s;|charged, and made nul and void; Provided al&s;o that all and every the debts, charges, and incumbrances, upon all and every the e&s;tate and e&s;tates afore&s;aid, which &s;hall bee &s;o allowed, &s;hall bee paid and &s;atisfied by &s;uch wayes, and in &s;uch manner onely, as &s;hall bee hereafter Declared and appointed by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, by and with the con&s;ent of His Council. And it is further Ordeined by the Authority afore&s;aid. That Lands of the clear yearly value of four hundred pounds &s;terling, over and a|bove
<PB N="239" REF="6"> all charges, and repri&s;es, bee &s;etled upon the Lady <HI>Anne Hamilton,</HI> elde&s;t Daughter of the &s;aid <HI>James</HI> Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> and her heirs, charged with the payment of the yearly Rent of twentie pounds Sterling, to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Suc|ce&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands of the year|ly value of two hundred pounds Sterling, over and above all charges and repri&s;es, bee fetled upon the Lady <HI>Su&s;an Hamilton,</HI> one o|ther of the daughters of the &s;aid <HI>Iames</HI> Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> and her heirs, out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>Iames</HI> and <HI>William</HI> late Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> charged with the payment of the yearly Rent of ten pounds Sterling, to His High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Succe&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands of the yearly va|lue of four hundred pounds Sterling, over and above all charges and repri&s;es, bee &s;etled upon <HI>Eli&s;abeth</HI> Dutches of <HI>Hamilton</HI> widow, and Relict of <HI>William</HI> late Duke <HI>Hamilton</HI> de|cea&s;ed, for term of her natural life, and af|ter her decea&s;, to the four daughters of the &s;aid <HI>William,</HI> by the &s;aid Dutches, to bee e|qually divided among&s;t them, and to their heirs for ever, out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>William</HI> or of <HI>Iames</HI> late Duke <HI>Hamilton,</HI> char|ged with the payment of the yearly Rent of twentie pounds Sterling, to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and His Succe&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands of the clear yearly va|lue of four hundred pounds Sterling, over &amp; above all charges and repri&s;es, bee likewi&s;e &s;etled out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>Iohn</HI> Earl <HI>Crawford,</HI> upon <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Counte&s;s of <HI>Crawford</HI> his now wife for her life, and af|ter
<PB N="240" REF="7"> her deceaf, upon the i&s;&s;ue of her body, by the the &s;aid Earl begotten, and their heirs, charged with the payment of the yearly Rent of twentie pounds Sterling, to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Suc|ce&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands of the clear yearly value of four hundred pounds Sterling, over and above all charges and repri&s;es, bee &s;etled upon <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Coun|te&s;s of <HI>Lowdoun</HI> and her heirs for ever, out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>Iohn</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowdoun,</HI> charged with the payment of the yearly Rent of twentie pounds Sterling, to His Highnes the Lord Protector and his Suc|ce&s;&s;ors forever: &s;hee the &s;aid Counte&s;s of <HI>Lowdoun</HI> accepting thereof, in lieu of all Ioynture, Dower, or any other intere&s;t or title &s;hee hath, or may claim, in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, rever&s;ion, or remainder of, in, or to the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>Iohn</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowdoun,</HI> or <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Machlin,</HI> or of either of them, or by them, or either of them, claim|ed in right of the &s;aid Counte&s;s, and relea&s;|ing the &s;ame by the time heareafter in this Ordinance appointed, and in &s;uch manner as is herein directed; which relea&s; &s;hall bee good and effectual in Law, to bar the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Counte&s;s of <HI>Lowdoun</HI> and her heirs. And bee it further Ordeined, That the Counte&s;s of <HI>Calender,</HI> &s;hall hold and enjoy all and every the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, conveyed for her Ioynture, from <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> late Earl of <HI>Dumfermlin,</HI> her former husband. And that Lands of the clear yearlie value of two hundred pounds Sterling, over and above all char|ges
<PB N="241" REF="7"> and repri&s;es, bee &s;etled upon <HI>Mary</HI> elde&s;t daughter of <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl <HI>Mar&s;hal,</HI> and her heirs; And that Lands of the yearly value of one hundred and fifty pounds &s;ter|ling, over and above all charges and repri|&s;es, bee &s;etled on each of the other daugh|ters of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl <HI>Mar&s;hall, viz. Eli&s;abeth, I&s;abel,</HI> and <HI>Jane,</HI> and their heirs re&s;pectively, out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl <HI>Mar&s;hal,</HI> excepted as a|fore&s;aid, charged with the payment of the yearly Rent of thirty two pounds ten &s;hil|lings &s;terling, unto His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his Succe&s;&s;ors for ever, to bee apportioned in the Grants of the re&s;pective Lands rateably. And that Lands of the clear yearlie value of three hundred pounds &s;terling, over and above all repri&s;es, bee &s;et|led upon <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Counte&s;s of <HI>Lowder|daile,</HI> and the heirs of the bodie of <HI>Iohn</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowderdaile,</HI> of the body of the &s;aid Coun|te&s;s begotten, or to bee begotten, out of the Lands and E&s;tate of the &s;aid <HI>Iohn</HI> Earl of <HI>Lowderdaile,</HI> excepted as afore&s;aid, charged with the payment of the yearlie Rent of fif|teen pounds &s;terling, to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector and his &s;ucce&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands of the clear yearlie value of two hundred pounds &s;terling, over and a|bove all repri&s;es, be &s;etled upon the now wife of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Cran&s;ton,</HI> and the heirs of the body of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Cran&s;ton,</HI> of the body of his &s;aid wife begotten, or to bee begotten, out of the
<PB N="242" REF="8"> Lands and E&s;tate of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Cran&s;ton,</HI> excepted as afore&s;aid, charged with the payment of the yearlie Rent of ten pounds &s;terling, unto His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, &amp; his &s;ucce&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands to the clear yearly value of two hun|dred and fifty pounds &s;terling, over and a|bove all repri&s;es, be &s;etled upon the now wife of <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Bargany,</HI> and the heirs of the body of the &s;aid. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Bargany,</HI> on the body of his &s;aid now wife be|gotten, or to bee begotten, out of the Lands and E&s;tate of the &s;aid <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Bar|gany,</HI> excepted as afore&s;aid, charged with the payment of the yearlie Rent of twelv pounds and ten &s;hillings &s;terling money, un|to His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Succe&s;&s;ors for ever. And that Lands, of the clear yearlie value of one hundred and twentie pounds &s;terling, over and above all repri&s;es, be &s;etled upon the now wife of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Thomas Thomp&s;on,</HI> and the heirs of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Thomas Thomp&s;on,</HI> of the body of his &s;aid now wife begotten, or to bee begot|ten, out of the e&s;tate of the &s;aid Sir <HI>Thomas Thomp&s;on;</HI> excepted as afore&s;aid, charged with the yearly Rent of &s;ix pounds, to bee paid unto His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector, and his Succe&s;&s;ors for ever. Provided that before any &s;uch &s;ettlement &s;hall bee made unto any the per&s;ons above mentioned, out of the Lands excepted by this Ordinance, or that any of the &s;aid per&s;ons &s;hall bee permit|ted to enjoy any benefit by any of the clau&s;es
<PB N="243" REF="8"> afore&s;aid, all and everie the &s;aid per&s;on and per&s;ons, being the now wife, childe, or chil|dren of any the per&s;ons excepted and exclu|ded from the benefit of this Ordinance, &s;hall before the five and twentieth day of <HI>December,</HI> which &s;hall bee in the year of our Lord, One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty four, by Deed, under her or their hands and &s;eals re&s;pe|ctively, Relea&s; all her and their claim, title, and demand of Dower, Ioynture, and other intere&s;t in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion, rever&s;ion, or remain|der, of, in, or to all and every the Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, of the husband or father of &s;uch per&s;on relea&s;ing; And that all and every &s;uch relea&s;, being atte&s;ted under the hands of two credible wit|ne&s;&s;es, and delivered unto the per&s;ons be|fore in this Ordinance appointed to receiv and determine claims, or any three of them, &s;hall bee, and is, and are hereby Declared to bee valid and effectual in Law, to bar &s;uch per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o relea&s;ing, from claim|ing any right, title, intere&s;t or demand, of, in, or to all and every the Lands, Tene|ments, and Hereditaments, of the husband or Father of &s;uch per&s;on or per&s;ons relea&s;ing notwith&s;tanding the coverture, minoritie, infancy, or other di&s;abilitie of the per&s;on or per&s;ons &s;o relea&s;ing, other then &s;uch as &s;hall bee &s;etled upon her or them, in pur&s;u|ance of the provi&s;ion afore&s;aid. And in de|fault of &s;uch relea&s;, to bee made as afore&s;aid; all and everie the per&s;on and per&s;ons afore|&s;aid, &s;o making default, &s;hall bee from
<PB N="244" REF="9"> thenceforth ever debarred, &amp; excluded from any benefit or advantage by this Ordinance, or any thing therein conteined.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o that all and every the Lands and e&s;tate which &s;hall by force of this Ordi|nance bee &s;et out and &s;etled, as afore&s;aid, for the provi&s;ion of the wife or children of any the per&s;ons excepted, as afore&s;aid, &s;hall never|thele&s;&s;e bee liable unto the &s;ati&s;faction of the ju&s;t and proper Debts of the re&s;pective Per&s;on and Per&s;ons, out of who&s;e E&s;tate the &s;ame is &s;o &s;etled (in ca&s;e all the re&s;t of his or their re&s;pe|ctive e&s;tate and E&s;tates &s;hall not bee &s;ufficient to &s;ati&s;fie the &s;aid re&s;pective Debts) &s;o far forth and in &s;uch manner as &s;hall bee hereafter Declared and appointed by His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector by and with the con&s;ent of His Council.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o and it is further Ordained, that the &s;everal Per&s;ons hereafter named, do pay unto His Highne&s;s the Lord Protector his Publick Receipt, the &s;everal re&s;pective &s;ummes of mony hereafter mentioned and expre&s;&s;ed, as a fine and fines for and in re&s;pect of his and their E&s;tate and E&s;tates, to bee paid in &s;uch manner, and at &s;uch times, as is hereafter in this Ordi|nance expre&s;&s;ed, that is to &s;ay, <HI>David Le&s;ley,</HI> late Lievtenant General of the Scotch Army, four thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Marque&s;&s;e of Douglas, One thou&s;and Pounds &s;terling. Lord <HI>Angus</HI> elde&s;t Son to the Mar|que&s;&s;e of Douglas, One thou&s;and Pounds
<PB N="245" REF="9"> &s;terling. Earl of Selerigge one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. The Heirs of <HI>Francis</HI> late Earl of Bucleuch decea&s;ed, fifteen thou&s;and Pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of Galloway, four thou&s;and Pounds &s;terling. <HI>William</HI> Earl of Roxburgh, Six thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <HI>William</HI> Lord Cockeram, five thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <HI>James</HI> Lord Forre&s;ter, two thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <HI>Philip Am&s;tru|ther</HI> Son of Sir <HI>Robert Am&s;truther</HI> one thou&s;and marks &s;terling. Sir <HI>Archibald Sterling</HI> of <HI>Car|den,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;ter|ling. <HI>James Drumond</HI> of <HI>Macken&s;ey,</HI> five hun|dred pounds &s;terling. <HI>Henry Mawl,</HI> &s;on to the Earl of <HI>Panmure,</HI> two thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>James Leving&s;ton</HI> of <HI>Kil|&s;ith,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;ter|ling. <HI>William Murrey</HI> of <HI>Polemai&s;e,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Buchane,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Vi&s;count <HI>Dudope,</HI> one thou|&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Pre&s;ton</HI> of <HI>Cragmiller,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Andrew Fle&s;her</HI> of <HI>Inner Perhe,</HI> five thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>John Wauchab</HI> of <HI>Nethery,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Perth,</HI> and Lord <HI>Drumond</HI> his elde&s;t &s;on, five thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Winton,</HI> two thou|&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Find|later,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;ter|ling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Murray,</HI> three thou|&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Quinsburgh,</HI> four thou&s;and pounds
<PB N="246" REF="10"> &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Eithy</HI> &s;ix thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Duffas,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Grey,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Henry Nisbett,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Pan|mure,</HI> ten thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Laird of <HI>Lundee,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Arroll,</HI> two thou|&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Tullibardine,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Sowthesk,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Dalhou&s;ie,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Hartfeild,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <HI>William</HI> Lord <HI>Ro&s;&s;e,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Sample,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling, <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Elphin&s;ton,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Boide,</HI> one thou&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <HI>James</HI> Lord <HI>Cooper,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Balvaird,</HI> one thou|&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Rollock,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Kinghorne,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Kinkar|dine,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Lord <HI>Bamfe,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling, Mr. <HI>Robert Meldrum,</HI> of <HI>Tillybody,</HI> one thou|&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Robert Graham,</HI> of <HI>Morphie,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>William Scot</HI> of <HI>Harden,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Hay</HI> of <HI>Nachton,</HI>
<PB N="247" REF="10"> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Renton</HI> of <HI>Lamberton,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Colquhoun</HI> of <HI>Luz,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Ha|milton</HI> of <HI>Pre&s;ton,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. Mr. <HI>Francis Hay</HI> of <HI>Bowley</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Arnot</HI> of <HI>Ferney,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Robert Forquhar,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Francis Reven,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Scot</HI> of <HI>Montro&s;&s;e,</HI> three thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Laird of <HI>Rotheme|gordon,</HI> five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Colerney,</HI> the yonger, one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>John Scot,</HI> of <HI>Scots-Tarbu,</HI> one thou|&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Laird of <HI>Gosfrid,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Laird of <HI>Ba hi&s;ton,</HI> one thou|&s;and five hundred pounds &s;terling. <HI>James Mer|cer</HI> of <HI>Aldey,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> Earl of <HI>Rothes,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Lievtenant Collonel <HI>Elliot</HI> of <HI>Stebbs,</HI> one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Lewis Steuart,</HI> Advocate, one thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <HI>Patrick Scot</HI> of <HI>Thirle&s;tone,</HI> two thou|&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>James, Carmighill,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>Patrick Cockborne</HI> of <HI>Clarkington,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. Sir <HI>George Mori&s;on</HI> of <HI>Pre&s;ton-Grange,</HI> two thou&s;and pounds &s;terling. <GAP DESC="blank" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Murrey,</HI> Laird of <HI>Stanhop,</HI> &s;on to Sir <HI>David Murrey</HI> decea&s;ed two thou&s;and pounds &s;ter|ling. All and every which &s;um and &s;ums of money, &s;hall bee paid unto <HI>George Bolton,</HI>
<PB N="248" REF="11"> Deputy Trea&s;urer at <HI>Leith;</HI> one moyetie thereof, on, or by the &s;econd day of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fiftie four; and the other moyetie, on, or by the &s;econd day of <HI>December,</HI> then next en&s;uing; and in default of &s;uch payment, all and every the real and per|&s;onal e&s;tate of every per&s;on and per&s;ons &s;o making default, &s;hall from thenceforth bee ab&s;olutely confi&s;cate; and the Commi&s;&s;ioners for Seque&s;trations, are hereby impowred to &s;eiz the &s;ame accordingly.</P>
<P>Provided alwayes, and it is Ordeined and Declared by the Authority afore&s;aid, That this Ordinance or any thing therein conteined, &s;hall not extend, or bee con&s;trued to extend, to the re&s;toring or reviving of any Lord&s;hip, Dominion, Iuri&s;diction, Te|nure, Superioritie, or any things what|&s;oever, taken away and aboli&s;hed by one other Ordinance, Entituled, <HI>An Ordinance for Uniting <HI>Scotland</HI> into one Common-wealth with <HI>England.</HI></HI></P>
<P>Excepted and al&s;o re&s;erved out of this pre|&s;ent ordinance, and all benefit thereof, all and every other per&s;on and per&s;ons, not herein be|fore named or expre&s;&s;ed, that hath, or have been at any time &s;ince the fir&s;t day of <HI>May,</HI> One thou&s;and &s;ix hundred fifty and two, or now is, or are in Arms in Scotland, in oppo&s;i-to this Common-wealth. Saveing and re|&s;erveing, to all per&s;on and per&s;ons what&s;oe|ver, excepted out of this ordinance, all bene|fits
<PB N="249" REF="11"> and advantages of any Articles of warr, to them granted by His Highne&s;s, the now Lord Protector, as Generall of all the Forces of this Common-wealth, or any other, by Virtue of any Authoritie from him derived, any thing in this Ordinance conteined to the contrary thereof in any wi&s;e notwith&s;tand|ing.</P>
<P>Provided alwaies, and bee it further Ordei|ned, That this Ordinance, or any thing therein conteined, &s;hall not extend nor, bee con&s;trued to extend, to the freeing or di&s;charging, of any Pri&s;oner or Pri&s;oners of Warr, from their re|&s;pective Impri&s;onments; or to the cancelling or di&s;charging of any Surety, Bond, Paroll, or Engagement, of, or for any Pri&s;oner at Warr, without the &s;pecial Order of His High|ne&s;s the Lord Protector, or whom hee &s;hall ap|point.</P>
<P>Provided al&s;o, that this Ordinance, or a|ny thing therein conteined, &s;hall not extend, nor to bee con&s;trued to extend to the confirming of any Patent, Gift, or Grant made by the late King <HI>James,</HI> or the late King <HI>Charls,</HI> whereby any Rent or other duty or Revenew belonging to the Crown of <HI>Scotland,</HI> hath, con|trarie to the Law of <HI>Scotland</HI> been altered, chan|ged, converted or dimini&s;hed; but that all and every &s;uch Rent, Dutie and Revenue, &s;hall remain, and bee paid in kind unto the Lord Protector, and his Succe&s;&s;ors in the &s;ame man|ner,
<PB N="250" REF="12"> as the &s;ame were paid before any &s;uch Patent, Gift, or Grant made.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> 12^t^h <HI>April,</HI> 1654.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by his Highne&s;s the Lord PROTECTOR and the COUNCIL, that this Ordinance bee forthwith printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Hen. Scobell,</HI> Clerk of the Council.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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