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<HEAD>A PROCLAMATION Di&s;charging the payment of the Rents of the Bi&s;hopricks to any, but the Per&s;ons named by the Council.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE>At <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> <DATE>the Ninteenth Day of <HI>September,</HI> 1689.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas the Meeting of the E&s;tates of this Kingdom, in their Claim of Right, of the Eleventh of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t, Declar|ed, that Prelacy, and the Superiority of any Office in the Church above Presbyters, is, and hath been a great and in&s;upportable Grievance to this Nation, and contrair to the Inclinations of the Generality of the People, ever &s;ince the Reformation; And that their Maje&s;ties with Advice and Con&s;ent of the E&s;tates of Parliament, have by their Act of the Date the Fifth Day of <HI>July</HI> la&s;t by pa&s;t, aboli&s;hed Prelacy, and all Superiority of any Office in the Church above Presbyters: And His <HI>Majesty</HI> con&s;idering the prejudice it may be to His Intere&s;t, if fit Per&s;ons be not appoint|ed to look after, and receive the Rents and Emoluments, particularly tho&s;e con&s;i&s;ting of Tithes, which formerly did belong to the Bi&s;hops, Hath therefore &s;ignified His Royal Plea&s;ure, That the Lords of His <HI>Majesties</HI> Privy Council &s;hould give Warrand to <HI>Alexander Hamilton</HI> of <HI>Kinkell,</HI> for Drawing and Uplifting the Tithes and other Rents of the Archbi&s;hoprick of <HI>St. Andrews,</HI> he giving &s;ufficient Security for his faithful performance of his duty in the &s;aid Office; and hath al&s;o left it to the Council to appoint fit per&s;ons for Drawing and Uplifting the Tithes of other Bi&s;hopricks for this pre&s;ent Cropt and year of God 1689. that none con|cerned &s;uffer prejudice: Excepting the Bi&s;hoprick of <HI>Orknay,</HI> which His <HI>Maje&s;ty</HI> is re&s;olved to have Uplifted with the Rents of the Lord&s;hip. And the &s;aids Lords of Privy Council having in obedience to His <HI>Majesties</HI> Commands, Nominat and Appointed fit and qualified Per&s;ons for Drawing of the Tithes, and Uplifting of the Rents formerly belonging to the Bi&s;hops, Deans, or any other per&s;on of &s;uperior Order and Dignity in the Church above Presbyters; And lea&s;t before the time that &s;ome of them can be able to come to this place, and find Caution for their faithful di&s;charging of that Tru&s;t, and make Inti|mation of their re&s;pective Commi&s;&s;ions to uplift the &s;aids Rents for the &s;aid Cropt and Year of God fore&s;aid, to the per&s;ons lyable in payment thereof, The Teinds and other Rents of the Arch-Bi&s;hopricks and Bi&s;hopricks, and others fore&s;aids may be Imbaz|led, and Intrometted with by per&s;ons who have no Right thereto; Therefore the &s;aids Lords of Privy Council, in their Ma|je&s;ties Name and Authority fore&s;aid, Prohibite and Di&s;charge all and &s;undry Heretors, Feuers, Liferenters, Tack&s;-men of Teinds, Tennents and others who&s;e Teinds were formerly in u&s;e to be drawen, and who were lyable in payment of any Rent or Duty to the &s;aids late Arch-Bi&s;hops or Bi&s;hops, or others fore&s;aids, to draw or &s;uffer their Teinds to be drawen, and from payment of any Rental-Bolls, Feu, Blench or Tack-Duties, and other Rents, Ca&s;ualities and Emoluments, formerly payable to the &s;aids late Arch-Bi&s;hops, Bi&s;hops, and others fore&s;aid, except to &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be authorized by the &s;aids Lords of Privy Council for uplifting thereof; with Certification to them, if they do any thing in the contrary hereof, they &s;hall be ly|able therefore, notwith&s;tanding of any pretended Di&s;charge that may be Impetrat or Obtained from any other per&s;on or per|&s;ons for the &s;aid Cropt and Year of GOD fore&s;aid. And Ordains the&s;e Pre&s;ents to be Printed, and Publi&s;hed by Macers of Privy Council at the Mercat-Cro&s;s of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> and by Me&s;&s;engers at Arms at the Mercat-Cro&s;&s;es of the Head-Burghs of the other Shires within this Kingdom, that none may pretend Ignorance.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii.</HI> GILB. ELIOT, <HI>Cls. Secreti Concilii.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
<CLOSER>GOD Save King WILLIAM and Queen MARY.</CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> By Order of His Maje&s;ties Privy Council, 1689.</P>
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