Proclamation crying down the English milned crowns and half-crowns ordaining the old-merk and half-merk-pieces to pass, and stopping the taking of bullion, at the mint-house. Scotland. Privy Council. 1696 Approx. 6 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2009-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05554 Wing S1734 ESTC R183429 52528946 ocm 52528946 179013 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. 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Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-05 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-08 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 John Pas Sampled and proofread 2008-09 John Pas Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion PROCLAMATION Crying down the English Milned Crowns and Half-Crowns : Ordaining the Old-Merk and Half-Merk-Pieces to Pass , and stopping the taking of Bullion , at the Mint house . WILLIAM by the grace of God , King of Great-Britain , France and Ireland ; Defender of the Faith , To _____ Macers of Our Privy Council , Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , Conjunctly and Severally , Specially , Constitute , Greeting : Forasmuch as by a Proclamation of the Date the twelfth Day of July , one Thousand six Hundred and Ninety five Years : The rate of the silver Milned Crown of England , was raised to three Pound six Shilling , and the English milned Half Crown proportionally : And it being found prejudicial to the Nation , that the said English Crowns and Half - Crowns should pass at a greater Rate in this Kingdom , than they do in England . Therefore , We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council ; have thought fit to Cry down the said Milned English Crowns and Half - Crowns to the former Rate of Three pound , and one pound ten shilling Scots respective , and ordains the samen only to pass at the saids Rates , and Discharges our General Master and other Officers of our Mint to receive or take in the saids English Crowns or Half-Crowns , as Bullion , or any other Bullion to be Coined , after the Day & Date hereof , until further Order from the Lords of Our Privy Council , under the pain of Tinsel of their respective Offices , in case they Contraveen , and to be otherwise punished as Our Privy Council shal think fit . And Prohibits and Discharges all Gold-smiths and others to Melt down the saids English Crowns and Half - Crowns , under the pain of double of the Value of the said Money that shal be so melted down : And Ordains the Magistrats of Royal Burghs , and Burghs of Regality , & others within whose Bounds & Jurisdictions , there is any Gold-smiths or others Melters of Mony ; To take Bond from the saids Goldsmiths and others , that they shal not melt down the saids English Crowns and Half - Crowns , under the pain foresaid : And impowers the saids Magistrats to take the Oaths of the Goldsmiths and others foresaids , that dwells within their respective Burghs and Jurisdictiors , once every half year , and oftner if they see cause , or when Persons Informs against them , if they have melted down any of the saids Milned English Crowns , or Half-Crowns , that they may be punished in manner Above-mentioned ; the one half of the value of what shall be Proven to be melted down to be applyed for the use of the Burgh within which the saids Gold-smiths , or other Person who shall Contraveen dwells , & the other half to the Informer . And forasmuch as , that notwithstanding of a former Proclamation , of the date the twenty eight of January last , Ordaining the Old Scots Merk , and half Merk Pieces to Pass amongst all Persons within this Kingdom as current Mony , yet many presume to refuse the saids Old Merk and Half-merk pieces in payments , upon pretence that by long use they are become Barer , and appears Thinner , albeit they be not Clipt , and it being necessar that the said Abuse should be obviat : Therefore , and in Pursuance of the said Proclamation , We with Advice foresaid , Require and Impower all Magistrats of Burghs , Sheriffs , Baillies of Regalities , Stewarts and their Deputs , and all Justices of Peace to cause to pass the said old Merk and half Merk-Pieces , which are only worn Barer & Thinner through time , and are not Clipped , and to be received in all Payments within their Respective Jurisdictions , and to judge of all Debates arising thereanent ; and to punish the Refusers of the saids Old Merk and half Mark Pieces , by fyning them summarly for their Disobedience , not exceeding the double of the Mony wrongously refused to be payed to the Party who offers to pass the samine . OUR WILL IS HEREFORE , and We Charge you strictly , and Command , that incontinent these Our Letters seen , ye pass to the Mercat-Cross of Edinburgh , and to the Mercat-Crosses of the remanent Head-burghs of the several Shires & Stewartries within this Kingdom , and there in Our Name and Authority , by open Proclamation make Intimation hereof , that none pretend Ignorance : And Ordains these presents to be Printed . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the Twenty one Day of May , and of Our Reign the Eight Year , 1696. Ex deliberatione Dominorun Secreti Concilii . GILB , ELIOT Cls. Sti. Concilii GOD save the KING . Edinburgh , Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Excellent Majesty , Ano DOM. 1696.