Proclamation discharging all English unmilln'd-money to pass, except by weight, and allowing and crying-up the English milln'd crown to three pound five shilling, with it's fractions proportionally. Scotland. Privy Council. 1697 Approx. 4 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). B05559 Wing S1740 ESTC R183434 52529268 ocm 52529268 179016 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 Discharging all English Vnmilln'd-Money to pass , except by Weight , and Allowing and Crying-up the English Milln'd Crown to Three Pound five Shilling , with it's Fractions proportionally . VVILLIAM 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 : For as much as , this Our Ancient Kingdom is much prejudged by the importing of great Quantities of Light unmilln'd English Money into the same , and that the Inconveniency thereby arising , is likely to increass , since that kind of Money is no more current in the Kingdom of England , except by Weight ; And also We considering how expedient it is , that the Milln'd-Money of England be raised , to a Proportion with other Coyns presently current within this Kingdom : Therefore , We with Advice of the Lords of Our Privy Council , have Discharged , and hereby discharge all English Unmilln'd-money to pass in payments otherways than by Weight , at Four Shilling Scots the Drop , making three Pounds four Shillings Scots for the Ounce , and so proportionally upwards and downwards , according to the lesser and greater Weight than the said Drop and Ounce ; Providing , that in great payments the weighing be by single Ounces , and their Fractions , and no greater Weight : And We with Advice foresaid , peremptorly Require and Command all our Subjects to receive the said English Unmilln'd-Money in all Payments , as current Money , according to the Rate of Four shilling Scots the Drop-weight , and no otherwise , under the Pain of being lyable to the Double of what shall be refused , to be summarly exacted , at the Instance , and for the use of the Offerer , by the Determination of any Judge ordinary , to be given without any Process of Law ; As also , We with Advice foresaid , have Ordained , and hereby Ordain the Silver Milln'd-Crown of England , to pass , and be received in all Payments , at Three Pound five Shilling Scots , and the milln'd Half crown , milln'd Shilling , and milln'd Sixpence of England , as the Fractions of the said milln'd Crown , to pass , and be current in all Payments within this Our Kingdom , according to the said Rate of the Crown proportionally to their Value , under the pain foresaid , to be determined in manner above mentioned , and that none refuse to receive Payments in the respective Species of Money from the Day and Date hereof , at the Rates above-specified , under the Pains foresaids , as they will be answerable . 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 and Stewartries within this Kingdom , and thereat in Our Name and Authority , by open Proclamation , make Publication hereof that none pretend Ignorance : And Ordains these presents to be Printed . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh the twenty third day of January , and of Our Reign the eight year . Per Actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . GILB . ELIOT . Cls. Sti. Concilii . GOD save the KING . Edinburgh , Printed by the Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson , Printer to the King 's most Excellent Majesty , Anno 1697.