A proclamation for securing the peace of the shire of Caithness Scotland. Privy Council. 1680 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) : 2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). B05685 Wing S1912 ESTC R183540 53299291 ocm 53299291 180021 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. B05685) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 180021) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2810:46) A proclamation for securing the peace of the shire of Caithness Scotland. Privy Council. Scotland. Sovereign (1660-1685 : Charles II) 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson ..., Edinburgh, : Anno Dom. 1680. Caption title. Initial letter. Title vignette: royal seal with initials C R. Reproduction of original in: National Library of Scotland. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Keying and markup guidelines are available at the Text Creation Partnership web site . eng Caithness (Scotland) -- History -- 17th century -- Sources. Scotland -- Politics and government -- 1660-1688 -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century. 2008-01 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 SPi Global Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2008-03 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion CR HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE royal blazon or coat of arms A PROCLAMATION For securing the Peace of the Shire of CAITHNESS . CHARLES by the Grace of God , King of Great Britain , France and Ireland , Defender of the Faith ; To Macers , or Messengers at Arms , Our Sheriffs in that part , conjunctly , and severally , specially constitute , Greeting ; Forasmuch as notwithstanding by Our Laws and Acts of Parliament , the convocating of Our Leidges without Our special , Authority and Warrand therefore , be expressly discharged ; Yet We are informed , that certain broken , and lawless Men , within Our Shir● of Caithness , have from time to time convocate themselves in Arms within the said Shire and have most unwarrantably , first besieged , and then thrown down , the Houses bel●●ging to the Earl of Caithness , and continues still to exact upon , and oppress his Tenant● taking away the Corns out of his Girnels , exacting sums of Money , and free Quarter , t● the great contempt of Our Authority . And We being resolved to protect all such as 〈◊〉 peaceably under Us , and in Obedience to our Laws ; Have therefore with Advice of Our Privy Council , thought fit to Declare and Testifie Our Abhorrence of all such atrocious Crimes of Oppression , and Illegal Procedure ; and that We will with all speed and rigor punish all such as shall be found to have had any accession to the same , before our ordinar Judicatures . But least in the mean time , the Rents and Victual payable out of the said Earls Lands should be transported , so that reparation could not be had : We do therefore expressly discharge any Merchants , to buy , or any Skippers to transport the Victual growing upon any of the said Earls Lands , without his own , or his , Chamberlains Licence and consent , under the pain of the confiscation of the said Ship , wherein the said Victual shall be transported . Likeas , to prevent the transporting of the same , under the name and colour of Victual belonging to private Persons : We do hereby Declare , that any such Persons who shall lend their Name to such a Transportation , shall be lyable to the said Earl , in the sum of Ten Pounds Scots , for every Boll so transported . And to the end the said Earl may have peaceable access to his own Estate in Caithness , We hereby discharge all Our Subjects , of what quality soever , to stop him , his Friends and Followers in their Journey , to and from Caithness ; Commanding also hereby all such as have Ferry-Boats , to give him the ordinary and speedy Passage , and Our Subjects upon his Way , to provide him and them with Entertainment at the ordinary Rates of the Country , as they will be answerable : Commanding hereby all Our good Subjects to countenance and assist Our Heraulds , Pursevants , and Messengers at Arms , either for citing the Persons concerned in Our Name , or for executing Our Laws against them , and more especially in the publication hereof . And ordains these Presents to be Printed , and Published at the Mercat-cross of Edinburgh , Aberdene , Inuerness , Thurso , Caithness-weik , and other places needful , that all Persons concerned may have notice of the same . Given under Our Signet at Edinburgh , the fourth day of March , one thousand six hundred and eighty Years . And of Our Reign the thirty and two Year . Per actum Dominorum Secreti Concilii . A L. GIBSON , Cl. Sti. Concilii . GOD save the King. Edinburgh , Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson , Printer to His most Sacred Majesty , Anno Dom. 1680.