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FISCAL FEUDALISM
Memoriall anent the Change of Holding of Lands whereof his
Majestic is Immediate Superior from Simple or Taxt Waird unto
Few
[64r.]‘ It being his majesties unquestionable right and prerogative that he
may gratifie his subjects holding their lands waird of him by changing the
said holding either to taxt waird or few: and the question being only,
whether it be fitter that the said change should be to few or to taxt waird:
these reasons may be represented to his majestic for the change to taxt
waird.
His majesties true and great interest is the sincere affection and
loyalty of his people, and his royall designe and inclination being to
endear his government by such change of holding of his vassalls as may
most ease them, with a due respect allwayes to his majesties interest,
even as to the matter of benefite. The people the vassalls themselves are
the best arbiters of their own interest and ease and whether the change of
holding should be to taxt waird or to few: and his majesties
commissioners of thesaury and exhecquer [sic] may and certainly will
advert that whether of the saids wayes the change be, it be in just and
reasonable terms in order as to his majesties interest as to benefite, and
therefore they should be att liberty, as they have ever been, to apply for
the change of holding either to taxt or few, as they think most fitt and
convenient.
2°. It appears to be the interest of the vassalls that the change should
be to taxt waird, in respect the few holding is more heavy and grieveous
by reason that they will thereby be lyable to a certain burden for paying
yearly a certain and constant few duety, whereas by [64v.] the waird
holding they were only lyable to the uncertain contingencie of waird and
marriage which for many years may not fall out and there are diverse
remedies and methods which may [be] and are in use to be taken for
preventing the samen by the infefting the appearand heir in the time of
the vassall, seing the waird and marriage are only due by the decease of
the vassall and the minority of his appearand heir and the heir not being
married for the time.
In British Library, ‘Papers relating to Scotland’, Harl. MS 4612, fos. 64r.-65v. Late
seventeenth-century copy.
FISCAL FEUDALISM
Memoriall anent the Change of Holding of Lands whereof his
Majestic is Immediate Superior from Simple or Taxt Waird unto
Few
[64r.]‘ It being his majesties unquestionable right and prerogative that he
may gratifie his subjects holding their lands waird of him by changing the
said holding either to taxt waird or few: and the question being only,
whether it be fitter that the said change should be to few or to taxt waird:
these reasons may be represented to his majestic for the change to taxt
waird.
His majesties true and great interest is the sincere affection and
loyalty of his people, and his royall designe and inclination being to
endear his government by such change of holding of his vassalls as may
most ease them, with a due respect allwayes to his majesties interest,
even as to the matter of benefite. The people the vassalls themselves are
the best arbiters of their own interest and ease and whether the change of
holding should be to taxt waird or to few: and his majesties
commissioners of thesaury and exhecquer [sic] may and certainly will
advert that whether of the saids wayes the change be, it be in just and
reasonable terms in order as to his majesties interest as to benefite, and
therefore they should be att liberty, as they have ever been, to apply for
the change of holding either to taxt or few, as they think most fitt and
convenient.
2°. It appears to be the interest of the vassalls that the change should
be to taxt waird, in respect the few holding is more heavy and grieveous
by reason that they will thereby be lyable to a certain burden for paying
yearly a certain and constant few duety, whereas by [64v.] the waird
holding they were only lyable to the uncertain contingencie of waird and
marriage which for many years may not fall out and there are diverse
remedies and methods which may [be] and are in use to be taken for
preventing the samen by the infefting the appearand heir in the time of
the vassall, seing the waird and marriage are only due by the decease of
the vassall and the minority of his appearand heir and the heir not being
married for the time.
In British Library, ‘Papers relating to Scotland’, Harl. MS 4612, fos. 64r.-65v. Late
seventeenth-century copy.
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| Description | Edinburgh: Printed for the Scottish History Society by Lothian Print, 2004. Scottish History Society ; 5th ser., v. 14. Contents: Eight thirteenth-century texts / edited by W.W. Scott -- Dunfermline gild court book, 1433-1597: missing folios / edited by E. Patricia Dennison -- A memorandum on the customs, 1597 / edited by Athol L. Murray -- The trial of Geillis Johnstone for witchcraft, 1614 / edited by Michael B. Wasser & Louise A. Yeoman -- An early seventeenth-century Scottish conversion narrative / edited by David G. Mullan -- Fiscal Feudalism in seventeenth-century Scotland / edited by Julian M. Goodare -- Witchcraft cases from the register of commissioners of the privy council of Scotland, 1630-1642 / edited by Louise A. Yeoman -- John Hay, earl of Tweeddale, 'Relatione of the wrangs done to the Ladie Yester, 1683' / edited by Maurice Lee, Jr -- Colin Maclaurin's Journal of the 'Forty-five / edited by Bruce A. Hedman. |
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