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TWEEDDALE’S ‘RELATIONE’, 1683
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Donations such Ladys may not herafter have countenance and
encouragment to prey upon the Infirmities of old age, and elicite from
their husbands by collours of Law, exorbitant deeds and pretensions
of rights to the mine and destruction of Ancient Familys. And that
Your Majesty being the fountain of authority and Justice whence help
and remedies are always issuing and conveyed for redress and relief to
any of Your subjects that are grieved and oppressed, and which with
great confidence is implored and expected by your petitioners, who
are the only Offspring and Representatives of your Late servant the
Duke of Lawderdale, from your innate Good and Royall clemency,
may be pleased to take such Course, that upon Your Majesties
gracious interposing and Arbitration wherunto your petitioners are
willing to submit theire interests and Claims, your petitioners may be
relieved, and such practices may be for the future discouraged and
prevented, and that the World may see and history may record to
posterity, how happy the people are, who live under the protection
and government, of so Benigne and gracious a Soveraigne. And Your
petitioners shall ever pray.
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Donations such Ladys may not herafter have countenance and
encouragment to prey upon the Infirmities of old age, and elicite from
their husbands by collours of Law, exorbitant deeds and pretensions
of rights to the mine and destruction of Ancient Familys. And that
Your Majesty being the fountain of authority and Justice whence help
and remedies are always issuing and conveyed for redress and relief to
any of Your subjects that are grieved and oppressed, and which with
great confidence is implored and expected by your petitioners, who
are the only Offspring and Representatives of your Late servant the
Duke of Lawderdale, from your innate Good and Royall clemency,
may be pleased to take such Course, that upon Your Majesties
gracious interposing and Arbitration wherunto your petitioners are
willing to submit theire interests and Claims, your petitioners may be
relieved, and such practices may be for the future discouraged and
prevented, and that the World may see and history may record to
posterity, how happy the people are, who live under the protection
and government, of so Benigne and gracious a Soveraigne. And Your
petitioners shall ever pray.
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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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