Series 1 > Loyall dissuasive

MEMORIAL TO THE KING
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mentained the sd battalion all along at his own charges, during
the continuance of that unhappy warr, to the utter raine of
his family, till he himself was kill’d at their head at the battle
of Alderne. That all this and more to the same purpose was
made known to the late King Charles by a full and ample
Certificate under the hands and seals of his Gr./ the present
Primate of Scotland,1 then Archbishop of Glasgow, the late
Marquis of Montrose, the Marquis of Athol and the deceast
Earl of Airlie. That under the reigne of that wise and
prudent monarch the sd Sir iEneas was so far considered that
he had the honour to be constituted his Majestie’s Shirref
Deput of the Shire of Aberdeen, by comission under the great
Seal of Scotland, a post in that country of no small honour
and profit. That after the decease of the said King Charles
the sd comission was renewed by the late King James, and as a
furder testimony of his Majestie’s favour, a pension of 200 lbs.
a year was settled npon the sd Sir iEneas in consideration of
his own and his families services to the Crown, which hes not
been paid since the Revolution. That in the year 1688 his
Maj. not thinking that sufficient to make up the losses
sustained by the sd Sir zEneas his family and ancestors for the
Crown, his Maj. was graciously pleased to confer on him the
Government of Nevis in America; but such was his misfortune,
that since the Revolution, some evill disposed persons, on the
bare pretence of present practices against the late Government,
caused the sd Sir iEneas to be taken up both in Scotland and
England, where he was keept closs prisoner for seal! years
space, and in fine, without any manner of proof agd him,
banish’d his native country because he declyned to be ane
evidence, and answer queries against some friends and bene¬
factors. That the sd Sir iEneas after five or six years stay
abroad, in want of all things but that of a good conscience,
understanding that his elder brother’s son the late Laird of
Invereshie dyed unmarried, whereby his estate fell to him in
course, he the sd Sir yEneas came to England 3 years agoe in
1 Arthur Ross, Archbishop of St. Andrews, died 13th June 1704. He was at
the date of this letter Primate of the Disestablished Church. See note 2, p. 5,
where he is called Alexander by mistake. The other names here given are also
there noted.