To his Grace, his Majesties high commissioner, and the right honourable estates of Parliament. The petition of the principal and masters of the Marishal Colledge of Aberdeen. Marischal College and University. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B01507 of text R173115 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing A91B). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B01507 Wing A91B ESTC R173115 51617437 ocm 51617437 175120 2240891408

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. B01507) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 175120) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English Books, 1641-1700 ; 2713:2) To his Grace, his Majesties high commissioner, and the right honourable estates of Parliament. The petition of the principal and masters of the Marishal Colledge of Aberdeen. Marischal College and University. 1 sheet ([1] p.) s.n., [Edinburgh : 1695] Place and date of publication suggested by Wing. Wing A91B copy imperfect: creased with loss of text. Reproduction of the original in the National Library of Scotland. eng Marischal College and University -- Finance -- Early works to 1800. Educational fund raising -- Scotland -- Early works to 1800. Broadsides -- Scotland -- 17th century eebo To His Grace, His Majesties High Commissioner, and the Right Honourable Estates of Parliament. The petition of the Principal and Masters of the Marish Marischal College and University 1695 1 382 1 0 0 0 0 0 26.18 C The rate of 26.18 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the C category of texts with between 10 and 35 defects per 10,000 words. 2008-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-09 Sampled and proofread 2008-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2009-02 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
To His Grace , his Majesties High Commissioner , and the Right Honourable Estates of Parliament . THE PETITION OF The Principal and Masters of the Marishal Colledge of Aberdeen

THAT where it has been his Majestie and Royal Predecessors constant care , to provide for and give all Incouragement to Universities and Colledges , and by several Acts of Parliament , there has been Vacant Stipends allowed them , for the use and upholding of their Fabricks ; And now by the Late Act of Parliament , the Vacant Stipends being applyed for Pious uses within the 〈…〉 and we finding some years agoe that our Colledge was exceedingly decay'd , did adventure the Founding of a new Addition to the said Colledge , and by the Charitable Assistance of several Gentlement in the Countrey and Others the Roof is finished ; Without any former Encouragement from the Publict , but a gift of two Vacancies , ( which we have not as yet Received . ) And there being no Fond left in our hands for Compleating the said Work ; And beside we being considerably in debt throw the great Advances thereupon , and seing it will yet take a Considerable Expence to finish the same , we have humbly presum'd to make Application to your Grace and Honourable Estates of Parliament , that we may be allowed the Vacant Stipends of such Churches whereof the Earl Marshal is Patron , to be applyed for the use foresaid ; As the same shall happen to be Vacant by the deceass or Removal of their Respective Incumbents .

May it therefore please your Grace , and Lordships , to consider the Premisses , and to pass an Act Authorizing us to uplift the Vacant Stipends of such Churches whereof the Earl Marishal is Patron , Viz: Foveran , New-Dear , St. Brides , alias Dunnotar , Fetterresso , Old-Dear , Auchridie , Longside , Peter-head , St. Fergus , King-Edward , And any other whereof the Earl is Undoubted Patron ; And to ordain Letters of Horning , and other Execution needfull , to pass at our Instance , and our Successers , against all others lyable in payment ; And your Petitioners shall ever pray , &c.