INFORMATION
FOR
The
Magistrats
and
Town-Council
of
Glasgow
,
Against
George
Lockhart
Merchant
there
,
and
his
Adherents
Merchants
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Burgh
.
THe
said
George
Lockhart
and
his
Adherents
,
gave
in
a
Complaint
the
last
Session
of
Parliament
,
upon
John
Anderson
of
Dovehill
present
Provost
,
and
the
Baillies
and
Town-council
of
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
,
that
the
Charter
granted
by
his
Majesty
,
with
the
Act
of
Parliament
1690.
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
have
not
been
observed
in
the
Election
of
the
Magistrats
and
Town-Council
,
and
that
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
City
have
been
over-stented
since
Whitsunday
1693
,
in
the
Sum
of
32000
lib
.
scots
unduely
imposed
,
and
as
unwarrantably
exacted
;
And
therefore
craving
,
that
it
may
be
found
and
declared
,
that
the
Merchants
and
Trades-Halls
in
Glasgow
have
the
right
freedom
and
Priviledge
of
voting
at
the
Election
of
Provost
,
Baillies
and
Town
Council
,
conform
to
the
Set
thereto
annexed
,
and
desired
to
be
approven
in
time
coming
;
as
also
to
have
heard
and
seen
the
foresaid
Imposing
and
Exacting
of
Stent
more
than
allowed
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
to
have
been
found
unwarrantable
and
discharged
in
all
time
coming
,
and
that
such
as
concurred
in
imposing
and
exacting
the
foresaid
unwarrantable
Stent
,
ought
to
refound
the
same
to
these
concerned
.
Which
Bill
and
Complaint
having
been
remitted
by
the
Estates
of
Parliament
to
the
Lords
of
Session
,
to
be
by
them
summarly
discussed
and
determined
;
The
Complainers
have
raised
their
Action
of
Declarator
before
the
Lords
,
and
the
same
being
seen
and
returned
,
hath
also
in
pursuance
of
the
said
Remit
been
debated
summarly
before
the
Lords
in
presentia
;
And
both
Parties
being
ordained
to
inform
.
It
were
superfluous
here
to
take
notice
of
several
Conclusions
insert
in
their
said
Declarator
,
as
anent
John
Anderson
&
others
their
continuing
in
the
Magistracy
more
than
a
year
,
and
their
being
elected
thereto
,
they
not
being
trafficking
Merchants
,
and
the
Towns
imposing
Burdens
and
Exactions
of
T●nnage
,
Cartage
,
Oranage
,
and
other
Duties
upon
Merchant
Goods
,
&c.
Which
are
not
contained
in
,
the
said
Re●sit
,
and
consequently
cannot
be
insisted
in
in
this
summar
Declarator
.
Nor
indeed
were
it
more
to
the
purpose
to
take
nottice
of
several
other
things
that
were
alledged
by
the
Pursuers
in
the
liberty
of
their
debating
,
which
do
as
little
concern
the
Points
truly
remitted
,
and
now
to
be
informed
on
.
But
that
the
Defenders
may
make
their
Information
as
closs
as
possible
,
they
do
confine
the
same
to
the
Points
of
Debate
given
in
by
the
Pursuers
themselves
to
the
Clerk
,
and
which
have
been
seen
by
my
Lord
President
,
and
are
shortly
as
follows
.
First
,
If
the
Election
of
the
Provost
and
Baillies
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
in
May
,
June
or
July
,
and
at
Michaelmass
1689
,
was
not
null
,
and
being
null
,
if
the
Chartor
granted
to
the
Community
and
Council
in
the
year
1690.
did
not
give
the
power
of
Election
,
at
least
the
fixing
of
a
Sett
for
regulating
future
Elections
to
the
Community
.
2.
If
the
Chartor
to
the
Community
and
Council
gave
the
sole
power
of
Election
to
the
Council
,
or
to
the
Community
,
represented
by
the
two
Halls
.
And
3.
If
the
Chartor
giving
power
of
Election
to
the
Council
is
not
to
be
understood
of
the
extraordinary
Council
,
whereof
the
said
two
Halls
are
a
part
,
especially
in
the
matters
of
Elections
,
where
they
have
a
vote
of
the
Elections
of
all
the
Officers
that
were
in
use
to
be
chosen
by
the
Council
,
without
dependence
upon
the
King
or
Bishop
,
and
without
which
two
Halls
the
Ordinary-Council
can
neither
buy
nor
sell
.
In
order
to
the
discussing
of
which
points
,
it
is
to
be
considered
,
that
the
Town
of
Glasgow
was
very
anciently
made
a
Burgh
Royal
,
by
Chartors
from
our
Kings
and
Princes
,
which
,
albeit
it
was
done
,
Reserving
alwayes
to
the
Bishop
his
power
,
as
to
the
Magistracy
,
in
respect
that
the
Burgh
at
first
was
his
Burgh
of
Regality
,
yet
it
is
without
Question
,
that
by
these
Chartors
,
they
had
right
to
,
and
were
possessed
of
all
the
Priviledges
of
a
Burgh
Royal
,
both
as
to
Trade
,
the
Convention
of
Burrows
;
and
their
vote
in
Parliament
,
as
also
of
the
Rights
and
Priviledges
of
their
Incorporations
,
and
Town
Council
,
and
all
other
parts
of
their
Constitution
,
except
in
so
far
as
concerned
their
foresaid
Dependence
reserved
to
the
Bishop
in
the
matter
of
their
Magistracy
,
and
in
the
manner
that
he
exerced
the
same
.
2.
That
with
and
under
this
Constitution
,
the
City
of
Glasgow
had
its
particular
Custom
as
all
other
Royal
Burghs
have
,
as
to
the
manner
of
making
and
choising
their
Council
and
other
Officers
,
and
preparing
their
Leits
for
Baillies
in
use
to
be
present●d
to
the
Bishop
,
and
doing
all
other
things
relative
to
their
Council
and
Magistracy
,
except
precisely
what
was
reserved
to
the
Bishop
as
said
is
.
3.
That
when
Bishops
were
first
suppressed
after
our
Reformation
from
Popery
,
the
Arch-bishoprick
of
Glasgow
,
with
all
the
powers
and
priviledges
that
belonged
to
the
Bishop
,
were
given
by
the
Kings
Chartor
to
Lodovick
Duke
of
Lennox
,
who
exerced
the
same
as
the
Bishops
had
done
without
any
Variation
;
Likeas
,
when
the
Bishops
were
again
restored
,
the
Arch-Bishop
continued
in
the
Right
and
Exercise
of
the
same
power
and
priviledge
until
the
second
Suppression
,
and
the
Act
of
Parliament
1641
,
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
;
By
which
Act
making
mention
of
the
power
and
priviledge
,
which
the
Bishops
,
and
after
them
Lodovick
Duke
of
Lennox
had
in
the
Election
and
Nomination
of
the
Magistrats
of
the
said
Burgh
.
Our
Soveraign
Lord
,
with
Advice
of
the
Estates
of
Parliament
,
and
the
special
consent
of
James
then
Duke
of
Lennox
,
present
and
consenting
,
Statute
and
Ordained
;
that
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
in
all
time
coming
,
should
have
also
free
Liberty
in
the
Election
of
their
Magistrats
yearly
at
the
accustomed
time
,
as
any
other
Burgh
within
the
Kingdom
,
with
this
provision
,
that
the
Provost
,
Baillies
and
Council
of
the
said
Burgh
,
should
present
yearly
in
time
coming
a
Leit
of
three
Persons
to
be
Provost
to
the
said
Duke
,
and
his
Successors
of
which
they
should
nominat
one
,
for
the
ensuing
year
,
but
in
case
the
Duke
or
his
Commissioner
for
the
time
should
not
be
present
at
the
Castle
to
receive
the
said
Leit
,
Then
it
was
declared
lawful
for
the
said
Magistrats
,
and
their
Council
,
to
go
one
in
the
Election
of
their
provost
for
that
year
,
as
the
said
Act
of
Parliament
whereof
a
Copy
is
hereto
subjoyned
more
fully
bears
,
and
according
to
this
Act
of
Parliament
,
the
Election
of
the
Magistrats
of
Glasgow
proceeded
until
the
year
1662
,
that
the
Estate
of
Bishops
was
restored
,
at
which
time
the
Arch-Bishop
of
Glasgow
did
likewise
return
to
his
former
power
and
priviledge
as
to
their
Magistrats
,
but
to
their
heavy
Coast
,
and
almost
to
their
utter
undoing
.
4.
That
at
the
late
happy
Revolution
,
tho
the
Circular
Letters
for
choising
Commissioners
to
the
Convention
of
Estates
,
were
directed
to
the
City
of
Glasgow
,
as
to
all
other
Burghs
Royal
;
yet
when
by
ordinance
of
the
Convention
,
the
Power
and
Liberty
of
a
popular
Election
by
Pole
of
their
Council
&
Magistrates
,
was
allowed
to
the
Burghs
Royal
,
there
was
a
Demure
as
to
Glasgow
,
because
of
their
former
Dependance
upon
the
Bishop
now
devolved
upon
his
Majesty
,
until
the
King
was
therewith
acquainted
;
Whereupon
it
pleased
His
Majesty
to
write
to
the
Secret
Council
upon
the
13
June
1689
,
That
there
had
been
a
Petition
presented
to
him
by
the
Inhabitants
of
Glasgow
,
making
mention
that
there
had
been
no
day
assigned
to
them
for
a
popular
Election
as
had
been
granted
to
other
Burghs
Royal
;
But
that
His
Majesty
being
well
satisfied
with
the
good
Service
of
the
Inhabitants
and
Burgesses
of
the
said
City
;
Did
therefore
Authorize
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
to
take
such
Methods
as
they
thought
proper
,
for
procuring
to
the
City
of
Glasgow
the
benefite
of
the
Act
of
the
meeting
of
Estates
for
popular
Elections
,
and
that
conform
to
the
same
,
some
day
before
the
10
July
then
next
should
be
assigned
to
the
said
Inhabitants
for
electing
their
Magistrats
and
Town-Council
,
as
the
said
Letter
of
the
date
foresaid
,
whereof
a
Copy
is
also
hereto
subjoyned
,
more
fully
bears
:
And
accordingly
The
Lords
of
His
Majesties
Privy
Council
,
by
their
Act
of
the
twenty
fourth
of
the
same
Moneth
of
June
1689
,
proceeding
upon
a
Petition
of
the
Inhabitants
of
Glasgow
,
did
give
order
and
Warrand
for
a
new
and
free
Election
of
the
Baillies
,
Dean
of
Gild
,
Thesaurer
and
Town-Council
of
Glasgow
,
to
be
made
upon
the
2d
and
3d
days
of
July
then
next
by
the
pole
of
habile
Burgesses
,
appointing
them
to
continue
until
the
usual
time
about
Michaelmass
that
year
,
and
ordaining
them
to
send
up
a
List
of
three
Persons
to
His
Majestie
,
that
he
might
make
choise
of
one
of
them
to
be
Provost
:
Which
Ordinance
aad
Caveat
was
put
in
,
because
by
the
foresaid
Act
of
Parliament
1641
,
after
the
second
Suppression
of
Bishops
,
this
power
as
to
the
Provost
had
been
given
to
the
Duke
of
Lennox
,
as
come
in
the
Bishops
place
;
Whereupon
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
thought
fit
notwithstanding
of
the
foresaid
illimited
Order
and
Allowance
given
by
His
Majesty
,
by
his
Letter
of
the
13
of
June
1689
,
to
make
a
particular
reference
in
Order
to
the
Provost
as
said
is
;
Which
being
again
signified
to
His
Majesty
,
He
by
another
Letter
of
the
date
the
19
of
September
1689
derected
to
the
then
present
Msgistrats
and
Council
●f
Glasgow
,
making
mention
that
the
power
formerly
belonging
to
the
Bishop
was
devolved
upon
His
Majesty
,
Doth
therefore
,
and
in
Consideration
of
the
Zeal
and
Affection
of
that
City
,
Authorize
and
Require
them
to
elect
and
choise
als
well
their
Provost
as
other
Magistrats
,
for
the
ensuing
year
,
at
the
ordinary
time
,
and
in
the
accustomed
manner
:
Notwithstanding
His
Majesties
Right
of
nameing
their
said
Provost
,
as
the
said
Letter
,
whereof
a
Copy
likeways
hereto
annexed
,
testifies
:
By
which
it
is
clear
that
His
Majesty
having
superceeded
to
name
any
of
the
three
sent
up
to
him
in
Leit
to
be
Provost
,
betwixt
the
short
space
from
July
1689
to
the
Michaelmass
ensuing
,
thought
fit
by
the
said
Letter
to
dispense
with
any
such
Leit
,
and
to
give
them
the
full
power
of
Electing
their
Provost
at
Michaelmass
thereafter
,
and
that
as
fully
as
by
the
Act
of
Convention
of
Estates
,
and
His
Majesties
Letter
and
the
Ordinance
of
Council
they
had
got
the
power
to
choice
their
other
Magistrats
by
a
popular
Election
till
the
foresaid
Term
of
Michaelmas
,
and
thence
furth
to
continue
in
its
accustomed
manner
,
as
in
all
the
other
Burghs
of
Scotland
.
But
that
this
power
of
Glasgows
choising
their
Provost
and
Baillies
and
other
Officers
given
them
by
the
Convention
of
Estates
,
His
Majesties
Letters
and
the
Ordinance
of
Privy
Council
might
be
setled
as
their
perpetual
Right
;
It
pleased
His
Majesty
by
His
Chartor
under
the
Great
Seal
of
the
date
the
4
of
January
1690
,
upon
a
very
ample
narrative
of
the
good
Reasons
moving
His
Majesty
there
to
;
and
that
by
the
abolition
of
Bishops
,
the
full
power
was
devolved
upon
him
;
Not
only
to
Ratify
,
Approve
&
Confirm
all
former
Grants
given
to
the
said
City
,
its
Gildrie
,
Trades
and
Incorporations
;
But
of
new
to
give
,
grant
and
dispone
to
the
said
City
and
Town-Council
of
the
same
ample
Power
,
Right
and
Faculty
of
choising
their
Provost
,
Baillies
and
all
other
Magistrats
in
the
ordinary
manner
and
time
as
any
other
Royal
Burgh
in
Scotland
are
in
use
to
do
or
may
do
,
beginning
their
first
Election
at
Michaelmas
next
,
which
was
Michaelmas
1690
,
and
so
furth
in
all
time
coming
,
as
the
said
Chartor
whereof
a
Copy
likewise
hereto
subjoyned
bears
:
Likeas
in
pursuance
thereof
,
there
past
in
Parliament
the
said
year
1690
,
not
an
ordinary
Ratification
in
course
,
but
a
plain
statutory
Act
upon
the
14
June
that
year
;
Whereby
it
is
Statute
,
Enacted
and
Ordain
red
,
That
the
City
of
Glasgow
and
Town-Council
thereof
,
shall
have
power
and
Priviledge
to
choise
their
own
Magistrats
,
Provost
,
Baillies
and
other
Officers
within
Burgh
,
as
fully
and
freely
as
the
City
of
Edinburgh
or
any
other
Royal
Burgh
enjoys
the
same
,
as
the
said
Act
being
the
15
of
the
printed
Acts
,
the
second
Session
of
this
current
Parliament
bears
.
This
being
a
plain
narrative
of
the
Constitution
of
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
,
Town-Council
and
Magistrats
thereof
,
and
of
all
the
steps
that
were
made
therein
,
until
it
arived
in
the
said
year
1690
at
the
present
settlement
,
wherein
it
hath
since
most
firmly
and
uniformly
continued
,
it
might
justly
be
wondered
what
either
Envy
or
Mutiny
it self
could
find
to
reprehend
in
its
present
establishment
.
But
the
Pursuers
having
undertaken
to
object
,
must
be
both
heard
and
answered
,
and
therefore
following
the
foresaid
Points
by
them
set
down
:
It
is
affirmed
,
1.
That
the
Election
of
the
Provost
and
Baillies
of
the
Town
-
of
Glasgow
in
May
,
June
or
July
,
and
at
Michaelmas
1689
was
most
legal
and
valid
.
For
1.
The
Election
of
the
Town-Council
,
Baillies
,
Dean
of
Gild
and
other
Officers
in
July
1689
was
by
warrand
of
the
Act
of
the
Convention
of
Estates
,
fortified
and
applyed
by
his
Majesties
Letter
to
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
,
and
their
express
Act
and
Ordinance
;
But
as
to
this
it
was
replyed
for
the
Pursuers
,
That
the
Act
of
Convention
was
only
made
in
favours
of
Royal
Burrows
,
whereof
Glasgow
was
none
;
And
that
tho
his
His
Majestie
upon
the
moving
of
this
Scruple
wrote
a
Letter
to
His
Council
,
and
they
ordered
the
said
Election
as
said
is
;
Yet
it
is
evident
,
1.
That
the
Archbishops
Right
and
Power
,
was
not
then
abrogat
,
Prelacy
not
having
been
abolished
by
Act
of
parliament
till
the
22
of
July
1689.
And
2.
That
esto
it
had
been
abrogat
,
yet
the
Lords
of
privy
Council
proceeded
upon
the
Supposition
that
the
Act
of
Parliament
1641
,
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
was
revived
;
Whereas
in
effect
it
was
not
revived
:
But
that
Act
with
all
others
in
prejudice
of
the
Bishops
Rights
,
having
been
taken
away
by
the
Act
1662
,
that
restored
them
to
their
Rights
and
Possessions
,
as
in
the
year
1637
,
It
is
evident
that
the
King
at
least
in
June
and
July
1689
,
had
not
only
the
Election
of
the
Provost
but
of
the
Baillies
and
other
Magistrats
,
which
neither
the
Convention
of
Estates
,
nor
His
own
Letter
proceeding
upon
wrong
Information
could
take
from
Him
.
To
which
it
was
duplyed
for
the
Defenders
,
1.
That
the
plene
and
Soveraign
Power
of
the
Convention
of
Estates
is
too
Sacred
to
be
thus
drawn
in
debate
;
For
as
upon
the
circular
Letters
the
City
of
Glasgow
as
other
Royal
Burghs
elected
their
Commissioner
by
Pole
to
the
said
Convention
,
where
he
was
admitted
as
freely
as
the
Commissioners
from
all
other
Royal
Burghs
So
by
the
Ordinance
of
the
same
Convention
,
Glasgow
as
well
as
other
Royal
Burrows
was
allowed
to
settle
its
Magistracy
by
a
popular
Election
,
and
the
Scruple
that
fell
in
in
,
the
Application
of
this
Ordinance
to
Glasgow
,
was
certainly
removed
by
the
best
hands
,
viz.
both
by
His
Majesty
and
the
privy
Council
and
so
did
plainly
confirm
what
the
Convention
did
ordain
.
2.
As
to
the
Bishops
power
,
It
was
fundamentally
abrogat
by
the
Claim
of
Right
,
finding
Prelacy
to
be
an
insupportable
Grievance
,
and
that
therefore
ought
to
be
abolished
;
And
tho
it
was
not
formally
abolished
until
the
foresaid
Act
of
Parliament
in
July
thereafter
;
Yet
it
is
without
question
that
by
the
Claim
of
Right
,
Prelacy
was
so
certainly
abolished
,
that
the
Lords
of
Session
found
that
the
Bishops
had
no
Right
to
the
Whitsundays
Rents
,
nor
were
they
allowed
to
pretend
to
the
same
.
But
3.
By
the
Abolition
of
Prelacy
and
the
Claim
of
Right
all
the
power
of
the
Bishop
did
undoubtedly
devolve
upon
the
King
;
and
His
Majesty
by
His
foresaid
Letter
of
the
13
of
June
1689
,
did
fully
authorize
the
Lords
of
Council
to
give
to
the
City
of
Glasgow
the
benefite
of
the
Act
of
the
Convention
of
Estates
,
as
to
their
Council
and
hail
Magistrats
,
and
it
was
only
the
Suggestion
of
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
,
that
the
Act
1641
did
give
His
Majestie
the
choice
of
the
Provost
,
which
yet
the
King
thereafter
dispensed
with
;
so
that
his
certain
and
express
Will
to
have
freed
the
City
of
Glasgow
from
the
beginning
from
all
dependance
either
upon
the
Bishop
▪
or
upon
Himself
,
as
to
the
choice
of
any
of
their
Magistrates
,
and
that
they
should
have
the
full
benefit
of
the
Act
of
the
Convention
was
thereby
fully
declared
:
Whereby
it
is
manifest
that
the
Election
of
the
Baillies
,
Dean
of
Gild
and
Town-Council
of
Glasgow
in
July
1689
,
was
most
lawful
;
and
so
much
the
more
,
that
by
the
foresaid
Act
of
the
Convention
,
and
His
Majesties
Letter
and
the
Ordinance
of
Council
,
it
was
made
by
a
Popular
Election
by
Pole
on
purpose
to
make
it
more
valid
,
and
to
take
off
all
pretences
in
the
contrary
.
Whence
it
most
certainly
follows
that
the
Election
at
Michaelmas
1689
was
legal
and
valid
beyond
all
contraversie
;
For
albeit
that
by
the
Ordinance
of
Council
they
were
warranted
to
make
the
Election
of
the
Baillies
Dean
of
Gild
and
Town-council
to
continue
until
the
usual
time
about
Michaelmass
thereafter
;
yet
it
is
most
certain
,
that
it
was
no
ways
the
meaning
either
of
the
Convention
or
the
Council
,
that
the
popular
Elections
then
ordered
should
have
no
farder
effect
,
but
singly
that
the
Elections
of
Burrows
being
thus
settled
upon
their
truest
Basis
,
the
Council
and
Magistrats
so
elected
should
continue
till
Michaelmass
,
and
then
should
farder
propogat
the
Settlement
by
electing
their
Successors
,
according
to
the
ordinary
custom
of
the
Burgh
:
And
thus
his
Majesty
by
his
Letter
to
the
Magistrats
and
Town-council
of
Glasgow
,
that
had
been
elected
by
pole
,
bearing
date
the
15
of
September
,
authorizes
them
to
choise
as
well
their
Provost
as
their
other
Magistrats
for
the
ensuing
year
;
Whereby
he
fully
declares
that
by
the
popular
Election
,
their
Council
and
Magistrats
were
settled
upon
the
right
foot
,
and
that
that
Council
and
these
Magistrats
might
choise
as
well
the
Provost
as
succeeding
Baillies
for
the
ensuing
year
,
which
was
a
full
and
incontravertible
Warrand
.
This
Position
,
viz.
That
the
Election
of
the
Provost
and
Baillies
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
at
July
and
Michaelmass
1689
,
was
Legal
and
Valid
being
then
thus
cleared
.
It
is
evident
that
the
Chartor
thereafter
granted
in
January
,
1690
,
to
the
Community
and
Town
Council
of
Glasgow
could
not
be
understood
,
to
give
either
the
power
of
Election
or
the
fixing
of
a
Sett
to
the
Community
,
as
if
the
Town
Council
had
been
a
null
Council
,
because
both
the
Validity
of
that
Council
it
fully
cleared
from
the
abovementioned
Grounds
;
and
likeways
by
the
same
Chartor
,
it
is
expresly
supposed
and
confirmed
.
The
second
point
contraverted
,
is
;
if
the
Chartor
to
the
Community
and
Town
Council
gave
the
sole
power
of
Election
to
the
Council
,
or
to
the
Community
Represented
by
the
two
Halls
,
viz.
of
Merchants
and
Crafts
,
and
that
it
gave
it
to
the
Town
Council
,
is
the
express
Words
of
the
Chartor
,
It
s
true
,
the
point
is
Captiously
stated
,
if
the
Chartor
gave
the
sole
power
to
the
Council
,
because
the
true
meaning
of
that
Chartor
,
as
of
all
Chartors
of
that
nature
given
to
Burghs
Royal
,
is
that
the
powers
,
Liberties
and
Priviledges
therein
mentioned
,
are
given
to
the
Community
of
the
Brugh
Originally
and
Radically
,
or
as
Philosophers
speak
in
actu
primo
aut
in
actu
signato
,
but
to
the
Town
Council
of
the
Brugh
representatively
,
or
in
actu
secundo
&
in
actu
exercito
,
and
so
we
see
it
manifestly
in
the
foresaid
Act
of
Parliament
,
1641
,
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
which
expresly
statutes
,
That
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
should
have
the
free
Election
and
Choising
of
their
Magistrats
yearly
as
any
other
Brugh
,
which
was
neither
then
or
ever
since
understood
:
But
that
the
said
Power
and
Liberty
was
given
to
their
Council
and
Ordinary
Magistrates
to
be
by
them
Exerced
for
the
Burgh
and
Community
thereof
;
and
so
in
effect
,
are
all
Chartors
given
to
all
the
Burghs
of
Scotland
of
their
Powers
and
Priviledges
constantly
understood
,
viz.
That
they
are
given
to
the
Brugh
Originally
,
and
to
its
Magistrats
and
Town
Council
Representatively
,
and
thus
the
very
Chartor
and
Act
of
Parliament
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
in
the
year
1690
,
explains
it self
,
viz.
To
the
Community
and
Town
Council
as
to
Ed●●●●●●h
or
any
other
Royal
Brugh
;
which
is
certainly
to
the
City
Originally
,
and
to
its
Town
Council
Representatively
,
as
is
the
Case
of
all
other
Brughs
Royal
.
Besides
the
Chartor
bears
to
the
City
of
Glasgow
and
its
Town
Council
in
the
ordinary
manner
,
But
ita
est
,
that
the
ordinary
manner
,
was
always
performed
by
the
Town
Council
except
as
to
that
Dependance
that
they
had
upon
the
Bishop
,
and
during
the
Suppression
of
Bishops
upon
the
Duke
of
Lennox
,
which
Dependance
being
defignedly
,
and
evidently
taken
away
by
the
foresaid
Chartor
and
Act
of
Parliament
,
in
clear
as
the
Sun
Light
,
That
the
meaning
of
both
was
,
that
the
City
and
Town
Council
of
Glasgow
,
should
have
the
freedom
of
the
Election
of
their
Magistrates
,
as
freely
as
any
other
Brugh
Royal
in
the
ordinary
time
and
manner
,
That
is
plainly
,
that
in
place
of
the
Presentation
of
Leits
of
their
Baillies
and
Provost
,
that
formerly
they
were
oblidged
to
make
to
the
Bishops
and
Dukes
of
Lennox
,
they
should
now
have
a
free
and
Independent
Election
by
themselves
.
The
Pursuers
Summonds
of
Declarator
,
contains
a
strange
fancie
,
tho
not
Insisted
on
in
the
Debate
,
viz.
That
by
the
Chartor
and
Act
of
Parliament
the
Community
was
come
in
place
,
that
is
the
two
Halls
in
the
Pursuers
sense
,
is
come
in
place
of
the
Bishop
or
Duke
of
Lennox
,
so
that
the
Town
Council
should
present
to
them
.
But
this
is
obviously
so
absurd
,
that
neither
was
it
urged
in
the
Debate
,
nor
had
been
here
noticed
,
were
it
not
to
shew
,
to
what
Extravagance
strain'd
Invention
may
lead
,
when
the
Case
is
as
clear
as
words
can
make
it
,
that
by
the
Chartor
and
Act
of
Parliament
,
the
City
of
Glasgow
is
freed
and
exempted
in
the
Election
of
their
Magistrats
from
all
Dependance
either
upon
the
Bishop
or
Duke
of
Lennox
,
or
yet
on
his
Majestie
as
come
in
their
place
,
and
have
the
same
power
given
to
their
Community
and
Town
Council
,
that
any
other
Burgh
Royal
in
Scotland
enjoys
.
The
thrid
point
to
be
informed
upon
,
is
if
the
Chartor
giving
the
power
of
Election
to
the
Council
,
is
not
to
be
understood
of
the
extraordinary
Council
,
&c.
To
which
it
is
Answered
,
That
a
Chartor
giving
the
power
of
Election
to
the
Town
Council
of
a
Burgh
is
certainly
to
be
understood
of
the
same
Council
that
is
so
designed
and
known
,
and
which
in
the
case
of
Glasgow
,
did
formerly
make
the
Leits
presented
to
the
Bishop
and
Duke
of
Lennox
,
and
now
impoured
to
make
the
Election
by
themselves
without
any
such
Dependencie
.
But
ita
est
,
that
this
Council
was
never
known
,
or
heard
to
be
the
extraordinary
Council
of
the
two
Halls
,
nor
had
the
two
Halls
in
Glasgow
ever
,
so
much
as
the
name
of
the
Council
thereof
,
either
ordinary
or
extraordinary
,
or
are
they
reckoned
any
part
of
the
same
,
nor
in
effect
are
they
to
this
day
excluded
from
any
interest
,
that
ever
they
had
in
the
Town
Councils
Elections
.
It
happens
indeed
with
Glasgow
,
as
with
many
other
Brughs
,
that
they
have
Specialities
in
their
Elections
,
and
thus
the
Merchant
Hall
has
an
Interest
in
the
Election
of
the
Dean
of
Gild
as
the
Trads-hall
hath
an
Interest
in
the
Election
of
the
Deacon
Conveener
,
But
what
ever
that
interest
may
be
.
It
is
certain
,
that
the
same
is
neither
altered
nor
innovat
,
nor
doeth
the
Defenders
at
all
deny
it
,
but
that
which
they
deny
,
and
which
the
Pursuers
contend
for
,
is
,
that
the
two
Halls
,
either
as
the
Community
,
or
as
the
Town
Council
should
have
the
Election
of
the
Magistrats
,
which
is
utterly
a
novelty
never
before
dreamed
off
.
For
first
,
It
hath
been
cleared
,
that
the
Community
to
whom
the
Right
and
Power
is
orginally
granted
,
is
to
exerce
the
same
by
the
Town
Council
their
representative
in
the
ordinary
manner
.
2.
If
more
could
be
said
for
the
Community
,
the
two
Halls
of
Merchants
,
and
Trades
are
not
the
Community
but
two
particular
Incorporations
setled
,
for
their
own
Uses
and
Ends
;
whereas
the
Community
as
was
most
distinctly
defined
by
the
Convention
of
Estates
is
the
body
,
of
the
Burgesses
,
Inhabitants
excluding
Honorary
Burgesses
,
Burgh
Servants
,
Pensionaries
and
Beedsmen
,
and
to
this
Community
of
Glasgow
,
per
expressim
is
the
Secret
Councils
Order
for
the
popular
Election
directed
,
but
not
at
all
to
their
two
Halls
,
who
were
not
then
thought
on
.
3.
Neither
are
their
two
Halls
the
Town
Council
for
the
Reasons
already
given
.
The
Pursuers
alleadge
,
that
the
two
Halls
have
some
Interest
or
vote
in
the
Election
made
by
the
Town
Council
,
but
what
ever
that
be
,
it
is
already
answered
,
that
the
same
is
neither
denyed
nor
offered
to
be
altered
,
but
would
therefore
the
Pursuers
have
the
two
Halls
to
have
either
the
over-ruling
or
Suprem
Vote
in
all
Elections
,
certainly
this
is
a
novelty
that
was
never
before
heard
off
,
it
is
true
George
Lockhart
and
the
Pursuers
present
a
new
Schem
of
a
Sett
,
which
their
own
invention
have
brought
from
Eoutopia
,
and
now
alleadge
to
be
most
agreeable
to
the
Inclination
of
the
Inhabitants
and
interest
of
the
Brugh
,
but
in
this
they
have
manifestly
confessed
their
own
weakness
to
offer
a
Declarator
upon
such
a
subject
,
all
Declarators
are
Declaratory
of
a
certain
Right
;
And
it
is
a
known
Maxime
,
that
declaratoria
juris
nihil
novi
juris
tribuit
,
what
then
can
be
declared
as
to
this
new
Schem
of
a
Sett
,
since
it
can
pretend
to
no
Right
,
and
all
that
can
be
asserted
and
declared
for
it
,
is
that
it
may
be
a
new
invention
of
George
Lockharts
,
but
since
it
is
neither
agreed
to
by
the
Community
of
the
brugh
and
ratified
by
authority
;
nor
settled
by
Act
of
Parliament
,
which
are
the
only
two
Methods
of
giving
the
force
of
Right
to
any
set
:
It
necessarly
follows
that
this
Schem
hath
neither
Right
nor
shadow
of
Right
,
that
can
be
declared
.
The
Pursuers
alledged
that
the
two
Halls
are
necessary
to
the
ordinary
Council
of
Glasgow
for
buying
and
Selling
;
But
first
this
is
denyed
.
2ly
It
should
serve
once
for
all
,
that
whatever
be
the
ordinary
use
and
interest
of
the
two
Halls
in
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
either
with
or
without
the
Town
Council
,
it
hath
never
been
altered
or
called
in
question
by
the
Defenders
,
and
consequently
no
subject
for
a
Declarator
;
as
it
is
indeed
none
of
the
Conclusions
contained
in
their
Declarator
;
But
as
for
that
sole
and
Soveraign
power
,
that
is
craved
for
the
two
Halls
,
either
in
making
their
ordinary
Elections
or
setting
down
a
fixed
Rule
for
it
,
it
is
wholly
imaginary
and
groundless
as
has
been
demonstrat
.
All
Men
know
,
if
a
new
Sett
were
to
be
made
for
Glasgow
,
it
must
either
be
by
consent
of
the
whole
Community
,
with
the
Approbation
of
the
Government
;
Or
otherways
by
a
particular
Act
of
Parliament
but
to
think
that
the
Lords
will
declare
that
which
is
not
,
or
that
George
Lockharts
Invention
must
be
received
for
a
legal
Rule
of
Election
;
or
Lastly
,
that
it
was
intended
either
by
the
Chartor
,
or
Act
of
Parliament
,
to
exauterat
the
Town-Council
,
or
to
superceed
and
lay
aside
the
Custom
and
Forms
of
the
Burgh
to
which
they
expresly
refer
,
are
groundless
and
absurd
Notions
.
But
the
Pursuers
made
a
great
Clamour
,
and
particularly
against
Dovehill
,
that
in
the
Way
and
Method
taken
,
he
hath
continued
himself
,
and
a
Set
of
his
Friends
now
more
than
these
ten
years
,
and
thereby
excludes
all
others
tho
honest
and
substantious
Burgesses
.
To
which
it
is
answered
,
That
this
is
a
Clamour
that
will
never
cease
,
viz.
That
such
as
are
out
,
envy
such
as
are
in
,
and
complain
of
their
Usurpation
.
2.
It
is
a
gross
Misrepresentation
,
that
Dovehill
hath
continued
himself
,
or
yet
hath
been
continued
since
the
Revolution
,
in
as
much
as
he
hath
not
been
Provost
at
any
time
for
more
than
two
years
together
,
which
is
the
ordinary
time
practised
in
all
Burghs
,
and
allowed
even
by
your
Lordships
Decisions
;
and
de
facto
since
the
Revolution
,
James
Peadie
and
William
Napier
have
been
provosts
as
well
as
Dovehill
,
and
James
Peadie
hath
been
four
years
of
that
time
,
which
is
near
as
long
as
Dovehill
hath
been
in
the
Office
.
But
3.
If
the
Custom
which
is
the
Sett
of
the
Burgh
be
duely
observed
,
and
no
Act
of
Parliament
transgressed
,
nor
any
privat
Mans
Right
violat
,
what
ground
can
any
man
have
to
complain
,
or
what
place
for
this
clamour
,
specially
when
it
is
evident
that
the
Magistracy
of
Glasgow
hath
very
happily
ever
since
the
Revolution
continued
in
hands
true
and
faithful
to
the
Government
,
and
sincerely
intending
the
good
of
the
Burgh
.
By
all
which
it
is
evident
,
that
as
to
the
above-controverted
Points
,
the
Pursuers
Declarator
,
is
wholly
groundless
and
absurd
,
and
from
which
the
Defenders
ought
to
be
assoilzied
.
In
respect
whereof
,
&c.
Act
of
Parliament
,
Impowering
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
to
choise
their
own
Magistrats
.
IN
the
Parliament
holden
at
Edinburgh
the
sixteen
day
of
November
,
the
year
of
God
one
thousand
six
hundred
&
fourty
one
years
.
OUR
SOVERAIGN
LORD
AND
ESTATES
OF
PARLIAMENT
considering
,
That
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
did
heretofore
in
the
Election
of
their
Magistrats
,
demand
the
assent
and
approbation
of
the
Arch-bishop
to
the
same
,
and
during
such
time
as
Episcopacy
was
not
allowed
in
this
Church
,
of
umquhile
Ludovick
Duke
of
Lennox
&
Richmond
,
who
was
Heretably
Infest
in
the
said
Arch-bishoprick
,
with
the
Priviledges
belonging
thereto
,
and
specially
the
Nomination
of
the
Magistrats
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
.
And
now
the
said
Burgh
being
one
of
the
best
peopled
and
prime
Burghs
within
the
Kingdom
,
it
is
most
agreeable
to
reason
that
they
should
have
free
liberty
to
elect
and
chuse
such
persons
as
should
be
most
fit
,
both
to
serve
the
Prince
and
govern
the
Burgh
it self
as
other
Burghs
within
the
Kingdom
.
Therefore
Our
Soveraign
Lord
,
with
Advice
of
the
Estates
,
and
of
the
special
consent
of
James
now
Duke
of
Lennox
and
Richmond
,
and
who
has
the
like
Heretable
Right
of
the
said
Arch-bishoprick
of
Glasgow
,
and
Priviledges
thereof
granted
to
him
,
as
the
said
umquhile
Ludovick
Duke
of
Lennox
and
Richmond
his
Uncle
had
of
before
,
Statutes
and
Ordains
,
That
the
Burgh
of
Glasgow
in
all
time
coming
,
shall
have
als
free
liberty
in
the
Election
and
Chusing
of
their
Magistrats
yearly
it
the
accustomed
times
,
as
any
other
Burgh
within
this
Kingdom
of
Scotl
nd
:
with
this
special
Provision
and
Condition
,
that
the
Provost
,
Baillies
and
Council
of
the
Burgh
,
and
their
Successors
,
shall
present
yearly
in
all
time
coming
,
an
Leit
of
three
〈…〉
Burgh
,
to
●●●
said
J●mes
Duke
of
Lennox
and
Richmond
,
and
his
Successors
foresaid
,
of
the
quhilk
number
,
the
said
James
Duke
of
Lennox
and
his
Successors
foresaid
,
shall
nominat
one
to
be
Provost
for
the
year
following
,
whom
they
shall
be
obliged
to
receive
and
admit
to
be
their
Provost
the
same
year
,
and
authorize
him
with
all
Commission
necessar
to
that
effect
,
providing
the
said
Duke
of
Lennox
and
his
foresaids
by
themselves
or
their
Commissioners
being
present
yearly
within
the
said
Burgh
at
the
Castle
,
which
belongs
to
the
Duke
and
his
Successors
the
time
of
the
Election
of
their
Magistrats
,
and
in
case
of
their
absence
,
in
that
case
it
shall
be
lawful
to
them
to
go
on
in
Election
of
their
Provost
for
that
year
of
their
absence
allenarly
.
Whilk
Act
being
this
day
Read
,
Voted
and
Past
in
Parliament
,
the
Lord
Duke
of
Lennox
personally
present
in
Parliament
,
gave
consent
to
the
foresaid
Act
above-mentioned
,
whereupon
Patrick
Bell
Commissioner
for
the
said
Burgh
of
Glasgow
asked
Instruments
for
the
said
Town
of
Glasgow
.
Extracted
furth
of
the
Books
and
Records
of
Parliament
,
by
me
Sir
Alexander
Gibson
younger
of
Durie
Knight
,
Clerk
of
his
Highness
Registers
and
Rolls
,
under
my
Sign
and
Subscription
Manual
.
Subscribitur
,
ALEXr
.
GIBSON
,
Cls.
Registri
.
Copy
of
the
Kings
Letter
to
the
Privy
Council
anent
the
Inhabitants
of
Glasgow
their
electing
their
Magistrats
and
Council
.
13
June
1689.
Supra
scribitur
WILLIAM
R.
RIght
Trustie
,
&c.
We
greet
you
well
,
There
having
been
a
Petition
presented
to
Us
,
subscribed
by
several
hundreds
of
the
Burgesses
Inhabitants
of
our
City
of
Glasgow
,
Representing
;
That
there
being
an
Act
of
the
Meeting
of
the
Estates
,
appointing
a
new
Election
of
the
Magistrats
and
Town-Council
of
all
the
Royal
Burrows
of
our
ancient
Kingdom
of
Scotland
,
and
that
conform
to
the
same
,
many
of
the
said
Burghs
have
had
days
assigned
to
them
for
electing
their
Magistrats
and
Council
,
and
that
hitherto
there
has
been
no
day
assigned
to
Our
said
City
of
Glasgow
for
the
choising
of
their
Magistrats
and
Council
;
And
being
well
satisfied
with
the
good
Service
done
to
us
and
that
our
ancient
Kingdom
,
by
the
Inhabitants
and
Burgesses
of
our
said
City
of
Glasgow
;
and
considering
it
is
fit
at
this
juncture
,
that
men
of
known
Integrity
and
Honesty
should
be
imployed
as
Magistrats
and
Town-Council
of
the
said
City
;
Therefore
We
do
authorize
and
require
you
to
take
such
Methods
as
you
think
proper
for
procuring
to
our
said
City
of
Glasgow
,
the
benefite
of
the
above
Act
of
the
Meeting
of
Estates
,
and
that
conform
to
the
same
,
some
day
before
the
tenth
day
of
July
next
may
be
assigned
to
them
for
electing
their
Magistrats
and
Town
Council
;
For
doing
whereof
this
shall
be
your
Warrand
,
and
so
We
bid
you
heartily
farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Hamptoun
Court
the
13
day
of
June
1689
years
,
and
of
Our
Retgn
the
first
Year
.
By
His
Majesties
Command
Subscribitur
Melvill
.
ACT
for
a
free
Election
of
the
Magistrats
and
Town-council
of
Glasgow
,
AT
Edinburgh
the
24
day
of
June
1689
years
,
anent
the
Petition
given
in
by
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
to
his
Grace
His
Majesties
high
Commissioner
and
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
,
Shewing
,
that
whereas
the
necessity
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
and
the
present
juncture
of
Affairs
in
that
and
other
parts
of
the
Kingdom
Requireth
,
And
His
Majesty
by
his
gracious
Letter
to
the
Lord
high
Commissioner
his
Grace
,
and
the
said
Lords
hath
granted
and
ordered
,
that
his
Grace
and
Lords
of
his
Council
,
might
appoint
the
Petitioners
a
day
betwixt
and
the
10
of
July
for
a
free
Election
of
their
Town-Council
and
Magistrats
,
That
so
there
might
be
men
of
known
honesty
and
integrity
to
serve
his
Majesty
and
the
saids
Lords
in
the
Government
,
for
the
promoting
and
maintaining
the
publick
good
and
peace
of
the
Kingdom
,
according
to
the
design
and
Commission
of
the
Convention
of
the
Estates
,
and
seing
the
saids
Lords
had
a
good
mind
thereto
,
but
only
that
it
is
thought
fit
to
acquaint
his
Majesty
that
it
is
his
Interest
and
Right
to
nominate
one
of
three
,
out
of
the
Lite
given
in
by
the
Town
for
to
be
Provost
,
to
see
if
his
Majesty
dispenseth
with
his
Right
and
interest
to
the
people
for
this
present
time
,
lest
his
Majesty
had
not
been
informed
therein
by
the
Petitioners
,
which
upon
their
honest
Word
was
done
:
And
therefore
humbly
craving
the
Lords
for
Security
of
the
place
and
publick
good
and
peace
of
that
part
of
the
Kingdom
,
and
obtempering
the
time
limited
by
his
Majesty
for
their
free
election
,
To
grant
them
Liberty
and
appoint
a
day
for
the
same
,
to
elect
the
Town
Council
,
Provost
and
Baillies
for
the
present
until
his
Majesties
Return
to
the
saids
Lords
be
seen
,
reserving
still
his
Majesties
Right
to
be
renewed
at
Michaelmas
,
if
his
Majesty
dispense
not
with
it
to
them
,
for
the
publick
good
and
safety
of
the
place
,
which
is
almost
sunk
in
Debt
,
and
ruined
by
former
Magistrats
these
many
years
;
His
Majesties
high
Commissioner
and
the
Lords
of
Privy
Council
having
considered
the
above
Petition
,
with
the
Act
of
Parliament
in
favours
of
the
Town
of
Glasgow
,
and
having
heard
his
Majesties
Letter
directed
to
them
thereanent
:
They
do
hereby
give
order
and
warrand
for
a
new
and
free
Election
of
the
Baillies
,
Dean
of
Gild
,
Thesaurer
and
Town
Council
of
Glasgow
,
To
be
by
them
chosen
at
Glasgow
upon
the
2d
and
3d
days
of
July
next
by
the
Pole
of
habile
Burgesses
bearing
Scot
and
Lot
,
excluding
honorarie
Burgesses
,
Town-servants
Pensioners
,
and
Beadmen
,
and
appoints
them
to
continue
until
the
usual
time
about
Michaelmas
next
;
And
ordains
them
to
send
up
a
List
of
3
persons
to
his
Majesty
,
That
he
may
make
choise
of
one
of
them
,
and
authorize
him
to
be
Provost
of
the
said
Town
of
Glasgow
,
and
they
do
nominat
and
appoint
the
Earl
of
Dundonnald
or
such
as
he
shall
appoint
to
be
present
and
see
the
foresaid
Election
:
And
Ordains
the
Town-Clerk
to
conveen
the
habile
Burgesses
and
proceed
in
the
foresaid
Election
in
the
same
manner
as
was
formerly
ordered
and
appointed
,
by
the
meeting
of
Estates
,
in
the
Elections
of
the
Magistrats
and
Town
Council
of
Edinburgh
and
Dandee
,
With
the
foresaid
Restriction
of
the
Provost
,
until
his
Majesty
nominat
one
of
the
three
to
be
given
in
to
him
,
Or
otherwise
declare
His
pleasure
thereanent
,
Extracted
by
me
GiLB
.
ELLIOT
Cls.
Sti
.
Concilii
His
Majesties
Letter
to
the
Magistrats
and
Council
of
Glasgow
to
choise
their
own
Provost
as
well
as
other
Magistrats
.
19.
September
1689.
Sic
Suprascrib
.
WILLIAM
R.
TRusty
and
well
beloved
,
We
greet
you
well
;
Whereas
We
understanding
that
the
naming
of
your
Provost
does
properly
belong
to
Us
,
and
ther●
being
no
Bishop
,
it
is
now
in
our
power
;
Yet
in
consideration
of
the
particular
Service
done
to
Us
by
that
our
City
,
and
of
the
Zeal
and
Affection
,
we
are
well
assured
you
have
for
Us
:
Are
therefore
resolved
to
grant
to
you
a
●pecial
Mark
of
Our
Royal
Favour
,
in
allowing
and
impowering
you
to
choise
your
own
Provost
for
the
next
ensuing
year
,
as
freely
as
others
of
Our
Royal
Burrows
do
.
Therefore
,
it
is
Our
Will
and
Pleasure
,
and
We
do
hereby
Authorize
and
require
you
,
to
Elect
and
Choise
alse
well
your
Provost
as
other
Magistrats
for
the
ensuing
year
,
at
the
ordinary
time
,
and
in
the
accustomed
manner
,
Notwithstanding
of
the
Right
We
have
of
Naming
your
said
Provost
:
For
doing
of
Which
,
these
presents
shall
be
to
you
,
and
all
others
respectively
who
may
be
therein
any
way
concerned
,
a
sufficient
Warrand
,
and
so
We
bid
you
Farewell
.
Given
at
Our
Court
at
Hamptoun-Court
the
19
of
September
1689
,
and
of
Our
Reign
the
first
Year
.
By
His
Majesties
Command
.
Sic
Subscribitur
Melvill
.
Directed
on
the
back
thus
To
Our
Trusty
and
wellbeloved
the
present
Magistrats
and
Town
Council
of
Our
City
of
Glasgow
.
Carta
Confirmationis
In
favorem
Civitatis
de
Glasgow
,
4
Jan
:
1690.
GULIELMUS
&
MARIA
Dei
gratia
magnae
Britanniae
,
Franciae
&
Hiberniae
Rex
&
Regina
fideique
Defensores
,
Omnibus
probis
hominibus
totius
terrae
suae
,
Clericis
&
Laicis
salutem
.
Sciatis
quia
nos
considerantes
Regiam
nostram
Civitatem
de
Glasgow
,
in
antiquo
hoc
nostro
Scotia
Regno
unam
esse
ex
amplissimis
&
maximi
momenti
societatibus
in
dicto
nostro
Regno
tum
propter
incolarum
numerum
tum
etiam
propter
eorum
dispositionem
,
facultat
〈…〉
pecuniarum
summae
à
dicta
Civitate
erogatae
&
exantlatae
fuere
,
ex
eo
quod
Magistratuum
suorum
electionem
non
habuerunt
,
Nosque
etiam
considerantes
firmam
&
constantem
communitatis
dictae
civitatis
adhesionem
Religioni
Reformatae
,
summam
etiam
suam
alacritatem
&
zelum
erga
servitium
nostrum
in
quibus
sese
notabiles
insigniter
,
reddidere
.
Et
hinc
est
quod
Dictae
Civitati
jus
&
potestatem
praepositum
seu
magistratus
de
Glasgow
designandi
(
apud
nos
remanen
virtute
acti
Episcopatum
abrogantis
)
tanquam
Regii
nostrigratiae
Indicium
concedere
benigne
statuimus
,
utque
dicta
civitas
in
eodem
fit
●a●u
,
cum
reliquis
nostris
burgis
Regiis
,
quod
privilegium
praepositum
reliquosque
omnes
Magistratus
suos
nominandi
&
eligendi
habeat
.
Nos
igitur
ex
certa
●ostra
scientia
proprioque
motu
,
&
ex
potestate
nostra
Regia
cum
avisamento
〈◇〉
consensu
summi
nostri
thesaurarii
&
thesaurarii
nostri
deputati
,
feu
thesaurarii
nostri
commissionariorum
pro
tempore
ac
reliquorum
domino●um
aliorumque
Scaccarii
nostri
,
ratificavimus
,
approbavimus
&
confirmavimus
sicuti
tenore
presentis
nostrae
Cartae
ratificamus
,
approbamus
&
co●firmamus
,
omnes
&
quascunque
Cartas
,
privilegia
,
donationes
&
concessiones
per
quosvis
nostros
serenissimos
antecessores
,
dictae
communitati
civitatis
de
Glasgow
,
vel
gildae
mechanicis
ac
singulis
societatibus
&
diaconiis
ejusdem
concessas
,
tam
plene
accum
eodem
effectu
quam
si
unaquaeque
particularis
erectio
in
hac
nostra
Carta
speciatim
enumeraretur
.
Atque
itidem
nos
tanquam
in
vice
Archi
Episcopi
Glasguensis
succeden
pro
nobis
metipsis
proque
omni
alio
jure
nobis
competen
.
De
novo
damus
concedimus
&
disponimus
dictae
civitati
de
Glasgow
,
&
concilio
burgali
ejusdem
amplam
potestatem
jus
&
facultatem
Praepositum
Balivos
reliquosque
omnes
Magistratus
suos
ordinario
modo
&
tempore
designandi
&
eligendi
&
adeo
libere
ac
quodvis
aliud
burgum
Regium
in
dicto
nostro
Regno
Praepositum
Balivos
&
Magistratus
suos
eligunt
,
seu
eligere
possunt
.
Incipiendo
primam
electionem
suam
ad
festum
Michaelis
proxime
sequen
:
atque
ita
annuatim
deinceps
omni
tempore
futuro
.
Volumus
porro
ac
cum
avisamento
&
consensu
praedict
,
pro
nobis
nostrisque
successoribus
decernimus
declaramus
&
ordinamus
hanc
nostram
Ratificationem
&
Concessionem
,
adeo
fore
efficacem
dictae
Civitati
de
Glasgow
ac
si
unaquaeque
particularis
erectio
Carta
seu
concessio
in
presenti
hac
nostra
Carta
speciatim
exprimeretur
&
enumeraretur
.
Quocirca
,
cumque
omnibus
defectibus
inde
sequuturis
,
cumque
omnibus
aliis
objectionibus
&
imperfectionibus
,
contra
validitatem
Cartarum
&
securiratum
per
quosvis
nostros
regios
Antecessores
dictae
Civitati
de
Glasgow
concessorum
,
aut
hujus
nostrae
confirmationis
&
concessionis
opponendis
&
allegandis
nos
pro
nobis
nostrisque
successoribus
cum
avisamento
&
consensu
praedictum
,
Dispensavimus
&
per
presentem
hanc
nostram
Cartam
in
perpetuum
dispensamus
.
Promittimus
denique
hanc
nostram
confirmationis
Cartam
,
in
proxima
Sessione
Parliamenti
dicti
regni
nostri
Ratificare
,
pro
cujus
ratificatione
praesens
haec
nostra
Carta
sufficiens
erit
instructio
Commissionario
nostro
.
In
cujus
rei
Testimonium
huic
praesenti
Cartae
nostrae
magnum
sigillum
nostrum
appendi
praecepimus
Testibus
fidelibus
&
dilectis
nostris
Consiliariis
,
Joanne
domino
Belhaven
,
Roberto
Magistro
de
Burleigh
,
&
D.
Thoma
Burnet
de
Leyes
,
ac
fidelibus
&
dilectis
nostris
D.
Duncano
Campbell
de
Auchinbreck
milite
,
&
Joanne
Hay
de
Park
,
Commissioniariis
pro
munere
&
officio
nostrorum
rotulorum
&
registrorum
Clerici
&
D.
Guilielmo
Ker
equite
aurato
&
Domino
Carolo
Stewart
de
Pittendreich
milete
baronetto
nostrae
Cancellariae
Directoribus
.
Apud
aulam
nostram
de
Kensingtoun
,
quarto
die
Januarii
,
millesimo
sexcentisimo
nonagesimo
&
regni
nostri
anno
primo
.