Edinburgh, the eighth day of November, 1655. Whereas his Highnesse council in Scotland by their ordinance of the 31 of October last, have ordained, that the prices for every common-bill shall be sixpence sterling ...

Author: Scotland. Commissioners for Administration of Justice in Scotland.1655

EDINBURGH, The Eighth day of November, 1655.

WHereas his Highnesse Council in SCOTLAND by their Ordinance of the 31. of October last, have Ordained, That the Prices for every Common-Bill shall be Sixpence sterling. The Prices of every Bill of Suspension, Two shillings sterling. And all other Prices belonging to Clerks, Registers, Keepers of Seals, or payable for Seals, shall be according to the Statutes of this Nation, and no more. Therefore the Commissioners for Administration of Justice to the People in SCOTLAND, to the end the People may know certainly what to pay to HENRY HOPE, who is appointed Receiver of these Prices, excepting the Prices due for the Privy Seal, which are ordained to be paid to the Keeper of that Seal, Have thought fit to excerp from the Statutes, and Acts of Parliament of this Nation, the Prices underwritten, due thereby to the Director of the Chancery, Clerks of the Session, Clerk of the Bills, and for the Signet Privy and Great Seals; And also the Prices due to the Clerk of the Register of Hornings and Inhibitions; And to the Clerk of the Register of Seasings, in manner following.

Prices to the Director of the CHANCERY.
	Scots	Money.
	L.	S.	P.
FOr Legitimations	02.	00.	00.
For Remissions to a Yeoman	02.	00.	00.
And for every Person more than one contained therein	01.	00.	00.
For a Remission to a Baron	04.	00.	00.
And for every Person of that rank more than one contained therein	02.	00.	00.
For a Remission to a Lord	06.	00.	00.
And for every Person of that rank, more than one contained therein	03.	00.	00.
For Writing and Registring of a Conformation or Infeftment of a Five pound Land, or under, with the Precept of Seasing duely and orderly past	04.	00.	00.
For Writing and Registring of a Confirmation or Infeftment of a Ten pound Land, or under, with the Precept of Seasing duely and orderly past	05.	00.	00.
For Writing and Registring of a Confirmation or Infeftment of all other Lands under a Barony, or Thirty Pound Land, with the precept of Seasing duely and orderly past	06.	00.	00.
For Writing and Registring of an Infeftment of a Barony, with the precept of Seasing duely and orderly past	10.	00.	00.
And for every Barony more than one, contained therein	05.	00.	00.
Provided, That the whole Payment exceed not	20.	00.	00.
For Writing and Registring of an Infefment of a Lordship or Earldom, with the precept of Seasing duely and orderly past	20.	00.	00.
And for every Barony more than one contained therein	05.	00.	00.
Provided, That the whole Payment exceed not	50.	00.	00.
For Commissions orderly past the quarter Seal, for serving of Brieves in favors of a Yeoman	02.	00.	00.
For Commissions Sealed, in favors of a Baron	03.	00.	00.
For Commissions Sealed, in favors of a Lord	06.	00.	00.
For Tutory Datives, duely and orderly Sealed	02.	00.	00.
For the whole Persons contained in the Tutory.
Presentations upon Forfeiture or Bastardry of small Annualrents, or Lands within Burgh, and of small peeces of Lands, for the Writing and Quarter-Seal	02.	00.	00.
And of other Lands of greater availe	05.	00.	00.
For a Breive	00.	05.	00.
For an Aturney	00.	02.	00.
For Registrating a Retour to a Common-man	00.	13.	04.
To a Baron	01.	06.	08.
To a Lord	02.	00.	00.
For Precepts upon the Retour for Lands, under a Ten pound Land	02.	00.	00.
And if the Lands be above a Ten pound Land, to pay accordingly
Provided, That the highest price exceed not	04.	00.	00.
For the second and third Precepts	01.	00.	00.
For the fourth Precept conform to the first

Prices for the Clerks of the SESSION.
	Scots	Money.
	L.	S.	P.
FOr Registrating of an Obligation	00.	13.	04.
For the Extract thereof	00.	13.	04.
An Act of Litiscontestation in Summar and Common Causes, for every sheet of the Act, and of the Decreet	01.	00.	00.
And whereas by the Act of Parliament, 1621. The Prices of Acts of Litiscontestation in matters of contentious dispute, heard in presence of the Lords, are appointed to be at the discretion of the Party. It is Ordered, that the payment for such Acts of Litiscontestation, be as for other Acts of Litiscontestation.
Common and ordinary Extracts, for every sheet extracted	00.	13.	04.
The Registration to pay as much.

Prices to the Clerk of the BILLS.
	Scots	Money.
	L.	S.	P.
FOr Acts of Caution with the Relief	01.	00.	00.
For Commissions	00.	13.	04.
For Dispensations in favors of a Party	00.	00.	04.
And for a Sheriffedom or Burgh	00.	06.	08.
Acts of Lawborrows, for every person contained in the Act	00.	06.	08.
For Advocations	01.	00.	00.
For Relaxations per se	00.	06.	08.
And for every person contained therein accordingly.
The Prices for Cōmon Bills, & Bills of Suspension are set down in the Preamble to the Prices, viz. for every Common Bill,	00.	06.	00.
And for every Bill of Suspension	01.	04.	00.
Item according to the Act of Parliament, 1641. for recording and allowing of Comprisings	02.	00.	00.
And for the Extract thereof	01.	00.	00.

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Pryces for the SIGNET.
	Scots	Money.
	L.	S.	P.
FOr Summons of whatsoever quality.	00.	10.	00.
For Letters of Inhibition and Arrestment	00.	16.	08.
For Letters of Lawborrows, and Criminal Letters, how many Persons soever be insert	00.	10.	00.
For Ministers Letters	00.	10.	00.
For all Letters of Horning of whatsoever quality, except Letters of Lawborrows and Criminal Letters	01.	11.	08.
For a Relaxation	00.	10.	00.
And accordingly for every Person Relaxed.
For a Legitimation	01.	00.	00.
For an Infeftment or Confirmation of a Five pound Land, or under	01.	10.	00.
For an Infeftment or Confirmation of a Ten pound Land or under
For an Infeftment or Confirmation of other Lands, under a Thirty pound Land, or Barony	02.	10.	00.
For an Infeftment of Barony	03.	00.	00.
And of so many moe different Baronies as are contained in the Signature	03.	00.	00.
For an Infeftment of an Earldom and Lordship of dignity	06.	00.	00.
And for every Barony beside, contained in the Signature	03.	00.	00.
For Comprisings	02.	00.	00.
For a Remission to a Common-man	01.	00.	00.
And accordingly for every person contained in the same Remission, and for every Crime
For a Remission to a Baron	02.	00.	00.
And accordingly for every person of that rank, and for every Crime contained in the Signature.
For a Remission to a Lord	03.	00.	00.
Crime contained in the Signature.
A Taxt-Ward being insert, to pay likewise the half price that the Lands or Barony payeth at the Signet.

Prices for the PRIVY-SEAL.
	Scots	Money.
	L.	S.	P.
FOr the Escheat of a Common-man	01.	06.	08.
And for every Person more contained in the Signature	00.	13.	04.
The Life-rent and Escheat to pay the double of this Sum.
For the Escheat of a Baron	02.	13.	04.
And for every Person more of that rank contained in the Signature	01.	06.	08.
The Escheat and Life-rent to pay the double of this Sum.
For the Escheat of a Lord	08.	00.	00.
And for every person more of that rank contained in the Signature	04.	00.	00.
Their Escheat and Life-rent to pay the double of this Sum.
For a Legitimation	02.	00.	00.
For a Remission or Respit to a Common-man	02.	00.	00.
And accordingly for every Person, and every Crime contained in the Signature.
For a Remission or Respit to a Baron	03.	00.	00.
And accordingly for every Person more of that rank, and for every Crime contained in the Signature.
For a Respit or Remission to a Lord	06.	00.	00.
And accordingly for every Person of that rank, and for every Crime contained in the Signature.
For the Infeftment or Confirmation of a Five pound Land, or under	03.	00.	00.
For the Infeftment or Confirmation of a Ten pound Land, or under	04.	00.	00.
For the Infeftment or Confirmation of all other Lands, under a Thirty pound Land or Barony	05.	00.	00.
For the Infeftment or Confirmation of a Barony	06.	00.	00.
And for every Barony more contained in the Infeftment	03.	00.	00.
For an Infeftment or Confirmation of an Earldom, or Lordship of dignity	12.	00.	00.
And for every Barony beside contained in the Infeftment	06.	00.	00.
For a Comprising	04.	00.	00.
For a Taxt-Ward, the half price that a Land or Barony payeth at the Privy-Seal.
For the Ward, Non-entress, Relief, and Marriage of men under Barons	02.	00.	00.
For the Ward, Non-entress, Relief, and Marriage of a Baron	04.	00.	00.
For the Ward, Non-entress, Relief, and Marriage of a Lord	10.	00.	00.
For the Ward only of a mean man	01.	10.	00.
For the Ward only of a Baron	03.	00.	00.
For the Ward only of a Lord	05.	00.	00.
For the Non-entress only of men under Barons	01.	00.	00.
For the Non-entress only of Barons	02.	00.	00.
For the Non-entress only of Earls and Lords	03.	00.	00.
For the Marriage only of men under Barons	01.	10.	00.
For the Marriage only of Barons	03.	00.	00.
For the Mariage only of Lords	05.	00.	00.
For Common Gifts of Prebendaries, Chaplinries, Pensions, or Offices	01.	10.	00.

Prices of the GREAT-SEAL.

THat the Prices of the Great-Seal, exceed not the quadruple of the Privy-Seal; And Henry Hope the Receiver, is to conform himself thereto in all points.

Prices for the Register of HORNINGS.
	Scots	Money.
FOr Registring of Letters of Horning, for every sheet thereof	00.	06.	08.
And how long soever the Horning be, not to exceed	01.	00.	00.
For Inhibitions and Relaxations, how long soever they be	01.	00.	00.

Prices for the Register of SEASINGS and REVERSIONS, &c.
	Scots	Money.
THat according to the Act of Parliament, 1617. There be payed for every Leaf of the Register, containing no less than is in the said Act of Parliament	01.	06.	08.
And so proportionably for every Page of the Leaf, and part of the Page.

AND Ordain these Presents to be Printed, and Copies thereof to be affixed in every Office, that all Persons concerned may have inspection of the same.

GEO. SMYTH, President.

EDINBƲRGH, Printed by Christopher Higgins, in Harts-Close, over against the Trone-Church. 1655.

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