An order and declaration of His Highnes Council in Scotland, for the government thereof; : for the more equal raising the assessment of ten thousand pounds by the moneth, from the last of December, 1655. to the first of July, 1656. Friday, the 21. day of December, 1655. At his Highness Council in Edinburgh, ordered, that this order and declaration be forthwith printed and published. Emanuel Downing, Cl. of the Council..
Scotland.Privy Council.
Downing, Emanuel,active 1655.
Pery, Richard,17th centuryformer owner,StEdNL
Prestongrange, William Grant,Lord,1701-1764,former ownerStEdNL
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose,Earl of,1847-1929,former owner.StEdNL
Edinburgh, : Printed by Christoper Higgins, in Harts-Close, over against the Trone-Church,,
1655..
Text in black letter.
Aldis, H.G. Scotland,
ESTC
Armorial bookplates of the 5th Earl of Rosebery and Lord Prestongrange on the front pastedown. Handwritten table of contents tipped in before the first flyleaf. Stamp of Barnbougle Castle Catalogue at the head of the first flyleaf. Manuscript inscription at the head of the title page "Richard Pery" in a late seventeenth-century hand. "Richard Pery" and "Alex Cu[m]mings" appear stamped on the front cover.
Tax collection