The Staple Contract Betwixt the Royal Burrows of Scotland, and the City of Campvere in Zealand. [25 Dec. 1697.] With the Several Amplifications ... To which is Prefixed an Historical Account of the Staple, by a Private Gentleman

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R. Fleming, 1749 - Scotland - 97 pages
 

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Page 13 - III. of glorious memory: her majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and the lords the States General of the United Provinces...
Page 53 - And fo we bid you heartily Farewel. Given at our Court at St.
Page 10 - In the name of the most holy and individual Trinity: Be it known to all, and every one whom it may concern, or to whom in any manner it may belong, That for many Years past, Discords and Civil Divisions being stir'd up in the Roman Empire, which increas'd to such a degree, that not only all Germany, but also the neighbouring Kingdoms, and France particularly, have been involv'd in the Disorders of a long...
Page 32 - ... it is hereby agreed that the magistratts shall upon all fitting and convenient occasion in the tyme of warre and danger procure in the court of admirality in Zealand a weell furnished man of warre ane or mae (if need be) that may freely goe out in convoy of the ships belonging to the Scotts nation to any place or places within the river of Forth or any other place in the kingdom of Scotland, and there to stay and attend for the space of fourteen dayes for bringing back the saids shipps or others...
Page 20 - Campvere shall hereby be obliged, within a year after subscribing hereof, to take care that the old burnt church be rebuilt, or otherways, within two months, to accommodate the...
Page 21 - Winegaert street ; and that it was the duty of the magistrates to have provided them of a church, yet it is hereby agreed, that, for the rent of the said house and reparation done thereto, nothing shall be pretended...
Page 21 - Ground -right, which may be pretended to be paid, for burying within or without the Church, and to have the Liberty to bury their Dead at any time of the Day or Night, at their...
Page 96 - In |the General Convention of the Royal Burrows of Scotland, holden at the Burgh of Edinburgh, upon the 4th Day of July 1749, by their Commiffioners therein conveened.
Page 57 - In the General Convention of the Royal Burrows, holden at the Burgh of Edinburgh, upon the nth Day of July 1718 Years, by the Commiffioners therein conveened.
Page xiii - ... incident may be believed. During Charles V's wars with Francis I, the Scots, although they were considered neutral, seized some English ships at Campvere. The Emperor then ordered his subjects in the Netherlands to make reprisal upon them, but "the Scots likeweys equipped, and were so much superior at Sea (which will now hardly gain credit) that they not only confined the Dutch and Flemish Privateers in their harbour, but interrupted the Trade of those of the Provinces, Flanders, Zealand and...

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