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Petition Andrew Arnott, sometime of Barcaple, regarding the teinds of Tongland.
To the king's most excellent majesty, the humble petition of Andrew Arnott, sometime of Barcaple,
Humbly shows,
Whereas your majesty's petitioner and his predecessors by the space of 200 years or thereby, being kindly tacksmen and possessors of the vicarage teinds of the parish of Tongland for yearly payment to the bishops of Galloway of the sums of £40 Scots, as the tacks made thereupon purports; and your majesty's petitioner having by the space of eight years since or thereby agreed with the late Andrew [Lamb], bishop of Galloway for the time, for a new tack to have been granted by him to your majesty's said petitioner of the said vicarage teinds for the space of 19 years for yearly payment of the said sum of £40, and he, having caused his writer draw up the foresaid tack according to the foresaid agreement, and your majesty's petitioner being in the meantime unjustly incarcerated in ward within the tolbooth of Kirkcudbright by some malicious persons, true it is that Master James Scott, minister at Tongland, the time of your majesty petitioner's said imprisonment, purchased a tack of the said vicarage teinds from the said late bishop of Galloway, notwithstanding of the foresaid agreement passed between him and your majesty's said petitioner, whereby he was unjustly secluded and debarred from the right of the said teinds. Likewise thereafter by the space of [...], the said Master James Scott, being excommunicated by the kirk and having fled the country for not subscribing of the covenant, the said teinds have continually lain over since unpaid in the hands of the parishioners of Tongland. And your majesty's petitioner being now reduced to extreme necessity and poverty by the tyranny and oppression of diverse persons where he dwells and not able thereby to prosecute his just and lawful actions against his creditors and others by whom he is unjustly wronged and oppressed, and being of great age, will be utterly ruined and undone unless your majesty out of your royal bounty and favour be pleased to grant to him during his lifetime new tacks of the said vicarage teinds of the said parish of Tongland (which is no part of the minister's stipend at the said kirk nor never was) for payment of the old duty thereof above-specified, and to assign him to the arrears of the said teinds, having special consideration that he is unjustly secluded from the right and possession of the said teinds in manner foresaid.
May it therefore please your majesty to grant new tacks to your majesty's petitioner during his lifetime of the foresaid vicarage teinds of the said parish of Tongland for payment of the foresaid old duty thereof, and to assign him to the arrears of the said teinds, having special consideration that he is unjustly secluded from the right and possession of the said teinds in manner foresaid. And your majesty's petitioner shall ever as bound in duty pray for your majesty's happy and prosperous reign etc.
His sacred majesty is graciously pleased to remit this petitioner to be heard and considered in parliament.
James Galloway, at the court at Holyroodhouse, this 9 November 1641
12 November 1641
Read in audience of the nobility.†