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Prayers said. The rolls called.
The minuts of the last sederunt read.
The earls of Glencairn, Hume, Galloway, Kincardine, Kintoir, Aberdeen, Melvill and Marchmont, the viscounts of Stormont and Teviot, the lords Forbes, Saltoun, Colvill and Rollo, and Sir James Steuart, her majesties' advocat, took the oath of alleadgeance and oath of parliament and subscribed the alleadgeance and assureance.
Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, William Morison of Prestoungrange, Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Alexander Duff of Braco and the laird of Broddie, as commissioners for shires, David Chrystie, Mr James Melvill, Robert Johnstoun, William Cultrane, George Moncrief and Sir William Hamilton, as commissioners for burrows, in like manner took the oath of alleadgeance and oath of parliament and subscribed the alleadgeance and assureance.
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Her majesties' gift and commission in favors of the Lord Boyle to be lord thesaurer depute was read, and ordered to be recorded, whereof the tenor follows:
Anna, Dei gratia, Magnae Britanniae, Franciae et Hiberniae, regina, fideique defensor, omnibus probis hominibus ad quos praesentes literae nostrae pervenerint salutem. Quandoquidem nobis abunde satisfactum sit de integritate et praeclaris facultatibus fidelissimi et praedilecti nostri conciliarii Davidis, domini Boyle, unde usquequaque sit idoneus pro exercendo munere et officio thesaurarii nostri deputati infra antiquum regnum nostrum Scotiae; noveritis igitur nos nominasse constituisse et ordinasse tenoreque praesentium nominare constituere et ordinare ipsum Davidem, dominum Boyle, durante nostro beneplacito solummodo, thesaurarium nostrum deputatum in officiis thesaurarii nostri computorum rotulatoris et thesaurarii novarum nostrarum augmentationum et receptoris generalis dicti nostri antiqui regni; cum plenaria potestate illi dicto munere et officio durante spatio antedicto fruendi et exercendi; cum omnibus honoribus libertatibus privilegiis immunitatibus praeeminentiis proficuis et casualitatibus quibuscunque eo spectantibus, tam plene et libere in omnibus respectibus et conditionibus quam quivis alii ejus praedecessores in dicto officio functi et potiti sunt seu quovis tempore praeterito fungi et potiri poterant; speciatim vero absque praejudicio generalitatis antedictae locum et suffragium tanquam uni ex nostris status officiariis in omnibus nostris dicti regni parliamentis generalibus conciliis et conventibus habendi; ac nos considerantes plenam potestatem et officium thesaurarii nostri principalis nunc in commissionem thesaurarii versam esse expresse; igitur declaramus et ordinamus quod haec praesens nostra donatio dicti officii thesaurarii deputati dictae commissioni nequaquam derogari quaequidem in plena potestate et vigore remanebit; et quod praefatus David, dominus Boyle, tanquam unus ex nostris commissionariis nostri thesaurarii exercebit; et per praesentes nominamus et constituimus ipsum unum ex commissionariis thesaurarii antedicti in loco Adami Cockburn de Ormistoun, nuper nostri thesaurarii deputati in dicto regno tam plenarie et libere ad omnes intentus et proposita ac si in antedicta commissione nominatus fuisset quodquidem declaramus sibi tanquam thesaurario deputato in quibusvis privilegiis eo spectantibus nullo modo prejudicari si in posterum durante continuatione praesentis nostrae commissionis nominatus fuerit thesaurarius principalis. In cujus rei testimonium praesentibus magnum sigillum nostrum appendi praecepimus. Apud aulam nostram de Saint James's, secundo die mensis Januarii, anno Domini millesimo septingentesimo tertio et anno regni nostri primo. Per signaturam manu S. D. N. reginae suprasignatam
Written to the great seal and registrat the eight day of January, 1703. Sic subscribitur, Charles Kerr. Sealed at Edinburgh, the ninth day of January, one thousand, seven hundreth and three years, by special order till the seal be renewed. Sic subscribitur, Alexander Ogilvie.
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The act for settleing the orders of the parliament house, read, and copies thereof ordained to be affixed on the doors and other places according to custome.
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The consideration of these† which related to contraverted elections was resumed and the double election for the shire of Clackmannan considered, and both the commissioners elected were allowed to see and interchange such writts and instructions as should be founded upon for either party, and diligence allowed to Sir John Erskine against the clerk of the election and others havers, to be reported the [...] day of May instant.
The double election of Sir George Suttie of Balgoun and the laird of Ormistoun, younger, for the shire of East Lothian was considered, and both ordained to produce and allowed to see all writs to be founded upon in the competition, to be furder considered by the parliament at the next meeting.
The double elections of the several commissioners for the shire of Berwick considered and their respective objections and answers, with the writts to be founded on for instructing thereof, ordered to be given in and seen in the clerks' hands by the parties concerned against the next sitting of parliament and then either determined in plain parliament or remitted to a committee.
A warrand given to the barons and freeholders of the shire of Selkirk to elect another commissioner for that shire in place of Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh, now promoted to be lord clerk register, and to meet for that effect on the day specified in the said warrand, which is as follows:
Her majesties' high commissioner and the estates of parliament, considering that Sir James Murray of Philiphaugh, one of the commissioners elected for the shire of Selkirk to this present parliament, is now promoted by the queen's majestie to be lord clerk register and one of her officers of state, therefore, they hereby ordain and give warrand to the freeholders of the said shire to meet and elect another of their number to be commissioner to the effect foresaid at Selkirk, the eighteenth day of May instant, in the usual manner.
The double election of the severall commissioners for the shire of Lanerk considered, and the commission from that shire in favors of the lairds of Lamingtoun, Jerveswood, Stevenson, younger and Aikenhead unanimously sustained, and they took the oath of alleadgeance and oath of parliament and subscribed the alleadgeance and assureance accordingly.
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Warrands upon petitions in order to the obtaining protections granted for citeing the creditors of Sir Archbald Cockburn, elder of Langtoun, William Cockburn, now of Cockburn, son to the deceased James Cockburn, sometime goldsmith in Edinburgh, and Patrick Steel, vintner there.
Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesties' high commissioner, adjourned the parliament till Friday next at ten a clock.