The minutes of the last sederunt read.
The earls [John Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn, [Charles Home, earl of] Home, [James Stewart, earl of] Galloway, [Alexander Bruce, earl of] Kincardine, [John Keith, earl of] Kintore, [George Gordon, earl of] Aberdeen, [George Melville, earl of] Melville and [Patrick Hume, earl of] Marchmont, the viscounts [David Murray, viscount of] Stormont and [Thomas Livingston, viscount of] Teviot, the lords [William Forbes, lord] Forbes, [William Fraser, lord] Saltoun, [Robert Colville, lord] Colville [of Ochiltree] and [Robert Rollo, lord] Rollo, and Sir James Stewart [of Goodtrees], her majesty's advocate, took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.
Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall, William Morrison of Prestongrange, Duncan Forbes of Culloden, Alexander Duff of Braco and James Brodie, laird of Brodie, as commissioners for shires, David Christie [of Balsillie], Mr James Melville [of Halhill], Robert Johnston [of Kelton], William Coltrane [of Drummorall], George Moncrieff [of Sauchope] and Sir William Hamilton [of Whitelaw], as commissioners for burghs, in like manner took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance.
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Her majesty's gift and commission in favour of [David Boyle], lord Boyle to be lord treasurer depute was read, and ordered to be recorded, whereof the tenor follows:
Anne, by the grace of God, queen of Great Britain, France and Ireland, and defender of the faith, to all honest men to whom our present letters shall have come, greetings. In as much as we are abundantly satisfied concerning the integrity and outstanding abilities of our most loyal and well-beloved councillor David, lord Boyle, whereby he is in every way fitted to exercise the appointment and office of our treasurer depute in our ancient kingdom of Scotland, know therefore that we have named, constituted and appointed, and by the tenor of this commission do name, constitute and appoint this David, lord Boyle, during the period of our pleasure only, our treasurer depute in the offices of our treasurer, exchequer, comptroller, treasurer of our new taxes and receiver general of our said ancient kingdom, with full power, during the foresaid period, to enjoy and exercise the said appointment and office with every honour, liberty, privilege, immunity, pre-eminence, profit and casual profit whatsoever relating thereto, as fully and freely in every respect and condition as any other of his predecessors in the said office enjoyed and possessed, or could have enjoyed and possessed at any time in the past, and especially without prejudice of the foresaid generality, to have place and suffrage as one of our officers of state in all our parliaments of the said kingdom, general councils and meetings; and we, considering that the full power and office of our principal treasurer has now been expressly turned into a treasury commission, therefore we declare and ordain that this our present donation of the said office of treasurer depute in no way derogates from the said commission which will remain in full power and force, and that the foresaid David, lord Boyle, will exercise it as one of our commissioners of our treasury; and by this commission we name and constitute him one of the commissioners of the foresaid treasury in place of Adam Cockburn of Ormiston, recently our treasurer depute in the said kingdom, as fully and freely to all intents and purposes as if he had been named in the foresaid commission; and we declare that he is in no way prejudiced as treasurer depute in any privileges relating thereto if in future, during the continuation of our present commission, he shall have been named as principal treasurer. In witness whereof, we have ordered that our great seal be appended to this commission. At our palace of St James's, 2 January in the year of our Lord 1703, and in the first year of our reign. Signed by the hand manual of our supreme lady the queen.
Written to the great seal and registered 8 January 1703. Signed thus, Charles Kerr. Sealed at Edinburgh, 9 January 1703, by special order until the seal is renewed. Signed thus, Alexander Ogilvie.
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The act for settling the orders of the parliament house, read, and copies thereof ordained to be affixed on the doors and other places according to custom.
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The consideration of these† which related to controverted 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 writs and instructions as should be founded upon for either party, and diligence allowed to Sir John Erskine [of Alva] against the clerk of the election and other havers, to be reported the [...] day of May instant.
The double election of Sir George Suttie of Balgown and John Cockburn, laird of Ormiston, 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 further 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 writs 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 warrant 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 warrant, which is as follows:
Her majesty's 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 majesty to be lord clerk register and one of her officers of state, therefore, they hereby ordain and give warrant to the freeholders of the said shire to meet and elect another of their number to be commissioner to the effect foresaid at Selkirk, 18 May instant, in the usual manner.
The double election of the several commissioners for the shire of Lanark considered, and the commission from that shire in favour of the lairds [William Baillie of] Lamington, [George Baillie of] Jerviswood, [John Sinclair, younger of] Stevenson and [James Hamilton of] Aikenhead unanimously sustained, and they took the oath of allegiance and oath of parliament and subscribed the allegiance and assurance accordingly.
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Warrants upon petitions in order to the obtaining protections granted for citing the creditors of Sir Archibald Cockburn, elder of Langton, 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 majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until Friday next 10 o'clock.