Minutes of the proceedings in parliament

Wednesday 5 March 1707

Procedure

Prayers said. Rolls called.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
Procedure: minutes read; motion for recommendation

Minutes of the last sederunt read.

Upon a motion made in favour of Mr James Anderson, he was recommended to her majesty in the terms of a recommendation apart, signed by the lord chancellor.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
Procedure: recommendation
Recommendation of parliament†

At Edinburgh, 5 March 1707, her majesty's high commissioner and the estates of parliament do humbly recommend to her majesty to enable Mr James Anderson to prosecute the work this parliament has employed him to perform, by being graciously pleased to order payment to be made to him of the sums mentioned in the report of the committee concerning him, ratified in parliament, so far as they exceed the sums to be paid by the town of Dundee to him, and in consideration of his good services to his country and of the losses he suffers by the interruption of his employment in prosecuting the said work, do further recommend him to her majesty as a person meriting her gracious favour in conferring any office or trust upon him as her majesty in her royal wisdom shall think fit, and do desire the said Mr James Anderson to proceed in the work before mentioned. Extracted out of the records of parliament by me, David [Boyle], earl of Glasgow, lord clerk register.

Glasgow, clerk register.†

The sum which the parliament of Scotland do humbly recommend to her majesty to order payment to be made to Mr James Anderson, for enabling† him to prosecute the work that the parliament employed him to perform, is £1,040 sterling, as appears by† the report of the committee concerning him, ratified in parliament. Extracted from the records thereof and attested by me.

Glasgow, clerk register.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
Petition: officers' arrears of pay, read and continued

Petition for the officers of the army in relation to the payment of their arrears, read, and it was agreed that the same shall be taken to consideration when the parliament comes to consider the public debts.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
Procedure: report read on African Company and further remit to committee

Report of the committee anent the accounts of the African and Indian Company, again read, as also the overture anent the accounts of the said company, and after reasoning thereon, it was agreed that those of the African Company who paid the first moiety of the seven and a half per cent and therein got allowance of the interest of twenty-five per cent formerly paid from 1 June 1696 to 1 August 1698, shall not now have allowance of the interest of the said twenty-five per cent preceding the said 1 August 1698, and remitted to the committee to rectify the account accordingly.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
Procedure: adjournment

The committee appointed to meet tomorrow at 9 o'clock.

Then the lord chancellor, by order of her majesty's high commissioner, adjourned the parliament until Friday next at 10 o'clock.

  1. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back
  2. NAS. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707'. See notes on alternative sources. Back
  3. The second passage does not appear in APS. Likewise the final sentence of the first passage. In APS the first passage is followed by 'Seafield, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament' and evidently comes from an alternative source. This is not NLS, Adv. Ms 29.1.2 (viii) f.8-10 which contains small text variations. PA6/34, 'March 5 1707' contains three copies of the above recommendation. Back
  4. Signature and sentence before it not included in APS while NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.9 has last sentence but not signature. Note also that the earl of Glasgow was not clerk register until July 1708 and so after the 1706/1707 session. Back
  5. 'to enable' in NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10. Back
  6. In NLS, Adv. Ms. 29.1.2 (viii), f.10 sentence ends here with 'the records of parliament' and with no signature. Back
  7. NAS. PA6/36, f.80/256 (note parallel folio system). Back