Apud Halyrudhous, 29 die mensis Julii 1630

Procedure: ratification of the king's decreets; asking of instruments
Ratification of his majesteis decreits upon the submissions

The estaits presentlie conveenned ratifeis, allowes and approves the foure decreits givin and pronunced be the king's majestie upon the generall submissiouns made to his majestie be the prelats, lords of erectiouns, titulars, heretours, burrowes and others submitters anent the few mailles of erectiouns, teinds of other mens lands, rate and pryce thairof, and securiteis of the same, quhilks decreits ar of the dait at Winsore, the secund day of September 1629 yeeres, and registrat in the bookes of privie counsell upon the auchtene day of the said moneth of September, in the haill heids, point, clauses and articles conteanit thairintill and after the forme and tennour thairof in all points, and speciallie that part thairof whairby it is ordained that everie heretour sall have his awin teind and whairby the rate of the teind is appointed to be the fyft part and the pryce thairof nyne yeeres purchasse, and whairby it is provyded that the titular sall not be denuded of his right and possessioun till he receave satisfactioun according to the saids decreits; and ordains lettres of horning and other executioun to pas thairupon in forme as effeirs. Quhairupon Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, knight barounet, his majesteis advocat, asked instruments.

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Procedure: commission
Commission for directing horning and poinding upon matters of the teinds

The estaits, for the better fordering and haistening of the valuatiouns whairin there hes beene so great paines and travellis tane thir diverse yeeres bygane, gives power and warrand be thir presents to the commissioners nominat be the king's majestie for the surrenders and teinds to direct letters of horning and poynding upon everie mater occurring before thame and tending to the advancement and haistening of the saids valuatiouns.

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Procedure: ratification
Ratification of the act anent the annuitie

The estats ratifeis, allowes and approves the act of the commissioun for the surrenders and ratificatioun thairof made be the lords of secreit counsell, whairby they ordaine lettres of horning to be direct at the instance of his majesteis thesaurar for payment of his majesteis annuitie for the crops and yeeres of God 1628, 1629 and in tyme comming of the kirks, whairof the valuatiouns ar alreadie discust be the great commissioun and as they sall be broght in and discust be the saids commissioners fra tyme to tyme.

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Procedure: grievances and petitions of the gentry
Greevances givin in be the gentrie

The whilk day the commissioners for the shyres and gentrie gave in the articles and greevances following, whilks they recommendit to the consideratioun of the estaits, of the whilks the tennour followes:

That the lords of the great commissioun would appoint some particular dyet to conveene before thame all suche titulars who hes procured warrand that the valuatioun sall be referred to the heretours oathes, that thair depositiouns may be takin and no forder delay made and what securitie sall be givin.

Item, for remeid aganis suche persons as hes not or will not submitt the teinds of other mens lands, that his majestie would be pleased to prosecute his right aganis thame.

Item, that the lords of the great commissioun would grant ane committee till the fyftene of September for receaving of securitie and cautioun to pay for thair teinds that ar usuallie led according to the valuatioun made or to be made.

Item, that his majestie may be petitiouned by the whole conventioun to consider of the great feare the leigis hes conceaved anent his majesteis revocatioun and summounds alreadie raised, and that his majestie would be pleased to declare himselffe for removing of these feares and that the lieges may be freed thairof.

Item, that all suche persouns guiltie of the wearing of gunnes and pistoll who hes not committed anie violence or oppressioun upon the lieges nor yitt hes not beene formerlie conveened before the counsell may be remitted for all byganes.

Item, that order may be takin for releeffe of the taxatioun of dismembred baroneis where a great part of the lands hes beene of old disponned, and that be a committee.

Item, that the priviledges of the justices of peace may be ratified and of new enlarged to suche a nomber of selected persons within everie shyre as the lords of the counsell sall thinke fitt.

Item, to propone for the changing of the termes of Witsonday and Martimes to Lambmesse and Candlemesse for suche reasons as sall be givin in.

Item, that the estats sall call before thame Thornetouns patent and take to thair consideratiouns how farre the same is prejudiciall to the liegis and liberat thame thairof be reason of the great feare that is conceaved.

Item, that there may be some course takin whairby the extraordinarie concourse of the subjects to court may be repressed, whiche undoes the kingdome and by sinistrous informatioun to his majestie inverts the course of justice in the ordinarie courts and judicatoreis of this kingdome.

Item, that the extraordinarie extortioun of wrytters, commissaries and keepers of the seales may be rectified in tyme comming.

It is petitiouned by the gentrie that the patent grantit for making of powder within the kingdome may take effect, and that the persoun to whome the gift is givin may ather convenientlie and tymouslie take upon him the dew performance or other wayes that his patent be recalled and that the gift may be grantit to some of the subjects who will undertake the same.

Item, the gentrie doeth petitioun that the whole estaits would humbelie intreate his majestie not to relinquishe or alienat to anie stranger king or natioun the territoreis of New Scotland whiche ar annexed to this crowne, since both his majestie and this his antient kingdome ar tyed in honnour and credite to mainteane the same; and that his majestie may be petitiouned to recommend to this state whiche way the same may be most convenientlie done to the honnour of this natioun.

Item, anent measures, becaus the acts of parliament laudablie made thereanent ar in diverse parts of the kingdome neglected and the transgressours thairof not punished according to the saids acts, thairfoir, it would be provydit that ather the shireff within the shyre or stewart within the stewartrie or ellis ane to be appointed be this commissioun within everie parish sall be authorized with power to exact the penalteis aff the transgressers and to be comptable to the exchecker thairfoir, his lawfull charges being deduced.

And siclyke becaus there hes beene great remissenesse in executing the acts of parliament made anent beggers, whilk remissenesse flowes speciallie frome not exacting the penalteis appointed be the saids acts frome suche as does interteane thame and frome suche as does not punishe thame, as also becaus there is no penalteis injoynned upon suche as does not interteane the poore to be commendit to thame be the order of the saids acts, thairfoir it would be provided that both penalteis wer appointed and exacted upon the transgressioun of the saids acts and that one wer authorized with power to exact the saids penalteis in everie parish and to compt for the same ut supra.

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Procedure: remits; ordinance; ratification

The estaits remitts to the great commissioun for the surrenders and teinds the appointing of dyets to the titulars of teinds for discussing and perfytting of the valuations whair they have referred the worth of thair teinds to the oath of veritie of the heretours.

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The estaits remitts to the great commissioun the consideratioun of that article givin in be the gentrie desyring a committee to be grantit for receaving of securitie fra the heretours for leading of thair teinds.

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Anent the article and greevance givin in be the gentrie to the estaits tuicheing the fears apprehendit be the leiges upon his majesteis revocatioun and summonds raised thairupon, the estaits ordains ane missive to be writtin to his majestie humbelie intreatting that his majestie would be gratiouslie pleased to give commissioun to his majesteis exchecker for renewing and passing of infeftments to suche of his majesteis subjects whois rights ar defective upon compositioun to be payed for the same to his majestie according to the qualitie of thair defective rights.

Justices of peace

The estaits ratifeis, allowes and approves the priviledges of the justices of peace and ordains the commissioners for the shyres to give in to his majesteis counsell ane roll of the names of suche persouns within thair shyres as ar fitting to be justices of peace, to the intent thair commissiouns may be accordinglie renewed.

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