Quarto Octobris 1639

[Act of pacification to be taken into further consideration; protection granted; acts remitted to the burghs]

Act of pacificatioune being red, appointis the Lord Lowdone and kingis advocat, with such as they please to adjoyne to thameselfis, to meitt upon the legall pairt of the act and advyse the same, and that the exeptioune be als generall as they think may subsist with the liegis securitie. And als appointis thame to consider the narrative of the act, that the same may be als faire for the kingis honnour and containing als ample acknawledgement of his majestie bountie as can be.

Protectione in favouris of the Laird and Lady Edmeistone unto the first day of November nixt.

Act discharging the exportatione of buck and gaitt skinnes, and delyvered to Jhone Smith for the borrowis to sie.

Act for erectione of steepples red in articles and remitted to the conventione of the borrowis to tak the same into thair considederatione and present thair judgement and overturis thairanent to the counsale.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back
[Act remitted to the committee for the disorders in the north; ratification continued]

Act for bringing in of rebellis red in articles, and delyvered to the Erle of Southesk, to be considered by the committe graunted for settling the peace.

Ratificatione of the priviledgis of baronis continewed till efternoone and delivered to Keir.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back
[Ratification approved; supplication and act to be taken into further consideration]

Ratificatione to the borrowis of thair priviledgis, liberties and immunities red, voited and past in articles.

Supplicatione presented by the writers to the signett, craving ane act to be maid discharging the clerkis of borrowis to appropriate to thameselfis the wryting and registeratione of contractis and securities within brugh, ordaines to shew the same to Maistir Alexander Guthrie, and for that effect delyvered to Jhone Smith.

Act anent demolishing cruvis and yairs delyvered to Morphie.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back
[Act regarding payment of feu duties by the king's vassals to be drawn up; act amended and approved; supplication read]

Act geving optioune to the kingis vassallis to pay thair few dewties ipsa corpora, or the pryces thairof etc., red in articles, quha appointis ane act to be drawin up ordaining that no act maid in exchekquher shall prejudge the fewars infeftmentis in thair reddendo. And the act gevin to Keir.

Act anent the expenses of the commissioners of shyris red, voited and past in articles and modifies fyve lib. for ilk day from the first day of the ryding of the parliament to the last day of the ryding inclusive. And thairefter the act gevin to Keir to be advysit whill efternoone anent these who shall be lyable in payment of the saids expenses.

Supplicatione by the gentlemen of Mid Lowthiane, craving precedencie in voyte and ryding befoir the remanent shyris.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back

Eodem die post meridiem

[Supplication against the importation of foreign made work partly approved; act to be taken into further consideration; supplication refused]

Act and supplicatioune by the craftismen desyring the restraint of importatioune of foraine maid work. The borrowis offered to his graces consideratione and lords of articles the 13 act 2 parliament James 3, the 107 act parliament 14 James 3. And efter hearing both parties the article, so far as concernis the discharge of the importatione of the forraine commodities contained in ane paper produced by Richard Maxwell for the craftis, red, voited and past in articles. Bot for the other pairt of the article craving merchands to be prohibited to sell the commodities maid in the countrie, continewis the same till the morne.

Act craving that no craftismen may use the trade of merchandice continewed till the morne that Jhone Smith may answer thairto, to quhom the kingis decreit arbitrall was delyvered to sie.

Supplicatioune by the commissioners and gentlemen of Mid Lowthiane, craving the place of ryding and voyting in parliament befoir the remanent shyres, and that they may be hard against the act laitlie past in articles, red and refuised.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back
[Acts and ratification approved; acts and ratification to be taken into further consideration]

Act discharging all actis of borrowis prohibiting the importatioune of meitt, drink, eggis, butter, cheis, fleshis within burghes red, voited and past in articles.

Act discharging the exportatione of tin red, voited and past in articles.

Ratificatioune in favouris of the wrichtis, masones, cowpers, bowers etc. of Edinburgh red, voited and past in articles.

Act anent the cocquettis, appointis Jhone Williamsone to be hard.

Ratificatione to wrichtis of the Cannogait gevin to Richard Maxwell.

Supplicatione by the Laird of Innerleyth and others desyring that the estatis wald not ratifie the seale of caus graunted to ony craft, appointis thame to be present the morne.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back
[Ratification remitted to the town council of Edinburgh; ratifications approved]

Ratificatione in favouris of the tailyeours of Edinburgh remitted to the towne counsale of Edinburgh.

Ratificatione to the Erle of Mershell of the erectione of the paroch kirk of Langsyde.

Ratificatione to the goldsmithis of Edinburgh of thair seale of caus red, voited and past in articles.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r. Back
  2. 'of the north', deleted. Back
  3. 'for the', deleted. Back
  4. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.14(a) r-14(a) v. Back