Ordinance of parliament in favoures of the Lairdes of Blair, Caldwell and Cunynghamheid

The quilke day the thrie supplicationes givine in to the parliament be the Laird of Blair, the Laird of Cauldwell and the Laird of Cunynghameheid, craveing that the giftes of there wairdes and mariages may be past gratis in favouris of the supplicantes, in respect there fatheris and otheris respective conteanit in ther suplicatiounes be whais deceiss there wairdis and mariages fallis, died or contracted there deceiss, wherof they deceist in the publicke service of the cuntrie and good cause, being red in audience of the parliament, the estates of parliament findis the desyres therof reassonable, and out of certane knowledge that the supplicantes fatheris died or contracted deseass quherof they died in the publicke service of the cuntrie and good cause, the saidis estates appoynts the thesaurer deput and lordis of exchekker to pas the saidis thrie giftis of the saids supplicantis, there wairdes and mariages respective and that gratis without ony compositione.

  1. NAS, PA2/22, f.82v. Back