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Our soverane lord, with advyse and consent of the estates of parliament, taking to consideracion the great burdene, hurt and prejudice his majesties leiges have susteened thir many yeires bygone by exacting of great quot the tyme of the confirmatione of the defunctes testaments, to the waisting and consumeing of the meanes and estates of minores in speciall and to the generall grivance of persones of all sortes, therefore, our soverane lord, with consent foirsaid, out of his heighnes gratious caire and fatherlie affectione to the weall and ease of all his majesties subjectes, statutes and ordeanes that no quote heireftir shall be payed by any of his majesties subjectes for any testament of whatsoevir quality to be confirmed by them, and for that effect dischairges all commissars, commissar clerkes, fiscalles and otheres whom it effeires not to exact nor wplifte any quote for whatsoevir testament to be confirmed heirefter, the pairtie confirmer paying allenerlie the other ordinare dewes as apperteine.
[1641/8/191]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
Our soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering that Maister Rodger Mowat, Maister Alexander Peirsone, Maister James Baird and Maister Thomas Nicollsone, advocates, was nominate and appoynted be the committee of estates of parliament, wpoun good consideracions, to be advocates for the estates for persute of all sicke actiones as conserned the publict and for consulting and advysing of all such busines as should be recommendit or committed to them be the committie of parliament, and that the said Maister Thomas Nicolsone was not only appoynted ane of the advocats for the state, bot also was appoynted to have the chairge of all process to have bene intendit before committee or parliament for the effaires of the publict, and to attend continowallie upoun the said committie and manage the busines of the publict as he should receive order from the samene committee. And alse our soverane lord and estates of parlliament, haveing fund that the saidis advocates of the state have faithfullie and diligentlie dischairged ther duetie in ther service to the publicke, both to the committie and this present parliament, in consulting, advysing and in prosecuting and dischairgeing all the poyntes of ther chairge respective abovewrittin againest all persones cited to this present parliament for the publict intrest, therfore our said soverane lord and estates of parliament allowes approves the carriage of the saidis advocates for the estates in all thinges wherine they have bene imployed be the said committie and be the present parliament in consulting, advysing and otherwayes attending the effaires of the publict at all occasiones as they ware requyred as good service done be them to the kingis majestie and estates of this kingdome, and ordeanes the generall comissar to make payment to the saidis advocates of ther bygone fees, conforme to ane acte of the foirsaid committee mad theranent, and remittes the consideracion of the recompence of thair paines and travellis takine and to be takine be them in ther service for the publict to the committee of the commone burdings, recommending the same to the said committee to be considered be them according as the saidis advocates shall be fund to have deserved.
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Oure soverane lord and estates of parliament, considering the great hurt and prejudice susteend by sindrie his majesties leidges by the monopolies wsed and exacted within this kingdome and which heath bene conferred to the wse of any particular persone or persones, to the great hurt and prejudice of otheres his majesties leges, and speciallie the gifte for selling tobacco granted to Sir James Leslie and Thomas Dallmahoy, the patent of the lether granted to the Erle of Marre, the patent of peirling granted to [...] Bannatyne, the patent of pearle granted to Robert Buchane, the patent of armory granted to Williame† Mauld, therefore our soverane lord and estates of parliament by the tennour heirof, annulls, reshindis and simply dischairges the particulare giftes foirsaidis granted to the persones abovewrittin, and all that may fallowe or heath fallowed therwpoun, and ordeines the same and all other patentes of that nature, purchast or to be purchast, for the benefiet of particulare persones in prejudice of the publict to cease and be ineffectuall in all tymecomeing.