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Supplication be the officiaris and soldiouris of the armie
To the king his most excellent majestie and the most honorabill estait of this present parliament, we, the officeris and soldiouris who hes caried scharge and served in the leatt Scots armies both in Scotland and Ingland, humblie schowes that we haveing served faithfullie unto the tyme of our disbanding, at which tyme we did expect and still do full satisfactione of all which wes and is dew unto ws according to our severall schairges and imployments. And now, haveing receaved ane answer to oure demandes which we find not satisfactorie, theirfor seing your majestie and the parliament of Ingland wes gratiouslie pleased to give moneyes for this end, besydes the taxationes imposed upon oure fortownes within the kingdome of Scotland, may it please your majestie and the honorabill hows of parliament to tak oure severall conditiones to your most judicious considerationes as being heighlie prejudged in oure severall stationes by oure long and tedious attendance upon oure dew arrieris. And your majestie and parliaments answer we humblie creave.
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At Edinburgh, 27 September 1641
Sederunt: Generall, Lieutennent Generall, Earl Glencarne, Lord Couper and Balcarras, generall of the artilliarie, Wedderburne, Dun, Cesnok, Edinburgh, Dundie, Stirling, Glasgow, Air.
The generall proponed that since it hes pleased God to bring bak the armie and that it is necessar the officeris (asweill horse as foote, and asweill countrey gentlemen as officeris of fortune) be eased thair arrieris, and seing the parliament have appointed that the officeris of fortune shall be paied in the first place, accordinglie quhairunto the generall commissary is going on so that it restis that the officeris being countrey gentlemen be paied in the next place, and efter thame the commoun souldiouris, the generall represents to the committee, whom he desires to tak to thair consideration, if there be als much money readie as will pay all the officeris of the wholl army, asweill officeris of fortune as countrey gentlemen, that they may be all paied promiscuouslie. And if there shall be any soume over and above the officeris paiment, that the same may be divided equallie among the regiaments, horse and foots, according to thair proportiones efter compt for paiment of the commoun souldiouris and trouperis. And what shall be wanting efter compt and rekoning made with the regiamentis, the noble men, commissioneris of shires and burrowes presentlie conveined wald be pleased to undertak for satisfactioun to be given to the saids commoun soldiouris and trouperis within thair severall shires. And the parliament to be bound to releive the commissioneris of shires and burrowes and to pay the debt to such as the shires shall appoint, conforms to the compts and particular portiounes they shall undertak and pay to the saidis commoun souldiouris and trouperis.
The generall commissary humblie intreatted the committee to joyne with him in petitioning the parliament to appoint some presentlie to goe about the reviseing and fitting of his accompts. As also to desire that some of the officeris of the armie (asweill noblemen and countrey gentlemen as officeris of fortune) may be upon the commissioun for reviseing and fitting the saids accompts.
The whilk desire the committee thought reasonable and fitting.
And for that effect they humbly represent the same to the parliament, and in thair opinione thinkis that for the better expeditioun of the saids accompts the commissioneris to be appointed for reviseing and fitting the samene wald be such as ar skilled in compting and not memberis of parliament.
The committe ar of opinione that the haill officeris of the armie should be paied promiscuouslie, and represents the same to the parliament, togidder with the motioun maid be the generall. William Thomsoun gave in a paper chewing his difficulties in paying the haill officeris of the armie: first, becaus he could not distinguish betuix the pay of the officeris and the commoun sojouris inrespect their compts wer not keiped severallie.
Secondlie, becaus it may be that some of the colonellis or uthairis officeris of the armie have gottin soumes of money from ether commissares which ar not within the compas of his knawledge, and thairfor intreattis that, incais the publict be prejudged by over paying, that the same be not impute to him.
To the first, the committie wer of opinione that the comptis shall be maid with the quarter masteris of all dew to the officeris and that the money conforme to the said compt be paied to the colonell and tuo landed gentlemen to be designed be the committee or warrand under the lieutennent generallis hand upon thair acquittance and band, that thair is no more resavit then what is dew to the officeris. And that thairby the commoun souldiouris ar not prejudged, bot that thair is als much resting in the regiment comptis over and above the said soume to be paied to the officeris as will satisfie the commoun souldiouris.
To the second, the committee thought it fit to represent the paper to the parliament, to whose consideratioun they remit the same.
The committee found it fitting that the commoun souldiouris should be paied with all expeditioune. And becaus their is not so much money presentlie ready as to pay them, they thairfoir thought it fit to deall with merchandis and factouris for advancement of so much as will satisfie thame upon assurance and securitie of a pairt of what is dew be the parliament of Ingland, allowing them annellrent for thair advancement.
The committe defines that the parliament will be pleased to tak to thair consideratioune the payes of the generall officeris and these of the staff, that they may receave satisfactioun accordinglie.
Thair wes a list of all the officeris who served within the countrey in the severall shires gevin in and heirwith produced demaunding thair pay as is conteined in the paper. Efter consideratioun quhairof the committee thought it fit to represent the same to the parliament, that ordour may be takin for giving them satisfactioun of what is dew conforme to the actis of the committee.
It wes represented to the committe anent the desire of the noblemen and gentlemen of the Merse and Teviotdaill for removing of that pairt of Generall Major Monroes regiment from them to some other place of the kingdome, which, being takin to consideratioun, the generall and committee found that they could not be removed or dismissed before money be givin to pay them.
28 September 1641
Red in audience of the kingis majestie and esteates of parliament, quha approves of the repoirt abovewrittin sua far as concernis the payment of the officeris of the airmie, alsweill sojouris of fortoune as gentlemen, within the countrey, withe the mater of securitie to be geivin for moneyis to be upliftit for that effect.
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Wnto the kingis most sacred majestie and the honorabill estaits of parliament, the humble petitione of William Thomsone is humblie shaweing,
That quhair as yestirday, being the tuentie sevinth of this instant, it was found fitt by the lordis and ethers of the comittie for the armie that compt, reckneing and full payment may forthwith be maid with and to the wholl officeris superiour and inferiour of the armie, the whiche accompt being by thame and the generall commissarie expected from the handis of your suplicant, it is his humble desyre that your majestie and lordships wold tak to consideration that it is to him unpossible befoir ane finall and totall conclusione of the generall commissares haill intromissiones and the intromissiones of any utheris with the estait of the armie to mak suche ane exact accompt as he doe not exceid thair dew proportiones to the great loss and prejudice of the publict, whiche of it selff is most apparent and may be cleared by undenyable reasones. Quhairfoir it is your suplicants further desyre, first, that for remead of the foirsaids inconvenients, ane or more sufficient responsall men in or for everie regiment, troup or company of the armie may be nominat be the parliament or committie for the armie who may intromett upoun thair perrell with the moneyis to be delyvered for the said use and give ane acquittance thairupoun obligatorie, that if heireftir thair be not fund so muche dew to the officeris, that thay wilbe comptable for the superplus to the estaits, the same being in the meantyme past upoun the generall accompt of the regiment. Secundlie, that it may be declaired be your majestie and estaits of parliament that your said suplicant sall nowayes be indangered or lyable for any suche overpayment in regaird he hes intromettour onlie in pairt and knowes not what ether intromettouris with the moneyes of the armie hes payit to the saids officeris heirtofoir, and thairfoir he will only be able to charge himselff in pairt according to his awne particular intromissiones. And your majestie and your lordship answer the suplicant humblie intreats.
28 September 1641
Red in audience of his majestie and esteates of parliament, quha grantis the desyre of the supplicatioune abovewrittin and declairis that the supplicant making payment conforme to the ordoures of the committe for the airmie, the samen sall be ane sufficient exoneratioun to him, notwithstanding thair be payment maid over and above quhat is dew be otheris intromettouris. And that the payment to be maid be the supplicant sall be past upone the generall accomptis of the armie.
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Anent the petitioune of Johne and Thomas Blakis gevin in be thame to the king and the parliament aganis Marion Maxuell, relict of umquhile Johne Maxuell of Middlebie
His majestie, with advyce of the estates of parliament, ordanis Johne and Thomas Blakis, delinquentis withinnamit, to be tryed and judgit at Edinburgh be the justice or his deputis, and appointis the pairteis to persew and put thame to tryall thair betuixt and the last day of November nixtocum. And thairfore ordanis the saidis Johne and Thomas Blakis to be transported from the pledge chamber of Drumfreis, quhair they ar presentlie incarcerat, to the tolbuith of Edinburgh betuixt and the day abonewrittin, and appointis thair transporting to be as followis, viz: ordanis the provest and baillies of the toun of Drumfreis and shirref thairof to delyver the tua prisoneris abonenamit to the shirref of the nixt adjacent shyre, and thaireftir fra shirref to shirref quhill they be brocht to the tolbuith of Edinburgh. And ordanis the pairteis perseware to assist the transporting of the saidis tua prisoneris. And in the meantyme ordanes thame to be liberat of the yrones and onlie to be keipit in clois waird. And the perseware to pay daylie to ilk ane of the tua prisoneris thrie schillingis four penneis for thair intertinement during thair remaining in waird, beginnand the first dayis payment on Mononday nixt, the fourt day of October nixtocum.
28 September 1641
Red and past in parliament and ordanes the clerk to extract ane act heirupon.
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Warrand for Maistir Alexander Hendersone exoneratione and approbatione
To the king's most excellent majestie and the honorable estates of parliament.
The humble petition of Maistir Alexander Hendersone, minister at Edinburgh, shewing that wher being appointed by the presbyterie of Edinburgh to attend the generall in the late expedition, I wes by the meeting of the ministers at Newcastle and by the committe of the parliament they joyned with the commissioners of the treaty wherein diverse matteris of church concernement wer to be treated. And now the treaty being by the mercy of God brought to a desyred conclusion and the commissioners approved and exonered in parliament, my humble desire is that if the church hath susteaned no prejudice by my weaknes, and if it be found that by my accessory labours for the publict I have beene faithfull in whatsoevir hath beene intrusted unto me by the commissioners whome I did attend, I may also be exonered and publictlie approven, which shall be an incouragement to me for efterward to contribute my best endeavours for the publict and to pray that peace and all other blessings may be multiplied upon the king and kingdome.
28 September 1641
Red in audience of his majestie and parliament, who of certaine knawledge of the supplicantis faithfull and wyse cariage in all the actionis of this trust, doe unanimouslie graunt the desyre of this supplicatione and the exoneratione and approbatione thairin craved.
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