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Forsameikle as our soverane lord, the king's matie, with advyse and consent of the lords commissioneres of his maties thesaurie and exchequer, be his maties letter under the greate and privie sealles of the dait at York, the sevent of May 1642 yeares, gave and granted full power and commissioun to his maties richt trustie cusing and counsellour, Johne, earle of Loudoun, lord Mauchlane and Terreinzeane, lord hich chancellar of this kingdome, indureing all the dayes of his lyftyme to sell, anailzie and dispone, with consent and assent of any tua of his maties exchequer, to and in favoures of quhatsumever his maties subjects, heritoures or lyferenteres of lands, thair aires and assynyes, all and haill the annuitie of teinds due to his matie and his successoures furth of thair lands and teinds for the payment of ten yeares purchesse, with the byrunes of the said annuitie restand awand unpayit be them, deduceing alwayes to them ane thrid pairt of the said byrunes restand unpayit, whilk his matie of his gratious favour hes remitted to the buyeres of the saids annuities and with such farther deductione as the said earle of Loudoun shall think fit and expedient, with consent of any tuo of his maties excheqher, to grant to the saids buyeres in maner and upon the provisiounes contained in the said letter of commissioun. Lykeas his matie, be the said letter of comissioun past under the greate and privie sealles of the dait foirsaid, hes geven and granted full power to the said John, earle of Loudoun, his aires and assignayes, to uplift and receave the said anuitie of teinds of all yeares and termes bygaine and yeirly in tyme cuming for the space of nyntein yeares, and farther ay whill the said earle, his intromissioun with the said annuitie of teinds, or with the pryces of the said annuitie to be sauld to his majesties subjects, mak up and extend to the sowme of tuentie thusand pund sterling and interest thairoff, whilk his matie is restand to his familiare servitour, James Levingstoun, keiper of his majesties privie purse, to whom the said earle is bund be expres warrand and provisioun of the said commissioun to pay the samyn, as in the said letter of commissioun of the dait foirsaid at mair lenth is contained. Lykeas the lords of excheqher, be thair act of the dait at Edinburgh, the 27 of Junii 1642, ordained letteres of publicatione at the mercate croce of Edinburgh and utheres letteres, conforme to the acts of commissioun, excheqher, conventioun and acts of parliament made theranent, as the said act in it selff at mair lenth proports; and the saids estaits of this present conventioun, haveing maturely considered the said commissioun, togidder with the ordour prescryveit be the saids lords of excheqher for selling of the saids annuitie of teinds or uplifting of the samyn, and thairwith also that the said Johne, earle of Loudoun, lord chanceller, hes contented and satisfied the said James Levingstoun the said sowme of tuentie thusand pund sterling and interest theroff due to him, and hes purchessed and acquyred fra the said James Levingstoun his richt of the said sowme of tuentie thusand pund sterling and interest theroff due to him furth of the saids annuities of teinds or pryces theroff; wherby the said earle of Loudoun, his aires and assigneyes hes good and undoubtit richt be the lawes of this kingdome in and to the said annuitie of teinds and pryces thairoff ay and whill they be fullie payit and satisfied of the said sowme of tuentie thusand pund sterling and yeirly interest thairoff of all yeares bygane and to come; thairfoir the saids estaits hes of certane knowledge ratified and approven, lykas be thir presents they ratifie and approve the said letter of commissioun, with the said act of exchequer made for selling the saids anuities of teinds or for uplifting of the samyn, togither with the letter of gift grantit be his matie to the said James Levingstoun, his aires and assignayes of the said annuitie of teinds, with the richts and dispositiounes of the samyn made be the said James to the said earle of Loudoun and his foirsaids in the haill heides and articles thairoff; and ordanes letteres of publicatioun of thir presents at the mercate croce of Edinburgh and utheres places neidfull.
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The quhilk day Mr Robert Meldrum produceit and exhibite befoir the conventioun of estaits ane answer from the housses of the parliament of Ingland to the instructiones committed unto him by the saids estaits, wherof the tenour followes:
Wee, the lords and commons in parliament, haveing considderit of the propositiounes presented to us by Mr Robert Meldrum according to certane instructiounes geven to him by the conventioun of the estaites of the kingdome of Scotland, daittit the 17 of July 1643, doe thairin discerne many experiences of thair brotherly affectioune to this kingdome and natioun and Christiane compassioun of the greate calamiteis and wants which at this tyme lye upon us, for which we return them heartie thanks.
And becaus we find our selffes by these trubles not only disabled to support the necessarie charges of the warre against the rebellioun of the papists in Ireland, to discharge the arreares and growing pay due to the Scottisch airmie there and other expensses incident therunto, but even deprived of sufficient and competent meanes to defend our selffis in the warre raised against us be the papists, prelaticall factioun and uther malignants of this kingdome,
We have takin it into our serious consideratioun how we micht give our breithrein of that nation most speidie and effectuall satisfactione, and doe desyre that honorable assemblie of the estaits of the kingdome of Scotland to tak notice that befoir the arrivall of Mr Meldrum, we had appoyntit John, earle of Rutland, William, lord Grey of Wark, Sir Williame Armine, barronett, Sir Henry Vain, knicht, Thomas Hatcher and Henry Darly, esquires, committies and commissioneres of both housses of parliament to the estaites and kingdome of Scotland, [...] which are alreadie in ther way thither, and have inabled these committie and commissioneres, or any three of them, with ample instructiounes in our name, to treate, agrie and conclude all questiounes, doubts and demands concerneing the remander of the brotherly assistance, the arreares and future pay of that airmie, the continuance or removell of the samen and uther maters mentioned in thair propositiounes received from Mr Meldrum.
As for the uther particulares, we shall earnestly indevour so far as our publict pressing necessities will give us leive to mak speidie payment to Sir Williame Dick of the remander of the brotherly assistance due in June 1642, to Mr Thomas Cuninghame and his factoures the money due for the airmes he haith sent into Scotland, that Alexander Finlone and Archibald Hammiltoun may be payit the money due to them by a contract made with Walter Scott, the commissary for the victuall in Ireland, for which he was ingadged as our servant; and as he may justly thairupon clame the priveledge of parliament, so we acknowledge that we stand bund both in justice and honour to pay that debt. The lyk caire shall wee have of giveing just satisfactione to John Dernie, James Ker and James Sandersoun upon thair severall demands, entreiting our breithrein to beleive that it is to us most unpleaseing that any particular persone of that nation should undergoe any losse, much more ther ruine and undoeing, by reason of our trubles and necessities, which as we shall earnestly by all meanes seik to prevent, soe if that cannot be done, we hope God will in his good tyme give us meanes to recompence.
We have further directed and inabled those comissioners to treate and conclude upon sindrie uther propositiones and requeistes to be presented from us to the states and kingdome of Scotland concerneing the delyverance of this kingdome from the present dangeres and calamities, and secureing the kingdome of Scotland from the lyk, both being the objects of the crueltie and malice of the same enemies; to which desires of oures we doubt not but our breithrein will give such a speidie and satisfactorie resolutioun as may conduce most effectually to the saiftie and peace of both, and to the prosperitie and advancement of the cause quherin God himselff is so cleirly interested for the defence of Chryst's treuth and the profession of it.
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The estaitis finds and declaires that Mr Robert Meldrum hes caried himselff faithfully and diligently in the commissione and instructiones wherwith he was intrusted from them to the housses of the parliament of Ingland, and exoneres him theroff for ever.