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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament, presentlie conveened by verteue of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, quherof the tennor fallowes: To the right honorable the lordes and otheres, commissionares of the estates of the highe court of parliament, the humble petitione of Williame, erle of Lanerke, humbly sheweth whereas his matie and last parliament wer pleased to nominat and elect your petitioner secreetarie of state for this kingdome of Scotland and to entrust him with the custodie of the signetes therof, as his patent wnder the great seale confirmed in parliament at lenth beires, notwithstanding heirof, Sir James Galloway, maister of requeists, hath usurped the title of secreetarie and dischairged the said office and procured diverse letters from his matie to the lordes of privie counsell desyreing them to acknowledge the said Sir James secretarie in all the rightes and priviledges therof, alledgeing ane difference betuixt ane secretarie and ane secretarie officer of estate, wherby he hath done what in him lyeth to stirre wp his matie, to violat or at least delude that act of parliament concerneing the electione of the officers of estate, which so neerlie concernes this kingdome; and notwithstanding that the lordes of privie counsell fund that the said Sir James, his proceeding heirine, his usurpeing the tytle and exerceing the office of secretarie and procureing of letters from his matie to them to the effect foirsaid wes a great wrong done in prejudice of the foirnamed act of parliament, and therfore remitted the same to be censured by your lords in this present parliament, and, in the meanetyme, dischairged him to usurpe or exerce the title or office of secretarie, as there act theranent at mair lenth proportes, wherwpoun the said Sir James did protest that this there proceeding might not prejudge him in his right and possesione of the said office; nevertheles, the lordes of privie counsell adhered to ther former act and ordaned the protestatione to be keeped and presented to the nixt parliament as ane agravatione of the said Sir James, his pertinacious cariage in usurping the title and office of secretarie contraire to the late actes of parliament. Notwithstanding of all which the said Sir James hath still usurped the said title and diverse tymes dischairged the said office, wherby he hath not only contraveened the saids actes of counsell, bot violated the foirmentioned act of parliament. Therfore your petitioner doeth humbly desyre that your lords would be pleased to declair whither ther can be ony secreetary for this kingdome bot such as is or shall be nominated and elected according to the foirsaid act of parliament, and to dischairge the place of secretarie wnder [the said Sir James Galloway or any others]† (to the prejudice of your petitioner) to usurp the title or dischairge the place of secreetarie wnder what paines your lords in your wisdomes shall thinke fit. As lykewayes that sieing the court signet delyvered be his matie in oppine parliament to your petitioner was in Januarie last (whilst he wes wnder a most strike restraint at Oxfoord) requyred from him in his maties name by the Lord Dickbie and Sir Edward Nicolas, secreetaries for England, and (as your petitioner is sure informed) delyvered to Sir Robert Spotswood, whoise affectioune to this kingdome hath bene much doubted, and that sieing your petitioner is and shall be still reddie to ansuer according to the lawes of this kingdome for his faithfull dischairge of that trust, he doeth therfor humbly petitione that your lords would be pleased to declare that the takeing of the said court signet from your petitioner (whill he wes wnder the afoirsaid restraint) shall not prejudge him as sole secretarie for this kingdome, which he shall no longer wish to enjoy then with fidelity and affectione he hath dischairged that trust; and your lords answer he humbly craveth, as the supplicatione proportes. Quhilke supplicatione being red in audience of the parliament and the same, with the desyre therof, hard and considdered be the estates of parliament with the foirsaid act of counsell and protestatione abovespecified produced be the erle of Lanerke, the estates of parliament findes the supplicatioune and desyre therof reassounable, and therfore they find and declaire that there can be no secreetary for this kingdome bot such as is or shall be nominated and elected according to the foirsaid act of parliament; and in respect heirof, the estates dischairges the said Sir James Galloway or ony otheres (to the prejudice of the erle of Lanerke) to usurpe the tytle or dischairge the place of secreetarie. As also the estates declaires that the taking of the said court signet from the said erle of Lanerke whill he wes wnder the afoirsaid restraint at Oxfoord and delyverie therof to the said Sir Robert Spotswood, or to ony other, shall not prejudge the said William, erle of Lanerke as sole secretarie for this kingdome. And als the estates findes and declaires that the censure of the said Sir James Galloway and Sir Robert Spotswood, usurperes of the foirsaid place of secreetarie, to be as brekeres of the actes of parliament and that therthrow they have amitted and tint, lykas the estates declaires them to amitt and tyne there present places for this kingdome and to be uncapable to bruike any other place for this kingdome intymecomeing.
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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament, now presently conveend by vertewe of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, wherof the tennour falloweth: Wnto the estates of parliament, the humble supplicatione of James, erle of Home shewes that quher I haveing petitioned the kinges matie and estates of parliament in anno 1641 to take in consideratione the heavie prejudice and loose susteined by me be the lamentable accident that fell out at my house of Dunglas occasioned by the publict service of the kingdome, which lose wes be diverse gentlemen apprysed, haveing commissione from the committie of estates, to the soume of fourtie thousand, ane hundreth therttie thrie pundes, conforme to the report heirwith produced. Nather can the said valuatione be thought bot to be farr short of the reall lose and prejudice susteined by me, sieing the sowme wes apprysed wpoun oath be some of the workemen that was builderes of the house to the soume of ane hundreth and thriescoir jM merkes. Quhilke supplicatione wes remitted be his matie and estates of parliament to the committy for the commoun burdings as ane mater deserveing to be takine to ther serious consideratione, and haveing diverse tymes supplicat the said committie for the commoune burdings, they be diverse actes and minuts declaired to grant me ane publict act for the repayment of my lose, as is knowne to diverse of the lordes and otheres of this present parliament. Heirfore it is my humble desyre, according to justice, consience and our covenant, that my sufferinges and loses be condishendit wpoun be ane present act and for payment therof when the effaires of the kingdome shall permitt, and your lords ansuer humbly I desyre. Quhilke supplicatione, being first presented to the committie appoynted be the parliament for bills and supplicationes, and the samene, with the report of the committy for the commone burdings, hard and considdered be the said committie of the bills and reported be them with ther thoughtes and opinione theranent to the estates of parliament, and therwpoun the foirsaid supplicatione being publictlie red in audience of the parliament and the samene, with the desyre therof, tane in consideratione be the estates of parliament, the saides estates findes the desyre of the foirsaid supplicatioun reassounable and grantes the samene for the soume of fourtie thousand pundes Scotts money, and declaires that soume of fourtie thousand pundes Scots to be ane publict debt of the kingdom and to be payed when the effaires therof shall permitt.
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Anent the supplicatioune givine in to the estates of parliament, presently conveend by vertue of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, quherof the tennor fallowes: My lordes of parliament, wnto your lords humblie meanes and shewes, we, Johne, erle of Cassilles, Mr George Merteine, provest in the Old Colledge of the wniversity of St Androis, Mr Johne Barroun, minister, James Wood, professour, Mr George Merteine, William Tuedy, Thomas Greige [and] Robert Keith, regentes there, that wheras it hath pleased your lord to grant the desyre of my Lord Scottstarvett's petitioune anent his professor of humanitie in Leonardes Colledge, alloweing him to have a teacher [of a] privat class of humanity therin (wnto which your lords ordinance we all in due humility submitt our selfes); and we, the saides erle of Cassilles and master of the said Old Colledge, considdering that unles that there be a professour of humanity in the Old Colledge also, the class of philosophie therin will become desolat, have alloted for makeing wp a provisione and mentenance for the lyke professour in the said Old Colledge fourteine prebendaries, which for the present is imployed in no publict use, ten of theme belongeing to us, the said erle, viz: the prebendaries Rattray primo, Rattray secondo, Rattray tertio, Souleingwordfeild, Eister Ballbuithie, Wester Ballbuithie, the Reuuell chaiplanrie of St Andro [...], the other foure of them belonging to the maisteres of the Old Colledge [...], that it would please your lords to ratifie this erectione made by us. And becaus this is not ane competent mentenance for ane able and qualified man, therfore your lords, out of the tender caire of the standing of that ancient seminarie to the credit and publict good of the kingdome, would pas ane act that the said professour may have ane proportionable pairt with other regentes of the wniversity as my Lord Scottstarvet hath allowed wnto him out of that pairt of his maties late munificence to the said wniversity, which resteth yet, over and above all which by devisione is applyed to the publict use, whilke will be nothing prejudiciall to ane professor in the wniversitie. As also it will please your lord to declaire that the professour erected be us shall enjoy and be capable of all priviledges and dignities of the wniversitie eftir the samene maner as it is granted be your lords to my Lord Scottstarvets professor, and als that your lord would declaire and enact that the said erle (who is patroun allreddie of ten of the prebendaries abovewrittin and to whom his aires and successours we maisteres of the Old Colledge have dispoinit the other four prebendaries, to the effect the samene and the benefit therof with his owne ten may be imployed to the foirsaid use[)], his airs and successores of the name and armes of Kennedy shall in all tymecomeing have the right of the presentatione of the persone to be nominat to the foirsaid professioune and to the whole profites of the saides fourteene prebendaries and the successores to the said professioune in all tymecomeing, and your lords ansuer. Quhilke supplicatione being red in audience of the parliament and the samene and desyre therof hard and considdered be the estates of parliament, the saides estates findes the said desyre reassounable and grantes the same, and therfore they ordeine the professour of humanitie in the said Old Colledge to have ane proportionall pairt with the other regentes of the wniversitie (as the Lord Scotstarvets hath allowed him of that pairt of his maties munificence[)] to the said wniversity which resteth yit, over and above all which by devisioune is applyed to publict use, which will be nothing prejudiciall to ane professour in the wniversitie; and declaires that the said professour erected be the supplicants shall enjoy and be capable of all priviledges and dignities of the wniversity eftir the same maner as is granted by the estates to the Lord Scotstarvets professour. And als the estates declaires that the erle of Cassilles, who is patrone allreddie of ten of the prebendaries abovewrittin and to whom his aires and successores, the maisteres of the Old Colledge hes disponit the other four prebendaries, to the effect the samene and benefite therof with his owne ten prebendaries may be employed to the said use, his aires and successores of the name and armes Kennedy shall in all tymecomeing have the right of presentatione of the persone to be named to the foirsaid professioune and to the haill proffeits of the foirsaid fourteine prebendaries and of the successor to the said professioune in all tymecomeing.
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Anent the supplicatione givine in to the estates of parliament, presentlie conveind by vertue of the last act of the last parliament haldine be his matie and thrie estates in anno 1641, quherof the tennour fallowes: The humble petitioune of George Buchanane, appeirand of that ilke, to the honorable lordes and remanent estates of parliament, sheweth wheras the committie of estates be ther act the 18 day of Aprille 1644 yeeres gave power and commissioune to me with my freendis and falloweres with all diligence to repaire to the house and fortalice of Magdocke, entir therin and intromet with the cannone, poulder, ball, match and other warlike furnitor being therin for the use of the publict, and to make opine doores, breake doune the iron yets or any other strong yets therin, that it be not keeped aganes the cuntrie, with power to doe everie thing that might procure the executione of my commissione, ordeaneing my expenss wpoun just accompt to be payed to me. According to the quhilke commissioune, I wpoun the nynteene day of Apryle last went from Edinburgh and conveind ane company wnder the command of Patrike Buchanan of Auchmnar, and wpoun the tuentie day of Apryle came to the hous of McDocke at night, and finding the yets fast, brake them wp and stayed ther that night and the 21 day, being Sonday, and wpoun Monday made search of the house, conforme to my commissioune, and fand no armes nor ammunitione ther bot some few pickes that hade bene removed the day before and put in the officeres house, with some few musketes which wer bigged wp in the wall of the hous, and I causit take doune all the gaites and irone windowes, and thereftir I did acquant the lord chancellor with what wes done, who therwpoun did signifie to me that the committie fand it not necesar that ony farder should be done at that tyme. Wherwpoun I caused remove the saides pickes and muskets with all the iron workes and gaits that were tane doune to the house of Duntraith, quher they now are; quhilkes premiss I did for obedience of my commissioune foirsaid. Heirfore I humbly beseike your lords to take the said commissione, with my report what is done be me in obedience therof, in consideratione, and according as your lords shall find my cariage, diligence and caire heiranent to deserve, that accordinglie the samene may be approvine and I exonered as my just accompt of my expenss allowed in prosequtioune of my commissioune theranent as it shall be givine in, and your lords ansuer, as the supplicatioune beires. Quhilke supplicatioune being hard and considdered be the estates of parliament, the saides estates approves the supplicantes proceidings in the commissioune abovewrittin and remitts the consideratione of his accomptes and expenss to the committy of parliament.