34 dies parlementi
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Prayers said, rolls called.
The estats of parlement, having considered the dangerous posture of effaires in this kingdome, both inrespect of intestine and forrayne enemies and being informed that many of these who have bene most active in the late Engagement are upon designes and attempts to involve this kingdome in new troubles, withall haveing received severall intelligences of imminent dangers to the cause and this kingdome from abroade, and being obleidged in discharge of the trust committed to them to tak care of the saffetie of the kingdome, as they resolve for themselffis to use all laufull meanes and peaceable wayes to prevent the dangers, so they have thought fit to give warning theirof to the severall shyres and burghes, that according to the law of God, nature and natiounes, and according to the duties which they be so many sacred bonds owe to the covenant and cause, to the king and kingdome they might be in a conditioun and posture for defending all these and whatsoever is near and dear unto thame aganst all invasioun; lykas for the stoping the mouth of calumny, removing all scruples and mistaks, and clearing to the consciences of all the laufulnes, necessity and justice of their resolutions and proceedings, and that they may have the greater assuirance of God's blessing and presence to all thair endeavors, the estats of parlement declare and assuir that they enjoyne the following leavie of horse and foote for this end allanerlie: of meere, just and necessarie defence of this kingdome from invasioun, without any designe or intentioun of invaiding anie who shall not first invaid this kingdome. The saids estats of parlement doe thairfor heereby ordaine the haill shyres and burghis within this kingdome presentlie to raise and put out the double of the number of horse and the halff of the number of foote that were appointed and designed in the year 1643, viz: the shirefdome of Edinburgh: six hundreth foote and tuo hundred horse; the shirefdome of Hadingtoun: 600 foote and 200 horse; the shirefdome of Beruick: 600 foote and 200 horse; the shirefdomes of Roxburgh and Selkrig: 1,000 foote and 400 horse; the shirefdomes of Fyff and Kinrosshyre: 1,200 foote and 440 horse; the shirefdome of Linlithgow: 250 foote and 120 horse; the shirrefdome of Peblis: 200 foote and 80 horse; the shirefdome of Dumbartane: [...] foote and 80 horse; the shirefdome of Drumfreis: 600 foote and 240 horse; the shirefdome of Wigtoun and stewartrie of Kirkcudbright: 600 foote and 240 horse; the shirefdomes of Air and Renfrew: 1,000 foote and 480 horse; the shirrefdome of Lanark: 600 foote and 360 horse; the shirefdomes of Stirling and Clakmannan: 500 foote and 240 horse; the shirefdome of Pearth: 1,200 foote and 480 horse; the shirefdome off Forffar: 750 foote and 280 horse; the shirefdome of Kincardin and Earle Marischall's part of Aberdene: 600 foote and 200 horse; the rest of Aberdene and shirefdome of Banff: 800 foote and 480 horse; out of the shirefdomes of Elgin, Nairne and that part of Innerness on this syd Nesse: 500 foote and 240 horse; out of the earle of Seafort and Lord Lovat's divisioun of Innernes: 500 foote and 240 horse; out of the rest of Innernes, Southerland and Caithnes: 800 foote and 240 horse; out of the shirefdome of Orkney: 500 foote. Quhilk shirefdomes aforsaid are to put out the severall proportiounes and to have ther randezvouz at some convenient place within the respective shyres at the dayes following, viz: the shirefdomes of Edinburgh, Hadintoun, Beruick, Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peblis, Drumfreis, Wigtoun and stuartrie of Kirkcudbright, Fyff and Kinrosshyre, Air, Renfrew, Lanark, Dumbartane, Stirling, Clakmannane and Linlithgow upon the [...] day of March nixt; the shyres of Pearth, Forffar and Kincardin upon the [...] day of the said moneth of March; the shyres of Aberdene, Banff, Elgin, Nairne and Innernes on the [...] day of the said moneth of March; and the shyres of Southerland, Caithnes and Orknay upon the [...] day of Aprile nixt. And they are ordained to be in readines upon ordors from the parlement, committee of estats and generall officers to be readie to march with fyftene dayes provisioun at 6 d. per diem to each footman and 16 d. per diem to each horsman, which is to be delyvered to thame and not to thair officers the said day of randevouz be the heritors, lyfrenters and others lyable in outputing theirof. And the saids estats ordaines the committeis of warre of the saids shyres to be judges anent the sufficiencie of the saids horsmen and armes, and the officers not to have power to refuse or reject anie of these whom the committeis of warre forsaid shall allow of. And becaus in this leavie the proportioun anent the outputing of foote is equall both for shyres and burghes, and the haill burthen of outputing the horse lyes on the saids shyres to put furth the double of what they put foorth in anno 1643, and that the burghes of the saids shyres in all equitie ought to put out thair proportioun of the horse now to be put out be the saids shyres, thairfor the estats forsaids ordaines the burghes of the saids shyres ather to put out ther proportioun of the said equall half in furnisht troupers, horse and men, or els in their optioun three foot souldiors, furnished conforme to the act, for everie trouper of thair proportioun of horse for releiff of the saids shyres pro tanto. And the saids estats of parlement ordaines the officers and committeis of warre forsaids not to tak in, charge or imploy any as officers who have beene in the former Engagement or are knowne malignants except upon warrant from the parlement or their committee and commissioun of the church. And for the better regulating of the horse and foote of such as will not fall to put ane wholl horse or footman, it is declared that the greatest rent of these to be joyned for making up ane horse shall provyde the horse, and the rest that joyne to contribute according to ane hundreth and threescore pounds for ilk horseman; and who have the maniest men to provyd the foot men, and the remanent that joyneth to contribut with him according to fourtie pounds for ilk footman for ther outreik of armes and wholl furniture belonging to them with thair fyfteene dayes provisioun; and where the rent and number are equall, to cast lotts. And the saids estats ordaines the committeis of warre of the saids shyres, with advise of the colonells, to doe all things conforme to the former acts of leavie in preceeding parliaments as they shall find necessarie for the more speedie and effectuall uplifting and outreiking of the horse and foote forsaid, and notwithstanding some persons may be heereby overburthened inrespect of the meannesse of their rents and multitude of tennents living upon thair lands, yet the estats ordaines the forsaid number of men provyded as aforsaid to be put out be thame. And incais any of thame find themselffis heereby prejudged and mak ther complaint knowne to the committee of warre of the saids shyres, in that case the saids estats ordaines the committeis of warre of the saids shyres to cast up the accompt what the pryce of the saids armes, leavy mony and provisioun forsaid will amount to, and so to provyd for thair releiff, that the burthen may be equallie upon the haill heritors and others aforsaid according to ther rent as in the maintenance. And als the parlement requires the colonells and committeis of warre to put out the forces abonementionat in thair said localities and under ther severall officers listed and weell armed and ready upon ordor to march, so for the present, they being unwilling to burthen the countrey untill by extreame and unavoydable necessity, they be constrayned therto. And considering what at least is required for present securitie from incursiounes or insurrectiounes of pairties doe ordaine the thrid horse and 4th foote above mentionat to be presentlie leavied and raised be the saids shyres at the randevow abonewrittin and to be put in troups by the colonells in ther severall localities, to march from the saids shyres instantlie to such randezvouz as the generall officers shall appoynt. And inrespect of the present necessity of outputing the thrid horse for the saids shyres as said is, thairfor the saids estats declaires that they, with consent of the commissioners of the saids shyres and commanders forsaids of the saids horse who are heere present, will nominat the rootmasters of the said horses. And the estats declaires that the nominatioun of the saids rootmasters by parlement shall nowise be prejudiciall to the committees of the saids shyres in tyme comeing anent any power quhatsoever formerly graunted to thame for nominatioun of ther owne rootmasters, conforme to any preceeding acts of leavy.
Follows the list of the colonells, commanders and rutemasters in the leavy abonwrittin: For the shirefdome of Edinburgh: the laird of Ricardtoun colonell, the laird of Inglistoun lieutennent collonell, and each of thame to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Hadintoun: the laird of Wauchtoun colonell for the foote, the lord generall colonell of the horse, the laird of Ormstoun to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Beruick: Wedderburn colonell of the foote, the lord generall colonell of the horse, and young Swyntoun to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Roxburgh and Selkrig: Wedderburn colonell to tuo hundreth of ther foote and the laird of Greinhead colonell to the rest, being eight hundreth, and Walter Scot of Hartwodburne colonell to the horse, William Ker of Newtoun lieutennent colonell, who is to have a troup, and Captan Archibald Scott to have another troup; for the shirefdomes of Fyff and Kinros: Colonell Coline Pitscottie colonell to four hundreth of ther foote and Scottscraig colonell to the rest of thair foote, extending to eight hundreth, and Lord Elcho colonell for the horse, except thriescore under the command of Sir James Halkheid, and Captan Andro Arnot to be rootmaster; for the shirefdome of Linlithgow: Colonell Colin Campbell of Lawers colonell for the foote and Sir James Halkhead colonell for the horse; for the shirefdome of Peblis: the laird of Waughtoun colonell to the foote and Sir James Halkheid colonell to the horse, and the laird of Glen to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Dumbartane: Sir James Halkheid colonell to ther horse; for the shirefdome of Drumfreis: Sir James Douglas of Mouswall to be colonell to the foote and Colonell Gilbert Ker colonell to ther horse, and Craigdarroch to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Wigtoun and stuartrie of Kirkcudbright: the Lord Kirkcudbryght colonell to the foote and Colonell William Stuart of Castell Stuart and Sir Robert Adair for the horse; for the shirefdomes of Air and Renfrew: the Lord Kirkcudbright to be colonell to tuo hundreth foote and the Lord Cathcart to be colonell to the remanent, quhilks are converted in horse, and Colonell Robert Montgomrie to be colonell to four hundreth and tuentie of ther horse, Lord Elcho to fourtie and the lieutenent generall to tuentie; for the shirefdome of Lanark: [...] Hamiltoun of Prestoun to be colonell to ther foote, the lieutennent generall to be colonell to ther horse, James Carmichaell and young Allantoun to be rutemaster; for the shirefdomes of Stirling and Clakmannan: Generall Major James Holburne colonell to ther foote and Scottscraig to be colonell for the horse, Sir Charles Erskine to be lieutennent colonell and the laird of Lundie to be major, and ilk ane of thame to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Pearth: Sir George Prestoun of Valeyfield to be colonell to eight hundreth of ther foote and [...] to be colonell to the rest of ther foote, extending to four hundreth, and Sir Johnne Broun to be colonell to ther horse and William Bruce lieutennent colonell, and each of thame to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Forffar: the Lord Coupar to be colonell to ther foote, George, lord Brechin to be colonell to the horse and Sir Thomas Nairne his lieutennent colonell, and each of thame to have a troup; for the shirefdome of Kincardyne and the Earle Marischall's part of Aberdene: Robert, vicount of Arbuthnot to be colonell to the foote, George, lord Brechin to be colonell to the horse and Mr Robert Arbuthnot to be rutemaster, and to have a troup; for the rest of Aberdene and Banffshyres: Colonell Arthour Forbes to be colonell to the foote and the master of Forbes to be colonell to the horse, and the laird of Echt to be his lieutennent colonell, and each of thame to have a troup; for the shirefdomes of Elgin and Nairne and that part of Innernes on this syd Nesse: Colonell Johnne Innes to be colonell to the foote and Sir James Halkheid to be colonell to the horse, and Robert Halkheid to be lieutennent colonell and Captan Cranstoun to be a rutemaster, and to have a troup; for the earle of Seafort and Lord Lovat's divisioun of Innernes: Sir James Halkheid to be colonell both to foote and horse; for the rest of Innernes, Southerland and Caithnes: the earle of Southerland and laird of Dumbaith to be colonells both to the horse and foote; for the shirefdome of Orknay: the earle of Southerland to be colonell both to foote and horse; for the shirefdome of Argyle: [...] to be colonell to the foote and [...] colonell to the horse; and for the shirefdome of Bute: [...] to be colonell to the foote and [...] to be colonell to the horse.