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The estates of parliament, haveing taken to their consideratioune ane supplicatioune given in to thame be Mr Bernard Sandersone, minister of the churche of Keir in Nithisdaill, makand mentioune that whair in the moneth of September 1645 the Irish rebellis and utheris under the conduct of the laite Lord Ogilvie and Nathaniell Gordoune, being quartered in and about his dwelling houses a wholl night and day, the said supplicant being fled to Carleill for safety of his lyff, and his servandis and motherles childring to the hillis and montaines, destitute bothe of food and harbourie, entred by violence, breaking up the dores of his house, chalmeris and utheris offices houses, brake up all his cofferis, chistis and almries, caried away his whole bedding, insicht, plenishing and the haill abuilyementis of his owne and his wyffis, brunt and spoyled his buikis, chistis, chyres, stoolis and uther tymber work, eat up, spoyled and destroyed his haill cornes upone his gleib land, wherby he and his whole famalie were brought to a great straite and necessitie, as is notourlie knowne to the whole countrey quher he dwellis, and particular to the commissioneris heir in this present parliament. Lykas the provinciall assembly holden at Drumfreis in October therefter, laying to heart the great distresses as being the greatest and almost only sufferer of that kynd within the countrey of a minister, did give ther advyse to the reverend bretherene of the presbytrie of Penpont where he lived to take tryall and inspectioune of his particular losses swa farr as they could, which they have accordinglie done, and that fare within the worth, as [by] ther recomendatioun under their handis, togither with the recomendatioune of the said provinciall assemblie therwith produceit, is knowne, whilk he humblie craves that the estaites wald caus read for their further satisfactioune; and have ever since bene laboureing to wrestle through difficulties, not willing to trouble the estaites of parliament swa lang as he could utherwayes doe, is in end so farr pressed and overcome through the weight of civill burdings that unles they be pleased to help him in this his straite and necessitie he cannot bot succumb and so be disabled frome the frie and comfortable dischairge of his ministrie, which to him will be more griveous then death itselff. Supplicating the saidis estates of parliament to take to their serious consideratioune the great necessitie and extremitie quherunto he is redacted by his long suffering, and grant some speedie helpe and releefe to the said supplicant furth of the reddiest of the dewis belonging to the estaites ather heir or in the countrey where he lives, as the saidis estaites in ther wisdomes sall think most expedient, that so he may be the better encuraged to goe on in the faithfull dischairge of his calling, with friedome and cheerefulnes of spirit, and may have the greater occasioune to pray for a blissing frome the Lord upone ther and his work in hand, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said supplicatioune. Whilk supplicatioune, togidder with the reporte frome the committee of commoune burdingis beiring the losses foirsaidis to be sufficientlie instructed, being taken in consideratioune be the saidis estaites of parliament, they have ordained and ordaines the said Mr Bernard Sandersone to be satisfied and payed of the foirsaid soume of twelff hundreth merkis money, and that out of the taxt, loane or mantenance or any publict dewis auchtand be the schyre of Nithisdaill preceeding the moneth of October last 1648 yeeres.
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The estates of parliament, haveing taken to their consideratioune ane supplicatioune given in to thame be the committee of warr of the schire of Drumfreis, shewing that the supplicantis being ordained be publict ordour to buy frome the estaites of parliament out of the publict magazine armes and ammonitioune, extending to twentie thousand merkis or therby, for defence of the schyre, at which tyme the one halff of the saidis armes wes sent for (to the number of foure hundreth and fyftie musquettis, two hundreth pickis and two hundreth swordis) and were imployed be those that sent for thame and joyned with James Grahame in that service against the kingdome at Philliphauche, whill as the supplicantis were forced to flie to Cairleill, and so many as they left of the saidis haill armes are yit in ane sellar in this toune, to the number of thrie hundreth and fyftie musquettis, two hundreth pickis and twa hundreth swordis and some ball. Notwithstanding quherof, Johne Achesone hes, in name of the estaites, caused chairge the supplicantis with horneing and denunce thame for not payment of the said soume, supplicating that the saids estates of parliament might give ordour to the said Johne Achesone not to insist againes the supplicantis, bot to insist againes those who sent for the armes and went againes the countrey, for and with the same for payment of swa many of the armes as they sent for; and that the armes which remane, being fresh and serviceable, may be taken to the publict magazine, the shyre being sufficientlie furnished alreddie, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said supplicatioune. Whilk, with the reporte frome the committee of commoune burdingis, being taken in consideratioune be the saidis estaites of parliament, they have ordained and ordaines the said Johne Achesone to receave bak frome the said supplicantis the saidis thrie hundreth and fyftie musquettis, twa hundreth pickis and twa hundreth swordis with swa many ball as are yit to the foir, and to give dischairge of the said band to the said committee of warr at Drumfreis at the same raite the said armes and provisioune were bought at, and put the saidis armes and ball foirsaid in the magazine hous; and hes dischairged and dischairges the said Johne Achesone and all utheris shireffis, stewartis, baillies of regalities, magistrats of burrowes and ther officeris to put the said band to any farder executioun againes the saidis supplicantis in any tyme heirefter. And the saidis estates of parliament declaires all executioune alreddie used upone the said band againes thame to be null, and that ther escheetis and lyferentis sall nawayes be in hazard be reasone of the foirsaid executioune, bot sall be frie and saiffe as if the samyne executioune and horning had never bene used in any tyme heirefter.
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The estates of parliament, haveing taken to their consideratioune ane supplicatioune given in to thame be the committee of warr of the shirefdome of Drumfreis, bearing that albeit the said committee of warr have for advanceing of the publict service borrowed verie considerable soumes and imployed the samyne faithfullie for the publict use, for releefe quherof they did obteine warrand frome the estaites to lay the said soume proportionallie upone the haill schyre, notwithstanding quherof, be the revolutione of effaires in the last parliament, debtis of that kynd are declaired to affect any of the subscryveris severallie, wherthrow the haill burding of that debt contracted and employed for the use of the haill schyre will licht upone sick particular persones who were most forward for the publict, and wherfore therto diverse bandis of that nature are put in the register, which may endanger the credite of the weelaffected. Supplicating that the former act of the committee of estates wherby such soumes are ordained to be layd proportionallie upone the haill schyre may be renewed and revived and such soumes be layd proportionallie upone the haill heretors of the schyre, and the uther act of the laite parliament whereby the saidis soumes may be layd upone any of the subscryveris may be repealled, as at mair lenth is contenit in the said supplicatioune. Whilk, with the reporte frome the committee of commoune burdingis and ther opinion theranent, being taken in consideratioune be the saidis estates of parliament, they have repealled and repeallis the foirsaid act of parliament maid in anno 1648 whereby it is ordained that debtis contracted and bandis given be private perties for the use of the severall schires may be put to executioune againes the subscryveris therof severallie, and declaires the samyne voyd, null and extinct; and hes revived and ratified the act abonewrittin of the committee of estaites of the daite the [...] day of [...] jM vjC and fourtie [...] yeeris, ordeaneing such soumes of money as have bene contracted be private perties for the use of the schyre to be layd proportionallie upone the saidis respective schyres; and hes ordained and ordaines that all such bandis, debtis or soumes of money contracted be privat persones for the use of the schires sall be in all tyme cumeing layd proportionallie upone the said haill schire, notwithstanding of the former act of parliament maid in anno 1648.