At Holyroodhouse, 28 July 1631

Sederunt

Sederunt: [George Hay, viscount of Dupplin], chancellor, [John Spottiswood, archbishop of] St Andrews, [Thomas Hamilton, earl of Haddington], privy seal, [George Seton, earl of] Winton, [Alexander Livingstone, earl of] Linlithgow, [John Drummond, earl of] Perth, [William Alexander, viscount of] Stirling, [George Gordon], lord Gordon, [John Erskine], lord Erskine, [Alexander Lindsay], bishop of Dunkeld, [Patrick Lindsay], bishop of Ross, [Adam Bellenden], bishop of Dunblane, [John Leslie], bishop of the Isles, [Robert Melville], lord Melville, [David Carnegie], lord Carnegie, [Archibald Napier], lord Napier, [John Stewart, lord] Traquair, [Sir Archibald Acheson of Glencairnie], secretary, [Sir John Hamilton of Magdalens], clerk register, [Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall], advocate, Sir John Scott [of Scotstarvit], Sir Robert Douglas, Sir James Baillie.

  1. NAS, PC1/34, f.27r. Back
  2. NAS, PC1/34, f.27r. Back
Procedure: burgh commissioners' appearance before the privy council; continuation

The which day the commissioners for the burghs compearing personally before the lords of privy council, and being demanded if they were resolved to give their answer regarding the fishing and the places craved to be reserved for the use of the natives, they declared that they were not yet resolved therein. Therefore the said lords ordained them to convene amongst themselves and to advise regarding such places as they crave to be reserved for the fishing of the natives and without the which the country cannot subsist, and to report their answer relating thereto to the said lords at Perth upon 21 September 1631.

  1. NAS, PC1/34, f.27r. Back
  2. NAS, PC1/34, f.27r. Back