Procedure: election of Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of Burleigh to be president of the parliament
Act regarding the election of Robert [Balfour], lord [Balfour of] Burleigh to be president of this meeting of estates in parliament

The estates of parliament, presently convened by his majesty's special authority, this 25 May 1641, to the which day the parliament was continued by the last act of continuation thereof of the date 13 April 1641 foresaid, did unanimously, with one uniform consent, elect and choose Robert, lord Burleigh to be president of this their meeting of estates in parliament.

  1. NAS, PA2/22, f.63v-64r. Back