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Prayer said and rolls called.
The king being present.
Regarding the supplication given in to the king's majesty and the parliament by Master William Turnbull, minister at Makerstoun, making mention that the late John Turnbull of Minto, his brother, contracted sickness in the public service in the army at Newcastle where he remained a long space and thereafter deceased, whereby the ward and marriage of John Turnbull, his eldest son, falls in his majesty's hands, and therefore desiring his majesty and estates to give order to pass the signature already signed by the king in the supplicant's name of the foresaid ward and marriage to the behove of the said John Turnbull freely. Which supplication being read and considered by his majesty and parliament, his majesty, with advice of the parliament, appoints [Sir James Carmichael], depute treasurer, and lords of exchequer to pass the gift above-written freely; and appoints the clerk to give the duplicate of this deliverance under his hand for their warrant.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by Alexander Ramsay, son lawful to John Ramsay and brother to the late James Ramsay, son natural to the said late John, desiring a warrant to [Sir James Carmichael], treasurer depute, and lords of exchequer to pass to the supplicant freely the gift of bastardy of the said late James Ramsay, which is already granted by his majesty to the supplicant under his highness's hand seeing the said late James was killed in the public service in the conflict at Newburn, being a trooper of the company of Captain Graham, being read and considered, his majesty and estates of parliament grant the desire thereof foresaid and ordain the said gift to be passed and delivered to the supplicant freely without any composition in respect it is well-known that the said late James Ramsay was killed at Newburn.