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The which day the supplication given in to the king's majesty and parliament by Robert, earl of Nithsdale, desiring the king and parliament to appoint a committee to hear him and such as he does complain upon and to decide therein as they shall think agreeable to equity, as the supplication more fully purports, being read in audience of the king's majesty and parliament, his majesty and estates of parliament have remitted and remit the foresaid supplication to the lords of his highness's secret council.
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The which day, regarding the supplication given in to the king's majesty and estates of parliament by Sir James Ramsay, colonel of horses, bearing that it was not unknown to [Alexander Leslie, earl of Leven], lord general, and others of the supplicant's honourable and profitable employment in the French wars, and that for the respect he carried to his native country he did quit his place and charge there with his bygone arrears, amounting to £1,900 sterling, in addition to the hopes of the French king's gratuity, and that the supplicant did embrace the service of this his native country as a colonel of a regiment of horse, through which he has been put to great charges, and therefore desiring the king and parliament to take the premises to consideration and to cause give order for reparation of the supplicant's losses in such a way and measure as shall be thought expedient, as the supplication at more length bears. Which supplication being this day read in audience of the king's majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid have remitted and remit the same supplication to the commission appointed by the king and the estates for the common burdens of this kingdom to be considered by them.
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The which day, regarding the supplication given in to the king's majesty and estates of parliament by John, lord Sinclair, bearing that in the beginning of these troubles he was employed toward the northern parts of this kingdom for giving information to them of the reasons and grounds of the proceeding in reformation and advancing of the good cause, and bringing a regiment if it were possible from thence hither, which voyage the supplicant undertook and by God's assistance overcame the difficulties and passed through the most part of that division committed to his charge with such train and expense as was necessary for the public end and his security, and not only by true information brought the people to that conformity which has ever since continued them in quietness, but did levy and bring from thence a complete regiment, which yet does continue in the north for good use and has thereby relieved the public of the greater expense of a greater regiment formerly employed in these places. And seeing all these bygone troubles are happily quieted, the supplicant represents these to the king and parliament, desiring to take the premises and his supplication given in thereupon to consideration that he may have exoneration and approbation of his service and that such course may be taken thereupon as shall seem expedient, as the foresaid supplication in the self at more length purports. Which supplication being this day read in audience of the king's majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid remit the same and desire of the supplicant therein to the committee appointed by the king's majesty and estates of parliament for the common burdens of this kingdom to be considered by them.
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The which day the supplication given in to the king and parliament by Sir John Stewart of Coldingham against Sir Robert Douglas of Coldingham, craving account and reckoning of the intromission with the said Sir John Stewart's estate and means, as the supplication in the self more fully purports, being this day moved to the king's majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid have remitted and remit the foresaid supplication and desire thereof to the lords of his highness's secret council.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by William Dick of Braid, desiring the king and parliament to take to consideration the real advancement made by the supplicant to his highness's treasurer of his whole tack duty of the customs of the years of God 1637, 1638 and 1638†, with the supplicant's prejudice by the merchants' refusal of payment of the customs due for the ammunition imported by them these years and by the act made in June exempting ammunition imported from payment of custom, and therefore craving to grant either real and personal execution to the supplicant against the merchants and others that imported any ammunition the foresaid years for payment to him of their due customs, or else to allow retention to the supplicant of as much impost and other customs intromitted with and to be intromitted with by him as may be equivalent to his prejudice and loss foresaid, as the said supplication more fully purports; being this day read in audience of the king's majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid have remitted and referred, and hereby remit and refer, the foresaid supplication to the lords and others of his highness's exchequer.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by William Dick of Braid, James Farquhar and certain others, craving recommendation from the king and parliament to the parliament of England for the supplicants' reparation for a ship and load thereof, taken from them by the English, being this day moved in parliament to his majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid have remitted and remit the same to his highness's secret council.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by the poor widow Hunter and her children against James Crichton, son lawful to [William Crichton], earl of Dumfries, craving to be repossessed to their lands taken from them by the said James Crichton and to have the evidents thereof delivered to them, being this day moved in plain parliament to the king's majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid remit the same supplication to his highness's secret council.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by Anna Inglis, lady Aiket, against William Cunningham of Aiket, her husband, regarding the wrongs therein mentioned done to her by her said husband, craving redress thereof and a modification for her maintenance, together with the citations used thereupon against the said William Cunningham before the parliament and what has past therein before the said parliament, being this day moved in parliament in audience of his majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid have remitted and remit the foresaid supplication, with the citations and all that has followed thereupon or is done therein before the parliament in the state in which it now is, to his highness's secret council.
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The which day the supplication given in to the parliament by [David] Curror against the Laird of Philorth and certain others, craving restitution of some corns and goods taken by them from the supplicant and that the parties may be punished, being this day moved to his majesty and estates of parliament, his majesty and estates foresaid remit the same to his highness's secret council.
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The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament have remitted and remit the supplication given in to them by Jean Auchmuty against the parson of Benholm, her father-in-law, craving modification for her maintenance, to the lords and others of his highness's secret council to be considered by them.
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The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament have remitted and remit the supplication given in to the parliament by James Sinclair of Scalloway and John Edmonston, minister at Yell, against Master James Mowat [of Ollaberry] and Ninian Niven [of Windhouse] and certain others, complaining upon the insolencies and wrongs committed by them in Shetland and craving redress thereof, as the supplication more fully purports, to the lords and others of his highness's secret council in the state in which it now is before the parliament. Wherein Master James Baird, advocate for the supplicants, protested for the expense of the witnesses and parties in respect of their long attendance here in town, and Master Roger Mowat and Adam Hepburn, procurators for the parties complained upon, protested in the contrary, and that their defences may be reserved and they heard before any witness be received.
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The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament have remitted and remit the supplication given in to the parliament by [...] MacLeod against the Earl of Seaforth, craving repossession of his lands mentioned in the supplication in manner and for the reasons specified therein, to the lords and others of his highness's secret council.
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The which day the king's majesty has remitted and remits the supplication given to the parliament by Sir Patrick Hepburn of Waughton against Master James Raith of Edmonston, desiring liberty to lead his own teinds upon caution for payment according to the valuation, as the supplication purports, to the lords and others of his highness's secret council.