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17 August 1641
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[Oath of parliament]
Forasmuch as the honour, greatness and happiness of the king's royal majesty and the welfare of the subjects depends on the purity of religion as it is now established in this kingdom, the laws, liberties and peace thereof which ought to be sought after by all good Christians, loyal subjects and true patriots, and to be furthered and maintained by them against all such as by any means endeavour to shake or subvert the same, therefore, we under-subscribers and every one of us do in the presence of almighty God promise and vow that in this present parliament we shall faithfully and freely speak, answer and express ourselves upon all and every thing which is or shall be proposed so far as we think in our conscience may conduce to the glory of God, the good and peace of the church and state of this kingdom and employ our best endeavours to promote the same and shall in no way advise, voice nor consent to anything which to our best knowledge we think not most expedient and conducible thereto; as also that we shall maintain and defend with our lives, power and estate his majesty's royal person, honour and estate, as is express in our National Covenant, and likewise the power and privileges of parliaments and the lawful rights and liberties of the subjects; and by all good means and ways oppose and endeavour to bring to exact trial all such as either by force, practise, counsel, plots, conspiracies or otherwise has done or shall do anything in prejudice of the purity of religion, the laws, liberties and peace of the kingdom. And further, that we shall in all just and honourable ways endeavour to preserve union and peace between the three kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland. And neither for hope, fear nor other respect shall relinquish this vow and promise.
10 August 1641
Read in audience of parliament, who approve the same and appoint the same to be taken by all members of this parliament and in all parliaments hereafter, before they proceed to any act or determination.
J[ames Stewart, duke of] Lennox
[James Hamilton, marquis of] Hamilton
[Archibald Campbell, earl of] Argyll
[William Keith, earl] Marischal
J[ohn Gordon, earl of] Sutherland
[James Erskine, earl of] Buchan
[Alexander Montgomery, earl of] Eglinton
[John Kennedy, earl of] Cassillis
[John Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn
[Thomas Erskine, earl of] Kellie
[Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
[Gilbert Hay, earl of] Erroll
[George Gordon, marquis of] Huntly
J[ohn Erskine, earl of] Mar
[George MacKenzie, earl of] Seaforth
[James Douglas, earl of] Queensberry
[William Kerr, earl of] Lothian
[James Murray, earl of] Annandale
R[obert Maxwell, earl of] Nithsdale
[Francis Scott, earl of] Buccleuch
[David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk
[John or David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
[William Ramsay, earl of] Dalhousie
[James Ogilvie, earl of] Findlater
[John or Robert Gordon, viscount of] Kenmure
[James Stewart, earl of] Moray
[James Home, earl of] Home
[Charles Seton, earl of] Dunfermline
[William Douglas, earl of] Morton
[Robert Arbuthnott, viscount of] Arbuthnott
[John Leslie, earl of] Rothes
[John Drummond, earl of] Perth
[John Lindsay, earl of] Lindsay
[Alexander Forbes, lord] Forbes
[John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
[Robert Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
[John Hay, lord] Yester
[John Sinclair, lord] Sinclair
[Alexander Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
[John Borthwick, lord] Borthwick
[James Boyd, lord] Boyd
[John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
J[ames Elphinstone, lord] Coupar
[James Johnstone, lord] Johnstone
[John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
[John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
[William Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
[James Livingstone, lord] Almond
A[lan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart
[Alexander Lindsay, lord] Balcarres
[William Crichton, earl of] Dumfries
W[illiam Crichton, earl of] Dumfries
[Walter or Alexander Stewart, lord] Blantyre
[Andrew Fraser, lord] Fraser
[George Forrester, lord] Forrester
[John Carnegie, lord] Loure
[James Campbell, lord] Kintyre
[William Hamilton, earl of] Lanark
[John Stewart, earl of] Traquair
[Alexander Erskine, earl of] Kellie
[Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh, in the presence of the lords of parliament
[William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
J[ohn Cranstoun, lord] Cranston
M[ungo Murray, viscount of] Stormont
[Thomas or John MacLellan, lord] Kirkcudbright
James [Graham, earl of] Montrose
[John Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
[George Hay, earl of] Kinnoull
[John or David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
[William Cranston, lord] Cranston
[John or Robert Gordon, viscount of] Kenmure
A[lexander Lindsay, lord] Spynie
William Douglas, [marquis of Douglas]
J[ohn Campbell, lord] Loudoun
[William Graham, earl of] Airth
[Alexander Livingstone, earl of] Linlithgow
[John Hamilton, lord] Bargany
[George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
[George Lindsay, lord] Spynie
[George Seton, earl of] Winton
[John Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
[Patrick Maule, earl of] Panmure
[Patrick Murray, lord] Elibank
[John Scrimgeour, viscount of] Dudhope
[Thomas or John MacLellan, lord] Kirkcudbright
[Robert or William Ross, lord] Ross
[Sir Alexander Falconer of] Halkerton
[John Hamilton, lord] Bellhaven
[James Sandilands, lord] Abercrombie
[William Cochrane, lord] Cochrane
J[ohn] Hepburn of Waughton
James Stewart for Edinburgh
Forbes
William Lauder
J[ames] Mercer of Aldie
[Sir] J[ohn] Wauchope [of Niddrie-Marischal]
[Sir David Crichton of] Lugton
W[illiam] Rigg [of Aithernie]
[George] Dundas of that Ilk
[Sir] J[ohn] Stirling of Garden
Sir W[illiam Baillie of] Lamington
[Sir Robert Grierson of] Lag
D[uncan] Campbell of Carrick
[Sir] Charles Erskine [of Alva, Bandeath and Cambuskenneth]
[George] Buchanan of that Ilk
Sir P[atrick] Murray [of Elibank]
[Sir John Hamilton of] Preston
[Sir David] Home [of Wedderburn]
William Cockburn [of Langton]
[...]urray
Sir Thomas Hope [of Kerse]
Robert Innes of that Ilk
[David] Beaton of Creich
Sir A[lexander] Murray [of Blackbarony]
Sir David Murray [of Stanhope]
H[ector] Bannatyne [of Kames]
[Sir Henry Montgomery of] Giffen
[Hugh Campbell of] Cessnock
[Sir] R[obert] Graham of Morphie
Sir G[ilbert] Ramsay [of Balmain]
[...]
Sir J[ohn] Moncreiffe [of that Ilk]
[Sir] T[homas] R[uthven] of Freeland
[...]
[Sir Alexander] Morrison of Prestongrange
J[ohn] Forbes of Leslie
[Sir] W[illiam] Forbes [of Craigievar]
[Patrick Maxwell of] Newark
A[lexander] Erskine of Dun
[Sir] William Scott [of Harden]
Sir John Chiesley [of Kersewell]
Sir R[obert] C[ampbell of] Glenorchy
Sir D[uncan] Campbell [of Auchinbreck]
Sir J[ames] Fraser [of Brae]
[Sir] James Dundas [of Arniston]
[Sir Alexander] Abercrombie [of Birkenbog]
Robert Pringle [of Stichill]
[Sir Walter Stewart of] Minto
Sir D[avid] Graham of Fintry
Alexander Gordon of Earlston
[Sir] T[homas] Myreton of Cambo
S[imon] MacKenzie [of Lochslin]
[Sir] Robert Adair [of Kinhilt]
Sir Archibald Stirling of Garden
Sir J[ohn Charteris of] Amisfield
[Sir] W[illiam] Scott of Ardross
Patrick Hepburn of Waughton
[Si][r] James Sinclair [of Murkle]
G[eorge] Winram [of Liberton]
J[ames] Borthwick [of Stow]
J[ames MacDowall of] Garthland
Robert Meldrum of Burghlie
[Sir] Alexander Sutherland of Duffus
[Sir] John Home of Blackadder
Sir James Foulis [of Colinton]
[John] Hamilton of Boghall
[...] of that Ilk
[Sir Adam] Hepburn [of Humbie]
[Sir] J[ohn] Wemyss of Bogie
J[ohn] Murray of Touchadam [and Polmaise]
Hamilton
[Sir] J[ames] Lockhart [of Lee]
[John] MacLeod of Dunvegan
W[illiam] Kerr of Newton
Hugh Fraser of Kinneries
Patrick Ross for Perth
G. MacKenzie
[Arthur] Forbes of Echt
J[ohn] Kennedy
J[ames] Cochrane
Richard Maxwell
Robert Arnott
James Fletcher
Patrick Leslie
Thomas Bruce [of Weltoun]
James Glen
John Lepar
Patrick Bell
John Osborne
[William] Simpson
John Williamson
James Scott [of Logie]
John Irvine
James Rose [of Merkinsche]
George Gardyne
Mark Kinglassie
Mr R[obert] Cunningham
Mr Robert Barclay
W[illiam] Glendinning [of Gelstoun]
James Skene of that Ilk
Patrick Hannay
J[ames] Airth
J[ohn] Semple [of Stainflett]
Gideon Jack
Robert Hardie
James Williamson [of Aikerfield]
Thomas MacCulloch
Mr A[lexander] Douglas [of Downies]
Master Bamff
John Jamieson
David Ramsay
Mr J[ohn] Dunbar
John Tulloch
G[eorge] Hempseed
Alexander Wilkieson
Sanquhar
Robert Gordon [of Knockbrex]
William Hunter
[...]
J[ohn] Lyon [of Troup]
J[ames] Reid
Andrew Martin
George Purves
Henry Cunningham
Mr George Gray for Haddington
J[ohn] Rutherford for Jedburgh
Walter Murray
Sir Walter Riddell [of that Ilk]
D[avid] Spence
Alexander Cunningham for Crail
Alexander Selkirk
William Scott
D[avid] Anderson for Cupar
Archibald Mercer, Culross
J[ohn] Spreull, Renfrew
George Home for North Berwick
David MacBrair [of Almagill and Newark]
Robert Glencorse
Robert Crichton
William Maxwell
George Johnston
John Milne
T[homas] Scott
John Dick
T[homas] Durham for Perth
Hugh Kennedy
William Watson
Andrew Walker for Anstruther
James Haswell
James Sword for St Andrews
[...] of [...]
Matthew Spence for Rothesay
Thomas MacBirnie
Sir W[alter] Scott [of Whitslade]
J[ohn] Jaffray
Norman Fairfoul
Andrew Thomson
A[lexander] Beaton
J[ohn] Hamilton of Udston
[Robert] Alexander
George Jamieson
David Ferry for Anstruther Wester
George Adamson for Dunbar
H[ugh] Rose of Kilravock
John Short[Sir] W[illiam Cunningham of] Cunninghamhead
John Dickson of Busby
John Kennedy
James Peddie
Ninian Dunbar of Grangehill
Robert Bell
[William] Crichton
John Rose [of Braidley]
[Sir Alexander] Wedderburn [of Blackness]
David Alexander
John Auchterlony
John Scott
George Lauder
J[ohn] Forbes [of Culloden]
Gabriel Cunningham
J[ohn] Spreull
Edward Edgar
David Fern
James Gibson
[Sir] Daniel Carmichael [of Hyndford]
J[ames] Lentron
George Lawtie
[Sir] Ludovic Gordon [of Gordonstoun]
J[ames] Campbell
Robert White [of Pourain]
Alexander Bennet
James MacCulloch
Gilbert Moir
William Lowis
[James] Purves
[Andrew] Pinkerton
J. Brodie of Blair
David Douglas
[Thomas] Manson
Archibald Sydserf
Mr W[illiam] Dunbar
Alexander Jaffray for Aberdeen
David Simpson
Sir George Maxwell of Nether Pollok
[Sir] James Hope [of Hopetoun]
Mr John Hay
[Sir] J[ames MacGill of] Cranstoun-[Riddel]
[Sir James] Halkett [of Pitfirrane]
James MacCulloch for Whithorn
Lewis Menteith
John Sleigh
J[ames] Campbell for Linlithgow
J[ohn] Cockburn
John Dickson
J. Barnton
J. Brown
J. Hay
Wemyss
William Scott
Balmerino
Gideon Scott [of Highchester]
A[lexander] Bower
William Luke
David Mitchell
Samuel Wilson
Alexander Winton
Robert Richardson
[Colonel William Stewart of] Castle-Stewart