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Act regarding Master Alexander Pitcairn, minister, and James Ramsay of Ogill
25 September 1641
The committee for the peace of the north and distressed ministers ordains the bond taken by the committee of estates wherein James Ramsay of Ogill and [George Gordon], lord Gordon as cautioner for him are obliged to Master Alexander Pitcairn, minister at Tannadice, for his personal indemnity under the pain of 5,000 merks as often as is necessary and for the like sum in case Ogill be found art or part of the wrong done to the minister, to stand in force until 8 January 1642. And in the meantime between now and that day ordains the minister to pursue and do such diligence as he will be served for making of the said James Ramsay of Ogill art or part of the wrong done to the minister mentioned in the said bond. And if he fail herein, ordains the bond to be extinct and ineffectual after the said day, but Ogill to find caution for the minister's indemnity for the time thereafter.
29 September 1641
Read in audience of his majesty and estates of parliament, who approve the same and ordain the act to be extracted.
[John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino, in presence of the lords of parliament
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To the right honourable the lords of the committee of war, the petition of the lieutenant colonels and majors of horse and foot in the late army, under-subscribers.
Humbly shows,
That whereas we, besides our charge as lieutenant colonels and majors, had also our several particular companies committed to us, and that in all armies whatsoever officers of our condition have pay as captains of their particular companies by as good right as their pays for their charges in chief aforesaid.
May it therefore please your honours to make signification hereof to his majesty and the most honourable court of parliament, and give them particular and true information of the equity and justice of our demands. And we doubt not but upon mature deliberation they will take the premises again into their consideration and not deny to do us that right which is universally observed in all other armies. And we as in duty bound shall pray etc.
Larg, lieutenant colonel; J. Barclay, lieutenant colonel; J. Stewart, lieutenant colonel; Robert Graham, lieutenant colonel; T. Urry, lieutenant colonel; David Barclay, lieutenant colonel; William Ruthven, lieutenant colonel; Sir James Rollock, lieutenant colonel; Hugh Montgomery, major; Patrick Blair, major; Gilbert Blair, major; William Sinclair, major; J. Fleming, major.
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To his sacred majesty and this high court of parliament,
We officers of fortune within the country are forced now at last by reason of our great necessity to have our recourse to your majesty after so many petitions given in to several committees appointed to that end, but no course as yet being taken for our satisfaction, we are necessitated to show our extreme want to your sacred majesty and this high court of parliament, for some of us having patiently waited 16, some 18 and some 20 months without pay, in so much that we protest sincerely that we have not only sold and pawned all whatsoever we had, but also used our credits to the very utmost, before we should trouble your sacred majesty. But having done all this, and being driven to such extremes (which shame does rather pass by in silence than to proclaim the same), we cannot but humbly entreat your sacred majesty to take this our strait condition to your gracious consideration that we be no longer delayed, our case being so desperate that we know not how in any way to subsist any longer. And since there is an order given for payment of all other officers whatsoever, we only excepted, we being of one and the same condition, take it hard that our obedience to our orders should be an occasion of our prejudice, which we hope your gracious majesty will be pleased to consider. Humbly entreating your majesty for a speedy and favourable answer of these our just desires to be fully satisfied, for it had been better for us to have quit our page long since, and elsewhere to have sought the recovery both of the loss of our fortunes and means, than to have waited so long and to be reduced to so great need, the conscientious consideration whereof we undoubtedly hope will move your sacred majesty and this high court of parliament to take some speedy and sure course that we may be fully satisfied, our present estate, together with the season of the year, craving the same, which we humbly entreat for and expect. Who shall ever wish your sacred majesty a peaceable and happy reign.
29 September 1641
Read in audience of his majesty and parliament, who appointed every estate to have the duplicate thereof to be advised.