The estates of parliament, taking to their consideration that in the troubles and rebellion in the country the marquis of Argyll's whole rent has been destroyed and made altogether unprofitable to him these three years bygone, and that the rebels being yet within the sheriffdom of Argyll there will be no labouring nor sowing for this ensuing year, and that this is mainly occasioned in and for his faithful discharge of his duty in pursuance of this common cause; and herewith also considering that the kingdom is obliged by covenant to endeavour his help and subsistence, therefore the said estates of parliament allow to the said marquis of Argyll for his maintenance and for paying his annualrents the sum of £15,000 sterling, which the estates ordain presently to be paid to him by this kingdom, whereof £10,000 sterling they ordain to be insured and paid to him out of the first £50,000 sterling agreed upon to be paid by the kingdom of England in part of the second £200,000 sterling, and ordain the other £5,000 sterling to be ensured and paid to the said marquis out of the readiest of the remainder of the said £200,000 sterling. And also the estates of parliament, taking also into their consideration that the whole sheriffdom of Argyll has been overrun by the rebels and the whole stock thereof destroyed, so as if some course be not taken for supplying them in some measure the heritors of that shire will not be able to subsist, their losses being so great and singular and their sufferings in this cause being beyond the sufferings of any others, therefore the said estates of parliament have allowed and hereby allow to them for their supply the sum of £30,000 sterling, which they ordain to be paid to them by the kingdom out of the first of the remainder of the last £200,000 sterling above-written payable by the kingdom of England after payment of the first £50,000 thereof above-specified, and ordain this £30,000 sterling to be appointed and bestowed in consideration of the losses sustained by the marquis of Argyll and other heritors of the sheriffdom of Argyll. And because many of the poor people of that shire who have been destroyed and put from dwellings by the rebels are now starving in several places of the country, and those who are in the shire have no kind of present maintenance to hold in their lives unless some present course be taken for their relief and supply and for supply of the widows and orphans of Breadalbane, therefore the estates of parliament grant a voluntary contribution through the kingdom and ordain the same to be collected for their relief and supply, and do hereby recommend the same to the commission of the kirk to give order to the several presbyteries of the kingdom and ministers for persuading their people to a cheerfully and hearty contribution herein to the effect aforesaid.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration that the commissioners at London have prevailed with both houses of parliament there for a particular security of £50,000 sterling out of the last £200,000 agreed upon for the arrears of the army in England, and in the ordinance of the parliament thereof have inserted the names of James Maxwell of Innerwick, Sir William Dick, James Stewart, James Hamilton [of Bogs] and Thomas Cunningham, with their proportional parts of right to the payment of the said £50,000 as they do conceive to be due to them by this kingdom, namely: to James Maxwell of Innerwick for his part of the aforesaid ordinance, the sum of £5,000; to Sir William Dick for the sum of £24,593 6d; to James Stewart, £7,848 16s 9d; to James Hamilton, £7,848 16s 9d; and to Thomas Cunningham, £4,709 6s; extending in total to the aforesaid sum of £50,000. And herewith also considering that upon good considerations the estates of parliament have appointed to Archibald, marquis of Argyll the sum of £10,000 sterling and to Doctor Sharp the sum of £1,333 6s 8d sterling, both these sums to be paid out of the first and readiest of the said security of £50,000 sterling, which will diminish the proportions formerly granted to the other persons above-named, therefore the said estates of parliament do ratify and approve the proportional division made by the said commissioners to the five persons above-mentioned according to the proportions underwritten, and so the said estates of parliament ordain the aforesaid £50,000 sterling to be divided and paid to the said marquis of Argyll, Doctor Sharp, Sir William Dick, James Maxwell, James Stewart, James Hamilton and Thomas Cunningham as follows, namely: to Archibald, marquis of Argyll, the sum of £10,000 sterling; item, to the said Doctor Sharp, the sum of £1,333 6s 8d sterling; item, to the said James Maxwell of Innerwick, the sum of £3,866 13s 4d sterling; item, to the said Sir William Dick, the sum of £19,018 12s 4d sterling; item, to the said James Stewart, the sum of £6,069 15s 4d sterling; item, to the said James Hamilton, the sum of £6,069 15s 4d sterling; and to the said Thomas Cunningham, the sum of £3,641 17s sterling; which sums and proportions immediately above-written make up the aforesaid total sum of £50,000 sterling..
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration that they by their act of 1 February 1645 gifted, gave and granted to Dame Margaret Graham, lady Garlies the whole duties of her conjunct fee and liferent lands in Galloway and benefit of her contract of marriage with the late [Alexander Stewart], lord Garlies, her first husband, both for arrears then unpaid and in time coming, and gave warrant to her and her factors in her name for her use to uplift and intromit with the same duties from the tenants and to call and pursue thereof both for the arrears and that due in time coming, according to her infeftment, right and provision of her contract of marriage, without prejudice to the lawful creditors of their lawful debts within this kingdom contracted since the time of her second marriage with Ludovic Lindsay, [sometime earl of Crawford] to the forfeiture of the said Ludovic Lindsay, as the aforesaid act more fully purports. And herewith also considering that by contract passed between Alexander [Stewart], earl of Galloway and James [Stewart], lord Garlies, his son, on the one part, and the said Dame Margaret Graham on the other part, dated the [...] day of December last, she has set to them her conjunct fee lands and others contained in her said contract of marriage during her lifetime for payment yearly to her of the sum of £3,000 at the terms mentioned in the contract and relieving her of all burdens specified therein, containing also an assignation to some jewels pertaining and belonging to her, with mutual discharges hereupon of all that either of them can lay to each other's charge, by the which contract the said Dame Margaret Graham is obliged to procure the aforesaid contract to be ratified in parliament, as the same contract likewise containing certain other heads at more length bears. The said estates ratify and approve the aforesaid contract above-mentioned in the whole heads, clauses, conditions, obligations and articles thereof and declare the same to be a sufficient security to the said Alexander, earl of Galloway and James, lord Garlies, his son, their heirs and assignees to the effect therein mentioned notwithstanding of the decreet and sentence of forfeiture given and pronounced against the said Ludovic Lindsay, present husband to the said Dame Margaret Graham, as also notwithstanding that he is not consenter with her in the aforesaid contract nor has subscribed the same. To the which contract the estates of parliament do hereby interpose the authority of parliament and declare this act to be as valid and effectual as if the aforesaid contract were inserted at length herein, with the which the estates dispense.