On the forty ninth day of parliament
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Prayers said, rolls called.
The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the report of the committee for processes and monies finding that the Lord Drummond's fine was imposed upon him at St Andrews without any deduction of his father's debt, for which also the committee in their opinion think he ought to have deduction, and so the £10,000 of his fine suspended to the parliament should be discharged to him and that sum made up to Colonel Robert Montgomery some other way; and herewith also considering that this report being represented to the grand committee they, after consideration thereof, did allow and approve the same, the said estates, after the report above-mentioned had been seen and considered in their several bodies at their meetings apart, find that the Lord Drummond's fine was imposed upon him without deduction either for his father's debt or for his troop of horse or foot put out for his malignancy, nor yet for his own debt, which by the act of parliament must be allowed and deduction granted accordingly; and therefore the estates of parliament do hereby discharge simply to the said Lord Drummond the aforesaid sum of £10,000 of his fine which was suspended to the parliament, and declare him liberated and free of all payment thereof in time coming; and ordain this sum of £10,000 which was assigned to Colonel Robert Montgomery to be made up some other way to him.
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The estates of parliament, having heard and considered the report of that committee appointed by them for considering the supplication of the officers of the marquis of Argyll's regiment, desiring to be put on an equal footing with the rest of the regiments who have both received more pay for arrears and are better accommodated in quarterings and have not the occasion to be in continual duty as this regiment is, and that some course should be taken for providing the soldiers of this regiment with clothes and shoes that they may be able to subsist, and to ordain the treasurer of the army to hear, fit and allow the accounts of the said regiment, the said estates find the desire aforesaid just and ordain and command Archibald Sydserf, commissary-depute, to hear, consider, fit and allow the accounts of the aforesaid regiment as he shall find the same just and reasonable, that it may thereby appear what is received either by the officers or soldiers of that regiment and what is yet resting and due to be paid either to the officers or soldiers thereof; and ordain some proportion of the arrears which shall be found due to the soldiers to be appointed for providing clothes and shoes to the said soldiers and to be allowed and accounted in the first end of the arrears due to the said soldiers, for the which this act shall be a warrant.
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The estates of parliament, taking into their consideration the supplication of Mr Thomas Henderson, secretary to [Alexander Leslie], earl of Leven, lord general, and clerk to the committee residing with the Scottish army in England, desiring that order may be given for adjusting his accounts and giving him satisfaction of so much of his arrears according to his establishment in his respective charges as the parliament should judge expedient, and to declare the remainder thereof to be a public debt to be satisfied to the supplicant, the said estates do hereby seriously recommend the supplicant, with his supplication and desire thereof above-mentioned, to the committee with the army, to give order for adjusting the supplicant's accounts and giving him satisfaction for so much of his arrears according to his establishment in his respective charges as that committee shall judge expedient, and declaring the remainder which shall not be paid to be a just and public debt to be satisfied to the supplicant as the committee shall think fit.
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The estates of parliament ordain a letter of recommendation to be written from the parliament in favour of George Jamieson, provost of Cupar, to the committee at Newcastle, that he may have £2,000 of the £200,000 come to the army from the parliament of England resting to him by the public for the price of certain victual furnished by him to the Scottish army in England.
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Anent the supplication given in to the estates of parliament, now convened in this sixth session of the first triennial parliament, whereof the tenor follows: My lords and others, the honourable estates of parliament, humbly means and shows I, your servant, George Baillie of Jerviswood, Margaret Johnston, my spouse, and John Baillie, my eldest son, that where I and my said spouse are infeft in liferent and the said John Baillie, my son, is infeft in fee in all and whole the lands, town and mains of Mellerstain, as well that part thereof sometime belonging to the late laird of Mellerstain as that part thereof sometime belonging to James Seaton of Touch, and also in all and whole the half of the east part of the town and lands of Fawnes and in the temple lands lying in the towns and territories of Mellerstain and Fawnes, with all their parts, pendicles, mills and pertinents, lying within the sheriffdom of Berwick, proceeding upon the heritable and irredeemable right and disposition made to us thereof by Andrew Edmonstone of Ednam with consent of various and sundry persons; and likewise I am heritably infeft and seised in all and whole the lands of Jerviswood, Mousbrigdyikis, mill and mill-lands thereof, and in the lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, with all their pendicles and pertinents, proceeding upon the heritable and irredeemable disposition and right made to me, the said George thereof by Mr George Douglas of Pinwherrie, with consent of Barbara Lauder, his spouse, and certain other persons; and also I am heritably infeft and seised in the kirkland and glebe of the vicarage and parish kirk of Lanark and vicarage teinds of the same proceeding upon the heritable and irredeemable disposition made to me thereof by James Lockhart of Cleghorn, and by virtue of my said infeftments and rights I and my authors and their predecessors are and have been in possession of the lands, mills, teinds and others respectively above-specified continually since the making and granting to us of the rights and dispositions thereof and past all memory of man, at the least by the space of 40 years of before; and seeing by the fearful accident of fire which did arise within the burgh of Edinburgh and lamentable burning of many and sundry houses within the same in the month of August 1645, and especially of the dwelling house of James Baillie, merchant, wherein my whole evidents, rights, titles and securities (as well old as new) of my said lands and barony of Mellerstain and lands of Jerviswood and remaining lands and others aforesaid and many other moveables pertaining to me and my said spouse were all burnt and lost, as is manifest and well-known, and likewise seeing the disposition and right made to me and my said spouse and son by the said Andrew Edmonstone, with consent aforesaid, of the said lands of Mellerstain and Fawnes and others were registered in the books of council whereof I have now got the extract, which contains not only the disposition of the lands aforesaid but also assignations and rights to various contracts, bonds, dispositions, apprisings, infeftments and other writs for my better security in possessing and enjoying the said lands; as also I have extracted the charter out of the register of the chancellery made to me of the said lands, and also the instrument of resignation and sasine thereof and charter of confirmation of the said lands of Jerviswood of the charter granted to me by the said Mr George Douglas and all such other writs as were registered which possibly was in me to be had, but wanting the principal evidents (both old and new) and whole writs and evidents assigned and transferred in my favour by virtue of the contracts and dispositions made to me by the aforesaid persons, conveyers, through the lamentable accident of burning thereof in manner aforesaid, the same of all equity and good conscience ought to be supplied to me by your lordships and honourable estates of parliament with an act relating thereto. Therefore I beseech your lordships and others, the honourable estates of parliament, to have consideration of the premises and to take cognition and trial therein and to pity my distressed estate, and that it will please your lordships and others, the estates aforesaid, to make and grant an act in this present parliament in my favour ratifying and approving the aforesaid letters of alienation, heritable and irredeemable disposition made to me and my said spouse and son by the laird of Ednam and others contained therein of the said lands of Mellerstain and Fawnes, mills and others above-mentioned and whole assignations, translations and rights contained therein of the contracts, bonds, obligations, comprisings and others aforesaid, together with the extract of the charter granted by his majesty according thereto and whole infeftments of resignation and sasine following thereupon; and also the rights and dispositions made and granted to me of the said lands of Jerviswood, Mousbrigdyiks, mill and mill-lands thereof, and lands of Newmains and Newmainshill and kirklands and glebe of the vicarage of the parish kirk of Lanark and infeftments, sasines and others following thereupon made and granted to me by the said Mr George Douglas and James Lockhart in all and sundry the heads, clauses and conditions thereof, and granting and declaring that the wanting of the said particular evidents made and granted to me and of the contracts, dispositions, apprisings, infeftments and others assigned to me thereby and of the old evidents and progress of rights of the whole lands and others above-written or any part thereof shall be no cause of reducing, annulling or improving thereof nor be no ground of action or pursuit at the instance of whatsoever person or persons concerning the same lands and others aforesaid or any part thereof; and also granting and declaring that the said dispositions, infeftments and rights extracted by me as said is shall be good and valid rights to me and my said spouse and son, our heirs and assignees for possessing and enjoying the whole lands, mills and others above-written heritably and irredeemably in all time coming according to the tenors thereof likewise and as freely as if the said principal evidents made to us and whole evidents, rights and securities made to our predecessors and authors of the same lands and others above-specified were extant, notwithstanding whatsoever acts, laws, statutes or constitutions made or to be made in the contrary; and for our better security of the said lands and others above-written, that it would please your lordships and honourable estates of parliament to ordain that infeftments may be passed in exchequer by way of signature and through the whole registers and seals gratis without composition to me and my said spouse in liferent and to our said son, his heirs and assignees in fee under the reversions, provisions and conditions contained in the aforesaid letters of dispositions and infeftments of all and whole the said lands, town and mains of Mellerstain, manor place, houses, buildings, mills, mill-lands, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, and of the said half of the said east part of the said town and lands of Fawnes, with houses, buildings, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, lying within the said sheriffdom of Berwick, proceeding upon our own resignation, and likewise to me, the said George Baillie, in liferent and to Robert Baillie, my second lawful son, his male heirs and assignees in fee under the reversions, provisions and conditions to be contained in the procuratory of resignation to be made by me of all and whole the said lands of Jerviswood, Mousbrigdyiks, mill and mill-lands thereof, with manor place, houses, buildings, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof and of the said kirk lands and glebe of the vicarage of the aforesaid parish kirk of Lanark and vicarage teinds thereof, lying within the said sheriffdom of Lanark, proceeding upon my own resignation and containing a clause of novodamus and supplement of all defects and imperfections, to be held of his majesty and his highness's successors likewise and as freely and after the same form and manner as I held the same of before. And seeing the said lands of Newmains and Newmainshill wherein I am infeft as said is are held of the provost, bailies and council of the said burgh of Lanark, and that I have extracted my instrument of sasine thereof with the instrument of resignation whereupon the charter granted by them to me of the same proceeds, and also various other procuratories, instruments of resignation and instruments of sasine made, given and granted to the said Mr George Douglas, my author, and his authors and predecessors of the said lands and other writs as shall be sufficiently verified, the principals whereof being all burnt as said is, that therefore your lordships and honourable estates of parliament will be pleased to ordain and command the provost, bailies and council of the said burgh of Lanark and to that effect (if need be) to ordain letters of horning on a simple charge of [...] days to be directed at my instance to charge them to grant, subscribe and deliver to me a charter containing a precept of sasine gratis without composition for infefting and seising of me in liferent and the said Robert Baillie, my said second son, his male heirs and assignees in fee under the reversion, provisions and conditions to be contained in the procuratory of resignation to be made by me in all and whole the said lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, with houses, buildings, parts, pendicles and pertinents thereof, lying as said is, proceeding upon my own resignation and containing a clause of novodamus and supplement of all defects to be held of the said provost, bailies and council of the said burgh and their successors likewise and as freely and after the same form and manner as I held the same of before, and your lordships' answer. Which supplication, being upon 21 November last read and considered by the committee for bills and supplications, to whom the aforesaid supplication was committed, that committee did then ordain the supplicants to produce such writs as they had extant or extracted from the chancellery and out of public registers and protocol books of the lands and others respectively contained in the said supplication; as also to condescend upon such witnesses as they would use for probation of their and their authors' possession of the said lands and for proving of the cause and ground aforesaid whereupon the desire of the supplication is craved. Whereupon and for obedience whereof the said George Baillie, for himself and on behalf of his said spouse and son, produced the particular writs and evidents following of the lands and others respectively before rehearsed, namely: a decreet of declarator of the expiration of certain reversions of the aforesaid lands of Mellerstain and Fawnes at the instance of Sir John Edmonstone of that ilk against James Hatley, dated 28 March 1623; item, an instrument of sasine of the said lands to Andrew Edmonstone of Ednam as heir to the late Sir John Edmonstone, his father, dated 4 April 1633, proceeding upon a precept out of the chancellery, Mr Robert Hepburn, sheriff clerk of Berwick, notary thereto; item, a disposition of the aforesaid lands of Mellerstain and Fawnes principal and of the lands of Ednam in warrandice thereof granted by the said Andrew Edmonstone with consent of the persons mentioned therein to the said George Baillie, his said spouse and son, dated in July and August 1643 and registered in the books of council and session on 27 January 1644; item, two instruments of resignation following thereupon in favour of the supplicants, both dated 2 November 1643, John Learmonth notary thereto; item, the extract of the charter following upon the said resignation under the great seal in favour of the supplicants of the lands principal and warrandice contained in the disposition, containing a gift of novodamus thereof, held ward of the king's majesty, of the date of the said resignation, as the same subscribed by the clerk register purports; item, the precept of sasine under the quarter seal, of the date of the said charter; item, the instrument of sasine following thereupon, dated 21 December 1643, Alexander Don notary thereto, registered in the register of sasines at Edinburgh on 1 January 1644; item, a decreet before the lords of session at the instance of the said Andrew Edmonstone against his nearest of kin for selling the lands aforesaid, dated 15 December 1643; item, a precept of clare constat granted by George Baillie to Agnes and Marie Edmonstone as heirs to the late Andrew Edmonstone of that ilk of the lands and mains of Mellerstain and mill thereof and easter half lands of Fawnes, dated 21 December 1643; item, the instrument of sasine following thereupon of the same date; item, the judicial ratification before the sheriff of Berwick of Margaret Edmonstone, lady Haliburton, dated 6 January 1644, of the aforesaid disposition made to the supplicants of the lands principal and warrandice aforesaid specified therein; item, another judicial ratification thereof before the sheriff of Edinburgh made by Dame Janet Edmonstone, lady Lugton, dated 26 January 1644; item, a procuratory of resignation to remain perpetually granted by the said Dame Janet, Margaret, Agnes and Marie Edmonstone, daughters to the late Andrew Edmonstone of that ilk, procreated between him and the late Marie Gordon, his spouse, with consent of Sir David Crichton of Lugton, spouse to the said Dame Janet, Alexander Home of Haliburton, spouse to the said Margaret, and Robert Dickson of Bughtrig, spouse to the said Agnes, for their interest, in favour of the said George Baillie of the lands above-specified, dated 6 and 26 January 1644; item, the instrument of resignation following thereupon, dated 27 January 1644; item, a ratification by the said Andrew Edmonstone of the aforesaid contract and disposition after his majority, dated 1 July 1646 and registered in the books of council the same day, month and year; item, a disposition by the laird of Touch to the said George Baillie of the quarter or fourth part of Mellerstain, dated 30 January 1644, registered in the books of council 13 June the same year; item, the letters of inhibition raised and executed at the instance of the said George Baillie with the execution thereof extracted out of the register of hornings and inhibitions at Edinburgh, 27 June 1644; item, the letters of horning executed upon the aforesaid disposition; item, an inhibition raised and executed at the instance of the said George Baillie against the said James Lockhart of Cleghorn upon the aforesaid disposition granted by him to the said George Baillie of the aforesaid kirklands of Lanark and teinds thereof, sold by to him to the said George, held of the king's majesty for payment of £7 of feu duty, which inhibition is duly executed and registered; item, a charter under the great seal confirming the charter granted by the said James Lockhart to the said George Baillie of the aforesaid kirklands and teinds above-specified, according to the disposition thereof above-written, which charter contains a gift of novodamus in the said confirmation and is dated in January 1643 and extracted out of the chancellery under the subscription of Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, clerk register; item, a precept under the quarter seal directed forth of the chancellery, according to the aforesaid charter and of the date thereof; item, the instrument of sasine following thereupon of the kirklands above-specified to the said George Baillie, dated 7 March 1643, extracted out of the protocol book of James Hamilton, notary thereto, and marked registered at Lanark, 7 March 1643; item, an instrument of sasine given to James Douglas of Morton, according to a precept directed forth of the chancellery proceeding upon a decreet of adjudication obtained by him against William Livingstone of the aforesaid lands of Jerviswood and Mousbrigdyikis held blench of the king, the sasine is dated 8 April 1634 and registered at Edinburgh; item, the instrument of resignation of the aforesaid lands in favour of Mr George Douglas of Pinwherrie, proceeding upon the said James Douglas's resignation, dated 21 June 1635, Alexander Douglas notary thereto; item, the instrument of sasine of the aforesaid lands given to the said Mr George Douglas upon a precept forth of the chancellery, according to the aforesaid resignation, dated 12 January 1635, Alexander Douglas notary thereto, registered at Lanark, 22 January 1635; item, a minute of contract between the said Mr George Douglas for himself and taking burden on him for Barbara Lauder, his spouse, and others contained in the minute on the one part and the said George Baillie on the other part, conveying by the said Mr George to the said George Baillie the aforesaid lands of Jerviswood and Mousbrigdyikis held blench of the king and the said lands of Newmains and Newmainshill held of the town of Lanark, dated 26 May 1636 and registered in the books of session 25 June 1636, whereupon there was a contract extended and subscribed whereof the one duplicate is burnt and the other is extant in the hands of the said Mr George Douglas; item, the said Barbara Lauder's judicial ratification of the aforesaid minute and contract before the bailies of Edinburgh, dated 25 June 1636; item, a sasine given to the said George Baillie of the aforesaid lands of Jerviswood and Mousbrigdyiks, according to the charter granted to him by the said Mr George Douglas upon the aforesaid contract, dated 30 June 1636 and duly registered; item, the charter of confirmation of the aforesaid charter of the lands of Jerviswood and Mousbrigdyik, dated 11 July 1636, extracted out of the chancellery under the subscription of Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, clerk register; item, the just, authentic duplicate of a charter granted by the bailies and council of Lanark to the late William Livingstone of the said lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, which duplicate is subscribed by the said William Livingstone and two notaries, dated 5 October 1615, granting the principal charter to be received by the said William from the bailies and council of Lanark in the postscript of the duplicate of the said charter subscribed by him, consenting thereby that the aforesaid duplicate subscribed by him and two notaries and delivered by him to the bailies and council of Lanark shall make as great faith as the principal charter which he had received; item, an instrument of sasine of the aforesaid lands of Newmains and Newmainshill given to the said George Baillie thereof, according to a charter granted to him by the said Mr George Douglas, proceeding upon the aforesaid minute and contract of alienation above-written, the sasine is dated 30 June 1636, Gideon Weir, town clerk of Lanark, notary thereto, duly registered; item, an instrument of resignation of these lands in favour of Mr George Douglas upon the disposition and resignation of William Livingstone of Jerviswood, dated 18 November 1634, the said Gideon Weir notary thereto; item, the instrument of sasine thereof given to the said Mr George Douglas upon the charter granted by the town of Lanark upon the aforesaid resignation, dated 7 January 1635, Gideon Weir, town clerk of Lanark, notary thereto, registered at Lanark, 22 January 1635; item, the aforesaid minute of contract above-mentioned, registered in the books of council the said 25 June 1636; item, the said Barbara Lauder's judicial ratification above-specified. And after production of the said writs, the said George Baillie condescended upon these witnesses, namely: James Baillie, Archibald Hutcheson, Adam Mitchell and Thomas Inglis, merchant burgesses of Edinburgh, Mr John Home of Carolside, John Learmonth, writer to his majesty's signet, Nicol Somerville in Carstairs and James Brenton in Lanark, whom he desired to be examined to the effect before ordained. According to which the said committee did examined the said witnesses and thereafter read, considered and advised the aforesaid supplication and desire thereof with the writs produced and depositions of the witnesses above-named used by the supplicants for instructing the supplication; and thereupon they made report thereof and what they had found therein with their opinion relating thereto to the parliament and produced the same report in writing, subscribed by Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer, president of the said committee, which report was publicly read in audience of the parliament and thereafter remitted by the parliament to be considered by the several bodies of the estates in their meetings apart. And the same report being this day reproduced of new again and read in audience of the parliament, and the said supplication and desire thereof and instructions respectively aforesaid being all at length heard, seen and considered by the estates of parliament, the said estates find that the house of the said James Baillie was totally burnt in August 1645 the time of that lamentable fire that was then in Edinburgh, and that the supplicants had then a trunk and a chest in the said house and that in the trunk was his money and best clothes and in the chest his whole evidents in several bags and bunches, having inventories thereupon, with his silver and goldsmith work, which were all totally burnt. As also find that the supplicants and their authors and their predecessors respectively have been in continual possession of the lands and others aforesaid by the space of 50 years bygone and above. As likewise find by the aforesaid dispositions, charters, sasines and other rights produced extracted by the supplicant out of the registers and from the chancellery of the aforesaid town and mains of Mellerstain, half lands of Fawnes and temple lands above-mentioned, with the houses and pertinents thereof, lying within the sheriffdom of Berwick, and of the lands of Jerviswood, Mousbrigdyik, mill and mill-lands thereof, the lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, the kirkland and glebe of the vicarage of the parish kirk of Lanark, with the teind sheaves thereof included (reserving only four acres thereof with the manse and yard lying in the burgh of Lanark to the minister thereof and his successors for the time), lying within the said sheriffdom of Lanark, that the supplicants, by virtue of these rights produced and of his and his authors and their predecessors' continual possession aforesaid and of the act of prescription in 1617, have a sufficient and valid right standing in their persons of the lands and others respectively aforesaid, with reservation as above. And in respect of the aforesaid premises, the said estates of parliament ratify and approve the aforesaid disposition made to the supplicants of the said lands of Mellerstain and Fawnes, mills and others above-mentioned and whole assignations, translations and rights contained therein of the contracts, bonds, apprisings and others specified therein, together with the other rights, writs and evidents particularly above-written produced as said is of the whole lands and others respectively above-rehearsed in all and sundry heads, clauses and conditions thereof; and declare that the wanting of the particular evidents and writs assigned to the supplicants in the said dispositions and rights produced and the wanting of the old evidents and progress of rights shall be no cause of reducing, annulling or improving thereof. As also find and declare that the aforesaid dispositions, infeftments and other rights extracted and produced by the supplicants, with their and their authors' immemorial possession and act of prescription aforesaid, is and shall be good and valid rights for possessing the said lands and others aforesaid contained therein heritably and irredeemably in time coming as if the principal evidents made to the supplicants and whole evidents and securities made to their authors and predecessors were extant. And also the estates ordain infeftments to be passed in exchequer to the supplicants upon their own resignation of these lands aforesaid which are held of the king's majesty, with a clause of novodamus therein. And likewise the estates ordain the town of Lanark and magistrates thereof to grant, subscribe and deliver to the said George Baillie, supplicant, a charter of the aforesaid lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, containing a precept of sasine with a clause of novodamus therein gratis without any composition or other gratitude to be paid or done for that, to be held of the town of Lanark likewise and in the same manner as the supplicant and his authors held the said lands from them before, which charters and infeftments so to be granted by the town of Lanark for obedience hereof the estates of parliament do hereby find and declare that the same and their granting thereof nor the gift of novodamus to be contained therein shall be no approbation of the supplicants' right of the aforesaid lands of Newmains and Newmainshill, but that the same is also without prejudice and with reservation to the town of Lanark of all right and title of property or other rights whatsoever they have or can pretend to the said lands or any parts or portions thereof and of all actions competent to them for the same or for the right fixing of borders and settling the boundaries thereof intended or to be intended by them therefore in the same state and condition the same was before the burning of the supplicants' evidents, except only in this case: that it is hereby declared that no certification of improbation shall be granted against the supplicants for not producing the said writs and evidents of the lands above-specified, seeing the same are burnt in manner above-mentioned, so that it is hereby declared that either of the parties shall be in that same state and condition concerning their rights of the said lands and concerning the borders and boundaries of the same as they were before the burning of the supplicants' evidents thereof aforesaid unprejudiced by this present act; and ordain letters to be directed hereupon (if need be) upon a simple charge of 15 days.
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The estates of parliament, having heard and considered the report of that committee appointed by them for considering the supplication of James Campbell of Lawers, they find that he has received none of his rents these three year bygone and will get none thereof this year, which extend yearly to 10,000 merks; and in respect thereof the estates ordain him to have the sum of £2,300 sterling paid to him out of the first end of the second £50,000 sterling that is to come from England unassigned, and that for the present maintenance of him, his grandmother, mother and sisters, and for payment of his great arrears in annualrents; and do hereby assign to him the aforesaid sum of £2,300 sterling out of the first end of the second £50,000 sterling unassigned as said is, and ordain letters of recommendation to be written in his favour to the commissioners in England for the effect aforesaid. And also the estates, in respect the accounts of Lawers' regiment is not as yet cleared, there being great sums of money due to him, they do therefore hereby seriously recommend to the committee with the army in England and to the general officers there that Lawers and his regiment may receive as much of the £200,000 sterling now come to the said army as [John Sinclair], lord Sinclair's regiment received thereof, according to the acts of parliament made relating thereto. And also ordain present course to be taken for the supply of the present necessities of the said regiment that they disband not, and ordain and hereby give warrant to [Sir Adam Hepburn of Humbie], commissary-general, and his deputes for fitting of their said regimental accounts. And in respect the laird of Lawers' losses are very great, the estates declare and ordain that the same shall be taken into consideration with the rest of the losses of the kingdom, according to the several acts made for that effect.