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The which day anent the precept issued forth against John, earl of Crawford Lindsay, his majesty's treasurer principal of this kingdom, making mention that the estates of parliament, considering that by the act of 23 January last it was statute and ordained that all officers of state, members or clerks of parliament, committees of parliament, secret council or session, exchequer, justice courts, commission for plantation of kirks or for conserving the articles of the treaty, sheriff courts, stewart courts, bailie courts, commissary courts, bailies of regality courts, warden courts of his majesty's mint-house, admiral courts, guild courts, town council or any other public judicatory or deacons of crafts, and all who had any office, place or public trust, and all having deputation from or dependence upon any of these aforesaid, and all who were guilty of any of the faults contained in the four several classes mentioned by the said act, be removed by the said parliament (or such committees or persons as should be by them authorised with power to that effect) from their present places and offices and all other public trust mentioned in the act of classes at St Andrews or which had deputation from or dependence upon any of the aforenamed judicatories or offices, and that these places belonging to them for life without offence be declared vacant, that the same may be filled with other persons qualified in manner mentioned in the said act, and that the said persons were discharged thereafter from meddling with any exercise, badge or benefit of their said places and offices under the pain of confiscation of their moveables, liferent of their estates, imprisonment of their persons and of being declared for ever incapable of the meanest public trust within the kingdom; and that by the aforesaid act the estates of parliament have declared that none of the aforesaid persons who are guilty of the aforesaid crimes contained in the said four classes respectively should be capable of or admitted to any public place or trust before mentioned within this kingdom for the times and in the manner mentioned in the said act in relation to the classes mentioned therein. And that the estates finding it most necessary for purging of the said judicatories that all persons or members of the said places and offices should be tried according to the said act, therefore the said estates did give warrant and command to cite the said John, earl of Crawford Lindsay, treasurer principal, to compear before them or their committee appointed or to be appointed for that effect, to hear and see it found and declared that he was guilty of the aforesaid crimes and faults mentioned in the said four classes above-specified or one or other of them, and to hear and see himself removed from his present places and offices and the same declared vacant, to the effect the same might be filled with other persons qualified in manner mentioned in the said act. With certification if he failed the said estates would proceed in the trying of him and determine therein concerning his said places and trust, and would take what further course relating thereto they should think fit for the good of the kingdom; or otherwise would declare his said places and offices vacant without proceeding in the trial of the said faults and crimes, to the effect the said offices and places might be filled with other persons qualified in manner mentioned in the said act, as in the said precept at more length is contained and anent the charge given to the said John, earl of Crawford, principal treasurer aforesaid, to have compeared before the said estates of parliament or their said committees at a certain day bygone to have heard and seen it found and declared that he was guilty of the crimes or one or other of them mentioned in the said four classes above-specified or one or other of them, and to have heard and seen himself removed from his present offices and places and the same declared vacant, to the effect and with certification above-specified. And the said John, earl of Crawford being three several times called in plain parliament and not compearing, therefore the estates of parliament, having granted power to the committee of dispatches to take trial of the carriage and behaviour of the said John, earl of Crawford Lindsay in relation to the said act of classes, and the said committee, in discharge of that trust, having considered thereupon, do find that by an act of the committee of estates of 24 May 1648 (where the said John, earl of Crawford was president) anent the desires of the Scottish officers in Ireland before they came over to this kingdom, it is ordained and declared that the Scottish forces that came from Ireland (which was for carrying on and promoting the said late unlawful Engagement) should be commanded during their service in the isle of Britain by the earl of Crawford Lindsay as their commander in chief, under [James Hamilton], duke of Hamilton and [James Livingstone], earl of Callander; and that the said earl of Crawford subscribed two letters from the said committees as a member thereof of the said 24 May, directed to Major General Robert Munro and the officers of the Scottish army in Ireland in pursuance of the said Engagement and his command therein. Likewise upon 24 June the commission to the earl of Crawford for their command is subscribed by himself in token of his acceptation, that he subscribed two several approbations to the earl of Callander and General Lieutenant Middleton in approving their proceedings in dissipating the forces in the west at Mauchline Moor, the one dated 14 June, the other of 24 June respectively; that there were two letters registered in the committee books dated 17 June 1648, subscribed by the committee of estates, whereof the said earl of Crawford was president, and subscribing one of them written to [William Cochrane], lord Cochrane and [Sir James MacDowall], laird of Garthland, desiring them to go on by all means in furthering the coming over of the supplies intended from Ireland; the other to the Scottish officers in Ireland, desiring them to hasten over the long expected assistance and to go about the most active way to reduce all such as should refuse to put out their proportion, and to proceed against them as enemies to religion, king and kingdom; that the said earl of Crawford had subscribed the act of the committee of estates of 28 June last for the armies marching into England for prosecuting the late unlawful Engagement; that he subscribed the papers passed between the committee of estates and the general assembly in relation to the said late unlawful Engagement of 17, 18 and 21 July last; that he subscribed letters directed to George Munro, [William Keith], earl Marischal, [John Scrimgeour], viscount of Dudhope, [Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie], clerk register, and the governor of Carlisle, by which they do assure that they and many others of this kingdom would yet hazard their lives and fortunes for carrying on this work and that they intended not to live and outlive it, dated 28 August 1648; that he subscribed letters of 11 August for raising the country, especially those in Atholl; that he subscribed the papers of instructions of 31 July 1648 to [John Maitland], earl of Lauderdale for repairing to the prince, to persuade him to own the Engagement, and for borrowing monies and engaging the public faith of this kingdom, and doing sundry other things for advancing the said Engagement. Item, that they found a true copy under the hand of Mr John Spalding, secretary to the commissioners who treated for the forces that were in and about Stirling, bearing a power given by the officers of the Irish army under-subscribing, whereof the said John, earl of Crawford was the first, to Colonel John Hamilton and Lieutenant Colonel Borthwick to treat with the noblemen and others in and about Edinburgh, dated at Stirling, 24 September 1648, and that by the said treaty published and printed and thereafter acknowledged by the said earl and subscribed by those who had power and commission from him, he is designed one of their commanders in chief of the forces in and about Stirling; and that by the said acts, commissions, instructions, letters and many other letters, acts and practices of the said earl of Crawford in various other places of the kingdom (over and above the notoriety of his carriage in all the passages of the contriving, carrying on of the said late unlawful Engagement and particularly by his taking, enjoining and pressing of the bond and act relating thereto of 10 and 12 June last; by enjoining and raising the second levy before any defeat of the army under the command of the duke of Hamilton, and so without any necessity of enslaving the kingdom to their wicked designs; by calling back the forces under the command of George Munro into the bowels of this kingdom for raising of war, oppressing and bearing down the well-affected who out of conscience were opposing them; and by his presence with and conduct of the forces at Stirling, who did there treacherously surprise and kill many of the good subjects of this kingdom) the said committee had found the said earl of Crawford to be manifestly guilty of the crimes contained in the articles of the first class of the said act anent those officers who continued in the Engagement at Stirling, and anent those who were principally active in persuading or bringing over the forces from Ireland, and anent those who were plotters, chief actors and prime promoters of the said Engagement from the beginning to the end thereof, as the said report of the date the [...] day of February instant bears. And the estates of parliament, having considered the said report and being ripely and at length therewith advised, they do hereby find and declare that the said John, earl of Crawford is manifestly guilty of these crimes contained in the said first class anent those officers that continued in the said Engagement at Stirling, and anent those who were principally active in persuading and bringing over the forces from Ireland, and anent those who were plotters, chief actors and prime promoters of the said Engagement from the beginning to the end thereof. And the estates of parliament, taking into consideration that the said John, earl of Crawford has by gift of his majesty the offices of treasurer principal, comptroller and collector general of this kingdom for his majesty's rents, and is one of the extraordinary lords of session, one of the lords of secret council and is in several commissions from the king's majesty or parliament, and has been in possession of the said places and offices of trust and has exercised the same until the late treaty at Edinburgh and Stirling (since which time he has been suspended from the exercise thereof), therefore, and in regard of the said John, earl of Crawford's non-compearance, being lawfully cited and called, and of his guiltiness as said is, the estates of parliament do hereby remove the said John, earl of Crawford etc. from the respective offices and places of treasurer principal, comptroller and collector general and from being one of his majesty's secret council, or one of the said extraordinary lords of session, or from being in any commission granted by the king or parliament; and declare the said respective places and offices vacant, that they may be filled by the said estates of parliament according to the said act of classes as they shall think fit. Discharging hereby the said John, earl of Crawford etc. to meddle with or exercise the said respective offices and places or any of them or to do any duty belonging thereto after this present day under the pain of confiscation of his moveables, liferent of his estate, imprisonment of his person and of being declared for ever incapable of the meanest public trust within this kingdom.