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For the right honourable and noble lord [John Campbell], earl of Loudoun, lord chancellor and president of parliament
May it please your lord,
Since it has pleased God so to continue my sickness that I am not able to come abroad to attend the parliament, I am necessitated to make use of this petition, which I humbly offer to your lord, that it may be read and considered in the process when it shall be called; and that according to the equity thereof, it may have your lord's patronage for
My lord, your lord's most dutiful and humble servant, A. Primrose
10 March 1649
Produced by the lord chancellor and read in parliament.
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The committee of dispatches, in pursuance of the power committed to them by the parliament remitting to their consideration the precept issued out against Sir James Learmonth of Balcomie, knight, one of the senators of the college of justice, and execution thereof, and with power to take trial of his carriage and behaviour in relation to the late unlawful Engagement and of his guiltiness of the four classes of the act of parliament of 23 January last, or any of them, having met and taken trial thereof, do find that the said Sir James, beside many others, did subscribe a paper relating that they having seen and considered the petition drawn up to the honourable estates of parliament or committee of estates by the committee of war of the shire of Fife, desiring that the parliament would not proceed to any levy or engagement unless the grounds thereof were cleared to the church and they satisfied relating thereto, which did proceed upon several supplications exhibited to the said shire by the presbyteries, university of St Andrews and several burghs of the said shire, therefore they, for the reasons contained in the protestation made against the same by John [Lindsay], earl of Crawford [Lindsay], for himself and various noblemen and gentlemen of that shire upon 18 and 19 May last, did adhere to the dissent, protestation and appeal made against the same, and that upon 2 June last the said paper so subscribed is read in parliament and thanks returned to the subscribers thereof after the reading of a contrary protestation, by which (over and above the notoriety of the said Sir James' carriage in prosecuting of the said Engagement in committees and other ways), it does evidently appear that the said Sir James Learmonth is manifestly guilty of those crimes contained in that article of the second class made anent those who concurred in petitions, protestations, remonstrances or letters for moving of the parliament or committees to carry on the Engagement, and anent those who protested against petitions of presbyteries against the same Engagement, and therefore has incurred the censure to be imposed upon those who should be found in the second class.
10 March 1649
Read, voted and approved in parliament and accordingly determined.
[John Campbell, earl of] Loudoun, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament
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Report anent Glenorchy etc.
At Edinburgh, 13 February 1649. The estates of parliament now presently convened etc. have nominated and appointed [Francis Scott], earl of Buccleuch and [John Elphinstone], lord Balmerino for the noblemen, Sir Charles Erskine [of Alva, Bandeath and Cambuskenneth] and [Sir John Shaw], laird of Greenock for the barons, Patrick Ross, burgess of Perth, and Mr George Haliburton for the burghs to be a committee of parliament, to whom or most part thereof as a quorum the said estates remit the consideration of the supplication exhibited in parliament by Sir Robert Campbell of Glenorchy, knight, accompanied with Mr Robert Douglas and others of the ministry, whereby he craves his sad and deplorable condition to be considered by the parliament, and to take some effectual course whereby he may be enabled to subsist and make satisfaction to his creditors and lady liferenters to whom he is debtor; with power to the said committee or quorum thereof aforesaid to find out some speedy and effectual supply to the said Sir Robert, and thereafter to report their opinion in writing to the parliament, to the effect they may take the same into their consideration and do therein as they shall think fit.
At Edinburgh, 27 February 1649
This day the Lord Balmerino, president of the committee above-written, with Sir Charles Erskine, the laird of Greenock, Patrick Ross and Mr George Haliburton, being present of the committee above-specified appointed for the lairds of Glenorchy and Auchinbreck's business, the committee and quorum thereof aforesaid appointed by the parliament for considering the supplications of the lairds of Glenorchy and Auchinbreck make this their report: that in this calamitous time they can find no overtures fit to repair the losses and distresses of these noble families, but they humbly offer to the parliament's consideration if they think fit to borrow some considerable sums of money from those that have bettered their estates by serving the public these few years past, that a matter of £100,000 Scots may be appointed to them out of the first and readiest of the said sums to be borrowed according to the proportion of [...], to be distributed between them according to their burdens and losses.
Or if there may be a voluntary offer of one full month's maintenance as it was paid before this month of February instant besides the five months' maintenance assigned to the army, which may be distributed for a present supply of the petitioners in manner aforesaid, which will not exceed the tenth part of their losses.
Laird of Greenock; Charles Erskine; Patrick Ross
2 March 1649
Read and remitted to the several bodies, and the report to be brought in upon Monday with a list of the lenders of the money.
3 March 1649
The lords having considered the report written within do approve the same.
10 March 1649.
The estates of parliament ordain the sum of £100,000 to be paid to Glenorchy and Auchinbreck equally between them out of the first and readiest of the monies to be borrowed and fines to be uplifted, according to the acts of this present parliament for their present supply.
[John Campbell, earl of] Loudoun, chancellor, in the presence of the lords of parliament
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Warrant to John Dickson to produce [Sir John Gordon of] Haddo's process and the processes of John Logie and the late [George Gordon], marquis of Huntly.
Edinburgh, 10 March 1649
The estates of parliament ordain John Dickson of Hartree to exhibit and produce before the committee appointed by the parliament for revising the process against the marquis of Huntly, laird of Haddo and John Logie the same processes, according to the warrant of parliament granted to them relating thereto, to the effect that that committee may compare the facts whereupon the forfeiture and probation proceeded; and ordain the said committee (after revising and comparing of the facts contained in the said process) to make report thereof to the parliament, for the which this act shall be a sufficient warrant to the said John Dickson for exhibiting the said processes.