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The estates of parliament, now presentlie conveined in this thrid sessioun of the second trienniall parliament, taking into thair consideratioun ane suplicatioun givine in to them be the heritors within the tuo parochins of Muckart and Doller, shewing that the saids estaits of parliament, wpon the notoritie of thair singular ease in that pairt of the kingdome, being totallie brunt and waistit be the enemys of this kirk and kingdome in the rebellioun of James Grahame and bloodie Irishes with him, it pleasit the parliament to appoint a certaine soume of money for thair subsistance and making them able to possesse the land. In hops whairof, they pat themselffis under great debts and burdings in buying some small stock for that effect and in rebuilding some necessarie shelter for themselffis. Yit notwithstanding, they have nevir ressavit so much as on[e] penny thairof, quherby they cannot eschew totall ruine except the saidis estaits of parliament provyd remeid. Thairfoir humblie suplicating the saids estaits of parliament that they may presentlie receave the former soumes of money appointed for them, extending to the soume of [...], or utherwayis be exeimed of the monthlie mantinance as they have bein formerlie upon some grounds and for the said reasouns, it being impossible for them to subsist except the saids estaits of parliament provyd tymeous remeid inrespect of thair singular conditioun in these pairts of the kingdome, as at mair lenth is conteinit in the said suplicatioune. Quhilk being takine into consideratioun be the saidis estaits, togidder with the singular condition of the heritors of the saidis parochies of Muckart and Doller inrespect of the impossibilitie of thair subsistance without ane tymeous remedie be provydit, thairfoir they have ordainit and ordanis the heritors of the saidis paroches to be exeimed of payment of monthlie mantinance in all tyme coming. And the saids estaits have appointed the casualitie of the coall hews within the shirefdome of Clakmanane which are not as yit valued to be valued by the persouns formerlie walueing of the said shyr, and that in place of the mantinance appointed to be deducit for the paroch of Doller.
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The estates of parliament, taking into thair consideratioun ane suplicatioun givine in to them be Johne Stevinsone, merchand burges of Edinburgh, shewing that quher the said suplicant, being imployed be Sir Williame Dick of Braid, knyght, generall takisman of his maties customis for the tyme, from the first of November 1642 to the first of November 1646 for setting and valueing all merchant goods exported and imported within the territorie of the custome house of Leith, the said suplicant did at all occasiouns, according to the instructions and directions of the said Sir Williame, deutifullie and faithfullie perform the same at Leith and else quhair as the tyms would permitt during the space of the said Sir Williame, his tak foirsaid. And so it is that eftir the said tak was expyred the said suplicant, at the said Sir William's earnest requyst, grantit his band and obligatioun to the said Sir Williame to attend and not depairt from Leith wntill the said Sir Williames books of customs wer filled wp with all particulars of merchants nams and thair goods and inserted in the presence of the said Sir Williames sone, Captaine Lewis Dick, the which tyme cost the said suplicant thrie months attendence, to his great prejudice in loosing his service to the succeiding takismen. And notwitstanding the said suplicant did performe his obligatioun in compleiting the saidis books, yit the said Sir Williame did put the said supplicant's band in the registere (who wes nevir legallie chairgit, though present within the kingdome) and thairupon raised captioun, as if the suplicant had nevir performed the same. And nevirtheles the said suplicant did use all ordinarie means by persouns of worthie respect (as by Sir Robert Drummond of Midop, knight, who wes weill acquainted with the bussines) to desyr and requyst on his behalff to have ane appointed tyme from the said Sir Williame to clear all compts of his chairge in the said imployment, yit hath the said suplicant bein delayed from tyme to tyme, much of these tuo last yeirs, notwitstanding he had a commissioun from the said Sir Williame of the dait the 6 of January 1647 bearing registratioun to clear compts with all merchants of Linlithgow and Borrowstounes, Glasgow and els whair; conform to which the said suplicant did his best indevour wnto the hazard of his lyff, by reasone of the infectioun, having on[e] of his servants takine away in that contagione and himselff thaireftir inclosit thrie months, to the said supplicant, his great expenses and damage. Thairfoir in the month of November last, the suplicant being at the poynt of death, did out of ane earnest conscientious desyr further imploy Mr James Hamiltoun, minister, and Robert Fleming, late bailyie of Edinburgh, to desyr of the said Sir Williame a certaine tyme of appointment to clear his chairge, and that by compt and reckoning, which to this day the suplicant cannot obtaine, bot continows still oppressed by the said Sir Williame upon that wrongous executioun; by reasone whairof the suplicant is forcit and constrained for avoyding greater inconveniences to mak his addresses to the saides estaits of parliament. Thairfoir humblie suplicating the saids estaits of parliament to tak the premiss into thair consideratioun and to appoint a short day and four indifferent, wndirstanding men best acquainted with custome bussines for the settling and closing of all compts betuix the said Sir Williame and him; and that in the mean tyme he may injoy freedome and libertie to compt and reckone with the said Sir Williame Dick without molestatioun from the said Sir Williame, the suplicant being for the present detained as prisoner wndir command of the provest and baillies since the 16 day of the last month without the same upon his owine heavie chairge of attendance, with the chairge of sex motherles childrine that he hath had thir tuelff yeirs since the Lord removed thair mother by death in Ireland, having lost in the late rebellion thair all the means he had for thair maintinance wndir God, as at mair lenth is conteined in the said suplicatioun. Quhilk being takine in consideratioun be the saidis estaits of parliament, they have remmitted and recommendit the suplicatioun abonewrittin and the suplicant's desyr thairin mentionat to the lords of counsall and sessioun, to be seriouslie takin in consideratioun be them and with power to them to appoint auditors for heiring and considering and perfyting the accompts betuixt the saids pairties; and if difficultie arryse, to determine and discusse the same. And in the meane tyme, lest the said suplicant sould be troublit or distressed be captioun or personall executioune to be usit aganis him at the instance of any pairties which may interupt the course and progresse of the compt, the saidis estaits of parliament hes grantit and grants protectioun to the said Johne Stevinsoun and be thir presents dischairgis all shireffs, stewarts, heritable baillies, baillies of regalities, magistrats of brughs royall and thair officers and all uthers having chairge of that natur, all pursevants, messingers, officars of arms and all uther inferior officers of all troubling or mollesting, taking or apprehending of the said Johne Stevinsone or useing any personall executioune aganis him untill the closor of the saids accompts befoir the saids lordis of sessioune; to the quhilk tyme the saids estaits of parliament ordanis this present protectioun to indure and continow, provyding allways the said Johne Stevinsone doe noe deid aither in prejudice of his creditors or for preference of any of them to uthers in the meanetyme, and if he sall doe any such deid, the saids estaits of parliament declairs the same to be null and of non availl with all that hes followit or may follow thairupon.
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The estates of parliament, having hard and considerit the suplicatioun givin in to them be Fergus Grahame of Blaikwood and Williame Grahame, his sone, for themselffis and in name and behalf of thair tenents, schewing that the suplicant hath petitioned the saids estaits of parliament to grant ane warrand to the lords of sessioun or any of them for passing of any suspensioun of ane decreit of removeing procurit aganis them be James, erle of Anandaill and relaxatioun and chairge to put [them] to libertie out of the tolbuith of Drumfreis. Quhilk petitioun being hard be the saids estaits, the committie of bills for the tyme did report the same to the saids estaits, and, being takin with moir weightie affairs, did remitt the samyne suplicatioun to the committie of estaits, as the said suplicatioun, with the remitt on the back therof, at lenth beirs; quha being lykwayis imployed in uther weightier bussines, hes done nothing thairin. The suplicant humblie desyrs that the saids estaits of parliament wold tak the premises to thair consideratioun and grant them thair desyrs, as at moir lenth is conteined in the said suplicatioun. Quhilk being takine in consideratioune be the saids estaits of parliament, they have remitted and remitts the samyne, and that whairunto it is relative, wnto the lords of counsall and sessioune, and recommends the samyne to thair serious consideratiouns. In the meantyme, givs warrand and command to the magistrats of Drumfreis to sett the saids suplicants at libertie furth of the tolbuith of† the said brugh and ordanis the suplicants to be frie of all personall trouble or molestatioun at the said erle of Anandaill's instance untill the saids lords of sessioune give the full decisioune anent the differences betuixt the saidis pairties.
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The estates of parliament, having hard and considerit ane suplicatioun givin in be Patrik Gillespie in Simprein, shewing that Major Williame Sharp, being gone on in the late wnlawfull Ingadgment, sent his quarter master to the suplicant's house, who did plunder and tak away from him his horse, which hes damnified and skaithed the suplicant; and thairfoir desyring that the said Major Sharp might be ordained to restoir the suplicant his horse or pryce thairof, quhilk wes estimat to be worth tuo hundreth merks, as at mair lenth is conteined in the said suplicatioun. Quhilk, with the report of the committie of bills theranent, being takin into consideratioun be the saids estaits of parliament, they fund be the said Major Sharp, his suplicatioun, that he did tak away the said horse and by the depositioun of the suplicant that the horse wes worth foirscoir punds Scottis money, without counting any loss susteinit be him throw want of the said horse; and thairfoir have ordained and ordanis Major Williame Sharp to restor and delyver Patrik Gillespie the samyne horse takin away be the said Major Sharp, his ordor, or els to pay the soume of fourscoir punds as the pryce of the said horse; and ordanis letteres of horning and uthers neidfull to be direct heirupon in form as effeirs.