39 dies parliamenti
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Prayers heard and rolls callit.
Ordanes ane letter to be sent with the comissioners to the kingis matie from the parliament, whiche is remitted to the comittee of estaitts to be drawin, keeping the substance of the paper producit and redd this day.
Ordanes the comissioners to go the morrow to the kingis matie and to concur with the former commissioners in ther instructions, and ordanes the Lord Brody and Libbertoune to returne to the king with diligence.
The estaittis ordanes the erle of Buccleuche and the Lord Balmerinoch, Sir Charles Erskine and Cunynghamhead, Patrik Ross and Alexander Bower, and the provest of Edinburgh with thame, to go and heir the act of approbatioune of the treatie proclamed at the croce of Edinburgh with all solemnities requisit, whiche wes accordinglie done this day.
The estaitts apoyntt the erle [of] Balcleuch, erle [of] Weymes [and] Lord Balcarrais in place of my Lord Argyle, my Lord Cassillis and Lord Burly, and addes Lord Balmerinoch, the lord register and lord advocat, Hartrie and the provest of Edinburgh to thoise who wer formerlie upoun the comittee of accompts, to be the persons whom the parliament would recomend to the kingis matie, that his matie give an comission in the usual way to them (or any 7 a quorum, wherof on[e] of each estaitt) for calling in the accomptis of his maties rents since the last fitted accompts, viz: [...], and to prosecute the 4 articles befor agreid on be parliament, and to try and impruve the king's rents to his best advantage, and to report to the kingis matie and parliament; and appoints my lord advocat to draw the comission.
The estaitts addis the laird [of] Hoptoun, Hartrie, Sir Johne Cheislie and Sir Robert Adair to the comissione for the exchakquer.
The estaitts, for the releiff of the moneys uplifted be the commissioners for the kingis use, according to the warrand and publict faith whiche they caried with thame, they appoynt ane hundred and eight thousand pounds to be lifted aff the severall shyres and burghes of this kingdome according to the reweles and proportione of mentenence in the shyres and burghes betwix and the first of August, to be collected be suche as the commissioners shall appoynt. Lykas the esaitts declaires that thaie ar obledged to releive thair comissioners of ther obligatioune of the risk of returneing thair moneyes to Holland, and as for the superplus, if any be, [...].
Ordanes the soume of three hundreth pounds sterlein to be payit to the generall off the arteliarie first, and ordanes the superplus not supplyed for that use to be disposed of be the comissioners for the use of thoise English who ar come to this kingdom and ar debarred from court and commanded furth of the kingdom.
Ordanes the parliament to meitt at three hours efternun.
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Prayeris heard and rolls callit.
The estaitts of parliament permitts Mr Seymer and Mr Rhods to stay with his matie, and ordanes thair names to be insert with thois licentiat to remayne with his matie of yisterdayes daitt.
The estaitts appoynts Michaell Elphingstoun and Sir George Melveill to attend his matie as undermaster [of the] houshold for the present, and Michaell Elphingstoun to serve first.
Supplicatioune Mr Robert Ferquhar redd and ordanes the act to be extendit agans Sir James Melveill as undertaker in face of parliament.
[The estaitts appoynts the thesurar deputt to go the morrow earlie to Falkland to sie to the provisione of the kingis hous, and that on[e] be sent away presentlie.]†
The estaitts ordanes Assint to have the charge of the garison whiche is in Stranaver callit Tong, and Captain Williame Gordoun to have a companie out of thoise of Sutherland.
†Being putt to the questione whither the recrewttis shall presentlie marche from the randevouze to the regiments, companies and troupes to quhom they ar to joyne or not, it wes voyced affirmative; and appoynts ane order, conforme to this voitt, to be sent to the comitteis of war in ilk shyre, and ane extract of the haill recrewts to be givin to the liuetenent generall that he may give ordour for that effect to the officiars.
Referris to the comittee of estaitts to give ordors for the troupes in the bordering shyres, viz: Merse, Tividaill and Drumfreis, and appoynts all of the levie be north Taii to marche southwaird presentlie till they com to this syd of Taii and advertise the comittee there, and ordanes thoise of Galloway to marche to the shyre of Drumfreis, and for the levie of the men of the shyre, ordans thame not to returne from the rendevous to ther severall outputters bot to byd and quarter togidder in their several shyres and to be exerceised and dreilled togider until they gett further ordors from the comittee of estaitts concerning thair quarters or merching.
Appoyntis the motto to be upoun the haill cullors and standars to be 'for Covenant, Religion, King and Kingdom'.
Ordanes colonells, rootmasters and captanes of the first or second levie to provyd drumes and cullors and trumpetts.
Supplicatioune shyre of Dumbartane remitted to the comittee of estaitts.
Supplicatioune brugh of Stirling remitted to the comittee of estaittis.
Ordanes the Yrish companes to have thair localitie quher the committee of estaitts shall appoynt, and they to considder what shalbe the proportione of ther pay, to quhom also it is remitted to ordour the localitie that the same may be mad effectuell to the generall officiars; and appoynts the localitie of the castell of Edinburgh be out of Edinburgh toun.
Act anent prorogueing and collecting of the mentenance for August and September redd and past in parliament.
Remittis to the comittee of estaitts to condiscend of the way of interteaning the leifguard of horse for his maties persone and what ther proportione, and the Yrish foott quho ar to be the foot leifguard without augmenting of the mentenance.
The estaitts permitts the laird of May to go home without finding cawtione.
List of the comittee of war of Hadintoun approvin prout in scriptis.
Remittis the particulars conteinit in the list of the reports [of the committee of billes]† in statu quo to the comittee of estaitts, with power to thame to decyd therin or to remitt thame to other judicatores as they think fitt.
Act in favors of the laird [of] Lawers, the relict of Doctor Sharp and Mr James Campbell.
Remittis the particular anent the laird [of] Reidhall to the comittee of estaitts, and they to have a cair that he suffer not for his affectione.
Report erle [of] Mar redd and approvin.
Supplicatioune laird [of] Balnagowne and others in Ross redd and approvin, the totall being keepit up and commissione granted prout in scriptis.
The erle [of] Caithnes's curators maid faith de fideli administratioune.
Report laird [of] Leyes redd and approvin.
Supplicatioune laird [of] Lethin, Brody, laird [of] Calder and Colein Campbell, his brother's relict, and uthers remitted to the comittee of estaitts, with power to determein therin.
Supplicatioune Home of Bassandeane remitted to the comittee, with power to determein.
Protestatioune maissers of parliament aganes the ratifing of the lord lyon's gift.
List of ratifications redd and past as the same stands undeleitt.
Additione to the comittee of war of Berwick redd and past.
Supplicatioune Johne Stevingsone remitted to the comittee of estaitts.
Appoyntis the 10,000 merks to be payit to the castells of Edinburgh and Inchgarvie out of the first of the toun of Edinburgh's proportione of the 80,000 merks.
The estaitts appoynts fyve hundreth pound sterlein to be givin to ther clerks and ane hundreth pound sterling to ther maissers, to be devydit be the lord chancelour, lord register, Sir Johne Cheislie and the provest of Edinburgh out of any publict dues resting to the kingdom preceeding Januar 1649.
Act salvo jure cujuslibet redd and past.
Act continewatioune of the parliament to the 15 day off August nixt redd and approvin.
Appoyntis the fyftein day off August for his maties coronatioune.
Sir Charles Erskyne askit instruments upoun the delyverance of the honors to the lord marquis [of] Argyll, whiche the estaitts appoynts to be transported to the castell and therefter to any uther place as he shall receave direction from the comittee of estaitts.