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The lord commissioner and estates of parliament, haveing heard the differences betuixt the Lord Mordingtoun and the Lord Sinclair concerneing their precedency, ordaines them to be called and ranked conforme to the decreit of the privy councill, and that the Lord Sinclair be called and ranked befor the Lord Mordingtoun without prejudice to the Lord Mordingtoun of his processe of reduction. And the Lord Mordingtoun protested that his calling and voteing after the Lord Sinclair shall be without prejudice of his precedency conforme to his right.
The laird of Luss in name of the Lord Cathcart protested that the present ranking of the Lord Sinclair should be without prejudice of the Lord Cathcart's precedency befor him conforme to his right.
The earle of Caithnes gave in a protestation against the earle of Buchan's being called and ranked befor him and protested against the same, and that the calling of the rolls and ranking of the nobility may be conforme to the decreit of councill in anno 1606 untill the same be reduced befor the judge ordinary.
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The king's majestie, takeing to his consideration the many great and singular services done to the croun of Scotland and his majesties' royall ancestors of blessed memorie be those of the name of Grahame that represented the familie of Montrose, and that the late James, marques of Montrose, following the worthy example of his predicessors, did cheirfully engadge and valourously hazard his liffe and fortune for the service of his majesties' royall father, wherin he gave singular evidences of his loyaltie and selff denyell, by accepting his royall commands in the times of greatest danger, and by such a vigorous prosecution therof, when the most parte of the people wer unhappilie engadged in armes on the contrare, as endeared him to his majestie for a persone worthy of greatest trust, and accordingly haveing receaved his majesties' commission to be captane generall and leiutenent governour of this kingdome, and in discharge therof haveing vndergone the greatest hardships, and overcome the greatest difficulties, he did freely from tyme to tyme hazard his liffe and fortune and, when his majesties' service required it, did most willingly abandon his familie fortune and relations and leave all to the mercy of his enemies, for the which his faithfull service to his majestie he wes forfalted and depryved of his naturall liffe. And his majestie, conceaveing himselff bound in honour and conscience to have regaird to the sufferings of the said marques, doth therfor, with advice and consent of his estates of parliament, rescind, retreat and annull all and whatsoever sentences of forfaltour given against the said marques and his adherents in the yeer 1645, with all acts, interloquiturs, sentences or decreits of parliament or committie of estates, or any other judicatory any way relateing therto, and declare the same to have been from the begining, and to be now and in all time comeing, null and of no availl, force nor effect, and that James, now marques of Montrose, eldest sonne to the said deceast marques, and all others his aires and executors, may enjoy, brooke and possesse all and whatsoever honors, dignities, lands, lordships, hereditaments, possessions, goods, geir and others whatsumever perteaning and belonging, or which may be knoun to have perteaned and belonged to the said deceast marques or any others his predicessors, and that the said James, now marques of Montrose, or any others the aires or executors of the said marques or of his said father or their predicessors, may be served and retoured aires of lyne, male or tailyie respective and may be infeft as aires respective forsaids, and that they may be confirmed executors to them siclyk as if the saids forfaltours had never been, and this present act to be valeid, any act or statute to the contrary notwithstanding.
The lord commissioner continewes the parliament till the morrow at nyne hours in the forenoon, and all summons ut supra.