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The duke of Lawderdale, his maties commissioner, did produce his maties commission to his grace for holding the convention, which was reade and appoynted to bee recorded.
Therefter prayers said and the rolls called.
The earle of Pearth did protest in behalf of the earle of Sutherland that the calling of the earles of Erroll, Marshell and uther earles before him in the rolls may not prejudge him of the preceedencie due to him before the saids earles.
The earle of Strathmore protested that the calling of the earle of Wigtoun before him prejudge him not of the precedencie due to him before the said earle of Wigtoun.
The earle of Lowthian protested that the calling of the earles of Roxburgh, Kellie, Hadingtoun, Galloway and Seaforth before him doe not prejudge him of the precedencie before them.
The Lord Blantyre protested that hee bee not prejudged in his precedencie by the calling of the Lord Cardrosse before him.
The commissioners for the shyres of Fyfe and Forfar protested that the calling of the shyre of Edinburgh before them doe not prejudge them of their precedencie before the said shyre of Edinburgh.
The earle of Dumfries proponed ane exception against Richard Murray of Bruchton that hee was not capable to bee a commissioner to the convention, and, for verifying therof, produced a decreit of the lords of session wherby hee is declared infamous.
The archbishops and bishops, the noblemen, comissioners of shyres and burrowes did sweare the oath of alledgeance and signed the declaration, conforme to the act of parliament.
Ther being some debatable commissions, the convention did humbly desyre his maties commissioner to nominate a committee to consider these debatable commissions and report to the convention. Lykas his grace did nominate the persones following to that effect, viz: the lords archbishops of St Andrewes and Glasgow; the bishops of Edinburgh, Galloway, Murray and Argyle for the clergie. The marquis of Douglas, the earles of Argyle, Arroll, Marshell, Marre, Mortoun, Murray, Glencairne, Linlithgow, Strathmore, Cathnes, the lords Elphingstoun and Ross for the nobility. The commissioners for shyres following: Collingtoun, Richard Maitland of Overgogar, Generall Dalzell, Sir John Falconar, Lundie, Sir Patrick Ogilvie of Boyne, Sir Robert Innes, Sir George Gordon, Tarbett, Johne Campbell of Carrick and Clackmanan. Comissioners for the burghs: Francis Kinloch, provest of Edinburgh; George Skein, provest of Aberdeene; Robert Russell, provest of Stirling; Robert Mylne, late provest of Linlithgow; Johne Geddie, provest of St Andrewes; James Campbell, provest of Glasgow; Robert Watsone, provest of Dumbartoun; David Spence in Rutherglen; [...] Cuthbert, provest of Innernes; together with the officers of estate; and they are appoynted to meit to morrow at eight a cloak in the morning at the lord comissioner's ludgings in the abbey.
His maties commissioner did acquaint the convention that he had warrand from the king's majestie to intimate to them that all persons of whatsoever degree be carefull to observe the fourth act of the first session of his maties first parliament in anno 1661 discharging any of his majesties subjects to convocate or conveene for treating or consulting in any matter of state except in the ordinarie judgements; and lykewayes that part of the eleventh act of the same parliament declaring such convocations and meetings without his majesties consent and approbation to be unlawfull; and to that purpose did cause read these acts and requyred his maties advocat, upon information that any person doe contraveen, to process them conform to the acts of parliament.
The lord commissioner's grace adjournes the convention untill Fryday at four a clock in the afternoone.