[Expenses for transporting arms; liability of nominated officers in parliament to the committee for purging the army; command of regiments in the localities]

The estates ordain the 500 merks appointed formerly to be paid for transporting the arms from Leith to Stirling which Robert Hackett's bark could not contain to be paid out of the excise as incident charges.

The estates declare that the nomination in parliament of any officers shall infer no exemption to any person, but that they shall be liable to the committee of purging notwithstanding thereof for any faults preceding their nomination or subsequent thereto.

The parliament declares that when the troops shall be regimented, if there shall be any difference amongst the rutmasters that are within the locality of the regiment of [Alexander Leslie, earl of Leven], lord general, about the command, that some of them shall be removed to another regiment where they may serve with conveniency.

  1. NAS. PA3/2, f.25r-25v. Back
  2. 'This done by the committee of estates upon 13 July' written in the margin. Back
  3. ? The manuscript is unclear here but it is certainly not 'anent' as in APS. Back
[List of the officers for the horse and foot approved; laird of Mey, younger, and others sent to Caithness; business concerning the troops remitted to the conference for the security of the kingdom]

List of the officers for the horse read, voted and passed in parliament.

†The estates permit [Sinclair], laird of Mey, younger, James Innes and John Cunningham of Brownhill to go to Caithness to be assisting to the levying of the forces in Caithness, upon caution to be found by them to return again the [...] day of [...] notwithstanding of their former confinement.

The estates recommit to the conference to perfect the list and noit† the other three regiments of foot that are not yet done, and to consider the Irish companies, and to think upon a regiment for [Colonel James Wemyss], general of artillery.

List of the officers of the foot read, voted and passed in parliament as in the documents.

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  2. 'This done by the committee of estates upon 13 July' written in the margin. Back
  3. ? The manuscript is unclear here but it is certainly not 'anent' as in APS. Back
[Acts read; expenses of the commissioners sent to the king; report read]

Draft of the act of posture read.

The estates ordain that amongst the other public business, it be taken into consideration how the money listed by the commissioners since they went away shall be satisfied.

Act and commission anent the fortifying of Leith.

Report from the committee for the exchequer read.

  1. NAS. PA3/2, f.25r-25v. Back
  2. 'This done by the committee of estates upon 13 July' written in the margin. Back
  3. ? The manuscript is unclear here but it is certainly not 'anent' as in APS. Back