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The estates of parliament, now presently convened by his majesty's special authority, having considered the report underwritten, have ordained and ordains the same to be recorded in the books of parliament, whereof the tenor follows.
We, [James Livingstone], earl of Callander, [William Cochrane], lord Cochrane, [Sir Archibald Stirling], lord Garden, [Thomas Drummond], laird of Riccarton, the provosts [William Cunningham of Brownhill] of Ayr and [Duncan Nairn] of Stirling, commissioners appointed by the lord commissioner his grace and high court of parliament for revising and considering the account of the fines and losses sustained by Sir James Livingstone of Kilsyth, knight, during the troublous times for his loyalty to the king's majesty in manner after-specified, conforming to the commission granted by the said commissioner and estates foresaid to us thereupon, and to report, by virtue whereof we, having this day met and the said Sir James having produced an act of the committee of estates made and granted by the king's majesty and committee of estates in the year 1651, whereby commission is granted for trying of the said Sir James, his and his tenants their losses and sufferings; likewise he did give in the particular account of his fines and losses with the instructions and verifications thereof, which, being considered by us, we find that the victual growing upon the said laird of Kilsyth's lands of Easter and Wester Kilsyth, with the bestial and other goods, were destroyed in the year 1645 by my lord [James Graham], marquis of Montrose and his opposers, whereby the said Sir James sustained losses of £50,176; and also we find the said lands of Easter and Wester Kilsyth in the year 1646 laid waste, at least the second part thereof, whereby the said Sir James was loser in the sum of £6,000 Scots, and similarly in the year 1648 his lands were quartered upon by those who were under the command of George Munro when they went from Stirling to Ireland, and took money out of the said lands, as the act of parliament bears, the sum of £1,726. Item, we find in November 1649 the then committee of estates ordained the said Sir James to pay to Sir James Stewart, then general commissary to the army, the sum of £4,800, which the said laird was forced to pay accordingly. Item, the annualrent thereof from Martinmas [11 November] 1649 to Whitsunday [2 June] last, being eleven years and a half, extends to the sum of £3,312. Item, we find that the said laird of Kilsyth sustained great losses through the English army their quartering several times upon the said lands of Easter and Wester Kilsyth in the year1650, extending to the sum of £42,037. As also, we find that in the said year 1650 his mansion house of Kilsyth was burnt by the usurper's army, with all his plenishing and victual which was put in the said house for preservation, through which he has sustained great loss to the value of £24,000. Item, there was taken from him in the year 1651 by his majesty's army of horse, kine, oxen, sheep and other goods to the value of £16,473. Item, there was eaten and destroyed the time foresaid by the said army, of oats, bear and peas the number of 440 acres, estimated to five bolls victual each acre at £13 6s 8d each boll, coming to £32,000. And further, we find that there was eaten and destroyed of meadow to the said Sir James the number of 300 acres, estimated to £6 13s 4d per acre, coming to £2,000. Item, that the late usurper Oliver Cromwell did fine the said Sir James in the year 1655, for his loyalty and affection to the king's majesty, in the sum of £1,000 sterling, which the said Oliver, with advice of his council, did mitigate and diminish to the sum of £800 money foresaid, coming to in Scots money the sum of £9,600, which sum he was forced to pay. Item, the annualrent thereof from the term of Whitsunday [3 June] 1655 to the said term of Whitsunday last, being six years, extends to the sum of £2,376. And also, we find that the said Sir James had his house burnt the second time by those who were under command of my lord commissioner his grace and my lord chancellor in his majesty's service least the same might have been planted with a garrison by the enemy, the said Sir James and his servants being then prisoners at Edinburgh, wherethrough and through the loss of his plenishing he sustained the loss, extending to the sum of £6,666 13s 4d. Which whole losses, sufferings and fines we find sufficiently instructed and proven by acts of parliament, discharges and by testimonials under the hands of ministers and diverse reputable persons upon oath, and which whole articles of the said account being calculated amounts to the sum of £201,063 Scots money, and this we find in addition to the annualrent thereof (except the annualrent of two of the said articles for paid out money for fines) and also over and above his large share of burdens more generally imposed upon the country, and of the great loss the said Sir James and his tenants sustained by transient quarters, in regard his said lands lie upon the roadway between Edinburgh and Glasgow. All which losses, in our opinion we humbly conceive ought to be recorded as losses sustained by him and his tenants in manner foresaid, and this is the true report of our procedure and opinion in the said matter, as witness our hands at Edinburgh, 8 July 1661. Signed, Callander, Sir Archibald Stirling, Duncan Nairn and William Cunningham.