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Edinburgh, 10 May 1661
George [Livingstone], earl of Linlithgow, of the age of 38 years and above, unmarried, being sworn, purged of partial counsel and malice and being examined if he knows whether Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston sat in the pretended parliament of England as a peer in the house called the other house, testifies that he being at London in the year 1658 he heard it commonly reported that at that time the said Sir Archibald sat as a peer in the said house and parliament, but never did see him sit himself.
Linlithgow
Archibald Murray, younger, of Blackbarony, of the age of 27 years or thereby, unmarried, being sworn, purged of partial counsel and malice, being interrogated if he knows whether Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston sat in the pretended parliament of England as a peer in the house called the other house, testifies that he being at London in the year 1658 he heard it reported that at that time the said Archibald did sit in the said house and parliament, that he did see him go towards the said house, and heard the said Sir Archibald himself say that he sat in the said house and parliament.
Archibald Murray
10 May 1661
Sir Alexander Gibson of Durie, knight, of the age of 32 years or thereby, married and purged of partial counsel and enmity against Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston, being interrogated if he knew or saw the said Sir Archibald sit as one of the peers in the parliament of England in 1658, testifies he both knew he sat and saw him sitting as a peer in Richard Cromwell's parliament in the year aforesaid or thereby.
Alexander Gibson
Mr Robert Burnett, younger, advocate, being sworn, testifies he heard it constantly reported and believes that Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston got a call from Richard, pretended protector, to sit as a peer in his parliament in 1658. And according thereto he believes he went to London and sat as a peer.
Mr Robert Burnett
10 May 1661
Mr James Hamilton, minister, of the age of 60 years or thereby, married, purged of partial counsel and enmity against Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston, testifies that he was at that meeting in Mr William Arthur's house near the West Kirk where the act called 'The act of the West Kirk' was made; and that the said Sir Archibald Johnston was there and consented thereto, being upon 13 August 1650; and the printed act being shown to him, he perfectly remembers the first part thereof as to the words thereof, but if the words following were concluded upon, he does not perfectly remember. And testifies that Mr Andrew Kerr was clerk thereto.
Mr James Hamilton
Mr Andrew Kerr, of the age of 40 years and above, unmarried, purged of partial counsel and enmity against Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston, testifies (having read the printed copy of the act called 'The act of the West Kirk') that there was some appointed for the drawing up of an act to that purpose, whereof the said Sir Archibald was one. And the draft was brought in by them, passed by plurality of votes, according to the tenor of the said printed act. And to his remembrance he thinks the said Sir Archibald consented to the said act.
Andrew Ker