Judicial proceedings: acts of the lords auditors of causes and complaints

8 April

Sitting were [James Livingston], chancellor, [George Carmichael], bishop-elect of Glasgow, [Colin Campbell], earl of Argyll, [Andrew Stewart], lord Avondale, [Laurence Oliphant], lord Oliphant, [Alexander Lyon], lord Glamis, [John Carlyle], lord Carlyle, [William Knollis], preceptor of Torphichen, [David Livingston, provost of Lincluden], keeper of the privy seal, [Archibald Whitelaw], secretary, and Master Richard Lawson.

  1. NAS, CS5/1, f.25v. Back
  2. NAS, CS5/1, f.25v. Back

The lords appoint 14 June next, with continuation of days, for Robert Furnace and his spouse to prove how many cattle were taken from them by [Mariota Baillie], lady Somerville, Sir John Watson, William of Nesbit, John Smith and James Batty, and also to prove how much damage they have sustained in the eating and destruction of their corn by the said persons, and ordain them to have letters to summon their witnesses and both the parties are summoned according to the act.

  1. NAS, CS5/1, f.25v. Back
  2. NAS, CS5/1, f.25v. Back