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Committee members: lords of the articles

Lords elected to the articles

On the which day, the three estates of parliament, that is to say, the prelates, barons and commissioners of burghs, chose their lords of articles underwritten. That is to say:

• For the clergy
• [James Beaton], archbishop of St Andrews
• [Gavin Dunbar, younger], archbishop of Glasgow
• [Gavin Dunbar, elder], bishop of Aberdeen
• [James Chisholm], bishop of Dunblane
• [David Beaton, commendator], abbot of Arbroath
• [Alexander Stewart], abbot of Scone

• For the barons
• [Archibald Douglas], earl of Angus
• [James Hamilton], earl of Arran
• [Colin Campbell], earl of Argyll
• [John Stewart], earl of Lennox
• [Gilbert Kennedy], earl of Cassilis
• [Sir] William Scott of Balwearie

• For the burgh commissioners
• Edinburgh, [Robert Maxwell], lord Maxwell, provost
• Stirling, [John Stirling], lord Keir†
• Linlithgow, Nicholas Crawford [of Oxgangs]
• Cupar, David Grundistoun [of Glaslie]†
• St Andrews, James Learmonth [of Clatto]
• Dundee, James Rollock

1. NAS, PA2/8, I, f.6v. Back
2. Keir was not a lordship of parliament, however John Stirling was the laird of Keir. Back
3. Generally a commissioner for Linlithgow in this period. Back