4 December 1585

On the second day of parliament

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Procedure: preamble

The parliament of our said supreme lord the king held in the great hall of the palace of Linlithgow on 4 December in the year of the Lord 1585, in the presence of the king and the three estates of the realm, together with Francis [Hay], earl of Erroll, constable, James Keith of Canterland, marischal depute, Philip White, sheriff depute of Linlithgow, and James Matheson, dempster, and the officials of parliament formerly sworn in, as above.

1. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
2. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
3. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
4. CSP Sco., viii, 161 gives an incomplete but slightly different list of the lords of the articles for this session. Back
5. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back

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Sederunt

The king being present

• For the clergy
• [Patrick Adamson], archbishop of St Andrews
• • Bishops
  • [Peter Rollock, bishop of] Dunkeld
  • [Adam Bothwell, bishop of] Orkney
• • Abbots
  • [Patrick Gray, master of Gray, commendator of] Dunfermline
  • [James Douglas of Lochleven, commendator of] Melrose
  • [Mark Kerr, commendator of] Newbattle
  • [Alexander Seton, commendator of] Pluscarden
  • [James Drummond, commendator of] Inchaffray
  • [Alexander Colville, commendator of] Culross
  • [Walter Reid, commendator of] Kinloss
  • [Walter Stewart, commendator of] Blantyre

• For the barons
• [Ludovic Stewart], duke of Lennox
• [George Gordon, earl of] Huntly
• [John Stewart, earl of] Atholl
• [Francis Hay, earl of] Erroll
• [John Maxwell, earl of] Morton
• • Lords
  • [John Fleming, lord] Fleming
  • [Robert Seton, lord] Seton
  • [Alexander Home, lord] Home
  • [Lawrence Oliphant, lord] Oliphant
  • [William Somerville, lord] Somerville
  • [Henry Sinclair, lord] Sinclair
  • [Robert Crichton, lord Crichton of] Sanquhar
  • [Henry Stewart, lord] Methven
  • [Alan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart

• For the burgh commissioners
• Nicholas Uddard }
• Michael Gilbert } for Edinburgh
• James Drummond for Perth
• Alexander Wedderburn [of Kingennie] for Dundee
• Alexander Rutherford [of Rubislaw] for Aberdeen
• Robert Rowat for Glasgow
• Charles Murray for Lauder
• John Maxwell [of Newlaw] for Dumfries
• John Douglas for Crail
• Robert Alison for Jedburgh
• John Forest [of Magdalen] for Linlithgow
• George Halliwell for Selkirk
• [Sir] David Lindsay [of the Mount] for Cupar
• Anthony Bruce for Stirling
• Alexander Carrick for North Berwick
• David Brunton for Lanark
• James Thane for Brechin
• James Robertson for Irvine
• Maurice Lauder [of Belhaven and West Barns] for Dunbar

1. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
2. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
3. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
4. CSP Sco., viii, 161 gives an incomplete but slightly different list of the lords of the articles for this session. Back
5. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back

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Committee members: lords of the articles

Immediately thereafter, in presence of the king's majesty, these lords underwritten were chosen upon the articles:†

• For the clergy
• [Patrick Adamson], archbishop of St Andrews
• • Bishops
  • [Peter Rollock, bishop of] Dunkeld
  • [Adam Bothwell, bishop of] Orkney
  • [Patrick Gray, master of Gray, commendator of] Dunfermline
  • [Mark Kerr, commendator of] Newbattle
  • [James Drummond, commendator of] Inchaffray
  • [Alexander Seton, commendator of] Pluscarden
  • [Alexander Colville, commendator of] Culross

• For the barons
• [George Gordon, earl of] Huntly
• [John Stewart, earl of] Atholl
• [Francis Hay, earl of] Erroll
• [Lawrence Oliphant, lord] Oliphant
• [Robert Seton, lord] Seton
• [Henry Sinclair, lord] Sinclair
• [William Maxwell, lord] Herries
• [Alan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart

• For the burgh commissioners
• Nicholas Uddard }
• Michael Gilbert } for Edinburgh
• Alexander Wedderburn [of Kingennie] for Dundee
• Anthony Bruce for Stirling
• Alexander Rutherford [of Rubislaw] for Aberdeen
• Robert Rowat for Glasgow
• James Cockburn for Haddington
• [Sir] David Lindsay [of the Mount] for Cupar

1. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
2. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
3. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
4. CSP Sco., viii, 161 gives an incomplete but slightly different list of the lords of the articles for this session. Back
5. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back

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Procedure: continuation of parliament

And thereafter, the king's grace and estates declare this parliament to run.

1. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
2. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
3. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back
4. CSP Sco., viii, 161 gives an incomplete but slightly different list of the lords of the articles for this session. Back
5. NAS, PA2/13, f.34v. Back