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The parliament of the most excellent prince James VI, king of Scots held in Edinburgh on 16 July in the year of the Lord 1593 by our said supreme lord the king and the estates of his realm, together with William Henderson, constable depute, Lord William Keith, marischal depute, Robert Fraser, sheriff depute, and James Nisbet, dempster.
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The which day, in presence of the king's majesty and his estates in parliament, compeared Master John Dempster, in name and on behalf of William Gordon of Auchindoir, and produced a writing subscribed by the king's majesty direct to Master David MacGill [of Cranstoun-Riddel] and Master John Skene [of Curriehill], his highness's advocates, giving them command to pass from the said William Gordon and to delete him out of the summons pursued by his highness against [George Gordon], earl of Huntly and his colleagues for Donibristle of the date the [...] day of July instant. According to the which writing, the said advocates passed from the said William Gordon of Auchindoir, and immediately thereafter, in presence of the king's majesty, the said William Gordon of Auchindoir's name, surname and style was deleted out of the said summons and executions thereof this instant day, whereupon the said Master John Dempster asked instruments.
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The whole estates of parliament chose these persons underwritten to be lords of the articles:
Together with the ordinary officers of state, Alexander [Seton], lord Urquhart, chosen in place of the chancellor, Sir Thomas Lyon of Auldbar, knight, treasurer to our sovereign lord, Sir Robert Melville of Murdocairnie, knight, treasurer depute, Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington, knight, secretary to our sovereign lord, David Seaton of Parbroath, his highness's comptroller, Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston, knight, justice clerk, and Master Robert Douglas, provost of Lincluden, his highness's collector.
[1593/4/16]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
The which day the king's majesty and estates of parliament declare this parliament to run, and ordain the lords of articles to convene each day in the inner tolbooth of Edinburgh and there to sit daily, and ordain all persons having suits or actions to be presented to give in the same in due time to the said lords. And in the meantime ordain the whole estates presently convened to remain in this town unpassing out of the same until the parliament be dissolved and ended.
[1593/4/17]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]
And immediately thereafter the foresaid summons of treason raised at our sovereign lord's instance and executed against the said Francis [Stewart], sometime earl of Bothwell, being read in presence of the king's majesty and lords of articles, and the same being heard, seen and understood by them, and they therewith being ripely advised, the said estates find and declare the reason and cause contained in the same summons of treason relevant against the said Francis, sometime earl of Bothwell; and therefore admit the same summons to the said advocate's probation, who, being personally present, declared that he should use his probation with all expedition. And the said advocate asked instruments of the relevancy of the said summons, and that the said estates had found the reason of the said summons relevant.
And likewise the said advocates produced letters of relaxation of the date 16 March and of the king's reign the 26th year, with the execution thereof bearing the said Francis, sometime earl of Bothwell to be relaxed at the market cross of Edinburgh from the processes of horning led against him for whatsoever cause or occasion bygone preceding the date of the said letters; which execution is executed upon 26 March 1593 by William Porteous, messenger. And thereupon the said advocates asked instruments.