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Convention

At Holyroodhouse, 11 December 1599

[1599/12/1]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]

Sederunt

• Sederunt
• The king present

• Nobility
• [Ludovic Stewart, duke of] Lennox
• [John Graham, earl of Montrose], chancellor
• [William Douglas, earl of] Angus
• [Patrick Stewart, earl of] Orkney
• [John Erskine, earl of] Mar
• [Robert Seton, lord] Seton
• [Patrick Lyon, lord] Glamis
• [Andrew Stewart, lord] Ochiltree
• [Alexander Lindsay, lord] Spynie
• [Alexander Seton, lord] Fyvie
• [Mark Kerr, lord] Newbattle

• For the clergy
• [Peter Rollock, bishop of] Dunkeld
• [Edward Bruce, commendator of] Kinloss
• [Patrick Leslie of Pitcairlie, commendator of] Lindores
• [William Melville, commendator of] Tongland
• [James Drummond, commendator of] Inchaffray
• [John Bothwell, commendator of] Holyroodhouse

• Officers
• [Alexander Elphinstone, master of Elphinstone], treasurer
• [Master James Elphinstone of Barnton],† secretary
• [Sir Robert Melville of] Murdocairnie
• [Master John Preston of Penicuik], collector
• [Sir David Murray of Gospertie], comptroller
• [Master Thomas Hamilton of Drumcairnie], advocate
• [Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston], justice clerk
• [Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington], privy seal
• [Sir John Skene of Curriehill], clerk register
• [Master Peter Young of Seaton], almoner

• Barons
• [Master George Lauder of the] Bass
• [Sir Patrick Hepburn of] Waughton
• [Sir John Murray of] Tullibardine
• [Duncan Campbell of] Glenorchy
• [William Kerr of] Cessford
• [Sir David Lindsay of] Edzell
• [Sir William Livingstone of] Kilsyth
• [Sir Hugh Campbell of Loudoun], sheriff of Ayr
• [Sir William Stewart of] Traquair
• [Boswell of] Balmuto
• [Wood of] Largo
• [Sir Michael Balfour of] Burleigh
• [Andrew Murray of] Balvaird
• [Sir John Campbell of] Cawdor
• [Andrew Edmonstone of] Edmonstone
• [Sir George Home of] Spott
• [Sir John Carmichael of] Carmichael
• [Sir James Melville of] Halhill
• [Sir Thomas Kennedy of] Culzean

• Commissioners of burghs
• Thomas Fisher }
• George Heriot, elder } for Edinburgh
• Robert Fletcher [of Innerpeffer] for Dundee
• David Forret [of that Ilk] for St Andrews
• Nicol Clephane for Burntisland
• [Nicholas Cornwall of] Bonhard for Linlithgow
• James Cockburn for Haddington
• Mr Edward Aitken [of Underedge] for Dunbar

1. NAS, PC3/1, ff.14v-15r. Back
2. Also known as 'of Invernochty' and parson of Eaglesham. Back