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Committee members: lords of the articles

†[...] letter being read in presence [...] therewith being ripely advis[...] person of each estate, if the [...] present parliament they all in one [...] lords of articles in all estates [...] of the clergy and the whole earls [...] they chose these persons underwri[...] present parliament, that is to say:

• Nobility
• [James Hamilton], marquis of Hamilton
• [George Gordon], marquis of Huntly
• • Earls
  • [Archibald Campbell, earl of] Argyll
  • [Francis Hay, earl of] Erroll
  • [John Erskine, earl of] Mar
  • [James Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
  • [Alexander Livingston, earl of] Linlithgow
  • [Patrick Lyon], lord Glamis

• For the episcopal clergy
• [George Gledstanes, archbishop of] St Andrews
• [John Spottiswood, archbishop of] Glasgow
• [Peter Rollock, bishop of] Dunkeld
• [David Lindsay, bishop of] Ross
• [Gavin Hamilton, bishop of] Galloway
• [James Law, bishop of] Orkney
• [John Bothwell], abbot of Holyroodhouse
• [Walter Stewart], prior of Blantyre

• Officers of State
• [Alexander Seton, earl of Dunfermline], chancellor
• [George Home, earl of Dunbar], treasurer
• [James Elphinstone, lord Balmerino], president
• [David Murray, lord Scone], comptroller
• [Mark Kerr, lord Newbattle], master of requests
• [Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston], justice clerk
• [Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington], privy seal
• [Master John Preston of Penicuik], collector
• [Sir Thomas Hamilton of Monkland], advocate
• Clerk Register†

• Small B[arons]
• [Sir George Touris of] Inverleith for Edinburgh
• [Patrick Hepburn of] Waughton for Haddington
• Sir John Hamilton for Lanark
• Sir John Moncreiffe [of Easter Moncreiffe] for Perth
• [Sir William Livingstone of] Kilsyth for Linlithgow
• [John Wallace of] Carnell for Ayr
• Sir John Kerr of Hirsel for Roxburgh
• [John Urquhart of Craigfintray], tutor of Cromarty, for Aberdeen

• Burghs
• John Robertson and George Foulis [of Ravelston] for Edinburgh
• James Adamson for Perth
• Master Alexander Wedderburn [of Kingennie] for Dundee
• Alexander Rutherford [of Rubislaw] for Aberdeen
• Master William Russell for St Andrews
• John Lockhart [of Boghall] for Ayr
• James Forret for Glasgow
• John Williamson for Stirling

1. NAS, PA2/16, f.49r. Back
2. The top right hand corner of NAS, PA2/16, f.49r has been torn away which has resulted in a large amount of missing text. Back
3. Either Sir John Skene of Curriehill or James Skene, who shared the office of clerk register at this time. Back