25 January 1621

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Sederunt

• Sederunt
• [Alexander Seton, earl of Dunfermline], chancellor
• [John Erskine, earl of Mar], treasurer
• [John Spottiswood, arch]bishop of St Andrews
• [James Law, arch]bishop of Glasgow
• [William Douglas, earl of] Angus
• [John Leslie, earl of] Rothes
• [William Douglas, earl of] Morton
• [William Graham, earl of] Menteith
• [Alexander Montgomery, earl of] Eglinton
• [James Erskine, earl of] Buchan
• [Robert Maxwell, earl of] Nithsdale
• [George Seton, earl of] Winton
• [John Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn
• [James Hamilton, earl of] Abercorn
• [William Murray, earl of] Tullibardine
• [Robert Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
• [Walter Scott, earl of] Buccleuch
• [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Melrose
• [John Maitland, viscount of] Lauderdale
• [Patrick Forbes], bishop of Aberdeen
• [Patrick Lindsay], bishop of Ross
• [John Erskine], lord Erskine
• [Arthur Forbes, lord] Forbes
• [Alan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart
• [John Hay, lord Hay of] Yester
• [Hugh Sempill, lord] Sempill
• [James Ogilvy, lord] Ogilvy
• [James Ross, lord] Ross
• [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
• [Alexander Lindsay, lord] Spynie
• [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
• [James Colville, lord] Colville [of Culross]
• [David Murray, lord] Scone
• [Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh
• [James Elphinstone, lord] Coupar
• [John Bothwell, lord] Holyroodhouse
• [Colin MacKenzie, lord] Kintail
• [William Cranston, lord] Cranston
• [David Carnegie, lord] Carnegie [of Kinnaird]
• [George Ramsay, lord] Ramsay [of Dalhousie]
• [Alexander Elphinstone], master of Elphinstone
• [Sir Richard Cockburn of Clerkington], privy seal
• [Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank], treasurer depute
• [Sir George Hay of Kinfauns], clerk register
• [Sir John Cockburn of Ormiston], justice clerk
• [Sir William Oliphant of Newton], advocate
• [Sir William Livingstone of] Kilsyth
• [Sir Robert Melville of] Burntisland
• [Sir Archibald Napier of] Merchiston
• [Sir Andrew Hamilton of] Redhouse
• [Sir John Skene of] Curriehill
• [Sir Alexander Hay of] Fosterseat
• Sir Andrew Kerr
• Sir Peter Young
• Master Peter Rollock

1. NAS, PC1/30, f.3r. Back
2. NAS, PC1/30, f.3v. Back
3. Gaps in text due to damage in manuscript. Unless otherwise stated, interpolated text taken from RPCS, first series, xii, 404. Back
4. APS interpolation. Back

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Procedure: for a voluntary contribution for the defence of the Palatinate

†The which day Alexander [Seton], earl of Dunf[ermline, lord high chancellor] of Scotland, produced and exhibited to the [the nobility and council] presently convened the king's majesty's first mis[sive and proposition] directed to the lords of his majesty's pri[vy council regarding a volun]tary contribution to be granted for defen[ce of the Palatinate, being] the dowry of his majesty's dearest daught[er and patrimony of his majesty's] grandchildren. As also he produced [...] copy of the letter written and directed from the [nobility and council] present for the time to his majesty in answer to his majesty's letter aforesaid, and in like manner he produced his majesty's missive letter written back again to the said lords in answer to the letter aforesaid directed to his majesty from his said nobility and council. Which three letters being all read in the said lords' audience and duly considered by them, the said lord chancellor proposed to the convention the equity, expediency and necessity of his majesty's desire. And sundry of the nobility and councillors being desired to deliver their opinions, which faithfully was done by them, and after some time spent [in this]† way, it was universally thought best that some 12 or 14 of greatest judgement and experience should convene upon the morning thereafter to advise upon the best and readiest means to give to his majesty most real contentment. Whereupon the lord chancellor and [John Erskine, earl of Mar], treasurer, [John Spottiswood], archbishop of St Andrews and [James Law, archbishop of] Glasgow, [William Douglas], earl of Angus, [William Douglas, earl of] Morton, [Robert Maxwell, earl of] Nithsdale, [Robert Ker, earl of] Roxburghe, [James Ogilvy], lord Ogilvy, [David Murray, lord] Scone, [William Cranston, lord] Cranston and [David Carnegie, lord] Carnegie [of Kinnaird], and [Patrick Forbes], bishop of Aberdeen and [Patrick Lindsay, bishop of] Ross (without excluding such others of the nobility as please to come) were nominated and appointed to that effect and they were ordained to report their opinions to the public meeting tomorrow, 26 January.

1. NAS, PC1/30, f.3r. Back
2. NAS, PC1/30, f.3v. Back
3. Gaps in text due to damage in manuscript. Unless otherwise stated, interpolated text taken from RPCS, first series, xii, 404. Back
4. APS interpolation. Back