• William II and Mary II: Translation
  
  • 1689, 14 March, Edinburgh, Convention
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [14 March 1689]
        
        • Procedure: opening of convention
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: protests
          
          • Protestations anent precedency
        • Procedure: president chosen
          
          • [William Douglas], duke of Hamilton elected president
        • Procedure: clerks appointed
          
          • The clerks of session continued to be clerks to the meeting of the estates
        • Order
          
          • Order to [George Gordon], duke of Gordon to remove out of the castle of Edinburgh
        • Committee Membership: elections
          
          • A committee appointed for controverted elections
        • Procedure: report and adjournment
      • Edinburgh 15 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • The commission granted to Mr Charles Home of Ayton rejected
        • Procedure: response of duke of Gordon
          
          • A paper given in by [George Gordon], duke of Gordon in answer to the order of the estates
        • Resolutions
          
          • Resolutions of the estates upon [George Gordon], duke of Gordon's paper
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for charging the duke of Gordon to surrender the castle of Edinburgh
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation discharging conversing with [George Gordon], duke of Gordon
        • Warrant
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 16 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: disputed elections
          
          • Commission in favour of [Sir Archibald Cockburn], laird of Langton sustained
          • Commission to Robert Smith for the burgh of Perth preferred to that in favour of Sir Patrick Thriepland
        • Procedure: letters to the estates
          
          • A letter from King James presented to the meeting
        • Letter: from the prince
          
          • A letter from the prince of Orange to the estates
        • Procedure: priorities set and act voted
        • Legislation
          
          • Act declaring this to be a free and lawful meeting of the estates
        • Letter: from King James
        • Committee Membership: for securing the peace
        • Procedure: committee order
        • Procedure: proclamation to be written, priorities set and adjournment
      • Edinburgh 18 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: election disputes
          
          • Commission to William Higgins for Linlithgow preferred to the other granted to [George Livingston], lord Livingston
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation for bringing in the bygone arrears of the public revenue
        • Procedure: committee report
          
          • Report of the committee for securing the peace
        • Order
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant to [David Leslie], earl of Leven to beat drums for securing the peace of the town
        • Letter: from Ireland
        • Committee Membership: highlands
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant for citing [John Graham], viscount of Dundee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 19 March 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for putting the kingdom in a posture of defence
        • Procedure: appointment of officers of militia
        • Warrant
        • Orders
        • Warrants
        • Orders: military oath
          
          • Oath to be taken by persons in military employments
        • Legislation
          
          • Act approving the address made to his highness the prince of Orange
        • Orders
          
          • Order for charging the [John Graham], viscount of Dundee and [George Livingston], lord Livingston to lay down their arms
        • Letter: proposals for surrender
          
          • Proposals from [George Gordon], duke of Gordon
        • Letter: articles agreed over surrender
          
          • Articles agreed to by the estates in answer to the foresaid proposals
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 20 March 1689
        
        • Warrants
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • The commission to provost [Alexander] Gordon for Aberdeen sustained and the other in favour of Walter Robertson rejected
        • Warrant
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation against papists
        • Committee Membership
        • Procedure: appointment
          
          • Act Appointing Mr William Rodger collector of the supply in the shire of Ayr
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • The commission granted to Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth preferred to the other granted to young Cockburn
        • Procedure: absence and adjournment
      • Edinburgh 21 March 1689
        
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant to the lord president to draw precepts for defraying the expense of public dispatches and other incident charges
          • Warrant for providing two frigates
        • Committee Membership: public arms
        • Warrant
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • Bailie [John] Boswell's commission for Kirkcaldy preferred to the other granted to Captain Tennant
        • Letter: articles of reply to duke of Gordon
          
          • Articles in answer to [George Gordon], duke of Gordon's proposals
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • The commission in favour of David Spence for Anstruther Easter preferred to the other granted to Robert Anstruther
        • Order: payment of sentinels
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • Adam Ainslie's commission for Jedburgh preferred to the other granted to Robert Ainslie
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 22 March 1689
        
        • Committee Membership: to apply military oath
        • Order
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant for sending arms to Glasgow
        • Legislation
          
          • Act of approbation in favour of [John Hay], earl of Tweeddale
        • Order
        • Letter: answer of duke of Gordon
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 23 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: committee report
        • Warrant
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for securing suspect persons
        • Letter: to William of Orange
          
          • Letter to the king of England
        • Warrant
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for distribution of the arms amongst the western shires
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 March 1689
        
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant for drawing together the fencible men in Glasgow
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 26 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • [James Douglas], marquis of Douglas protests for precedency
        • Committee Membership
          
          • A proposal to name a committee for settling the government
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 27 March 1689
        
        • Warrants
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • The commission granted to Thomas Stewart of Coltness for North Berwick preferred to Sir George Suttie
        • Committee Membership
          
          • Nomination of the committee for settling the government
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for seizing arms in the hands of suspect persons
        • Order
          
          • Order to the magistrates of Edinburgh to furnish carts and horses for transporting arms and ammunition
        • Warrant
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 28 March 1689
        
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to Major General [Hugh] MacKay to command the forces
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to Alexander Munro as solicitor to make dispatches
        • Legislation
          
          • Act approving the good services done by several persons belonging to Glasgow, Argyll and other western shires
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for requiring the magistrates of Edinburgh to take the oath of fidelity to the estates
        • Committee Membership: frigates
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the inhabitants of Glasgow
          • Act appointing James Crawford collector of the cess in Fife
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 30 March 1689
        
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for denouncing [John Graham], viscount of Dundee
        • Procedure: delayed summons
        • Committee Membership: on embezzlement
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant for paying the expenses of the two frigates
          • [Warrant to the earl of Mar]
        • Order
        • Committee Membership
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation for calling together the militia on this side of Tay and the fencible men in some shires
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the militia men in the town of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Monday 1 April 1689
        
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to the magistrates of Edinburgh to judge the murder of the late president of the session and appointing assessors to them
        • Order
          
          • Order stopping persons going to Ireland wanting passes
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for bringing out and mustering the fencible men of the town of Ayr
      • Edinburgh 2 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Captain Bryce and the Irish Protestants
          • Act in favour of the magistrates of Inverness
          • Act in favour of [Lucy Douglas], countess of Nithsdale
          • Act in favour of the town of Edinburgh
        • Committee membership: public accounts
          
          • Reference anent the accounts of the public revenue
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent transporting of arms to Glasgow
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 3 April 1689
        
        • Procedure: resolution read and continued
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 4 April 1689
        
        • Resolution
          
          • Vote declaring the throne vacant and the reasons thereof
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to the committee to prepare an act for settling the crown
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 5 April 1689
        
        • Order
          
          • Order concerning [James Drummond], earl of Perth
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new nomination of magistrates in Edinburgh
        • Warrant
        • Committee Membership
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 8 April 1689
        
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation by [John Hay], earl of Tweeddale against [William Douglas], earl of Selkirk
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to [William Douglas], duke of Hamilton to secure suspect persons
        • Legislation
          
          • Act liquidating the exchequer prices of victual
          • Act in favour of Sir James MacGill
          • Act in favour of Mr Richard Hay
          • Act in favour of the heritors in Glasgow
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 11 April 1689
        
        • Committee Membership
        • Letter: king to parliament
          
          • Letter from the king of England
        • Declaration
          
          • The declaration of the estates containing the Claim of Right and the offer of the crown to the king and queen of England
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation declaring the king and queen of England to be king and queen of Scotland
        • Legislation
          
          • Act declaring that the estates are to continue in the government until the king and queen of England accept the crown
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 12 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the collector at Leith against some merchants
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for paying the garrison in the castle of Stirling and some others
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new election of magistrates in Dundee
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation ordaining the absent members to attend
        • Procedure: pass
          
          • Pass to [John Hay], earl of Tweeddale
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant in favour of Captains Hamilton and Brown
          • Warrant for keeping [James Drummond], earl of Perth close prisoner
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 13 April 1689
        
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation against owning of the late King James and appointing public prayers for William and Mary, king and queen of Scotland
        • Warrant
          
          • Additional warrant for publishing the proclamation of the king and queen
        • Committee Membership: magistracy of burghs
        • Procedure: appointment
          
          • [John Hamilton], lord Belhaven, captain of the troop in the shire of Haddington
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the militia
        • Order
          
          • Order to Captain Bryce to go on board the two frigates
        • Procedure: commissions
          
          • Commission to Captain Hamilton to command one of the frigates
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of some merchants of Derry and Belfast
        • Articles
          
          • The Articles of Grievances to be redressed in parliament voted and approved
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 16 April 1689
        
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for an embargo upon ships and other vessels on the western coast
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Thomas Richardson
          • Act in favour of Walter Scott of Letham
          • Act in favour of James Bruce of Kinloch
          • Act in favour of Patrick Seaton of Lathrisk
          • Act for disbanding the company under the command of Captain Graham
          • Act for a new election of magistrates in Rothesay
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 18 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a levy of horsemen out of the several shires
        • Order
          
          • Order for keeping [Colin Lindsay], earl of Balcarres close prisoner
        • Coronation Oath: voted and approved
          
          • The oath to be administered to the king and queen at their acceptance of the crown
        • Procedure: parole granted
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the British Protestants come from Ireland
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new election of magistrates in the several royal burghs
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 19 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for levying some regiments of foot
          • Act for a new election of magistrates in Irvine
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for giving out extracts of the act for new elections to the several burghs
        • Procedure: military commission
          
          • Commission to young Polwarth to be captain of a troop
        • Procedure: report sought
        • Legislation
          
          • Additional act concerning the embargo
        • Order
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for valuing the two ships ordered to be fitted out for the public service
          • Act in favour of Mr Thomas Harvey
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 22 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for modelling the 500 horses in ten troops
        • Procedure: commissions to the captains of horse
          
          • Commissions to the captains of horse
        • Procedure: commissions to the lieutenants of horse
          
          • Commissions to the lieutenants of horse
        • Procedure: commissions to the cornets of horse
          
          • Commissions to the cornets of horse
        • Procedure: commission to Lord Angus
          
          • Commission in favour of [James Douglas], lord Angus to be colonel of a regiment of foot
        • Procedure: commission to Captain William Clelland
          
          • Commission to Captain Clelland to be lieutenant colonel of [James Douglas], lord Angus's regiment
        • Procedure: commissions to the colonels of foot
          
          • Commissions to [Alexander Gordon], viscount of Kenmure and others to be colonels of foot
        • Procedure: commissions to the lieutenant colonels of foot
          
          • Commissions to [William Forrester], lord Forrester and others to be lieutenant colonels of the regiments of foot
        • Procedure: commissions for garrisons
          
          • Act and commission for a garrison in the castle of Arran
          • Act and commission for a garrison in the castle of Dunnottar
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 23 April 1689
        
        • Orders
          
          • Order for an embargo on all ships
        • Legislation
          
          • Act ordering the rates of oats, hay and straw for his majesty's forces
        • Procedure: military commission
          
          • Commission to [Henry Erskine], lord Cardross for a regiment of dragoons
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [William Bennett], laird of Grubbet, younger for a troop of horse
        • Procedure: military commission
          
          • Commission to young [William Bennett of] Grubbet to be captain of the said troop
        • Legislation
          
          • Act nominating commissioners to treat concerning the union of the two kingdoms
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 24 April 1689
        
        • Letter: parliament to the king
          
          • Letter from the estates to the king's majesty
        • Legislation
          
          • Act nominating persons to attend their majesties with the offer of the crown
        • Articles
          
          • Two articles added to the grievances
        • Address: to the king
          
          • Address for turning the meeting of estates into a parliament
        • Warrant
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of John Campbell of Airds
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to [Ludovic Grant], laird of Grant to be sheriff of Inverness-shire
        • Order
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the daughters of [Alexander MacIntosh of] Connage
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 April 1689
        
        • Procedure: instructions
          
          • Instructions to the earl of Argyll, Skelmorlie and Sir John Dalrymple
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for precepts in favour of the earl of Argyll, Skelmorlie and Sir John Dalrymple
        • Order
          
          • Order concerning the militia men of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: military commission
          
          • Commission to Major [Hugh] Buntine [of Kilbride] to be general muster-master
        • Warrants
        • Procedure: military commissions
          
          • Commission to Sir William Hope to be captain of a troop
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [John Shaw], laird of Greenock, younger
          • Act in favour of Sir Andrew Agnew
          • Act in favour of Lieutenant Colonel Balfour
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for calling together the fencible men in Glasgow
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and remit in favour of George Drummond, keeper of the tolbooth of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 26 April 1689
        
        • Order
        • Proclamation
          
          • A proclamation for a public thanksgiving
        • Order
          
          • Act in favour of the collector of the customs and excise
        • Warrant
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [Charles Erskine], earl of Mar
        • Judicial proceeding: deprivation
          
          • Sentence of deprivation against Doctor Strachan, Mr Andrew Cant and Mr John MacQueen
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Gustavus Hamilton
          • Act in favour of Robert Brown of Bishopton
          • [Act in favour of Mary Gordon, countess of Perth]
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 27 April 1689
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for raising four months' supply
          • Act in favour of the vassals and creditors of forfeited persons
          • Act in favour of Robert Gibb
        • Warrant
          
          • [Warrant for release]
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Captain Bryce
        • Order
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the boatmen of Burntisland and Kinghorn
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 29 April 1689
        
        • Letter: to the earl of Argyll
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to [Alexander MacAlister], laird of Loup anent a French ship
        • Order
          
          • Order to Charles Maitland to surrender the Bass
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a contribution to the Irish and French Protestants
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Orders
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to the committee of estates
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the magistrates of Ayr
          • Act for liberation of [Alexander Malcolm of] Lochore
          • Act for setting David Lindsay at liberty
          • [Act of adjournment]
      • Edinburgh 21 May 1689
        
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation requiring the absent members to attend
        • Letter: to the earl of Mar
          
          • Letter from the estates to [Charles Erskine], earl of Mar
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to Sir Patrick Murray [of Pitdunnes]
        • Order
          
          • Order concerning [James Drummond], earl of Perth
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to James Oswald [of Fingalton] for uplifting the four months' supply imposed by the estates and a quarter's excise
        • Letter: to commander
          
          • Missive letter from the estates to Captain [Alexander] Young
        • Orders
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new meeting of the commissioners of supply in some shires
          • Act containing a new nomination of commissioners for the supply in the shire of Aberdeen
        • Procedure: changes to commission
        • Letter: to the master of Forbes
          
          • Missive letter from the estates to [William Forbes], master of Forbes
        • Letter: to the Earl Marischal
          
          • Missive letter to [George Keith], earl of Marischal
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the horses equipped by the five parishes of Eskdale
        • Order
        • Procedure: committee for securing the peace
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 24 May 1689
        
        • Letter: to commander
          
          • Missive letter to Lieutenant Colonel Lauder
        • Order
          
          • Order for citing [James Innes], laird of Innes and the magistrates of Elgin
        • Letter: to commander
          
          • Missive letter from the estates to Major General [Hugh] MacKay
        • Order
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning the late election of magistrates in the burgh of Montrose
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to Sir John Maitland anent Charles Maitland
        • Order
          
          • Order concerning the horses to be equipped by the shire of Perth
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new election of commissioners for the shire of Ross
          • Act in favour of some noblemen and gentlemen in the shire of Fife
          • Act in favour of the shire of Dunbarton
          • Act in favour of Mr George Bruce
          • Act in favour of the inhabitants of Glasgow
        • Procedure: military commission
          
          • Commission to the lairds of Boquhapple and Ardvorlich
        • Order
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant to [William Douglas], duke of Hamilton to draw precepts for paying the forces
          • Warrant to messengers to execute charges against persons to compear under the pain of treason
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Captain [Alexander] Straiton
        • Warrant
        • Procedure: letter to king approved
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • Letter from his majesty to the estates
        • Procedure: ruling by the estates
          
          • The opinion of the estates concerning the sitting of the council before the commission passes the seal
        • Letter: to the king
          
          • Letter from the estates to the king's majesty
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the meeting of the estates to 5 June
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Edinburgh, 14 March 1689
        
        • [Opening of session; president elected]
        • [Overtures made; act approved]
        • [Committee appointed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 15 March 1689
        
        • [Ordering the house; controverted elections; duke of Gordon's letter read and debated]
        • [Proclamation read; duke of Gordon's refusal to leave Edinburgh Castle]
        • [Letter to the viscount of Dundee read and debated; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 16 March 1689
        
        • [Motions made; warrant granted; deposition heard]
        • [Report read; duke of Gordon's business]
        • [Letter read; report approved; motion made and protest against]
        • [Motions made concerning the king's letter; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 18 March 1689
        
        • [Controverted elections; proclamation approved; militia regiments armed]
        • [Armed men ordered to disperse; security of the kingdom discussed]
        • [Committee appointed; warrant granted; petition read]
        • [Warrants granted; continuation]
      • 19 March 1689
        
        • [Proclamation approved; commanders of militia appointed]
        • [Warrant granted; arms distributed; oaths ordered to be taken]
        • [Proclamation approved; act approved; passport granted]
        • [Motions made; warrant granted]
        • [Business concerning the surrender of Edinburgh Castle]
        • [Committee appointed; orders made; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 20 March 1689
        
        • [Warrants and orders granted; report approved; proclamation passed]
        • [Additions made to committee membership; warrants granted; report approved]
      • Edinburgh, 21 March 1689
        
        • [Letter read; orders made; commanders of militia appointed]
        • [Two frigates ordered to defend west coast; warrant granted; committee appointed]
        • [Duke of Gordon's business; warrants granted; reports approved]
        • [Orders made; report approved; warrant granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 22 March 1689
        
        • [Commanders of militia appointed; letter read; military preparations]
        • [Orders made; letter approved; amount of public money received]
        • [Duke of Gordon's business; motion made; letter signed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 23 March 1689
        
        • [Committee appointed; report read; order made]
        • [Act approved; reply to king's letter approved; order made]
        • [Report approved; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 25 March 1689
        
        • [Orders made; report read; warrants granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 26 March 1689
        
        • [Report read; orders for the militia; committees appointed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 27 March 1689
        
        • [Warrants granted; report approved; committee membership]
        • [Orders made for the militia; witnesses to be cited]
        • [Committee appointed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 28 March 1689
        
        • [Appointments made; letters and petition read]
        • [Witness examined; act approved; letter read]
        • [Orders given; letter and petitions read; proclamation remitted to committee]
        • [Recommendation made; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 30 March 1689
        
        • [Protest over precedency; treason process against the viscount of Dundee; petition considered]
        • [Committee appointed; orders made for the frigates and public money; addition to committee membership]
        • [Proclamations read; continuation]
      • 1 April 1689
        
        • [Investigation into Sir George Lockhart's murder; restrictions on passage to Ireland]
        • [Orders for the militia; ordering the house]
      • 2 April 1689
        
        • [Ordering the house; custom of Irish Protestants goods; petitions read]
        • [Proclamation to be drawn; warrant granted; petition approved]
        • [Committee appointed; orders for the militia]
        • [Witness to be brought out of custody; continuation]
      • 3 April 1689
        
        • [Ordering the house; committee's report on the vacancy of the throne]
        • [Absent members; suspects to be examined; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 4 April 1689
        
        • [Resolves for settling the government read and approved]
        • [Committee ordered to prepare acts; suspects to be examined; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 5 April 1689
        
        • [Ordering of Stirling Castle; passes to prisoners to leave kingdom]
        • [Thanks of the house; election of Edinburgh council; committee appointed]
        • [Petitions remitted; warrants granted; addition to committee membership; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 7 April 1689
        
        • [Committee appointed; instrument of government for settling the crown read and approved]
        • [Public registers; proclamation approved; act approved; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 8 April 1689
        
        • [Protest over precedency; warrant granted; petition approved]
        • [Witnesses examined; soldiers pay arrears; pass to leave kingdom granted]
        • [Nomination of militia; examination of witness delayed; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 12 April 1689
        
        • [New member admitted; reports approved; petition read]
        • [Absent members; pass to leave kingdom issued; military preparations]
        • [Petition read; authorised absence; committee appointed]
        • [Warrants granted; petition remitted; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 13 April 1689
        
        • [Members excused; proclamation read; committee appointed]
        • [Commander of militia appointed; proclamation approved; petitions read and remitted]
        • [Grievances read and approved]
        • [Continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 16 April 1689
        
        • [Members excused; report read and approved; additional garrison]
        • [Warrant granted; commission for additional militia; additional garrison]
        • [Report approved; petitions read; committee to prepare report]
        • [Act approved; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 18 April 1689
        
        • [Act approved; report and letters read; warrant given]
        • [Report approved; orders made; coronation oath read and approved]
        • [Reports read and approved; election delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 19 April 1689
        
        • [Member excused; warrant given; report approved]
        • [Levying of troops remitted to committee; report approved; town council elections]
        • [Petition remitted; committees appointed; act amended]
        • [Seizure of arms; value of frigates; petitions read]
        • [Continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 22 April 1689
        
        • [Members excused; commanders of militia appointed; Lord Angus' regiment]
        • [Letter to king read, debated and approved; clause for turning meeting into a parliament remitted to committee]
        • [Commissioners for union; offer of the crown]
        • [Committees appointed to meet; pass for leaving the kingdom issued; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 23 April 1689
        
        • [Arms given out; embargo on ships to France and Ireland; report approved]
        • [Motion made; act approved; report approved]
        • [Clause added to the grievances; commissioners for the union named; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 24 April 1689
        
        • [Members elected to wait on king; additions to grievances; address read and approved]
        • [Permission given to leave kingdom; names of committee members; commanders of militia appointed]
        • [Warrant given; militia ordered to march; ships allowed to sail]
        • [Commission given; petition approved; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 25 April 1689
        
        • [Instructions approved; report read; expenses approved]
        • [Act ordered to be drawn; militia in Edinburgh; act passed]
        • [Mustering of troops; acts approved; arms given out]
        • [Act ordered to be drawn; reports approved; petitions read]
        • [Continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 26 April 1689
        
        • [Offer of the crown; proclamation approved; quartering of forces in Dunbar]
        • [Wine merchants in Leith; arms given out; act and report approved]
        • [Petitions read; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 27 April 1689
        
        • [Amendment to act; acts approved; report read]
        • [Militia preparations; report read; additions to committee membership]
        • [Letter read concerning a French vessel seized; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 29 April 1689
        
        • [Commissions granted; contribution for French and Irish prisoners; unauthorised opening of public packet]
        • [Proclamation ordered to be distributed; arms given out; orders for the two frigates]
        • [Militia ordered to march; commissions granted; proposal for securing the peace remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions approved; petition remitted; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 21 May 1689
        
        • [Absent members; letter read; militia ordered to march; securing the peace]
        • [Warrants granted; commissions granted; proclamation to be drawn]
        • [Committee appointed; provisions for the two frigates; levying of horse]
        • [Committee ordered to continue; committees appointed to meet; letters to be written concerning quartering]
        • [Pass to leave the kingdom issued; continuation]
      • At Edinburgh, 24 May 1689
        
        • [Letters received; command of town and castle of Stirling; letters read and debated]
        • [Report approved; letter read concerning the Bass Rock; rendezvous of militia in Perth]
        • [Warrant for new election; petitions read and approved]
        • [Commission granted; act approved; letters read]
        • [Commission for new privy council; letter to king to be prepared; warrant granted]
        • [Militia ordered to march; letter to king approved; additional members chosen to wait on king]
        • [Act approved; letter ordered to be printed; expenses approved; proclamation read]
        • [Letters to the meeting of the estates]
  • 1689, 5 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [5 June 1689]
        
        • Procedure: opening of parliament
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: protest
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission in favour of [William Douglas], duke of Hamilton to be his majesty's commissioner to the parliament
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter to the estates
        • Legislation
          
          • Act declaring the meeting of the estates to be a parliament
        • Procedure: president seated
          
          • [William Lindsay], earl of Crawford president
        • Procedure: parliament fenced
          
          • The parliament fenced
          • [Act of adjournment]
      • Edinburgh 17 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: protests
          
          • Protestation [James Douglas], marquis of Douglas for precedency
        • Legislation
          
          • Act recognising their majesties' royal authority
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 18 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
      • Edinburgh 21 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to Sir John Dalrymple to be his majesty's advocate
        • Procedure: oath subscribed by king and queen
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for printing the instrument of government
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation requiring the absent members to attend the parliament
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: protest
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 26 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: rolls and oaths
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 28 June 1689
        
        • Procedure: rolls and adjournment
      • Edinburgh 2 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 3 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 5 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 9 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: absence excused; list read
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to the council to use torture in a case proposed
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • A letter from his majesty to the parliament
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 10 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Order
          
          • Order for poinding and imprisoning the absentees from the parliament
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 12 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 17 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken and absence
        • Order
          
          • Order to poind for his majesty's feu and blench duties
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 19 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: rolls called and adjournment
      • Edinburgh 22 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: rolls and absence
        • Legislation
          
          • Act abolishing prelacy
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 23 July 1689
        
        • Procedure
        • Order
          
          • Order for stopping the signet
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 July 1689
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for furnishing baggage horses to the army
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 29 July 1689
        
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 31 July 1689
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Andrew Fletcher [of Saltoun]
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 1 August 1689
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act authorising the council to call out the heritors and fencible men
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to his majesty's advocate to raise an indictment of treason
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of the late [Archibald Campbell], earl of Argyll
        • Judicial proceeding: review of forfeiture
      • Edinburgh 2 August 1689
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • In the meeting of the estates, 5 June 1689
        
        • [Protest over precedency; opening of session; speeches made]
        • [Committee appointed; act approved; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 17 June 1689
        
        • [Protests over precedency; committee appointed; oaths taken; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 18 June 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; objections against the election of the articles; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 21 June 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; commission read; acts approved]
        • [Election of committees and appointment of supernumerary members; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 25 June 1689
        
        • [Protest over precedency; oaths taken; royal assent to act delayed; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 26 June 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; letter to king approved; act delayed]
        • [Petitions read; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 28 June 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; persons not to be employed in positions of public trust; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 2 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; members excused; amendments to act concerning those employed in positions of public trust]
        • [Act abolishing prelacy laid open; petition read; new supply to be considered; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 3 July 1689
        
        • [Members excused; oaths taken; absent members]
        • [Amendments made to act abolishing prelacy; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 5 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; acts approved]
        • [Act read; new supply to be considered; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 9 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; members excused; fines against absent members]
        • [Conspiracy against the government; suspects to be tortured]
        • [Letter from king read; amendment to act for regulating the articles; commissioner's instructions]
        • [Debate concerning the act for regulating the articles; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 10 July 1689
        
        • [Members excused; act approved]
        • [Approbation of those commissioned to make the offer of the crown; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 12 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; debate concerning the approbation of those commissioned to make the offer of the crown; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 17 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; payment of feu duties; absent members]
        • [Payment of crown rent; measures for defence of kingdom remitted to privy council]
        • [Draft acts presented and delayed; amendment to act rescinding fines and forfeitures; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 19 July 1689
        
        • [Draft act read; proclamation for opening the signet considered]
        • [List of senators of the college of justice read; extent of royal prerogative in this matter debated; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 22 July 1689
        
        • [Members excused; act given royal assent; committees to be appointed]
        • [Address from presbyterian ministers read; draft act delayed]
        • [Ordered that minutes of previous sederunt be read at every meeting; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 23 July 1689
        
        • [Military preparations; commissioners appointed to meet; act approved]
        • [Order for stopping the signet; election of committees delayed; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 25 July 1689
        
        • [Military preparations; commissioners appointed to meet]
        • [Draft acts read; act approved; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 29 July 1689
        
        • [Oaths taken; act authorising raising of militia; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 31 July 1689
        
        • [Military preparations; act approved; petitions read]
        • [Acts read and considered; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 1 August 1689
        
        • [Warrant for indictments of high treason; act delayed; act approved]
        • [Acts given royal assent; examination of witnesses delayed; continuation]
      • In the parliament, 2 August 1689
        
        • [Proportions of act of supply; parliament adjourned]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 5 June 1689
        
        • [Grievances represented by the estates of Scotland to the king's majesty to be redressed in parliament; together with his majesty's instructions to his commissioner for redressing the same]
        • [Warrant to the lord secretary to give out copies of the commissioner's instruction]
      • 18 June 1689
        
        • [Act for regulating the election of the lords of the articles]
        • [The oath taken by the king and queen at their acceptance of the crown of Scotland]
      • 25 June 1689
        
        • [Act regulating the committees of parliament]
      • 26 June 1689
        
        • [Reasons for the act concerning the articles and committees of parliament]
      • 2 July 1689
        
        • [Act for persons not to be employed in public trust]
        • [Address from the synod of Aberdeen]
      • 3 July 1689
        
        • [A list of the absent members from the parliament who are not minors, excused, residing without the kingdom, denounced or papists]
      • 5 July 1689
        
        • [Act rescinding the act of parliament of 1669]
        • [Scroll of an act for forfeitures etc.]
      • 9 July 1689
        
        • [Information for the duke of Hamilton concerning a plot]
        • [Act for constituting a committee of parliament called the articles]
      • 10 July 1689
        
        • [Investigation into the commissioners who carried the Claim of Right and offer of the crown]
      • 17 July 1689
        
        • [Act for establishing the church government, given in to be read in parliament by his majesty's commissioner]
      • 19 July 1689
        
        • [Letter from his majesty for opening the signet]
        • [Proclamation for opening the signet]
      • 23 July 1689
        
        • [Act for the admission of the ordinary lords of the session and reformation of certain abuses therein]
      • 31 July 1689
        
        • [Act for restoring the presbyterian ministers to their churches]
        • [Petition for the ministers who were laid aside for refusing the Test]
  • 1690, 15 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [15 April 1690]
        
        • Procedure: opening of parliament
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to [George Melville], earl of Melville for holding this second session of parliament
        • Procedure: rolls called; president takes place
        • Procedure: protests over precedence
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: print commissioner's speech and adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 22 April 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speech
        • Procedure: patents and royal nominations read
        • Procedure oaths taken and adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 25 April 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: disputed elections and need for committee
        • Petition: need for committee
        • Procedure: acts read and touched
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the first act of the second parliament 1669
          • Act restoring the presbyterian ministers who were thrust from their churches since 1 January 1661
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 29 April 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: precedency
        • Committee Membership: controverted elections
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 1 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: patent read and oath
        • Committee Membership: procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 2 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceeding: treason processes read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 6 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve of parliament anent the method of choosing of committees
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Warrant
        • Order: draft letter to king
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 8 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: voting on draft acts
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning the election of committees of parliament
        • Committee memberships: size
        • Procedure: remits to committees
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 9 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Committee memberships
          
          • The committee for controverted elections, and for the act anent freedom of speech
          • For the committee anent settling the church government
          • The committee for granting supply to their majesties
          • The committee for considering fines and forfeitures
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 12 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act appointing the oath of allegiance to be taken by electors of commissioners to parliaments or conventions
        • Order
          
          • Order for intimating the act appointing the oath of allegiance to be taken by electors of commissioners to parliaments or conventions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 14 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: precedency ruling
          
          • Decreet of precedence [Robert Kerr], earl of Lothian against [Robert Ker], earl of Roxburghe and others
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 16 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 20 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceeding: procedure with forfeitures
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 22 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 23 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: commission read; oath taken
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 26 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: Confession of Faith voted and approved
          
          • The Confession of Faith
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 28 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 30 May 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
          
          • Reference to the privy council anent pioneers and baggage horses and meal for Inverlochy
        • Order
          
          • Order for directing letters of horning upon the act restoring presbyterian ministers who were thrust from their churches since January 1661
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 2 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: processing of petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 4 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant anent the cess of Inverness-shire and Ross-shire
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 6 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: commission produced; oaths taken
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the courts of judicature until 1 July
        • Procedure: committee report on cess
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 7 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: general assembly; acts touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act ratifying the Confession of Faith and settling presbyterian church government
          • Act for raising a supply offered to their majesties
          • Act ordaining the commissioners of supply and their collectors and clerks to take the oath of allegiance
        • Procedure: commissioner's declaration
          
          • The commissioner's declaration, anent the session
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 10 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: commission of clerk register
          
          • Commission to the master of Burleigh, lord Belhaven etc. for exercising the office of clerk register
        • Procedure: letter of appointment
          
          • His majesty's letter appointing [Robert Balfour], master of Burleigh to have place and vote as clerk of register
        • Procedure: declaration by commissioners
          
          • Declaration of the commissioners of the register's office in favour of [Robert Balfour], master of Burleigh
        • Procedure: remits to committees
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 12 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 13 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Proclamation
          
          • Proclamation for a public fast
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the commissioners of supply who do not take the oath of allegiance
        • Order: commissioners of supply
          
          • Order for the diet of meeting of the commissioners of supply in the shires of Stirling, Perth, Wigtown and stewartry of Kirkcudbright
        • Procedure: protests
          
          • Protestation by [William Lindsay and Henrietta Seton], earl and countess of Crawford, that [James Seton], earl of Dunfermline's forfeiture should not prejudge them of the debts in which they are creditors to him
          • Protestation by my [Henry Erskine], lord Cardross
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 14 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation for the Lady Pitcur and her children
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant to their majesties' advocate for raising a process of treason before the parliament
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for poll-money
          • Act for additional supply out of the annualrent of money
          • Act for an additional representation in parliament of the greater shires
          • Act in favour of the royal burghs
          • Act discharging general letters
          • Act empowering the privy council to put the oath of allegiance to suspected persons
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Glasgow
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 25 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 27 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet [Robert] Adair of Kinhilt against the heirs of [Archibald Edmonston of] Duntreath
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission to Alexander, lord Raith, treasurer depute
        • Committee membership: overtures
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 30 June 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Mr Robert Baillie of Jerviswood
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet in favour of Mr James Smith
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning the sitting of the session and inferior courts
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remit to the council in favour of [Mr James] Gordon anent a gunpowder mill
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 1 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 3 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: committee asked to proceed
        • Committee membership: commission of fines and forfeitures
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter anent rescinding [George Melville], earl of Melville's forfeiture
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [George Melville], earl of Melville
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 4 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for visitation of universities, colleges and schools
          • Act rescinding the forfeitures and fines since the year 1665
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 7 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 8 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceedings: process
          
          • Decreet in favour of Sir Thomas Burnett, doctor of medicine
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [Duncan Forbes], laird of Culloden anent his damages
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 9 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet in favour of [Margaret Erskine], lady Castlehaven
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 10 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of [George Melville], earl of Melville
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 11 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Captain William Burnett of Balfour anent his damages
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favour of Lady Craigdarroch
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Sir Archibald Cockburn of Langton
        • Procedure: petition read, act granted
          
          • Act in favour of [John MacFarlane], laird of MacFarlane
          • Act in favour of [Ludovic Grant], laird of Grant
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 14 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 15 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of John Renton of Lamberton
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 16 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for publishing the act for visitation of colleges and the act rescinding fines and forfeitures
        • Procedure: remit to committee
          
          • Remit to the commission for fines and forfeitures anent commissary courts and other inferior courts
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 17 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Order
          
          • Order anent the proportion of 18,000 merks to be paid by [Robert Hamilton of] Monkland to [William Hamilton of] Orbiston and [William Hamilton of] Wishaw, with a reference by Wishaw to Orbiston himself
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet in favour of Mr Archibald Sinclair and his spouse
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 18 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Committee membership: commission elected
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adding commissioners of supply in the shire of Cromarty
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Montrose
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Inverness anent their damages
          • Act in favour of Mr John Hamilton of Halcraig
          • Act in favour of Mr John Munro of Fyrish and Mr Simon MacKenzie anent their damages
          • Act in favour of [Lauchlan MacIntosh], laird of MacIntosh anent his damages
          • Act in favour of [Lauchlan MacIntosh], laird of MacIntosh anent his cess
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation of James Gordon of Craichlaw, younger
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 19 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: remit to commission
          
          • Remit to the commission for fines and forfeitures anent the claiming back of bygone rents
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Alexander Brand, fiar of Balberton
          • Act in favour of [George MacKenzie], viscount of Tarbat
          • Act of dissolution of the forfeited lands annexed to the crown in the reign of the late King James
          • Act anent the sale of bankrupts' lands
          • Act anent murdering of children
          • Act anent the coinage of copper
          • Act discharging the Yule [or Christmas] vacation
          • Act concerning patronages
          • Act concerning vacant stipends in the synod of Argyll
          • Act against profaneness
          • Act anent the confirmation of testaments
          • Act rescinding the laws for conformity
          • Act rescinding several acts of parliament
          • Act anent the superiority of lands formerly held of bishops and others to be now held of the king and queen
          • Act rescinding forfeitures in absence before the justice court preceding the year 1669
          • Act in favour of the small vassals of kirklands who now hold of the king
          • Act anent the execution of poindings in Galloway
          • Act and commission for plantation of kirks and valuation of teinds
          • Act in favour of Mr William Ferguson of Caitloch
          • Act in favour of the town of Edinburgh anent their town company
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 21 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 22 July 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Anstruther Wester
          • Act for holding the commissary court of Aberdeen at the burgh of Aberdeen
          • Act in favour of [Henry Erskine], lord Cardross
          • Act in favour of the town of Edinburgh anent an imposition on wines and other commodities
          • Act in favour of Mr William MacIntosh of Aberarder and others anent their damages
          • Act in favour of [Lauchlan MacIntosh of Torcastle], laird of MacIntosh for holding of fairs in Obsdale and Dunachton
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Sir George Campbell of Cessnock
          • Act in favour of Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill anent his damages
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Walter [Scott], earl of Tarras
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of George Pringle of Torwoodlee
          • Act in favour of John Hay of Lochloy
          • Act in favour of the four towns of Lochmaben
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Mr Gilbert Elliott
        • Ratification
          
          • Ratification in favour of the four trades in the Canongate
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation the trades of Edinburgh against the same
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Sir Archibald Johnston of Wariston
          • Act in favour of the town of Paisley anent the repairing of ruinous houses
          • Act for fairs in favour of the town of Paisley
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth
          • Act dissolving Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth's estate from the crown
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of William Lowrie of Blackwood
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Mr James Guthrie, minister
          • Act for fairs in favour of William Baillie of Lamington
          • Act in favour of Christian Ross anent her damages
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of James Stewart [of Goodtrees], advocate
          • Act in favour of George Fullarton of Dreghorn
        • Ratification
          
          • Ratification of the erection of the new kirk of Stair
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation against the same
        • Legislation
          
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of William Denholm of Westshiels
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Sir Thomas Stewart of Coltness
          • Act in favour of [Duncan Forbes], laird of Culloden anent the valuation of his lands of Ferintosh
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of the deceased John Swinton of that ilk
          • Act anent the retoured duty of annualrents
          • Act anent short prescriptions of adjudications and others
          • Act anent removing from land [and fixing the term of Whitsunday]
          • Act for security of their majesties' government
          • Act anent persons killed in the king's host
          • Act anent the mint
          • Act anent ministers that have not prayed for the king and queen
          • Act annulling the gift of erection of the royal company of the fishery
          • Act for security of the creditors, vassals and heir of entail of persons forfeited
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remit of the process of treason to the lords of justiciary
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [John Dempster], laird of Pitliver, against [James Ogilvy], earl of Airlie
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for torturing [...] Muir for a rape and murder
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favour of Mr John Herbert, minister
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Mr William Carstairs, minister
        • Procedure: remit to committee
          
          • Remit of parliament to the committee anent the supply
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation for the heritors of the shire of Nairn against the act passed in favour of [Duncan Forbes, laird of] Culloden
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrant for a new election for the shire of Stirling
          • Warrant for a new election for the shire of Ayr
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve anent the act reductive of [John] Swinton's forfeiture
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter to the parliament anent an act of dissolution of [George Melville], earl of Melville's estate from the crown
        • Legislation
          
          • Act of dissolution in favour of [George Melville], earl of Melville
          • Act rescinding the forfeiture of Robert Hamilton of Monkland
        • Procedure: remit to committee
          
          • Remit to the committee for fines and forfeitures in favour of Mr Roderick MacKenzie, advocate, anent the gift of forfeiture of the lands of Dalvennan
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the town of Glasgow anent the sale of some part of their common good
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation in favour of Captain Straiton anent the debt Dundee owes him
        • Petition: remit to committee
          
          • Petition for [John Cunningham], earl of Glencairn and remit to the commission for fines and forfeitures
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Culross
          • Act salvo jure
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • 15 April 1690
        
        • [Opening of session; protests over precedency; controverted elections]
        • [Commission read; oaths taken; controverted elections]
      • 22 April 1690
        
        • [King's letter read; speech made; objection against patent]
        • [Oaths taken; nomination of officers of state]
        • [Church government; debate over royal assent; continuation]
      • 25 April 1690
        
        • [Ordering of the house; protest over precedency; disputed election]
        • [Nomination of committees objected against; petition and acts read]
        • [Acts approved and given royal assent; church government; continuation]
      • 29 April 1690
        
        • [Patents read and objections against]
        • [Committees to be appointed; reply to king's letter; continuation]
      • 1 May 1690
        
        • [Patent read; oaths taken; objection against method of election of committees; continuation]
      • 2 May 1690
        
        • [Objection against indecent expressions used by a member; processes of treason read]
        • [Protest against process; deposition of witnesses; continuation]
      • 6 May 1690
        
        • [Letter and certificate read; member admitted; minute entry expunged]
        • [Election of committees; new elections ordered]
        • [Acts read; draft reply to king's letter; continuation]
      • 8 May 1690
        
        • [Controverted elections; draft acts read; act approved]
        • [Reply to king's letter; act given royal assent; membership of committees]
        • [Raising of a supply; committee appointed]
        • [Draft act read; continuation]
      • 9 May 1690
        
        • [Committees elected]
        • [Acts read; reply to king's letter remitted; continuation]
      • 12 May 1690
        
        • [Acts remitted to committee; petition read]
        • [List of those indicted of treason; certificates read]
        • [Witnesses called; libel read; debate concerning proclamation of acts]
        • [Oath of allegiance in elections; military preparations; order concerning petitions]
        • [Continuation]
      • 14 May 1690
        
        • [Protest over precedency; petitions remitted to committee; raising of a supply]
        • [Warrant granted for new election; depositions taken; proposal for making gunpowder remitted]
        • [Witnesses expenses; non-attendance of witnesses; continuation]
      • 16 May 1690
        
        • [Precedency of the earl of Lothian; witnesses examined; act read and debated]
        • [Election of shire commissioners; continuation]
      • 20 May 1690
        
        • [Petitions read; warrant granted; rescinding of forfeiture]
        • [Committee appointed; report read; act approved]
        • [Acts concerning royal burghs read and delayed; continuation]
      • 22 May 1690
        
        • [Acts concerning royal burghs read, debated and approved]
        • [Act read; report and overture concerning the supply read; continuation]
      • 23 May 1690
        
        • [Member admitted; acts and petition read and debated; continuation]
      • 26 May 1690
        
        • [Act concerning church government read and debated; continuation]
      • 28 May 1690
        
        • [Petition and letters concerning the earl of Perth's imprisonment read; decision delayed]
        • [Act concerning church government read and debated; amendments made]
        • [Petition submitted; act concerning church government approved]
        • [Report concerning the supply read and debated; amendments made]
        • [Proposals read; continuation]
      • 30 May 1690
        
        • [Acts and petitions submitted]
        • [Act concerning the supply remitted; deposition of witnesses heard; libel issued to prisoners]
        • [Proposals concerning the army remitted to committee; petition read; continuation]
      • 2 June 1690
        
        • [Acts and petitions submitted]
        • [Act concerning the supply read and debated]
        • [Overtures remitted to committee; continuation]
      • 4 June 1690
        
        • [Lists of commissioners for the supply submitted; alterations made]
        • [Lists approved; continuation]
      • 6 June 1690
        
        • [Member admitted; petition read]
        • [Act concerning sitting of courts during meetings of parliament read and debated]
        • [Commissioners for the supply; acts and proposition read]
        • [Petitions read; report approved; additions to act for the supply; continuation]
      • 7 June 1690
        
        • [Date of general assembly; acts given royal assent; acts for the earl of Perth's imprisonment]
        • [Amendments made to act for the supply]
        • [Citation issued; acts and proposals read; committee appointed]
        • [Speech made; continuation]
      • 10 June 1690
        
        • [Commission granted; officer of state admitted]
        • [Report approved; petitions read; all business relating to fines and forfeitures remitted to committee]
        • [Depositions read; act considered; treason processes debated]
        • [Report read and laid open; act read and delayed]
        • [Petitions read; continuation]
      • 12 June 1690
        
        • [Printed act of supply corrected; shires ordered to meet for the supply; report read and debated]
        • [Rescinding of forfeiture; acts read and amendments made]
        • [Executions against the judges; overtures made; continuation]
      • 13 June 1690
        
        • [Fast appointed; advance of the act of supply paid by town of Edinburgh; forfeitures]
        • [Warrant minuted; propositions for an additional supply discussed and delayed]
        • [Importation of alcohol; oaths to be taken by commissioners for the supply]
        • [Depositions read and approved]
      • 14 June 1690
        
        • [Ratification read; libel approved; poll-money for relief of heritors]
        • [Propositions for an additional supply; royal assent given to number of acts]
        • [Overtures for adjournment refused; continuation]
      • 25 June 1690
        
        • [Rights of the rebels; petition remitted; act read]
        • [Oaths taken; act delayed; acts read]
        • [Continuation]
      • 27 June 1690
        
        • [Visitation of universities; rescinding of forfeiture remitted to committee]
        • [Report approved; commission granted and oaths taken]
        • [Committee appointed; act read and delayed]
        • [Reports for rescinding forfeitures read; continuation]
      • 30 June 1690
        
        • [Royal assent given; report read with related acts; delayed]
        • [Report read and delayed; acts read]
        • [Swinton's forfeiture debated and delayed until next meeting]
        • [Reports read; act for the sitting of the session ordered to be drawn]
        • [Addition to committee membership; report approved]
        • [Act amended and approved; business relating to forfeitures remitted; continuation]
      • 1 July 1690
        
        • [Act and report concerning forfeitures read; a general act considered]
        • [Records to be inspected by persons named; amendments to act]
        • [Remits to the committee of forfeitures; act concerning fines amended]
        • [Committee appointed and cases remitted; continuation]
      • 3 July 1690
        
        • [Committee of elections appointed and order to meet]
        • [King's letter read; warrant granted]
        • [Act read and amended; records of parliament consulted; act approved]
        • [Remissions of forfeiture read and debated]
        • [Extorted bonds]
        • [Petitions read and remitted]
        • [General act read; additions and amendments made]
        • [Commission ordered to meet; act approved]
        • [Petitions and acts remitted; continuation]
      • 4 July 1690
        
        • [Act read and delayed; act concerning Swinton's case read with related documents and debated]
        • [Visitation of universities; cases ordered to be heard next meeting]
        • [Acts given royal assent; continuation]
      • 7 July 1690
        
        • [Letter read; remit to the council for a thanksgiving and monthly fast]
        • [Act approved; act read and remitted]
        • [Petition read and consideration delayed]
        • [Acts read and delayed; continuation]
      • 8 July 1690
        
        • [Private business discussed]
        • [Petitions read and remitted; report approved]
        • [Lady Castlehaven's legal appeal to parliament; continuation]
      • 9 July 1690
        
        • [Petition read concerning Lady Castlehaven's appeal; remitted to committee]
        • [Report read; additions to committee membership]
        • [Interrogatories given in by the Lady Monkland; petition read; witnesses examined]
        • [Continuation]
      • 10 July 1690
        
        • [Case of Monkland remitted; act read, amended and approved; petitions read]
        • [Report and related documents read concerning the rescinding of the earl of Melville's forfeiture]
        • [Petition read; act approved]
        • [Order of business; treason processes pending; continuation]
      • 11 July 1690
        
        • [Treason process pending; petition read and commission granted]
        • [Argyll's process against the judges in his father's forfeiture case debated and delayed]
        • [Acts read, amended and approved]
        • [Further debate on Argyll's process]
        • [Petitions remitted; act read and delayed]
        • [Petition read and remitted to king; act approved]
        • [Act to be prepared; Argyll's process debated]
        • [Order of business; Argyll's process delayed]
        • [Acts read, amended and approved; petitions read]
        • [Monkland's case called and delayed; petition remitted; continuation]
      • 14 July 1690
        
        • [Act concerning patronages read and amended; petition remitted to committee]
        • [Indictments of treason found proven]
        • [Bond granted; protestations against sentences of forfeiture]
        • [Sentences of forfeiture pronounced]
        • [Acts approved; order of business; continuation]
      • 15 July 1690
        
        • [Witnesses in Monkland's case examined]
        • [Report read with related documents; act rescinding Polwarth's forfeiture approved]
        • [Act rescinding Torwoodlee's forfeiture approved]
        • [Petition for personal protection granted; Swinton's remission of forfeiture debated]
        • [Continuation]
      • 16 July 1690
        
        • [Acts approved; regulation of inferior courts]
        • [Witness ordered to be examined; Swinton's remission of forfeiture debated]
        • [Acts ordered to be published; addition to Swinton's act; addition to committee membership]
        • [Act approved; deposition of witnesses; quota concerning Monkland's forfeiture; continuation]
      • 17 July 1690
        
        • [Acts remitted to committee; report and acts concerning impositions read]
        • [Act and petitions remitted to committees]
        • [Acts read with related acts]
        • [Acts approved and protest against; Swinton's case debated; petitions remitted]
        • [Act read, amended and approved; related acts read]
        • [Commission granted; estates ordered to meet concerning their proportions]
        • [Report read; depositions read; act for rescinding Monkland's forfeiture approved]
        • [Act and report approved; depositions read concerning bond of provision]
        • [Order of business; continuation]
      • 18 July 1690
        
        • [Commissioners for valuation of teinds chosen; act approved]
        • [Petitions read; acts approved]
        • [Addition to commissioners for the supply; general act concerning forfeitures]
        • [Petitions granted; act read]
        • [Case of George Fullerton heard; acts approved]
        • [Motion concerning the murder of a child; act read; continuation]
      • 19 July 1690
        
        • [Act passed; reduction of the earl of Tarras' forfeiture approved]
        • [Act delayed; reduction of forfeitures approved]
        • [Report and petition remitted; act approved]
        • [Petition refused; act delayed after protestations]
        • [Petitions remitted; royal assent given to acts; continuation]
      • 21 July 1690
        
        • [Act and related documents concerning an imposition on beer read and debated]
        • [Act concerning the mint debated; amendments made to act in favour of the lord commissioner]
        • [Ministers subscribing the oath of allegiance; protestation presented and act amended]
        • [Petitions remitted; act delayed; continuation]
      • 22 July 1690
        
        • [Petitions read; ratification remitted to committee]
        • [Impositions on foreign commodities approved]
        • [Petitions remitted; act read; treason processes remitted to justice court]
        • [Petitions and process remitted]
        • [Petitions granted; report approved]
        • [Petitions remitted; act amended and approved]
        • [Remit to justice court approved; additional imposition]
        • [King's letter read; special act of dissolution ordered]
        • [Seizure of arms, offices etc. of suspect persons; acts read]
        • [Ratifications passed and protest against]
        • [Fairs granted; petition delayed]
        • [Act approved; royal assent given]
        • [Closure of session; parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee of controverted elections
      
      • [Undated: 1690, 10 May x 12 May]
        
        • [President chosen; continuation]
      • 13 May 1690
        
        • [Fine for absent members; act read, delayed and copies distributed]
        • [Election in the shire of Selkirk; infeftments ordered to be produced; continuation]
      • 14 May 1690
        
        • [Votes in Selkirk election rejected]
        • [Vote sustained]
      • 15 May 1690
        
        • [Vote sustained; witnesses examined; memorial read; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 3 June 1690
        
        • [Process heard and witnesses examined; continuation]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 15 April 1690
        
        • [Speech of the earl of Melville at the opening of parliament]
      • 20 May 1690
        
        • [Petition of Sir William Scott, elder, of Harden]
        • [Petition of James Pringle of Torwoodlee]
        • [Petition of the magistrates of Irvine]
      • 12 June 1690
        
        • [Report of the committee concerning the general act rescinding forfeitures since the year 1585]
      • 14 June 1690
        
        • [Petition of James Brodie of that ilk]
      • 30 June 1690
        
        • [Proceedings concerning a gunpowder manufactory]
      • 3 July 1690
        
        • [Act and remit in favour of Hugh Stevenson of Montgreenan concerning the forfeiture of Thomas Cunningham of Montgreenan]
        • [Act and remit in favour of Andrew MacMillan of Craignell and his heirs against Hugh Wallace of Ingliston]
        • [Act and remit in favour of Elizabeth Kerr against Colin MacKenzie of Redcastle]
        • [Titles of acts not preserved]
      • 8 July 1690
        
        • [Act in favour of David Brodie of Lethen]
        • [Act in favour of Sir Duncan Campbell of Auchinbreck]
      • 10 July 1690
        
        • [Depositions of witnesses for reducing the forfeiture of the earl of Melville]
        • [Warrant in favour of John Spreull, writer in Glasgow]
      • 11 July 1690
        
        • [Proceedings in the process of the earl of Argyll against Lord and Lady Nairn, David Falconer of Newton and others]
        • [Answers for my Lord and Lady Nairn, David Falconer of Newton and Michael Balfour of Forret against the earl of Argyll]
      • 14 July 1690
        
        • [Proceedings in the process of forfeiture against the representatives of the late viscount of Dundee, the earl of Dunfermline and others]
        • [Depositions of witnesses cited in the process of treason at the instance of the king's advocate against the viscount of Dundee and his accomplices etc.]
        • [Bond of Association]
        • [Bond of Association]
        • [Answers of the Highland clans to Major General MacKay]
        • [Decreet of forfeiture against the viscount of Dundee and others]
        • [Protestation by Captain Charles Straiton concerning the forfeiture of the late viscount of Dundee]
        • [List of documents related to the viscount of Dundee's forfeiture]
      • 18 July 1690
        
        • [Petition for Sir James Ramsay against the earl of Seaforth]
        • [Act in favour of David Brodie of Lethen]
        • [Scroll act in favour of the creditors of the deceased master of Bargany]
        • [Petition of Lord Bargany to his majesty's high commissioner and the estates of parliament]
      • 19 July 1690
        
        • [Petition of John Kerr of Morriston]
        • [Petition for John Philip and Adam Masterton of Grange]
      • 21 July 1690
        
        • [Supplication of Catherine and Margaret Cunningham]
        • [Supplication of Mr William Chiesley, writer in Edinburgh]
        • [Petition for James Semple, younger, of Cathcart]
        • [Petition of the heritors of the shire of Dunbarton]
        • [Petition of William Livingstone, writer in Edinburgh]
      • 22 July 1690
        
        • [Petition for Lady Cavers and Sir William Douglas, her son]
        • [Petition for the creditors and cautioners of the deceased master of Bargany against Lord Bargany]
        • [Petition for John Anderson, younger, of Westerton]
  • 1690, 3 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [3 September 1690]
        
        • Procedure: opening of parliament
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: additional members and oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 4 September 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: commission read, oaths taken
        • Committee membership: for preparing acts
          
          • Reference to a committee for preparing acts in relation to shires and burghs [etc.]
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 9 September 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a weekly market and three fairs yearly at Inverlochy
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • At Edinburgh 10 September 1690
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for repressing the depredations in the highlands
          • Act against robbing of the packet
          • Act for Sir Alexander Hope of Kerse
        • Procedure: remits to privy council
          
          • Remit to the privy council for nominating justices of peace
          • Remit to the privy council anent the hearth-money
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant continuing the commission for fines and forfeitures
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and offer to their majesties of three months' cess and hearth-money in lieu of the sixth part of annualrents
          • Act for unlawing and punishing absent members from parliaments or conventions
          • Act appointing the commissioners of supply to meet at the Michaelmas head court
        • Order
          
          • Order for electing additional commissioners in some shires
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure
          • Act of adjournment
  • 1693, 18 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [18 April 1693]
        
        • Procedure: opening of parliament
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission to the duke of Hamilton
          
          • Commission to William, duke of Hamilton for holding a parliament.
        • Procedure: commission to the earl of Tweeddale
          
          • Commission to John, earl of Tweeddale, concerning his office of high chancellor
        • Procedure: commission to the viscount of Tarbat
          
          • The lord register [George MacKenzie, viscount of Tarbat], his patent
        • Procedure: commission to Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees
          
          • The lord advocate [Sir James Stewart of Goodtrees], his patent
        • Procedure: commission to Adam Cockburn of Ormiston
          
          • The lord justice clerk [Adam Cockburn of Ormiston], his patent
        • Charter: patent to Lord Polwarth
          
          • [Patrick Hume], lord Polwarth, his patent
        • Charter: patent to the Lord Jedburgh
          
          • [William Kerr], lord Jedburgh, his patent
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter nominating Mr [James] Johnston, secretary, to have place and vote in parliament
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speeches
        • Committee membership: king's letter
        • Procedure: dispensation
          
          • Dispensation to the lords of justiciary to sit
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 21 April 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for settling the orders in the parliament house
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • [George Melville], earl of Melville, his patent to be lord privy seal
        • Letter: to the king
          
          • The parliament's answer to the king's letter
        • Committee membership: elections and absents
        • Procedure: minutes to be signed
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 22 April 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Committee membership: elections, security and trade
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 April 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • His majesty's letter appointing [James Douglas], earl of Drumlanrig to sit and vote in this session of parliament as lord treasurer
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning members who had not signed the assurance
          • Act concerning members who had not taken the oath of allegiance
        • Procedure: absence and elections
        • Procedure: minutes to be read and signed
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 27 April 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: content of minutes
        • Warrant: process of treason
          
          • Warrant to their majesties' advocate to raise a process of treason against [Kenneth MacKenzie], earl of Seaforth and Mr Robert Calder
        • Procedure: protest
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 28 April 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Order: queen's birthday celebration
        • Legislation
          
          • Act fining absent barons and burghs
          • Act fining the absent noblemen
          • Act indemnifying William Fall, Thomas Neilson and James Wilson
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 2 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: minutes read and names of absentees
        • Procedure: recording absence
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a monthly fast
          • Act for [Henry Erskine], lord Cardross and Sir Colin Campbell [of Aberuchill] anent their losses
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 4 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a new supply out of the land rent
          • Act for levying of seamen
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 5 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absent members
          
          • Act for an additional excise
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 9 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken; absence excused
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 11 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act against false musters and free quarters, and anent due paying of their majesties' forces
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrant for sitting of inferior courts
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 12 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for the faithful curing and packing of herring and salmon fish
          • Act in favour of [Margaret Wemyss], countess of Wemyss
        • Procedure: protection
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 15 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: remit of fine for absence
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 17 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Order
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 19 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Warrant: new election
          
          • Warrant to the heritors of Forfarshire to elect commissioners
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for taking the oath of allegiance and assurance
        • Warrant: indictment for treason
          
          • Warrant to pursue Neville Payne
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 23 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remit in favour of [George Gordon], earl of Sutherland
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for the levy
          • Act against corresponding with France
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 25 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 26 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
      • Edinburgh 29 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for poll-money
          • Act ordering quartering for the bishop's rents in the bounds of the synod of Argyll and the Isles
        • Petition: protection
          
          • Protection in favour of John Skene of Hallyards
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Agnes Campbell
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 30 May 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protection renewed
        • Procedure: absence
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the session to 1 November
          • Act concerning citations to the first and second diets
          • Act concerning the preference of real rights
          • Act concerning the registers
          • Act for summary registrations
        • Warrant: processes of treason
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 2 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 5 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet in favour of Chiesley of Dalry
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of Captain William Burnett
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet of Sir William Sharp of Scotscraig against [Alexander Stewart], earl of Moray
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 7 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
        • Warrant
        • Legislation
          
          • Explanatory act in favour of [Robert Cunningham of] Auchenharvie anent the additional excise
          • [Explanatory act for additional excise]
          • Act anent advising concluded causes
          • Act anent the signing of interlocutors immediately after voting
          • Act anent the lords of session sitting in the outer house by turns
          • Act anent advocates subscribing the minutes of debate
          • Act anent the lord ordinary his not leaving the outer bench
        • Petition: remit to committee
          
          • Remit in favour of [Jean Nisbet], lady Harden
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 8 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet for [Gideon] Scott of Highchesters against [Sir John Dempster of] Pitliver
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 9 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Petition: remit to privy council
          
          • Remit in favour of Janet Knox
        • Procedure: order of business
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [Alexander Irvine of] Drum and his administrators
        • Order: process of treason
        • Petition: defendant
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 12 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Legislation
          
          • Act discharging Ramsay of Bamff, his fine
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Legislation
          
          • Act appointing the monthly fast to be upon each third Thursday
          • [Act for settling the quiet and peace of the church]
          • Act renewing the commission for plantation of kirk and valuation of teinds
          • Act anent the term of Whitsunday
          • Act anent [parsonages]
          • Act anent advising with open doors before the session
          • Act anent advising criminal processes with open doors
          • Act and ratification in favour of [George Melville], earl of Melville
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 13 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Order
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favour of [John Cunningham], earl of Glencairn
        • Procedure: order of business
        • Procedure: protest; act approved
          
          • Protestation of the burgh of Glasgow and merchants of Edinburgh against the act for a communication of trade to the burghs of barony, etc.
        • Order
        • Judicial proceeding: indictment and petition
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 14 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence
        • Committee membership: draft letter to king
        • Procedure: list of ratifications read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the common good of royal burghs
          • Act anent forfeited persons
          • Act in favour of the town of Edinburgh
          • Act anent the right making and measuring of linen cloth
          • Act in favour of the manufactory of linen cloth, woollen and baize
          • Act for encouraging of foreign trade
          • Act and ratification anent the communication of trade to burghs of barony and regality
          • Act in favour of the linen manufactory erecting them in a free incorporation
          • Act erecting the woollen manufactory of Newmills in an incorporation
        • Judicial proceeding: decreet over burnt papers
          
          • Decreet in favour of the children of Sir Thomas Stewart of Kirkfield
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of William Scott, cabinet maker, for the making of coaches
          • [Act in favour of Jean Home, widow of James Renton of Billie]
          • Act in favour of Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts
          • Act in favour of Doctor Chamberlain
          • Act in favour of Marmaduke Hudson
        • Procedure: chancellor absent; new president
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
        • Judicial proceedings: processes for debt and treason
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Edinburgh 15 June 1693
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remit to the justiciary of the process against [George Gordon], duke of Gordon and [Kenneth MacKenzie], earl of Seaforth
        • Letter: to the king
          
          • Letter by the parliament to his majesty
        • Legislation
          
          • Act prorogating the diet for ministers to take the oath of allegiance
          • Act ordaining the lords of session to judge anent the persons restored against their forfeitures
          • Act for the justiciary in the Highlands
          • Act in favour of [James Douglas], earl of Morton
          • Act against profaneness
          • Act and remit in favour of [Margaret Erskine], lady Castlehaven
        • Procedure: remit to commission
          
          • Remit to the commission for fines and forfeitures anent appeals for remedy at law
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of the town of Glasgow and Captain [William] Anderson
          • Act altering the quorum of the visitors of schools and colleges
          • Act in favour of the burgh of Irvine
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
          
          • Remit for revaluation to the privy council of the shire of Forfar
        • Procedure: remits
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favour of [George Melville], earl of Melville and [Patrick Hume], lord Polwarth
          • Act in favour of Sir Archibald Cockburn of Langton
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent reset, intercommuning and cal[...]
        • Procedure: commission established
          
          • Commission for regulation of judicatories
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent procuratories of resignation and precepts of sasine
          • [Act explaining an exception in the act anent patronages for the provostry of Hamilton]
        • Charters: ratifications
          
          • Ratification in favour of [John Hay], earl of Tweeddale
          • Ratification in favour of [Margaret Leslie], countess of Rothes
          • Ratification in favour of the Merchant Company of Edinburgh
          • Ratification in favour of the Canongate
          • Ratification in favour of the butchers of Edinburgh
          • Protestation the land market butchers against the same
          • Ratification in favour of John Rose of Newck
          • Ratification in favour of [George] Moncrieff of Reidie
          • Ratification in favour of Mr Archibald Hope of Rankeilour, one of the senators of the college of justice
          • Ratification in favour of James Hamilton of Little Earnock
          • Ratification in favour of [Anne Scott], duchess of Buccleuch and [James Scott], earl of Dalkeith, her son
          • Ratification in favour of Thomas Hay of Balhousie
          • Ratification in favour of Sir John Scott of Ancrum
          • Ratification in favour of Mr John Kerr, son to [Robert Kerr], earl of Lothian
          • Ratification in favour of the town of Edinburgh
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Edinburgh, 18 April 1693
        
        • [Opening of session; protests over precedency; members excused]
        • [Patent reads; oaths taken]
        • [King's letter read; speeches made; committees to be appointed]
        • [Absent members; committee appointed]
        • [Justice court given dispensation to meet; continuation]
      • 21 April 1693
        
        • [Members excused; oaths taken]
        • [Ordering of house; oaths taken]
        • [Patent and king's letter read; letter to king approved]
        • [Oath taken; committee appointed; petition read and witness cited]
        • [Minutes ordered to be signed; continuation]
      • 22 April 1693
        
        • [Ordering the house; oaths taken; addition to committee membership]
        • [Overtures read and debated; committees appointed]
        • [Continuation]
      • 25 April 1693
        
        • [Member admitted; oaths taken; public fast ordered]
        • [Opinion of committee read; patent granted; ordering the house]
        • [Report concerning absent members read and debated; penalties agreed]
        • [Election in Forfar; witnesses cited]
        • [Report read and laid open; committees ordered to meet; minutes ordered to be read and signed]
        • [Continuation]
      • 27 April 1693
        
        • [Oaths taken; protest over precedency; content of parliamentary minutes]
        • [Reports read; paper concerning defence of the country read and laid open]
        • [Justice court appointed to sit; continuation]
      • 28 April 1693
        
        • [Correction of error in minutes; orders of house to be published]
        • [Celebration of queen's birthday; report for additional excise read and debated]
        • [Paper remitted; debate concerning absent members]
        • [Process called and delayed; assurance of life given to witnesses]
        • [Petitions read and laid open; continuation]
      • 2 May 1693
        
        • [Oaths taken; minutes of previous sederunt read; absent members not excused]
        • [Member excused; act levying sailors ordered to be drawn; amendments made to act for a monthly fast]
        • [Defence of the country debated and report approved; proclamation approved]
        • [Petitions read; warrants granted; continuation]
      • In parliament, 4 May 1693
        
        • [Acts approved; report read]
        • [Act read and delayed; acts given royal assent]
        • [Petitions read and date appointed for discussing the causes therein]
        • [Act read and laid open; acts ordered to be prepared; continuation]
      • 5 May 1693
        
        • [Minutes of previous sederunt read; no copies to be issued until they are printed]
        • [Act for additional excise debate and amended; act fining absent members debated and approved]
        • [Act approved and ordered to be printed; petition remitted; act laid open]
        • [Remit to committee; debts accrued by the forces; continuation]
      • 9 May 1693
        
        • [Oaths taken and members admitted; member refused admittance]
        • [Patent read; members excused; minutes of previous sederunt read]
        • [Act approved; petitions continued; continuation]
      • 11 May 1693
        
        • [Act given royal assent; minutes of previous sederunt read; members excused]
        • [Proposals for poll and hearth money remitted; act for levying troops remitted]
        • [Act amended and approved; dispensation granted; petitions read and continued]
        • [Continuation]
      • 12 May 1693
        
        • [Member admitted; act given royal assent; representation read and warrant granted; petition read and continued]
        • [Process debated and remitted; protection granted; continuation]
      • 15 May 1693
        
        • [Member excused; oaths taken; member admitted]
        • [Minutes of previous sederunt read; process continued]
        • [Electors in Forfar examined; oaths ordered to be taken]
        • [Continuation]
      • 17 May 1693
        
        • [Members excused; copy minutes seized; minutes of previous sederunt read]
        • [Surplus of sailors on ships to Holland; act read, amended and delayed; warrant granted]
      • 19 May 1693
        
        • [Members admitted; process continued; warrant granted]
        • [Representation read and continued; petitions continued]
        • [Warrants granted; petition approved; acts read]
        • [Letter from king read; act for the levy debated and delayed; warrant granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • 23 May 1693
        
        • [Members admitted; members excused; minutes of previous sederunt read]
        • [Act given royal assent; petition remitted; acts approved]
        • [Process remitted; warrants granted; acts given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • 25 May 1693
        
        • [Members admitted; minutes of previous sederunt read; petition delayed]
        • [Act read and debated; continuation]
      • 26 May 1693
        
        • [Session adjourned; inferior courts ordered to administer justice]
        • [Acts approved; continuation]
      • 29 May 1693
        
        • [Remit to the committee for security; act given royal assent]
        • [Petitions read; delayed and granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday 30 May 1693
        
        • [Protections renewed; minutes of previous sederunt read; fine for absence excused]
        • [Acts approved and remitted]
        • [Remit to committee for security; warrants granted]
        • [Acts approved and remitted; acts given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday 2 June 1693
        
        • [Members admitted; minutes of previous sederunt read; petition remitted to committee]
        • [Acts read and approved; petition remitted to committee]
        • [Acts read and approved; continuation]
      • Monday 5 June 1693
        
        • [Members admitted; acts read, remitted and approved]
        • [Petition read and certification granted; report approved]
        • [Petitions read, approved and remitted; continuation]
      • Wednesday 7 June 1693
        
        • [Case of the heritors of Forfar remitted to privy council; acts read and approved]
        • [Warrant granted; act approved; acts given royal assent]
        • [Act, petition and overture remitted; cause against the Lord Blantyre delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday 8 June 1693
        
        • [Acts read and approved]
        • [Cause against the Lord Blantyre debated and warrant granted]
        • [Cause against Sir John Dempster of Pitliver debated]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday 9 June 1693
        
        • [Acts read and continued; overture and report remitted]
        • [Order of business; act and petition read]
        • [Assistant to advocate appointed; petition read and warrant granted]
        • [Order of business; cause against the Lord Blantyre debated]
        • [Continuation]
      • Monday 12 June 1693
        
        • [Fine for absence excused; addition to petition; cause against the Lord Blantyre laid aside]
        • [Public fast appointed; acts read and approved; acts given royal assent]
        • [Commission to be prepared; petitions read and continued]
        • [Continuation]
      • 13 June 1693
        
        • [Interlocutor approved; petition read; prisoner to be brought before parliament]
        • [Act approved; debts due to the earl of Glencairn; order of business]
        • [Acts and petition approved]
        • [Act ordered to be published; act approved; commission read]
        • [Indictment read; petition read and witnesses cited; continuation]
      • Wednesday 14 June 1693
        
        • [Member excused; minutes of previous sederunt read; committee appointed]
        • [Act ordered to be brought in; list of ratifications read and continued; commission approved]
        • [Acts and report approved; recommendation in favour of Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts; acts given royal assent]
        • [Petition ordered to be brought in; proposal remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions read and granted; act continued]
        • [Earl of Crawford appointed president for this diet only; various causes remitted to privy council]
        • [Cause against the creditors of Corshill delayed; petition, act and process continued to the following sederunt]
      • Thursday 15 June 1693
        
        • [Act approved; process remitted; warrant granted]
        • [Letter to king approved; acts approved and amended]
        • [Act delayed; earl of Morton's case recommended to king; act approved]
        • [Petition read and cause remitted; appeals from court of session remitted to commission for fines and forfeitures]
        • [Member excused; act approved; fairs granted]
        • [Ratifications passed and protests against; quorum for commission for visitation of universities; act remitted]
        • [Acts given royal assent; acts ordered to be printed; petitions read]
        • [Parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee of controverted elections
      
      • 25 April 1693
        
        • [Report of the committee of controverted elections concerning the taking of oaths of parliament]
      • 23 May 1693
        
        • [Report of the committee for controverted elections concerning the losses of Captain William Burnett of Balfour]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • 25 April 1693
        
        • [President continued; raising of additional forces]
        • [Continuation]
        • [Calculation of the sums]
      • 26 April 1693
        
        • [Methods for raising a supply; continuation]
        • [Continuation of excise; raising of supply by cess]
      • 27 April 1693
        
        • [Report of the committee for security of the kingdom concerning the raising of additional forces]
        • [Paper relating to the security of the kingdom]
      • 8 May 1693
        
        • [Reference to subcommittee of the petition given in by the persons who were fined and forfeited]
      • 9 May 1693
        
        • [Remit to a subcommittee concerning the three months' cess and hearth money]
        • [Minutes of the subcommittee concerning the hearth money]
        • [Order of subcommittee concerning the delivering of precepts]
        • [Report of the subcommittee concerning the petition of the persons fined and forfeited]
      • 22 May 1693
        
        • [Sederunt]
      • 29 May 1693
        
        • [Remit to the committee for security of the kingdom for preparing acts]
      • 3 June 1693
        
        • [Warrant for production of claims and processes of fines and forfeitures]
      • [Undated: 1693, 18 April x 15 June]
        
        • [Report concerning the taking of the oath]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for trade
      
      • [24 April 1693]
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [President chosen; memorial read; act amended, approved and ordered to be presented]
        • [Memorial read and returned; accounts requested of arrears due to the army]
      • 25 April 1693
        
        • [Salt for curing herring and salmon; act amended, approved and ordered to be presented]
        • [Measurement of barley and malt; continuation]
      • 3 May 1693
        
        • [Absence of committee members; report read; account of arrears due to several regiments]
        • [Copy memorandum; addition to subcommittee membership; report of subcommittee approved]
        • [Account of charge and discharge of arrears remitted to subcommittee; production of accounts]
        • [Settlement of a foreign plantation; delegation to attend king's commissioner and lord secretaries; continuation]
        • [Act amended, approved and sent with delegation; overtures for advancement of trade read]
        • [Act read and amendment refused; act approved and ordered to be presented; continuation]
      • 5 May 1693
        
        • [Act read and amended; memorandum read; amendment to act read and rejected]
        • [Accounts of debts; charter read and act amended; additional clause offered]
      • 6 May 1693
        
        • [Order of committee concerning the accounts held by the privy council; clause voted and approved]
        • [Petition submitted and returned to petitioner for amendments; petition read]
        • [Overture concerning the manufacture of linen and relative acts read; records of previous committee requested]
        • [Uniformity of linen cloth sold within the kingdom; subcommittee appointed to drawn the act concerning the linen cloth]
      • Edinburgh, 8 May 1693
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning the manufacture of linen ordered to be drawn]
        • [Petitions read; act ordered to be drawn; continuation]
        • [Overture approved and act ordered to be drawn; petition read]
        • [Memorandum and declaration read; subcommittee concerning the arrears of the army appointed; continuation]
      • 9 May 1693
        
        • [Petition read and remitted to subcommittee; memorandum read and opinion given; act presented to committee]
      • 10 May 1693
        
        • [Accounts of the arrears due to the country submitted; act concerning linen cloth read]
        • [Petitions read and granted; continuation]
        • [Rolls called; exportation of wool and skins debated; continuation]
      • 16 May 1693
        
        • [Rolls called and president chosen; acts read; exportation of wool and skins discharged]
        • [Act approved repealing 1672 act penalising heritors; act read; continuation]
        • [Manufacturers of woollen cards ordered to attend committee; act concerning ships of war to secure trade ordered to be drawn]
        • [Overvaluing of money to be considered; continuation]
      • 17 May 1693
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning linen cloth approved]
      • Edinburgh, 22 May 1693
        
        • [President chosen; manufacturers of woollen cards ordered to attend committee; act read and laid open]
        • [Overture read and acts ordered to be drawn; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 24 May 1693
        
        • [President chosen; act read and laid open; report read; act read and approved]
        • [Acts ordered to be drawn; act approved and ordered to be presented; act read]
      • Edinburgh, 1 June 1693
        
        • [President chosen; act read]
        • [Act read and any objections ordered to be submitted; subcommittee in favour of Newmills appointed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 2 June 1693
        
        • [President chosen; report in favour of Newmills read]
        • [Act concerning linen cloth read; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 3 June 1693
        
        • [Acts read and amended; act read; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 6 June 1693
        
        • [President chosen; act read and approved]
        • [Observations of act for communication of trade read; act read; continuation]
        • [Debate concerning the objections against the act for communication of trade; petition read and further consideration ordered]
        • [Act read and approved; order of business; continuation]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 18 April 1693
        
        • [Speech of the duke of Hamilton to parliament]
        • [Speech of the earl of Tweeddale to parliament]
      • 22 April 1693
        
        • [Memorial concerning the defence of the country and security of trade]
        • [Remit of parliament to the committee for security of the kingdom]
      • 27 April 1693
        
        • [Report of the committee for security of the kingdom]
        • [Paper relating to the security of the kingdom]
      • 4 May 1693
        
        • [Petition of Andrew Kerr of Morriston]
        • [Petition of William Anderson]
      • 12 May 1693
        
        • [Declinator for the countess of Wemyss]
      • 19 May 1693
        
        • [Warrant for citing Alexander Aytoun of Inchdairnie]
      • 29 May 1693
        
        • [Petition of Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts]
      • 2 June 1693
        
        • [Petition for the persons forfeited and fined]
      • 7 June 1693
        
        • [Proposal for reducing the annualrents]
      • 9 June 1693
        
        • [Act for abolishing the commissariat courts]
        • [Reasons why the commissariat courts ought to be abolished]
        • [Reasons for disjoining the burgh of Ayr from the commissariat of Glasgow]
      • 13 June 1693
        
        • [Petition of the New Church of the Canongate]
      • 14 June 1693
        
        • [List of the burned writs of which the tenor is approved]
        • [Supplication of Marmaduke Hudson and Mr William Hog]
      • 15 June 1693
        
        • [List of fairs and markets]
        • [Petition for the burgh of Irvine]