• William II: Manuscript
  
  • 1695, 9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [9 May 1695]
        
        • Procedure: opening of parliament
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission for the marques of Tweddal to be king's commissioner
        • Procedure: president named and takes oaths
        • Procedure: protests over precedency
        • Procedure: absence excused
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • The king's letter naming the Lord Yester to sit and vote as high tresaurer during this session of parliament
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • The king's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speeches and printing order
        • Procedure: orders of house read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 14th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protest over precedency
        • Procedure: minutes and their revision
        • Order: general fast
        • Resolution
        • Committee membership: elections
      • May 16th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: members excused; minutes read
        • Proclamation
          
          • Act [and proclamation] for a solemn fast
        • Address
          
          • Address of condoleance from the estates of parliament to his majesty on the death of the late Queen Mary of blessed memory
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Procedure: report on disputed election
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: king's letter read again; remits to committees
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 21st 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken; minutes read
        • Procedure: draft act read, amended and back to committee
        • Procedure: act to lie on the table
        • Committee membership: for appeals
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: committee report read
        • Resolution
        • Procedure: commission of enquiry: Glencoe
        • Procedure: memorial read; lie on the table
        • Procedure: committee report read; lie on the table
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 23rd 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken; minutes read
        • Procedure: committee powers debated
        • Procedure: commission for Glencoe enquiry read; thanks to the king
        • Procedure: commission for fines and forfeitures continued
        • Procedure: act read, voted and approved
        • Petition: to lie on the table
        • Procedure: draft acts remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 24th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Petitions: read: continued or remitted
        • Committee membership: for private bills
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Evan McGrigor
        • Procedure: draft act remitted to committee
        • Procedure: motion from committee for law commission read and remitted back
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 27th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: precedency; oaths taken; minutes
        • Procedure: committee report on supply voted and approved
        • Procedure: court of session adjournment
        • Procedure: committee report on process: approved
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet Sir William against George McKenzie of Rosehaugh
        • Petition: remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 28th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; session adjourned
        • Procedure: draft act read; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: motion and resolve read; position of pole and army arrears remitted to committee
        • Procedure: draft act remitted to committee
        • Petitions: remitted to committees
        • Procedure: act touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act regulating citations before the parliament
        • Procedure: motion remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 30th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Petition: army officers: read and remitted to committee
        • Procedure: draft act read and approved
        • Procedure: draft commission for revising laws debated and continued
        • Procedure: motion remitted to committee
        • Procedure: draft act read and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • May 31st 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; absence excused
        • Procedure: act touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the summer session till the first of July
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 3rd 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; report ordered
        • Procedure: motions read concerning supply and excise
        • Procedure: commissioner's report
        • Procedure: remit back to committee
        • Procedure: committee report read; to lie on the table
        • Judicial proceeding: treason
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 4th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Warrant: new election
        • Procedure: overtures invited
        • Procedure: draft act read: to lie on the table
        • Procedure: act read, voted and approved
        • Procedure: memorial read and remitted to committee
        • Procedure: draft act read; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: draft act read, voted and approved
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 6th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; report continued
        • Procedure: draft act read; amended; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: motion to reduce custom on victual; king to be protected
        • Procedure: motion from committee read
        • Procedure: act read, amended and approved
        • Petitions: remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 7th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; permission to plead
        • Procedure: draft act read: to lie on the table
        • Procedure: act read; remitted back to committee
        • Procedure: draft act read: to lie on the table
        • Procedure: draft of act ordered
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Procedure: draft act read; remitted to committee
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: acts touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the justice court
          • Act anent principals and cautioners
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 10th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Judicial proceeding: motion concerning Glencoe and process of treason
        • Order
        • Procedure: address read; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: draft act read; to lie on the table
        • Judicial proceedings: permission to plead
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 12th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read and absence excused
        • Judicial proceeding: permission to plead
        • Procedure: address remitted to committee; warrant to cite protesters
        • Petition: read and approved
        • Procedure: committee report read
        • Procedure: memorial read; to lie on the table
        • Petitions: read and continued
        • Procedure: draft act read and remitted to committee
        • Petition: read again
        • Procedure: draft act read; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 14th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Judicial proceeding: date set for process
        • Procedure: memorial again read; back to committee for draft act
        • Judicial proceeding: treason process continued
        • Procedure: motion for report from Glencoe commission
        • Procedure: draft act read and continued
        • Petitions
        • Petition: recommendation
        • Procedure: draft act read: to lie on the table
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 18th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; motion for report from Glencoe commission
        • Procedure: committee reports on supply read and debated
        • Procedure: memorial read again; remitted to committee and printed
        • Procedure: act touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act regulating the sale and payment off bankrupts' estates
        • Judicial proceedings: process and precedency continued
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: draft act read; to lie on the table
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 20th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; letter from king read
        • Procedure: motion for report from commission on Glencoe
        • Procedure: commissioner's report: Glencoe
        • Procedure: act for supply read, voted, approved, touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for six moneths' supply upon the land-rent
        • Procedure: draft acts remitted to committee
        • Procedure: overture read and remitted to committee
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 21st 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; absence excused
        • Procedure: motion from committee read and remitted back
        • Procedure: agreed king's letter to be be printed
      • June 24th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minuted read; absence excused
        • Procedure: consideration of report on Glencoe
        • Judicial proceeding: process continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 26th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence excused; minutes read
        • Procedure: debate over Glencoe enquiry
        • Procedure: order of business
        • Procedure: act read, voted, approved and touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for a company tradeing to Affrica and the Indies
        • Procedure: supplication read and remitted to committee
        • Procedure: act remitted to committee
        • Judicial proceeding: indictment for treason
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 27th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; act read, voted and touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the session till the first day off November 1695
        • Judicial proceeding: process remitted to committee
        • Committee membership: quorum for private affairs
        • Procedure: committee instructed to report
        • Procedure: act amended, voted, approved, touched, printed
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for pole-money
        • Judicial proceeding: permission to plead
        • Procedure: draft act read, debate delayed
        • Procedure: order of business
        • Judicial proceeding: permission for funds while process continued
        • Legislation
          
          • Act Sir James Ramsay and his lady against the earle and countess of Seaforth
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • June 28th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: members excused; minutes read
        • Procedure: acts read, voted, approved and touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act against blasphemy
          • Act against irregular baptisms and mariages
          • Act against prophaness
          • Act for restraining the prophanation of the Lord's day, by keeping weekly-mercats on Monday and Saturday
        • Procedure: debate over Glencoe enquiry
        • Procedure: act proposed, remitted to committee
        • Judicial proceeding: process of treason continued
        • Procedure: draft act remitted to committee; act read and approved
        • Judicial proceeding: petition read over process of debt
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 1st 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; acts read, voted and approved
        • Legislation
          
          • Act of deprivation against Mr Thomas Craven, Mr Andrew Burnet and Mr Alexander Thomson, ministers
        • Warrant
        • Judicial proceedings: decreet
          
          • Decreet the earles of Roxburgh, Galloway, Haddingtoun and Kelly against the earle of Lothian
        • Judicial proceedings: decreet
          
          • Decreet in favours off Mr Thomas Skeen
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the King's Colledge of Old Aberdeen
        • Judicial proceeding: decreet
          
          • Decreet the hiers of Carnock and their husbands against Sir Thomas Niccolson of Tillicultrie
        • Judicial proceeding: indictment read; date set for trial
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 2nd 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: members excused; minutes read; oaths taken
        • Judicial proceedings: treason processes and verdicts
        • Procedure: Glencoe inquiry
        • Committee membership
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 4th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; absence excused
        • Order: arrest
        • Procedure: remit to court of session
          
          • Remitt to the session the action at the instance of the magistrats of Edinburgh against the earle of Melvil
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 5th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: recommendations
          
          • Recomendation in favors of Sir David of Carnegy of Pitarrow
          • Recomendation in favors of the laird of Lundin
        • Legislation
          
          • Act discharging and assoilying Pitfoddels from the proces of treason against him remitted to the justice court
          • Act of liberation in favors of Mr Andrew Burnet, Mr Thomas Creavie and Mr Alexander Thomson, ministers
          • Act and remitt to the session the cause at the town of Edinburgh's instance against Aeneas McLeod, their clerk
          • Act for encouraging of preachers at vacant churches benorth Forth
          • Act anent the ease of annualrents due by persons restored and anent the creditors' diligence to be used against them
          • Act anent the mint
          • Act anent the quorum of the commission of tiends
          • Act anent the duty on Scots muslin
          • Act anent the post-office
          • Explanatory act anent the excise of brandy
          • Act in favors of James Lyell of Gairden anent an oyl manufactory and rabbet and hairskin manuffactory
          • Act in favors of Hope of Kerse and co[partnery] for erecting a manufactory for making of gun-powder and allom
          • Act against intruding into churches without a legal call and admission thereto
          • Act anent lands lying run-rig
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 8th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read; committee to consider quota shortfall
        • Order: arrest
        • Procedure: Glencoe inquiry
        • Procedure: act read and amended
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favors of the Glencoemen
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 9th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: reports on ministers examined
        • Legislation
          
          • Act removing Mr Bernard McKenzie out of the presbytrie of Haddingtoun
          • Act for a general collection in favors of the burgh of Cullen
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 10th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Address: to the king
          
          • Address by the parliament to the king touching the murder of the Glencoemen
        • Procedure: recommendation to commissioner; parliament's thanks
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation to the king in favours of the laird off Grant
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for obviating the frauds of appearand heirs
          • Act anent the repetition off fines
          • Act for a manufactory of white paper
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 11th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Order: clerks and collectors of supply
        • Procedure: committee report read and approved; act to be drafted
        • Legislation
          
          • Act discharging poppish persons to prejudge their Protestant heirs in succession
          • Act in favours of the linen manufactory
        • Procedure: protection
          
          • Protection in favours of Glencoe and his friends
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and remitt in favours of Park and Rothemay
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • July 12th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favours of Charles, lord Frazer
        • Judicial proceedings: decreet
          
          • Decreet Sir John Dempster against the earle and countess douager of Seaforth
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and remitt in favours of the lady douager of Bellhaven
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recomendation in favours of Alexander Duff of Bracco
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and remitt in favours of the synod of Argile
          • Act and remitt in favours of the late bishop of the Isles
      • July 15th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act expelling John Dick, commissioner for the burgh of Stirlin, from being a member of parliament, and warrant granted for electing one in his place
        • Committee membership: accounts of tacksmen
        • Procedure: adjournment
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favours of Heriot's Hospital
      • July 16th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Committee membership: commission for accounts of tacksmen
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning the church
          • Act for the additional and annexed excises
          • Act for continuing the additional excise till March 1697, with three moneths' farther cess
          • Act for preservation of meadowes, lands and pasturages, lying adjacent to sand-hills
          • Act for turning the tack of the pole 1693 into a collection
          • Act in favours of the laird of Hopetoun
          • Act and commission for reviseing the lawes
          • Act in favours of Sir James Stuart, his majesties' advocat
          • Act in favours off the burgh of Air
          • Act in favours of the burgh of Aberdeen
          • Act in favours of the town of Irwin
          • Act in favours of the laird of Culloden
      • July 17th 1695
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for the encouraging the exportation of victual
          • Act for the leavies
          • Act for additional imposition upon forraign commodities imported
          • Act anent burying in Scots linen
          • Act anent the skinners
          • Act anent the justiciary of the Highlands
          • Act concerning the dividing of commonties
          • Act for discharging the venting of rum
          • Act anent letters passing the signet
          • Act anent executry in moveables
          • Act allowing the administrators of the common good of burrowes to adventure their stocks, or any part therof, in the company of forraign trade
          • Act anent the poor
          • Act in favours of the earle of Marishall's Colledge of Aberdeen
        • Petitions: recommendations
          
          • Recommendation to the king in favours of Kirkfield
          • Recommendation to the king in favours of Sir Colin Campbel of Aberuchil
          • Recommendation in favours of the laird of Culloden
          • Recommendation in favours of the children of Sir Andrew Dick
          • Recommendation in favours of Elizabeth Duncan and her sone
          • Recommendation in favours of Mrs Gilespie
          • Recommendation in favours of Captain Lockhart of Kirktoun
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt Mr James Daes and James Hay to the session
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and recommendation in favours of James Bain
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt to the session the cause [of] Crawfurd of Montqhany and Sir Thomas Kennedy
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation to the king in favours of Kilmaronock
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and remitt to the session in favours of the laird of Glenkindie
          • Act in favours of George Bailie of Jerviswood
        • Petitions: recommendations
          
          • Recomendation in favours of William Boick and others
          • Recommendation in favours of the laird of Culbin
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favours of the laird of Langtoun
          • Act in favours of William Beattie
        • Petitions: recommendations
          
          • Recommendation in favours of the burgh of Fortross
          • Recommendation in favours of John Spotswood
        • Judicial proceedings: process
          
          • Decreet in favours of Mrs Lilias Stuart
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recomendation in favours of provost Currie
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favours of comb-makers
          • Act in favours of Alexander Fearn
          • Act in favours off William Scot
          • Act in favours off Robert Douglas
          • Act in favours off John Adair and Captain Slezer
          • Act in favours off Whitefield Heyter and others
          • Act in favours off the heirs of tailzie of Mauldslie
          • Act for erecting a publick bank
          • Act in favours of the burgh of Dysart
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Culros
          • Act in favours of the dutchess of Hamilton for three yearly fairs
          • Act in favors of William Gordon for four fairs yearly
          • Act in favors of the earle of Glencairne for two free fairs
          • Act in favours of Robert Hamilton of Airdry for 4 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favours of Balquhaple for 4 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of Buchanan of Leny for 4 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Brechin
          • Act in favors of Watson of Dunekeir for 3 free fairs at Path-head
          • Act in favours of Forbes of Watertoun for 4 free fairs
          • Act in favors of Lockhart of Carnwath for 2 free fairs
          • Act in favors of the burgh of North Berwick for 2 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favours of Cochran of Kilmaronock for 4 free fairs
          • Act in favours of Cumming of Altar for 2 free fairs
          • Act changeing the weekly mercat of Lauder
          • Act in favors of the earle of Galloway for 2 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Dysart for 3 free fairs
          • Act in favours of Campbell of Innerliver for 2 free fairs
          • Act in favors of Gordon of Lessmore for 3 mercats
          • Act in favours of the burgh of Innerkiething for 1 free fair
          • Act in favours of the burgh of Dingwal for 1 free fair
          • Act in favours of the earle of Haddingtoun for 1 free fair
          • Act in favors of Boyl of Kelburn for 2 free fairs
          • Act in favours of the laird of Luss for 4 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of the toun of Dumbartan for 2 free fairs
          • Act in favors of Sir Thomas Stuart of Kirkfield for 2 free fairs and 2 weekly mercats
          • Act in favors of Kieth of Fedderat for 3 fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of Sir Robert Sinclair of Stevinson for 2 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favours of John Rose of Nuik for 2 free fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of Craufurd of Montquhannie changing 2 fairs
          • Act in favours of John, lord Murray for 2 fairs
          • Act in favours of the earle of Lothian for 1 fair and 1 weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of Lennox of Woodhead
          • Act in favors of the Lord Duffus for 2 free fairs and 1 mercat
          • Act in favours of Anderson of Westertoun for 2 fairs
          • Act in favours of the earl of Cassilis for 2 fairs and 1 mercat
          • Act in favours of the earl of Melvil for 2 fairs
          • Act in favors of Campbell of Aberuchill for 4 fairs
          • Act in favours of William Cuningham
        • Charters: ratifications
          
          • Ratification in favours of Sir John Hall off Dunglass
          • Ratification in favors of the chirurgeons and chirurgeon apothecaries of Edinburgh
          • Ratification in favors of the nyn trades in Dundee
          • Ratification in favours of the burgh of Breichen
          • Ratification in favors of the candlemakers of Edinburgh
          • Ratification in favors off the wakers and litsters of Dundee
          • Ratification in favors of Spitle of Leuchquhat
          • Ratification in favors of the periwigmakers
          • Ratification in favours of James Lindsay of Dowhill
          • Ratification in favors of the coupars of Glasgow
          • Ratification in favors of William Fairly of Bruntsfield
          • Ratification in favors of William Mure of Rouallan
          • Ratification in favors of Sir William Stuart of Castlemilk
          • Ratification in favours of the viscount of Tarbat and protestation the city of Edinburgh against the same
          • Ratification in favors of Sir James Falconer of Phesdo
          • Ratification of the lands of Kilbryd in favours of William Cuningham
          • Ratification in favours of James Turner
      • [14 June 1695]
        
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favours of Jean Porterfield, relict of Mr Robert Martine
      • July 17 1695
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Edinburgh, 9th Maii 1695
        
        • [Opening of session; protest over precedency; members excused]
        • [Disputed election remitted; oaths taken; king's letter read and speeches made]
        • [Letter and speeches ordered to be printed; ordering of house; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 14 Maii 1695
        
        • [Protest over precedency; minutes of previous sederunt read; public fast appointed]
        • [Committee appointed to prepare address of condolence; committees appointed; motion remitted]
      • Edinburgh, 16 Maii 1695
        
        • [Members excused; minutes of previous of sederunt read; proclamation read and given royal assent]
        • [Address of condolence approved; acts continued and remitted; report approved]
        • [Petitions granted; king's letter remitted to committees; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 21 Maii 1695
        
        • [Oaths taken; minutes of previous sederunt read; act remitted]
        • [Order of business; committee appointed; complaint remitted]
        • [Petitions read; report read and approved; commission read and approved]
        • [Memorial read and continued; report read and continued]
        • [Continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 23 Maii 1695
        
        • [Oaths taken; minutes of previous sederunt read; remit of committee]
        • [Printed minutes amended; commission read and debated]
        • [1690 commission for fines and forfeitures read; business remitted to committee for security; act approved]
        • [Petition continued; act remitted to committee; continuation]
      • 24 Maii 1695
        
        • [Petitions read; lords of session allowed to judge in these cases]
        • [Act and commission remitted to committee; continuation]
      • 27 Maii 1695
        
        • [Protest over precedency; oaths taken; minutes of previous sederunt read]
        • [Report concerning the supply approved; motion for adjourning the session delayed]
        • [Report debated and approved; petition remitted to committee; continuation]
      • 28 Maii 1695
        
        • [Session adjourned; act continued; motion read, debated and remitted]
        • [Act and petitions remitted; act given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • 30 Maii 1695
        
        • [Order of business; petition read and remitted; act approved]
        • [Acts read and delayed; motion remitted; continuation]
      • 31 Maii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; act given royal assent; witnesses cited]
        • [Continuation]
      • 3rd Junii 1695
        
        • [Motions made; petition concerning additional excise read, debated and remitted]
        • [Report read and delayed; petition remitted to committee for security]
        • [Treason process called and delayed; continuation]
      • 4th Junii 1695
        
        • [Warrant for new election granted; overtures for the supply; act delayed]
        • [Act approved; memorial remitted and warrant granted; act laid open]
        • [Act approved; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 6th Junii 1695
        
        • [Report read and delayed; act amended and delayed; motion read and act ordered to be drawn]
        • [Motion read; act approved; petition remitted and warrant granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • 7th Junii 1695
        
        • [Advocate appointed; acts delayed; act remitted]
        • [Act ordered to be brought in; committee appointed; act remitted]
        • [Petitions read and granted; petitions remitted]
        • [Petition read and laid open; act given royal assent; continuation]
      • 10 Junii 1695
        
        • [Enquiry into slaughter of the Glencoe men; summons of treason to be raised; prisoner committed to Edinburgh castle]
        • [Address read and delayed; act read and delayed; advocates appointed]
        • [Continuation]
      • 12 Junii 1695
        
        • [Members excused; minutes of previous sederunt read; advocate appointed]
        • [Address read and remitted; warrant granted; petition approved]
        • [Report read; memorial read and laid open; protests over precedency]
        • [Petition read and witness cited; act remitted to committee; petition read]
        • [Act read and laid open; continuation]
      • 14 Junii 1695
        
        • [Report read and day appointed to hear the said cause; memorial read and remitted]
        • [Treason process delayed; commission to report; act read]
        • [Petition read and warrant granted; petition read and granted]
        • [Recommendation made; act read and delayed; continuation]
      • 18 Junii 1695
        
        • [Commission to report; report read and debated]
        • [Memorial read, laid open and ordered to be printed; act given royal assent]
        • [Cause delayed; petition read and laid open]
        • [Petitions remitted to committee; act read and laid open; continuation]
      • 20 Junii 1695
        
        • [Letter from the king read; commission to report; act read, approved and given royal assent]
        • [Nominations for commissioners for the supply; acts read and remitted]
        • [Overture read and remitted; petition granted; continuation]
      • 21 Junii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; motion read and remitted; king's letter ordered to be printed]
        • [Treason process delayed; cause delayed; act read and amendments remitted to committee]
        • [Motion read and remitted; petition remitted; report ordered to be brought in]
        • [Petition read and remitted; continuation]
      • 24 Junii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; report concerning the slaughter of the Glencoe men read and debated]
        • [Cause delayed; continuation]
      • 26 Junii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; minutes of previous sederunt read; enquiry into slaughter of the Glencoe men]
        • [Act read and delayed; order of business; act given royal assent]
        • [Supplication remitted; act remitted; order of business]
        • [Continuation]
      • 27 Junii 1695
        
        • [Act given royal assent; process remitted to committee; quorum of committte for private affairs]
        • [Order of business; act read, debated and given royal assent; petition read and granted]
        • [Cause delayed; act delayed]
        • [Cause debated; continuation]
      • 28 Junii 1695
        
        • [Members excused; minutes of previous of sederunt read; acts approved and given royal assent]
        • [Enquiry into slanderous print]
        • [Enquiry into slaughter of the Glencoe men; witnesses cited]
        • [Proposal remitted; treason process delayed; act remitted]
        • [Petition read; continuation]
      • 1st Julii 1695
        
        • [Acts and report approved; warrant granted]
        • [Cause heard and petition granted; report approved; protest over precedency]
        • [Petition granted; report approved]
        • [Process delayed; indictment read and the accused committed to prison]
        • [Treason process considered and delayed; continuation]
      • 2nd Julii 1695
        
        • [Members excused; minutes of previous sederunt read; oaths taken]
        • [Cause delayed; treason process called, debated and approved]
        • [Remit to justice court; petition read]
        • [Enquiry into slaughter of the Glencoe men; warrant granted]
        • [Acts approved; petitions remitted to committee for private affairs]
        • [Quorum of committee of trade; continuation]
      • 4 Julii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; execution read and warrant granted]
        • [Petition read; act read and delayed; overture remitted to committee for security]
        • [Acts laid open; acts approved; ratifications to be revised]
        • [Continuation]
      • 5 Julii 1695
        
        • [Quorum of committee; petitions read and remitted; cause remitted]
        • [Petitions read, remitted and refused; act approved]
        • [Acts given royal assent; act ordered to be printed; continuation]
      • 8 Julii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; additional supply; certification granted]
        • [Enquiry into the slaughter of the Glencoe men; address remitted]
        • [Report remitted; act approved; act laid open]
        • [Continuation]
      • 9 Julii 1695
        
        • [Address read and laid open; minister dismissed; report approved]
        • [Order of business; minister dismissed; petition read and remitted]
        • [Petition granted; act approved; continuation]
      • 10 Julii 1695
        
        • [Act ordered to be reprinted; address amended and approved; thanks of parliament]
        • [Protection issued; report and act approved; overture remitted]
        • [Act approved; acts given royal assent; report remitted to committee]
        • [Continuation]
      • 11 Julii 1695
        
        • [Members excused; commissioners for the supply continued; report approved]
        • [Cause remitted to session; act read; act given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • 12 Julii 1695
        
        • [Member excused; act approved; act remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions read and remitted to committee; act read and remitted to committee]
        • [Representation remitted to committee; act read and delayed; acts approved]
        • [Petition remitted to committee; petition granted; petition delayed]
        • [Report approved; petition and report remitted to the session]
        • [Report recommended to king; act read and recommendation made to privy council]
        • [Continuation]
      • 13 Julii 1695
        
        • [Act approved; act and commission delayed; continuation]
      • 15 Julii 1695
        
        • [Warrant granted; act amended; member expelled]
        • [Additional excise approved; treason process heard and delayed]
        • [Election of commissioners; continuation]
      • 16 Julii 1695
        
        • [Elections for commissioners approved; account of public money; memorial read and remitted to privy council]
        • [Acts approved; act remitted to committee]
        • [Act laid open; acts approved]
        • [Acts given royal assent; continuation]
      • 17 Julii 1695
        
        • [Acts approved; petition continued until next session]
        • [Recommendations to the king; causes remitted to the session]
        • [Acts approved; cause remitted to king's advocate; petition approved]
        • [Recommendation to the king and lords of treasury; petition read; cause delayed]
        • [Act read; order made; petitions granted]
        • [Reports read and recommended to king; report approved and decreet issued]
        • [Petition read and recommended to town of Edinburgh; acts approved]
        • [Process continued to next session; recommendation to lords of treasury; fairs and markets granted]
        • [Ratifications approved and protests against; acts given royal assent]
        • [Parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • Edinburgh, 31 May 1695
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Petition read and ordered to be considered; accounts of arrears due to the army and country]
        • [Petition and reference of parliament read; classification of arrears; continuation]
        • [Tacksmen ordered to attend; imposition of excise; the unwarrantable opening of the trunk of Mr Patrick Smith]
      • Edinburgh, 6 Juny 1695
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Act amended and ordered to be presented; acts ordered to be brought in]
        • [Cases of reduction of forfeitures remitted to session; proposals for a supply ordered to be brought in]
      • Edinburgh, 7 Juny 1695
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Proposal for the poll-money read, amended and approved]
      • Edinburgh, 8 Juny 1695
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Proposal for the poll-money read, amended and agreed]
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Depositions heard and witnesses examined; accused sent to prison]
        • [Witnesses examined and writs produced; petition read and granted; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 11 Juniy 1695
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Case heard and remitted to subcommittee; proposals for a supply]
      • 25 June 1695
        
        • [Minutes of the subcommittee concerning the tacksman of the poll-money]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for trade
      
      • 5 May 1695
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Acts for curing of fish and manufacture of linen cloth read; subcommittee appointed to consider better execution of act]
        • [Continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 17th May 1695
        
        • [Overture laid open for buying and maintaining ships of war; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 20th May 1695
        
        • [Overture considered for buying and maintaining ships of war; subcommittee for the naval force appointed]
      • Edinburgh, 21 May 1695
        
        • [Report for the naval force read and approved]
        • [President chosen; paper for the naval force read; remitted to subcommittee]
      • Edinburgh, 22nd May 1695
        
        • [President chosen; reasons for securing trade by a naval force approved and ordered to be presented]
      • 24th May 1695
        
        • [Town offers discharged; privileges of a burgess; export of victual; continuation]
      • 29th May 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning the post office; continuation]
        • [President chosen; act concerning the post office read and amended; continuation]
      • 30 May 1695
        
        • [President chosen; price of wine in Edinburgh]
        • [Consideration of mportation of Irish beef and exportation of hair delayed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 31 May 1695
        
        • [President chosen; price of wine in Edinburgh]
      • Edinburgh, 5th Juny 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning the post office amended and ordered to be presented]
        • [Act in favour of skinners amended and ordered to be presented; continuation]
        • [Memorandum read and laid open; exportation of grain]
      • Edinburgh, 7 June 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning gunpowder approved; act in favour of skinners and act in favour of Robert Douglas delayed]
      • Edinburgh, 12th Juny 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act in favour of James Lyall and Robert and James Douglas approved; order of business]
        • [President chosen; excise on brandy; act for foreign plantations read]
      • Edinburgh, 14 June 1695
        
        • [President chosen]
      • 15 June [1695]
        
        • [President chosen; act in favour of African and Indian Company considered; continuation]
      • 17 June [1695]
        
        • [President chosen; petition read and delayed; duty on Scottish muslin]
        • [Act in favour of skinners read and delayed; act in favour of manufactories read and delayed; continuation]
        • [President chosen; reasons against the act in favour of Robert Douglas sustained; examination of witnesses ordered; act for encouraging trade read and approved]
      • 18 June [16]95
        
        • [President chosen; act for foreign trade considered and delayed; continuation]
      • 19 June [1695]
        
        • [President chosen; act for foreign trade and for gunpowder read and approved; proposals delayed; continuation]
        • [President chosen; acts and petition approved and ordered to be presented]
      • 21 June 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act amended in favour of the African and Indian Company; act in favour of skinners amended]
      • 25 June [16]95
        
        • [President chosen; act amended in favour of the African and Indian Company]
        • [Acts approved and ordered to be presented; continuation]
        • [President continued; acts approved and ordered to be presented; act delayed]
      • 29 June [16]95
        
        • [President chosen; act read, considered and delayed]
      • 3[0] June [16]95
        
        • [President chosen; act approved and ordered to be presented; proposal to be written up as an act; act remitted to subcommittee; order of business; continuation]
        • [President continued; acts approved and ordered to be presented]
      • 4 July 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act approved; continuation]
      • 6th July 1695
        
        • [President chosen; revision of book of rates remitted to subcommittee; act concerning salmon fishing read and laid open]
      • 13 July 1695
        
        • [President chosen; report concerning seized goods approved; act for a bank considered; continuation]
      • 15 July 1695
        
        • [President chosen; act for a bank approved and ordered to be presented; continuation]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for private affairs
      
      • [...] May 1695
        
        • [Sederunt]
      • 19 Juny 1695
        
        • [President chosen; cause at the instance of Glenkindie heard and considered]
        • [Petitions for the hospital of Glasgow and town of Irvine heard and delayed]
      • 28 Juny 1695
        
        • [President chosen; causes heard; remitted to subcommittee]
        • [Petitions for the hospital of Glasgow and town of Irvine considered and delayed]
      • 29 Juny 1695
        
        • [Act in favour of the burgh of Irvine read and approved]
      • 3 July 1695
        
        • [Glenkindie's cause heard and delayed]
      • 9 July 1695
        
        • [Glenkindie's cause heard, debated and delayed; continuation]
      • 16 July 1695
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 9 May 1695
        
        • [Speech of the marquis of Tweeddale to parliament]
        • [Speech of the earl of Annandale to parliament]
      • 21 May 1695
        
        • [Report of the committee of trade concerning the naval force]
      • 23 May 1695
        
        • [Commission under the great seal for an enquiry about the slaughter of Glencoe]
      • 24 May 1695
        
        • [Petition of John Slezer, captain of the artillery]
      • 7 June 1695
        
        • [Petition of the heritors etc. of the shires and burghs of Inverness, Ross, Cromarty, Elgin, Nairn, Banff, Aberdeen, Kincardine, Perth, Fife, Angus, Kinross and Stirling]
      • 14 June 1695
        
        • [Petition of the mariners held captive by the king of Fez]
      • 2 July 1695
        
        • [Proceedings in the process of forfeiture against the earls of Melfort and Middleton and Sir Adam Blair of Carberry]
        • [Depositions of witnesses against the earls of Middleton and Melfort and Sir Adam Blair of Carberry, rebels in France]
        • [Decreet of forfeiture against the earls of Melfort and Middleton and Sir Adam Blair of Carberry]
        • [Remit to the justice court to prosecute the rebels in France]
        • [List of documents related to the process of forfeiture against the rebels in France]
      • 4 July 1695
        
        • [Warrant for citing or apprehending Lieutenant Colonel James Hamilton]
        • [Overture for an act dividing common pasture]
      • 15 July 1695
        
        • [Depositions against the provost of Stirling and order thereon]
      • 17 July 1695
        
        • [Petition of John Callander of Craigforth]
  • 1696, 8 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [8 September 1696]
        
        • Procedure: opening of session
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission to the earl of Tullibardine
          
          • Commission to the earle of Tullibardine to be king's commissioner
        • Procedure: protests over precedency
        • Procedure: commission to Lord Polwarth
          
          • Commission to the Lord Polwarth to be lord high chancellour
        • Procedure: commission to the duke of Queensberry
          
          • Commission to the duke of Queensberry to be lord privy seal
        • Procedure: commission to Sir James Ogilvy
          
          • Commission to Sir James Ogilvie to be one of the principall secretaries of state
        • Procedure: commission to the earl of Selkirk
          
          • The earle of Selkirk's commission to be lord register
        • Letter: royal appointment
          
          • The king's letter nameing Sir James Ogilvie to sit and vote as lord secretary in the session of parliament
        • Procedure: general oath taken
          
          • [The oath of allegiance taken]
        • Procedure: orders of house, speeches and minutes
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 10 1696
        
        • Procedure: oath, absences and minutes read
        • Committee membership
          
          • [Committees chosen]
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • The king's letter to the parliament
        • Committee membership
          
          • [Committee to answer the king's letter]
        • Procedure: subscribing the Association
          
          • The Association
        • Procedure: dispensation
          
          • Dispensation to the justice court to sitt
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand to the burgh of Cullen to choose a commissioner
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 12 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; oaths taken
        • Procedure: commission granted; member excused; oaths taken
          
          • Commission be the clerk register to Mr Alexander Gibson
        • Procedure: committee reports
          
          • [Reports concerning supplies to the king]
        • Procedure: remit to committee
          
          • [Act for security of the kingdom to be brought in]
        • Petition
        • Procedure: overtures and remits to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 15 1696
        
        • Procedure: oaths and absence
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand for a new election of a commissioner for the shire of Murray
        • Procedure: committee reports
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overtures and readings
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 16 1696
        
        • Procedure: oaths and absence
        • Procedure: committee reports
          
          • [Reports concerning supplies for maintaining the standing forces]
        • Procedure: overtures
        • Petition
        • Procedure: dispensation and overture
          
          • Dispensation to the sheriff court of Edinburgh to sit
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 18 1696
        
        • Procedure: absence
        • Warrant
        • Procedure: acts from committee; overture and petition
        • Procedure: protection to the laird of Langton, younger
          
          • Protection in favors of the laird [of] Langton, younger
        • Procedure: protection to the laird of Broomhall
          
          • Protection in favors of the laird of Broomhall
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of John Spreull, merchant in Glasgow
          • Act in favors of Mr Andrew Burnet
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt and protection in favors of John Veitch of Dawick
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 19 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; commissioners for cess to be listed
        • Procedure: reading
        • Letter: to the king
          
          • Parliament's answer to the king's letter
        • Procedure: reading, overture, report and voting
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 22 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: readings, voting and reports
        • Petition
        • Procedure: overtures remitted to committees
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt to the session of the cause the Lord Ross against Sir Robert Milne
        • Procedure: overtures, readings and voting
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt to the session of the cause the earle and countess of Sutherland against the lairds of Lees and Knox
        • Procedure: absence and adjournment
      • September 24 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; overtures read
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 25 1696
        
        • Procedure: readings and voting
        • Procedure: acts touched with the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act anent the supply of eighteen moneths' cess upon the land rent
          • Act for an additionall excise
        • Act appointing the Association to be subscribed by all persons in publict trust
        • Act for regulateing deeds done on death bed
        • Act for declaring nottour bankrupt
        • Act for selling of meal by weight
        • Act allowing the venting of rum
        • Act anent the nomination of tutors and curators
        • Act of prescription anent tutors' and curators' accompts
        • Act that no law pass at the first reading
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 28 1696
        
        • Procedure: overtures, readings and voting
        • Committee membership: ratifications
        • Procedure: reading
        • Petition: read
        • Procedure: report and remit
          
          • Remitt in favors of William Patton of Panholls
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favours of Marishall Colledge of Aberdeen
          • Act in favors of St Leonards Colledge of St Andrews
          • Act in favors of St Salvator's Colledge of St Andrews
        • Procedure: overture
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of William Beattie
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 29 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; commission to committee
        • Procedure: overtures, draft acts and voting
        • Procedure: report by commitee
          
          • [Report from the committee of the poll]
        • Procedure: readings, voting and remit to committee
          
          • Anent the additionall commissioners of supply in the shire of Fyfe
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the King's Colledge of Aberdeen
          • Act in favors of the university of Glasgow
          • Act in favours of the college of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • September 30 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; draft acts, overtures and voting
        • Procedure: instructions to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • October 1 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; committee report and remit
          
          • Approbation of the report of the committie for contraverted elections anent Gordounstoun's commission from the shire of Elgin
        • Procedure: draft acts
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Pole - this act and remitt is booked among the acts October 9 1696 per licet, being ommitted here
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overture
        • Petition
        • Procedure: overture and adjournment
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr Alexander Anstruther
          • Act in favors of Mr David Douglas, advocat
          • Act in favors of Mr Thomas Skene, advocat
          • Act in favors of Mr Archbald Hamilton, advocat
      • October 5 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read; absence
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr William Gordon of Balcomy
        • Procedure: order
          
          • Order for the absent members of parliament subscriveing the Association
        • Procedure: reading
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Bamff
          • Act in favors of the officers of the earl of Argyle and Lord Jedburgh's regiments recommending them to his majestie
        • Procedure: draft acts, overtures, readings and voting
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the clerks of session
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation to his majestie in favors of Henry Payne
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of William, lord Bargany for building a bridge upon the water of Girvan
        • Procedure: committee report
        • Procedure: protest
        • Procedure: draft act, reading and overture
        • Petition: protection
          
          • Protection in favors of Sir David Cuningham of Robertland
          • Act in favors of Sir David Cuningham of Robertland,
        • Procedure: reading
        • Petitions
        • Petition: protection
          
          • Protection in favours of the laird of Kinaird
          • Act in favours of the clerks of session
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • October 6 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr James Forrester, advocat
        • Procedure: reading and voting
          
          • [Additional commissioners of supply]
        • Procedure: printing of act
        • Petition
        • Procedure: draft acts, readings and voting
        • Procedure: adjournment
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Sir Alexander Cumming of Culter
          • Act in favors of Mr Charles Gray, advocat
          • Act in favors of Archbald Cockburn, younger of Langtoun
          • Act in favors of Mr James Nasmith of Daick
          • Act in favors of Mr Alexander McLeod, advocat
      • October 8 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: draft acts, readings and voting
        • Petition: remit to committee
        • Procedure: readings
        • Petitions: remit, recommendation and protection
          
          • Recommendation in favors of Robert Martine of Burnbrae
          • Protection in favors of James Currie, late provest of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: adjournment
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr James Oliphant
      • October 9 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: draft acts, readings and voting
        • Procedure: acts touched with the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act explanatory of the act 1695, entituled, act for obviating the fraud of appearand heirs
          • Act anent the privileges of burghs of regality and barrony as to the cureing and packing of salmond fish
          • Act in favors of preachers at vacant churches benorth Forth
          • Act in favors of universities, schools and hospitalls
          • Act allowing securities etc. to be written book wayes
          • Act declaring the burgh of Greenlaw head burgh of the shire of Berwick
          • Act for the security of the kingdom
          • Act anent registration of seasins and other writts and dilligences
          • Act for registrating of summonds that shall be made use of for interruptions
          • Act anent vitious intromettors
          • Act anent aliments
          • Act for expenses in suspensions
          • Act anent the levy of a thousand men
          • Act for the better payment of the creditors of forfault estates
          • Act anent blank bonds and trusts
          • Act for settling of schools
          • Act approving the proclamation of council for encourageing the import of victuall
          • Act anent Protestant servants in popish families
          • Act for the better provideing the poor and repressing of beggars
          • Act ratifieing the proclamation of council anent the pole, 1695
      • October 1 1696
        
        • Procedure: remit to commission
          
          • Remit to the commission anent the pole [of] 1693
      • October 9 1696
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act against prophaneness
          • Act anent the aliment of poor prisoners
          • Act for erecting a new sugar manufactory at Glasgow
      • October 12 1696, licet
        
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of John Hamilton for sheeling and preparing of barley
        • Act for building a bridge over the water of Avan
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation the toun of Linlithgow against the abovewritten act
      • [October 9 1696]
        
        • Procedure: draft acts and readings
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Sir Robert Murray of Abercairnie and other heritors upon the Pow of Inchaffray
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation to king in favors of Mr Archbald Sinclair, judge of the high court of admirality
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • October 10 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Petition
        • Procedure: draft acts, readings and voting
        • Procedure: remit to court of session
          
          • Remitt to the session of the action John Trotter of Mortounhall and others against Sir James Dick
        • Petition
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • October 12 1696
        
        • Procedure: minutes read
        • Procedure: acts touched with the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act against killers of black fish and destroyers of the fry and smolts of salmond
          • Act appointing proclamations and other legall executions within the stewartry of Monteith to be published and execute at the mercat cross of Doun in place of the Tapaltae
          • Act against duells
          • Act anent inland bills and precepts
          • Act anent the measuring of malt
          • Act anent the old fourteen shilling peices and their halfs
          • Act anent registration of writts after the granter's decease
          • Act prorogating the commission of justiciary for the Highlands
          • Act declaring minors free from personall execution for civill causes dureing their pupillarity
          • Act against false coyning and clipping of money
          • Act discharging the makeing use of salt in brewing ale or beer
          • Act for makeing salt upon salt
          • Act in favors of Sir John Shaw of Greenock and others for makeing salt after a new manner
          • Act in favors of Mr William Erskine
          • Act for bringing water into burghs and other places needful
          • Act in favors of Sir David Thoirs of Innerkeithing
          • Act in favors of the clerks of session
        • Petitions: recommendations and protections
          
          • Recommendation in favors of James Bayne
          • Protection in favors of Duncan Buchannan
          • Recommendation in favors of Liuetennent Collonell Scipio Hill
          • Act and recommendation in favours of the burgh of Lanerk
        • Procedure: petition
        • Judicial proceedings: decreet of suspension
          
          • Decreet of suspension - Sir John Dempster against the earle and countess douager of Seaforth
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: remit
          
          • Remitt in favors of forraign ships that export coall
        • Charter: ratification
          
          • Ratification in favors of Ludovick Grant of that ilk
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation for Alexander Dunbar of Westfield against the foregoing ratification
        • Charter: ratification
          
          • Ratification in favors of the second minister of Dumfreis
        • Procedure: protest
          
          • Protestation Mr John Spottiswood of Crumstain against the forsaid ratificatione
        • Charters: ratifications
          
          • Ratification in favors of William Stewart of Castlestewart
          • Ratification in favors of Archbald Crawford of Auchinames
          • Ratification in favours of Alexander Gellie of Blackford
          • Ratification in favors of Sir Colin Campbell of Aberuchill and James Campbell, his eldest lawful son
          • Ratification in favors of Sir Patrick Home of Lumsdene, advocat
          • Ratification in favors of John Stewart of Innernytie
          • Ratification in favors of James Montgomery, younger of Langshaw
          • Ratification in favors of Mr James Melvill of Halhill, Robert, master of Burghlie and James Melvill of Cassingray
          • Ratification in favors of the principalls and other masters of St Salvator['s] and St Leonard's colledges in St Andrews
          • Ratification in favors of the dutches of Hamilton
        • Warrants: fairs and markets
          
          • Act in favors of Ann, dutches of Hamilton for changeing the fair
          • Act in favors of the marques of Athol for 2 weekly mercats
          • Act in favors of Sir John Shaw for 3 fairs
          • Act in favors of Alexander Forbes for 3 fairs
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Anstruther Easter changeing a fair
          • Act in favors of Mr Robert Forbes for 4 fairs
          • Act in favors of the Lord Bargany for 2 fairs
          • Act in favors of Sir Thomas Burnet for 2 fairs
          • Act in favors of [...] Frazer for 2 fairs
          • Act in favors of John Grant of Ballandalloch for 3 fairs and a mercat
          • Act in favors of Patrick Home for 2 fairs and a mercat
          • Act in favors of Patrick Murray for 3 fairs and a mercat
          • Act in favors of William Stewart changeing 2 fairs and a mercat
          • Act in favors of Sir William Douglas for 2 fairs
          • Act in favors of Sir Hugh Paterson for 2 fairs and a mercat
          • Act for 2 fairs at Kingsbarns
          • Act in favors of John Anderson for a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of David Erskine for a fair
          • Act in favors of Sir Alexander Cumming for 2 fairs
        • Procedure: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favors of the macers and house keepers
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Tuesday Eight of September 1696
        
        • [Opening of session; protests over precedency]
        • [Letter from king read; oaths taken; speeches made]
        • [Ordering of house; members excused; revising of minutes]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday 10 of September 1696
        
        • [Oaths taken; members excused]
        • [Committees elected; letter from king read]
        • [Oath taken; justice court allowed to sit; warrant for new election granted]
        • [King's letter ordered to be printed; continuation]
      • Saturday 12 of September 1696
        
        • [Oaths taken; commission presented; members excused]
        • [Reports read and approved; business remitted to committee]
        • [Petition read and delayed; overtures for acts remitted to committee]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday the fifteenth day of September 1696
        
        • [Oaths taken; member excused; warrant granted for new election]
        • [Reports read; petition and overture remitted to committee]
        • [Act read and laid open; continuation]
      • Wednesday the sixteenth of September 1696
        
        • [Member excused; oaths taken]
        • [Reports concerning the supply read and approved]
        • [Overtures read and remitted to committee; petition read and delayed; justice court allowed to sit]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday 18 September 1696
        
        • [Member excused; warrant granted; act read and laid open]
        • [Act read and approved; act read and laid open; overture remitted to committee]
        • [Petition read and delayed; petitions read and granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • Saturday 19th of September 1696
        
        • [Lists of commissioners for uplifting the cess; act read and laid open]
        • [Draft answer to king's letter approved; act read and approved; overture remitted to committee]
        • [Report read and laid open; act read and approved; continuation]
      • Tuesday 22 of September 1696
        
        • [Act read and approved; report read and delayed; petition read and laid open]
        • [Representation and overtures remitted to committees; petition remitted to session]
        • [Overtures read and laid open; act approved; overture remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions read and remitted to session; member excused; continuation]
      • Thursday 24 September 1696
        
        • [Acts approved; overtures remitted to committee; overtures read and laid open]
        • [Petitions read and debated; continuation]
      • Friday 25 of September 1696
        
        • [Motion approved; acts approved; acts given royal assent]
        • [Petitions remitted to committees; lists of commissioners for uplifting the supply; continuation]
      • Munday 28 September 1696
        
        • [Act approved; acts laid open; overtures remitted to committee]
        • [Overture read and remitted to agent for the burghs; proposals and overture remitted to committee]
        • [Acts laid open; act approved; overtures remitted to committee]
        • [Members appointed to revise the ratifications; act laid open; petition read and delayed]
        • [Order of business; petition remitted to commissioners of supply; petition read and gift of vacant stipends granted]
        • [Overture remitted to committee; petition granted; continuation]
      • Tuesday 29th September 1696
        
        • [Commission remitted to committee; acts read and laid open; acts approved]
        • [Overtures remitted to committee; report read and debated]
        • [Act approved; proposal remitted to committee; act read and ordered to be printed]
        • [Commissioners for the supply in Fife; petition approved; continuation]
      • Wednesday 30 September 1696
        
        • [Act read, debated and approved; overtures remitted to committee]
        • [Controverted election; continuation]
      • Thursday first of October 1696
        
        • [Report approved and election ordered to proceed; act approved]
        • [Act laid open; act delayed; particulars of report remitted to commission; petitions granted]
        • [Overtures and petition remitted to committees; continuation]
      • Monday 5th October 1696
        
        • [Members excused; petitions granted; oath ordered to be taken]
        • [Act read and laid open; petition granted; report approved]
        • [Acts read and approved]
        • [Acts read and laid open; overture remitted to committee; petitions granted]
        • [Report read and approved; protestation against]
        • [Acts read and laid open; overture remitted to committee; petition granted]
        • [Petitions read and delayed; continuation]
      • Tuesday the sixt of October 1696
        
        • [Petition granted; additional list of commissioners for supply rejected; other lists read and debated]
        • [Act ordered to be printed; petition granted]
        • [Acts read and laid open; acts approved; continuation]
      • Thursday the 8th of October 1696
        
        • [Acts read and laid open; act approved]
        • [Petition reads and remitted to committees; acts read and laid open]
        • [Petition read and recommendation made to the king; petition granted; continuation]
      • Friday the 9th of October 1696
        
        • [Acts read and approved; act rejected; acts read and delayed]
        • [Acts given royal assent; acts read and approved; acts read and laid open]
        • [Petition granted; report approved; continuation]
      • Saturday 10 October 1696
        
        • [Petition granted; acts read and approved; acts read and laid open]
        • [Petition remitted to session; petition read; continuation]
      • Munday the 12 October 1696
        
        • [Ratifications granted and protests against; fairs and markets granted]
        • [Report read and approved; petitions granted]
        • [Petition read and delayed; earl of Seaforth's case debated]
        • [Petitions read and refused; act remitted to privy council; acts given royal assent]
        • [Parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • [Undated: 10 September 1696 x 14 September 1696]
        
        • [Payment of cess]
      • Edinburgh, 15 September [1696]
        
        • [Acts approved and ordered to be presented; act read and remitted to lord advocate]
      • Edinburgh, 21 September 1696
        
        • [Act amended and ordered to be presented; act read]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for trade
      
      • [12 September 1696]
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act read and remitted to subcommittee; acts read and laid open]
        • [Proposal laid open; preparation of act remitted to subcommittee; continuation]
      • 17 September 1696
        
        • [President chosen; overture approved and ordered to be presented; proposal concerning the cleaning and weighing of grain considered]
        • [Act read and rescinded; acts read and laid open; continuation]
      • 18 September 1696
        
        • [President chosen; overtures read]
      • 19 September 1696
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overture amended and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, September 21 1696
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overture read and considered; acts read; continuation]
        • [Overture considered and act ordered to be drawn; overture and acts read; continuation]
      • 22 September 1696
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act read]
      • 23 [September 1696]
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act considered and amended; acts amended and ordered to be presented]
        • [Overture considered and delayed; continuation]
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overtures read and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, 26 September 1696
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overture read and delayed; act approved and ordered to be presented]
        • [Salt masters ordered to attend; continuation]
      • 28 September 1696
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act considered]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 8 September 1696
        
        • [Speech of the earl of Tullibardine to parliament]
        • [Speech of Lord Polwarth to parliament]
      • 18 September 1696
        
        • [Supplication of the officers of the army]
      • 5 October 1696
        
        • [Petition of the town of Bo'ness]
      • 6 October 1696
        
        • [Act concerning the copper coin]
  • 1698, 19 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [19 July 1698]
        
        • Procedure: opening of session
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission to the earl of Marchmont
          
          • Commission to the earl of Marchmont to be his majesties' commissioner
        • Letter: royal appointment of the president of parliament
          
          • The king's letter appointing the viscount of Seafield to be president to this session of parliament
        • Letter: royal appointment of the lord high treasurer
          
          • His majesties' letter appointing the Lord Polwarth to sit and vote as treasaurer
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: protests over precedency
        • Charter: patent in favour of the earl of Tullibardine
          
          • Patent in favors of the earl of Tullibardine
        • Charter: patent in favour of the earl of Ruglen
          
          • Patent in favors of the earl of Ruglen
        • Charter: patent in favour of the viscount of Teviot
          
          • Patent in favors of the viscount of Teviot
        • Charter: patent in favour of the viscount of Seafield
          
          • Patent in favors of viscount of Seafield
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Letters: king's letter
          
          • The king's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speeches and orders of house
          
          • Addition to the orders of the House
        • Procedure: minutes checked and absence
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission by the earl of Selkirk to commands Mr Alexander Gibson
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 21 July 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence
        • Charter: patent
          
          • Patent in favors of the earl of March
        • Procedure: oaths taken and minutes read
        • Procedure: inferior courts
          
          • Licence for inferior courts to sitt
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrand for electing a commissioner for the shyre of Roxburgh
          • Warrand for electing a commissioner for the shyre of Perth
        • Committee Membership
          
          • Election of the committies
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 23 July 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence
        • Charters: patents
          
          • Patent in favors of the earl of Marchmont
          • Patent in favors of the viscount of Dupplin
        • Procedure: minutes read; subscribing the Association
          
          • Order allowing severall members absent last session of parliament subscribe the Association
        • Procedure: overture
          
          • [The forces]
        • Petition
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 27 July 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths and absence
        • Procedure: committee report and voting
          
          • [Report on the forces and their funding]
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 29 July 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protest, commission, minutes
        • Procedure: report and approbation
          
          • Report and approbation therof in favors of Patrick Steven
        • Procedure: permission
        • Procedure: report and draft act
          
          • [On maintaining forces]
        • Procedure: intimation
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday July 30 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protest and absence
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand for electing a commissioner for the burgh of Renfrew
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Procedure: reading and voting
          
          • [Act for a supply]
        • Petition
        • Letter: to the king
          
          • The parliament's answer to the king's letter
        • Procedure: touching with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for the supply
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday August 3 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Procedure: overtures, remitted to committees
        • Petitions
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Lord Basil Hamilton
        • Petition: protection
          
          • Protection in favors of John Urquhart of Meldrum
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday August 5 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths and minutes
        • Letter: address to the king
          
          • Address to the king in behalfe of the African Company
        • Petitions: remitted to committee
        • Procedure: acts to lie on the table
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Monday 8 August 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths, minutes, recommendation
        • Petitions: protections from creditors
          
          • Protection for James Currie
          • Protection for Sir Robert Milne
          • Protection for Alexander Milne
          • Protection for Mr George Campbell
          • Protection for John Gilhagie
          • Protection for Alexander Kinnaird
          • Protection for William Bruce
          • Protection for Alexander Zeaman
          • Protection for Robert Graham
          • Protection for Alexander Hunter
          • Protection for Sir Alexander Cunningham
          • Protection for Mr Lewis Dick
        • Petitions: remitted to committee
        • Procedure: voting and amendments
          
          • [Restraining protections and members of parliament]
        • Procedure: overtures remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday August 10 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and amendments
        • Procedure: draft acts, reading and voting
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Warrant
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 12 August 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; address read and voted
        • Legislation
          
          • Proclamation for a national fast
        • Procedure: reading, voting and list of protections
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overture and adjournment
      • Wednesday 17 August 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: new title and adjournment
      • Thursday August 18 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken and minutes read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act allowing the Lord Cardross to be called in the rolls of parliament as earl of Buchan
        • Procedure: reading and voting
        • Petition
        • Procedure: acts read and voted
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday August 19 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, draft acts read and licence
          
          • Licence for the justice court to sitt
        • Procedure: overtures and readings
        • Judicial proceedings: process
        • Procedure: motion and remit to committee
        • Petitions: remitted to committees
        • Petition: protection
          
          • Protection for Sir William Ruthven
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday August 22 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, acts voted and approved
        • Procedure: overtures and reading
        • Petitions: remitted to committees
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Petitions: remit to committee
        • Committee membership: ratifications
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday August 24 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, readings and voting
        • Procedure: overtures, remit to committee
        • Procedure: draft act, reading and voting
        • Procedure: petition
        • Procedure: overtures, remit to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 26 August 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, amendments and voting
          
          • [Act for imposing a poll]
        • Procedure: draft act and adjournment
      • Munday August 29 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, readings and voting
        • Procedure: overture
        • Procedure: petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Teusday August 30 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand for electing a commissioner for the shyre of Cromarty
        • Procedure: ratifications, fairs and markets
        • Procedure: acts touched by the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for preventing of disorders in the supplying and planting of vacant churches
          • Act against pocknet fishing upon the water of Forth
          • Act concerning registration of probative writts
          • Act in favors of minors anent registrating summonds and instruments of interruption
          • Act against clandestine and irregular marriages
          • Act dischargeing the wearing of gold and silver lace
          • Act regulating the manner of building within the toun of Edinburgh
          • Act anent quartering of souldiers
          • Act anent quartering for deficiency
          • Act for the ease of small vassalls of bishops' lands now holden of the king
          • Act anent polemoney
          • Act in favors of the manufactory for ropes and cordage at Glasgow
          • Act in favors of the four ordinary macers of the session
        • Procedure: acts read, voted and approved
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Procedure: remit, debate and adjournment
      • Wedensday August 31 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Charters: ratifications
          
          • Ratification in favors of the duke of Queensberry
          • Ratification in favors of the viscount of Seafield
          • Ratification in favors of George Baillie of Jerviswood
          • Ratification in favors of Mr Francis Grant, advocat
          • Ratification in favors of Mr David Ramsay, writter
          • Ratification in favors of Patrick Huntar of Hunterstoun
        • Warrants: markets and fairs
          
          • Act in favors of the earl of Northesk for two fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Kinghorn for two fairs
          • Act in favors of James Ogilvie for two fairs and a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of Mr Robert Forbes for a fair and changeing another
          • Act in favors of Mr Archbald Douglass for a weekly mercat
          • Act in favors of James Hay for two fairs
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Dundee for a fair
          • Act in favors of Thomas Forbes for two fairs
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Dingwall for a fair
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Inverness for a fair
          • Act in favors of the duke of Gordon for two fairs
        • Procedure: additional commissioners of supply agreed
        • Charter: patent
          
          • Patent in favors of the Lord Forrester
        • Procedure: acts read, voted and approved
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favors of Mr James Colvill
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the masters of the Marischalls Colledge of Aberdeen
        • Procedure: report and adjournment
      • Thursday 1st September 1698
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and commissioners of supply
        • Legislation: warrant for fair
          
          • Act in favors of the earl of Loudoun for a yearly fair
        • Procedure: report
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the Lord Belhaven and others, tacksmen of the excyse
        • Petition: recommendation
          
          • Recommendation in favors of severall advocats who offered to qualifie themselves
        • Procedure: acts read, voted and approved
        • Procedure: remit to privy council
          
          • Remitt in favors of John Sharp
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the brewers in and about Edinburgh
          • Act in favors of the earl of Northesk
        • Procedure: act read
        • Procedure: report of commission for the poll
        • Procedure: acts touched with the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the senators of the colledge of justice
          • Act for preserving the game
          • Act for preserving of planting
          • Act anent persons going to and returning from France
          • Act anent the tunnage
          • Act regulating the trade betwixt burghs royall and burghs of regality, barony and others
          • Act for settleing the communication of trade
          • Act anent the poor
          • Act against personal protections
          • Act anent the excyse of brandie
          • Act for the encouragement of white fishing and herring fishing
          • Act continueing the pole
          • Act and ratification in favors of the glass manufactory at the Weems
          • Act and ratification in favors of the glass manufactory at Morison's Haven
        • Petition
        • Procedure: recommendation and act read
          
          • Recommendation in favors of the macers and housekeepers
        • Procedure: acts touched with the sceptre
        • Procedure: remit to commission
          
          • Act and remitt to the commission of the pole
        • Petition: protection from creditors
          
          • Protection in favors of Captain James Drummond
        • Legislation
          
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Tuesday 19 July 1698
        
        • [Commission and letter from the king read; oaths taken; rolls taken; protests over precedency]
        • [Patents read; oaths taken]
        • [King's letter read; speeches made; ordering of house]
        • [Revising of minutes; members excused; commission read; continuation]
      • Thursday 21 July 1698
        
        • [Members excused; patent read; oaths taken]
        • [Courts appointed to sit; warrant for new elections granted]
        • [Committees elected]
        • [Continuation]
      • Saturday 23 July 1698
        
        • [Members excused; patents read and oaths taken]
        • [Oath taken; protest remitted to committee]
        • [Overture read, debated and remitted to committee; order of business; continuation]
      • Wednesday 27 July 1698
        
        • [Member admitted; oaths taken; members excused]
        • [Report read, debated and approved; overtures remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions read and delayed; petition remitted to committee; petition granted]
        • [Continuation]
      • Fryday 29 July 1698
        
        • [Protest over precedency; commission remitted to committee]
        • [Reports approved; oath taken; motion approved]
        • [Act read and laid open; nomination of commissioners of supply ordered]
        • [Petition read and laid open; motion remitted to committee; petition read and withdrawn]
        • [Continuation]
      • Saturday 30 July 1698
        
        • [Protest over precedency; member excused; commission rejected and new election ordered]
        • [Petition read and refused; act read, debated and approved]
        • [Petition read and remitted to committee; draft answer to king's letter approved; act given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • Wedensday 3 August 1698
        
        • [Petition read and remitted to committee; order of business]
        • [Overtures remitted to committee; overture laid open]
        • [Petition read and remitted to committee; petitions remitted to agent for the burghs]
        • [Petitions granted; continuation]
      • Fryday 5 August 1698
        
        • [Oaths taken; address read, debated and approved]
        • [Petitions read and remitted to committee; petition laid open]
        • [Acts and petitions read and laid open; petition granted; continuation]
      • Munday 8 August 1698
        
        • [Oaths taken; recommendation made and thanks given]
        • [Petitions read: granted and refused; petitions remitted to committee]
        • [Act read, debated and approved; overtures remitted to committees; continuation]
      • Wedensday 10 August 1698
        
        • [Amendments to all grants of protection; act read, debated and ordered to be printed]
        • [Act read and laid open; act approved; process laid open for consultation]
        • [Petition granted; continuation]
      • Fryday 12 August 1698
        
        • [Reading of minutes delayed; address approved; amendments to act approved]
        • [List of protections read; petition granted; petition read and delayed]
        • [Overture read and laid open; continuation]
      • Wedensday 17 August 1698
        
        • [Protest over precedency; continuation]
      • Thursday 18 August 1698
        
        • [Oaths taken; minutes of previous three sederunts read; member admitted after protests]
        • [Act read and approved; petition read and laid open; act read and delayed]
        • [Act read, amended and approved; act read and laid open; continuation]
      • Fryday 19 August 1698
        
        • [Acts read; commissioners for justiciary appointed to sit; overtures remitted to committee]
        • [Act read and approved; overture remitted to committee; protest for remedy of law heard]
        • [Case between the burghs and their agent remitted to committee; petitions remitted to committee]
        • [Petition granted; petitions read; continuation]
      • Munday 22 August 1698
        
        • [Acts read and approved; overtures made; act read and delayed]
        • [Petitions read and remitted to committees; acts read and laid open]
        • [Answers to petition to be submitted; ratifications to be revised; continuation]
      • Wedensday 24 August 1698
        
        • [Acts read and delayed; act read and approved; act read and amended]
        • [Overtures read and remitted to committee; act read, debated and laid open; petition withdrawn]
        • [Overtures read and remitted to committee; continuation]
      • Fryday 26 August 1698
        
        • [Act read, debated and delayed; act read and laid open; continuation]
      • Munday 29 August 1698
        
        • [Acts read and approved; acts read and laid open; overture remitted to committee]
        • [Petitions read and appointed to be answered; petition read and hearing delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday 30 August 1698
        
        • [Warrant for new election granted; list of ratifications and fairs and markets read; acts given royal assent]
        • [Acts read and approved; acts read and laid open; act remitted to committee]
        • [Act read and procurators allowed to be heard; continuation]
      • Wedensday 31 August 1698
        
        • [Ratifications approved; warrants for fairs and markets amended and approved]
        • [Lists of commissioners for the supply approved; patent read; acts read and approved]
        • [Report approved; petition granted; report delayed; continuation]
      • Thursday 1 September 1698
        
        • [List of commissioners for the supply approved; fair granted; petition read and debated]
        • [Report approved; acts read and approved; petition remitted to privy council]
        • [Petitions granted; act read; report read and remitted to commission]
        • [Acts given royal assent; personal protection granted; parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • [12 August 1698]
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Act amended and ordered to be presented; separate act for regulation of quartering]
      • Edinburgh, 15 August 1698
        
        • [Petitions read; subcommittee appointed concerning the state of the public funds and arrears of the forces]
      • Edinburgh, 16 August 1698
        
        • [Report of subcommittee heard; act concerning the poll-money ordered to be drawn]
      • Edinburgh, 17 August 1698
        
        • [Report concerning the poll-money considered]
      • Edinburgh, 19 August 1698
        
        • [Draft acts read, amended and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, 23 August [1698]
        
        • [Subcommittee concerning payment of arrears appointed]
        • [Act read; petitions read; reduction of the tunnage]
        • [Petition read and remitted to lord advocate and president; draft act delayed; petition read]
      • Edinburgh, 24 August 1698
        
        • [Petition read and granted; overture read and delayed]
      • Edinburgh, 25 August 1698
        
        • [Consideration of the petitions of the burghs of barony and regality]
      • Edinburgh, 26 August 1698
        
        • [Act read; consideration of the petitions of the burghs of barony and regality]
        • [Petition read and delayed; acts approved and ordered to be presented; act read]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to meet]
        • [Petition considered; bill considered and delayed; decision in the affair between the burghs of barony and regality]
      • Edinburgh, 29 August 1698
        
        • [Petition considered and remitted to the parliament; act read and delayed]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to meet; imposition on petitions submitted to the privy council or session]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for trade
      
      • [22 July 1698]
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Rolls called; president chosen]
      • 26 July 1689
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overtures read and considered; continuation]
      • 28th July 1698
        
        • [President chosen; overture read and voted; continuation]
        • [President chosen; act read and debated]
      • Edinburgh, 30 July 1698
        
        • [President chosen; overture read and approved; overture for encouraging fishing remitted to subcommittee]
      • Edinburgh, 2nd August 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen]
      • Edinburgh, 4 August 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; acts and overtures approved]
        • [Overtures delayed]
        • [Act in favour of a glass manufactory approved; proposals read and delayed; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 9 August 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overtures read and delayed; subcommittee appointed for the laws concerning linen cloth]
        • [Proposals read and delayed; overtures concerning bills of exchange remitted to subcommittee; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 22 August 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; acts approved and ordered to be presented; act read and delayed]
        • [Overture ordered to be presented; subcommittee appointed for the imposition on ale]
      • 23 August [1698]
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; acts approved and ordered to be presented]
      • 25 August [1698]
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; overture read; draft act read and delayed; continuation]
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act approved and ordered to be presented; continuation]
      • 27th Aug[ust] 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; act against the exportation of wool considered and delayed; continuation]
      • 29 Aug[ust] 1698
        
        • [Rolls called; president chosen; subcommittee concerning the value of the wool appointed]
      • Edinburgh, 30 August 1698
        
        • [Minutes of the subcommittee]
        • [Rolls called; president continued; prices of wool]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 19 July 1698
        
        • [Master roll of parliament]
        • [Speech of the earl of Marchmont to parliament]
        • [Speech of the viscount of Seafield to parliament]
      • 27 July 1698
        
        • [Petition of the African and Indian Company]
      • 3 August 1698
        
        • [Act for repairing highways and filling up of coal pits]
        • [Overtures concerning linen and methods of importing]
        • [Petition of Joseph Ormiston and William Elliott, merchants]
        • [Petition of the town of Bo'ness and Grangepans]
      • 10 August 1698
        
        • [Overure concerning apparel]
      • 19 August 1698
        
        • [Petition of Mr Alexander Cunningham]
      • 22 August 1698
        
        • [Petition of the magistrates and town council of Lanark]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Fortrose]
        • [Speech of the earl of Marchmont to parliament]
      • 1 September 1698
        
        • [Speech of the earl of Marchmont to parliament]
  • 1700, 21 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [21 May 1700]
        
        • Procedure: opening of session
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission to the duke of Queensberry
          
          • Commission to the duke of Queensberry for representing his majestie in this session of parliament
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protests
        • Letter: royal appointment of the lord high treasurer
          
          • The king's letter appointing the Lord Montgomery to have the place and vote of lord high thesaurer
        • Letter: royal appointment of the lord secretary
          
          • His majesty's letter appointing the viscount of Seafield to have place and vote as secretary of state
        • Charter: patent in favour of the duke of Hamilton
          
          • Patent in favors of the duke of Hamilton
        • Charter: patent in favour of the Lord Boyle
          
          • Patent to the Lord Boyle
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: commission to the lord treasurer depute
          
          • Commission to the lord thesaurer depute
        • Procedure: commission to the lord justice clerk
          
          • Commission to the lord justice clerk
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: controverted election
        • Procedure: right to vote
        • Procedure: controverted election
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • The king's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speeches
        • Procedure: orders of house; committee for minutes
        • Procedure: new elections
        • Warrants
          
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Peebles
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Clackmannan
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Kinross
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Dumbarton
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Stirling
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the sheriffidom of Renfrew
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Bute
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Nairn
      • 24 May 1700, (tho here misplaced)
        
        • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the burgh of Linlithgow
      • [21 May 1700]
        
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 24 May 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Procedure: orders of the house
          
          • An addition to the orders of the house
        • Procedure: minutes and printing king's letter
        • Warrant: new election
        • Procedure: committees considered
        • Procedure: motions for priorities
        • Procedure: handling motions and overtures
        • Committee Membership: committees chosen
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand for the justice court and inferior courts to sitt
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 27 May 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission by the clerk register to Mr Alexander Gibson
        • Procedure: absence, oaths and minutes
        • Procedure: adjourning the court of session
        • Procedure: overtures
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: complaint
        • Procedure: motion for resolve
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 30 May 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: protest and oaths taken
        • Procedure: speech and adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Tuesday 21 May 1700
        
        • [Commission read; protests over precedency]
        • [Letters from king read; patent read; oaths taken]
        • [Commissions read and oaths taken; witnesses cited regarding election in Kirkcudbright]
        • [Protest against member; oaths taken; controverted election]
        • [King's letter read; speeches made; ordering of the house]
        • [Revising of minutes; warrants for new elections; continuation]
      • Friday 24 May 1700
        
        • [Oaths taken; ordering of the house]
        • [King's letter ordered to be printed; warrant for new election granted; procedure concerning the election of committees]
        • [Order of business; procedure concerning the submission of overtures; committees elected]
        • [Justice courts allowed to sit; continuation]
      • Monday 27 May 1700
        
        • [Members excused; commission read; oaths taken]
        • [Court of session ordered to adjourn; overtures read and remitted to committee; petitions read]
        • [Complaint read and laid open; resolve made and act ordered to be brought in; continuation]
      • Thursday 30 May 1700
        
        • [Protest over precedency; oaths taken]
        • [Speech made; continuation]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • 29 May 1700
        
        • [President chosen; overtures read]
        • [Acts concerning the Protestant religion and the growth of popery; act presented]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to revise the acts concerning the growth of popery; recommendations]
        • [Resolve of parliament concerning the legality of the settlement of Caledonia]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 21 May 1700
        
        • [Speech of the duke of Queensberry to parliament]
        • [Speech of the earl of Marchmont to parliament]
      • 27 May 1700
        
        • [Petition of the heritors of the sheriffdom of East Lothian]
        • [Petition of the heritors of Roxburgh]
        • [Petition of the commissioners of the shire of Lanark]
        • [Petition of the heritors of Stirlingshire]
        • [Petition of the heritors of Perthshire]
        • [Petition of the town and council of Haddington]
        • [Petition of the magistrates and town council of the burgh of Cupar]
        • [Petition of the magistrates and town council of the burgh of Dunbar]
        • [Depositions in the case against Bartier and Carleton]
      • 30 May 1700
        
        • [Speech of the duke of Queensberry to parliament]
  • 1700, 29 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
    
    • Parliamentary Register
      
      • [29 October 1700]
        
        • Procedure: opening of session
        • Sederunt
        • Procedure: commission to the duke of Queensberry
          
          • Commission to the duke of Queensberry for representing his majestie in this session of parliament
        • Procedure: absence and oaths
        • Charter: patent in favour of the viscount of Rosebery
          
          • Patent in favors of the viscount of Roseberry
        • Procedure: oaths taken
        • Letter: royal appointment of the lord high treasurer
          
          • His majesties' letter appointing the Lord Montgomery to have the place and vote of lord high thesaurer
        • Letter: royal appointment of the lord secretary
          
          • Letter from the king appointing the viscount of Seafield to have place and vote as lord secretary
        • Procedure: right to vote
        • Letter: from the king
          
          • The king's letter to the parliament
        • Procedure: speeches and printing
        • Procedure: adjourning court of session; orders of house
        • Procedure: controverted election; adjournment
      • Thursday 31 October 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Charter: patent
          
          • Patent in favors of the Lord Portmore
        • Procedure: oaths taken; minutes
        • Procedure: act read, voted and touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the session to the first Tuesday of December
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Procedure: committees and adjournment
      • Saturday November 2 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, orders and oaths
        • Charter: of erection
          
          • [Charter of erection for commissioner to Campbeltown]
        • Procedure; disputed election and adjournment
      • Tuesday 5 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths and minutes
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Air
        • Procedure: paper and disputed election
        • Committee membership: committees chosen
        • Procedure: handling motions and overtures
        • Procedure: overtures for acts
        • Procedure: minutes and adjournment
      • Friday 8 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: disputed election and minutes
        • Procedure: representation
        • Procedure: draft act read
        • Procedure: overture; draft act and printing
        • Procedure: overtures; remit to committee
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning Caledonia
        • Procedure: overtures remitted and adjournment
      • Tuesday 12 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence; oaths and minutes
        • Petitions: proposals; remits to committee
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Procedure: acts read, voted and adjournment
      • Thursday 14 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: election, oaths and minutes
        • Petition
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Argyle
        • Procedure: warrant to cite
        • Petition
        • Procedure: proposals remitted
        • Procedure: draft act read and remitted
        • Petition
        • Procedure: act read and adjournment
      • Friday 15 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Order
          
          • Order for burning a pamphlet
        • Petition
        • Procedure: draft act read, considered and delayed
        • Procedure: act read, printed and adjournment
      • Saturday 16 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: absence
        • Procedure: commission
          
          • Commission by the clerk register to Mr Alexander Gibson
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Orders
          
          • Order for burning some pamphlets
          • Order for apprehending Walter Herreis
        • Procedure: act read, amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 18 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; act read and amended
        • Procedure: overture
        • Procedure: draft acts and overtures to committees
        • Petitions: remitted to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 20 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; election and attendance
        • Petitions: remitted
        • Procedure: act read, debated and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 21 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; draft act to committee
        • Petitions: remits to committees
        • Procedure: overtures, proposal and memorial to committee
        • Procedure: act read, amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 22 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr William Seton, author of the pamphlet burnt by order of parliament of the 15th November instant
        • Procedure: draft acts and overtures read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 23 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Sir Alexander Hope of Kerse against the heirs of earl of Bramfoord
        • Procedure: draft act read
        • Petition: remit to committee
        • Procedure: acts touched with sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for secureing the Protestant religion and presbiterian government
          • Act for preventing the grouth of popery
        • Procedure: overture remitted to committee
        • Procedure: act read, ammended, continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Tuesday 26 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; disputed election
        • Petition
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Procedure: draft acts and overtures
        • Procedure: act debated, amended and continued
          
          • [Wrongful imprisonment]
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 27 November 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; disputed election
        • Petition: remit to committee
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Procedure: draft act to committee
        • Petitions: remits to committee and town of Edinburgh
        • Procedure: act debated, amended, voted and approved
          
          • [Wrongful imprisonment]
        • Procedure: draft act read
        • Petition
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday November 29 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: disputed election; minutes
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overtures read
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning the forces
        • Procedure: act read, voted, approved and touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the session till the first of January
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 2 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and absence
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: draft acts read and voted
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 5 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; draft act; disputed election
        • Procedure: draft acts and overtures
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 6 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; draft act read
        • Petition
        • Procedure: draft act read, amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 9 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths and minutes
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Legislation
          
          • Act annulling the election of Wigtoun
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 11 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Procedure: disputed election and oaths
          
          • Concerning the election for the shire of Air
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand for electing a commissioner for the shire of Wigtoun
        • Procedure: overture and draft act read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 13 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; draft act amended and voted
        • Petition
        • Process
        • Procedure: overtures; draft act amended
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 16 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Process
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Procedure: act amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 18 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; draft act amended and continued
        • Procedure: draft act and overture read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 20 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; act amended, voted and approved
        • Procedure: minutes to be printed
        • Procedure: draft act and overtures read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 23 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Warrant
          
          • Warrand to elect a commissioner for the shire of Peebles
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning delivery of the process of forfaulture against the marquiss of Argyle
        • Petitions
        • Process
        • Procedure: remit to committee
        • Process
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overtures read
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: draft act approved
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overture remmitted to committee
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: overture and adjournment
      • Tuesday 24 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Petition
        • Procedure: representation read
        • Procedure: draft act amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 26 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; priorities
        • Procedure: overture read and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 27 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motion
        • Procedure: draft act read, amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 28 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Procedure: draft act amended, voted and approved
        • Procedure: overture and draft act read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 30 December 1700
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, priorities and motion
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning the forces
        • Procedure: act read, voted and approved
        • Procedure: motion
        • Procedure: disputed election
          
          • Concerning the election of Air shire
        • Legislation
          
          • Act adjourning the session till the 28 January next
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 2 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: oaths and minutes
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Procedure: remit to session
          
          • Remitt to the session in favors of George Lockhart and other inhabitants of Glasgow against the magistrats and town council thereof
        • Procedure: motion and remits to committee
        • Procedure: disputed election
        • Legislation
          
          • Act concerning the contraverted elections for the shire of Air
        • Procedure: oath and adjournment
      • Friday 3 January 1701
        
        • Procedure: disputed election and minutes
        • Procedure: draft act read, voted and approved
        • Petitions
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 4 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and oaths taken
        • Procedure: overture and draft act read
        • Procedure: motion
        • Procedure: overture read and continued
        • Procedure: act read, amended and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Tuesday 7 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes; order of the house
        • Procedure: motion; act voted and approved
        • Petitions
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning Caledonia and the security of the kingdom
        • Procedure: overture presented; draft act read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 9 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Petition: African Company
        • Petitions: Caledonia
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 10 January 1701
        
        • Procedure: minutes
        • Resolutions
          
          • Resolve concerning Caledonia and the Affrican Company
          • Resolve concerning the Affrican Company
          • Another resolve concerning Caledonia
        • Procedure: resolution withdrawn
        • Procedure: resolution continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 11 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Judicial Proceedings: processes
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 13 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motions
        • Procedure: resolution read
        • Procedure: resolution debated
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning Caledonia
        • Procedure: resolution presented and read
        • Procedure: motion and priorities
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Tuesday 14 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motion
        • Procedure: overture and declaration read
        • Procedure: resolve or act debated and voted
        • Voting Record
          
          • Names of the members who voted for an act and dissented from an address concerning Caledonia
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 15 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read, amended, debated and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 16 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read and amended
        • Voting Record
          
          • Names of the members who voted there should be an address concerning Caledonia
        • Procedure: overture read, motions considered
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 17 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes, draft address read, voted and approved
        • Address: to the king
          
          • The parliament's address to to the king concerning Caledonia
        • Voting Record
          
          • Names of the dissenters from the address
        • Procedure: overture, motion re extending privileges of African Company
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Petition: read and continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 18 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: motions concerning processes
        • Judicial proceedings: process
        • Procedure: motion concerning a process
        • Judicial proceeding: process
          
          • Decreet earl of Annandale against Grierson of Lagg
        • Judicial proceedings: process debated and continued
        • Procedure: motion
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 20 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motion
        • Petition
        • Procedure: draft act read, amended, voted and approved
        • Procedure: motions and debate over resolution
        • Procedure: motion and remit
          
          • Remit to the session of the case betwixt Laurance Power and Thomas Henderson etc.
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Tuesday 21 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and overture read
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve concerning the security of the government
        • Procedure: speech and motion
        • Procedure: overture and resolve debated
        • Procedure: motions over priorities
        • Procedure: overture read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 22 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and draft act read
        • Procedure: overture read
        • Procedure: motions debated and continued
        • Procedure: draft act read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 23 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motion
        • Procedure: overtures read
        • Procedure: overture debated
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 24 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and overture read
        • Procedure: draft act, motions and remit to committee
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday 25 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Petition
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for revalueing the shire of Caithness
        • Procedure: committee report and remit
          
          • Remitt of the affair at the instance of Mr William Gordon of Balcomy against Sir William Hope
        • Judicial proceeding: process
        • Procedure: draft act read, amended and approved
        • Petition: remit to session
          
          • Remitt in favors of Mr James Daes
        • Petitions
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of Mr James Smith
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Munday 27 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and declarations read
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Procedure: overtures read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Tuesday 28 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: act read, debated, amended and approved
        • Voting Record
          
          • Names of the members who desired their dissents from continuing the forces till December 1702 to be marked
        • Procedure: act continued
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Wednesday 29 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes and motion
        • Procedure: excise and taxation debated, remit
        • Committee Membership: ratifications and fairs
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Thursday 30 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: excise and cess debated, act voted and approved
        • Petition: remit to privy council
          
          • Remitt to the privy council in favors of the magistrats of Fortrose against the late general receivers and others
        • Procedure: draft acts, motions and overture read
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Friday 31 January 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: acts touched by the sceptre
        • Legislation
          
          • Act for preventing wrongous imprisonments and against undue delayes in tryals
          • Act rescinding the act of parliament 1663 anent the ordering and disposal of forreign trade
          • Act dischargeing the importing and wearing of forreign woollen manufacture
          • Act dischargeing the exportation of wool
          • Act in favors of Sir Patrick and James Ogilvies concerning their marble
          • Act dischargeing wine, brandie and all other liquors of the grouth of France
          • Act against profaneness
          • Act prohibiteing the importing of silk stuffs and others
          • Act in favors of the African and Indian Company
          • Act dischargeing the quots of testaments
          • Act for a supply of twelve moneths' cess upon the land rent
          • Act for proveing the tenor of some writs in favors of Sir David Home of Crossrig
        • Procedure: draft acts read
        • Resolution
          
          • Resolve for continueing for four moneths the forces that are over and above the 3,000 men etc.
        • Voting Record
          
          • Names of the members who desired their dissent from continueing for four moneths the 1,100 men over and above the 3,000, to be marked
        • Procedure: overtures and draft acts read
        • Legislation
          
          • Act in favors of the earl of Kilmarnock
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Bamf
        • Charters: ratifications
          
          • Ratification in favors of John, marques of Atholl and the earl of Tullibardin, his son
          • Ratification in favors of the earl of Erroll
          • Ratification in favors of the earl of March
          • Ratification in favors of Sir Hugh Dalrymple
          • Ratification in favors of Sir James Murray and his son
          • Ratification in favors of Sir James Scougall
          • Ratification in favors of George Carruthers
          • Ratification in favors of William Hairstaines
          • Ratification in favors of George Logan
          • Ratification of a contract betwixt the burghs of Glasgow and Dumbartoun
        • Legislation: warrants for markets and fairs
          
          • Act for fairs to the dutches of Hamilton
          • Act in favors of the dutches of Buccleugh and the earl of Dalkeith, her son
          • Act for fairs in favors of the earl of Argyle
          • Act for fairs in favors of the earl of Linlithgow and Callendar
          • Act for fairs in favors of the earl of Southesk
          • Act for fairs in favors of the viscount of Seafield
          • Act for a fair in favors of Sir Coline Campbell
          • Act for a fair in favors of Sir Archbald Stuart
          • Act for a fair in favors of Sir Patrick Murray
          • Act for fairs in favors of Sir James Abercrombie
          • Act for a mercat and fair in favors of Alexander Stuart
          • Act for fairs in favors of James Moir
          • Act for fairs etc. in favors of George Winrahame
          • Act for fairs etc. in favors of Alexander Gibsone
          • Act for fairs and a mercat in favors of Mr Alexander Abercrombie
          • Act for fairs etc. in favors of John Cunninghame
          • Act for fairs in favors of John Farquharson
          • Act for a fair in favors of James Ramsay
          • Act for a fair in favors of the burgh of Air
          • Act for a fair in favors of the burgh of Dumfermling
        • Procedure: adjournment
      • Saturday first of February 1701
        
        • Procedure
        • Procedure: minutes read and protests
          
          • Protestation for Montgomery of Kirktounholm against the weekly mercat granted to Alexander Stuart
          • Protestation for the laird of Laithers against the ratification past in favors of the earl of Erroll
        • Legislation: warrants for markets and fairs
          
          • Act for fairs in favors of the earl of Loudoun
          • Act changing some fairs and a mercat in favors of John, viscount of Stair
          • Act for fairs in favors of William Morison
          • Act for fairs in favors of Thomas Forbes
          • Act for fairs in favors of John Forbes
          • Act in favors of the burgh of Bamf
        • Procedure: motion on Caledonia address
        • Judicial proceedings: processes
        • Procedure: election of commissioners
          
          • Names of the commissioners for the pole 1693
        • Procedure: remit to commission
        • Procedure: motions over priorities and remits
        • Procedure: protests
          
          • Protestation by the duke of Hamilton
          • Protestations by the marques of Tweedale, e[arl] Marischal and v[iscount] Strathallan
          • Protestation by the viscount of Seafield
          • Protestation by the duke of Hamilton and protestation by the viscount Seafield
          • Protestation by the thesaurer depute
          • Protestation by the earl of Buchan
        • Procedure: motions over priorities
        • Procedure: speech
          
          • The commissioner's speech
        • Procedure: acts read, voted, approved and touched
        • Legislation
          
          • Act and commission anent the pole, 1693
          • Act salvo jure cujuslibet
          • Act of adjournment
    • Parliamentary Minutes
      
      • Tuesday October 29 1700
        
        • [Commission read; members excused]
        • [Oaths taken; patent read; letters from king read]
        • [Protest against member; oaths taken; king's letter read; speeches made and ordered to be printed]
        • [Act read and laid open; ordering of the house; controverted elections; continuation]
      • Thursday October 31 1700
        
        • [Patent read; oaths taken]
        • [Act read, approved and given royal assent; controverted election debated and delayed; continuation]
      • Saturday November 2 1700
        
        • [Ordering of the house; commission read and oaths taken; controverted election debated and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday November 5 1700
        
        • [Oaths taken; warrant for new election granted]
        • [Paper read; controverted election debated and witnesses cited]
        • [Committees elected]
        • [Procedure concerning overtures; overtures read and remitted to committee]
        • [Minutes of previous session read and consideration delayed; continuation]
      • Friday November 8 1700
        
        • [Commission read and remitted to committee; representation remitted to committee]
        • [Acts and overtures laid open; representation and draft act ordered to be printed]
        • [Draft acts ordered to be brought in; resolve for order of business approved]
        • [Act and overtures read and remitted to committees; continuation]
      • Tuesday November 12 1700
        
        • [Member excused; oaths taken]
        • [Petition read and laid open; petitions remitted to committees]
        • [Controverted election debated and remitted to committee]
        • [Act read and approved; act laid open; continuation]
      • Thursday November 14 1700
        
        • [Commission read and oaths taken; warrant for new election granted]
        • [Petition read and warrant granted; petition, proposals and acts remitted to committee]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday November 15 1700
        
        • [Pamphlet condemned and remitted to committee to enquiry into its authorship]
        • [Petition read and remitted to committee; act read and delayed]
        • [Act read and ordered to be printed; continuation]
      • Saturday November 16 1700
        
        • [Member excused; commission read]
        • [Petition read and laid open; pamphlets condemned and author ordered to be apprehended]
        • [Act read, amended and delayed; continuation]
      • Munday November 18 1700
        
        • [Act read and new act ordered to be drawn; overture remitted to committee; act approved]
        • [Act read; overture, acts and petitions remitted to committees; continuation]
      • Wednesday November 20 1700
        
        • [Committee appointed to meet; ordering of the house; petition read and remitted to committee]
        • [Petition read and laid open; act and overture read, debated and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday November 21 1700
        
        • [Acts and petitions read and remitted to committees]
        • [Overtures, proposal and memorial read and remitted to committees]
        • [Act read, debated and delayed; continuation]
      • Friday November 22 1700
        
        • [Petition read and delayed; petition read and petitioner brought before the bar and pardoned]
        • [Act read; act read and ordered to be printed]
        • [Overture remitted to committee; act read, amended and delayed; continuation]
      • Saturday November 23 1700
        
        • [Petition read and granted; act read and laid open; petition remitted to committee]
        • [Act given royal assent; overture remitted to committee; act read, debated and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday November 26 1700
        
        • [Controverted election; petition read and laid open; drawing up of act remitted to committee]
        • [Act read; overture remitted to committee; act read and ordered to be printed]
        • [Overture remitted to committee; act read, amended and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Wedensday November 27 1700
        
        • [Committee appointed to meet; petitions and overture read and remitted to committees]
        • [Petition read and allowed to be consulted; act read, amended and approved]
        • [Act read; petition read and allowed to be consulted; continuation]
      • Friday November 29 1700
        
        • [Commissions remitted to committee; petition granted]
        • [Petition read and act laid open; overtures read and laid open]
        • [Order of business; resolve approved; act approved and given royal assent]
        • [Continuation]
      • Munday December 2 1700
        
        • [Member excused; petition read and granted; petition delayed]
        • [Acts read and laid open; act amended and approved; act read and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday December 5 1700
        
        • [Act and overtures read and remitted to committee; report ordered to be brought in; acts ordered to be printed]
        • [Act read and delayed; overture remitted to committee; continuation]
      • Friday December 6 1700
        
        • [Act read; petiton read and witness cited; act read, amended and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Munday December 9 1700
        
        • [Commission read and oaths taken; controverted election debated]
        • [Continuation]
      • Wednesday December 11 1700
        
        • [Petition read and warrant granted; report read, approved and warrant for new election granted]
        • [Order of business; act read and amended; continuation]
      • Friday December 13 1700
        
        • [Act read, amended and approved; petition read and withdrawn; order of business]
        • [Overture read and laid open; report ordered to be brought in; act read and debated]
        • [Continuation]
      • Munday December 16 1700
        
        • [Order of business; committee ordered to meet; act read, amended and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Wednesday December 18 1700
        
        • [Act read, amended and delayed; act and overture read and laid open]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday December 20 1700
        
        • [Act read, amended and approved; minutes ordered to be printed]
        • [Act and overtures read; overtures remitted to committee; continuation]
      • Munday December 23 1700
        
        • [Warrant for new election granted; petitions read and granted]
        • [Petition read and warrant granted; order of business; petition and overture remitted to committee]
        • [Petition read and allowed to be consulted; petition read and laid open]
        • [Petition and act read; acts read]
        • [Overtures read and remitted to committee; overture read and laid open]
        • [Petitions read and remitted to committees; order of business]
        • [Act read and approved; petition read and act ordered to be brought in]
        • [Petitions and overture remitted to committee; petition read and laid open]
        • [Petition read and rejected; overture remitted to committee; continuation]
      • Tuesday December 24 1700
        
        • [Petition read and remitted to commissioner; order of business; act and overture read and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday December 26 1700
        
        • [Order of business; committee appointed to meet; overture read and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday December 27 1700
        
        • [Order of business; act read, amended and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Saturday December 28 1700
        
        • [Act read, amended and approved]
        • [Overture read and laid open; act read; continuation]
      • Munday December 30 1700
        
        • [Order of business; resolve read and approved; act read, amended and approved]
        • [Order of business; controverted election debated and committee ordered to draw up a report]
        • [Act given royal assent; continuation]
      • Thursday January 2 1701
        
        • [Oaths taken; act read]
        • [Act read and ordered to be printed; representation remitted to session; complaints remitted to committee]
        • [Report concerning controverted election approved; member admitted and oaths taken]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday January 3 1701
        
        • [Admission of member delayed; act read and approved]
        • [Petition read and allowed to be consulted; petition remitted to commitee; continuation]
      • Saturday January 4 1701
        
        • [Oaths taken; overture read and laid open; act read]
        • [Motion allowed; overture read and delayed; act read, amended and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Tuesday January 7 1701
        
        • [Act read and approved; committee ordered to bring in report; act read and approved]
        • [Petitions read and delayed; petitions granted]
        • [Overtures read and order of business decided]
        • [Overture read and laid open; act read; order of business]
        • [Continuation]
      • Thursday January 9th 1701
        
        • [Representation read; petitions read]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday January 10 1701
        
        • [Resolves concerning the African Company and colony of Caledonia approved]
        • [Resolve withdrawn; resolve read and debate delayed; continuation]
      • Saturday January 11 1701
        
        • [Processes called, debated and delayed]
        • [Order of business; process heard and debated; advocates appointed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Munday January 13 1701
        
        • [Advocate appointed; resolves concerning the colony of Caledonia read]
        • [Speech made; resolve approved; resolve read]
        • [Order of business; continuation]
      • Tuesday 14 January 1701
        
        • [Advocates appointed; overture read; declaration read and laid open]
        • [Resolve debated and address approved; dissent marked and instruments taken]
        • [Continuation]
      • Wednesday January 15 1701
        
        • [Minutes of previous sederunt read, debated and delayed; continuation]
      • Thursday January 16 1701
        
        • [Minutes of previous sederunt read, amended and approved; recording the names of voters in favour of address]
        • [Overture read and laid open; resolves read; additions to address]
        • [Continuation]
      • Friday January 17 1701
        
        • [Address read, amended and approved; dissent marked and instruments taken]
        • [Overture read; addition to act and overture; acts read]
        • [Petition read and delayed; continuation]
      • Saturday January 18 1701
        
        • [Advocate appointed; petition read and remitted to exchequer; process of the earl of Argyll heard, debated and delayed]
        • [Order of business; process of the earl of Annandale heard; process of Lieutenant Colonel Erskine heard and delayed]
        • [Continuation]
      • Munday January 20 1701
        
        • [Committee appointed to meet; petition read and delayed; act read, amended and approved]
        • [Resolves presented, read and debated; order of business delayed]
        • [Cause remitted to session; continuation]
      • Tuesday January 21 1701
        
        • [Overture read and laid open; committee appointed to bring in report; resolve read and speech made]
        • [Overture read and laid open; resolve read and laid open; resolve approved]
        • [Order of business; overture read and laid open; continuation]
      • Wednesday January 22 1701
        
        • [Act and overture read; accounts ordered to be produced; debate concerning the army delayed]
        • [Act read; continuation]
      • Thursday January 23 1701
        
        • [Accounts laid open; overtures read and laid open]
        • [Overture read; overture debated and approved; continuation]
      • Friday January 24 1701
        
        • [Overture read; proposals concerning the army read, debated and remitted to committee]
        • [Continuation]
      • Saturday January 25 1701
        
        • [Petition read and granted; report read and cause remitted to judge ordinary; processes debated and delayed]
        • [Act read, amended and approved; petition read and remitted to session; petition and report read]
        • [Petition granted; continuation]
      • Munday January 27 1701
        
        • [Declarations read and instruments taken]
        • [Acts read; act approved]
        • [Overture read and laid open; overture read; continuation]
      • Tuesday January 28 1701
        
        • [Order of business; act read and debated]
        • [Dissent marked and instruments taken; act delayed; continuation]
      • Wednesday January 29 1701
        
        • [Motion rejected; act read and debated]
        • [Revising of ratifications; continuation]
      • Thursday January 30 1701
        
        • [Report on proposals remitted to treasury and exchequer; act debated and approved]
        • [Petition remitted to privy council; acts read; order of business]
        • [Overture read and remitted to commission; continuation]
      • Friday January 31 1701
        
        • [Acts given royal assent; acts read]
        • [Resolve presented, debated and approved; dissent marked and instruments taken]
        • [Acts and overtures read]
        • [Overture read and laid open; petitions read and granted]
        • [Ratifications and fairs and markets granted; continuation]
      • Saturday February first 1701
        
        • [Protests against ratifications; fairs and markets granted; address ordered to be presented]
        • [Declaration read; process remitted to session; commission elected and act approved]
        • [Order of business; protests against offering of act and instruments taken]
        • [Act read; protests against; instruments taken]
        • [Resolve read; order of business; speech made]
        • [Act read and approved; acts given royal assent; parliament adjourned]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for security of the kingdom
      
      • Edinburgh, 6 November 1700
        
        • [President chosen; overture read; act approved and ordered to be presented]
        • [Act for preventing growth of popery read and subcommittee appointed to prepare act further; continuation]
        • [Minutes of subcommittee: president chosen; act read and amended; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, 7 November [1700]
        
        • [Meeting of subcommittee; president chosen; act read and remitted to subcommittee]
        • [Minutes of subcommittee: president chosen; act read and amended]
      • Edinburgh, 8 November [1700]
        
        • [President chosen; act amended, approved and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, 11 November 1700
        
        • [President chosen; execution of laws against profaneness]
        • [Consideration of article delayed; attendance at services of worship by those in offices of public trust]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to considered the representation of the ministers and act concerning unjust imprisonment; continuation]
        • [Minutes of subcommittee: president chosen; act read, debated and remitted to the president; continuation]
      • Edinburgh, November 12 1700
        
        • [Meeting of subcommittee; president chosen; draft acts read and further consideration ordered; continuation]
      • 13 November [1700]
        
        • [Minutes of subcommittee: president chosen; act amended and ordered to be extended]
      • 14 November [1700]
        
        • [President chosen; act amended and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, 19 November 1700
        
        • [President chosen; act concerning profaneness read and debated]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to draw the act concerning profaneness; subcommittee appointed to enquire into author and printer of pamphlet]
        • [Act amended and ordered to be extended]
      • Edinburgh, 20 November 1700
        
        • [President chosen; act amended and ordered to be presented; author of pamphlet interrogated and imprisoned]
        • [Depositions in the enquiry into the author of Memorial to the members of Parliament of the Court-Party]
      • 28 November 1700
        
        • [President chosen; subcommittee appointed to consider Doctor Chamberlain's overture and the poor]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to draft act concerning religion; maintenance of poor and provision of hospitals]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to consider acts for the further security of the Protestant religion]
      • 29 November 1700
        
        • [Minutes and proceedings of subcommittee: president chosen; draft act for the poor]
      • 18 December [1700]
        
        • [President chosen; act read and laid aside; act read and delayed]
      • Edinburgh, 31 December 1700
        
        • [President chosen; act read and amended; subcommittee appointed to draw act against excessive gaming]
        • [Act approved and ordered to be presented]
      • Edinburgh, 28 December 1700
        
        • [Minutes of subcommittee: sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Memorial read; objection submitted and answer requested; order of proceedings]
      • 31 December 1700
        
        • [President chosen; article and answer to objection read]
        • [Objection submitted and answer requested]
      • 3 January 1701
        
        • [President chosen; answer to objection read]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for trade
      
      • [Undated: November 1700]
        
        • [Sederunt]
    • Committee Minutes and Proceedings: committee for controverted elections
      
      • 29 October 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Petition and remits of the council read and delayed; remitted to the clerk]
        • [Petition read]
      • 30 November 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Controverted election in Ayrshire taken into consideration; instruments produced and consideration delayed]
        • [Petition read and remitted to clerk for further consideration]
        • [Subcommittee appointed to consider the deposition of witnesses in the shire of Wigtown]
      • 4 December 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Contoverted election in Wigtown; petition read, debated and citation refused]
        • [Citation granted; report ordered to be drawn]
        • [Controverted election in Ayrshire considered; objection against member of committee voting concerning the election]
        • [Commissions read and objections debated]
        • [Instruments and resolve laid open; answers to objections requested]
      • Edinburgh 6 November 1700
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Report read and approved; papers concerning the eligibilty of electors requested]
        • [Controverted election in Wigtown debated; further consideration ordered]
      • Edinburgh, 13 November 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Remit to examine the elections in Wigtownshire and elsewhere read]
        • [Objections against witnesses in the consideration of the controverted election in Wigtownshire]
        • [Objections remitted to parliament; depositions heard]
      • 14 November 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Deposition heard]
      • 21 November 1700
        
        • [Depositions heard; subcommittee appointed to take oath of witness]
      • 25 November 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Deposition heard; subcommittee ordered to examine witness]
      • 28 November 1700
        
        • [Subcommittee ordered to examine witness]
        • [Petition and representation heard; papers requested]
      • 30 November 1700
        
        • [Subcommittee appointed to consider depositions and prepare report concerning the election in Wigtownshire]
      • 4 December 1700
        
        • [Diet for consideration of controverted election in Wigtownshire]
      • 6 December 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Report read and approved; papers requested; objection against remit of committee]
      • 9 December 1700
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Objections against electors in Wigtownshire; objection against remit of committee; consideration delayed]
        • [Charter produced and laid open]
      • 3rd January 1701
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Witnesses cited concerning the exportation of wool]
        • [Consideration of English cloth and wine; witnesses cited]
      • 6 January 1701
        
        • [Witnesses heard concerning the wine and ordered to attend next sederunt]
        • [Exportation of wool]
      • Edinburgh, 7 January 1701
        
        • [Sederunt; president chosen]
        • [Witness excused; deposition heard]
      • 8 January 1701
        
        • [Sederunt]
        • [Witnesses examined concerning the exportation of wool]
    • Additional Sources
      
      • 29 October 1700
        
        • [Speech of the duke of Queensberry to parliament]
        • [Speech of the earl of Marchmont to parliament]
      • 8 November 1700
        
        • [Representation from the general assembly]
      • 12 November 1700
        
        • [Petition of James Montgomery, merchant in Glasgow]
        • [Reasons for granting the petition presented to parliament by James Montgomery, merchant in Glasgow]
      • 18 November 1700
        
        • [Petition of Matthew and Daniel Campbell, merchants in Glasgow]
      • 23 November 1700
        
        • [Act against butchers being graziers]
      • 26 November 1700
        
        • [Petition of the magistrates of Edinburgh on behalf of their poor]
      • 27 November 1700
        
        • [Petition of Anna Cockburn]
        • [Petition of John Sochon, resident in Edinburgh]
        • [Petition of the manufactures of worsted and other stuffs at Pauls Works and Bonnington]
        • [Petition of Anna Fowler]
      • 23 December 1700
        
        • [Petition of Harry Innes, younger, of that ilk]
        • [Inventory of the documents in the process of forfeiture against the marquis of Argyll in 1661]
        • [Petition of James Cockburn of that ilk]
        • [Answers to the petition of James Cockburn of that ilk]
        • [Petition of Sir William Paterson of Granton]
        • [Petition of Sir William Craigie of Gairsay]
        • [Act in favour of the burgh of Kirkcaldy]
        • [Petition of James Turner, cabinet maker in Edinburgh]
        • [Petition of Mr George Campbell, merchant in Edinburgh]
      • 7 January 1701
        
        • [Petition of the disbanded officers]
        • [Petition of the seamen of Bo'ness]
        • [Act discharging the importation of foreign butter and cheese]
      • 9 January 1701
        
        • [Petition of the shire of Mid Lothian]
        • [Petition of the shire of Wigtown]
        • [Petition of the shire of Ayr]
        • [Petition of the shire of Dunbarton]
        • [Petition of the shire of Renfrew]
        • [Petition of the shire of Inverness]
        • [Petition of the shire of Nairn]
        • [Petition of the shire of Fife]
        • [Petition of the shire of Banff]
        • [Petition of the shire of Elgin and Forres]
        • [Petition of the stewartry of Orkney]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Perth]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Dysart]
        • [Petition of the town of Kirkcaldy]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Anstruther Easter]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Inverness]
        • [Petition of the burgh of Crail]
        • [Petition of the inhabitants of Glasgow]
      • 20 January 1701
        
        • [Petition of the principal and masters of Marischal College, Aberdeen]
      • 22 January 1701
        
        • [Draft of an act concerning the security of the kingdom]
      • 23 January 1701
        
        • [Inventory of the accounts of the funds for the forces since 1689]
        • [Resolve concerning the army]
      • 24 January 1701
        
        • [Draft establishment for the forces]
        • [Draft establishment for the forces]
      • 27 January 1701
        
        • [Act adjourning the session]
        • [Overture against thieves and those who harbour them]
        • [Act for securing the peace of the highlands]
      • 31 January 1701
        
        • [Act concerning the poor]
        • [Act in favour of the lords of session]
        • [Act against the slayers of black and red fish and destroyers of smolts and fry of salmon in forbidden time]
        • [Act of parliament concerning the fishing upon the River Nith]
        • [Act in favour of Mr Thomas Rome and partners]
        • [Act concerning leasing makers and slanderers]
        • [Act concerning justices of peace and constables]
        • [Act of dissolution of the mines and minerals belonging to the marquis of Atholl and earl of Tullibardine]
        • [List of ratifications passed in parliament]
        • [List of acts passed in parliament for holding yearly fairs and weekly markets]
      • 1 February 1701
        
        • [Additional list of acts passed for holding yearly fairs and weekly markets]