Sederunt

The parliament of the most excellent prince James, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, held in Edinburgh on 23 October in the year of the Lord 1612 by the said noble and most powerful Lord Alexander [Seton], earl of Dunfermline, lord Fyvie, etc., and all the estates of the realm of Scotland as named below, together with the officials of parliament as on the preceding day.

  • For the clergy
  • [George Gledstanes, archbishop of] St Andrews
  • [John Spottiswood, archbishop of] Glasgow
  • [Alexander Lindsay, bishop of] Dunkeld
  • [William Couper, bishop of] Galloway
  • [Andrew Lamb, bishop of] Brechin
  • [Alexander Douglas, bishop of] Moray
  • [Peter Blackburn, bishop of] Aberdeen
  • [John Campbell, bishop of] Argyll
  • [Alexander Forbes, bishop of] Caithness
  • [George Graham, bishop of] Dunblane
  • [William Melville], abbot of Tongland
  • Nobility
  • [James Hamilton], marquis of Hamilton
    • Earls
    • [William Douglas, earl of] Angus
    • [John Erskine, earl of] Mar
    • [Robert Seton, earl of] Winton
    • [Alexander Home, earl of] Home
    • [John Drummond, earl of] Perth
    • [Patrick Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn
    • [Robert Kerr, earl of] Lothian
    • Lords
    • [Robert Lindsay, lord] Lindsay [of the Byres]
    • [James Douglas, lord] Torthorwald
    • [James Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
    • [John Maitland, lord] Thirlestane
    • [Robert Ker, lord] Roxburghe
    • [James Colville, lord] Colville [of Culross]
    • [David Murray, lord] Scone
    • [Walter Stewart, lord] Blantyre
    • [Michael Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh
    • [Walter Scott, lord] Buccleuch
    • [William Cranston, lord] Cranston
  • Small Barons
  • Sir James Foulis of Colinton, knight }
  • Sir James Dundas of Arniston, knight } for Edinburgh principal
  • Sir Alexander Hamilton of Innerwick, knight }
  • Sir James Douglas of Spott, knight } for Edinburgh within the constabulary of Haddington
  • Sir John Livingstone of Dunipace }
  • Master Alexander Seaton of Gargunnock } for Stirling
  • Sir Walter Dundas of that Ilk, knight }
  • [Robert] Hamilton of Bathgate } for Linlithgow
  • Robert Swinton of that Ilk, knight }
  • [Sir William] Cockburn of Langton, knight } for Berwick
  • William Douglas, younger, of Cavers for Roxburgh
  • Sir Gideon Murray of Elibank, knight }
  • [Sir John] Murray of [Philiphaugh and] Falahill } for Selkirk
  • Sir John Murray of [Blackbarony and] Eddleston, knight }
  • Sir Robert Stewart [of Shillinglaw], knight } for Peebles
  • Sir David Carnegie of [Colluthie and] Kinnaird, knight }
  • Sir John Learmonth of Balcomie, knight } for Fife
  • Sir William Stewart of Grandtully, knight }
  • [Patrick] Graham of Inchbraikie } for Perth
  • John Scrimgeour of Dudhope }
  • [Robert] Collace of Balnamoon } for Forfar
  • [David] Ramsay of Balmain }
  • [John] Allardyce of that Ilk } for Kincardine
  • Alexander Gordon of Cluny for Aberdeen
  • [William] Baillie of Lamington }
  • Sir John Hamilton of Lettrick, knight } for Lanark
  • Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar, knight }
  • [William] MacCulloch of Merton } for the stewartry of Kirkcudbright
  • Burghs
  • James Nisbet }
  • George Foulis [of Ravelston] } for Edinburgh
  • Andrew Grant [of Balhaggillis] for Perth
  • Master Alexander Wedderburn [of Kingennie] }
  • William Auchinleck [of Woodhill] } for Dundee
  • John Shearer }
  • John Williamson } for Stirling
  • Alexander Rutherford [of Rubislaw] for Aberdeen
  • John Lockhart [of Boghall] for Ayr
  • Duncan Balfour }
  • John Arnott } for St Andrews
  • James Inglis }
  • James Bell } for Glasgow
  • Harry Cockburn for Haddington
  • Master John Aitchison for Dunbar
  • William Rutherford for Jedburgh
  • James Mitchelhill for Selkirk
  • John Dickson for Peebles
  • Herbert Cunningham for Dumfries
  • John Turner for Wigtown
  • Andrew Pinkerton for Rutherglen
  • Robert Lockhart for Lanark
  • Andrew Bell for Linlithgow
  • Thomas Fallasdaill for Dumbarton
  • Sir George Bruce [of Carnock] for Culross
  • Master Thomas Wardlaw [of Logie] for Dunfermline
  • John MacKieson for Crail
  • Patrick Grieve for Burntisland
  • Master Robert Cunningham for Kinghorn
  • Thomas Lamb for Kirkcaldy
  • Robert Richardson for Anstruther Wester
  • Robert Alexander for Anstruther Easter
  • William Stevenson for Pittenweem
  • Archibald Ross for Tain
  • Alexander Jamieson for Cupar in Fife
  • David Simpson for Dysart
  • John Traill for Forfar
  • William Stevenson for Inverurie
  • William Maxwell for Lochmaben
  • Harry Kinglassie for Inverkeithing
  • Robert Farquhar for Forres
  • William MacKie for Kirkcudbright
  • David Miller for Annan
  • William Campbell for Inverness
  • Thomas Lauder for North Berwick
  • Patrick Leighton [of Dunenald] for Montrose
  • Thomas Milne for Elgin
  • William Pringle for Lauder
  • David Norie for Brechin
  • Alexander Beaton for Kilrenny
  • William Somerville for Renfrew
  1. NAS, PA2/18, f.3r.