The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 18 April 2024

[C1639/8/16]1

[Supplication recommended to the king; supplication approved and exception from act granted]

Supplication by [Sir Robert Adair], laird of Kinhilt, craving the forfeitures and fines passed against him in Ireland for subscribing the covenant may be rescinded, recommended to [John Stewart, earl of Traquair], the commissioner's grace, to be represented to his majesty.

Supplication by the indwellers upon Tweed and Annan, craving exception from the act of parliament of 1606 and the act of parliament now made regarding close time, and that the same may be prorogued until 30 September in respect the fishing continues so long upon the English side, read, voted and passed in articles and ordained to be excepted in the act of this present parliament.

[Article regarding the coining of copper money; supplication read and party cited; advocates admitted to plead for parties]

Regarding the article for discharge of coining and importing of copper money2, the importation of copper money is prohibited under the pain of the importer's death or other personal punishment, pecuniary fine or confiscation of his goods as the council shall find the fault to demerit. And for remedying the evil of the present abundance of that coin, ordains each estate to speak apart upon the value to which turnours3 are to be decried and discharges presently the course of all false turnours, and ordains the strikers of all false turnours to be punished with death. And John Smith to cause draw up the act.

Regarding the supplication given in by the Lady Luss craving that [Humphrey Colquhoun of] Balvie, who has intromitted with the estate, may maintain the whole children, the Laird of Balvie being cited and compearing desired liberty to bring advocates to answer the supplication. [John Stewart, earl of Traquair], commissioner general, appoints both parties to bring their advocates after noon.

  1. NAS, PA6/3, 'August 31-October 22 1639', f.7(a) v.
  2. 'appoints [John Maitland], earl of Lauderdale, [David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk, [Archibald Napier, lord] Napier, [Sir James Carmichael], treasurer depute, [Robert Ker, earl of Roxburghe], lord privy seal, [Sir Robert Graham of] Morphie, [Sir William Douglas of Cavers], sheriff of Teviotdale, [James Lyon of] Auldbar, John Smith [of Grotehill], Patrick Bell and John Semple [of Stainflett]', deleted.
  3. Defined in DSL as 'a copper coin usually valued at two Scots pennies'.