[A1641/8/1a]¹

[Oath of parliament]

Forasmuch as the honour, greatness and happiness of the king's royal majesty and the welfare of the subjects depends on the purity of religion as it is now established in this kingdom, the laws, liberties and peace thereof which ought to be sought after by all good Christians, loyal subjects and true patriots, and to be furthered and maintained by them against all such as by any means endeavour to shake or subvert the same, therefore, we under-subscribers and every one of us do in the presence of almighty God promise and vow that in this present parliament we shall faithfully and freely speak, answer and express ourselves upon all and every thing which is or shall be proposed so far as we think in our conscience may conduce to the glory of God, the good and peace of the church and state of this kingdom and employ our best endeavours to promote the same and shall in no way advise, voice nor consent to anything which to our best knowledge we think not most expedient and conducible thereto; as also that we shall maintain and defend with our lives, power and estate his majesty's royal person, honour and estate, as is express in our National Covenant, and likewise the power and privileges of parliaments and the lawful rights and liberties of the subjects; and by all good means and ways oppose and endeavour to bring to exact trial all such as either by force, practise, counsel, plots, conspiracies or otherwise has done or shall do anything in prejudice of the purity of religion, the laws, liberties and peace of the kingdom. And further, that we shall in all just and honourable ways endeavour to preserve union and peace between the three kingdoms of Scotland, England and Ireland. And neither for hope, fear nor other respect shall relinquish this vow and promise.

10 August 1641

Read in audience of parliament, who approve the same and appoint the same to be taken by all members of this parliament and in all parliaments hereafter, before they proceed to any act or determination.

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  ²J[ames Stewart, duke of] Lennox
  [James Hamilton, marquis of] Hamilton
  [Archibald Campbell, earl of] Argyll
  [William Keith, earl] Marischal
  J[ohn Gordon, earl of] Sutherland
  [James Erskine, earl of] Buchan
  [Alexander Montgomery, earl of] Eglinton
  [John Kennedy, earl of] Cassillis
  [John Lyon, earl of] Kinghorn
  [Thomas Erskine, earl of] Kellie
  [Thomas Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
  [Gilbert Hay, earl of] Erroll
  [George Gordon, marquis of] Huntly
  J[ohn Erskine, earl of] Mar
  [George MacKenzie, earl of] Seaforth
  [James Douglas, earl of] Queensberry
  [William Kerr, earl of] Lothian
  [James Murray, earl of] Annandale
  R[obert Maxwell, earl of] Nithsdale
  [Francis Scott, earl of] Buccleuch
  [David Carnegie, earl of] Southesk
  [John or David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
  [William Ramsay, earl of] Dalhousie
  [James Ogilvie, earl of] Findlater
  [John or Robert Gordon, viscount of] Kenmure
  [James Stewart, earl of] Moray
  [James Home, earl of] Home
  [Charles Seton, earl of] Dunfermline
  [William Douglas, earl of] Morton
  [Robert Arbuthnott, viscount of] Arbuthnott
  [John Leslie, earl of] Rothes
  [John Drummond, earl of] Perth
  [John Lindsay, earl of] Lindsay
  [Alexander Forbes, lord] Forbes
  [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
  [Robert Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
  [John Hay, lord] Yester
  [John Sinclair, lord] Sinclair
  [Alexander Elphinstone, lord] Elphinstone
  [John Borthwick, lord] Borthwick
  [James Boyd, lord] Boyd
  [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
  J[ames Elphinstone, lord] Coupar
  [James Johnstone, lord] Johnstone
  [John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino
  [John Maitland, earl of] Lauderdale
  [William Ker, earl of] Roxburghe
  [James Livingstone, lord] Almond
  A[lan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart
  [Alexander Lindsay, lord] Balcarres
  [William Crichton, earl of] Dumfries
  W[illiam Crichton, earl of] Dumfries
  [Walter or Alexander Stewart, lord] Blantyre
  [Andrew Fraser, lord] Fraser
  [George Forrester, lord] Forrester
  [John Carnegie, lord] Loure
  [James Campbell, lord] Kintyre
  [William Hamilton, earl of] Lanark
  [John Stewart, earl of] Traquair
  [Alexander Erskine, earl of] Kellie
  [Robert Balfour, lord Balfour of] Burleigh, in the presence of the lords of parliament
  [William Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
  J[ohn Cranstoun, lord] Cranston
  M[ungo Murray, viscount of] Stormont
  [Thomas or John MacLellan, lord] Kirkcudbright
  James [Graham, earl of] Montrose
  [John Sandilands, lord] Torphichen
  [George Hay, earl of] Kinnoull
  [John or David Wemyss, earl of] Wemyss
  [William Cranston, lord] Cranston
  [John or Robert Gordon, viscount of] Kenmure
  A[lexander Lindsay, lord] Spynie
  William Douglas, [marquis of Douglas]
  J[ohn Campbell, lord] Loudoun
  [William Graham, earl of] Airth
  [Alexander Livingstone, earl of] Linlithgow
  [John Hamilton, lord] Bargany
  [George Ogilvy, lord] Banff
  [George Lindsay, lord] Spynie
  [George Seton, earl of] Winton
  [John Hamilton, earl of] Haddington
  [Patrick Maule, earl of] Panmure
  [Patrick Murray, lord] Elibank
  [John Scrimgeour, viscount of] Dudhope
  [Thomas or John MacLellan, lord] Kirkcudbright
  [Robert or William Ross, lord] Ross
  [Sir Alexander Falconer of] Halkerton
  [John Hamilton, lord] Bellhaven
  [James Sandilands, lord] Abercrombie
  [William Cochrane, lord] Cochrane
  J[ohn] Hepburn of Waughton
  James Stewart for Edinburgh
  Forbes
  William Lauder
  J[ames] Mercer of Aldie
  [Sir] J[ohn] Wauchope [of Niddrie-Marischal]
  [Sir David Crichton of] Lugton
  W[illiam] Rigg [of Aithernie]
  [George] Dundas of that Ilk
  [Sir] J[ohn] Stirling of Garden
  Sir W[illiam Baillie of] Lamington
  [Sir Robert Grierson of] Lag
  D[uncan] Campbell of Carrick
  [Sir] Charles Erskine [of Alva, Bandeath and Cambuskenneth]
  [George] Buchanan of that Ilk
  Sir P[atrick] Murray [of Elibank]
  [Sir John Hamilton of] Preston³
  [Sir David] Home [of Wedderburn]⁴
  William Cockburn [of Langton]
  ⁵[...]urray⁶
  Sir Thomas Hope [of Kerse]
  Robert Innes of that Ilk
  [David] Beaton of Creich
  Sir A[lexander] Murray [of Blackbarony]
  Sir David Murray [of Stanhope]
  H[ector] Bannatyne [of Kames]
  [Sir Henry Montgomery of] Giffen
  [Hugh Campbell of] Cessnock
  [Sir] R[obert] Graham of Morphie
  Sir G[ilbert] Ramsay [of Balmain]
  [...]⁷
  Sir J[ohn] Moncreiffe [of that Ilk]
  [Sir] T[homas] R[uthven] of Freeland
  [...]⁸
  [Sir Alexander] Morrison of Prestongrange
  J[ohn] Forbes of Leslie
  [Sir] W[illiam] Forbes [of Craigievar]
  [Patrick Maxwell of] Newark
  A[lexander] Erskine of Dun
  [Sir] William Scott [of Harden]
  Sir John Chiesley [of Kersewell]
  Sir R[obert] C[ampbell of] Glenorchy
  Sir D[uncan] Campbell [of Auchinbreck]
  Sir J[ames] Fraser [of Brae]
  [Sir] James Dundas [of Arniston]
  [Sir Alexander] Abercrombie [of Birkenbog]
  Robert Pringle [of Stichill]
  [Sir Walter Stewart of] Minto
  Sir D[avid] Graham of Fintry
  Alexander Gordon of Earlston
  [Sir] T[homas] Myreton of Cambo
  S[imon] MacKenzie [of Lochslin]
  [Sir] Robert Adair [of Kinhilt]
  Sir Archibald Stirling of Garden
  Sir J[ohn Charteris of] Amisfield
  [Sir] W[illiam] Scott of Ardross
  Patrick Hepburn of Waughton
  [Si][r] James Sinclair [of Murkle]
  G[eorge] Winram [of Liberton]
  J[ames] Borthwick [of Stow]
  J[ames MacDowall of] Garthland
  Robert Meldrum of Burghlie
  [Sir] Alexander Sutherland of Duffus
  [Sir] John Home of Blackadder
  Sir James Foulis [of Colinton]
  [John] Hamilton of Boghall
  [...]⁹ of that Ilk
  [Sir Adam] Hepburn [of Humbie]
  [Sir] J[ohn] Wemyss of Bogie
  J[ohn] Murray of Touchadam [and Polmaise]
  Hamilton
  [Sir] J[ames] Lockhart [of Lee]
  [John] MacLeod of Dunvegan
  W[illiam] Kerr of Newton
  Hugh Fraser of Kinneries
  Patrick Ross for Perth
  G. MacKenzie
  [Arthur] Forbes of Echt
  J[ohn] Kennedy
  J[ames] Cochrane
  Richard Maxwell
  Robert Arnott
  James Fletcher
  Patrick Leslie
  Thomas Bruce [of Weltoun]
  James Glen
  John Lepar
  Patrick Bell
  John Osborne
  [William] Simpson
  John Williamson
  James Scott [of Logie]
  John Irvine
  James Rose [of Merkinsche]
  George Gardyne
  Mark Kinglassie
  Mr R[obert] Cunningham
  Mr Robert Barclay
  W[illiam] Glendinning [of Gelstoun]
  James Skene of that Ilk
  Patrick Hannay
  J[ames] Airth
  J[ohn] Semple [of Stainflett]
  Gideon Jack
  Robert Hardie
  James Williamson [of Aikerfield]
  Thomas MacCulloch
  Mr A[lexander] Douglas [of Downies]
  Master Bamff¹⁰
  John Jamieson
  David Ramsay
  Mr J[ohn] Dunbar
  John Tulloch
  G[eorge] Hempseed
  Alexander Wilkieson
  Sanquhar¹¹
  Robert Gordon [of Knockbrex]
  William Hunter
  [...]¹²
  J[ohn] Lyon [of Troup]
  J[ames] Reid
  Andrew Martin
  George Purves
  Henry Cunningham
  Mr George Gray for Haddington
  J[ohn] Rutherford for Jedburgh
  Walter Murray
  Sir Walter Riddell [of that Ilk]
  D[avid] Spence
  Alexander Cunningham for Crail
  Alexander Selkirk¹³
  William Scott
  D[avid] Anderson for Cupar
  Archibald Mercer, Culross
  J[ohn] Spreull, Renfrew
  George Home for North Berwick
  David MacBrair [of Almagill and Newark]
  Robert Glencorse¹⁴
  Robert Crichton
  William Maxwell¹⁵
  George Johnston
  John Milne
  T[homas] Scott
  John Dick
  T[homas] Durham for Perth
  Hugh Kennedy
  William Watson
  Andrew Walker for Anstruther¹⁶
  James Haswell
  James Sword for St Andrews
  [...] of [...]¹⁷
  Matthew Spence for Rothesay
  Thomas MacBirnie
  Sir W[alter] Scott [of Whitslade]
  J[ohn] Jaffray
  Norman Fairfoul
  Andrew Thomson¹⁸
  A[lexander] Beaton
  J[ohn] Hamilton of Udston
  [Robert] Alexander
  George Jamieson
  David Ferry for Anstruther Wester
  George Adamson for Dunbar
  H[ugh] Rose of Kilravock
  John Short[Sir] W[illiam Cunningham of] Cunninghamhead
  John Dickson of Busby
  John Kennedy
  James Peddie
  Ninian Dunbar of Grangehill
  Robert Bell
  [William] Crichton
  John Rose [of Braidley]
  [Sir Alexander] Wedderburn [of Blackness]
  David Alexander
  John Auchterlony
  John Scott
  George Lauder
  J[ohn] Forbes [of Culloden]
  Gabriel Cunningham
  J[ohn] Spreull
  Edward Edgar
  David Fern¹⁹
  James Gibson
  [Sir] Daniel Carmichael [of Hyndford]
  J[ames] Lentron
  George Lawtie
  [Sir] Ludovic Gordon [of Gordonstoun]
  J[ames] Campbell
  Robert White [of Pourain]
  Alexander Bennet
  James MacCulloch
  Gilbert Moir
  William Lowis
  [James] Purves
  [Andrew] Pinkerton
  J. Brodie of Blair²⁰
  David Douglas
  [Thomas] Manson
  Archibald Sydserf
  Mr W[illiam] Dunbar
  Alexander Jaffray for Aberdeen
  David Simpson
  Sir George Maxwell of Nether Pollok
  [Sir] James Hope [of Hopetoun]
  Mr John Hay
  [Sir] J[ames MacGill of] Cranstoun-[Riddel]
  [Sir James] Halkett [of Pitfirrane]
  James MacCulloch for Whithorn
  Lewis Menteith
  John Sleigh
  J[ames] Campbell for Linlithgow
  J[ohn] Cockburn
  John Dickson
  J. Barnton
  J. Brown^{21
  22}J. Hay
  Wemyss²³
  William Scott
  Balmerino
  Gideon Scott [of Highchester]
  A[lexander] Bower
  William Luke
  David Mitchell
  Samuel Wilson
  Alexander Winton
  Robert Richardson
  [Colonel William Stewart of] Castle-Stewart