[A1641/8/82]¹

[Supplication of Hector Bannatyne of Kames for nullification of a legal sentence made against him]

Supplication by Laird Bannatyne of Kames

To the king's most excellent majesty and estates of parliament, humbly means and shows Hector Bannatyne of Kames that where I, being appointed commissioner for the sheriffdom of Bute to attend this present parliament, true it is and of verity that Ninian Stewart of Ascog intended summons and action against me before the commissaries of Edinburgh, for reducing of a decreet recovered by me against him before the commissary of the Isles. The which action he has caused call, and I not being able to attend the said cause or to inform the said commissaries relating thereto by reason of my attendance of the said parliament, he has thereupon obtained decreet reductive pronounced against me by the said commissiaries in the said cause, through which I am greatly prejudiced, notwithstanding that by late act of parliament all process and action before inferior judges against the members of parliament are declared null. Therefore I humbly beseech your majesty and estates of this present parliament to restore me against the said sentence reductive and to declare the same null, according to the said act of parliament according to justice.

9 October 1641

Read in audience of his majesty and estates of parliament, who find the desire hereof reasonable and therefore find the decreet within written null, and restores the supplicant against the same. And ordain an act to be extracted hereupon.

[John Elphinstone, lord] Balmerino, in presence of the lords of parliament²