The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 9 October 2024

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Procedure: appointment of a colonel for the Lanarkshire forces
[William Hamilton, earl of] Lanark appointed colonel

The estates nominate and appoint the earl of Lanark to be colonel of the sheriffdom of Lanark and of the forces that are now to be brought out of the same.

  1. NAS. PA8/1, f.145v.