The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 29 March 2024
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Procedure: explanation and declaration concerning bonds and conventions
Act 14
Explaining the preceiding acts of parliament made against bandis and conventiones amongest the subjectis, as also declairing the bandis and conventiones mad and keiped since the begining of the present troubles to be laufull
Forsomuch as the estates of parliament, presentlie conveind by his majesties speciall authoritie, considering that by the tuelffe act of the tenth parliament of the kingis majesties umquhile dearest father of eternall memorie, all leagues and bandis amongst the subjectis are dischairged, and by the 131 act of the eight parliament of the kingis umquhile dearest father all counsellis, conventiones or assemblies without the kingis command and licence are also dischairged wnder the paines ordeaned by the actes of parliament against suche as wnlaufullie convocatis the kingis leiges, and that also by sindrie other preceiding statutes and actis of parliament mad by his majesties most noble progenitouris the foirsaidis leagues, bandis, counsallis, conventiones and meitingis are lykewayes dischairged. And heirwith also the said estates, takeing to thair consideratione what was the true end and meaneing for making of the foirsaid actis, and how far the same in equitie and reasone can be extendit, findis and declairis that the foirsaidis actis and lawes particularlie and generallie befor exprest is not, nor cannot be, extendit against any bandis, leagues, counsellis, conventiones, assemblies, committies or meittingis mad, haldine and keiped by the subjectis for mentinance and preservatione of the kingis majestie, the religioune, lawes and liberties of the kingdome, or for the publicke good, either of kirke or state, but the saidis estates findis and declaires that all these bandis, conventiones, committies and other meitingis mad and keeped by the estatis and subjectis of this kingdome for the publicke good of king, kirke and state and intendit for the defence and preservatione thairof from the begining of these present troubles are not prohibited and dischairged by the forsaidis lawes and actes of parliament particularlie and generallie befoir rehearsed, nor none of theme, and can no wayes be wnderstood nor interpret to fall within the compass of the dischairge and prohibitione of the foirsaidis actis and doeth nowayes contraveine the same nor none of them. And thairfoir the saidis estatis ratifies, approves and allowes all the saidis bandis, convensions, committies and other meitingis which are and have beene mad and keeped within this kingdome for the defence and preservatione of the kingis majestie, the religion, liberties and lawes of this kirke and kingdome since the begining of the present troubles thairof, and declaires the same to be laufull and legall deedis, and that they doe nowayes contraveene the foirsaidis actis of parliament respective abovementioned nor none of theme nor no other law nor constitutione of this kingdome.
- NAS, PA2/22, f.22v-23r.