The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Legislation: private act
Act in favoures of Alexander Cunynghame
The quhilk day, anent the supplicatione givine in to the parliament be Alexander Cunynghame, merchand burges of Craill, makeand mentione of the detriment susteent be him in Ingland for refusing to give oathes prejudiciall to the covenant, being keeped eighteene monethes in prisone in the fleete at Londone and lossing the benefite of his trade to the worth of ane hundreth pund sterling, with fourscoir ten pundis sterling of chairges and tuo hundreth pundis as the losse of his calling and fourtie pundis to the officeres of the jayle, which is in all four hundreth and threttie pund sterling, and therfor desyreing the parliament so to take the samene to consideracion, as the supplicant may have reparatione. Quhilke supplicatione being upoun the fourteene day of August last red in audience of the parliament, they fand the desyre thairof just and reassonable, and declaired they would take the samene in due tyme to consideracione and provyde course for the supplicantes reparatione, conforme to the desyre of the petitione. Lykeas therefter the foirsaid supplicatione being againe motioned in parliament the fyfte of November instant, the samene wes then appoynted to be givine to the kingis advocate to be delyvered be him to the secreeter to be presented to his majestie. Lykeas wpoun the eight of November, his majestie, being made acquant with the foirsaid petitione, was gratiouslie pleased to referre the consideracion therof to the parliament, quherwpon the parliament wpoun the ellevint day of November instant referrit the consideracione therof to the committee wnderwrittin, viz: the Erle of Glencairne and Lord Lindesay for the nobility, the lairdis of Lugtoun and Cambo for the barrones, and the commissioneres of Saintandroes and Dumbartane for the burrowes, quho wpoun the fyfteene day of November instant fand the desyre of the petitione verie reassonable and thought it expedient that ane warrand be granted to the commissioneris for satisfieing the supplicant of the soume of foure hundreth and therttie pundis sterling. And the foirsaid supplicatione being of new agane this day moved to the kingis majestie and estates of parliament, and the samene with the severall reportes and delyverances respective before rehearsit being takine to consideracione, the kingis majestie and estates of parliament decernes and ordeanes the foirsaid soume of foure hundreth2pundis sterling to be payed to the said Alexander Cunynghame, supplicante, be the commissioneris out of the first and reddiest moneyes in ther handis for the cause conteened in the foirsaid supplicatione.
- NAS, PA2/22, f.199v-200r.
- 'and threttie' inserted in APS.