[1649/5/229]¹

Act in favour of [Sir Robert Campbell, elder, and John Campbell, younger], lairds of Glenorchy

The estates of parliament, having heard and considered a supplication given in to them by the lairds of Glenorchy, showing that whereas it is constantly and well-known to the said estates of parliament and the whole country concerning the burning and devastation of their whole lands through the incursion of the enemy therein during the time of the late and present troubles, through which the same is lying waste, useless and unprofitable to them, they cannot have so much benefit thereof as to pay his majesty's feu duties contained in the reddendo of their infeftments of the same. In respect of which misery and calamity being so heavily lying upon them as said, they had recourse by supplication to the lords of exchequer, craving to cause make an act of remission in their favour liberating them from payment of the said feu duties contained in the reddendo of their said infeftments of all years and of terms bygone and to come during the devastation of the said lands; and in the same act to declare that the non-payment of the said feu duty shall in no way be objected against their infeftments nor they in any way quarrelled thereof. Which lords of exchequer, by their act of 22 May last, have remitted their supplication to the consideration of the parliament, and in the meantime have prohibited and discharged any charges to go out or any letters of horning executed against them for the feu duties above-mentioned, as the said supplication and reference of the same produced will testify. Therefore humbly supplicating the said estates of parliament to have consideration of their distressed and wrecked estates and to cause make an act of parliament for liberating them from payment of the said feu duties contained in their said reddendo of their said infeftments of all years bygone and to come during the devastation of the said lands, and in the same act to declare that the non-payment of the said feu duty shall in no way be objected against their said infeftments nor they in no way quarrelled thereof, as at more length is contained in the said supplication. Which, with the report of the committee of bills, being taken into consideration by the said estates of parliament, they find that the lands belonging to the lairds of Glenorchy is made so useless and unprofitable that they cannot get so much of the rent as to pay the king's feu duty contained in their infeftments, therefore they have recommended and recommend seriously to the lords commissioners of the treasury and other lords of exchequer that they liberate the said lands of Glenorchy from payment of any feu duty to his majesty contained in his infeftments until the lands be able to pay the same.