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Act in favour of Mr Roger Mowat [of Drumbreck]

The estates of parliament, having heard and considered a supplication given in by Mr Roger Mowat, advocate, showing that by various acts of parliament and by acts of committees the sum of £10,000 and above is found justly resting to him for lent monies and for certain quantities of meal sold by him to the estates for 100 merks the chalder, which sums rest owing to him for various years bygone besides the recompense of his 12 years' service as a procurator of the estates, and besides his extraordinary losses by burnings and otherwise which have been tried, reported and approved. Therefore humbly desiring that seeing he lent his monies and sold his victual to the said estates willingly of his own accord, freely and uncompelled thereto, has faithfully served in his said place according to his abilities and has suffered exceedingly great losses by burnings and otherwise, that the said estates of parliament would take the premises into their serious consideration and let him have some part of the favour that others have received; and that they would be pleased in the meantime to liberate his lands from all the said public dues and burdens in time coming until his said just debts be paid or some speedy course be taken for payment thereof, as the said estates have taken or shall take for the satisfaction of others in the same condition, otherwise his losses and sufferings will become altogether unsupportable to his utter ruin, as at more length is contained in the said supplication. Which being taken into consideration by the said estates of parliament, and the said desire found by them to be just and reasonable, they have recommended and recommend the said Mr Roger Mowat to the committee of monies for making payment to him of the aforesaid sum of £10,000 for lent money and for victual sold by him to the public, and likewise for payment to him of the old fees resting owed to him as one of the procurators of estate, and for all which he has never received any payment as yet. And further the said estates of parliament recommend the said Mr Roger Mowat to the committee of war of the shires of Aberdeen and Kincardine, to grant him an allowance of one part of the suspended maintenance of the said shires respectively and proportionally to his burnt and wasted lands lying within the same and to liberate the said lands from payment of the said maintenance.