The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2025), date accessed: 20 April 2025
[A1650/5/18]1
[Order concerning the provision of a messenger for carrying letters to the commissioners sent to the king]
Orders for the provost of Edinburgh to have in readiness one for carrying letters to the commissioners and to provide for his charges
20 May 1650
The estates of parliament have ordained and ordain Sir James Stewart of Kirkfield [and Coltness], knight, commissary-general, to have in readiness one for carrying of letters to the commissioners to Holland and to provide for his charges, which shall be allowed to him in his accounts.
- NAS. PA7/7/16, no.16r-v.