The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 19 April 2024

[M1650/11/12]1

[Report remitted to the committee for the bills; reports read and approved; earl of Linlithgow admitted; supplication read and report approved]

2Report from the committee of bills anent the presbytery of Dunfermline read and remitted back to the committee of bills and the committee that set down the quantity of victual, and to report tomorrow.

Report Cornet John Hay.

Report from the committee of bills concerning [John Maitland], earl of Lauderdale read and approved.

Recommendation from the commissioners of the general assembly concerning [George Livingstone], earl of Linlithgow read, and thereafter the said earl called in and ordained to sit and voice in parliament.

Supplication [William Cranston], lord Cranston and recommendation from the commissioners of the general assembly in his favour read and the report approved.

[Query concerning an addition to the committee for grievances remitted to the several bodies; reports approved]

3Query anent the addition to the commission for grievances remitted to the several bodies.

Report town of Anstruther Wester read and approved.

Report Sir James Lockhart [of Lee] read and approved to liberate him from banishment.

[Supplication remitted to the several bodies; continuation]

4Supplication Sir John Smith [of Grotehill] remitted to the several bodies.

Ordain the committee for the military affairs to meet this night, the committee for the coronation to meet tomorrow at 7 o'clock and the parliament at 9 o'clock.

Minutes read.

  1. NAS. PA3/2, f.76v-77r.
  2. 'Bills' written in the margin.
  3. 'Bodies' written in the margin.
  4. 'Bodies' written in the margin.