The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 25 April 2024

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Procedure: re-burial

The king's majesty's commissioner represented to the parliament that it was his majesty's pleasure that the corpse and bones of Colonel George Drummond, who died in his majesty's service, and which were unworthily buried, should be raised by his friends and buried where they should think fit. Wherewith the estates of parliament, being well satisfied, ordains the magistrates and other public ministers next adjacent to the place to be assisting to the raising of the corpse and allows the friends to bury it in some convenient place where they shall think fit.

Warrant: liberty granted

The lord commissioner and estates of parliament gives hereby warrant and order to the magistrates of Edinburgh to set the person of Alexander Jaffray at liberty furth of their tolbooth, he finding caution at the lord register's sight to stay within the town of Edinburgh until the parliament's further order.

Procedure: continuation

The lord commissioner continues the parliament until Friday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and all summons as above etc.

  1. NAS. PA2/26, 15.