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Procedure: report and recommendation

Recommendation in favours of Govan's relict and children

The report underwritten wes presented and read in parliament, wherof the tenor followes.

At Edinburgh, the eight day of July 1661, the which day the lords appointed be the lords of the articles for reviseing and considering the clame given in be Anna Hamilton, relict of umqhile William Govane, for her selff and in behalff of her childreen, and reporteing their opinion theranent, having met and considered the said clame, with the instructions thairof, doe find that the said Anna Hamilton acclameth for the use of Alexander Montgomrie, her son of the first mariage, procreat betuixt her and umqhile Alexander Montgomerie, her first husband, the sums following viz, the sume of sex thousand merks of principall which wes resting be the earle of Hadingtoun to her first husband. Item, one thousand, three hundreth [and] fiftie merks resting to him be the laird of Skelmurelie, with annualrent of the saids tuo principall sums fra Witsunday 1657. Item, the sume of one thousand merks principall resting to her first husband be James Crichtoun, brother to the earle of Dumfreis, with the annualrent therof fra Mertymes 1658. All which summs wer imployed be the said William Govane in the purchesse of the lands of Kirktoun in Kilbryd and, for instructing of the said clame, she produceth ane assignation granted to her be her said first husband to the behove of her said childe procreate betuixt them, dated the second day of Junij 1649, registrat 23 January 1654, with a decreit purchest against the earle of Hadingtoun for the said sume of sex thousand merks in December 1657, and three bands subscryved be the said William Govan granted to Mr Johne Dromond of Leonoch, as the persone trusted in behalff of the said childe of the first mariage, containing the saids respective sums, as may appeare be the said Mr John his bakband dated 18 July 1657. Item, she acclameth for Anna Charters, her daughter, procreat betuixt her and umqhile Mr Thomas Charters, her second husband, the sume of three thousand, seven hundreth [and] threttie punds, with the annualrent fra Witsunday 1657 to Witsunday 1661, extending the said annuelrent to eight hundreth, fourscore [and] fiftein punds, which sume the said William Govane intrometted with and imployed to the use forsaid. And for instructing therof, she produceth ane particle of the said Mr Thomas Charters his confirmed testament and that the said William Govan did intromet with the said sume as tutor dative to the said child. Item, she acclameth for herselff ane annualrent of sex hundreth merks out of the lands in Kirktoun of Kilbryd purchest be the said William Govan, her last husband, and produceth for verifieing therof a sasine given be the said William Govan to her propriis manibus, the same day he receaved sasine of the saids lands himselff, dated the last of November 1658, registrat in the generall register 15 January 1659. Wee humbly conceave that by these it may appeare that the saids moneys due to the relict and childreen wer disposed on for the payment of the price of the saids lands, which is offered to be proven be ane minute of contract past betuixt her second husband and Robert Hamilton of Kirktoun anent the seale of the saids lands, which wes therafter renewed in the said William Govanes name. So subscibit, S. J. Lockhart [and] Geo[rge] Mckenzie.

Which report, being taken into consideration be the estates of parliament, they doe recommend to the lord commissioner to deale with his majestie that, in the disposall of Govan's forfaltour, regaird may be had to the interests of his wiffe and of the childreen of her former husbands.