Lord Colingtoun's losses

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

The earles of Dumfreis and Callander, the Lord Carden and commissioners for Stirline and Air, appointed by the lord commissioner his grace and the lords of the articles to take tryell of the losses sustained be the Lord Colingtoun, doe find that in anno 1648 he depursed sex thousand, sex hundreth pund[s] Scots of his oune propper money upon the leveying of ane regiment of horse for his majesties' service, and that by and attour the great expences he wes at after the defeate at Prestoun. Item, finds, by the testificat of severall gentlemen, his nighbours that, in the yeer 1650, he had his whole tennent houses, barnes, byres and haill onsets in the toun and lands of Newmayns, Craiglockhart and Bowbridge totallie brunt by the usurper's armie, all which are estimat by the saids gentlemen to four thousand pund[s] Scots. Item, it is certified by the said gentlemen that he had his whole plenishing within the maner place of Colingtoun brunt or taken away by the saids usurpers, and that all the doors and windowes, yron work and much of the loftein and rooff wer brunt, pulled doun and destroyed or taken away by the saids usurpers, and that he had severall other houses, barns and byres in Colingtoun brunt and much of his planting cut, all estimat by the saids gentlemen to ten thousand pund[s] Scots money. Item, that he had his whole cornes and others stock upon the mayns of Colintoun, then laboured and possest by himselff and his oune servants, all destroyed and taken away, estimat by the saids gentlemen to three thousand [and] threttie-three pund[s] Scots. Item, it is certified by a great many gentlemen heritors within the paroche of Westkirk, and under their hands, that the said Lord Colingtoun in the yeer 1650 had his maner house of Boningtoun, and the whole tennent houses, barns and onsets belonging therto, destroyed and brunt, estimat by the saids gentlemen to sex thousand pund[s] Scots. Item, finds that when he wes taken prissoner at Eliot ther wes taken from him in gold, money, jewells and horses to the value of three thousand pund[s] Scots money. Item, his whole estate being waste in the yeers 1650 and 1651, as also sequestrat by the usurpers till the yeer 1654, his estate then consisting of the baronie of Colingtoun, baronie of Ratho and lands of Boningtoun, being yeerly worth tuelff thousand, tuo hundreth punds Scots money, conforme to the rentall produced, his losse of the saids four yeers rents defalking one thousand, three hundreth [and] threttie-four pund[s] receaved out of the lands of Ratho, together with tuo thousand pund[s] reckoned in the former article as ane yeer's rent of the Park and Maines of Colingtoun, amounts to fourty-fyve thousand [and] threttie-three pund[s] Scots. Summa of the whole losses abovewritten, extends to seventie-seven thousand, sex hundreth [and] sextie-sex pund[s], and it is our humble opinion that the saids losses should be recorded in the books of parliament. Sic subscribitur, W. Dumfries, Calander, S[ir] Archibald Stirling, Duncane Nairne [and] Williame Cwnynghame.

Which report, being taken into consideration be the lord commissioner and estates of parliament, they have appointed and appoints the same to be recorded in the books of parliament.

  1. NAS. PA2/27, f.99.