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

[1703/5/68]1

Procedure: draft act read; order of business; price controls

The draft of an act prohibiting butchers to be graziers, read and ordered to lie on the table; and thereupon it was recommended to the lords of session to regulate the prices of wines and foods within the town of Edinburgh.

Moved that an overture for the better employing of the poor offered by Doctor Hugh Chamberlain be considered and the consideration thereof delayed until the first sitting of parliament for private business.

Petition: read; to lie on the table

Petition by Alexander Nisbet for enabling him to perfect his book of heraldry, read and ordered to lie on the table.

Procedure: act to be considered

Agreed that the act in favour of the town of Glasgow be considered at the next sitting of parliament.

Petition: read and continued

Petition for the managers of the woollen and silk manufactories read, and delayed until the condition of the trade of the nation is considered.

  1. NAS. PA2/38, f.84v.