Procedure

Prayers said. Rolls called.

Procedure: minutes read

Minutes of the last sederunt read.

Judicial Proceedings: petitions read and parties in processes summoned

Petition for John [Lindsay], earl of Crawford against Sir William Menzies [of Gladstains], late tacksman of the excise and his cautioners, read and they ordered to see and answer the same against the second sederunt next week, with certification.

Petition for John [Murray], duke of Atholl against the said Sir William Menzies [of Gladstains], read and he ordered to see and answer against the said diet, with certification.

Petition for Frances [Herbert], countess dowager of Seaforth, against [George MacKenzie], earl of Cromarty and others, again read, and they ordained to see and answer at the second sederunt next week, with certification.

Procedure: order of business

Ordered that the second sederunt next week be for private business.

  1. NAS. PA2/39, f.19.