The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 5 May 2024

[1705/6/121]1

Procedure: act voted and approved

Then the parliament proceeded to the consideration of the act in favour of Mistress Jean Ramsay appointing a month's cess to be paid at the terms mentioned in the act for payment of the clothing money and arrears due to the deceased Lieutenant General George Ramsay, her father and, after some amendments made upon the act, it was put to the vote, approve the act or not, and carried approve.

Petition: read and debated

Petition for the merchants in Edinburgh in relation to passes from her majesty during the time of war for carrying on their trade read, and recommended to her majesty's high commissioner to represent to her majesty as their humble request that passes be granted by her majesty to the subjects of this kingdom trading to France and Spain and that her majesty may be pleased to give such orders as shall protect them in their said trade as well against her majesty's ships of war and privateers as those of her allies.

Procedure: order of business; public accounts

Ordered that next sederunt the report of the commission for public accounts be received and that the article relating to [John Hamilton], lord Belhaven and his partners their tack of excise be first under consideration, thereafter to consider the article relating to [Sir Alexander Bruce of] Broomhall's disbursements for the army and then [William Cochrane of] Ferguslie's case with relation to the poll-money.

  1. NAS. PA2/39, f.43v.