The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 28 March 2024
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Procedure: act voted and approved
Then the parliament proceeded to the consideration of the act in favors of Mistress Jean Ramsay appointing a moneths cess to be payed at the terms mentioned in the act for payment of the cloathing 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 majestie dureing the time of war for carrieing on their trade read, and recommended to her majesties' high commissioner to represent to her majesty as their humble request that passes be granted by her majestie to the subjects of this kingdome 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 majesties' 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 publick accounts be received and that the article relating to the Lord Belhaven and his partners their tack of excise be first under consideration, thereafter to consider the article relating to Broomhall's debursements for the army and then Ferguslie's case with relation to the pole-money.
- NAS. PA2/39, f.43v.