Committee members: lords of the articles

The lords elected to the articles

  • For the clergy
  • [Patrick Hepburn, bishop of] Moray
  • [Adam Bothwell, bishop of] Orkney
  • [Robert Pitcairn, commendator of] Dunfermline
  • [Michael Balfour, commendator of] Melrose
  • [Mark Kerr, commendator of] Newbattle
  • [John Hay, commendator of] Balmerino
  • [Sir James Balfour of Pittendreich, commendator of] Pittenweem
  • [John Winram, commendator of] Portmoak
  • For the barons
  • [James Douglas, earl of] Morton, chancellor
  • [Alexander Cunningham, earl of] Glencairn
  • [John Erskine, earl of] Mar
  • [Alexander Home, lord] Home
  • [Patrick Lindsay, lord] Lindsay [of the Byres]
  • [Robert Sempill, lord] Sempill
  • [Andrew Stewart, lord] Stewart of Ochiltree
  • [Alan Cathcart, lord] Cathcart
  • For the burgh commissioners
  • [Sir Simon Preston of Craigmillar], provost of Edinburgh
  • James Barron
  • James Lovell for Dundee, in the absence of the provost
  • Provost of Cupar
  • Provost of Montrose, in his absence, James Mason
  • Provost of Stirling, in his absence, William Norwell
  • Provost of St Andrews, in his absence, Leonard Williamson
  • John Forehouse for Haddington
  1. NAS, PA2/11, p.85.