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Procedure: report, 17 May 1692, Edinburgh

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Att Edinburgh the seaventeinth day of Maij Jaj vjc nyntie tuo years

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Procedure: report

Report of Comittee anent Earl of Sieforth

The Comittee appointed for examining the Earle of Sieforth and his servants reported that they could discover nothing of Import by there Examinationes And haveing examined William Gordone of Pencaitland In whose house the Earle wes when seized again he declared the Earle came not to his house whill tuesday last about three of the Cloack in the morning And that the Countess hade wreitten to the Earle Telling him If he hade not made his escape he would have been putt in the boots And that Patrick Watson who came to the Earle at William Gordons house declares the Earle went there the first night after he escaped from his oune house.

At Edinburgh 17 May 1692

A1692/5/1031

Procedure: report

Report of the committee concerning the earl of Seaforth

The committee appointed for examining [Kenneth MacKenzie], earl of Seaforth and his servants reported that they could discover nothing of import by their examinations, and having examined William Gordon of Pencaitland in whose house the earl was when seized again, he declared that the earl came not to his house until Tuesday last about 3 o’clock in the morning and that [Frances Herbert], the countess had written to the earl telling him if he had not made his escape he would have been put in the boots, and that Patrick Watson who came to the earl at William Gordon’s house declares the earl went there the first night after he escaped from his own house.

1. PC1/48, 199.

1. PC1/48, 199.

Sederunt, 17 May 1692, Edinburgh

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Att Edinburgh the seaventeinth day of Maij Jaj vjc nyntie tuo years1

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Sederunt

Lord Chancellour; Earl of Drumlanrig; Earl of Linlithgow; Earl of Louthian; Earl of Leven; Earl of Forfar; Earl of Breadalbain; Viscount Tarbatt; Viscount Stair; Lord Raith; Lord Cardross; Lord Beilhaven; Lord Carmichaell; Lord Hattoun; Lord Fountainhall; Lord Enstruther; Laird of Blackbarrony; Laird of Steivinstoun; Laird of Pollock; Sir Thomas Livingstoun; Sir William Lockhart; Sir Patrick Murray

At Edinburgh 17 May 16921

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Sederunt

[John Hay, earl of Tweeddale], lord chancellor; [James Douglas], earl of Drumlanrig; [George Livingstone], earl of Linlithgow; [Robert Kerr], earl of Lothian; [David Leslie], earl of Leven; [Archibald Douglas], earl of Forfar; [John Campbell], earl of Breadalbane; [George MacKenzie], Viscount Tarbat; [James Dalrymple], Viscount Stair; [Alexander Melvill], Lord Raith; [Henry Erskine], Lord Cardross; [John Hamilton], Lord Belhaven; [John], Lord Carmichael; [John Lauder], Lord Hatton; [John Lauder], Lord Fountainhall; [William Anstruther], Lord Anstruther; [Sir Archibald Murray], laird of Blackbarony; [Sir Robert Sinclair], laird of Stevenson; [Sir John Maxwell], laird of Pollok; Sir Thomas Livingston; Sir William Lockhart; Sir Patrick Murray.

1. PC1/48, 199.

2. PC1/48, 199.

1. PC1/48, 199.

2. PC1/48, 199.