Sessio 5a.
Compeirit Mr James M‘Gill of Rynkelour Nather, Clark of Register and Counsellor to our soveraigne Lord L., John Ballantyne of Auchnouchill, Knight, Justice Clark, and Mr Archbald Douglass, ane of the Lords of the Colledge of Justice, who, in presence of the haill Assembly, proponit in my L. Chancellor’s name, how his L. had understand that in the contraversie amongst them in St Androis there was continwet some heads tending to treasone and against the King’s Majestie’s authorities, Therfore requirit the Kirk presently assemblit to superside all devisione in that matter concerning the King’s Majestie, untill the tyme the nobilitie conveine, qwhilk will be within ten days, before whom that heid aucht to be sichted; nottheless that the Kirk proceed to sic things therein as pertayns to their owne jurisdictione; unto the qwhilk protestation the Kirk agriet.
The said day the haill Kirk presently assemblit, in ane voyse and mynde, gives full commissioune and power to the honorable their brethrene, John Erskine of Dunn, knight, superintendant of Angus and Mernes, Mrs John Wynrhame and Spottiswood, superintendants of Fyffe and Lawthiane respective, Mr James M‘Gill, Rankelour Nather, Clark of Register and Counsellor to our soveraigne Lord, Mr John Knox and John Craige, David Lyndsay of Edinburgh and Leith, ministers, the proveist of Dundie, Mr Thomas M‘Allzean, The Lairds of Balvaird, Spott, Braid, Carnaill, Dreghorne, Lundie, Howstowne, Drumqwhassell, Coldenknows, Carden, Fawdensyde, Thorntowne, Inchbrakie, David Forrest, Generall of the Conzie, David Ramsay of Dundie, Patrick Morray in St Johnstowne, and Robert Campbell of Kinzeaunclewghe, or any eight or seven of them, To compeir in Edinburgh the VI of this instant moneth of July, with continuatione of dayes, so oft as the nobilitie of this realme shall conveine betwixt this and the next Generall Assembly of the Kirk; and there, in name and behalf of the haill kirks of Scotland, propone and present to the said nobilitie, articles, heids, supplicationes, and complaints, such as the said Kirk hes pennit and delyverit to the said brethren, or hereafter shall, before the next Generall Assembly, delyver maist humbly in their names, to require answer and grant to their articles and supplicationes, and with redress of their complaintes according to equitie and justice, To assist, concurr, and consent to all and whatsumever shall be treatit in the said conventione tending to the setting forward of the glory of God, preaching and maintaining of trew religion within this countrie, King’s Majestie authoritie, commonweall and authoritie of this realme: As also to take cognitione in all and whatsumever complaints, supplications, and requests of brethren speciallie remittit to them be this Assembly; and whatsumever beis done be them in the præmises, to report the same to the nixt Generall Assembly of the Kirk to begine in Edinburgh the first day of March nixt to come, ffirm and stable haldand and for to hald, all and whatsumever the saids brethren any aucht or sevine of them in the premises leads to be done. The Kirk presently assemblit, for certaine causes moving them, discharges all and sundrie assignationes and pensiones grantit be the Kirk dureing their will, to whatsumevir persone or persones before the date heirof, and ordaines the Collector of the Kirk to intromett therewith heirafter, and to put inhibitione to all them that heretofore hes had any sic assignationes or pensiones, except that whilk is assignit to the King’s Majestie’s hand allanerly.
[TWENTY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.]
The Generall Assembly, halden at Edinburgh the 5th of Marche 1570(71), In the qwilke war present the Barrons, Superintendants, Commissioners to plant Kirks, Commissioners of Provinces, Universities, Towns, Kirks, and Ministers, Mr George Hay was chosen Moderator be the suffragis, to make prayers in this Assembly and exhortation in the beginning of the nixt.
Sess. 1a.
The Kirk assemblit ordains all superintendants and commissioners to plant kirks, to present hereafter, their books of their visitationes, every ane within their province respective, to every Assembly heirafter following, to be sichted and considerit be sic brethren as shall be appointit thereto, fra Assembly to Assembly, To the effect the Kirk may knaw their diligence in executing their offices within thair provinces. The Kirk finds fault that Mr John Rutherfurde, minister at Cultis, hes not done diligence in serving the said cure at leist certaine tymes in the year, admonisching him therefore to amend the said fault in tymes comeing, wtherwayes the Kirk will proceed against him as ane neglector of dewtie.
Sessio 2a.
Articles pertayning to the Jurisdictione of the Kirk, to be proponit to the Regent’s Grace and Secret Councill, and socht to be appointit be them.