TWO DECLARATIONS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE Commonwealth of ENGLAND CONCERNING SCOTLAND Together with several PROCEEDINGS OF THE Commissioners Appointed by the PARLIAMENT For Ordering and Managing Affairs in SCOTLAND London Printed by John Field Printer to the Parliament of England 1652. A Declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England concerning the Settlement of Scotland THe Parliament of the Commonwealth of England esteeming it a necessary care and obligation that lies upon them to improve the Power which God hath now given them for the Advancement of the Glory of God and the good and welfare of the whole Island Have thought fit to nominate and appoint Commissioners forthwith to repair into Scotland for effecting the same And do hereby Declare First As to what concerns the Advancement of the Glory of God That their constant Endeavors shall be To promote the Preaching of the Gospel there and to advance the Power of true Religion and Holiness and That God may be served and worshipped according to his minde revealed in his Word with Protection and all due Countenance and Encouragement therein to the People of that Nation from those in Authority under the Parliament Secondly They do Declare As to what concerns the Freedom to be established to the People there and the Security to this Commonwealth to be had for time to come That Scotland shall and may be Incorporated into and become one Commonwealth with this of England whereby the same Government that is established here and enjoyed by the good People of this Nation under the Free State and Commonwealth of England as now setled without King or House of Lords may be derived and communicated unto them with such convenient speed as the same can be made practicable amongst them Thirdly They do Declare As to Satisfaction and Repairation that they intend and expect for the vast Expences and Damages which this Commonwealth hath already undergone by reason of the Invasion in the year One thousand six hundred forty eight by the Scots Army under the then Duke Hamilton The War which they necessitated England to for their own Defence and The late Invasion by the Army under Charls Stuart and For and towards the lessening the future charge of this Commonwealth All the Lands Houses Goods and Revenue whatsoever belonging to the said Charls Stuart pretended King of the Scots or to the Crown or State of Scotland and All the Estates whatsoever Real or Personal of those who did Invade England under Duke Hamilton in the year One thousand six hundred forty eight or were advising contriving or promoting thereof or in any way ayding abetting or assisting thereunto or Who were in Arms under the said Charls Stuart or were any way ayding abetting or assisting to him in Scotland or Who did with the said Charls Stuart lately invade England or were ayding abetting or assisting thereunto or since the same have raised Arms or been Promoters Abettors or Assisters thereof in Prosecution of the said Invasion or in Opposition to the Forces of the Parliament of England remaining there Shall be Confiscated and Forfeited to the use and benefit of the Commonwealth of England Except such who have since the Battel of Dunbar on the Third of September One thousand six hundred and fifty deserted the said Charls Stuart and not born Arms since against the Parliament As also such whose Merits and Services to this Commonwealth have or shall render them capable of being taken into a more favorable consideration by the Parliament Fourthly The Parliament do Declare That all such persons of the Scotish Nation as are not comprehended within the former Qualifications but have kept themselves free from the guilt of those things which have compelled this War and shall now upon the Discovery of their own true Interest be disposed to concur with and promote the Ends formerly and now Declared by the Parliament Shall be taken into the Protection of the Parliament and enjoy their Liberties and Estates as other the Free People of the Commonwealth of England ANd forasmuch as the Parliament are satisfied That many of the People of Scotland who are Vassals or Tenants to and had dependency upon the Noblemen and Gentry The chief Actors in these Invasions and Wars against England were by their Influence drawn into and have been involved with them in the same Evils It is hereby Declared That all those who are already or shall within Thirty days after the publication hereof on this side the River Tay and within thirty days after publication hereof beyond the River Tay and within thirty days after the publication hereof beyond the River Spey put themselves under the Protection of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England and conform themselves to their Government and Regulation Shall not onely be pardoned for all Acts past but be set free from their former Dependencies and Bondage-services and Shall be admitted as Tenants Freeholders and Heritors to Farm hold inherit and enjoy from and under this Commonwealth proportions of the said Confiscated and Forfeited Lands under such easie Rents and reasonable conditions as may enable them their Heirs and Posterity to live with a more comfortable Subsistence then formerly and like a Free People delivered through Gods goodness from their former Slaveries Vassalage and Oppressions Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti By the Commissioners of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for Ordering and Managing Affairs in Scotland THe Parliament of the Commonwealth of England having Declared their Intentions concerning the Settlement of Scotland and appointed Us their Commissioners to publish and make known the same to the people of this Nation and to use our Endeavor whereby the said Settlement may with most satisfaction and speed be effected and the whole Island through the goodness of God brought to an happy and lasting Peace We do therefore by vertue of the power on that behalf given Us Authorize and require you to meet in some convenient place within your Shire and there to nominate and elect _____ Persons of integrity and good affection to the welfare and peace of this Island which said persons so elected with full power on your behalf for effecting the premises are to be with us at Dalkieth upon the _____ day of _____ Given under our Hands at Dalkieth _____ this _____ day of 1651. To the Heretors and Rentallers of the Sheriffdom of _____ By the Commissioners of he Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for Ordering and Managing Affairs in Scotland ALthough the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England in their Declaration concerning the settlement of Scotland Have in the Article that concerns Religion and the Advancement of the power of Godliness held forth That the Uniontendred by them to Scotland for making it one Commonwealth with England shall be through the assistance of God so managed as may conduce to the real good and encouragement of all those that fear God in both Nations and that the People throughout the whole Island may
become such as amongst whom the Lord may delight to dwell And have likewise together with what they publish concerning Forfeiture and Confiscation of Estates held forth in their said Declaration favor to several sorts of persons according to their respective Qualifications expressed and contained therein Yet to the end the good Intentions of the Parliament may be more fully understood by all and brought to happy effect according to the trust and power committed to us We Declare That for promoting of Holiness and advancing the power of Godliness all possible care shall be used for publishing the Gospel of Christ in all parts of this Land and provision of maintenance made and allowed to the faithful Dispensers thereof together with such other encouragements as the Magistrate may give and may be expected by them who demean themselves peaceably and becomingly to the Government and Authority by which they receive the same As also that care shall be taken for removing of scandalous Persons who have intruded into the Work of the Ministry and placing of others fitly qualified with gifts for the instructing of the people in their stead And that such Ministers whose Consciences oblige them to wait upon God in the administration of spiritual Ordinances according to the order of the Scotish Churches with any that shall voluntarily joyn in the practice thereof shall receive protection and encouragement from all in Authority in their peaceable and inoffensive exercise of the same as also shall others who not being satisfied in Conscience to use that Form shall serve and worship God in other Gospel-way and behave themselves peaceably and inoffensively therein We shall likewise take care as much as in us lies that in places of Trust throughout this Nation Magistrates and Officers fearing God may be set up who according to the duty of their place may be a terror to all evil-doers and even to them whose licentious practices though under pretence of Liberty and Conscience shall manifest not to walk according to godliness and honesty And by vertue of the power on that behalf given us We do further Declare That all persons within the Qualifications of Favor expressed in the Parliaments Declaration being Inhabitants within the Borough of _____ that shall in pursuance thereof live peaceably under and yield obedience unto the Authority of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England exercised in Scotland are capable of and shall enjoy the respective Benefits and Favors held forth in the said Declaration and shall have such further Grants and Confirmations for the compleating thereof as shall be found requisite And we do lastly Declare That all Merchants Tradesmen and Handy-Crafts men within the said Borough not having in Lands and Goods above the clear value of Five hundred pounds sterling not being Prisoners at Wars or Soldiers of Fortune in Commission who shall also in pursuance of the said Declaration live peaceably under and yield obedience unto the Authority of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England exercised in Scotland shall not onely be freed and discharged from all Forfeitures and Confiscations of their Estates for any thing formerly done by them in reference to the Wars but be received into the Protection of Parliament and enjoy such Liberties and Immunities as also such Leases and Grants of Confiscated and Forfeited Lands as upon consideration of their respective qualities and deserts shall be thought fit Provided the favor held forth in this Declaration extend not unto any persons commonly known by the Name of Moss-Troopers or any other who have murthered or kill'd any Soldiers contrary to the Laws and Custom of War or any English people contrary to the Laws of Scotland Given under our Hands at Dalkieth the _____ day of February in the year of our Lord 165 By the Commissioners of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England for ordering and managing Affairs in Scotland THe Parliament of the Commonwealth of England having taken the settlement of Scotland into their serious consideration and those things which in the establishing of the Government there may be acceptable to God and for the good and welfare of the People And forasmuch as the due Administration of Justice and Right doth effectually conduce thereunto And the Parliament having in pursuance thereof Authorized and Commanded us to use our utmost Endeavors that Justice be done to all the People of Scotland Equally and Impartially without respect of persons and as may be most for their ease and relief And finding it necessary since our coming hither that for those ends Judicatories be speedily erected to the effecting whereof in a setled and orderly way more time will be required then the present condition of Scotland by reason of the long want of Administration of Justice will permit we have thought fit to make the same known unto the People of Scotland And likewise That in consideration of the present Exigency we shall by vertue of the Power unto us given in that behalf by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England forthwith appoint and authorize persons to the Administration of Justice unto the People of Scotland who are to be continued for some short time until the Judicatories and Courts of Justice may in a more solemn and lasting way be established And we do further for and in the name of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England Declare That no Power Jurisdiction or Authority derived from by or under Charls Stuart who pretendeth himself King of Scotland or any of his Predecessors or any otherwise then from the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England be used exercised or enjoyed within Scotland the Isles or any the Territories thereof and do hereby forbid adnul and make void the use or exercise of any Power Jurisdiction or Authority whatsoever within Scotland the Isles or any the Territories thereof other then such as is or shall be derived from the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England whereof all persons of whatsoever condition or quality are to take notice and required not to do to the contrary thereof in any ways upon the Pains and Penalties that may thereupon ensue And that none may pretend ignorance hereof We have commanded this Declaration to be Printed and Proclaimed at the Market-cross of Edenburgh and the other Burghs within Scotland where Proclamations have usually been made Given under our Hands at Dalkieth the 31th of January in the year of our Lord 1651. Ol. St. John G. Fenwick H. Vane Rob. Titchborn J. Lambert Rich. Salwey R. Dean Geo. Monck A Declaration of the Parliament of Enggland in order to the Vniting of Scotland into one Commonwealth with England WHereas the several Shires and Burroughs of Scotland hereafter mentioned have by their Deputies assented unto the Tender of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England That Scotland shall and may be Incorporated into and become one Commonwealth with England whereby the same Government that is Established here and enjoyed by the Good People of this Nation
under the Free State and Commonwealth of England as now setled without King or House of Lords may be derived and communicated unto them with such convenient speed as the same can be made practicable amongst them That is to say The Shires of Barwick Haddington Roxborough Linlithgo Dunbarton Dumfreeze Witon Forfar Aberdeen Bamf Bute Lanerk Kinkardine Nearn Sterling Clackmannon Edinburgshire Fife Pebles Selkirk Orkney and Zetland and Pearth And the Burroughs of Edinburgh Aberdeen St Andrews Pearth Rothsea Dundee Aberbothick Lauther Haddington Dunbar North Berwick Linlithgo Queens-Ferry Sterling Rugland Witon Forfar Montross Bamf Breichin Brunt-Island Crayl Jedborough Dunbarton Cullein Amstroder-West Pittenweyn Elgin Cowper Kinghorn Innerkething Kooleross Kilrenny Amstrother-East Selkirk Disert Glasgow Innerness and Kircaldy as by the several and respective Declarations signed under the Hands of the said Deputies of Shires and Burroughs and presented to the Parliament and there now remaining doth appear Upon consideration whereof the Parliament have Resolved That a Bill be brought in for making the said Union accordingly and do Declare That the People of this whole Island shall be represented in One Parliament and be Governed by their successive Representatives therein and that the People of Scotland shall send Members to serve in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England in such proportion and at such time as shall be hereafter declared And as to the particulars for the effecting hereof and setling of the Laws and Government in Scotland and other things necessary for compleating the said Union the Parliament do think fit That a certain number of Deputies to be Chosen and Commissionated in maner hereafter expressed do attend the Parliament or such persons and at such places as the Parliament shall appoint on the behalf of the Shires and Burroughs of Scotland consenting to the said Union with full power to effect the premises And for-this purpose the Parliament doth Declare That the respective Shires and Burroughs of Scotland unto whom Warrants for Electing Deputies to meet with the Commissioners of Parliament at Dalkieth have been formerly sent by the said Commissioners and who in pursuance thereof have by their Deputies or otherwise declared their Consent unto the said Union which hath been received and allowed by the said Commissioners of Parliament or such Shires and Burroughs as shall after the publishing of this Declaration and before the time herein appointed for the new Election of Deputies declare their Consent unto the said Union to the effect of what hath been already declared by the rest of the Shires and Burroughs and such Declaration of theirs be accepted and allowed of by the Commissioners of the Parliament or the Commander in chief for the time being in Scotland shall be capable of choosing and sending Deputies for the intent aforesaid And all such Shires and Burroughs as aforesaid that is to say The Heritors and Rentallers of the said Shires and the Neighbors and Burgesses of the said Burroughs respectively are hereby authorised and required to meet at some convenient place within their respective Shires and Burroughs at some time before the end of the Moneth of July next and then and there to Elect and Choose for their Deputies respectively persons of known Integrity and such as have declared their Consent to the said Union in like Numbers as formerly they were authorised to do by the Commissioners of Parliament residing at Dalkieth in Scotland which persons so Elected are to be commissionated by their respective Shires and Burroughs according to the Tenor following VVE Underwriters being authorised and required by the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England to Elect _____ persons of known Integrity and who have declared their Consent That Scotland be Incorporated into and made One Commonwealth with England with power on our behalf to meet with the rest of the Deputies of Shires and Burroughs at Edinburgh at or before the Twentieth day of August One thousand six hundred fifty two and there by Vote of the major part of Deputies present to Elect Fourteen persons to represent all the Shires of Scotland consenting to the Union as aforesaid and Seven persons to represent all the Burroughs consenting as aforesaid to attend the Parliament of England or such as they shall appoint as is directed by their Declaration bearing Date the Five and twentieth day of March One thousand six hundred fifty two and to have full power for effecting the matters expressed in the said Declaration Do give and grant for us and in our Name and in the Name and behalf of unto full power to attend the Parliament of England or such persons as they shall appoint for effecting the matters expressed in the said Declaration and to do all things requisite for the perfecting the said Union holding firm and stable what shall be so done by our said Deputies to all intents and purposes as if we our selves had been in person present and done the same And are to meet at Edinburgh at or before the Twentieth of August next and out of themselves to Elect Fourteen persons to represent all the said Shires and seven persons to represent all the said Burroughs which One and twenty persons are to make their repair to the Parliament of England or to such places in England as the Parliament shall appoint upon the First day of October One thousand six hundred fifty two with Commissions to them or any Eleven of them from the rest of the said Deputies of Shires and Burroughs according to the Tenor hereafter expressed VVE Underwriters Deputies for the several Shires and Burroughs hereafter named That is to say being thereunto authorised by our said Shires and Burroughs in pursuance of the Declaration of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England in that behalf Dated the Five and twentieth day of March One thousand six hundred fifty two have nominated and elected of our Number to represent our said Shires and to represent our said Burroughs which said One and twenty persons are to attend the Parliament of England or such persons as the Parliament shall appoint in pursuance of and for the ends expressed in their said Declaration And we do hereby give and grant for us and in our Name and in the Name and behalf of the said Shires and Burroughs unto the said One and twenty persons or any Eleven of them full power to bring to effect the matters expressed in the said Declaration and to do all things requisite for the perfecting the said Union holding firm and stable what shall be so done by our Commissioners to all intents and purposes as if we our selves had been in person present and done the same And before the said Deputies do proceed to the Election of persons at their said meeting at Edinburgh to attend the Parliament as aforesaid they are in the presence of such as for that purpose shall be thereunto appointed by the said Commissioners or by the Commander in chief of the Forces for the time being in Scotland by writing under their Hands to declare their Consent to the Union in maner following I A. B. being chosen and deputed by do declare my willing Consent unto the Tender of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England That Scotland be Incorporated into and made One Commonwealth with England whereby the same Government that is established in England without King or House of Lords may be derived to the People of Scotland and that I will be True and Faithful unto the said Government and live peaceably under and yield obedience unto the Authority thereof exercised in Scotland And for defraying the Expences of the said Deputies appointed as aforesaid to attend the Parliament upon this Service it is thought sit and hereby declared That twenty shillings Sterlin by the day be allowed unto each of the said Deputies during this service from the time of their setting forth for England and that according to the said proportion of Twenty shillings Sterlin by the day there be advanced unto each of the said Deputies three Moneths allowance which is to be paid them upon the place by the Commissioners at Leeth out of the Publique Revenue there who are hereby authorised and required to issue the same accordingly And the Commissioners of Parliament for Managing the Affairs of Scotland or such as they shall appoint are hereby authorised and required to cause this Declaration by such persons as they shall appoint to be published and made known unto the respective Shires and Burroughs as aforesaid in such maner as they may not pretend Ignorance thereof and such Publication shall to all intents and purposes be as effectual for the authorising the said Shires and Burroughs to proceed to this Election of Deputies as aforesaid as if particular Summons for that purpose had been granted unto each of them Hen Scobell Cleric Parliamenti FINIS