Stent for the charges of Commissioners in Parliament.
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Lyon of Muiresk, having been Commissioner in the Parliament 1648, did, by virtue of the act of Parliament 1661, allowing Commissioners' charges, to those who served in Parliament 1648, who adhered to the engagement, charges the Heritors of the Shire to meet, and stent; and there being a stent made, conform to the valuation, he charges thereupon. Some of the Heritors suspend, and allege, That they were not charged to meet, and so the stent roll is null; 2do, That it is not instructed, that the charger attended all the days in the Parliament; 3tio, That the roll ought, to be made according to the retour, and not to the valuation, conform to the custom before the troubles.
The Lords found, That seeing the Heritors who met, expressed in the stent roll, that all the Heritors were charged, that it was sufficient though the executions against each one of them were not now produced; and because the sederunts of the Parliament 1648 were not to be found, they found he had right to the whole charges during the Parliament, unless for such time, as they shall prove by his oath, that he was absent; but found, that the stent roll ought to be according to the retour, and not to the valuation.
