RECOMMENDATION In favours of DUNCAN FORBES of COLLODDEN AT Edinburgh, The seventeenth Day of July One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety Five Years, Anent the Petition given in and presented unto His Majesty's High Commissioner and the Estates of Parliament, by Duncan Forbes of Collodden, Humbly showing, That the Petitioners Estate being laid waist, in anno One Thousand Six Hundred eighty and Nine, and One thousand six hundred and ninty by the Incursions and Depredations of the King's Enemies, and by the Forrageing of the King's Forces: And the Parliament having granted warrant to the Sherrif or Shertif-Deput of Inverness or Nairn, to take trial and probation thereanent, and Report to the Parliamentâ–ª which accordingly was done upon the seventeenth and eighteen Days of July. and tenth Day of October One thousand six hundred and ninty one, as the said warrant of Parliament and Reports therewith produced did testify. Therefore humbly Craving. That His Grace and the Estates of Parliament would refer his case to the trial of a Quorum of the Committee for private Affairs and upon their Report to do thereanent as in their Wisdom should be thought fit, Which Petition being upon the Twelfth day of July instant read and considered in plain Parliament. His Majesty's High Commissioner and the Estates of Parliament, have Remitted, and hereby Remit the same to the Committee for private Affairs, to prepare and Report: Which Committee of private Affairs, having upon the thirteenth Day of July instant conform to the Remit of Parliament, convened, and having revised and considered the Report dated the seventeenth and eighteenth days of June One thousand six hundred and ninty one Years, of the Losses and Damages sustained by Duncan Forbes of Collodden, and his Tenants of Ferrintosh within the Parochines of Vrquhart and Loggie, through Depredations, Theists and Robberies committed upon them, by the late Highland Rebels while in Arms, As they were liquidat and proven by Depositions taken before Alexander Chisholm Sherrif Deput of Inverness by warrant and Commission of Parliament direct to him to that effect: As also, Another Report of Losses sustained by him and his Tenants within the Parochines of Inverness, Petty, Deviot Croy, and Wardlaw, done partly by the Rebels, and partly by His Majesty's Regular Forces, Dated the tenth Day of October One thousand six hundred and ninty one, as the samen was cognosced before the said Sherriff Deput upon Oath, they found, that the value of the said's Damages sustained by the said Duncan Forbes and his Tennets in Ferrintosh, extends to Thirty six thousand four hundreth and fifty four pounds thirteen shillings four pennies Scots Money: And that the value of the Damages sustained by him and his Tenants within the said's Parochines of Inverness, Petty, Deviot, Croy, and Wardlaw, Extends to ten thousand nine hundred forty five pound thirteen shilling, four pennies, Ind in all the value of the said's whole Damages, Extends of Forty seven thousand and four hundred pounds six shillings eight pennies Scots Money foresaid, and it is the opinion of the Committee, that the said Duncan Forbes of Collodden be recommended to His Majesty's Royal and Gracious consideration, for the Reparation of his said Damages, as His Majesty should think fit, And the Report of the said Committee for private Affairs being this day brought in therefrom, and read and considered in plain Parliament His Majesty's High Commissioner, and the Estates of Parliamet, have approven, and hereby approve the same, and Recommended and hereby Recommend the Laird of Collodden to His Majesty's Gracious consideration for the Reparation of his Damages as His Majesty should think fit. Extracted forth of the Records of Parliament, by George Viscount of Tarbat Lord Macleod and Castle-haven etc. Clerk to the Parliament, and to His Majesty's Councils Exchequer Registers and Rolls. Tarbat Cl: Register.