Manuscripta juridica

Ius proprium Scotiae - Registers of Sederunt 1553/1/15 – 1555 [{i}the oldest extant volume{/i}]: (extracts).

No mention of an author, no title. It appears from the text that this is a copy of Lord Pitmedden's abridgement. Several pages are almost illegibly faded

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Author(s):

• Alexander Seton Lord Pitmedden

No. of pages: Fol. 49v-58v

Incipit:

• Tho be the Act of Parliament 1537 [{i}faded abbreviation{/i}] appear that the Sessione of ambulatorie was then made perpetuall by Jon Duck of Albany, governour

  [{i}Fol. 58v, remark by the collector, at the end of extracts from the oldest preserved volume:{/i}] I have been the more large in taking alongs with me all the contents of this book, except some few which deserved no notice, to show the wnpolisht rudnesse (yea, I may say ignorance) of this tyme. Ther way of proceeding hes bein mightie tedious, all the reasoneing and disputatione hes bein by wrytt. They have sitten all the yeare and had no vaccances, except in veneratione of some saints days. The Lords hes sometymes compeared for pairtes as advocatts - which was a verie grosse solaecisme in justice, but it hes bein occasioned throw penurie of advocatts. They meett both sundays and mondays. The charges super inquirendis hes bein frequent. They did beginne their years as the Englishes yet doe, upon the 25 March. It appears, a mans judiciall compearance and acknowledgment he was payed of such a debt, and ane act made upon, was useful in this tyme, and thought better than his discharge. Some of the acts in this book bears to have bein done in presence of the Lords of Secrett Counsell. The advocats appeares in this book as 'Mr. Ja. McGill' etc