Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Consilium de legislatione Caroli I regis Angliae et Scotiae

Incipit:

  • Albeit the act above writtine [and then:] for establisheing the liberties of the kirk

Explicit:

  • rest\ the\ all\ of\ never\

Consilium de legislatione Caroli I regis Angliae et Scotiae . Legal opinion 'Anent the Act of Rescission'.

Criticism on an act of government which curtails privileges of church prelates. The text might correspond to MS Edinburgh, NR Scotland, RH13/7. The text may have originated as a legal opinion. It quotes the Council of Trent and ancient Christian writers as well as statutes under King Henry II or I (fol. 3). Year date 1596 (fol. 14). Date 1639 (fol. 21). Year 1618 (fol. 51r). Many mentions of Assemblies of the 16th century. Fol. 39v is left blank

No. of pages: Fol. 1r-56v

Rubric: Anent the act of rescissioune

Incipit:

  • Albeit the act above writtine for establisheing the liberties of the kirk, and repealling all lawes prejudiciall thairunto, caryeth in the narrative sufficient reassounes both of the utilitie and necessitie of that conclusiouns, zit becaus this act takes away all athir introduceit in favour of prelatties

Explicit:

  • never of all the rest