Manuscripta juridica

Statutes of Scotland (first collection 1541) .

This first collection only comprised statutes by King James V. The text was printed at Edinburgh by Thomas Davidson. The text was reprinted in the second collection of statutes, in 1566. I have only seen the reprinted text [{i}copy at Aberdeen, UL, shelfmark pi 3461 Hen{/i}].

[{i}Command by King James V to James Foulis, his Clerk Register, to collect the king's statutes and publish them in print - text reprinted in the second collection 1566, after the end of the statutes by King James V, fol. 142v:{/i}] The Kingis grace ordinance for imprentin of his actis of Parliament. Ca. cviii. Heir our Soverane Lord hes ordanit, that the actis of parliament maid be his hienes be publist out throw all his Realme. And that all Schireffis, Stewartis, Baillies, Provestis and Baillies of Burrowis, and uthers his liegis, may have the copyis thairof, and pretend na Ignorance throw misknawing of the samin. Hes ordanit his Clerk of Registre, to mak ane autentyk extract and copy, of all the saidis actis, sa far as concernis the commoun weill, under his subscriptioun manuall, to be Imprentit, be quhat Prenter it sall pleis the said Clerk of Registre to cheis. And it sall not be lesum to ony uther Prenter, to Imprent the samin within this Realme, or without the samin, or bring hame to be sauld, for the space of vi. zeiris nixt to cum, under the pane of confiscatioun of the samin: Provyding alwayis that the said Prenter to be chosin be the said Clerk of Registre, as said is, have our said Soverane Lordis speciall licence thairto.

[{i}Explanatory addition to this text in the collection 1566:{/i}] Thomas Davidson than chosin Prenter, first Imprentit thir the viii. day of Februar the zeir of God ane thousand fyve hundreth xli. zeiris. Thir ar the trew coppyis, of the actis of Parliament, maid be our Soverane Lord King James the fyft. Extractit furth of the bukis of Parliament, at command of the act maid thairupone, be Maister James Foulis of Colintowne, Clerk of our Soverane Lordis Registre, Counsall and Rollis, under his signe and subscriptioun manuall. Iacobus Foulis

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Author(s): James Foulis of Colington (editor), Clerk Register

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