Manuscripta juridica

Ordo iudiciorum Cancellariae Scotiae, treatise 'The ordour of the kings Chappell or Chancellary consistis cheiflie' .

No mention of an author. Almost entirely anglicised. The text provides styles, all issued under name of a king Jacobus, and all of them in Latin, with pertinent explanations in Scots. The first style had a year date '149 etc.' which the scribe later emended to become '159 etc.'. The work starts a new quire. Handwriting different from above, very neat

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No. of pages: Pag. 144-153

Rubric: The order of the Chancellary

Incipit:

• The order of the kings Chappell or Chancellary consists first and chiefly in the direction, receiving and comptrolling of the retoures (the charge whereof belongs only to the director of the Chancellary), as also the keeping of the testimoniall of the Great Seall, commonly called 'The Quarter Seall' - to whose office likwise pertained the writting to the Great Seall.

  The names and number of breeves. Of old, there was sundry formes of breeves now out of use, as may appear in the book called 'Regiam maiestatem' and ancient acts of Parliament, such as, etc., and uthers, but presently there remains only but seven breeves in common.

  [{i}Further chapter headings:{/i}] The form of the Breeff of succession and of divers wayes of the direction thairof. The order of the answer or retour given to the Breeff of succession, and precepts past according thereunto. The forms of Breevs of tutory and idiotry, the maner of thair retours, and letters past according therto. The form of the Breeff of idiotry. The form of Terce, wherof no retour is reported to the Chancellary. The form of the Breeff of lineation of lands within burgh, whereof no retour is reported to the Chancellary. The form of the Breeff of division or partition of lands, where no retour is reported to the Chancellary. The form of the Breeff of perambulation, where no retour is reported to the Chancellary. Of commissions and other letters direct out of the Chancellary under the testimoniall of the Great Seall, upon ward lands. The form of letters of protection, acturney, letter compulsoriall, and such others direct furth of the Chancellary without warrands. Of writts passing the Great Seall, and first of confirmations. Of infeftments passing upon resignations or by new gift. Of infeftments passing on a proces of apprysing. The names of such letters as pass under the Privy Seall.

  (End:) Letters that pass all the sealls. Legitimations, naturalizations, remissions ... it is but of late that any maner of payment was taken of tayllies of infeftments, but the infeftment fee and liferent made all the rest free - ... of old

Explicit:

• as the oldest practitioners of writters knowe and hav seen of old