Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Acta criminalia Scotiae : against Earl of Montrose 1641

Incipit:

  • The dittay is not relevant in [and then:] swa farre as upon the assumption of perjurie in violating his oath
  • My Lords of the Committee, [and then:] gentlemen and burrows, be pleased to be informed

Acta criminalia Scotiae: against Earl of Montrose 1641 .

Quotes Regiam maiestatem and other "Auld Lawis"; acts of Parliament; Corpus iuris civilis (often), at times with glossa ordinaria; Cujacius; Julius Clarus (often); Boerius, Decisiones Parliamenti Burdegalensis; Tuscus, Conclusiones (often); Skene, De verborum significatione; Decretum Gratiani; Speculator [= Guilielmus Durantis]; Cravetta, Consilia; Menochius, Causa 321; Bodin, De re publica; Godfred, Ad legem Juliam maiestatis; Baldus (quotation taken over from Index by Tuscus); Boerius, De seditiosis (often); Salycetus; Boerius, et eum sequitur Plac.; Barthol. Socinus, Consil.; Cravetta [{i}garbled pag. 211 lin. 1:{/i}'Cravalla']; King Charles, Parliament; Cicero, De re publica; Gaylus, De pace publica (several times); date 1638/7/4 mentioned p. 213 medies; Bartolus; Jason, Consilia; Baldus, Consilia; Cravetta, Consilia]

No. of pages: Pag. 205-235

Rubric: [{i}Title for pages 205-218:{/i}] Answers for the Erle of Montrose to the dittay given against the said Erle

Incipit:

  • The dittay is not relevant in swa farre as upon the assumption of perjurie in violating his oath.

    [{i}Title for page 219:{/i}] Answers in facto given in be the Erle of Montrose, Lord Naper, Lairds of Ker and Blackhall to our severall dittays ... in swa farre as the samyn are coincident and the particulars lybelled concerneth us all

  • My Lords of the Committee, gentlemen and burrows, be pleased to be informed.

    [{i}Title for pages 219-221:{/i}] Answers in facto by the Erle of Montrose anent the said particulars in his dittay where he is charged alone without the accession of the Lord Naper, Lairds of Keir and Blackhall. [{i}Text in first person singular{/i}.].

    [{i}Title for pages 221-224:{/i}] Replyes to the defenses given in by the Erle of Montrose against the criminall dittay, quhilk are repeited against the Lord Naper, Lards of Keir and Blackhall, for the said poynts that are common to them all. [Julius Clarus cited].

    [{i}Title for pages 224-229:{/i}] Duplyes by the Erle of Montrose to the replyes against the said Erles defenses, quhilk are repeitit for the Lord Naper, Lairds of Keir and Blackhall for such poynts as are common to them all [Julius Clarus cited, Corpus iuris civilis, the Glossa, Menochius Consilia, Tuscus, Salycetus].

    (Pag. 229-231) Depositions of witnesses.

    [{i}Title for page 231:{/i}] Report concerning M. Jo. Grahme minister his speaches, apud Edinburgh 24 May 1641.

    The quhilk day the Lords Balmerino, Sir Thomas Hope of Kerse and Ja. Sword being appoyntit be the Committee of Estats to heir and make report to them ... Produced in presentia dominorum by the Lord Balmerino who craved the Committee to take course with the same as they thought fitt