Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







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

Incipit:

  • The ordor of the kings [and then:] chappell or chancellarie consist or first and cheifest

Explicit:

  • old\ of\ sein\ hes\ and\ knowne\

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

Corresponds largely to the text in the reprint 1962 of Balfour's Practicks, title 168 c. 1-24, p. 644-655, but shorter and with variants in the wording. Contains styles of documents and explanations for them

No. of pages: Fol. 123r-129r

Incipit:

  • The ordor of the kings chappell or chancellarie consist or first and cheifest in the direction, receaveing and comptrolling of the retoures.

    [{i}Chapter headings:{/i}] The names and number of breives. The forme of the breife of successionis and the diverses wayes of directing thairoff. The ordor of the anssers or retoure given to the breive of succession and precept directit according thairinto. The forme of breives of tutorie, idiotrie and the maner of thair retoures and lettres past according thairto. The forme of the breive of idiotrie. The forme of tearce quhairof no retoure is reported to the Chancellarie. ... Letters that pass all sealls

Explicit:

  • as the eldest practitione(r)s of wreitters knowne and hes sein of old