Manuscripta juridica

Acta Parliamenti Scotiae 1400 ca. - 1609: (extracts) .

The paper can be dated to the time around or not long after 1600, and the character of handwriting confirms this attribution. Acts are listed in chronological order, from the 15th century until 1609 (fol. 1vb infra). The first chronological series is followed by another series of various material from 1545 to the end of the 16th century From fol. 1ra onwards several series of numbered extracts of Acts of various rulers. Thereafter, fol. 1va, follow numbered series for specific kings: James I, James II, James III, James IV, James V, and Queen Mary. A last series, King James VI, starts in fol. 4r with the Parliament 1567/12/15 and ends in 1597 with an extract numbered 239

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No. of pages: Fol. 1r-9v

Incipit:

• [{i}First two items:{/i}] The four capitall crymes quhilk ar callit 'the four pointis of the crown' [{i}paper cut off{/i}] fyre, 2 Ravishment or deforcement of women, 3 Murther, 4 Robberie, reif.

  Causes of advocatioun(?) to be deidlie feid. The sheref ... or judge ordinar ... Mar. P. 6 c. 39

Explicit:

• [{i}Last item:{/i}] 239 Sheref clerks sould have thair buiks markit as uther notaris usis, be the Clerk of Register