Manuscripta juridica

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

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No. of pages: Pag. 103-112v

Rubric: The ordour off the Chancellarie

Incipit:

• The ordour of the Kings Chappell or Chancellarie consists first and chiefle in the directiones of breiffes and the receiveing and comptrolling of the retours. The charge therof belongs to the Director of the Chancellarie, as alsoe the keepeing the testimoniall of the great seall, commonlie called 'the quarter seall', to whose office likwise pertained the writeing to the great seall.

  The names and number of breiffes. Off old ther were sundrie sorts of brieffes, now out of use, as may appear in the book called 'Regiam magistatem'.

  [{i}Text breaks off, incomplete:{/i}] Anent entres to comprysed lands. Rubrica. If he frae whome the lands be comprysed, deceis before saising be taken be any persone be vertue of the same comprysing, his air ought and should be retoured and servit to the said comprysit lands, because comprysing of lands and [{i}the text breaks off at the end of the page{/i}]