Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1592-1624 : (1592/11 - 1593/12)


Author(s):

  • Thomas Hamilton later 1st Earl of Haddington

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1592-1624: (1592/11 - 1593/12) .

Binding of this part of the MS and handwriting: the first quire of paper comprises fol. 128-139, the second one comprises fol. 140-148 (thus an uneven number of leaves - single leaf must have been glued in), and the third one comprises fol. 149-152. Changes of hand occur at the beginnings of fol. 128, 140, 141, 149: several scribes, and all of them used very light ink which is difficult to read. The text largely corresponds to the author's original Edinburgh, NL Scotland, Adv.MS.24.2.1.

[{i}First item, dated 1592/11:{/i}] In ane actioune persewit be A., B., C. Dowglas, sisters to the Laird of Drumlangrig, donator to the ward and marriage of the Laird of Gelstoune aganis ... [{i}After this item one other item is left out{/i}].

[{i}1592/11{/i}] My Ladie Saltoune, donator to the ward and mariage of my Lord Saltone, persewit certan tennents to remove. It wes.

[{i}1592/12/27{/i}] In ane actioune persewit be the Lady Bonytoune, relict of umquhil Cuninghame of Bonyton, aganis James Hamiltone of Libertoun, the Lords.

[{i}Last items of the first series, fol. 150v-151r:{/i}].

[{i}1592(1593)/1/20{/i}] In ane action persewed be [{i}blank space{/i}] in Montrois [{i}corresponds to Adv.MS.22.3.4 pag. 652{/i}].

[{i}1592(1593)/1/24{/i}] In the action persewed be Happer contra Herring for spoliation of teindscheaves [{i}corresponds to Adv.MS.22.3.4 pag. 652{/i}].

[{i}1592(1593)/1/27{/i}] In ane action of spulyie persewed betwein tennentes of the land of Lethinvars againes the young Laird of Tinwell captane of my Lord Maxwell ... [{i}corresponds to Adv.MS.22.3.4 pag. 652{/i}].

In ane action of improbation, persewed be ane Jonathan servitor to my Lord Justice ... [{i}corresponds to Adv.MS.22.3.4 pag. 652{/i}].

Fol. 151v-152v blank.

[{i}Fol. 153r-155r, Practicks 1593/6/6 - 1593/11/19. Written by yet another hand, difficult to read. Fol. 153-154 constitute a single bifolium to which fol. 155 is glued.{/i}].

[{i}Fol. 162r-163v, 156r-161v, Practicks 1593/11/28 - 1593/12/18. Written in an easily readable hand. Bound in wrong order: the quire fol. 156r-161v belongs after the bifolium 162r-163v. The text starts abruptly in the middle of an item. After this first incomplete item there follows an item dated 1593/11/28:{/i}].

Johne Arnot, assigney constitute be James Douglas, fiar of Spott, to the soume of fyve thousand merkis, quhilk Sir James Sandielands was obleist be ane registratt contract to pay to him ... Last of all, the defenderes tuik to improve the intimatione.

After fol. 163: again a loose sheet with preparatory work for an index.

Not from the same hand which started a similar index on the loose sheet after fol. 38. Again keywords, alphabetically arranged, referring to numbers, the highest number is 20


Author(s):

  • Thomas Hamilton later 1st Earl of Haddington

No. of pages: Fol. 128r-151r, 153r-155r, 162r-163v, 156r-161v: