Manuscripta juridica

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1611-1628 .

Different type of paper, and different handwriting. In the first half, many items are provided with abstracts, written in the margins, by a hand which also added dates to many undated items. The pagination shows that two leaves are lost at the beginning - as also evidenced by the fact that the numbering of items starts with number 25 (written in the inner margin). The hand which wrote the abstracts has corrected the numbering in many places. The numbering of items only reaches number 664, and the item is dated 1624/7/6 (page 183). This fact suggests that items with younger dates (= pages 289-325) derive from a different source.

The collection comprises several chronological series of items. These series do not follow a chronological order. I therefore deem that the scribe copied from a pile of loose fascicles of paper, meant to constitute one continuous chronological series, but they had gotten into disorder.

In several large series of items the individual cases are not dated. At some places, a dated line in large letters is inserted into the text, and the same date is obviously meant to also apply to the immediately following items. In other series of items, however, each item is dated individually. Furthermore, the hand which wrote the abstracts has also supplied dates for many items. Within the continuously dated series, some items with much later dates or even much earlier dates are interspersed. I deem that in the model MS these items were added in the margins.

[{i}The text starts abruptly in the middle of item 24, on a page numbered '5', so two leaves must have been lost.{/i}] That quhen the husband presentit the said testament and said it was quhairof he hade spokin to hir, that shee was willing to doe the same, althoughe it was alleadgeit quod non erant omnia hic solemniter acta. Finlaw contra Johnstoune.

(25) [{i}In the margin:{/i} Of removeint upon ane declarator of lyferent] A declarator of liferent obtenit, and the donator warneing the tennent to flit and remowe fra certaine landis possest be the rebell ... Throughrige contra Gordone.

(26) [{i}In the margin:{/i} Of ane caut(ione?) in lowseing of arreistment, poyndeing the arreistit goods] Goods arreistit and the arreistment lousit wpon cautione, in caise the cautioner poynde the saids goods ... so that the cautioner was in pessima fide to poynde the samen.

(27) [{i}In the margin:{/i} Removeing] The father, fearing forfaultor of his landis, infefts his sone in a pairt thairoff, with that prowisione conteinit in a band made be the sone, that the father sall be nawayes molestit ... Hamiltone contra (Richtone?) Minister.

(28) [{i}In the margin:{/i} 'Olographon, how far it proves']{i} 'Holographon' [{i}written in Greek letters{/i}] scriptura (quia privata scriptura) nihil probat contra tertiam personam, sed solummodo contra scribentem - except witnes be insert and subscryveing to them ... Lord Forbes contra Mr. of Hunt.

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(Pag. 8) Januarii 9, anno 1612.

(48) Summounds of anulling ane horneing sould byde continuatione, althoe the principall horneing be producit and all werified instanter.

(49) [{i}In the margin:{/i} Spoliatione of teinds] In a persuit of spoliatione of teindes, quhairin the persewar lybeles that the defendar came to lands labourit and possest be ane other ... Lord Sanquham(?) contra Blair.

(50) [{i}In the margin:{/i} Quhat ane woman acquyres, her husband being alife, accreisces to him and his executores] In a double poynding, tua pairties contending quho sall be preferrit in getting payment of ane bande ... Straquham contra Straquham.

(51) [{i}In the margin:{/i} A seaseing granted secundum tenorem chartae conficiendae will be ane ground to compell the granter to give ane charter] Land being sould to the father in liferent and to the sone in fie ... Delbar contra Delbar.

(Pag. 19) Junii 3 anno 1612 [{i}starting with number 110{/i}].

(Pag. 28) November 1612 [{i}starting with number 170{/i}].

(Pag. 30) Primo Decembris 1612 [{i}starting with number 179{/i}].

(Pag. 34) Januarii 12, anno 1613 [{i}starting with number 204{/i}].

(Pag. 37) Februarii 3, anno 1613 [{i}starting with number 228{/i}].

(Nr. 252-275) = 1612 June - July.

(Nr. 276-299) = 1613 June - July.

(Nr. 300-330) = 1614 March - December.

(Nr. 332) = 1620 January.

(Nr. 333) = 1620 July 26 '... betuixt Sir Johne Home of Manderstoune and Sir Johne off Huntlinghall. ... My Lord of Craigtoune and I and sundrie were of the contrair opinione.'.

(Nr. 334-384) = 1622 February - July.

(Pag. 69) Nr. 385-387 = 1610 June - July, corresponding to my notes for these months from Adv.MS.24.1.11.

(Nr. 388-631) = 1622 November - 1624 March.

(Pag. 164-171) Nr. 632, very detailed = 1612 February 29.

(Pag. 171) Nr. 635-663 = 1624 June - July.

(Pag. 183) The numbering of items ends with nr. 664 = 1624/7/6.

(Pag. 183-189) 1611 December - 1612 June.

(Pag. 189-227) 1624 November - 1625 July.

(Pag. 227) 1613 May and December.

(Pag. 228) 1626 March.

(Pag. 211-232) 1623 June - July.

(Pag. 233-249) 1623 November - December.

(Pag. 249-256) 1614 January - 1616 February.

(Pag. 257-267) 1619 February - 1621 November.

(Pag. 269-289) 1623, 1620, 1621, 1619 [{i}very long item{/i}].

(Pag. 289-321) 1626 June - 1628 June / July.

[{i}Last items:{/i}] (Pag. 319) 1628/7/13 Crichtoune of Frendraucht contra Gordoune.

(Pag. 319) 1628/6/26 Tennentes of Umplair contra Laird Dalzell and Toune of Lavertie.

(Pag. 320) 1628/6/26 Lady Ednem contra Tennentes of Ednem and thair master, the Laird of Ednem.

(Pag. 321-325) 1622/7/3 Frenchlande contra Sir of Thormedykes, persuit for double availl of the mariage of the D. Joan, Alisone and Margaret, Frenches dauchters and appeirande aires of umquhill Robert Frenche, at the instance of Sir Frenche of Frenchlande, his majesties donator of the warde and mariage. Exceptione: requisitione not lauwfull, first becaus maide to minors and nather tutoris nor curatores requyrit ... The Lords fande the desyre reasonable and maide declaratione according thairto. Finis [{i}there follows a possessor's name, illegibly cancelled, perhaps 'James ...'{/i}]

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No. of pages: Pag. 5-325 (second series of numbering = fol. 329r-489r ca.):