Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1541-1547, overlapping with collection by John Sinclair

Incipit:

  • He that is first obleist in [and then:] ane contract

Explicit:

  • lands\ temporall\ and\ spirituall\

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1541-1547 , anonymous, overlapping with collection by John Sinclair No title. The handwriting differs greatly from the preceding leaves. In particular, the lines are much larger. The scribe has indicated on the upper rim of the first leaf when he started this task: 1626/12/8. Most items are arranged in reverse chronological order. Headings are written above them. Their date is noted in the left margin, but the scribe at times inverted the year date: 1574 instead of 1547, 1564 instead of 1546

No. of pages: Fol. [121r-136v line 3] (second series, leaves not numbered):

Incipit:

  • [{i}First item:{/i}] Januarii 1542. He that is first obleist in ane contract sould first fulfill or offer to fulfill. The Laird of Kerss Monteith persewit ane Georg Panter ... [{i}item 510 in the provisional edition of Sinclair's racticks{/i}].

    [{i}Last item:{/i}] (Januarii 1541). Ane tenent that deforces the officer of his maister tynes his takkes and moveabill guids. Eo tempore it was fund be the Lords that ane tennent

Explicit:

  • baith of spirituall and temporall lands [{i}item 596 in the provisional edition of Sinclair's Practicks{/i}]