Manuscripta juridica

[Principal Investigator: G. R. Dolezalek]







Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1550-1577 : (1576/10/31 - 1577)

Author(s):

  • Richard Maitland of Lethington

Explicit:

  • repellit\ alledgance\ defendars\

Decisiones curiae supremae Scotiae - Practicks 1550-1577: (1576/10/31 - 1577) .

Not foliated. No mention of an author, and no title. The preceding index proves that leaves were lost at the beginning, as it also refers to items before October 1576 - which are not (= no longer) contained in the present MS.

Maitland's Practicks and subsequently Colville's Practicks were penned as if they constituted one long continuous work, rather than two separate works. Many different scribes divided the task among them. They obviously distributed portions of the text among them and worked simultaneously, in order to copy the model MS quickly, and the model MS was obviously not bound but consisted of loose quires so that the scribes could distribute these quires among them for copying. I assume this from the fact that the copy contains blank pages after one type of handwriting ends and before a different character of handwriting begins. In other words: the medieval '{i}petia{/i}'-technique was used to disseminate the text (as explained in the Introduction to the present book).

[{i}First preserved items:{/i}] Of exceptioune against ane reversioune. Anent the actione persewit be George Auchinleck against the barone of Fingask ... and referrit to his probatioune. Ultimo Octobris 1576 [{i}= MS Orr nr. 400{/i}].

Of the geving of ane copie of ane charge of the kingis letteris. Anent the actione persewit be the Laird of Kelwood against Abbot of Corsragnell and the Erle of Cassilis, the Thesaurer and the kingis advocats ... Quhilk alledgance of the saidis defendaris was admitted be the Lordis. 2 Novembris 1576 [{i}= MS Orr nr. 401{/i}].

Of spoliatioune of evidentis. Anent the actione persewit be the Laird of Kelwoode against the Erle of Cassillis ... of the said defendar was repellit by the Lordis. 4 Decembris 1576 [{i}= MS Orr nr. 402{/i}].

[{i}Last item:{/i}] Of the discharge and suspensioune of ane reversioune. Anent the action of redemptioune, persewit be the Laird of Drumquhassill as assigney to the Laird of Minto

Author(s):

  • Richard Maitland of Lethington

No. of pages: Fol. 18r-20v

Explicit:

  • The allegance of the said persewar was found relevant be the Lords, and the defendars alledgance repellit. 4 Julii 1577 [{i}= MS Orr nr. 415{/i}]