Additional Sources†

6 July 1704

[Account of opening session]

Edinburgh, 6 July

This day the parliament met. [John Hay, marquis of Tweeddale], his grace the lord high commissioner, set out from the abbey of Holyrood House about 12 o'clock, attended by a very great train of coaches, with the greatest part of the members of the house, and the whole horse guards ([John Campbell], duke of Argyll being on their head). About 3 o'clock (the parliament being adjourned to 11 July instant), his grace proceeded from the parliament house to the abbey in the same manner as he came up, where all the members who attended were sumptuously entertained at dinner.

  1. NAS. PA3/7 is solely a collection of printed material, which does not seem to have been used when APS was being complied. Written inside the cover of the book is the following note: 'A very curious and scarce collection of the whole minutes, votes and procedure of the Scots parliament relative to the union of the two kingdoms from the beginning to the end of that affair. Formerly belonging to Patrick Grant, lord Elchies. Price £4 4 sterling'. There are no folio numbers in this volume, although some of the printed documents are numbered by page. There are also no dated sections. Documents are bound together in a roughly chronological manner, so a date reference, where applicable, has been given to aid identification. Position in the volume has also been used as an identifying tag, e.g. 'bound after 1704 printed minutes'. Back
  2. Bound after printed minutes of 6 July in NAS. PA3/7, 'The Edinburgh Gazette, from Thursday July 6 to Monday July 10 1704', 2. Back