1641, 17 August, Edinburgh, Parliament†

Parliamentary Register

Apud Edinburgum, decimo septimo Augusti 1641

Prima dies huius sessionis parliamenti

Procedure: opening of session

The kingis majestie present in parliament.

Parliamentum dicti excellentissimi principis Caroli Dei gratia Scotiae, Angliae, Franciae et Hiberniae regis fideique defensoris tentum apud Edinburgum decimo septimo die mensis Augusti anno Domini millesimo sexcentesimo quadragesimo primo per ipsum dominum regem et omnes regni status infrascriptos unacum officiariis parliamenti subsequentibus, presentibus etiam comite de Erroll, constabulario, comite Mariscalli, mariscallo et Johanne Whyte adjudicatore

Sectis vocatis et curia ultime affirmata.

  1. Conventionally historians have considered the 15 July and 17 August 1641 sessions to be one and the same (see, for example, D. Stevenson, The Government under the Covenanters, 1637-1651 (Edinburgh, 1982), 174). However, as the record clearly states both the July and August meetings to be separate sessions, they have been edited as such here. Back
  2. NAS, PA2/22, f.91v. Back