Procedure: preamble; fencing of parliament

The parliament of the most illustrious and excellent prince and most merciful lord of ours, James, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, held in Edinburgh on 25 July in the year of the Lord 1621 by the most illustrious James [Hamilton], marquis of Hamilton, earl of Arran and Cambridge, lord Aven and Innerdale, etc., commissioner of our supreme lord the king specially appointed for this purpose by virtue of the commission under the great seal dated as below, and all the estates of the realm of Scotland as mentioned below, together with the following officers of parliament: William [Hay], lord Hay attending for the constable, William [Keith], lord Keith attending for [George Keith], earl Marischal, and Andrew White, dempster. The suits having been called, the court lawfully fenced.

  1. NAS, PA2/20, f.2r. Back