The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2025), date accessed: 12 December 2025

[A1591/8/1]1

Sederunt
  • Sederunt
  • The king
  • [John Maitland of Thirlestane], chancellor
  • [Ludovic Stewart, duke of] Lennox
  • [John Hamilton, lord] Hamilton
  • [George Gordon, earl of] Huntly
  • [Andrew Leslie, earl of] Rothes
  • [John Maxwell, lord] Maxwell2
  • [Robert Lindsay, lord] Lindsay
  • [Mark Kerr, commendator of] Newbattle
  • [Alexander Livingston, lord] Livingston
  • [John Fleming, lord] Fleming
  • [Alexander Lindsay, lord] Spynie
  • [Richard Cockburn of Clerkington], secretary
  • [John Cockburn of] Ormiston
  • [James Home of] Cowdenknowes
  • [Sir Robert Melville of] Murdocairnie
  • [Sir Lewis Bellenden of Auchnoull], justice clerk
  • [David Seaton of Parbroath], comptroller
  • [Robert Douglas, provost of Lincluden], collector
  • [Alexander Hay of Easter Kennet], clerk register
  • [David Carnegie of] Colluthie
  • [John] Carmichael [of that Ilk]
  1. NAS, PC1/15, p.35.
  2. This would appear to be John Maxwell, former earl of Morton, who resigned those lands in 1585, not William Maxwell, always styled Lord Herries.