The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 29 March 2024
[1593/4/41]1
2Act for punishment of them that troubles the parliament, session and other judgments
It is statute and ordained by our sovereign lord and lords of articles of this present parliament that whosoever shall happen at any time hereafter to strike, hurt or slay any person within his highness's parliament house during the time of the holding of the parliament, within the king's inner chamber, cabinet or chamber of presence, the king's majesty for the time being within his palace, or within the inner tolbooth the time that the lords of session sit for administration of justice, or within the king's privy council house the time of the council sitting there, or whosoever shall happen to strike, hurt or slay any person in presence of his majesty where ever his highness shall happen to be for the time, shall incur the pain of treason and shall be accused thereof as committers of treason and lese-majesty; and likewise statute and ordain that whosoever shall strike or hurt in any time hereafter any person before our sovereign lord's justice or his deputes sitting in judgement, or within the inner gate of the king's palace where his highness shall make his residence for the time, or within the outer tolbooth of Edinburgh the time that the lords of session sit for administration of justice, shall incur the pain of death and shall be accused criminally thereof. And also statute and ordain that whosoever at any time hereafter shall strike or hurt any person before the bailies of burghs, commissioners, sheriffs, bailies of royalties and regalities and other inferior judges within this realm, they or any of them sitting in judgement shall pay £100 to be employed at the discretion of the judge offended, and imprisonment of their persons during the judge's will, without prejudice always of the privileges granted by whatsoever statute or acts of parliament of before to the provost and bailies of burghs or whatsoever inferior judges. And lastly it is statute and ordained that whosoever shall strike or hurt any judge within this realm sitting in judgement shall incur the pain of death and be accused criminally thereof.
- NAS, PA2/15, f.13r.
- The letter 'V.' written in the margin.