Procedure: preamble

The parliament of the most excellent prince James VI, king of Scots, held in Edinburgh on 30 May in the year of the Lord 1594, by our said supreme lord the king and all the estates of the realm, together with George [Keith], earl Marischal, William Henderson, constable depute, Robert Stewart, sheriff depute of Edinburgh, and James Nisbet, dempster.

  1. NAS, PA2/15, f.27v.