The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2023), date accessed: 30 May 2023
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Ratification to the burgh of Aberdeen
Our sovereign lord and estates of this present parliament ratify, approve and for his highness and his successors perpetually confirm the erection of the burgh of Aberdeen in a free burgh, with all infeftments, privileges, rights and titles made and granted by his highness and his predecessors to them of before, and decree and declare the same to stand in the full strength, force and effect in time to come.
- NAS, PA2/15, f.51v.