[1597/11/3]¹

Procedure: preamble

The continued parliament of the said most excellent prince James VI, king of Scots, held in Edinburgh on 8 December in the year of the Lord 1597, by the undernoted commissioners of parliament, namely Peter [Rollock], bishop of Dunkeld, Edward [Bruce], commendator of Kinloss, John [Bothwell], commendator of Holyroodhouse, Robert [Seton], lord Seton, Alexander [Seton], lord Urquhart, Mark [Kerr], lord Newbattle, Henry Nisbet, provost of Edinburgh, and Nicholas Cornwall of Bonhard, provost of Linlithgow, commissioners specially constituted by the commission of our supreme lord the king, together with the said Thomas Scott, marischal depute, James Tarbert, constable depute, John Fraser and Daniel Graham, sheriffs depute of Edinburgh, and William Wishart, dempster.