Procedure: preamble

The parliament of the most excellent prince James, by the grace of God, king of Great Britain, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, held in Edinburgh on 15 October in the year of the Lord 1612 by the noble and most powerful Lord Alexander [Seton], earl of Dunfermline, lord Fyvie, etc., by virtue of the commission of 20 September in the year of the Lord 1612 at Theobalds, and all the estates of the realm of Scotland, together with William Hay for the constable, James Stewart for the marischal, Master Robert Learmonth for the sheriff of Edinburgh, and David Hamilton, dempster. Suits were called and the court affirmed.

  1. NAS, PA2/18, f.1v.