The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K.M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2024), date accessed: 29 March 2024
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Anent the act of parliament, maid of befoir, of the declaratioun of our soverane lordis motheris perfyte age
Item, anent the act maid in parliament haldin at Edinburgh the xv day of December, the yeir of God ane thousand fyve hundreth thre scoir foure yeiris, quhairin it was declairit be act and authorisit be our soverane lordis derrest mother in the foirsaid parliament, declairand and findand hir grace and hir predecessouris and posteritie, princes of this realme, to have bene and to be at lauchfull and perfyte age of xxj yeiris compleit. Nochttheles, the said act being prentit, the prentar thairof has negligentlie left furth the forme of act of parliament; thairfoir, our soverane lord, with advyse of my lord regent and thre estatis of this present parliament hes fundin the fault in the prentar of the said act, and thairfoir ordanis the samin to be of new prentit conforme to the principall act in the register of the said parliament haldin the day and yeir abone writtin, of the quhilk the tennour followis: Anent the artickle proponit to the quenis majestie and thre estatis of parliament, makand mentioun of ane act of parliament maid be King James II of gude memorie, of the dait the xx day of Marche, the yeir of God ane thousand foure hundreth threttie sevin yeiris, and of ane uther act maid be King James IV in his revocatioun, makand mentioun of xxj yeiris of age, of the dait the xv day of Februar, the yeir of God ane thousand four hundreth eightie nyne yeiris, lyke as the saidis actis respective at mair lenth proportis; desyring, thairfoir, our soverane lady and thre estatis of this present parliament to declair the saidis actis and utheris actis following anent the lauchfull and perfyte age of the prince, gif it be at xxj yeiris compleit; quha hes declairit and declairis that the quenis majesteis predecessouris, kingis of this realme, war be the saidis actis of lauchfull and perfyte age at xxj yeiris compleit, lyke as hir hienes, being of xxj yeiris of age compleit is of perfyte and lauchfull age, swa that hir hienes, hir predecessouris and successouris efter the said age of xxj yeiris compleit mycht have done, and may do, all thingis that thairefter ane prince of lauchfull and perfyte age mycht have done, or may do, of the law.
- The Actis of King James the Sext, printed by R. Lekprevick (Edinburgh, 1568), ff.14v-15r. Bound with earlier parliamentary material at NLS, Black Acts, 1566-94, H.33.c.21, Scots Acts of Parliament, H.33.c.23 or Scots Acts, H.33.c.25.