[1535/12]¹

For a general provincial council to be held²

Item, regarding the article for a general provincial council of Scotland to be held, it is thought expedient by the lords of the three estates of parliament that a general provincial council of this realm be set and held in the Black Friars of Edinburgh and to begin on 1 March 1535 [1536], and that [James Beaton], archbishop of St Andrews be required by the king's grace to set and have the said council at the said day, the whole clergy being lawfully warned thereto as is appropriate; and if my lord of St Andrews refuses to set and hold the said council, or that another impediment happens that he may not do the same, that the king's grace send to our holy father [Clement VII], the pope, for a brieve to any two bishops of this realm that his grace thinks suitable for the setting and holding of the said council.