[1540/12/43]¹

Procedure: preamble

The parliament of the most excellent prince and lord James V, by the grace of God king of Scots, held and begun at Edinburgh on 2 March 1540 [1541] by the noble and potent lords Archibald [Campbell], earl of Argyll, justiciar, James [Hamilton], earl of Arran, Gilbert [Kennedy], earl of Cassilis, John [Erskine], lord Erskine, William [Ruthven], lord Ruthven, Walter [Lindsay], lord St John, Sir Thomas Erskine of Brechin [and Halton], secretary, Master James Foulis of Colinton, clerk register, with William [Keith], earl Marischal, Patrick Baron [of Spittalfield], deputy of [William Hay, earl of Erroll], constable, Robert Black, sergeant, and John Wilkin, dempster.