- Chron. Bower, VIII pp323.
- There had been no full parliament for about twenty years and James therefore reverted to a procedure used
before where "certain persons were chosen to determine the articles given in by the lord king, the rest being given leave to withdraw.
(licentia recedendi)" [APS, II, pp3.] This procedure would gradually take shape over the century and by the sixteenth century would be
in its final form, where a committee of parliament discussed and then drafted the "articles" in the form of legislation before
submitting them to parliament for enactment.
- Ibid., pp4.
- Ibid., pp3 c.2.
- Nicholson, Middle Ages, pp302-9.
- APS, II, pp9.
- Ibid., pp10.
- SS XX pp282.
- APS, II, pp11.
- Ibid., pp17-19.
- Ibid., pp8.
- Ibid.
- Ibid., pp16.
- Ibid., pp23.
- Ibid., pp9, 14, 16, 23.
- Ibid., pp3.
- Ibid, I, pp557.
- SHR Vol. XV pp211.
- APS, II, pp8.
- RMS, No. 146; APS, II, pp28.
- Ibid., pp11.
- Chron Bower, VIII, pp219.
- APS, II, pp32.
- Ibid., pp36
- Ibid., pp41.
- Ibid., pp49.
- Ibid., pp32.
- Ibid., pp34.
- Ibid., pp46.
- Ibid., pp47-8.
- Ibid., pp52.
- Dunlop, Bishop Kennedy, pp324, 326.
- APS, II, pp46.
- Ibid., pp84.
- Ibid., XII, pp31.
- Ibid., II, pp88, ADC i, pp4.
- APS, II, pp94, c. 2; pp111, c.3.
- Ibid., pp107, c.11.
- A major problem during James’ reign was the holding of justice ayres. While several acts had called
for them to be held twice a year through all the realm to deal with criminal cases, the fact seems to be that they were not frequent
enough. [APS, II, pp111, c.2; Scot. Legal Hist. pp19.] Indeed, as an expedient to regular ayres, judicial duel under arms in
"courtis of geurra" was making an appearance as an act of November 1475 complained. It was held that "justice aris ...
ar spylt be the said guerra courtis" and were believed to lead to "grete hereschip and skathe" and henceforth were no
longer to be held, those ignoring the statute were to be considered guilty of manslaughter and usurpation of royal authority.
[APS, II, pp112 c.11.]
- Ibid., pp107, c.14.
- Ibid., pp97, c.20; pp100, c.9; pp111-2, c.4.
- Ibid., pp97, c.20.
- Ibid., pp105, c.14.
- e.g. Ibid., pp94-5, c.3; pp95, c.4; pp96, c.12; pp106-7, c.6; pp107, c.8-10; pp112, c.8.
- Ibid., pp104, c.6, c.7.
- Ibid., pp118, c.2.
- ADC i, pp143; APS, II, pp220, c.11.
- Ibid., pp226, c.16.
- Ibid pp238.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp197.
- MacMillan, Scots Judiciary, pp52.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp198.
- Ibid., pp201.
- ADCP, pp152
- Ibid., pp256-7.
- Ibid.
- Hannay dates it to November or December 1528. Hannay, College of Justice, pp207.
- Ibid., pp207-9.
- For further details see Donaldson, James V, pp23-25 and pp44-46.
- Ibid., pp43 see also Athol L. Murray, "The Exchequer and Crown Revenues in Scotland
1437-1542" (Edinburgh Ph.D. Thesis), Appendix K. and W. Stanford Reid, Skipper from Leith, pp127-8, 137, 142, 160, 175,
201, 204, 209, 233, 241.
- APS, II, p335-6.
- Acts of Sederunt of the Court of Session pp1-7
- Donaldson,
James V, pp48. A tax of £1,400 was imposed from the assigned benefices together with not more than £200 from benefices
within the patronage of the crown.
- APS, II, pp371.
- Donaldson, James V, pp48.
- ADCP, pp548.
- APS, II, pp476.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp76.
- Ibid., pp77.
- Balfour, Practicks, pp267, c. VII
- ADCP ppxvii
- Sources and Literature, pp201; See also ADCP Cases, 15, 33, 83, 89, 93.
- Ibid., Cases, 13, 14, 36, 98, 77, 113, 114, 116
- Ibid., Cases 15, 19, 30, 34, 49, 33, 59, 70, 78, 86, 99, 103.
- Ibid., Cases 22, 106.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp135.
- Ibid., pp145-6.
- Ibid., pp147. Donaldson, James V, pp267-8.
- APS, III, pp294, c.6.
- Ibid., V, pp297, c.53.
- Ibid., VII, pp86, c.126.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp214.
- See Lord Cooper in SS XX pp340.
- Hannay, College of Justice, pp148-153.