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National Records of Scotland |
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Court of Session Records |
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1478-21st century |
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Restricted |
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The Court of Session records over 100 years old are open to public inspection, subject to their physical condition. In 2017 with the agreement of the SCTS (Data Controllers under Data Protection law) all records less than 100 years old were closed because they are likely to contain personal information about living individuals. For requests for access whilst the exemption is current, please go to the NRS Freedom of Information (FOI) section of our website or ask a member of staff. Closure information will be given in the individual catalogue entries for the records concerned. |
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The records of the Court of Session are as follows:-
BOOKS OF SEDERUNT AND WARRANTS
CS1: Books of Sederunt, 1553-1936
CS2: Books of Sederunt, First Division, 1808-1949
CS3: Books of Sederunt, Second Division, 1808-1921
CS4: Warrants of the Books of Sederunt and related papers, 1513-1950
EARLY COUNCIL AND COURT OF SESSION REGISTERS
CS5: Acts of the Lords of Council, 1478-1532
CS6: Acts of the Lords of Council and Session, 1532-1559
CS7: Register of acts and decrees, First Series, 1542-1659
MINUTE BOOKS, 1ST SERIES
CS8: Minute books, general, 1558-1659
CS9: Minute books, Scott's office, 1543-1650
CS10: Minute books, Gibson's office, 1561-1650
CS11: Minute books, Hay's office, 1586-1650
CS12: Minute books, Brown's office, 1652-1659
CS13: Minute books, Downie's office, 1652-1660
CS14: Minute books, [Ward's?] office, 1657-1659
EXTRACTED AND UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES
CS15: Extracted and unextracted processes, 1st Series, 1527-1681
GENERAL MINUTE BOOKS
CS16: Manuscript general minute books, 1661-1835
CS17: Printed general minute books and register of decreets in consistorial causes, 1782-20th cent.
REGISTER OF ACTS AND DECREES, 2ND SERIES, EXTRACTORS' BOOKS AND WARRANTS
Dalrymple's office
CS18: Register, 1661-1810
CS19: Extractor's minute books, 1661-1811
CS20: Responde books, 1686-1840
CS21: Extracted processes, 1671-1810
Durie's office
CS22: Register, 1661-1810
CS23: Extractor's minute books, 1661-1810
CS24: Responde books, 1663-1818
CS25: Extracted processes, 1681-1810
Mackenzie's office
CS26: Register, 1661-1810
CS27: Extractor's minute books, 1661-1811
CS28: Responde books, 1679-1862
CS29: Extracted processes, 1681-1810
MISCELLANEOUS DECREES
CS30: Miscellaneous decrees found among papers of the Clerks of Session, 17th-18th cent.
REGISTER OF ACTS AND DECREES, 3RD SERIES, AND WARRANTS
Dalrymple's office
CS31: Register, First Division, 1810-1821
CS32: Extracted processes (warrants of CS31), 1810-1821
CS33: Register, Second Division, 1810-1821
CS34: Extracted processes (warrants of CS33), 1810-1821
Durie's office
CS35: Register, First Division, 1810-1821
CS36: Extracted processes (warrants of CS35), 1810-1821
CS37: Register, Second Division, 1810-1821
CS38: Extracted processes (warrants of CS37), 1810-1821
Mackenzie's office
CS39: Register, First Division, 1810-1821
CS40: Extracted processes (warrants of CS39), 1810-1821
CS41: Register, Second Division, 1810-1821
CS42: Extracted processes (warrants of CS41), 1810-1821
REGISTER OF ACTS AND DECREES, 4TH SERIES, AND WARRANTS
CS43: Register, 1821-1829
CS44: Extracted processes (warrants of CS43), 1821-1829
REGISTER OF ACTS AND DECREES, 5TH SERIES, AND WARRANTS
CS45: Register, 1830-1994
CS46: Extracted processes (warrants of CS45), 1830-1994
CLERKS' MINUTE BOOKS, RECEIPT AND TRANSMISSION BOOKS, ROLL BOOKS, ETC.
Adams-Dalrymple office
CS47: Minute books, 1685-1874
CS48: Receipt and transmission books, 1691-1861
CS49: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1699-1874
Adams-Mackenzie office
CS50: Minute books, 1693-1841
CS51: Receipt and transmission books, 1663-1837
CS52: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1697-1838
Currie-Dalrymple office
CS53: Minute books, 1675-1889
CS54: Receipt and transmission books, 1667-1881
CS55: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1624-1869
Currie-Mackenzie office
CS56: Minute books, 1712-1836
CS57: Receipt and transmission books, 1710-1845
CS58: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1676-1839
Drysdale's office
CS59: Minute books, 1692-1889
CS60: Receipt and transmission books, 1694-1904
CS61: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1619-1876
Inglis' office
CS62: Minute books, 1687-1871
CS63: Receipt and transmission books, 1676-1883
CS64: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1713-1842
Innes-Durie office
CS65: Minute books, 1720-1837
CS66: Receipt and transmission books, 1701-1837
CS67: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1661-1873
Innes-Mackenzie office
CS68: Minute books, 1712-1870
CS69: Receipt and transmission books, 1687-1892
CS70: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1678-1860
McNeill's office
CS71: Minute books, 1694-1925
CS72: Receipt and transmission books, 1687-1889
CS73: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1694-1879
Potts' office
CS74: Minute books, 1681-1867
CS75: Receipt and transmission books, 1681-1934
CS76: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1766-1859
Shield's office
CS77: Minute books, 1689-1930
CS78: Receipt and transmission books, 1683-1934
CS79: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1699-1934
Skene's office
CS80: Minute books, 1695-1894
CS81: Receipt and transmission books, 1696-1934
CS82: Roll books, inventories of processes, etc., 1659-1933
First Division
CS83: Minute books, 1921-1931
CS84: Transmission books, 1882-1912
CS85: Roll Books, 1875-1925
Second Division
CS86: Minute books, 1878-1934
CS87: Transmission books, 1881-1925
Extra Division
CS88: Minute book, 1907-1917
Outer House
CS89: Transmission books, 1881-1934
CS90: Roll books, debate roll books and calling lists, 1681-1918
Other
CS91: Register of Inner House judgements, 1770-1782
CS92: Regulation books (clerk's office unidentified), 1768-1818
CS93: Registration Appeal Court minute books, 1863-1879
CS94: Miscellaneous administrative papers, etc., 1569-1933
CS95: Responde books, protests on bills, etc., 1812-1852
MISCELLANEOUS PRODUCTIONS IN PROCESSES
CS96: Miscellaneous productions in processes (formerly RH15), 1553-1947
MISCELLANEOUS PROCESSES
CS97: Miscellaneous processes (mainly retransmissions), 18th - 20th cent.
CARMICHAEL AND ELLIOT ARRANGEMENT OF EXTRACTED AND UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES
CS98 - CS137: Warrants for extracted acts and commissions, factories, curatories etc, Dalrymple's office, 1650-1822
CS138 - CS149: Processes and parts of processes transmitted to extractors but not extracted, Dalrymple's office, 1597-1834
CS150 - CS180: Warrants for extracted acts and commissions, factories, curatories etc, Durie's office, 1608-1821
CS181: Processes and parts of processes transmitted to extractors but not extracted, Durie's office, 1648-1838
CS182 - CS225: Warrants for extracted acts and commissions, factories, curatories etc, Mackenzie's office, 1648-1838
CS226 - CS227: Processes and parts of processes transmitted to extractors but not extracted, Mackenzie's office, 1611-1837
UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES, 1ST ARRANGEMENT
CS228: 1 Adams-Dalrymple office, 1664-1868
CS229: 1 Adams-Mackenzie office, 1661-1836
CS230: 1 Currie-Dalrymple office, 1620-1865
CS231: 1 Currie-Mackenzie office, 1672-1837
CS232: 1 Drysdale's office, 1619-1862
CS233: 1 Inglis office, 1657-1863
CS234: 1 Innes-Durie office, 1669-1837
CS235: 1 Innes-Mackenzie office, 1673-1859
CS236: 1 McNeill's office, 1666-1861
CS237: 1 Potts' office, 1669-1862
CS238: 1 Shield's office, 1669-1865
CS239: 1 Skene's office, 1660-1862
UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES, 2ND ARRANGEMENT
CS240: 1st Division, 1874-1911
CS241: 2nd Division, 1878-1911
CS242: 2 Currie, 1847-1888
CS243: 2 Drysdale, 1828-1911
CS244: 2 Inglis, 1847-1890
CS245: 2 Innes, 1771-1890
CS246: 2 McNeill, 1813-1888
CS247: 2 Potts, 1809-1911
CS248: 2 Shield, 1848-1911
CS249: 2 Skene, 1827-1911
CS250: 2 Adams, 1844-1911
UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES, 3RD ARRANGEMENT
CS251: 1st Division, 1913-1934
CS252: 2nd Division, 1913-1934
CS253: A office, 1913-1934
CS254: B office, 1913-1934
CS255: C office, 1913-1934
CS256: D office, 1913-1934
CS257: E office, 1913-1934
UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES, 4TH ARRANGEMENT
CS258: Unextracted processes, 1935-1994
BILL CHAMBER, JUNIOR LORD ORDINARY AND PETITIONS DEPARTMENT
CS259: Judicial minute books, 1649-1903
CS260: Roll books, 1781-1903
CS261: States of bills and answers, 1789-1828
CS262: Responde books, 1674-1784
CS263: Caption books, 1786-1868
CS264: Administrative minute books, 1673-1795
CS265: Consignation books, 1668-1838
CS266: Transmission and borrowing books,1753-1903
CS267: Mandate books, 1793-1824
CS268: Fee book, 1780-1791
CS269: Bill Chamber indexes, 1795-1955
CS270: Record of decrees, 1855-1896
CS271: Bill Chamber Processes, Old Series, 1670-1852
CS272: Petitions to Junior Lord Ordinary, 1833-1977
CS273: Petitions to Junior Lord Ordinary, 1847- 1904
CS274: Bill Chamber, misc. petitions and appeals, 1832-1906
CS275: Bill Chamber, processes in actions of suspension and interdict, 1839-1955
CS276: Bill Chamber, register of sequestrations, 1839-1856
CS277: Bill Chamber, sederunt books in sequestrations, 1816-1893
CS278: Bill Chamber, sequestrations, 1839-1856
CS279: Bill Chamber, sequestration petitions, 1839-1856
CS280: Bill Chamber, concluded sequestration processes brought under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act, 1839, 1839-1879
CS281: Bill Chamber, processes in sequestrations under 1856 Act, c.1856-1904
CS282: Bill Chamber, petitions in Bill Chamber (later in Petitions Dept), 1905-1955
CS283: Bill Chamber, returns by Sheriff Clerks re. sequestrations in their courts under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act, 1839, 1840-1879
CS284: Bill Chamber, appeals in sequestrations brought under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act, 1856, 1859-1904
CS285: Bill Chamber, appeals in sequestrations brought under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act, 1839, 1840-1874
CS286: Bill Chamber, processes in advocations, 1834-1868
CS287: Bill Chamber, certificates of judgements, 1779-1906
CS288: Bill Chamber, warrants and discharges for uplifting consigned money, 1627-1882
CS289: Bill Chamber, dispositions and assignations consigned with the clerks of the Bill Chamber, 1637-1830
CS290: Bill Chamber, register of cautions in suspensions, 1573-1705
CS291: Bill Chamber, bonds of cautions in suspensions, 1674-1867
CS292: Bill Chamber, register of cautions in loosing arrestments, 1617-1720
CS293: Bill Chamber, bonds of caution in loosing arrestments, 1680-1861
CS294: Bill Chamber, bills for loosing arrestments and associated papers, 1651-1893
CS295: Bill Chamber, register of cautions and lawburrows, 1603-1862
CS296: Bill Chamber, bonds of caution in lawburrows, 1664-1862
CS297: Bill Chamber, bonds of caution in sequestrations, 1841-1856
CS298: Bill Chamber, misc. papers, mainly processes produced in actions of suspension, 1631-1903
CS299: Bill Chamber, misc. administrative papers and returns, 1690-1889
JURY COURT
CS300: Sederunt books, 1815-1850
CS301: Minute books, 1816-1850
CS302: Process books, 1815-1850
CS303: Motion rolls, 1823-1830
CS304: Hand rolls, 1825-1826
CS305: Transmission books, 1820-1829
CS306: Roll of causes, 1823-1846
CS307: List of causes settled, n.d.
CS308: List of causes tried, 1820-1831
CS309: Reports to Parliament and acts of sederunt, 1815-1823
CS310: Draft issues and summonses and order of service, 1820-1850
CS311: Processes and miscellaneous productions, 1700-1850
ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
CS312: Sealed process under the Adoption of Children (Scotland) Act ,1930: 1930-1996
ACCOUNTANT OF COURT (CONTINUED AT CS350 BELOW)
CS313: First Division factory processes, accounts and related papers, 1739-1877
CS314: Factories constituted before the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act, 1849: n.d.
CS315: Court of Session factories, 1850-1948
CS316: Processes under Guardianship of Infants Act, 1886: 1887-1942
CS317: Processes in closed Sheriff Court factories and curatories, 1863-1950
CS318: Concluded sequestration processes brought under the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act, 1856: 1858-1992
CS319: Sequestration processes, special transmission, 1911
CS320: Cessio bonorum processes, 1884-1915
CS321: Cessio bonorum processes, special transmission, 1893-1925
CS322: Reports by the Accountant of the Court of Session, Accountant in Bankruptcy in Scotland, and the Accountant of Court, 1857-1995
CS323: Reports by the Accountant of the Court of Session as to judicial factories and intromissions with the fee fund, 1850-1867
CS324: Reports by the Accountant of Court in bankruptcy cases, 1930-1945
CS325: Reports of the Accountant of Court, 1905-1949
CS326: List of transmissions by the Accountant of Court, 1915
CS327: Register of sequestrations awarded before 1856 and later brought under the supervision of the Accountant In Bankruptcy n.d.
CS328: Register of sequestrations, 1856-1913
CS329: Abstract register of sequestrations, 1852-1936
CS330: Index to register of sequestrations, n.d.
CS331: Annual returns by the sheriff clerks to the Accountant in Bankruptcy, later Accountant of Court, 1857-1940
CS332: Half yearly returns by sheriff clerks, 1857-1913
CS333: Registers of productions in sequestrations, c.1856-1997
CS334: Transmission books, concluded sequestrations, 1858-1992
CS335: Miscellaneous records, 1890-1996
CS336: Register of cessios, 1857-1914
CS337: Index to register of cessios, c.1857-c.1914
CS338: Jotter and production book for cessios, 1856-1880
CS339: Transmission books for cessios, 1884-undated.
CS340: Consignation receipt books, 1874-1934
CS341: Records of deposit receipts lodged, undated
CS342: Register of unclaimed dividends and bank deposits of unclaimed dividends, 19th - 20th century
CS343: Register of concurrences in private sales of heritage, 1857-1949
ABSTRACTS OF PETITIONS FOR EXECUTORS, ABSTRACTS OF PETITIONS FOR SERVICES OF HEIRS,
REGISTER OF EDICTAL CITATIONS
CS344: Abstracts of petitions for executors, 1858-1969
CS345: Abstracts of petitions for services of heirs, 1847-1969
CS346: Register of edictal citations, 1825-1970
COPIES OF PRINTED PETITIONS
CS347: Copies of printed petitions presented to the National Archives of Scotland by the Advocates' Library, 1847-1934
EXTRACTED AND UNEXTRACTED PROCESSES
CS348: Combined series of extracted and unextracted processes (following on from the separate series, CS46 and CS258), 1995-21st cent
EXTRACTORS' MINUTE BOOKS, ACTS AND DECREETS, 3RD SERIES
CS349: Extractors' Minute books, Acts and Decreets, 3rd Series (Dalrymple's, Durie's and Mackenzie's offices), 1810-1820
ACCOUNTANT OF COURT (CONTINUED FROM CS343 ABOVE)
CS350: Register of factories, tutories and curatories, 1849-1976
CS351: Index to register of factories, tutories and curatories, 1849-1951
CS350: Registers of factories, tutories and curatories, 1849-1976
CS351: Indexes to registers of factories, tutories and curatories, 1849-1951
CS352: Registers of judicial factories under the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889, 1890-1985
CS353: Indexes to registers of judicial factories under the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889, 1890-1951
CS354: Registers of old judicial factories, 1825-1889
CS355: Index to registers of old judicial factories, 1825-1889
CS356: Register of factories under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1886, of trusts under the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889, and of special bequests, mortifications, etc., 1880s-1970s
CS357: Index to register of factories under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1886, of trusts under the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889, and of special bequests,mortifications, etc., 1890s-1950s
CS358: Registers of Sheriff Court factories, 1881-1990
CS359: Indexes to registers of Sheriff Court factories, 1881-1951
CS360: Combined index to factories, tutories and curatories, judicial factories, and Sheriff Court factories supervised by the Accountant of Court, c1950-c1968
CS361: Index of curatories and factories, c1969-c1981
CS362: Index of petitions for appointment of factors in Sheriff Court Factories, 1921-1949
CS363: Register of exhausted factories, 1849-1889
CS364: Register of applications for special powers under the Judical Factors (Scotland) Act 1889, 1890-1988
CS365: Special Powers Reports, 1930-1983
CS366: Trusts Bequests etc. quarterly register of annual accounts closed, 1932-1936
CS367: Records of the Office of the Custodian of Enemy Property (Scotland), 1914-1964
CS368: Accountant of Court's Office administration and personnel records, 1888-1976
CS369: Charges, Arrestments and Intimations, etc., 1868-1971
CS370: Certificates issued in terms of the Judgements Extension Act 1868, 1931-1954
OTHER COURT OF SESSION PAPERS
The Register of Deeds of the Court of Session, known as the 'Books of Council and Session', and related records, form a separate fonds or class (RD). Much of the Register House (RH) collections comprise productions in Court of Session cases (but see CS96), together with papers accumulated by the Clerks of Session in their private capacities. Where appeals were taken from the Court of Session to the House of Lords, these can be traced in the printed `Lords Journals'.
Until the later 19th century law agents who borrowed processes for appeal or other purposes were exceedingly lax in returning them. When an action went before the Inner House the papers were printed for the information of the judges and copies of these may be found in the Advocates' and Signet Libraries, especially helpful when the original process cannot be traced. The Signet Library holds subject and pursuer-defender indexes to its holding of Session Papers to 1820, which are often of great value; the National Archives of Scotland has a copy of the subject index, but not of the indexes to pursuers and defenders. |
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Annual transmissions of records from the Court of Session to the NRS take place when the records are at least 5 years old. |
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The Court of Session is the highest civil court in Scotland, although there is a further right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The Court of Session deals with civil cases which cannot be heard by the Sheriff Courts, and also hears appeals from Sheriff Courts, some tribunals and other bodies.
The Court is divided into an Outer House, which hears cases of first instance (ie cases being presented in court for the first time) and an Inner House, which mainly hears appeals. The Outer House comprises a number of Lords Ordinary sitting alone or sometimes with a jury. The Inner House is divided into two "Divisions", headed by the Lord President and the Lord Justice Clerk respectively. A third 'Extra Division' is often also required because of the increase in court business over recent years.
Although the supreme civil and criminal courts of Scotland are separate institutions, the judiciary is common to both. The judges, or 'Senators of the College of Justice' who preside over the Court of Session as the Lords of Council and Session therefore also try criminal cases in the High Court of Justiciary, where they are known as Lords Commissioners of Justiciary. Similarly, a single judge heads both supreme courts, being known as the 'Lord President' when acting as head of the Court of Session and as the 'Lord Justice General' when acting as head of the High Court.
The current structure of the Court of Session is relatively recent, having largely been established by the Court of Session Act 1868. The history of its development up to that point is complex, as it is the product of a long series of experiments to provide for the better administration of civil justice through various central bodies.
Up to James III's reign (1460-1488) comparatively little is known of these bodies' work, except for some extracts or copies from lost records. Under James III there were two main bodies, the Lords Auditors of Causes and Complaints, a judicial committee of parliament, and the Lords of Council, which was the King's Council acting in its judicial capacity. Although their authority derived from different sources, their membership, business and records often overlapped. When the Auditors' powers expired at the end of a parliamentary session, undecided cases could be passed on to the Council. Under James IV (1488-1513) the Auditors ceased to function, probably after 1496, and the Council began to meet for regular 'sessions' with 'lords of session' deputed by the king from the general body of councillors but including legal experts. In 1504 the 'session' was held at the same time as parliament, its business being recorded in the parliamentary records.
Until 1532, there was a large group of Lords of Session, drawn as required from the King's Council, together with a smaller 'secret council' and the Lords Auditors of Exchequer. In 1532, however, the organisation of the King's Council underwent a radical reform as part of James V's project for a College of Justice. Though these changes did not create a new 'court of session', they provided a permanent paid body of judges, the 'Senators of the College of Justice', with what soon came to be a universal jurisdiction in all types of civil causes. But the senators, sitting as the 'Lords of Session', gave judgement as the 'Lords of Council', this administrative continuity being reflected in the continuity of their records, now unfortunately obscured by arbitrary divisions. The emergence of a distinct privy council around 1545 and a permanent exchequer court in 1584, left the 'Lords of Council and Session' as the sole remnant of the old King's Council, from which the Court of Session probably inherited the 'nobile officium', its inherent equitable jurisdiction. This allows it to give a remedy where the law provides none, or to soften the effect of the law in a particular circumstance.
The original composition of the court was a president and fourteen ordinary members ('Lords Ordinary'), half spiritual and half temporal. Clerics were disqualified in 1584, though this was not enforced until 1640. James V had reserved power to nominate 'Extraordinary Lords', who were unpaid and normally without legal qualifications. The crown retained this right until it was abolished by an act of 1723. These apart, there were few changes in the first two centuries of the court's existence, except for the short period under the Commonwealth (1652-1660) when the Lords of Council and Session were replaced by a similar body of Commissioners for the Administration of Justice in Scotland. The Court also moved from the Tolbooth to a new permanent home in Parliament House in 1639.
Until the nineteenth century the judges of the Court of Session usually sat and deliberated together in what became known as the 'Inner House'. Single judges were detached to supervise the preparatory stages of actions, take oaths, and examine witnesses in what became known as the 'Outer House'. Another single judge might sit in the Bill Chamber, granting or refusing authority to initiate exceptional forms of action, and acting as a Vacation Court when the main Court of Session was not sitting.
In 1808 the Inner House was further divided into a First Division, comprising the Lord President and seven Lords Ordinary, and a Second Division, comprising the Lord Justice Clerk and six Lords Ordinary. Further reforms, culminating in the Court of Session Act 1868, left the Court consisting of two appellate tribunals (Inner House) and a number of courts of first instance (Outer House). Since 1808 the number of judges has varied, first downwards and more recently upwards from the original fifteen. From 1707 to 2009 it was possible to appeal a case from the Court of Session to the House of Lords. From 1 October 2009, appeals have gone instead to the newly established Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
During the 19th century the Court of Session also absorbed the other central civil courts: the Admiralty Court, Jury Court, and consistorial functions (such as marriage, divorce, separation and legitimacy) of the Commissary Court of Edinburgh in 1830, followed by the Court of Exchequer in 1856.
Changes in organisation and procedure, affecting the form and content of the records, are noted throughout the catalogue in relation to the records concerned.
Further reading:
'Introduction to Scottish Legal History' (Stair Society, Edinburgh,1958)
M Livingstone, 'Guide to the Public Records of Scotland' (HM General Register House, Edinburgh,1905)
'Guide to the National Archives of Scotland' (Scottish Record Office and Stair Society, Edinburgh, 1996) |
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Acta Dominorum Concilii et Sessionis 1532-1533 (ed.) IH Shearer (Stair Society, 1951)
W Alexander, Abridgement of the Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session from the Institution of the College of Justice in May 1532 to the Present Time (Edinburgh, 1838); Supplement: Supplement to the Abridgement of the Acts of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session...12July 1837...to 24 December 1842 (Edinburgh, 1843)
The Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes (Acta Dominorum Concilii) 1478-1495 (ed.) T Thomson (Record Commission, Edinburgh, 1839); Acts of the Lords of Council in Civil Causes (Acta Dominorum Concilii) 1496-1501 (edd.) G Neilson and H Paton, vol ii (Edinburgh, 1918); Acts of the Lords of Council, 1501-1503, (ed.) A B Calderwood, vol iii (Edinburgh, 1993)
Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs 1501-1554, selected from the Acta Dominorum Concilii introductory to the register of the Privy Council of Scotland (ADCP) (ed.) R K Hannay (Edinburgh, 1932) |
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The Court records had historically suffered from much neglect before they came to the Register House. Some were stored in the Laigh Parliament House in Edinburgh while others were kept in the crowded tenements in which the extractors worked. There has been a long and strong relationship between the Court of Session and the Keeper of the Records of Scotland, who was the Clerk of the Council from at least 1483. |
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