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Register of the Privy Council of Scotland


In the range of its functions the council was often more important than Parliament in the running of Scotland. The registers include a wide range of material on the political, administrative, economic and social affairs of Scotland. The council supervised the administration of the law, regulated trade and shipping, took emergency measures against the plague, granted licences to travel, administered oaths of allegiance, banished beggars and gypsies, dealt with witches, recusants, Covenanters and Jacobites and tackled the problem of lawlessness in the Highlands and the Borders.

We have acquired pdf copies of volumes 2 to 8 from Google...

Volume 2 - 1627 to 1628
Volume 3 - 1629 to 1630
Volume 4 - 1630 to 1632
Volume 5 - 1633 to 1635
Volume 6 - 1635 to 1637
Volume 7 - 1638 to 1643

2nd Series
Volume 8 - 1544 to 1660

Each of these volumes has a substantial Introduction which gives a flavour of the contents you will find in each volume. On their own they make an interesting read. Most of these pdf files are around 36Mb in size.

Here is a wee bit of the introduction from Volume 2 to give you a flavour of the content...








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