Acts made in the first parliament of our most high and dread soveraign charles, by the grace of god King of Great Britane, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. Holden by Himself, present in person, with his Three Estates, at Edinburgh, upon the 28 day of June, 1633.
Edinburgh.
Printed by Evan Tyler, 1633 [between 1640 and 1651]
66pp, [10]. ESTC S122278, Wing S1168A.
[Bound with:] The acts made in the second parliament of our most high and dread sovereign charles...Acts past and done in this present Session of Parliament, the eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh. Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler, 1641. 160pp, [20]. ESTC R33336, Wing S1168D.
[And:] The acts done and past in the first session of the third parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, and beginning the fourth of June 1644. and ending the 29. day of July the same year 1644... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644. [2], 104pp, [6]. ESTC R12952, Wing S1162.
[And:] Acts Done and Past in the second, third, fourth & fifth sessions Of the First Triennal parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, Stirling, Pearth, and St. Andrews respective: Beginning at Edinburgh the seventh day of January 1645. and ending at St. Andrews the 4. of February 1646... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1646. [2], 102pp, [4]. ESTC R208334, Wing S1163.
[And:] Acts done in the sixth session of the first triennial parliament...Holden at Edinburgh; Beginning the third of November 1646. and ending the twenty seventh of March 1647. Edinburgh. Printed by Even Tyler, 1647. [2], 78pp, [12]. ESTC R11735, Wing S1164.
[And:] Acts done and past in the first session of the second triennial parliament...Holden at Edinburgh; Beginning the second day of March, 1648. and Ending the tenth of June, 1648. Edinburgh, Printed by Evan Tyler, 1648. [2], 69, 68-70pp, [6]. ESTC R21983, Wing S1165.
[And:] Acts Done and Past in the second session Of the second Triennal parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, Beginning the 4. of January, And ending the 16. of March 1649. [2], 112pp, [10]. Short tear to title. ESTC R19064, Wing S1166.
[And:] Acts Done and past in the third session Of the second Trienniall parliament Of our Soveraign Lord Charles the II Holden at Edinburgh, Beginning the twenty third of May, and ending the seventh day of August, 1649. Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1649. [2], 20pp, 21-22 leaves, 21-43pp, [15]. With a folding table. Short tear to folding table at gutter. ESTC R19030, Wing S1167.
Folio. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, joint starting. Pastedowns sprung, armorial bookplate of Maule of Kellie (engraved by A. Burden) to verso of upper board, scattered spotting, occasional damp-staining.
[Bound with:] The acts made in the second parliament of our most high and dread sovereign charles...Acts past and done in this present Session of Parliament, the eleventh of June 1640. Edinburgh. Printed by Robert Young and Evan Tyler, 1641. 160pp, [20]. ESTC R33336, Wing S1168D.
[And:] The acts done and past in the first session of the third parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, and beginning the fourth of June 1644. and ending the 29. day of July the same year 1644... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1644. [2], 104pp, [6]. ESTC R12952, Wing S1162.
[And:] Acts Done and Past in the second, third, fourth & fifth sessions Of the First Triennal parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, Stirling, Pearth, and St. Andrews respective: Beginning at Edinburgh the seventh day of January 1645. and ending at St. Andrews the 4. of February 1646... Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1646. [2], 102pp, [4]. ESTC R208334, Wing S1163.
[And:] Acts done in the sixth session of the first triennial parliament...Holden at Edinburgh; Beginning the third of November 1646. and ending the twenty seventh of March 1647. Edinburgh. Printed by Even Tyler, 1647. [2], 78pp, [12]. ESTC R11735, Wing S1164.
[And:] Acts done and past in the first session of the second triennial parliament...Holden at Edinburgh; Beginning the second day of March, 1648. and Ending the tenth of June, 1648. Edinburgh, Printed by Evan Tyler, 1648. [2], 69, 68-70pp, [6]. ESTC R21983, Wing S1165.
[And:] Acts Done and Past in the second session Of the second Triennal parliament...Holden at Edinburgh, Beginning the 4. of January, And ending the 16. of March 1649. [2], 112pp, [10]. Short tear to title. ESTC R19064, Wing S1166.
[And:] Acts Done and past in the third session Of the second Trienniall parliament Of our Soveraign Lord Charles the II Holden at Edinburgh, Beginning the twenty third of May, and ending the seventh day of August, 1649. Edinburgh. Printed by Evan Tyler, 1649. [2], 20pp, 21-22 leaves, 21-43pp, [15]. With a folding table. Short tear to folding table at gutter. ESTC R19030, Wing S1167.
Folio. Contemporary blind-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, joint starting. Pastedowns sprung, armorial bookplate of Maule of Kellie (engraved by A. Burden) to verso of upper board, scattered spotting, occasional damp-staining.
A comprehensive collection of the complete printed output of the Scottish Parliamentary Sessions which occurred during the reign of Charles I, reflecting perhaps the most tumultuous period of political and social history in early modern Scotland, and printing some key constitutional tenets of an increasingly independent Scottish government.
The first Scottish Parliament of Charles I's reign met at Edinburgh in June 1633, and whilst it marked the highpoint of his authority in the country, it also sowed the seeds for what would supersede it; the establishment of a coherent opposition to increasingly burdensome royal rule, the declaration of a National Covenant, and the outbreak of the Bishops Wars.
By the time Charles I's second Scottish parliament met, seven years later, power over the legislature had been secured by the Covenanting party; the acts passed, and the resulting constitutional settlement which endured for over a decade, saw the newly muscular body securing control over the executive, and future judicial appointments. Included in this printed account of the acts are 'Act XXXIII. Act for the Committees of Estates' and 'Acts XXXVIII. Ordaining the whole subjects and leiges of this Kingdome to obey, maintaine, and defend the Conclusions, Acts and Constitutions of this present session of Parliament', which respectively established a revolutionary committee structure replacing the Lords of the Articles, and tied - by oath - individual Members of Parliament to the authority of decisions made by the body.
The result of these steps, and the clamorous British context in which they existed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was - as witnessed by this large volume - far more frequent sittings of parliament, and a considerable growth in the remit and output of its Acts. The sixth act of the second sitting of the second parliament, for example, ratified the London Treaty - a considerable victory for the Covenanting Party - whilst the fifth act of the first sitting of the Triennial parliament, of 1644, ratified (with a full printing of it within the text) the Solemn League and Covenant, preserving the sanctity of the reformed religion in Scotland, and leading to an alliance between the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament of Cromwell.
Much of the remainder of these acts, which record the output of the full six sittings of the first Triennial parliament, and the first three sittings of the second Triennial parliament, concerns the preparations for a military invasion of England in 1648. However, on defeat, a coup ensured the replacement of the regime by radical Covenanters who, after the execution of Charles I by the English Parliament, as the 14th Act of the second session of the second triennial parliament, Proclaimed Charles II as 'King of great Britain, France and Ireland' the condition that he subscribed to the National Covenant of 1637 for the subjects of all his kingdoms.
The Maule of Kellie bookplate (engraved, presumably, by Archibald Burden of Edinburgh) in this copy suggests early eighteenth-century Scottish ownership; given the content of the volume, a likely candidate would be Harry Maule of Kellie (1659-1734), Scottish Jacobite army officer and scholar, the third son of George, Earl of Panmure.
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The first Scottish Parliament of Charles I's reign met at Edinburgh in June 1633, and whilst it marked the highpoint of his authority in the country, it also sowed the seeds for what would supersede it; the establishment of a coherent opposition to increasingly burdensome royal rule, the declaration of a National Covenant, and the outbreak of the Bishops Wars.
By the time Charles I's second Scottish parliament met, seven years later, power over the legislature had been secured by the Covenanting party; the acts passed, and the resulting constitutional settlement which endured for over a decade, saw the newly muscular body securing control over the executive, and future judicial appointments. Included in this printed account of the acts are 'Act XXXIII. Act for the Committees of Estates' and 'Acts XXXVIII. Ordaining the whole subjects and leiges of this Kingdome to obey, maintaine, and defend the Conclusions, Acts and Constitutions of this present session of Parliament', which respectively established a revolutionary committee structure replacing the Lords of the Articles, and tied - by oath - individual Members of Parliament to the authority of decisions made by the body.
The result of these steps, and the clamorous British context in which they existed during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, was - as witnessed by this large volume - far more frequent sittings of parliament, and a considerable growth in the remit and output of its Acts. The sixth act of the second sitting of the second parliament, for example, ratified the London Treaty - a considerable victory for the Covenanting Party - whilst the fifth act of the first sitting of the Triennial parliament, of 1644, ratified (with a full printing of it within the text) the Solemn League and Covenant, preserving the sanctity of the reformed religion in Scotland, and leading to an alliance between the Scottish Parliament and the English Parliament of Cromwell.
Much of the remainder of these acts, which record the output of the full six sittings of the first Triennial parliament, and the first three sittings of the second Triennial parliament, concerns the preparations for a military invasion of England in 1648. However, on defeat, a coup ensured the replacement of the regime by radical Covenanters who, after the execution of Charles I by the English Parliament, as the 14th Act of the second session of the second triennial parliament, Proclaimed Charles II as 'King of great Britain, France and Ireland' the condition that he subscribed to the National Covenant of 1637 for the subjects of all his kingdoms.
The Maule of Kellie bookplate (engraved, presumably, by Archibald Burden of Edinburgh) in this copy suggests early eighteenth-century Scottish ownership; given the content of the volume, a likely candidate would be Harry Maule of Kellie (1659-1734), Scottish Jacobite army officer and scholar, the third son of George, Earl of Panmure.
