Scotland | History | 17th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Manuscript entitled "Ane Compend off some practiques before the Lords since his Ma[jes]ties cuming home to Scotland ych was in ano 1660" by James Huttone, c 1686
Item — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0126
Scope and Contents
Notebook of 140 unnumbered pages containing an alphabetically arranged and ordered law manual / compendium. It is an easily portable, utilitarian object, and appears to be the work of the scribe James Hutton. It carries the bookplate of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, and was presumably used by him as a reference book.This kind of manual was essential for judges and lawyers to keep up with the legal changes that followed the Restoration in 1660: Charles II, in attempting to restore...
Dates:
c 1686