Re: Just As True Today As It Was In 1779

"Jack Linthi***" <jacklinthi***@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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10 October 1488
[1488/10/17]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]

Procedure: preamble
In the parliament of our most excellent prince and our lord, the lord
James 
IV, by the grace of God most illustrious king of Scots, held at Edinburgh
in 
the tolbooth of the same on Friday 10 October 1488 in the presence of the 
noble and powerful lords Colin [Campbell], earl of Argyll, lord Campbell
and 
Lorne, chancellor, Robert [Lyle], lord Lyle, John [Lyon], lord Glamis, 
Andrew [Gray], lord Gray, Laurence [Oliphant], lord Oliphant, and John 
[Drummond], lord Drummond, commissioners of parliament and justiciars of
the 
said lord our king specially constituted in this part.

Judicial proceeding: continuation of summons
[1488/10/18]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]

On which day John Ross of Montgreenan [being] often called by royal
summons 
and by the tenor of the same under the testimonial of the great seal of
the 
aforesaid king directed to personally answer the said lord our king for 
certain treasonous actions contained in the said summons, but not 
compearing, it was continued until tomorrow in the same form as they are
now 
and without prejudice of party.

[1488/10/19]*[print] [email] [cite] [preceding] [following]

The same day Cuthbert Murray of Cockpool [being] often called by royal 
summons and by the tenor of the same under the testimonial of the
aforesaid 
king's great seal directed to personally answer the said lord our king for

certain treasonous actions contained in the said summons, but not 
compearing, it was continued until tomorrow in the same form as they are
now 
and without prejudice of party.