A transcription, in several hands of the second half of the seventeenth century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, Lord Advocate, Major Practicks, to the end of Volume I, part 6, Title 8.
A compendium of Scots law derived from Acts of Parliament and statutes, translated from the Latin for the benefit of the many lawyers who could not read Latin.
Sir Thomas Hope (1573-1646) of Craighall, advocate and politician. He was solicitor to the Church of Scotland, became a very successful advocate, then worked for Charles I and was appointed Lord Advocate in 1626 and admitted to the Scottish privy council 2 years later. However he had sympathy with the aims of the covenanters and supported them through his decisions when king's advocate from 1637 to 1643.
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'Ex Libris Collegii Sti. Salvatoris'. Before 1744.
Call number used to be ms169
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Binding: calf, by William Adamson. Sections bound out of sequence. Paper: 19.5x29.9cm
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Signature of John Purves.
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This manuscript was not among those consulted for the Stair Society edition [J A Clyde, 'Hope's Major Practicks, 1608-1633', Stair Society, 3, 1937].
