Chronology of Parliamentary Sessions contained in RPS

The following list gives details of the assemblies contained within RPS: the date on which the session first met, the place where it was held and the type of meeting. Jump to a specific reign using the links below:

Alexander II (1235-1249) James III (1460-1488)
Alexander III (1249-1286) James IV (1488-1513)
Margaret (1286-1290) James V (1513-1542)
Edward I’s Scottish Parliaments (1291-1305) Mary I (1542-1567)
John Balliol (1292-1296) James VI (1567-1625)
Robert I (1306-1329) Charles I (1625-1649)
David II (1329-1371) Charles II (1649-1685)       
Robert II (1371-1390) James VII (1685-1688)
Robert III (1390-1406) William II & Mary II (1689-1694) 
James I (1406-1437) William II (1694-1702) 
James II (1437-1460) Anne (1702-1707)


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Alexander II (1235-1249)

1235, 25 March x 1236, 24 March, Kirkliston, Colloquium
1248, 1 August, Stirling, Colloquium

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Alexander III (1249-1286)

1256, 13 January, Holyrood, Colloquium
1258, Stirling/Edinburgh, Parliament/Colloquium
1264, November, Edinburgh, Colloquium
1265, after March 5, Scone, 'Parliament'
1285, 25 January, Holyrood, Colloquium

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Margaret (1286-1290)

1290, 14 March, Birgham, 'Parliament'
1290, 18 July, Birgham, Colloquium

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Edward I’s Scottish Parliaments (1291-1305)

1291, 12 July - 1292, 13 October, Berwick, 'Parliaments'
1296, 22 August, Berwick, Parliament
1304, 9 March, St Andrews, Parliament
?1305, 28 May, Scone/Perth, Parliament

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John Balliol (1292-1296)

1293, 9 February, Scone, Parliament
1293, 2 August, Stirling, Parliament
1294, 26 February, Lanark, Parliament
?1294, c.16 May, Edinburgh, Colloquium
?1294, Parliament, Scone
1295, 5/6 July, Stirling, ?Unidentified Assembly/Parliament
1296, 23 February, Dunfermline, Unidentified Assembly
1298, 29 March, Torphichen, ?Unidentified Assembly
1299, 13 November, Forest of Tor, ?Unidentified Assembly
1302, 23 February, Scone, ?Unidentified Assembly
1302, 8 September, Aberdeen, Parliament

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Robert I (1306-1329)

1308, 31 October, Auldearn, Unidentified Assembly
1309, 16 March, St Andrews, Parliament
1314, 6 November, Cambuskenneth, Parliament
1315, 26 April, Ayr, Unidentified Assembly
1318, 3 December, Scone, Parliament
1319, 10 December, Berwick, Unidentified Assembly
1320, 14 March, Newbattle, Council
1320, 6 April, ‘Arbroath’
1320, Early August, Scone, Parliament
1321, 9 July, Perth, Parliament
1321, 22 September, Edinburgh, Council
1323, 7 June, Berwick
1323, 25 July, Scone, Parliament
1324, 7 November, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Council
1325, 26 March, Scone, Parliament
1326, 15 July, Cambuskenneth, Parliament
1327, 8 March, Holyrood, Parliament
1327, 4 April, Stirling, Council
1328, 28 February, Edinburgh, Parliament

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David II (1329-1371)

1330, c.1 April, Perth, Parliament
?1330, 4 December, Kinross, Council
1331, 22 November, Scone, Parliament
1334, 9 February, Parliament, Edinburgh (Edward Balliol)
?1335, April, Dairsie, 'Parliament'
1339, 24 October, Perth, Parliament
1341, 17 September, Scone, Parliament
?1341, 22 May x 1341, 17 September, Dundee, Undated Parliament
c.1341, Undated Council
1342, 14 February, Aberdeen, Council
1342, 18 June, Restenneth, Council
?1342, 7 June x 1343, 6 June, Aberdeen, Undated Parliament
?1343, 18 September, Scone, Parliament
1344, 7 June, Scone, Parliament
1345, 12 April, Edinburgh, Council
1346, 3 May, Perth, Council
1347, 12 November, Dundee, Council
1350, 15 May, Dundee, Parliament
1354, 1 April, Inverkeithing, Council
1357, 17 January, Perth, Council
1357, 26 September, Edinburgh, Council
1357, 6 November, Scone, Council
?1357, 26 December, Stirling, Council
1358, 20 January, Edinburgh, Council
1358, 12 March, Perth, Council
1358, 31 August, Edinburgh, Council
?1358, 12 October, Scone, Parliament
1358, 12 November, Scone, Parliament
1359, 5 April, Dundee, Council
1359, 3 October, Scone, Parliament
1360, 12 April, Perth, Council
1360, 26 October, Scone, Parliament
1360, 16 November, Edinburgh, Council
1361, 5 June x 1362 14 August, Parliament
1362, 12 September, Aberdeen, Council
1364, 4 March, Scone, Parliament
1365, 11 January, Perth, General Council
1365, 24 July, Perth, Council
1366, 14 January, Perth, Council
1366, 8 May, Holyrood, Council
1366, 20 July, Scone, Parliament
1367, 16 January, Perth, Council
1367, 27 September, Scone, Parliament
1368, 17 February, Edinburgh, Council
1368, 12 June, Scone, Parliament
1368, 9 December, Perth, Council
1369, 6 March, Perth, Parliament
1369, c.20 July, Edinburgh, Council
1370, 18 February, Perth, Parliament
1370, 23 October, Perth, Parliament

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Robert II (1371-1390)

1371, 26 March, Scone, Coronation Assembly
1372, 2 March, Scone, Parliament
1372, 7 October, Stirling, Council
1373, March-April, Scone, Parliament
1378, 19 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1382, 6 June, Perth, General Council
1382, 22 October, Scone, Parliament
1384, 21 September, Glasgow, ?Council
1384, November, Holyrood, Council
1385, 28 February, Stirling, ?Council
1385, April, Edinburgh, General Council
1385, 17 June, Edinburgh, General Council
1388, 18 August, Linlithgow, General Council
1388, 1 December, Edinburgh, Council
1389, 29 March - 10 April, Scone and Holyrood, Parliament

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Robert III (1390-1406)

1390, 18 August, Scone, Council
1391, 7 March, Scone, Parliament
1392, 25 March, Perth, Council
?1393, c.24 October, Perth, General Council
1394, 8 March, Scone, Parliament
1394, 31 August, Edinburgh, Council
1395, 11 October, Stirling, Council
1397, Before 3 June, Stirling, General Council
1398, 22 April, Perth, Council
1399, 27 January, Perth, General Council
1399, 20 November, Linlithgow, Council
1401, 21 February, Scone, Parliament
1401, 19 April x 1402, 18 April, Scone, Parliament
1402, 16 May, Edinburgh, General Council
1404, 28 April, Linlithgow, General Council
Undated Acts (?April 1404)
1404, 7 July x 1406, 25 March, Scone, Parliament

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James I (1406-1437)

1406, ?June, Perth, General Council
1408, 27 March x 1409, 20 May, General Council
1408, ?July, Perth, Council
?1409, 20 May, Scone, General Council
1410, 14 March, Holyrood, General Council
1411, 13 March, Edinburgh, General Council
1416, 17 March, Perth, General Council
1417, 26 June, Perth, General Council
1418, October, Perth, General Council
1419, Council
1420, 27 July x 1421, 17 July, General Council
1423, May, Perth, General Council
1423, August, Inverkeithing, General Council
1424, 26 May, Perth, Parliament
1425, 12 March, Perth, Parliament
1425, 18 to 25 May, Stirling, Parliament
1426, 11/13 March, Perth/Edinburgh, Parliament
1426, 13 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1426, 30 September, Perth, Parliament
1427, 14 January, Edinburgh, Parliamentary Committee
?1427/1426, 11 March, Perth, Parliament
1427, 1 July, Perth, Parliament
1428, 1 March, Perth, General Council
1428, 12 July, Perth, General Council
1428, late August, Inverness, 'Parliament'
1429, 26 April, Perth, Parliament
1429, 1 October, Perth, General Council
1430, 6 March, Perth, Parliament
1430 x 1431, Undated act of Parliament
1431, 30 January, Perth, Parliament
1431, 15 October, Perth, Parliament
1432, 10 March, Perth, Parliamentary Commission
1432, 10 October, Perth, ?Parliamentary Commission
1433, October, Perth, General Council
1434, 1 March, Stirling, Parliament
1435, 10 January, Perth, Parliament
1435/6, ?Parliaments
1436, 22 October, Edinburgh, General Council
1437, 4 February, Perth, General Council

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James II (1437-1460)

c.1437, Undated General Council
1437, ?25/20 March,Edinburgh, Parliament
1437, c. 6 May, Stirling, General Council
1438, 27 November, Edinburgh, General Council
1438, 24 December, Edinburgh, Council
1439, 13 March, Stirling, Council
1439, 4 September, Stirling, General Council
1439, ?c.18 September, Edinburgh, General Council
1440, 20 February, Edinburgh, General Council
1440, 2 August, Stirling, General Council
1441, ?3 April, Edinburgh, General Council
1441, 1 June, Edinburgh, General Council
1442, March, Perth, General Council
1443, 21 January - 8 February, Stirling, ?Councils
1443, 4 November, Stirling, General Council
1444, 3 February, Stirling, General Council
1445, 14 June, Perth/Edinburgh, Parliament
1448? Parliament or General Council
1449, 4 April, Stirling, General Council
1450, 19 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1450, 4 May, Perth, General Council
1451, 28 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1451, 25 October, Stirling, Parliament
1452, 12 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1452, 26 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1453, 21 March, Edinburgh, General Council
1454, 16 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1455, 9 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1455, 4 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1455, 13 October, Stirling, Parliament
1456, 19 October, Edinburgh, General Council
1457, 7 February, Perth, Parliament
1458, 6 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1458, 6 November, Perth, Parliament
1459, 9 October, Perth, Parliament

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James III (1460-1488)

1461, 22 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1462, 19 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1463, 9 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1463, 12 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1464, 12 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1464, 11 October, Edinburgh, 'Congregation'
1466, 6 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1467, 31 January, ?Edinburgh, Parliament
1467, 12 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1468, 12 January, Stirling, Parliament
Undated (?1468), ?Edinburgh, Parliament
1469, 20 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1471, 6 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1471, 2 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1472, 17 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1473, 23 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1473, 11 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1474, 9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1474, 6 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1475, 20 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1476, 1 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1476, 4 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1477, 6 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1478, 7-20 February, Edinburgh, Parliament/General Council?
1478, 6 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1478, 1 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1478, 20 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1479, 1 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1479, 4 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1481, April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1482, 18 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1482, 2 December, Edinburgh, Parliament
1483, 1 March, Edinburgh,Parliament
1483, 27 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1483, 7 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1484, 16 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1484, 11 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1485, 21 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1485, 9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1486, 1 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1487, 1 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1488, 11 January, Edinburgh, Parliament

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James IV (1488-1513)

1488, 6 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1489, 14 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1489, 4 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1490, 3 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1491, 28 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1492, 6 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1493, 8 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1494, 27 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1496, 13 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1504, 11 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1504, 4 June, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1504, 3 October, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1505, 7 January, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1506, 3 February, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1506, Undated, Parliament
1509, 8 May, Edinburgh, Parliament

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James V (1513-1542)

1513, 26 November, Perth, General Council
1515?, 8 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1515, 12 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1516, 4 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1516, 13 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1517, May?, Edinburgh, Meeting of the Estates
1517, 7 October, Edinburgh, Meeting of the Estates
1522, 11 February, Edinburgh, Meeting of the Estates
1522, 24 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1524, 10 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1524, 20 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1524, 14 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1525, 15 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1525, 6 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1526, 12 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1526, 12 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1527, 7 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1528, 2 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
1531, 24 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1532, 13 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1533, 28 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1535, 7 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1536, 29 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1538, 11 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1540, 3 December, Edinburgh, Parliament

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Mary I (1542-1567)

1543, 12 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1543, 3 December, Edinburgh, Parliament
1544, 6 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1545, 26 June, Stirling, Convention
1545, 2 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
1545, 28 September, Linlithgow/Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1546, 5 June, Stirling, Council & Convention
1546, 1 July, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1547, 18 March, Edinburgh, Convention
1547, 8 September, Monktonhall, Convention
1547, 16 October, Edinburgh, Convention
1548, February, Stirling, Convention
1548, 12 May, Edinburgh, Parliamentary Commission
1548, 12 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1548, 7 July, Haddington, Parliament
1549, 3 July, Edinburgh, Convention
1551, 29 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1552, 1 February, Edinburgh, Parliament
1554, 12 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1555, 20 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1556, 2-9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1557, 4 March, Stirling, Convention
1557, c.29 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1557, 14 December, Edinburgh, Parliament
1558, 29 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1560, 10 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1560, 1 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1561, 15 December, Edinburgh, Convention
1563, 4 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1564, 15 December, Edinburgh, Parliament
1566, 7 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1566, 6 October, Edinburgh, Convention
1567, 14 April, Edinburgh, Parliament

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James VI (1567-1625)

1567, 25 July, Edinburgh, Convention
1567, 29 July, Stirling, Convention
1567, 22 August, Edinburgh, Convention
1567, 15 December, Edinburgh, Parliament
1568, 12 July, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1569, 12 February, Stirling, Convention
1569, 28 July, Perth, Convention
1569, 17 November, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1570, 14 February, Edinburgh, Convention
1570, 4 March, Edinburgh, Convention
1570, 12 July, Edinburgh, Convention
1570, 10 October, ?, Parliament
1571, 21 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1571, 14 May, Canongate, Parliament
1571, 14 May, 10 or 12 June and 26 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1571, 28 August, Stirling, Parliament
1571, 5 September, Stirling, Convention
1572, 27 February, Leith, Parliament
1572, ? November, Edinburgh, Convention
1573, 26 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1573, 30 April, Holyrood, Parliament
1575, 5 March, Holyrood, Convention
1578, 8 March, Stirling, Convention
1578, 15 July, Stirling, Parliament
1578, 15 November, Stirling, Council or Convention?
1579, 12 March, Stirling, Council or Convention?
1579, 7 August, Stirling, Convention
1579, 20 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1581, 26 February, Holyrood, Convention
1581, 3 April, Holyrood, Convention
1581, 24 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1582, 19 October, Holyrood, Convention
1583, 19 April, Holyrood, Convention
1583, 24 October, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1583, 7 December, Holyrood, Convention
1584, 19 May, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1585, 31 July, St Andrews, Convention
1585, 1 December, Linlithgow, Parliament
1586, 23 September, Holyrood, Convention
1587, 10 May, Holyrood, Convention
1587, 8 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1588, 4 April, Holyrood, Convention
1588, 20 May, Holyrood, Council or Convention?
1588, 27 July, Holyrood, Council or Convention?
1590, 12 June, Holyrood, Convention
1590, 29 July, Holyrood, Convention
1591, 6 August, Edinburgh, Convention
1592, 3 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1593, 3 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1593, 11 September, Stirling, Convention
1593, 31 October, Linlithgow, Convention
1593, 23 November, Holyrood, Convention
1593, 27 December, Holyrood, Convention
1594, 17 January, Holyrood, Convention
1594, 21 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1594, 22 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1594, 29 April, Edinburgh, Convention
1594, 10 September, Holyrood, Convention
1594, 28 November, Holyrood, Convention
1595, 15 March, Holyrood, Convention
1596, 22 May, Holyrood, Convention
1596, 29 September, Dunfermline, Convention
1596, 13 December, Edinburgh, Convention
1596, 21 December, Linlithgow, Convention
1597, 1 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1597, 6 January, Holyrood, Convention
1597, 3 March, Perth, Convention
1597, 13 May, Dundee, Convention
1597, 1 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1598, 29 June, Holyrood, Convention
1598, 30 October, ?, Convention
1598, 14 December, Holyrood, Convention
1599, 1 February, Holyrood, Convention
1599, 2 March, Holyrood, Convention
1599, ? May, Holyrood, Convention
1599, 31 July, Falkland, Convention
1599, 11 December, Holyrood, Convention
1600, 30 June, Edinburgh, Convention
1600, 1 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1601, 11 September, Perth, Convention
1602, 2 February, Holyrood, Convention
1604, 10 April, Edinburgh/Perth, Parliament
1605, 7 June, Edinburgh, Convention
1605, 7 June, Edinburgh/Perth, Parliament
1607, 18 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1608, 10 May, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1608, 20 May, Edinburgh, Convention
1608, 30 July, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1609, 27 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1609, 12 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1612, 12 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1617, 7 March, Edinburgh, Convention
1617, 27 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1621, 25 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1621, 1 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1623, 14 January, Edinburgh, Convention

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Charles I (1625-1649)

1625, 27 October, Edinburgh, Convention
1628, 15 September, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1629, 15 April, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1629, 5 September, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1630, 1 June, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1630, 28 July, Holyroodhouse, Convention
1630, 3 August, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1631, 1 April, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1631, 4 August, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1632, 13 April, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1633, 18 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1639, 15 May, Edinburgh, Parliament (continued)
1639, 23 July, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1639, 26 August, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1639, 30 August, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1639, 31 August, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1640, 2 June, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1640, 19 November, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1641, 14 January, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1641, 13 April, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1641, 25 May, Edinburgh, Parliament (continuation)
1641, 15 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1641, 17 August, Edinburgh, Parliament
1643, 22 June, Edinburgh, Convention
1644, 3 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1644, 4 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1645, 7 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1645, 8 July, Stirling, Parliament
1645, 24 July, Perth, Parliament
1645, 26 November, St Andrews, Parliament
1646, 3 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1648, 2 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1649, 4 January, Edinburgh, Parliament

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Charles II (1649-1685)

1649, 23 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1650, 7 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1650, 15 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1650, 26 November, Perth, Parliament
1651, 13 March, Perth, Parliament
1651, 23 May, Stirling, Parliament
1661, 1 January, Edinburgh, Parliament
1662, 8 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1663, 18 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1665, 2 August, Edinburgh, Convention
1667, 9 January, Edinburgh, Convention
1669, 19 October, Edinburgh, Parliament
1670, 28 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1672, 12 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1673, 12 November, Edinburgh, Parliament
1674, 3 March, Edinburgh, Parliament
1678, 26 June, Edinburgh, Convention
1681, 28 July, Edinburgh, Parliament

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James VII (1685-1688)

1685, 23 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1686, 29 April, Edinburgh, Parliament

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William II and Mary II (1689-1694)

1689, 14 March, Edinburgh, Convention
1689, 5 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1690, 15 April, Edinburgh, Parliament
1690, 3 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
1693, 18 April, Edinburgh, Parliament

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William II (1694-1702)

1695, 9 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1696, 8 September, Edinburgh, Parliament
1698, 19 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1700, 21 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1700, 29 October, Edinburgh, Parliament

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Anne (1702-1707)

1702, 9 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1703, 6 May, Edinburgh, Parliament
1704, 6 July, Edinburgh, Parliament
1705, 28 June, Edinburgh, Parliament
1706, 3 October, Edinburgh, Parliament

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