List of parliaments of Scotland
This is a list of the parliaments, general councils and conventions of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland.
Monarch | Date | Place | Type of meeting |
---|---|---|---|
Margaret | 17 March 1290 | Birgham | Colloquium |
John Balliol | 9 February 1293 | Scone | Parliament |
2 August 1293 | Stirling | ||
Robert I | 16 March 1309 | St Andrews | |
1312, c. 7 April | Inchture | ||
29 October 1312 | Inverness | Council | |
6 November 1314 | Cambuskenneth | Parliament | |
1316, c. 3 March | Edinburgh | ?Parliament | |
4 April 1317 | Stirling | Council | |
14 June 1317 | Scone | ||
3 December 1318 | Parliament | ||
10 December 1319 | Berwick | Council | |
6 April 1320 | Arbroath | Parliament | |
1320, August? | Scone | ||
9 July 1321 | Perth | ||
7 June 1323 | Berwick | Council | |
25 July, (?)23 August 1323 | Scone | Parliament | |
7 November 1324 | Berwick | Council | |
26 March 1326 | Scone | Parliament | |
15 July 1326 | Cambuskenneth | ||
28 February 1328 | Edinburgh | ||
David II | 29 March 1330 | Perth | |
26 November 1331 | Scone | ||
9 February 1334 | Edinburgh | ||
April? 1335 | Dairsie | ||
24 October 1339 | Perth | ||
17, 22, 24 September 1341 | Scone | ||
14, 21 February 1342 | Aberdeen | Council | |
18 June 1342 | Restennet | ||
7 June 1344 | Scone | Parliament | |
12 April 1345 | Edinburgh | Council | |
3 May 1346 | Perth | ||
12 November 1347 | Dundee | ||
1 April 1354 | Inverkeithing | ||
17 January 1357 | Perth | ||
26 September 1357 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
6, 10, 11 November 1357 | Scone | Council | |
20 January, 6 February 1358 | Edinburgh | ||
12 March 1358 | Perth | ||
31 August 1358 | Edinburgh | ||
12 November 1358 | Scone | Parliament | |
5 April 1359 | Dundee | Council | |
3, 26 October 1359 | Scone | Parliament | |
12 April 1360 | Perth | Council | |
16 November 1360 | Edinburgh | ||
12 September 1362 | Aberdeen | ||
4 March 1364 | Scone | Parliament | |
11, 13 January 1365 | Perth | General Council | |
24 July 1365 | Council | ||
14 January 1366 | |||
8 May 1366 | Holyrood | ||
20, 27 July 1366 | Scone | Parliament | |
16 January 1367 | Perth | Council | |
27 September, 3, 26 October 1367 | Scone | Parliament | |
17 February 1368 | Edinburgh | Council | |
12, 22 June 1368 | Scone | Parliament | |
9 December 1368 | Perth | Council | |
6 March 1369 | Parliament | ||
16 September (?)1369 | Edinburgh | Council | |
18 February 1370 | Perth | Parliament | |
23 October 1370 | |||
Robert II | 26, 27 March 1371 | Scone | |
2, 9 March 1372 | |||
7 October 1372 | Stirling | Council | |
3, 4 April 1373 | Scone | Parliament | |
19 October 1378 | |||
6, 7 June 1382 | Perth | General Council | |
22 October 1382 | Scone | Parliament | |
21 September 1384 | Glasgow | Council | |
1384, November? | Holyrood | ||
28 February 1385 | Stirling | ||
1385, April? | Edinburgh | General Council | |
17 June 1385 | |||
18 August 1388 | Linlithgow | ||
1, 11 December 1388 | Edinburgh | ||
29 March (?)1389 | Scone | Parliament | |
1389, March? | Holyrood | ||
Robert III | 8 August 1390 | Scone | Council |
7, 18 March 1391 | Parliament | ||
25, 26 March 1392 | Perth | General Council | |
24 October 1393 | |||
8 March 1394 | Scone | Parliament | |
31 August 1394 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
11 October 1395 | Stirling | ||
1397? | |||
22 April 1398 | Perth | ||
27 January 1399 | |||
20 November 1399 | Linlithgow | ||
10 February 1400 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
21, 28 February 1401 | Scone | ||
12 May 1401 | Linlithgow | ? | |
April 1401, April 1402 | Scone | Parliament | |
16 May 1402 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
28 April 1404 | Linlithgow | ||
James I | July 1404, March 1406 | Perth | Parliament |
June? 1406 | General Council | ||
March 1408, May 1409 | |||
20 July 1408 | Council | ||
May? 1409 | General Council | ||
14 March 1410 | Holyrood | ||
13 March 1411 | Edinburgh | ||
Autumn? 1411 | ? | ||
Autumn? 1412 | |||
17 March 1416 | Perth | ||
26 June 1417 | |||
2, 3 October 1418 | |||
1419, before 28 July | ? | (?)General Council | |
July 1420, July 1421 | General Council | ||
29 July 1422 | Stirling | ||
20 May 1423 | Perth | ||
19? August 1423 | Inverkeithing | (?)General Council | |
26 May, 1 June 1424 | Perth | Parliament | |
12, 17 March 1425 | |||
11 March, 26 May, 30 September 1426 | Perth, Edinburgh | ||
14 January 1427 | Edinburgh | ||
1 July 1427 | Perth | ||
1427/1428 | Inverness | ||
1, 5 March 1428 | Perth | General Council | |
12, 19 July 1428 | |||
26 April 1429 | Parliament | ||
1 October 1429 | General Council | ||
6, 10, 17 March 1430 | Parliament | ||
30 January, 13 February 1431 | |||
15, 16, 20 October 1431 | |||
10 March 1432 | |||
27 May 1432 | |||
10 October 1432 | |||
October? 1433 | General Council | ||
1, 2 March 1434 | Stirling | Parliament | |
10, 15 January, 24 June 1436 | Perth | ||
22 October 1436 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
4 February 1437 | Perth | ||
James II | 25 March 1437 | Edinburgh | Parliament |
6 May 1437 | Stirling | General Council | |
27 November 1438 | Edinburgh | ||
13 March 1439 | Stirling | ||
4 September 1439 | |||
20 February 1440 | Edinburgh | ||
2, 10 August 1440 | Stirling | ||
3 April 1441 | Edinburgh | ||
1 June 1441 | |||
March 1442 | Perth | ||
8 February 1443 | Stirling | ||
4 November 1443 | |||
6, 7 February 1444 | |||
14, 28 June, 2 July 1445 | Perth/Edinburgh | Parliament | |
May/July 1446 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
4 April 1449 | Stirling | ||
19 January, 2 February 1450 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
4, 12 May 1450 | Perth | General Council | |
28 June, 8 July 1451 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
13, 26 October 1451 | Stirling | ||
12 June, 8 July 1452 | Edinburgh | ||
26 August 1452 | |||
21 March 1453 | General Council | ||
16, 18 July 1454 | Parliament | ||
9, 17 June, 16 July 1455 | |||
4 August, 13 October 1455 | Edinburgh/Stirling | ||
19 October 1456 | Edinburgh | General Council | |
6 March 1458 | Parliament | ||
2 October 1459 | Perth | ||
4 July 1460 | Edinburgh | ||
James III | 2, 11, 14 March 1461 | ||
24 June 1462 | Aberdeen | ||
19 October 1462 | Edinburgh | ||
9 March 1463 | |||
12 October 1463 | |||
13 January 1464 | |||
11 October 1464 | (?)General Council | ||
7, 13 October 1466, 31 January 1467 | Parliament | ||
12, 15 October 1467, 12 January 1468 | Edinburgh/Stirling | ||
(?)1468 | (?)Edinburgh | ||
20, 27 November 1469 | Edinburgh | ||
6, 13 May, 2 August 1471 | |||
20 January, 17 February 1472 | |||
8 April, 23 July, 2 August 1473 | |||
11 October 1473 | |||
9 May, 6 August 1474 | |||
6 October 1474 | |||
20 November, (?)1 December 1475 | |||
1, 10 July, 4 October 1476 | |||
6 April, 1, 12 June, 22 October, 20 November 1478 | |||
1, 20 March 1479 | |||
4 October 1479, 2 April 1481, 18 March 1482 | |||
2 December 1482, 1 March, 27 June, 6 October 1483 | |||
16 February, 17 May, 11 October 1484 | |||
21 March, 9 April, 26 May 1485 | |||
1 October 1487, 11 January, 21 February 1488 | |||
James IV | 6 October 1488, 14, 26 January 1489 | ||
26 June, 4 July 1489 | |||
3, 15 February 1490 | |||
28 April, 2 August 1491 | |||
6, 20 February, 7 May 1492 | |||
8 May, 26 June 1493 | |||
27 November 1494 | |||
13 June 1496 | |||
11 March 1504, 3, 16 February 1506 | |||
8 May 1509 | |||
James V | 26 November 1513 | Perth | General Council |
8 May 1515 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
12 July 1515 | |||
4 July 1516 | |||
13, 22 November 1516 | |||
May? 1517 | |||
24 July, (?)12 August 1522 | |||
2 September 1523 | Stirling | ||
10 May 1524 | Edinburgh | ||
14 November 1524, 15, 25 February 1525 | |||
6 July 1525, 15 January 1526 | |||
12, 25 June 1526 | |||
12, 25 November 1526 | |||
7, 10 May 1527 | |||
2 September 1528, 23 January 1529 | |||
24 April, 26 May, 9 June 1531 | |||
13, 17 May 1532 | |||
28 July 1533, 26 January 1535 | |||
7, 17 June 1535 | |||
29 April 1536 | |||
11 March 1538, 3 February, (?)8 July 1539 | |||
3 December 1540, 14 March 1541, 3 February 1543 | |||
Mary | 12, 15 March 1543 | ||
3 December 1543, 20 May 1544 | |||
6 November, 12 December 1544 | |||
26, 29 June 1545 | Stirling | Convention of Estates | |
2, 28 September 1545, 30 February, 30 July, 16 August 1546 | Edinburgh, Linlithgow | Parliament | |
10 June 1546 | Stirling | Convention of Estates | |
18 March 1547 | Edinburgh | ||
8 September 1547 | Monktonhall | ||
12 June 1548 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
7 July 1548 | Haddington | ||
3 July 1549 | Edinburgh | Convention of Estates | |
29 May 1551 | Parliament | ||
1 February 1552 | |||
12 April 1554 | |||
20 June 1555 | |||
14 December 1557 | |||
29 November, 5 December 1558 | |||
1 August 1560 | |||
22 December 1561 | Convention of Estates | ||
4 June 1563 | Parliament | ||
15 December 1564 | |||
6 October 1566 | Convention of Estates | ||
14, 19 April 1567 | Parliament | ||
James VI | 15 December 1567, 16 August 1568, 17 November 1569 | ||
28 July, 1 August 1569 | Perth | Convention of Estates | |
12, 17 July 1570 | Edinburgh | ||
13 June 1571 | Parliament | ||
28 August 1571 | Stirling | ||
5, 7 September 1571 | Convention of Estates | ||
24, 25 November 1572 | Edinburgh | ||
26 January 1573 | Parliament | ||
30 April 1573 | Holyrood | ||
5 March 1575 | Convention of Estates | ||
8 March, 31 August 1578 | Stirling | ||
12 June 1578 | |||
15, 25 July 1578 | Parliament | ||
16 July 1578 | Convention of Estates | ||
15 November 1578 | |||
15, 25 January 1579 | |||
10, 25 March 1579 | Parliament | ||
12, 21 March 1579 | Convention of Estates | ||
7, 8 August 1579 | |||
20 October, 11 November 1579 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
26 February, 2 April 1581 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
24 October, 29 November 1581 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
11, 13 July 1582 | Perth | Convention of Estates | |
19 October 1582 | Holyrood | ||
19 April 1583 | |||
24 October, 8 November 1583, 19 May, 20, 22 August 1584 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
7 December 1583 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
31 July 1585 | St Andrews | ||
1, 4, 10 December 1585 | Linlithgow | Parliament | |
15 April 1586 | Holyrood | ?Convention of Estates | |
23 September 1586 | |||
20 December 1586 | Convention of Estates | ||
10, 15 May 1587 | |||
8, 29 July 1587 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
4 April 1588 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
27 July 1588 | |||
21 May 1589 | Edinburgh | ||
August 1589 | Stirling | ||
15 May 1590 | Holyrood | ||
12 June 1590 | |||
29 July 1590 | |||
6 May 1591 | Edinburgh | ||
6 August 1591 | |||
3 April, 24, 25, 29 May 1592 | Parliament | ||
20 April 1592 | ? | Convention of Estates | |
3 April, 1, 9 June, 4 July 1593 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
11, 12 September 1593 | Stirling | Convention of Estates | |
31 October 1593 | Linlithgow | ||
12 November 1593 | Edinburgh | ||
23, 26 November 1593 | Holyrood | ||
27 December 1593, 17 January 1594 | |||
18, 21 January 1594 | Holyrood/Edinburgh | ||
22 April, 20, 30 May, 8 June 1594 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
29 April 1594 | Convention of Estates | ||
10 September 1594 | Holyrood | ||
28, 29 November 1594 | |||
15 March 1595 | |||
22, 24, 25 May 1596 | |||
August 1596 | Falkland | ||
29 September 1596 | Dunfermline | ||
30 November 1596 | Edinburgh | ||
13 December 1596 | |||
21, 22 December 1596 | Linlithgow | ||
1 January 1597 | Edinburgh | ||
6, 7, 8 January 1597 | Holyrood | ||
3, 4, 5 March 1597 | Perth | ||
13 May 1597 | Dundee | ||
28 October 1597 | Linlithgow | ||
1 November 1597 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
29, 30 June 1598 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
17 August 1598 | Dalkeith | ||
30 October 1598 | ? | ||
14 December 1598 | Holyrood | ||
1 February 1599 | |||
2 March 1599 | |||
18? May 1599 | |||
31 July 1599 | Falkland | ||
11, 14 December 1599 | Holyrood | ||
27 March 1600 | Perth | ||
1, 4, 11, 15 November 1600[1] | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
10 February 1601 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
11 September 1601 | Perth | ||
2 February 1602 | Holyrood | ||
June 1602 | Perth | ||
5 July 1603 | Haddington | ||
10 April, 3, 11 July 1604 | Edinburgh/Perth | Parliament | |
7 June, 3, 9 July 1605 | |||
7 June 1605 | Edinburgh | Convention of Estates | |
18 March, 2, 11 August 1607 | Parliament | ||
10 May, 17, 24 June 1608 | |||
20 May 1608 | Convention of Estates | ||
26, 27 January 1609 | |||
12–23 October 1612 | Parliament | ||
30 April 1616 | Convention of Estates | ||
22 May 1616 | ? | ||
7 March 1617 | Edinburgh | ||
27 May–28 June 1617 | Parliament | ||
25, 26 June 1621 | Convention of Estates | ||
1 June–4 August 1621 | Parliament | ||
9 July 1623 | Convention of Estates | ||
Charles I | 27 October–2 November 1625 | ||
1628–33 | Parliament | ||
28–31 July, 2–4, 7 August 1630 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates | |
15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641 | Edinburgh | Parliament | |
22 June 1643 – 24 May 1644 | Convention of Estates | ||
4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647 | Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, St Andrews | Parliament | |
2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651 | Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling | ||
Charles II | 1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663 | Edinburgh | |
2–4 August 1665 | Convention of Estates | ||
9–23 January 1667 | |||
19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674 | Parliament | ||
26 June–11 July 1678 | Convention of Estates | ||
28 July, 17 September 1681, 1 March 1682 | Parliament | ||
James VII | 23 April 1685 – 16 August 1686 | ||
William and Mary | 14 March 1689 | Convention of Estates | |
5 June 1689 – 18 August 1702 | Parliament | ||
Anne | 6 May 1703 – 25 March 1707 |
See also
- List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland
- List of parliaments of England
- List of parliaments of Ireland
- List of parliaments of the United Kingdom
References
- Margaret D. Young, The Parliaments of Scotland, volume 2 (Edinburgh, 1993). Appendix 1, pages 747–756.
- ^ The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K. M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2016), 1600/11/1. Date accessed: 13 March 2016.