Parliaments

Scotland had a parliament (consisting of ‘three estates’ of clergy, nobility and burgesses) from the mid-13th century until 25 March 1707. From 1 May 1707, under article III of the Treaty of Union, Scotland sent representatives to the United Kingdom parliament at Westminster in London. On 1 July 1999 a devolved parliament was established in Edinburgh with control over all government functions relating to Scotland except those reserved by the Westminster parliament.

Related Knowledge Base entries

Records of the Old Scottish Parliament (until 1707)

Records of the Scottish Parliament (since 1999)

Acts of the UK Parliament (Westminster)

Parliamentary Papers after 1707

Bibliography

Scottish Record Office, Guide to the National Archives of Scotland (Stair Society/HMSO, 1996)

Duncan, A. A. M., ‘The early parliaments of Scotland’, Scottish History Society, 45 (1966) 36-58.

Rait, R. S., The Parliaments of Scotland (Glasgow, 1924)

Young, John R., The Scottish Parliament, 1639-1661: a political and constitutional analysis (John Donald, 1996)

The Parliaments of Scotland: burgh and shire commissioners ed. by Margaret D. Young, (Scottish Academic Press, 1992)

Links

[all accessed 26 April 2024]

National Records of Scotland <https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/research-guides/research-guides-a-z/scottish-parliament-records>

The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (RPS) <https://www.rps.ac.uk>

English Parliament before 1707 and the British Parliament from 1707 <Homepage | History of Parliament Online>

Parliamentary Archives of the UK <https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/parliamentary-archives/>

Scottish Parliament <https://www.parliament.scot/>