Letter under the privy seal by James VI King of Scots, confirming to the university the grant of the customs of the steelyard, notwithstanding all acts of statutes to the contrary.
- Reference:GB 248 GUA BL/423
- Dates of Creation:17 June 1581
- Language of Material:Scot
Scope and Content
Privy seal used before the union of the Crowns. Integral seal tag.
The seal represents a shield bearing the royal arms of Scotland, ensigned of an arched crown. Supporters: two lions, the right hind leg of each extending into the border. The legend which is preceded by a thistle leaved and slipped, is between carved borders: SIGILLVM SECRETVM IACOBI 6 DEI GRATIA REGIS SCOTORVM.
The document is written on parchment in an upright, bastard hand.The first letter is ornamented.
Custodial History
Previous numbered GUA 16617.
Blackhouse charters catalogue description: 'Confirmation of the forsaid mortification of the weights by King James the sixth in favors of the University of Glasgow dated the seventh day of june one thousand ffive hundred eighty one year under the privy seall'.
Related Material
See BL 422.
Bibliography
- Munimenta Alme Universitatis Glasguensis, Records of the University of Glasgow from its Foundation till 1727, ed. by Cosmo Innes (Glasgow : the Maitland Club, 1856), I, p. 134-135 (entry no 73).
- Charters and other documents relating to the city of Glasgow, ed. by Sir James D. Marwick (Glasgow: Scottish Burgh Record Society, 1894-1906), vol. I, part 2, p. 191-192.
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