Transcription of Thomas Hope, Major Practicks, [c.1670].

• Reference:GB 227 msKE.L2
• Dates of Creation:c.1670
• Name of Creator:
  Thomas Hope
• Language of Material:Latin English
• Physical Description:
  1 volume, i-iv + 1-280 + v-vi ff

• Scope and Content

  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.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  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.

• Arrangement

  Single item

• Access Information

  By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.

• Acquisition Information

  'Ex Libris Collegii Sti. Salvatoris'. Before 1744.

• Note

  Call number used to be ms169

• Other Finding Aids

  Individual Manuscripts and Small Collections database available as part of Manuscripts Database.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Binding: calf, by William Adamson. Sections bound out of sequence. Paper: 19.5x29.9cm

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database

• Conditions Governing Use

  Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Manuscripts. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

• Custodial History

  Signature of John Purves.

• Accruals

  None

• Related Material

  Probably to be identified with the 'Collection of Scots Laws in Manuscript' held in the library of St Salvator's College [press III shelf II] in 1744.

• Bibliography

  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].

• Subjects

  Constitutional law -- Scotland

  Statutes

  Scottish law

• Personal Names

  Hope Sir Thomas 1573-1646 Lord Advocate

• Corporate Names

  St Salvator's College (St Andrews, Scotland)