Acts and Records of the Old Scottish Parliament (Until 1707)

The original records of the (Old) Parliament of Scotland are held by the National Records of Scotland (NRS). For more details see the NRS website Scottish Parliament Records | National Records of Scotland (nrscotland.gov.uk) or Scottish Record Office Guide to the National Archives of Scotland (Stair Society/HMSO 1996), pp. 9-19.

The majority of the acts of the Scottish parliament have been published in The Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland, edited by Thomas Thomson and Cosmo Innes (12 vols., 1814 – 1875). A new digital edition with transcriptions and translations has been published online by St Andrews University <https://www.rps.ac.uk/> [accessed 26 April 2024].

Acts of the Old Scottish Parliament which are still in force can also be found online on the UK legislation website <www.legislation.gov.uk> [accessed 26 April 2024].