Domestic annals of Scotland

by Robert Chambers

[102]. Privy Council Record.

[103]. Privy Council Record.

[104]. Privy Council Record.

[105]. In July 1695, there was a further act ‘anent burying in Scots linen,’ ordaining that none should be used for sepulchral purposes above twenty shillings Scots per ell, and also commanding that the nearest elder or deacon of the parish, with one or two neighbours, should be called by the friends of deceased persons to see that the shroud was in all respects conform to the acts thereanent.

[106]. Wodrow Pamphlets, Adv. Lib., vol. 115.

[107]. Privy Council Record.

[108]. Acts of Scottish Parliament, ix. 429.

[109]. Privy Council Record.

[110]. Acts of Scottish Parliament, ix. 420.

[111]. See Domestic Annals of Scotland, ii. 398.