[25] E.g. Wigton in 1342, and Sutherland in 1347.
[26] Wallace, op. cit., p. 163.
[27] Wallace, op. cit., p. 192, &c.
[28] Robertson, Hist. of Scotland, App. iv. The claim is not based upon any constitutional right or theory. It is stated as a matter founded on common sense, and the efficacy of the petition lay in the support of those who had special reasons for desiring the presence of the smaller barons. The language of Randolph's letter shows how far the strictly legal position was from being understood.
[29] Foreign Calendar, 19th Aug., 1560; Laing, Knox, vi. 116.
[30] Cf. Innes, Legal Antiquities, p. 116.
[31] Charters of the Burgh of Aberdeen, ed. P. J. Anderson; also in the Spalding Club edition of Gordon's Description of Aberdeen.
[32] Innes, op. cit., p. 116.
[33] Acts, vol. i. References to acts when no authority is quoted are always from the volumes of Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland.
[34] Acts, i. 492. We have no reason for supposing that "proceres" included burgesses, as it is generally used in contradistinction to them.