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Next in succession Relation to heir Monarch No recognised heir Feb–Mar 1371 Robert II: John Stewart, Earl of Carrick: Heir apparent Son 27 March 1371 Proclaimed heir 19 April 1390 Became king None 1371–1373 Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife 1373–1378, Brother David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay 1378–1390, Son David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay ...
The first usage of the office appears in 1288, as Clerk of the Rolls of the Kings Chapel. [2] In 1291 it was termed "Keeper of the Rolls of the Kingdom of Scotland" [3] After the Wars of Independence, a similar office appeared with the title of "Clerk of the Rolls", which was altered about 1373 to "Clerk of the Rolls and Register", the "register" being the record of charters (i.e.: grants of ...
It is currently involved in digitising the register of sasines (Scotland's property register) and the records of ecclesiastical courts (kirk sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland). The church court records extend to some five million pages of information and the NAS is, at the time of writing (2008 ...
National Records of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Clàran Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government.It is responsible for civil registration, the census in Scotland, demography and statistics, family history, as well as the national archives and historical records.
The Roll of the Peerage is a public record registering peers in the peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.It was created by Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II dated 1 June 2004, is maintained by the Crown Office within the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice, and is published by the College of Arms.
The National Records of Scotland (NRS) was created on 1 April 2011 by the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland and National Archives of Scotland and is a non-ministerial government department of the Scottish Government. [16]
James VI became patron and member of a loose circle of Scottish Jacobean court poets and musicians, later called the Castalian Band. From the fifteenth century the records of the Scottish court contain references to artists. The most impressive works and artists were imported from the continent, particularly the Netherlands.
The Court of the Lord Lyon, or Lyon Court, is a standing court of law, based in New Register House in Edinburgh, which regulates heraldry in Scotland.The Lyon Court maintains the register of grants of arms, known as the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, as well as records of genealogies.