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Records of the pre-1707 Scottish Parliament in the National records of Scotland (NRS)

NRS reference	Description	Dates	Acts of Parliament of Scotland volume	Notes
PA1-3	Rolls, minutes and acts of parliament	1293-1389, 1424-1707,1466-1706	ii-xi
PA5	Manuscript collections of statutes	13-15 century	i-ii	Including the Berne Manuscript, 13 century; Ayr Manuscript, early 14 century, (PA5/2); Drummond Manuscript, 15 century, (PA5/3); Black Book, 14-15 century, (PA5/4); Haddington Manuscript, 14-15 century, (PA5/5)
PA6	Warrants of parliament. The original minutes and papers produced or lodged in the course of parliamentary business	1526-1707		Supplemented by the parliamentary papers in PA7, 1455-1707
PA7	Parliamentary Papers	1455 - 1707		Including papers of the Lords of the Articles, 1681; the Commission for Fines and Forfeitures, 1690-91; royal letters to Parliament, 1584 - 1690; commissions to commissioners to parliament, 1567-1706 and addresses against the Union, 1706.
PA8	Convention of Estates	1598-1678	iv-viii	Conventions were called for a specific purpose, normally taxation, and though they could pass legislation, this might be re-enacted by a subsequent parliament.
PA10	Commissions for Visitation of Universities	1574-1576, 1687-1702		D H Fleming, 'The Accounts of Dr Alexander Skene, provost of St Salvator's college, St Andrews…1683-1690', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, liv (1919-20) pp. 216-48 and from 1679-1689, lvi (1921-2), pp. 325-50.
PA11-12	Committee of Estates Registers and warrants	1640-51, 1660, 1689	ix,	1-37(1689) D Stevenson (ed.), The Government of Scotland under the Covenanters, 1637-1651 (Scottish History Society, 1982).
PA13	Scots Commissioners in England	1641-1647	v-vi	H W Meikle (ed.), 'Correspondence of the Scots Commissioners in England, 1644-1646' (Roxburghe Club, 1917).
PA14	Parliamentary Committees	1641-1650		The papers deal mainly with financial matters.
PA15	Army and other accounts	1639-1659		Including accounts of the Commissary for the Country, 1639-40 (PA15/1), the Commissary for Expedition against the Rebellion in the North, 1644-5 (PA15/6), the Treasurer of the Army, 1644-6 (PA15/7, 7A, 8), the General Commissary, 1646-8 (PA15/9), the Treasurer of the Army and General Commissary of the Maintenance 1648-9 (PA15/10-11), the Commissary General, 1650-1, and monthly maintenance 1658-9 (PA15/2). There are also accounts of arms and ammunition received by the keeper of the magazine at Leith, 1643-8, and received for the expedition to England, 1644-7. 'Papers relating to the Army of the Solemn League and Covenant, 1643-1647', edited by C S Terry (Scottish History Society, 1917).
PA16	Warrants of Parliamentary Committees	1648-1658		Mainly vouchers of accounts of military expenditure, including warrants by the committee for common burdens.
PA17	Commission for the Communication of Trade	1699-1700	x, appendix 107-136.
PA18	Commission for the Union of the Kingdom	1702-1706	xi, appendix 145-205.
PA19	Commission on Public Accounts	1703-1704	xi, appendix 42-50.

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