Abbreviations

Abbreviations used in the database

Dictionary of the Scots Language (https://dsl.ac.uk)

H. Scott (ed.) Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation (8 volumes) (1915-20)

E.B. Fryde et al (eds.) Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press (1997)

National Library of Scotland

National Records of Scotland

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (https://oxforddnb.com)

Scottish Privy Council Acta registers (NRS)

Scottish Privy Council Decreta registers (NRS)

Gordon MacGregor (ed.) The Red Book of Scotland (5th edition, 18 vols.)

P.H. Brown et al (eds.) The Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 1661-1691, 16 vols. Edinburgh (1908-1970)

K. Brown et al (eds.), Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (https://rps.ac.uk)

Sir James Balfour-Paul (ed.) The Scots Peerage, 9 vols Edinburgh: David Douglas (1904-14)

Typed transcripts of the registers of the Scottish Privy Council in preparation for publishing printed volumes for the years 1692 to 1708 (NRS)

M.D. Young (ed.) The Parliaments of Scotland: Burgh and Shire Commissioners, 2 vols. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press (1992)

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