List of parliaments of Scotland

This is a list of the parliaments, general councils and conventions of the Estates of the Kingdom of Scotland.

Monarch | Date | Place | Type of meeting

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Margaret | 17 March 1290 | Birgham | Colloquium
John Balliol | 9 February 1293 | Scone | Parliament
2 August 1293 | Stirling
Robert I | 16 March 1309 | St Andrews
1312, c. 7 April | Inchture
29 October 1312 | Inverness | Council
6 November 1314 | Cambuskenneth | Parliament
1316, c. 3 March | Edinburgh | ?Parliament
4 April 1317 | Stirling | Council
14 June 1317 | Scone
3 December 1318 | Parliament
10 December 1319 | Berwick | Council
6 April 1320 | Arbroath | Parliament
1320, August? | Scone
9 July 1321 | Perth
7 June 1323 | Berwick | Council
25 July, (?)23 August 1323 | Scone | Parliament
7 November 1324 | Berwick | Council
26 March 1326 | Scone | Parliament
15 July 1326 | Cambuskenneth
28 February 1328 | Edinburgh
David II | 29 March 1330 | Perth
26 November 1331 | Scone
9 February 1334 | Edinburgh
April? 1335 | Dairsie
24 October 1339 | Perth
17, 22, 24 September 1341 | Scone
14, 21 February 1342 | Aberdeen | Council
18 June 1342 | Restennet
7 June 1344 | Scone | Parliament
12 April 1345 | Edinburgh | Council
3 May 1346 | Perth
12 November 1347 | Dundee
1 April 1354 | Inverkeithing
17 January 1357 | Perth
26 September 1357 | Edinburgh | General Council
6, 10, 11 November 1357 | Scone | Council
20 January, 6 February 1358 | Edinburgh
12 March 1358 | Perth
31 August 1358 | Edinburgh
12 November 1358 | Scone | Parliament
5 April 1359 | Dundee | Council
3, 26 October 1359 | Scone | Parliament
12 April 1360 | Perth | Council
16 November 1360 | Edinburgh
12 September 1362 | Aberdeen
4 March 1364 | Scone | Parliament
11, 13 January 1365 | Perth | General Council
24 July 1365 | Council
14 January 1366
8 May 1366 | Holyrood
20, 27 July 1366 | Scone | Parliament
16 January 1367 | Perth | Council
27 September, 3, 26 October 1367 | Scone | Parliament
17 February 1368 | Edinburgh | Council
12, 22 June 1368 | Scone | Parliament
9 December 1368 | Perth | Council
6 March 1369 | Parliament
16 September (?)1369 | Edinburgh | Council
18 February 1370 | Perth | Parliament
23 October 1370
Robert II | 26, 27 March 1371 | Scone
2, 9 March 1372
7 October 1372 | Stirling | Council
3, 4 April 1373 | Scone | Parliament
19 October 1378
6, 7 June 1382 | Perth | General Council
22 October 1382 | Scone | Parliament
21 September 1384 | Glasgow | Council
1384, November? | Holyrood
28 February 1385 | Stirling
1385, April? | Edinburgh | General Council
17 June 1385
18 August 1388 | Linlithgow
1, 11 December 1388 | Edinburgh
29 March (?)1389 | Scone | Parliament
1389, March? | Holyrood
Robert III | 8 August 1390 | Scone | Council
7, 18 March 1391 | Parliament
25, 26 March 1392 | Perth | General Council
24 October 1393
8 March 1394 | Scone | Parliament
31 August 1394 | Edinburgh | General Council
11 October 1395 | Stirling
1397?
22 April 1398 | Perth
27 January 1399
20 November 1399 | Linlithgow
10 February 1400 | Edinburgh | Parliament
21, 28 February 1401 | Scone
12 May 1401 | Linlithgow | ?
April 1401, April 1402 | Scone | Parliament
16 May 1402 | Edinburgh | General Council
28 April 1404 | Linlithgow
James I | July 1404, March 1406 | Perth | Parliament
June? 1406 | General Council
March 1408, May 1409
20 July 1408 | Council
May? 1409 | General Council
14 March 1410 | Holyrood
13 March 1411 | Edinburgh
Autumn? 1411 | ?
Autumn? 1412
17 March 1416 | Perth
26 June 1417
2, 3 October 1418
1419, before 28 July | ? | (?)General Council
July 1420, July 1421 | General Council
29 July 1422 | Stirling
20 May 1423 | Perth
19? August 1423 | Inverkeithing | (?)General Council
26 May, 1 June 1424 | Perth | Parliament
12, 17 March 1425
11 March, 26 May, 30 September 1426 | Perth, Edinburgh
14 January 1427 | Edinburgh
1 July 1427 | Perth
1427/1428 | Inverness
1, 5 March 1428 | Perth | General Council
12, 19 July 1428
26 April 1429 | Parliament
1 October 1429 | General Council
6, 10, 17 March 1430 | Parliament
30 January, 13 February 1431
15, 16, 20 October 1431
10 March 1432
27 May 1432
10 October 1432
October? 1433 | General Council
1, 2 March 1434 | Stirling | Parliament
10, 15 January, 24 June 1436 | Perth
22 October 1436 | Edinburgh | General Council
4 February 1437 | Perth
James II | 25 March 1437 | Edinburgh | Parliament
6 May 1437 | Stirling | General Council
27 November 1438 | Edinburgh
13 March 1439 | Stirling
4 September 1439
20 February 1440 | Edinburgh
2, 10 August 1440 | Stirling
3 April 1441 | Edinburgh
1 June 1441
March 1442 | Perth
8 February 1443 | Stirling
4 November 1443
6, 7 February 1444
14, 28 June, 2 July 1445 | Perth/Edinburgh | Parliament
May/July 1446 | Edinburgh | General Council
4 April 1449 | Stirling
19 January, 2 February 1450 | Edinburgh | Parliament
4, 12 May 1450 | Perth | General Council
28 June, 8 July 1451 | Edinburgh | Parliament
13, 26 October 1451 | Stirling
12 June, 8 July 1452 | Edinburgh
26 August 1452
21 March 1453 | General Council
16, 18 July 1454 | Parliament
9, 17 June, 16 July 1455
4 August, 13 October 1455 | Edinburgh/Stirling
19 October 1456 | Edinburgh | General Council
6 March 1458 | Parliament
2 October 1459 | Perth
4 July 1460 | Edinburgh
James III | 2, 11, 14 March 1461
24 June 1462 | Aberdeen
19 October 1462 | Edinburgh
9 March 1463
12 October 1463
13 January 1464
11 October 1464 | (?)General Council
7, 13 October 1466, 31 January 1467 | Parliament
12, 15 October 1467, 12 January 1468 | Edinburgh/Stirling
(?)1468 | (?)Edinburgh
20, 27 November 1469 | Edinburgh
6, 13 May, 2 August 1471
20 January, 17 February 1472
8 April, 23 July, 2 August 1473
11 October 1473
9 May, 6 August 1474
6 October 1474
20 November, (?)1 December 1475
1, 10 July, 4 October 1476
6 April, 1, 12 June, 22 October, 20 November 1478
1, 20 March 1479
4 October 1479, 2 April 1481, 18 March 1482
2 December 1482, 1 March, 27 June, 6 October 1483
16 February, 17 May, 11 October 1484
21 March, 9 April, 26 May 1485
1 October 1487, 11 January, 21 February 1488
James IV | 6 October 1488, 14, 26 January 1489
26 June, 4 July 1489
3, 15 February 1490
28 April, 2 August 1491
6, 20 February, 7 May 1492
8 May, 26 June 1493
27 November 1494
13 June 1496
11 March 1504, 3, 16 February 1506
8 May 1509
James V | 26 November 1513 | Perth | General Council
8 May 1515 | Edinburgh | Parliament
12 July 1515
4 July 1516
13, 22 November 1516
May? 1517
24 July, (?)12 August 1522
2 September 1523 | Stirling
10 May 1524 | Edinburgh
14 November 1524, 15, 25 February 1525
6 July 1525, 15 January 1526
12, 25 June 1526
12, 25 November 1526
7, 10 May 1527
2 September 1528, 23 January 1529
24 April, 26 May, 9 June 1531
13, 17 May 1532
28 July 1533, 26 January 1535
7, 17 June 1535
29 April 1536
11 March 1538, 3 February, (?)8 July 1539
3 December 1540, 14 March 1541, 3 February 1543
Mary | 12, 15 March 1543
3 December 1543, 20 May 1544
6 November, 12 December 1544
26, 29 June 1545 | Stirling | Convention of Estates
2, 28 September 1545, 30 February, 30 July, 16 August 1546 | Edinburgh, Linlithgow | Parliament
10 June 1546 | Stirling | Convention of Estates
18 March 1547 | Edinburgh
8 September 1547 | Monktonhall
12 June 1548 | Edinburgh | Parliament
7 July 1548 | Haddington
3 July 1549 | Edinburgh | Convention of Estates
29 May 1551 | Parliament
1 February 1552
12 April 1554
20 June 1555
14 December 1557
29 November, 5 December 1558
1 August 1560
22 December 1561 | Convention of Estates
4 June 1563 | Parliament
15 December 1564
6 October 1566 | Convention of Estates
14, 19 April 1567 | Parliament
James VI | 15 December 1567, 16 August 1568, 17 November 1569
28 July, 1 August 1569 | Perth | Convention of Estates
12, 17 July 1570 | Edinburgh
13 June 1571 | Parliament
28 August 1571 | Stirling
5, 7 September 1571 | Convention of Estates
24, 25 November 1572 | Edinburgh
26 January 1573 | Parliament
30 April 1573 | Holyrood
5 March 1575 | Convention of Estates
8 March, 31 August 1578 | Stirling
12 June 1578
15, 25 July 1578 | Parliament
16 July 1578 | Convention of Estates
15 November 1578
15, 25 January 1579
10, 25 March 1579 | Parliament
12, 21 March 1579 | Convention of Estates
7, 8 August 1579
20 October, 11 November 1579 | Edinburgh | Parliament
26 February, 2 April 1581 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
24 October, 29 November 1581 | Edinburgh | Parliament
11, 13 July 1582 | Perth | Convention of Estates
19 October 1582 | Holyrood
19 April 1583
24 October, 8 November 1583, 19 May, 20, 22 August 1584 | Edinburgh | Parliament
7 December 1583 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
31 July 1585 | St Andrews
1, 4, 10 December 1585 | Linlithgow | Parliament
15 April 1586 | Holyrood | ?Convention of Estates
23 September 1586
20 December 1586 | Convention of Estates
10, 15 May 1587
8, 29 July 1587 | Edinburgh | Parliament
4 April 1588 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
27 July 1588
21 May 1589 | Edinburgh
August 1589 | Stirling
15 May 1590 | Holyrood
12 June 1590
29 July 1590
6 May 1591 | Edinburgh
6 August 1591
3 April, 24, 25, 29 May 1592 | Parliament
20 April 1592 | ? | Convention of Estates
3 April, 1, 9 June, 4 July 1593 | Edinburgh | Parliament
11, 12 September 1593 | Stirling | Convention of Estates
31 October 1593 | Linlithgow
12 November 1593 | Edinburgh
23, 26 November 1593 | Holyrood
27 December 1593, 17 January 1594
18, 21 January 1594 | Holyrood/Edinburgh
22 April, 20, 30 May, 8 June 1594 | Edinburgh | Parliament
29 April 1594 | Convention of Estates
10 September 1594 | Holyrood
28, 29 November 1594
15 March 1595
22, 24, 25 May 1596
August 1596 | Falkland
29 September 1596 | Dunfermline
30 November 1596 | Edinburgh
13 December 1596
21, 22 December 1596 | Linlithgow
1 January 1597 | Edinburgh
6, 7, 8 January 1597 | Holyrood
3, 4, 5 March 1597 | Perth
13 May 1597 | Dundee
28 October 1597 | Linlithgow
1 November 1597 | Edinburgh | Parliament
29, 30 June 1598 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
17 August 1598 | Dalkeith
30 October 1598 | ?
14 December 1598 | Holyrood
1 February 1599
2 March 1599
18? May 1599
31 July 1599 | Falkland
11, 14 December 1599 | Holyrood
27 March 1600 | Perth
1, 4, 11, 15 November 1600[1] | Edinburgh | Parliament
10 February 1601 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
11 September 1601 | Perth
2 February 1602 | Holyrood
June 1602 | Perth
5 July 1603 | Haddington
10 April, 3, 11 July 1604 | Edinburgh/Perth | Parliament
7 June, 3, 9 July 1605
7 June 1605 | Edinburgh | Convention of Estates
18 March, 2, 11 August 1607 | Parliament
10 May, 17, 24 June 1608
20 May 1608 | Convention of Estates
26, 27 January 1609
12–23 October 1612 | Parliament
30 April 1616 | Convention of Estates
22 May 1616 | ?
7 March 1617 | Edinburgh
27 May–28 June 1617 | Parliament
25, 26 June 1621 | Convention of Estates
1 June–4 August 1621 | Parliament
9 July 1623 | Convention of Estates
Charles I | 27 October–2 November 1625
1628–33 | Parliament
28–31 July, 2–4, 7 August 1630 | Holyrood | Convention of Estates
15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641 | Edinburgh | Parliament
22 June 1643 – 24 May 1644 | Convention of Estates
4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647 | Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, St Andrews | Parliament
2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651 | Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling
Charles II | 1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663 | Edinburgh
2–4 August 1665 | Convention of Estates
9–23 January 1667
19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674 | Parliament
26 June–11 July 1678 | Convention of Estates
28 July, 17 September 1681, 1 March 1682 | Parliament
James VII | 23 April 1685 – 16 August 1686
William and Mary | 14 March 1689 | Convention of Estates
5 June 1689 – 18 August 1702 | Parliament
Anne | 6 May 1703 – 25 March 1707

## See also

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* Scotland portal

* List of acts of the Parliament of Scotland
* List of parliaments of England
* List of parliaments of Ireland
* List of parliaments of the United Kingdom

## References

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* Margaret D. Young, The Parliaments of Scotland, volume 2 (Edinburgh, 1993). Appendix 1, pages 747–756.

1. ^ The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, K. M. Brown et al eds (St Andrews, 2007-2016), 1600/11/1. Date accessed: 13 March 2016.

*[c.]: circa