List of parliaments of Scotland

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

MonarchDatePlaceType of meeting
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 1317StirlingCouncil
14 June 1317Scone
3 December 1318Parliament
10 December 1319 Berwick Council
6 April 1320 Arbroath Parliament
1320, August?Scone
9 July 1321 Perth
7 June 1323BerwickCouncil
25 July, (?)23 August 1323SconeParliament
7 November 1324BerwickCouncil
26 March 1326SconeParliament
15 July 1326Cambuskenneth
28 February 1328Edinburgh
David II 29 March 1330Perth
26 November 1331Scone
9 February 1334Edinburgh
April? 1335 Dairsie
24 October 1339Perth
17, 22, 24 September 1341Scone
14, 21 February 1342 Aberdeen Council
18 June 1342 Restennet
7 June 1344SconeParliament
12 April 1345EdinburghCouncil
3 May 1346Perth
12 November 1347 Dundee
1 April 1354 Inverkeithing
17 January 1357Perth
26 September 1357EdinburghGeneral Council
6, 10, 11 November 1357SconeCouncil
20 January, 6 February 1358Edinburgh
12 March 1358Perth
31 August 1358Edinburgh
12 November 1358SconeParliament
5 April 1359DundeeCouncil
3, 26 October 1359SconeParliament
12 April 1360PerthCouncil
16 November 1360Edinburgh
12 September 1362Aberdeen
4 March 1364SconeParliament
11, 13 January 1365PerthGeneral Council
24 July 1365Council
14 January 1366
8 May 1366 Holyrood
20, 27 July 1366SconeParliament
16 January 1367PerthCouncil
27 September, 3, 26 October 1367SconeParliament
17 February 1368EdinburghCouncil
12, 22 June 1368SconeParliament
9 December 1368PerthCouncil
6 March 1369Parliament
16 September (?)1369EdinburghCouncil
18 February 1370PerthParliament
23 October 1370
Robert II 26, 27 March 1371Scone
2, 9 March 1372
7 October 1372StirlingCouncil
3, 4 April 1373SconeParliament
19 October 1378
6, 7 June 1382PerthGeneral Council
22 October 1382SconeParliament
21 September 1384 Glasgow Council
1384, November?Holyrood
28 February 1385Stirling
1385, April?EdinburghGeneral Council
17 June 1385
18 August 1388 Linlithgow
1, 11 December 1388Edinburgh
29 March (?)1389SconeParliament
1389, March?Holyrood
Robert III 8 August 1390SconeCouncil
7, 18 March 1391Parliament
25, 26 March 1392PerthGeneral Council
24 October 1393
8 March 1394SconeParliament
31 August 1394EdinburghGeneral Council
11 October 1395Stirling
1397?
22 April 1398Perth
27 January 1399
20 November 1399Linlithgow
10 February 1400EdinburghParliament
21, 28 February 1401Scone
12 May 1401Linlithgow?
April 1401, April 1402SconeParliament
16 May 1402EdinburghGeneral Council
28 April 1404Linlithgow
James I July 1404, March 1406PerthParliament
June? 1406General Council
March 1408, May 1409
20 July 1408Council
May? 1409General Council
14 March 1410Holyrood
13 March 1411Edinburgh
Autumn? 1411?
Autumn? 1412
17 March 1416Perth
26 June 1417
2, 3 October 1418
1419, before 28 July?(?)General Council
July 1420, July 1421General Council
29 July 1422Stirling
20 May 1423Perth
19? August 1423Inverkeithing(?)General Council
26 May, 1 June 1424PerthParliament
12, 17 March 1425
11 March, 26 May, 30 September 1426Perth, Edinburgh
14 January 1427Edinburgh
1 July 1427Perth
1427/1428Inverness
1, 5 March 1428PerthGeneral Council
12, 19 July 1428
26 April 1429Parliament
1 October 1429General Council
6, 10, 17 March 1430Parliament
30 January, 13 February 1431
15, 16, 20 October 1431
10 March 1432
27 May 1432
10 October 1432
October? 1433General Council
1, 2 March 1434StirlingParliament
10, 15 January, 24 June 1436Perth
22 October 1436EdinburghGeneral Council
4 February 1437Perth
James II 25 March 1437EdinburghParliament
6 May 1437StirlingGeneral Council
27 November 1438Edinburgh
13 March 1439Stirling
4 September 1439
20 February 1440Edinburgh
2, 10 August 1440Stirling
3 April 1441Edinburgh
1 June 1441
March 1442Perth
8 February 1443Stirling
4 November 1443
6, 7 February 1444
14, 28 June, 2 July 1445Perth/EdinburghParliament
May/July 1446EdinburghGeneral Council
4 April 1449Stirling
19 January, 2 February 1450EdinburghParliament
4, 12 May 1450PerthGeneral Council
28 June, 8 July 1451EdinburghParliament
13, 26 October 1451Stirling
12 June, 8 July 1452Edinburgh
26 August 1452
21 March 1453General Council
16, 18 July 1454Parliament
9, 17 June, 16 July 1455
4 August, 13 October 1455Edinburgh/Stirling
19 October 1456EdinburghGeneral Council
6 March 1458Parliament
2 October 1459Perth
4 July 1460Edinburgh
James III 2, 11, 14 March 1461
24 June 1462Aberdeen
19 October 1462Edinburgh
9 March 1463
12 October 1463
13 January 1464
11 October 1464(?)General Council
7, 13 October 1466, 31 January 1467Parliament
12, 15 October 1467, 12 January 1468Edinburgh/Stirling
(?)1468(?)Edinburgh
20, 27 November 1469Edinburgh
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 1513PerthGeneral Council
8 May 1515EdinburghParliament
12 July 1515
4 July 1516
13, 22 November 1516
May? 1517
24 July, (?)12 August 1522
2 September 1523Stirling
10 May 1524Edinburgh
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 1545StirlingConvention of Estates
2, 28 September 1545, 30 February, 30 July, 16 August 1546Edinburgh, LinlithgowParliament
10 June 1546StirlingConvention of Estates
18 March 1547Edinburgh
8 September 1547 Monktonhall
12 June 1548EdinburghParliament
7 July 1548 Haddington
3 July 1549EdinburghConvention of Estates
29 May 1551Parliament
1 February 1552
12 April 1554
20 June 1555
14 December 1557
29 November, 5 December 1558
1 August 1560
22 December 1561Convention of Estates
4 June 1563Parliament
15 December 1564
6 October 1566Convention of Estates
14, 19 April 1567Parliament
James VI 15 December 1567, 16 August 1568, 17 November 1569
28 July, 1 August 1569PerthConvention of Estates
12, 17 July 1570Edinburgh
13 June 1571Parliament
28 August 1571Stirling
5, 7 September 1571Convention of Estates
24, 25 November 1572Edinburgh
26 January 1573Parliament
30 April 1573Holyrood
5 March 1575Convention of Estates
8 March, 31 August 1578Stirling
12 June 1578
15, 25 July 1578Parliament
16 July 1578Convention of Estates
15 November 1578
15, 25 January 1579
10, 25 March 1579Parliament
12, 21 March 1579Convention of Estates
7, 8 August 1579
20 October, 11 November 1579EdinburghParliament
26 February, 2 April 1581HolyroodConvention of Estates
24 October, 29 November 1581EdinburghParliament
11, 13 July 1582PerthConvention of Estates
19 October 1582Holyrood
19 April 1583
24 October, 8 November 1583, 19 May, 20, 22 August 1584EdinburghParliament
7 December 1583HolyroodConvention of Estates
31 July 1585St Andrews
1, 4, 10 December 1585LinlithgowParliament
15 April 1586Holyrood?Convention of Estates
23 September 1586
20 December 1586Convention of Estates
10, 15 May 1587
8, 29 July 1587EdinburghParliament
4 April 1588HolyroodConvention of Estates
27 July 1588
21 May 1589Edinburgh
August 1589Stirling
15 May 1590Holyrood
12 June 1590
29 July 1590
6 May 1591Edinburgh
6 August 1591
3 April, 24, 25, 29 May 1592Parliament
20 April 1592?Convention of Estates
3 April, 1, 9 June, 4 July 1593EdinburghParliament
11, 12 September 1593StirlingConvention of Estates
31 October 1593Linlithgow
12 November 1593Edinburgh
23, 26 November 1593Holyrood
27 December 1593, 17 January 1594
18, 21 January 1594Holyrood/Edinburgh
22 April, 20, 30 May, 8 June 1594EdinburghParliament
29 April 1594Convention of Estates
10 September 1594Holyrood
28, 29 November 1594
15 March 1595
22, 24, 25 May 1596
August 1596 Falkland
29 September 1596 Dunfermline
30 November 1596Edinburgh
13 December 1596
21, 22 December 1596Linlithgow
1 January 1597Edinburgh
6, 7, 8 January 1597Holyrood
3, 4, 5 March 1597Perth
13 May 1597Dundee
28 October 1597Linlithgow
1 November 1597EdinburghParliament
29, 30 June 1598HolyroodConvention of Estates
17 August 1598 Dalkeith
30 October 1598?
14 December 1598Holyrood
1 February 1599
2 March 1599
18? May 1599
31 July 1599Falkland
11, 14 December 1599Holyrood
27 March 1600Perth
1, 4, 11, 15 November 1600 [1] EdinburghParliament
10 February 1601HolyroodConvention of Estates
11 September 1601Perth
2 February 1602Holyrood
June 1602Perth
5 July 1603Haddington
10 April, 3, 11 July 1604Edinburgh/PerthParliament
7 June, 3, 9 July 1605
7 June 1605EdinburghConvention of Estates
18 March, 2, 11 August 1607Parliament
10 May, 17, 24 June 1608
20 May 1608Convention of Estates
26, 27 January 1609
12–23 October 1612Parliament
30 April 1616Convention of Estates
22 May 1616?
7 March 1617Edinburgh
27 May–28 June 1617Parliament
25, 26 June 1621Convention of Estates
1 June–4 August 1621Parliament
9 July 1623Convention of Estates
Charles I 27 October–2 November 1625
1628–33Parliament
28–31 July, 2–4, 7 August 1630HolyroodConvention of Estates
15 May 1639 – 17 November 1641EdinburghParliament
22 June 1643 – 24 May 1644Convention of Estates
4 June 1644 – 27 March 1647Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, St AndrewsParliament
2 March 1648 – 6 June 1651Edinburgh, Perth, Stirling
Charles II 1 January 1661 – 9 October 1663Edinburgh
2–4 August 1665Convention of Estates
9–23 January 1667
19 October 1669 – 3 March 1674Parliament
26 June–11 July 1678Convention of Estates
28 July, 17 September 1681, 1 March 1682Parliament
James VII 23 April 1685 – 16 August 1686
William and Mary 14 March 1689 Convention of Estates
5 June 1689 – 18 August 1702Parliament
Anne 6 May 1703 – 25 March 1707

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