642 A. D. 1426. 



alderman and bailies of each town fhould appoint a fufficient perfon to 

 meafure coals and other goods fold by the water mete, with whom the 

 fellers fhould not interfere. — Laflly, they ordered that the ads of this 

 and the two preceding parliaments fhould be regiftered, and that the 

 fhirrefs fhould ufe the proper means to render them fufficiently known 

 in every part of the kingdom, [^^s Jac. /, cc. 52, 55, 63, 64, 6^, 



77-] 



July 29"' — In a treaty between James, king of Scotland, and Eric, king 



of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden, theantient treaties were renewed or 

 confirmed ; mutual freedom of trade in the ports formerly frequented, 

 and agreeable to the rights and approved cuftoms of both kingdoms, 

 was agreed upon ; and all damages, tranfgreliions, and defaults, on both 

 fides were forgiven and cancelled, the annual rent for the vaflal king- 

 dom of Mann and the Ifles being ftill payable to Norway. [Tra^. ap. 

 For dun, p. 1353, ed. He arm. '\ 



July 30"" — The commanders of fome Englilli fhips, alleging that the 

 Flemings palFed the goods of Spaniards, Bretons, and other enemies, as 

 their own, had feized feveral Flemllh vefTels ; and the duke of Burgun- 

 dy had interpofed in behalf of his Flemifh fubjeds. The council of 

 England thereupon promifed, that juftice fhould be done to the Flem- 

 ings, and ordered the king's fubjeds to abflain from doing any injury 

 to them. \Joedera, V. yi,pp. 360, 361, 367.] 



1427, March — The parliament of Scotland decreed, that the elne 

 fhould contain thirty-feven inches, agreeable to the law of King David I; 

 and they made fome alterations on the corn meafures *, which have re- 

 peatedly been altered fince. ^JEts Jac. I, cc. 78, 79, 80 f .] 



July — They alfo ordained, that caufes concerning the property of 

 Scottifh merchants or pilgrims dying in Zeland, Flanders, or other for- 

 eign countries fhould be tried in Scotland before their ordinaries, by 

 whom their wills fhould be confirmed, though fome part of the property 

 might be in England or beyond the fea. [ABs Jac. /, c. 99 f .J 



Odober — The parUament of England pafled an ad, whereby all merch- 

 ants, whether denizens or aliens, were permitted to fliip wool, hides, 

 wool-fells, and other merchandize, at the port of Mclcomb for Calais on 

 paying the due cuftoms, &c. [y/c?x 6 Hen. VI, c. 6.] 



1428 March The parliament of Scotland permitted merchants for a 



year enfuing to fiiips their goods in foreign vefTels, where Scottilli ones 

 were not to be found, notwithflanding the ftatute made to the contrary. 

 lABs Jac. I, c. 1 17.] This law, copied from the Englifh ad of the 6" 

 of Richard II, (as, indeed, almofl all the Scottifli laws were copied from 



* The meafures are contradidlorily (U-fcribeJ iu two fcfTions of parliament, between which another 



ibe aft by tiic blunder of the ocigiiiul clerk, the one, l>floiigiii[r to the preceding year, is placed in 



tranfcribcr, or printer. the eJiUons. 



ff There is an error in the numeration of ih«fs 



