Permanent historical factsheet

Legislation

Scotland · Government / Government of Scotland. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1496–1705Date range
3Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1496

James IV1496

Government / Government of Scotland

Barons & freeholders must send sons to school at 8 or 9 to learn Latin then Art & Law

1567

James Stewart Moray, 1stDecember 1567

Government / Government of Scotland

Make the Confession of Faith a test for every office holder of the crown. Makes Parliament re-enact reformist religious legislation

1705

John Campbell Argyll, 2nd1705

Government / Government of Scotland

Created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich for supporting the Act of Union

Names involved

James IVJames Stewart Moray, 1stJohn Campbell Argyll, 2nd

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.