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
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	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

• 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

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