Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION, reported by SIR JOHN LAUDER OF FOUNTAINHALL Subject_2 SUMMER SESSION.
Anent the King's Service as Heir to his Cousin the Duke of Lennox
Date: 6 July 1680
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The King's Majesty was this day served heir in special to the late Duke of Lennox, his cousin. The fourteen eldest Lords of Session were the members of inquest, and the Lord Chancellor was chancellor to the assize. The four macers were judges. This was done to make a right and conveyance of that estate (whereof there was not much left) to his natural son Don Carlos. See Craig, p. 101, where he tells King James succeeded to the Duke of Lennox at this time.
Some called this service ridiculous and unnecessary, and thought the jus coronas supplied all thir solemnities in the King's person.
