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Holders of the office of '''Lord Chamberlain of [[Scotland]]''' are known from about 1124.
Holders of the office of '''Lord Chamberlain of [[Scotland]]''' are known from about 1124.
It was ranked by King Malcolm as the third great Officer of State, called ''Camerarius Domini Regis'', and had a salary of £200 per annum allotted to him. He anciently collected the revenues of the Crown, at least before Scotland had a Treasurer, of which office there is no vestige of until the restoration of King [[James I of Scotland|James I]] when he disbursed the money necessary for the maintenance of the King's Household.
It was ranked by King Malcolm as the third great Officer of State, called ''Camerarius Domini Regis'', and had a salary of £200 per annum allotted to him. He anciently collected the revenues of the Crown, at least before Scotland had a Treasurer, of which office there is no vestige until the restoration of King [[James I of Scotland|James I]] when he disbursed the money necessary for the maintenance of the King's Household.


The Great Chamberlain had jurisdiction for judging of all crimes committed within burgh, and of the crime of forestalling; and was in effect Justice-General over the burghs, and held Chamberlain-ayrs every year for that purpose; the form whereof is set down in ''Iter Camerarii'', the Chamberlain-ayr. He was a supreme judge and his Decrees could not be questioned by any inferior judicatory. His sentences were to be put into execution by the [[baillie]]s of burghs. He also settled the prices of provisions within burghs, and the fees of the workmen in the [[Mint (coin)|Mint]].
The Great Chamberlain had jurisdiction for judging of all crimes committed within burgh, and of the crime of forestalling; and was in effect Justice-General over the burghs, and held Chamberlain-ayrs every year for that purpose; the form whereof is set down in ''Iter Camerarii'', the Chamberlain-ayr. He was a supreme judge and his Decrees could not be questioned by any inferior judicatory. His sentences were to be put into execution by the [[baillie]]s of burghs. He also settled the prices of provisions within burghs, and the fees of the workmen in the [[Mint (coin)|Mint]].
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==Lord Chamberlains==
==Lord Chamberlains==
;[[David I of Scotland]] ({{reign|1124|1153}})
;[[David I of Scotland]] ({{reign|1124|1153}})
* Edmund, witnessed a charter granting [[Annandale]] to [[Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale|Robert de Brus]] in 1124.
* Edmund, witnessed a charter granting [[Annandale, Dumfries and Galloway|Annandale]] to [[Robert de Brus, 1st Lord of Annandale|Robert de Brus]] in 1124.
* 1130-1153: Herbert
* 1130-1153: Herbert
;[[Malcolm IV of Scotland]] ({{reign|1153|1165}})
;[[Malcolm IV of Scotland]] ({{reign|1153|1165}})
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* c.1250/1: Sir Robert de Meyners
* c.1250/1: Sir Robert de Meyners
* 1252-1255: [[Uilleam, Earl of Mar|William, Earl of Mar]]
* 1252-1255: [[Uilleam, Earl of Mar|William, Earl of Mar]]
* 1255-1257: [[David de Lindsay of the Byres]]
* 1255-1257: [[David de Lindsay of the Byres|David de Lindsay of Barnweill and Byres]]
* 1257-60: Aylmer de Maxwell lord of [[Caerlaverock Castle|Caerlaverock]], Sheriff of Dumfries, son of Sir John Maxwell.
* 1257-60: Aylmer de Maxwell lord of [[Caerlaverock Castle|Caerlaverock]], Sheriff of Dumfries, son of Sir John Maxwell.
* 1260: William, Earl of Mar, again
* 1260: William, Earl of Mar, again
* 1267: Sir [[Reginald Cheyne]]
* 1267: Sir [[Reginald Cheyne]]
* 1269: Sir Thomas Randolph, father of [[Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray]],
* 1269: Sir Thomas Randolph, father of [[Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray]],
* 1278: John de Lindsay
* 1278: [[John Lindsay of Wauchope|John de Lindsay]]
;[[Guardian of Scotland|Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland]] (First Interregnum)(1286-1292)
;[[Guardian of Scotland|Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland]] (First Interregnum)(1286-1292)
* 1287-1292: [[Alexander de Baliol]]
* 1287-1292: [[Alexander de Baliol]]
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* 1327-1329: Robert de Peebles
* 1327-1329: Robert de Peebles
* 1329-1333: [[Reginald de Mure]]
* 1329-1333: [[Reginald de Mure]]
* 1333: Sir Robert de Lawedre of [[The Bass]] (d. 1337) (also [[Justiciar]])
* 1333: Sir [[Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood|Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood and The Bass]] (d. 1337) (also [[Justiciar of Scotia]])
* 1334: William Bullock, under [[Edward Balliol]]
* 1334: [[William Bullock (chamberlain)|William Bullock]], under [[Edward Balliol]]
* 1334-1340: [[Reginald de Mure]]
* 1334-1340: [[Reginald de Mure]]
* 1341-1342: William Bullock, again
* 1341-1342: William Bullock, again
* 1343-1346: John of Roxburgh
* 1343-1346: [[John de Roxburgh]]
* c.1350-1357: Sir Robert de Erskine
* c.1350-1357: Sir Robert de Erskine
* 1357-1358: [[Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus]]
* 1357-1358: [[Thomas Stewart, 2nd Earl of Angus]]
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;[[Robert III of Scotland]] ({{reign|1390|1406}})
;[[Robert III of Scotland]] ({{reign|1390|1406}})
;[[James I of Scotland]] ({{reign|1406|1437}})
;[[James I of Scotland]] ({{reign|1406|1437}})
* 1424-1448: Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Knt.<ref>''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol.v, p.250, appointment after August 1424.</ref><ref>''The [[Exchequer Rolls of Scotland]]'' edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, pps:108, 258, and 297 - the last mention as Chancellor.</ref>
* 1424-1448: Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Knt.<ref>''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol.v, p.250.</ref><ref>''The [[Exchequer Rolls of Scotland]]'' edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, pps:108, 258, and 297 - the last mention as Chamberlain.</ref>
;[[James II of Scotland]] ({{reign|1437|1460}})
;[[James II of Scotland]] ({{reign|1437|1460}})
* 1448: [[James Livingstone, 1st Lord Livingston]]<ref>''The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland'' edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, p.312, first mention in this capacity and the year of death of Forrester, his predecessor.</ref>
* 1448-1450: [[James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston]]<ref>''The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland'' edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, p.312, first mention in this capacity.</ref>
* 1450-1454: [[James Crichton, 2nd Lord Crichton and Earl of Moray]]<ref>Anderson, William, ''The Scottish Nation'', Edinburgh, 1867, vol.iii, p.725, which states he held this position from 1440 until death.</ref><ref>Haydn, Joseph, ''Book of Dignities'', London, 1851, also states that he held this position 1440-1454.</ref>
* 1454-1467: [[James Livingston, 1st Lord Livingston]]
;[[James III of Scotland]] ({{reign|1460|1488}})
;[[James III of Scotland]] ({{reign|1460|1488}})
* 1467:<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Boyd, Robert Boyd, Lord |volume=3 |page=353}}</ref> [[Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd]]
* 1467:<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Boyd, Robert Boyd, Lord |volume=3 |page=353}}</ref> [[Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd]]
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* ''The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen'', by [[Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet]], Director of Chancery, Edinburgh, 1754, pps: xx - xxii, and 186-188. [https://archive.org/details/staggeringstateo00scot]
* ''The Staggering State of the Scots' Statesmen'', by [[Sir John Scot of Scotstarvet]], Director of Chancery, Edinburgh, 1754, pps: 137-8. [https://archive.org/details/staggeringstateo00scot]
* ''The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland'', edited by [[George Burnett (officer of arms)|George Burnett]], [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]], vol.II, 1359–1379, Edinburgh, 1878, in the appendix to the Preface is [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea/page/n121 a list of Chamberlains of Scotland]. See also p.cxxiii. [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea]
* ''The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland'', edited by [[George Burnett (officer of arms)|George Burnett]], [[Lord Lyon King of Arms]], vol.II, 1359–1379, Edinburgh, 1878, in the appendix to the Preface is [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea/page/n121 a list of Chamberlains of Scotland] to 1406 only. See also p.cxxiii. [https://archive.org/details/rotuliscaccariir02grea]
* ''A History of the House of Douglas'', by [[James Balfour Paul]] Vol II p.&nbsp;3, London 1902.
* ''A History of the House of Douglas'', by [[James Balfour Paul]] Vol II p.&nbsp;3, London 1902.


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[[Category:Positions within the British Royal Household]]
[[Category:Positions within the British Royal Household]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Scotland]]
[[Category:Political office-holders in Scotland]]
[[Category:Lord High Chamberlains of Scotland| ]]

Latest revision as of 08:55, 15 April 2023

Holders of the office of Lord Chamberlain of Scotland are known from about 1124. It was ranked by King Malcolm as the third great Officer of State, called Camerarius Domini Regis, and had a salary of £200 per annum allotted to him. He anciently collected the revenues of the Crown, at least before Scotland had a Treasurer, of which office there is no vestige until the restoration of King James I when he disbursed the money necessary for the maintenance of the King's Household.

The Great Chamberlain had jurisdiction for judging of all crimes committed within burgh, and of the crime of forestalling; and was in effect Justice-General over the burghs, and held Chamberlain-ayrs every year for that purpose; the form whereof is set down in Iter Camerarii, the Chamberlain-ayr. He was a supreme judge and his Decrees could not be questioned by any inferior judicatory. His sentences were to be put into execution by the baillies of burghs. He also settled the prices of provisions within burghs, and the fees of the workmen in the Mint.

The Chamberlain lost his financial functions after 1425 to the Treasurer. The position was vacant from 1558 to 1565 and again from 1569. It was occupied in 1580 for the cousin of James I, Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox, whose appearance as a Great Officer of State in 1581 is attributable to his personal standing with the king rather than his office. But following the Raid of Ruthven, 24 August 1582, the Great Chamberlain lost his supervision of the royal burghs.

Thereafter the office was held by successive Dukes of Lennox (heritably from 1603) until resigned to the Crown ad perpetuam remanentiam by the Duke of Richmond and Lennox in 1703, since which time no Great Chamberlain has been appointed. In 1711 a form of the office was revived in a Commission of Chamberlainry and Trade, which lapsed on the death of Queen Anne.

Lord Chamberlains

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David I of Scotland (r. 1124–1153)
Malcolm IV of Scotland (r. 1153–1165)
  • 1153-1160: Herbert
  • 1160-1165: Nicolaus, later Lord Chancellor
William the Lion (r. 1165–1214)
Alexander II of Scotland (r. 1214–1249)
Alexander III of Scotland (r. 1249–1286)
Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland (First Interregnum)(1286-1292)
John Balliol (r. 1292–1329)
Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland (Second Interregnum) (1296-1306)
Robert the Bruce (r. 1306–1329)
David II of Scotland (r. 1329–1371)
Robert II of Scotland (r. 1371–1390)
Robert III of Scotland (r. 1390–1406)
James I of Scotland (r. 1406–1437)
  • 1424-1448: Sir John Forrester of Corstorphine, Knt.[1][2]
James II of Scotland (r. 1437–1460)
James III of Scotland (r. 1460–1488)
James IV of Scotland (r. 1488–1513)
James V of Scotland (r. 1513–1542)
Mary, Queen of Scots (r. 1542–1560)
James VI of Scotland (r. 1560–1625)

References

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  1. ^ The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.v, p.250.
  2. ^ The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, pps:108, 258, and 297 - the last mention as Chamberlain.
  3. ^ The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland edited by George Burnett, Lord Lyon King of Arms, vol.v, 1437-1454, Edinburgh, 1882, p.312, first mention in this capacity.
  4. ^ Anderson, William, The Scottish Nation, Edinburgh, 1867, vol.iii, p.725, which states he held this position from 1440 until death.
  5. ^ Haydn, Joseph, Book of Dignities, London, 1851, also states that he held this position 1440-1454.
  6. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Boyd, Robert Boyd, Lord" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 353.
  7. ^ Cracrofts Peerage Archived 2012-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
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