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HISTORY S.H’i.lfcS sum SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY FIFTH SERIES VOLUME 6 Clerk’s History of the Union Detail from portrait of Sir John Clerk by William Aikman (collection Sir John Clerk, Bt.) History of the Union of Scotland and England by Sir John Clerk of Penicuik Extracts from his MS ‘De Imperio Britannico’ translated and edited by Douglas Duncan ★ EDINBURGH printed for the Scottish History Society by PILLANS & WILSON LTD., EDINBURGH 1993 © Scottish History Society 1993 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data: A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0-906245-15-x Printed in Great Britain CONTENTS Preface vii Abbreviations ix INTRODUCTION 1 PART ONE: FROM BOOKS t-5 Book 1: From the Romans to 1066 33 Book 2:1066 to 1363 43 Book 3: 1363 to 1603 57 Book 4: 1603 to 1706 64 Book 5: Negotiation of the Treaty of Union, 1706 85 PART TWO: FROM BOOK 6 The Debate on Union in the Scottish Parliament, 1706-7 93 APPENDICES A. ‘Memorandums concerning this History’ (1746, revised 1750) 175 B. ‘A List of the Books I made use of (1746, revised 1750) 179 C. ‘A Testamentary Memorial Concerning The Union of the Two Kingdoms of Scotland & England in 1707 with a short account of the share I had in the settlement of the present Government of Great Britain’ (1744, with addition of 1747) 182 INDEX 209
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