COSCA conducted a review of all Records of the Parliaments of Scotland (RPS) from the reign of Alexander II (1214 – 1249) to the Act of Union with England in 1707 that contain references to either "clan" or "chief." 

 

The Scottish Parliament grew out of the monarch’s “General Council” and was comprised of the “three estates” of clergy, nobility and burgesses. The RPS archives include parliaments and conventions of estates, committee records, parliamentary minutes and additional material. While the original text was in a form of early Scottish vernacular, all entries here noted are drawn from the modern English translations. (Note: Access to complete texts only available to COSCA Organizational Members.