Letters of immunity under the Great Seal, by King James VI, taking the whole members and supposts of the college of Glasgow, with their lands, tenements, and other goods under his special protection, and confirming the university’s exemption from taxation and from watch and ward. (26 May 1579)
(University of Glasgow Archive Services Ref: GUA BL/421)
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