| actb | Gordon Donaldson ed. Accounts of the Collectors of Thirds of Benefices 1561–1572 (Edinburgh 1949). |
| alc | Robert Kerr Hannay, ed., Acts of the Lords of Council in Public Affairs, 1501–1554 (Edinburgh, 1932). |
| alht | Thomas Dickson, James Balfour Paul and Charles Thorpe McInnes, eds, Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland (13 vols, Edinburgh, 1877–1978). |
| crb | J.D. Marwick, ed., Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland (5 vols, Edinburgh, 1866–1885). |
| ers | John Stuart, George Burnett, A.J.G. Mackay and G.P. McNeill, eds, The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland (23 vols, Edinburgh, 1878–1908). |
| hrs | William Croft Dickinson, ed., John Knox’s History of the Reformation in Scotland (2 vols, Edinburgh, 1949). |
| LC | John Anderson, ed., Calendar of the Laing Charters (Edinburgh, 1899). |
| mrh | Ian Cowan and David Easson, Medieval Religious Houses: Scotland (2nd edn. London, 1976). |
| nls | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh. |
| nrs | National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh. (Formerly National Archives of Scotland.) |
| odnb | The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004–2013). Available from: http://www.oxforddnb.com |
| rms | John Maitland Thomson, ed., Register of the Great Seal of Scotland (11 vols, Edinburgh, 1882–1914). |
| rpcs | John Hill Burton and David Masson, eds, Register of the Privy Council of Scotland (14 vols in series 1, Edinburgh, 1877–1896). |
| rps | The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707 (St Andrews, 2007–2013). Available from: http://www.rps.ac.uk |
| rss | M. Livingstone, James Beveridge and Gordon Donaldson, eds, Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland (8 vols, Edinburgh, 1908–1984). |
| Scotichron. | D.E.R. Watt, Scotichronicon by Walter Bower in Latin and English (9 vols, Aberdeen, 1989–1998). |
| StAKS | David Hay Fleming, ed., Register of the Minister, Elders and Deacons of the Christian Congregation of St Andrews, 1559–1600 (2 vols, Edinburgh, 1889–1890). |
| StAUL | St Andrews University Library Special Collections, St Andrews. |
The Unabridged Acts and Monuments Online or tamo (Sheffield, 2011). Available from: http://www.johnfoxe.org | |
| tna | National Archives at Kew, London. |
| wjk | David Laing, ed., The Works of John Knox (6 vols, Edinburgh, 1846–1864). |