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{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
The '''Privy Council''' of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] (
In the range of its functions the council was often more important than the [[Estates of Scotland|Estates]] in the running the country. Its registers include a wide range of material on the political, administrative, economic and social affairs of [[Scotland]]. The council supervised the administration of the law, regulated trade and shipping, took emergency measures against the plague, granted licences to travel, administered oaths of allegiance, banished beggars and Gypsies, dealt with witches, recusants, [[Covenanter]]s and [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] and tackled the problem of [[Antinomianism|lawlessness]] in the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]] and the Borders.
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