Octavians

The Octavians were a financial commission of eight in the government of Scotland first appointed by James VI on 9 January 1596.[1]

  1. ^ Julian Goodare, The Government of Scotland, 1560-1625 (2004), p. 157: Julian Goodare, 'The Debts of James VI of Scotland', Economic History Review, 62:4 (November 2009), p. 938: James Dennistoun, Memoirs of the Affairs of the Scotland by David Moysie (Edinburgh: Maitland Club, 1830), p. 125.