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Thomas Craig, Sir (1538? - 1608)

Scottish lawyer, jurist, and poet. "Craig had prepared for publication by 1602 ... De hominio disputatio adversus eos qui Scotiam feudum ligium Angliae, regemque Scotorum eo nomine hominium Anglo debere asserunt," which was published in 1695 as Scotland's Soveraignty Asserted, translated by George Ridpath. In it "Craig argues for the ancient independence of the Scottish kingdom and refutes claims that Scottish kings had done homage for their kingdom" (DNB). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/6580 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Craig_(jurist) Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - Scotland's soveraignty asserted: being a dispute concerning homage, against those who maintain that Scotland is a feu, or fee-liege of England, and that therefore the King of Scots owes homage to the King of England: wherein there are many judicious reflections upon most of the English historians, who wrote before the year 1600, and abundance of considerable passages which illustrate the history of both kingdoms.
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

134. De hominio disputatio adversus eos qui scotiam feudum ligium AngliƦ, Regem Scotorum eo nomine hominium AngliƦ debere asserunt. This learned Treatise writ by Sir Tho. Craig, Author of the Book de Feudis, was translated into English, and printed 1693, with the Title of Scotlands Soveraignty asserted.