Free Tutorial on How to read Scottish Handwriting
https://www.scottishhandwriting.com/1hour.asp
This is what is included in the class:
Introduction
The handwriting in manuscript documents and volumes written in Scotland between 1500 and 1750 is usually a mixture of formally taught handwriting styles. One such form Italic, is, by and large, fairly easy to read, since its letter forms are very similar to modern letters. However, in the sixteenth century a form of handwriting was developed, which became known as Secretary Hand, and this was an administrative/business 'shorthand' used throughout western Europe. Some Secretary Hand letters are characteristically different from the modern equivalents and must be memorized.
1. What Secretary Hand looks like
2. Key letters - the Secretary Hand e and s
3. Other commonly-occurring Secretary Hand letters: a, b, c, d, h, r and t