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Transcript by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1800, of manuscripts kept in the archives of the Town Council of Ayr, ?1242-1614., ?1242-1614.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.9A.1.17

Scope and Contents

The transcripts are of:

(i) a collection of charters, ?1242-1614, relating to the Dominican convent at Ayr (folio i);

(ii) The Obit Book of the parish church of St John the Baptist, Ayr, 1306-1595 (folio 205).

Bound with endpapers watermarked 1821.

Dates

  • Creation: ?1242-1614.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (xv + 254 folios.)

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Existence and Location of Copies

Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.161.

Bibliography

Most of the charters transcribed in (i) are printed in ‘Charters of the Friars Preachers of Ayr’, edited by R W Cochran-Patrick (Ayr and Wigton Archaeological Association, 1881).
For (ii), see McRoberts, D. `Catalogue of Scottish Medieval Liturgical Books and Fragments` (Glasgow, 1953), no 87.
(ii) is printed in ‘The Obit Book of the Church of St John the Baptist, Ayr’, edited by James Paterson (Edinburgh, 1848).

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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