Collection name. Maidment, James, Antiquary
Record Group
Identifier: Collection name
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers concerning various peerages on which James Maidment conducted genealogical research.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5266-5270
Dates:
1618-19th century.
Correspondence of James Maidment with and concerning John Riddell, with some other papers of Riddell.
File
Identifier: MS.5312
Scope and Contents
The letters chiefly concern genealogical matters and the disposal after his death of John Riddell's manuscripts (the Riddell Collection), which were arranged by James Maidment and chiefly purchased by Lord Lindsay for ultimate preservation in the Advocates' Library.
Dates:
1805-1867.