Letter-book containing official copies, in several hands, of correspondence and state papers during the Regency of the Earl of Lennox.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.3.12
Scope and Contents
The manuscript covers the period from the murder of the Regent Moray in January 1570 until shortly before Regent Lennox`s death early in September 1571.
Dates
- Creation: 1570-1571.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (256 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Folios 194-209 should follow folio 177.
Custodial History
There is an inscription on folio 1: `Mr John Harper lent this book to the Earle of Craffurd upon the first day of Decemb: 1663’. The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1735.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Much of the material is summarised from other copies in ‘Calendar of the State Papers relating to Scotland’, volume iii (Edinburgh, 1903).
A few items are printed as appendices in ‘Memorials of transactions in Scotland’ by Richard Bannatyne (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1836).
A list of the published items has been placed at the beginning of the manuscript.
A few items are printed as appendices in ‘Memorials of transactions in Scotland’ by Richard Bannatyne (Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, 1836).
A list of the published items has been placed at the beginning of the manuscript.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk