`Collections of the most remarkable accounts that relate to the families of Scotland drawn from ther own charters and other authentick writts ... with ane account of ther armes’.
Scope and Contents
The authorship is here attributed to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, but an 18th-century footnote added to the title page states that the collection was originally compiled by Sir Patrick Lyon of Carse, and that his manuscript was copied by Mackenzie and others who made their own additions to it.
The original compilation was probably made in 1672 (see Adv.MSS.32.6.1, folio 154 and 34.3.14, folio 42). This copy, which is in several hands, appears to have been made after July 1684 when the Earl of Linlithgow gave up his colonelcy of the Guards (folio 85), and before the execution of Argyll in 1685. There are some later additions, including a note of Argyll`s death.
Dates
- Creation: ?1672.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (154 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Contemporary binding of brown sprinkled calf, rebacked.
Custodial History
The manuscript was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1724.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 28 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
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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