Copy, printed by Robert Young, Edinburgh, 1638, of the King`s Covenant, which consisted of the Confession of 1580-1581 and the general band of 1589.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.5.15
Scope and Contents
The acts of council authorising the Covenant have been added. The signatures are inserted between the two sections. This copy was circulated in Angus and it has over 913 signatures, including that of the Earl of Southesk, from Arbroath, Kirriemuir, Forfar, Alythm, and other parishes in the shire.
Dates
- Creation: 1638.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (iv folios + 16 printed pages + 19 folios + 10 printed pages. Octavo.)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
This copy is listed in ‘Covenanters’ by J K Hewison (Glasgow, 1908), volume i, page 486, and in ‘National Covenant: a list of known copies’ by David Stevenson, in ‘Records of the Scottish Church History Society’, volume xxiii (1988), pages 255-299, number 17.7.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 08 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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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk