Eighty-two letters, 1660-1678, of James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, and forty-six, 1664-1681, of Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of Glasgow and St Andrews successively, to the Duke of Lauderdale, chiefly on the affairs of the Church of Scotland and the conflict with the Covenanters.
File
Identifier: MS.2512
Dates
- Creation: 1660-1681.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
237 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
237 folios.
Custodial History
The letters were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund.
Now rearranged, the letters were formerly in the possession of the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber. See Osmund Airy, ‘The Lauderdale papers’, volume i, 'Publications of the Camden Society', New Series, volume xxxiv (1884), page viii.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, Sotheby's, 16 February 1938, lot 1405.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
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National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk