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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Single items and small collections, chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries.
File
Identifier: MS.9931
Scope and Contents
The contents include:
A letter, 1562, of William Maitland of Lethington to the Earl of Leicester, expressing his wish for continued friendship between Elizabeth and Mary (folio 1);
A letter, 1581, of the Jesuit, William Crichton, describing his efforts to have James VI brought up as a Catholic (folio 6);
A letter, 1621, of Michael Drayton to William Drummond of Hawthornden, published in ‘The library’, 5th series, volume xxi (1966), pages 328-330 (folio 21);
Short Latin poems by Andrew...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1562-1820.