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Heraldic and genealogical material in the hand of Sir James Balfour.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.2.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) `Kings of Armes and Heraulds in England. 1628` (pages 1,17).(ii) Memorial of Margaret, Countess of Lennox (page 9). (iii) `De gubernatione et reformatione officiariorum armorum’ (page 54).(iv) `Series Regum Scottorum ab anno 1061 ad annum 1624` (page 59). A genealogy of the Scottish kings, based on ‘De origine, moribus et rebus gestis Scotorum’ by John Leslie, bishop of Ross (Rome, 1578), with...
Dates:
2nd quarter of 17th century.
Microfilm of genealogical and heraldic material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.30
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copy, circa 1702, with additions to 1703, of ‘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’, probably made in 1672, attributed to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (Adv.MS.13.2.10);Blazons of Scottish arms, 1630-1643, by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne (Adv.MS.15.1.11);Arms of British and foreign noblemen, drawn...
Dates:
13th century-1703.