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Copies of papers relating to Galloway, in various hands of the 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Retours in Kirkcudbrightshire, extracted from the Chancery records, 1542-1682; in two series (folios 1, 15).(ii) Copy of an extract (certified by Thomas Gibson, Principal Clerk of Session) of the tax-roll of Kirkcudbrightshire in 1613 (folio 44).(iii) Copy, from the Exchequer records, of the rental of the Bishopric of Galloway in 1685 (folio 46).(iv) Copy of the tax-roll of the Lordship of Galloway,...
Dates:
1542-1685, 1741.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Miscellaneous manuscript and a few printed items.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.19
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Printed prospectus of the Sanitary Protection Association of Edinburgh, late 19th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Printed list of members, with subscriptions, of the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries (Konungliga Norraena Fornfraeda-Felag), 1849, in Icelandic. There are also an extract from the constitution of the Society (in French), a note on the subscriptions (in Danish), and a list of the books published by the Society....
Dates:
1561, 17th century-late 19th century.