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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.
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.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Volume of speeches, tracts and other papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Part of a speech to the English Parliament on the financial affairs of James I, probably by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, ?1610 (folio 1).(ii) Copy, dated 1613, of Salisbury`s speech to Parliament, 15 February 1610. For summaries, see ‘A Life of Robert Cecil’, pages 297-299, and ‘Parliamentary Debates in 1610’, pages 1-9 (folio 4).(iii) Notes on rumoured preparations by Catholic forces, by Mr Foster,...
Dates:
Late 16th century-17th century.