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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.
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`.
Copies, 1636-1637, of documents and notes of Sir James Balfour on ecclesiastical history.
Copy of Adv.MS.31.3.18, documents relating to heraldry, made for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist.
Translations have been provided with the material in Latin.
Copy of proclamation of the Duke of Cumberland.
Concerning the surrender of arms.
Diary of John Nicoll, Writer to the Signet.
The diary records political and other events of the time, and includes copies of proclamations and other current publications.
Heraldic collection of John Scrymgeour.
Historical papers formerly belonging to the antiquary Robert Mylne.
Jacobite papers.
Includes:
proclamation, 1720, and letter, 1751, of James VIII
intimation, 1745, by Bishop Forbes
correspondence, 1751, concerning the Earl and Countess of Lismore
five letters, 1722-1728, of General Charles Ross of Balnagown.
Jacobite Papers.
Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.
Miscellaneous correspondence and papers chiefly of or concerning Thomas Graham, Baron Lynedoch.
Miscellaneous papers which belonged to Sir William Fraser, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Photocopies of papers concerning Scots and the West Indies.
Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Scots in Jamaica, including letters of the Earl of Balcarres, the Fyffe family and other Scots in Jamaica.
Typewritten lists concenring materials of Scottish interest in the National Library of Jamaica, formerly the West India Reference Library.
Typewritten list of Scottish place names in Jamaica.
Proclamation to the people of Great Britain, issued by Prince Charles Edward as Regent for his father, before raising his Royal Standard, initialled C P R and dated in the Prince's hand, Paris, 16 May 1745.
The proclamation is preceded by a copy of Prince James Edward's commission appointing Prince Charles Regent, Rome, 23rd December 1743, counter-signed by the latter 'Charles P.R.', and bearing his seal as Prince Regent.
This is the original manuscript, the lay-out of which is exactly followed in the printed copies.
It is accompanied by a note on its history, 1887.
Regula of the Knights Templar, and works concerning ceremonial orders, heraldry and tournaments.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).