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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
Charters and other papers of James V.
Charters and other papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden.
Charters and related writs of the Rutherford family of Edgerston.
Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Charters concerning the lands of Fawside near Tranent.
Includes papers concerning the family of Grant of Monymusk and Grant-Suthie of Balgonie.
With a letter, 1750, of Thomas Reid.
Charters concerning the lands of Nether Howden and Cocketrig.
‘Charters noted out of the Registers of Scotland, laying in the lower Parliament House of Edenburgh.’
Charters, other formal documents, and plans, from the Richards and Ashburner papers.
These papers relate mostly to personal and business affairs. An inventory of these charters is available.
Charters, writs and formal papers mainly concerning the Halketts of Pitfirrane and the Wedderburns of Gosford.
Chartulary of the Hospital of the Holy Trinity at Soutra, written in 1399 by William de Cranstoun, notary public.
The charters, which are not in chronological order, cover the period 1162-circa 1330. They are followed by a copy of Cranstoun`s notarial instrument concerning the making of the chartulary (folio 25) and copies of two charters of 1426 and 1440 in different hands (folio 26 verso).
Some of the initials have simple penwork decoration by the scribe, whose notarial sign is also given (folio 25 verso).
‘Collection of charters, evidents and antiquities collected by E. Hadinton’, the title in the hand of Sir James Balfour prefaced to the collection from original charters, public records & chartularies made by Sir Thomas Hamilton, Clerk of Register and First Lord of Haddington.
There is no method preserved in the arrangement of the charters nor any index to the contents of the volumes but along the margins, especially of the first volume are notes in the hand of Sir James Balfour, which though imperfect are convenient.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: A.4.16.
Collection of late sixteenth- and seventeenth-century accounts of places in Scotland, partly compiled by Sir John Skene, Lord Curriehill.
Collection of papers relating to Scottish earldoms, with transcripts, early twentieth century, by Sir Alexander Lawrie, of early charters and other documents.
Collection of quarto volumes of transcripts by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1st quarter of 19th century, of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
Compendium of charters, concerning the Principality of Scotland.
Composite volume made up in or about 1819 (the date of the watermark of the binder`s blanks) from five folio notebooks of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.
Copies, 1688, by J M (possibly James Man) of documents, 1398-1677, concerning Aberdeen.
Copies, 1725-1726, of Great Seal charters of the 14th and early 15th centuries, made by John Corss, Keeper of the Records.
Each volume has an elaborate title-page and an index of personal names.
Copies, 1796, of charters and other papers, 1st half of 16th century-1740, written for and partly by William Rose, in Montcoffer, the genealogist.
Copies of papers relating to Galloway, in various hands of the 18th century.
Copy of a work written shortly after the death in 1751 of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, to show that the principalities usually possessed by the Prince of Wales belong to the Crown.
Copy of a work written shortly after the death in 1751 of Frederick Lewis, Prince of Wales, to show that the principalities usually possessed by the Prince of Wales belong to the Crown.
Correspondence and financial and administrative papers of the Sligo and Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar.
Correspondence and papers concerning figures of Scottish historical interest.
Includes:
charter, 1316, of Robert the Bruce
royal letters, 1537-1645
contemporary description, 1587, of the death of Mary, Queen of Scots
letters, 1716-1821 and undated, of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and his family
letters, 1764 and 1793, of James Boswell
letters, 1810 and 1828, of Sir Walter Scott
letter, 1843, of Thomas Carlyle