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Notes upon Buchanan's history of Scotland, transcript of charters of David II and Robert III to the Laird of Edmonstoun.
Official transcript, February 1300/1301, of a charter, 16 May 1294, of John, King of Scots, confirming an earlier charter by Alexander III in favour of Marguerite, daughter of Guy, Count of Flanders, and wife of Alexander, Prince of Scotland, his son, granting to her a dowry from the revenue of the town of Berwick.
Original, and some contemporary copies, of charters and other formal documents relating to the claim by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles to the ancient Earldom of Levenax, or Lennox.
Almost all of these papers were used in the claim to the ancient earldom of Levenax, or Lennox, drawn up [but not brought to the House of Lords] by George Cockburn, Haldane of Gleneagles. An inventory of these documents and papers is available.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers, comprising charters of various families, from the archives of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Papers concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Including 17th century copies of four charters, 1353-1412, and other estate papers, 1558-1950.
Papers concerning the family of Gordon of Buthlaw.
Includes transcripts of charters.
Papers, including correspondence, financial documents, plans, reports and related material, concerning the estates of Foxhall and Avoncrook.
Papers of and concerning the Horsburgh family.
Comprising:
1. pedigree, 19th century, of the Horsburgh family
2. transcripts of, and extracts from, charters and letters concerning members of the Horsburgh family
3. presentation, 1836, of the Reverend David Gairdner to the Church and Parish of Skirling
4. presentation, 1831, of the Reverend Dr George Burns to the Church and Parish of Tweedsmuir.
Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.
Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.
Papers of Neill and Company, printers, Edinburgh.
Papers of the Christies of Stenton.
Includes charters, correspondence, legal papers and accounts.
Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.
The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).
Papers of the family of Cathcart of Cathcart, Lords and Earls Cathcart and Lords Greenock, including the papers of Major-General the Honourable Sir George Cathcart.
Papers of the family of Forbes and Stuart Forbes of Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
Papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes of Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
Papers of the Sutherland Estates relating to the management of the Estates and the personal and business affairs of the Sutherland family.
Photocopy of inventory of the charters of the Maxwells of Monreith, compiled by Robert C Reid.
Photograph of a charter of Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester.
Granting lands in East Lothian.
With notes of Grant G Simpson, on the charter.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
‘Scottish Historical documents’, being transcripts and notes, in manuscript and typescript, by and for Sir Archibald C Lawrie in preparation for continuations (never published) to his ‘Early Scottish Charters Prior to A.D.1153’.
Selkirk Charters.
A collection of formal documents, mostly instruments of sasine and charters concerning properties in the town of Selkirk.