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Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Biographical notes on the Senators of the College of Justice from 1532 to 1789, collected by John Philp Wood, probably in connection with his biographies in Adv.MSS.37.2.2-37.2.4.
The notes are followed by extracts from the Balcarres Papers and notes on the Court of Session, undated; with an index and a note on the papers by John Philp Wood's daughter, Marion Wood, who arranged them, 1877 (folio 29).
A list of Advocates (folio 1) and an account of the Duke of Hamilton's duel with Lord Mohun (folio 25), found loose in the volume, have been pasted in.
Catalogues, 1819, of the Earl of Glasgow's library at Hawkhead, Renfrewshire.
Each catalogue is preceded by an index and inserted lists of books missing in November 1846.
Chronicles and historical works, written in England.
`Collection of armorial bearings, inscriptions, etc.` made by Alexander Deuchar.
Collection of English arms in trick, probably compiled as a working notebook by herald painters in London, one of whom appears to have worked with Sir Henry Saint George, Garter King of Arms.
John Sawers` Armorial, containing the arms of the Scottish nobility, mostly painted on engraved outlines.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Manuscript, 18th century, containing lists of peers and barons taken from the Rolls of Parliament and lists and copies of charters taken from the records of the Great Seal (both sources being then unpublished).
Manuscript concerning crown patrimony and south-west Scotland, written by two hands, the first, of the first half of the 18th century, being responsible for section (i), the second, circa 1760, for the remainder.
Manuscript of English-Gaelic vocabulary compiled by a blinded veteran of the 92nd (Gordon) Regiment, Malcolm MacPherson, at Bridge of Teith, Doune, Perthshire, and written for him by another.
Manuscript volume of poems and prose pieces by Alexander Pennecuik, entitled `The Whole Works of Alexr Pennecuik Gent. Volura 2d`.
Microfilms of papers from the time of Sir Thomas John Cochrane’s service in the East India Station.
Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.
The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
Sederunt book of the tutors and curators of Sir James Wemyss, 3rd Baronet, of Bogie, concerning the estate of the late Sir John Wemyss.
“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).
'The Arms of Noblemen, Knights, and others who have been Recorded in the Books of the Lyon Office at Edinburgh. [Compiled, over a period of years at the end of the seventeenth century, by] Henry Frazer, Ross Herauld & Painter'.
Henry Frazer’s signature is on page 710.
There are additions throughout in various hands including that of David Deuchar, Seal Engraver, Edinburgh, who also compiled the indexes (cf. Adv.MSS.35.6.15-35.6.16). There are thirteen coats crudely emblazoned and a sketch of the seal of office of the Lyon King of Arms.
Two 13th-century English medical manuscripts, bound together from an early date, each in the hands of two scribes.
Volume containing genealogical and other notes in a number of early 18th-century hands.
Volume written in 1796 entitled `Copy Search of Charters, Diplomas, andc in favours of the Peers of Scotland containing the Charts of Dignities and Series of Heirs`.
Work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical (Adv.MS.34.1.8) and secular (Adv.MSS.34.1.9(i)-34.1.9(ii)) antiquities of Scotland.
The work is in the same hand as, and was begun probably as the consequence to, Hay’s ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio` (Adv.MS.34.1.10) in 1700 (the date quoted on each title page) and completed in 1707 or later (Adv.MS.34.1.9(ii), folio 62).