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‘Acta Scotica’, containing styles, chiefly of commissions and safe conducts for Ambassadors, with extracts of some proceedings in Parliament.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.5
Dates:
[?1488-?1489.]
‘Collectanea Juridica’, containing a collection of styles of deeds, writs, and forms of proceeding in various Courts of England.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.1.1
Dates:
Late 15th century.
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.
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.6(i)-(ii)
Dates:
1401-1602.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals of Church and Crown lands in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.16
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: a.1.22.Some of the items in this manuscript may have been copied from Adv.MS.34.2.17: Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rent.The contents are as follows:
1. Rentals of benefices, 1561;
2. Kings Rents & Casualties, 1628;
3. The contributions to the Lords of Session;
4. Compt of taxation of £100,000, 1593;
5. The rent paid to the king out of the...
Dates:
16th century-1628.
Copy, 18th century, of transactions between the Parliament of Scotland and the commissioners from England.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.15
Dates:
1647.
Copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, including a summary of the proceedings up to the 7th of December, the acts deposing the bishops, and an index of the Assembly`s acts, apparently extracted by Archibald Johnston, clerk to the Assembly.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.2
Dates:
1638.
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
17th century-20th century.
Extracts from the proceedings of the Althing of Iceland.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.21.7.2-21.7.4
Dates:
1631-1700.
Folio volume reporting `The proceidings of the Generall assemblie at Glasgow November 21. 1638`, in the hand of Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.1
Scope and Contents
Transactions of all 27 sessions of the Assembly from 21 November to 20 December are recorded in greater detail than the summary in Balfour`s ‘Annales of Scotland` (cf. his ‘Historical Works’, volume 2, pages 301-316), but less fully than in Robert Wodrow`s report of the proceedings printed in ‘Records of the Kirk of Scotland’, volume 1, pages 128-193.
Dates:
1638.
Genealogies and other papers of Sir James Balfour.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.40
Scope and Contents
A volume titled ‘Balfour’s Genealogies’, containing:
1. A copy of ‘Genealogies of the Scottish nobility’ (Adv.MS.33.2.39).
2. Commission for the valuation of teinds, and proceedings of the commissioners, 1627-1643.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (A.4.25).
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.482
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.784-785
Dates:
1574-1923.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.430
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion which belonged to Robert Mylne, the antiquary (Adv.MS.16.1.1);Copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638, including a summary of the proceedings up to the 7th of December, the acts deposing the bishops, and an index of the Assembly’s acts, apparently extracted by Archibald Johnston, clerk to the Assembly...
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century.
Microfilm of ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’; and, church papers chiefly concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.805
Dates:
1640-1641.
Minutes of the sederunts and proceedings of the Commission of the Star Chamber.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.4.5
Dates:
27 March 1637-13 July 1639.
Paper of the Faculty of Advocates Library titled, 'Proceedings relating to the stamp duty on the admission of Advocates in Scotland, 1724-1726'.
Item
Identifier: F.R.339r/23
Dates:
[1726 or after.]
Papers of Andrew Cameron relating to the Scottish National Party.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14292/1-6
Scope and Contents
Andrew Cameron became active in politics and a card-carrying member of the Scottish National Party from the 1950s. His activities ranged from collecting signatures for the National Covenant to attending public meetings in support of the Yes campaign in the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum. He was founding Chairman and Minutes Secretary of the Glasgow Kelvingrove Branch of the SNP, 1956-1958, and Chairman of the Blairgowrie Branch of the SNP, 1977-78, for whom he also attended party...
Dates:
1956-1986.
Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates:
2012-2014
Papers relating to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington with campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together during the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13614/1-4
Scope and Contents
Papers related to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington (Emeritus Professor Bacteriology, University of Aberdeen) with the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014, particularly with the campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together.
Dates:
2012-2014
Proceedings and notes of arguments in the case of the Earl of Traquair, apparently in his own hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.3
Dates:
1641.
Records of the Lanarkshire Miners` County Union, the Lanarkshire Mineworkers` Union and the National Union of Mineworkers, Lanarkshire Area.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.227
Dates:
1887-1962.
Registers of proceedings of curators and keepers of the Advocates' Library, chiefly in the handwriting of Thomas Ruddiman.
Series
Identifier: F.R.117-F.R.118
Scope and Contents
The registers contain full lists of books bought and recieved from Stationers' Hall.
Dates:
1702-1754.