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Found in 91 Collections and/or Records:

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts, 1754-1760, and undated, of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(I)-(X)
Scope and Contents

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1315-1577.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume I: the 12 rolls of Robert I (1315-1321), Robert II (1371-1390), Robert III (1390-1393), and Robert Duke of Albany as Governor (1406-1413), copied in 1754., 1315-1413.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(I)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1315-1413.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume II: books 1-5 (James I and II, 1424-1459), copied in 1755., 1424-1459.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(II)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1424-1459.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume III: Books 6-12 (James II, III and IV, 1464-1492), copied in 1756., 1464-1492.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(III)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1464-1492.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume IV: books 13-15 (James IV, 1492-1510), copied in 1757., 1492-1510.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(IV)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1492-1510.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume IX: books 30-31 (Mary, 1542-1558), copied in 1760., 1542-1558.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(IX)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1542-1558.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume V: books 16-22 (James IV and V, 1510-1528), copied in 1758., 1510-1528.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(V)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1510-1528.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume VI: books 23-25 (James V, Mary and James VI, 1528-1569), copied in 1759., 1528-1569.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(VI)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1528-1569.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume VII: books 26-27 (James V, 1536-1541), copied in 1759., 1536-1541.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(VII)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1536-1541.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume VIII: books 28-29 (James V and Mary, 1535-1546), copied in 1760., 1535-1546.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(VIII)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1535-1546.

‘Diplomata Regia’: transcripts of the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland, made for Walter Macfarlane, volume X: books 32-34 (James VI, 1568-1577), copied circa 1760., 1568-1577.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.2.1(X)
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The transcripts extend from the earliest surviving rolls to Book 34; presumably Macfarlane`s intention was to continue the series to at least Book 59 (cf. his index, Adv.MS.35.1.8), but the absence of a title page in volume X suggests that it was the last completed.

Dates: 1568-1577.

Essay, notes, and extracts from other works, on teinds and other ecclesiastical matters.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.4.11
Scope and Contents According to a pencil note on page i, `This Book is in handwriting of Commissary John Goldie [of Craigmuie]`.The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Note on reason for parsons being addressed as `Sir’. (Page i.)(ii) `Ane Essay on Teinds.’ This is basically the same text as in Adv.MS.81.1.3. (Page 1.)(iii) `Extracts from [White] Kennets Parochiall antiquitys of Ambrosden andc [Oxford, 1695]`. (Page 88.)(iv) `Extracts from a...
Dates: 18th century.

Extracts, early 19th century, made from a copy of the Lyon Register belonging to Andrew Plummer of Middle Steed and Sunderland Hall.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.35.6.15-35.6.16
Scope and Contents

There are additions up to 1822 by the copyists David Deuchar, and his son Alexander, the seal-engravers.

The volumes are interleaved with pages engraved with blank shields, some of which have been completed in watercolours or in trick to illustrate the text.

Dates: 1672-1822.

Extracts made from a copy of the Lyon Register belonging to Andrew Plummer of Middle Steed and Sunderland Hall., 1672-1822.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.16
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Notes of dues for matriculation of arms, 1768, 1798, and undated (folio ii).(ii) Arms of the nobility copied, with some additions, directly from the Lyon Register. Engravings of the arms are pasted on the facing pages (folio 3).(iii) Arms of knights and baronets copied from the Sunderland Hall manuscript (folio 56).(iv) Funeral escutcheons engraved by David Deuchar, with blanks left for...
Dates: 1672-1822.

Fair copy of a collection of extracts mostly from mediaeval registers of religious houses, with some from current printed reference books, concerning the ancestors of the family of Stirling of Keir: volume 1., 1818-1822.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.3.12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1818-1822.

Fair copy of a collection of extracts mostly from mediaeval registers of religious houses, with some from current printed reference books, concerning the ancestors of the family of Stirling of Keir: volume 2., 1818-1822.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.3.13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1818-1822.

Fair copy of a collection of extracts mostly from mediaeval registers of religious houses, with some from current printed reference books, concerning the ancestors of the family of Stirling of Keir: volume 3., 1818-1822.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.3.14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1818-1822.

Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)-(iii)
Scope and Contents

The copy was probably begun in 1696 (the date quoted on the title page) and not completed until 1701 or later (34.1.10(iii), folio 294 verso), made apparently by a copyist from the transcripts made by Hay when he was in Scotland between 1686 and 1689.

Dates: 1686-1689.

Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1., 1686-1689.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)
Scope and Contents The volume contains transcripts of documents from various sources, including: the cartulary of St Mary`s Abbey, Newbattle (Adv.MS.34.4.13), in a different arrangement (folio 15); charters of Holyroodhouse, apparently from an unknown source (folio 152); these transcripts were used in ‘Liber Cartarum Sancte Crucis’, those at folios 154 verso-162 verso being printed (in a different order) at pages xvi-xli (passim) of the preface. Some (folios 158-159) are also printed in...
Dates: 1686-1689.

Fair copy, written on paper watermarked 1825, of a collection of extracts mostly from mediaeval registers of religious houses, with some from current printed reference books, made apparently between 1818 and 1822, concerning the ancestors of the family of Stirling of Keir., 1818-1822.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.26.3.12-26.3.14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of printed books, 1718-1850 (Adv.MSS.25.8.1-25.8.42), and manuscripts, 1511-1857 (Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23), owned by Riddell, correspondence and papers (many incomplete) ?1799-1860, and undated, relating to peerages (Adv.MSS.26.1.1-26.1.29), to baronetcies, to landed families and to various related topics (Adv.MSS.26.2.1-26.2.23), and a large number of notebooks, circa 1805-1852, containing excerpts from the public records of Scotland, and other matter...
Dates: 1818-1822.

Hutton transcripts. A collection of transcripts of the cartularies of Aberdeen Cathedral (Adv.MS.20.3.1) and Newbattle Abbey (Adv.MS.20.3.3) and of charters and other formal documents, many of which are extracts from other cartularies, of and concerning several of the medieval dioceses and religious houses of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.3.1-20.3.9
Scope and Contents

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

Dates: 12th century-1661.

Leaf from Saint Andrews register.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3958

“Lieutenant Busk`s Rifle Target Register” (London, 1858)., 1858.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.29
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.

Dates: 1858.