Declarations.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents conveying formal statements intended to create, preserve, assert, or testify to a right.
Found in 98 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning the wreck and salvaging of the Dutch East India Company's ship 'Adelaar'., 1728-1736, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1490
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The principal persons involved are Alexander Mackenzie of Dellvine, Writer to the Signet, Captain Jacob Rowe, Eugene Fothringham, Leith, and William Evans, Deptford.
Dates:
1728-1736, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine, relating to various subjects.
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Papers concerning the wreck and salvaging of the Dutch East India Company's ship 'Adelaar', of which Alexander Mackenzie, Writer to the signet, was involved.
Papers on coinage concerning the Bengal Government, and correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Cadet College, Barasat, and the College at Fort William., 1807-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11635-11638
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From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
Papers relating to the Old Tolbooth, Edinburgh, many of which appear to have been cut from the prison register., 1662-1794.
File
Identifier: MS.215
Scope and Contents
The papers include a petition of Christian Strachan, accused of parricide, for appointment of counsel, with signature of James Erskine, Lord Grange, 1712 (folio 4); warrants for committing to, continuing in, or liberating from, the Tolbooth, 1662-1673 (folio 5), 1736 (folio 10), 1794 (folio 13); the imprisonment of seven soldiers of the City Guard for firing on the mob at the execution of Andrew Wilson, 1736 (folio 10); names of eleven persons who escaped from the Tolbooth as a result of the...
Dates:
1662-1794.
Proces verbal of Jacques Frappe, sergent général of the court of St Malo, of the confiscation of equipment from the Grace of Dundee and acceptance of offer of caution by Julien Gilbert., 30 April 1599.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15091
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
30 April 1599.
Prose writings, of some of which there are several drafts, by William Drummond of Hawthornden., 1635-1643, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2058
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Letter, 1635, to the Earl of Ancram, concerning the divulging of a paper to the King (folio 1);
'Irene', 1638 (folio 42);
'Queries of state' (folio 190);
'The magicall mirror', 1639 (folio 211);
'The load-starre' (folio 242);
‘A Declaration against the Crosse Petition, by the Commissioners of the General Assembly’ (Edinburgh, 1643) (printed) (folio 250);
'Σκιαμαχία’, 1643 (folio 260).
Dates:
1635-1643, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Drummond of Hawthornden.
Protest to the Presbytery [? of London], signed by Edward Irving., 26 April 1832.
Item
Identifier: MS.1030, folio 55
Dates:
26 April 1832.
Sermons, speeches and declarations by Covenanters involved in the Pentland Rising of 1666 and subsequently executed.
File
Identifier: Acc.11722
Scope and Contents
Includes work of Humphrey Colquhoun and Hugh Mackail.
Dates:
circa 1666.
Six unrelated Scottish historical documents.
File
Identifier: Acc.11955
Scope and Contents
Contents:1 Copy of document setting up the Christian League, 1585 (with 19th century transcript)2 Losses of Aberdeen in the Civil War period, presented at the Convention of Royal Burghs, 16953 Reply to the Western Remonstrance, 1650, Perth4 Protest of the Supplicants against the Privy Council, 16375 Account of the Scots Corporation, ca.16956 Account of celebrations in Edinburgh on the anniversaries of the King`s birthday...
Dates:
circa 1585-1695.
Small collections, mostly of letters, and some single items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.11
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Letters to Sir William Elphinstone, King`s Cupbearer, 1618-1619 (folio 1).(ii) Letters to James Douglas of Cliftonhall on financial matters, 1653, 1662 (folio 5).(iii) Letter to Sir John Chieslie, Commissioner of Scotland, from his nephew, 1674 (folio 9).(iv) Letters to John Cunningham of Enterkin, Writer to the Signet, chiefly on legal matters concerning the different branches of the Cunningham...
Dates:
1618-1725, and undated.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 2: letters and papers,1603-1608 (chiefly 1607-1608), on various topics., 1603-1608.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (ii)
Scope and Contents
The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeirs 1607 and 1608. Reg. Ja: 6’,and is marked ‘A.2.39’ and ‘Denmilne 19’The contents are as follows.(i) Holograph letter of Sir Thomas Hamilton to James VI on the subject of the ‘goldin’ charter granted by James II to the Bishop of St. Andrews; of grants of ‘secundas decimas’, of the victuals and provision of the King’s house, and the tenth penny of the royal casualties in certain shires said to have been made in former...
Dates:
1603-1608.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-3: letters and papers on various topics, chiefly addressed to James VI.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 6: letters and papers, ?1608-1621 (chiefly 1615), undated., ?1608-1621, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [vi]
Scope and Contents
The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeir 1615. Reg. Ja. 6’, and is marked ‘A.2.43’ and ’40 Denmilme’.Many of the letters are to John Murray. Subjects include foreign trade, the Isles, and Ireland.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Sir Rory McLeod of Harris to James VI, on the subject of the former’s claims to Sleat, North Uist and other lands disputed between him and Donald Gorme of Sleat. The signature is in the Gaelic character. Dated...
Dates:
?1608-1621, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 13: papers., ?1639-1641, undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [xiii]
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning political events, especially the Scots army at Newcastle and affairs in the English Parliament. Some printed ballads and letters to Sir James Balfour are included.
Dates:
?1639-1641, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-3: letters and papers on various topics, chiefly addressed to James VI., 1560-1622, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(iii)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1560-1622, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1560-1641, undated.
Statement by Francis, Earl of Buccleuch that he has various writs [listed] concerning the estate of Bothwell., 29 January 1649.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15166
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
29 January 1649.
Statement of James Grant to the jury., 1759.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.87
Statement that John Forbes, 6th of Culloden is legitimate heir of the late John Forbes 4th of Culloden., 11 December 1759.
Item
Identifier: Ch.16767
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
An inventory of the collection is available for consultation.
Dates:
11 December 1759.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents
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).
Dates:
17th century.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of Scottish historical documents, for the most part copies from the Cotton Library, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts B’., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.19
Scope and Contents
A collection copied by various hands without sufficient accuracy, possibly for Matthew Crawford.The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter, 3 May 1582, of Sir John Foster to Secretary Walsingham.
(ii) Advertisement out of Scotland, 22 June 1582.
(iii) Letter, 20 August 1582, of the Queen of England to the King of Scotland.
(iv) Depositions of George Douglas sent the 14 September from Stirling, and received the 20 September at Windsor. ‘Septr. 28 1582’.
(v) The heads whereof George...
Dates:
17th century.
Testimonial of Richard of Lundoris that Robert Haket resigned his lands and tenement in Newburgh in favour of a noble man, David Hakete, his brother., 15 January 1422.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6015
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Dates:
15 January 1422.
The Declaration, repudiating the Covenants, imposed on holders of public office by the Act of Parliament of 1662., After 1662.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2588
Scope and Contents
The Declaration has been signed by the succession of persons who were appointed to the College of justice from 1674 to 1680 (from Sir David Balfour of Forret to Sir George Gordon of Haddo). Endorsed 4 June 1674, but perhaps signed by each as he was appointed.
Dates:
After 1662.
Volume of Covenanting documents, containing copies of papers representing an extreme 'Cameronian' view.
File
Identifier: MS.5408
Scope and Contents
Some leaves are missing from the beginning of the volume.The contents are as follows:(i) Fragment of a declaration against those who accepted the Declaration of Indulgence (folio 1);(ii) A declaration of 'the poor society of Tindwall' against William III, the established Presbyterian Church, and the defection of Alexander Sheilds, William Boyd and Thomas Linning (folio 10);(iii) 'Some causes of Lords contraversie, holding forth some few steps...
Dates:
[Circa 1700.]
Volume of miscellaneous papers concerning genealogy and religion which belonged to Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.1.1
Scope and Contents
Sections (i), (ii), (v), and (vi) are written by Mylne himself; (iii) and (iv) by another late-seventeenth- or early-eighteenth-century hand; the last addition in (vi) is by an eighteenth-century hand. Sections (i), (ii), (iii)-(iv), and (vi) originally had separate paginations: Mylne has overwritten these in paginating throughout. An instruction to his binder survives on folio 75. There is the beginning of an index on folios 177-178, deleted and with the note that `the index is in loos...
Dates:
1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century.