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Depositions. Testimonies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Testimonies of witnesses, under oath or affirmation, before a person empowered to administer oaths.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 5: letters and papers, 1610-1622 (chiefly 1614), undated., 1610-1622, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [v]
Scope and Contents The volume is entitled ‘Staite business for the yeire 1614. Reg. Ja. 6’, and is marked ‘Denmilne 10’ and ‘A.2.42’.There are a number of Privy Council memoranda and letters to John Murray, later Earl of Annandale. Subjects include events in the Isles, the rebellion in Orkney and piracy.The contents are as follows.(i) Copy of a decreet, [7 May] 1614, by James VI in a submission between ‘William Creichtoun of Ryhill cousin German and condoubtit heir male and...
Dates: 1610-1622, undated.

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 7: letters and papers, 1615-1616, 1622 (chiefly 1616)., 1615-1616, 1622.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [vii]
Scope and Contents The volume is entitled ‘Staite Bussines for the yeir 1616. Reg. Jacobo 6’, and is marked ‘A.2.44’ and ’39 Denmilne’.Many letters are to John Murray, and a number concern James Haig of Bemersyde`s indictment of his brother.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Oliphant to John Murray of Lochmaben on the private business of the former. Dated Edinburgh, 6 January 1616.(ii) Holograph letter of Sir Gideon Murray to John Murray of Lochmaben...
Dates: 1615-1616, 1622.

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 9: letters and papers, 1594-1624 (chiefly 1619-1620), undated. , 1594-1624, undated.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 [ix]
Scope and Contents The volume is entitled ‘Staite bussines for the yeirs 1619 and 1620. Reg. Jacobo 6’, and is marked ‘A.2.46’ and ’Denmilme 12’.Much of the correspondence is addressed to James VI, but there are also letters, ?1621-16923, from the Earl of Melrose to John Murray.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of the Privy Council of Scotland to James VI in favour of the feuars and vassals of the Earldom of Argyll. Dated Edinburgh, 2 February 1619. Printed in ‘Melros...
Dates: 1594-1624, undated.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
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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.

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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.