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Inventories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Detailed lists of things in one's view or possession, as of all goods and materials on hand, or detailed lists of all items in a given category. For documentation of examination conducted to achieve a comprehensive view, use ""surveys"". .

Found in 496 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript containing various legal works, compiled in 1704.

 File
Identifier: MS.9248
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Abridgement of ‘Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton. The text is in a considerably shorter form than the usual epitomes (for which see MS.1950 and Adv.MSS.25.6.1-2, 28.3.14), and omits book i, 11 and 13, book ii, 5 and 15, and book iii, 4 and 7. (Folio 1.)(ii) "Inventory of ane Burges's airship moveables". (Folio 88.) (iii) Latin mottoes. (Folio 90.)(iv) Notes on land measures in Scotland and weights...
Dates: [1704, or before.]

Manuscripts from the Riddell Collection., 14th century-19th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.25.9.1-25.9.23
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.

Dates: 14th century-19th century.

Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.465
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Fair copy, 1686-1689, 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. (Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)); Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel, containing copies of papal bulls and other documents, 1501-1537...
Dates: 13th century-1689.

Microfilm of ‘Cartae de Cella de Coldingham, in ecclesia Dunelmensi Conservatae’, 1702-1703; and, copy, 1828, of the account, 1568, of the adventures on the coast of Norway of James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.351
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: ‘Cartae de Cella de Coldingham, in ecclesia Dunelmensi Conservatae’. An inventory, 1702-1703, of Coldingham Priory compiled by John Smith, prebendary of Durham (Adv.MS.15.1.13);Copy, 1828, of the account of his activities leading to his flight from Scotland in 1567 and his subsequent adventures on the coast of Norway composed by James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell, in 1568, whilst he was confined at Copenhagen by order of the King of Denmark....
Dates: 1568, 1702-1703.

Microfilm of copy, 1713-1714, of the inventory, 1615-1630, of the Trésor des Chartes, the muniments of the Crown of France, volumes 1-3. , 1615-1630.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.102
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Volume 1: Gouvernements de Paris et d`Orléans (Adv.MS.4.1.3);

Volume 2: Gouvernement de Champagne (Adv.MS.4.1.4);

Volume 3: Gouvernements de Normandie, de Picardie, et de Bretagne. (Adv.MS.4.1.5).

Dates: 1615-1630.

Microfilm of copy of the inventory, 1615-1630, of the Trésor des Chartes, the muniments of the Crown of France. Volumes 4-5., 1615-1630.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.103
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Volume 4: Gouvernements de Bourgogne, de Lyonnais, de Dauphine, et de Provence (Adv.MS.4.1.6);

Volume 5: Gouvernements de Guyenne et de Languedoc (Adv.MS.4.1.7).

Dates: 1615-1630.

Microfilm of Industrial Revolution: a documentary history. Series 2. Papers of John Rennie, Thomas Telford and related figures. Part 2., 1787-1821.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1423
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Miscellaneous prospectuses, accounts, memoranda, booklists, and business papers, 1787-1821, of and concerning John Rennie, including those relating to the winding up of Rennie's affairs at his death (MS.19930);

Inventory, 1821, of plenishing (excluding books) of John Rennie's house in Stamford Street. (MS.19931);

Letters, 1779-1821, chiefly to and of John Rennie (MS.19932).

Dates: 1787-1821.

Military administrative papers of the Madras Presidency., 1782-1783.

 File
Identifier: MS.8428
Scope and Contents

The papers have been arranged in three groups by James Stuart:

(i) Field artillery: monthly returns and inventories, September 1782, and March-May 1783 (folio 2);

(ii) 'Particular Returns' of the manpower of various regiments, provisions, etc., September-October 1782 (folio 39);

(iii) Returns of manpower, stores, provisions, etc., October, 1782 September, 1783 (folio 62).

Dates: 1782-1783.

Minute book covering general and special meetings of the Edinburgh Skating Club and latterly giving some seasonal reports., 1784-1888.

 Item
Identifier: MS.24641
Scope and Contents

A few newspaper cuttings and menus for Club Dinners have been pasted in to the minute book (folios 1-96). Additional material includes occasional verses, further menus and illustrations, and an Appendix listing the membership between 1778-1939 (folios 103-107), Directions for the Club Officer (folios 109-110), an Inventory of Club property (folios 111-112), Directions for the Watchmen, (folios 112-113), and Club Rules (folio 114).

Dates: 1784-1888.

Minutes of the trustees of General Fletcher., 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.16776
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the trustees (and also of the Saltoun Parliamentary Trustees), 1807, 1812, 1822-1840 (folio 1); and inventories of the papers, 19th century (folio 265).

Dates: 19th century.

Miscellaneous Airth household papers, chiefly financial papers and correspondence., 1729-1847.

 File
Identifier: MS.10902
Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Accounts, 1817-1835, of meat for the house, (folio 1);(ii) Milk-book, 1842-1843, undated (folio 39);(iii) Miscellaneous small household account-books, 1842-1846 (folio 81);(iv) Household bills, 1808, paid by the groom (folio 136);(v) Miscellaneous household papers, 1729, 1732, 1752, 1785, 1794, 1802-1847, undated, including inventories of wine, silver, linen, clothes, china, and books (folio 156);...
Dates: 1729-1847.

Miscellaneous Dundas estate papers: inventories of household plenishing., 1687, 1760, 1793-1794.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.4.4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates: 1687, 1760, 1793-1794.