Abridgements. Versions of documents.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
'Abridgement of the History of the Orkneys, or Islands of Orkney, from Tharmodus Torfaeus, Historiographer to the King of Denmark', by the Reverend Alexander Pope, Minister of Reay., [Circa 1780.]
"An abridgement of Colonel Arentschildt's instructions to officers and non-commissioned officers of Light Cavalry by the Honourable Lieutenant Colonel Ponsonby of the 12th Light Dragoons" (Freneda, 1813)., 1813.
Copy of ‘Hope`s Major Practicks’, containing an abridged version of the text as printed in ‘Hope`s Major Practicks, 1608-33’., 17th century.
Decisions of the Court of Session, titled, 'Abridgement of the Journal of the [Court of] Session or the Lords Decisions From June 1705 Inclusive to November 1708 exclusive. Observed and collected by William Forbes Advocate', probably belonging to Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet, Lord Minto., 1705-1708.
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1695-1702, reported, late 17th century- early 18th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1677-1681, 1695-1702.
‘MS. D. – Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, from November 1695 continued to February 1702. On the versos, of the volume, at the beginning, is a portion containing Decisions of an earlier period, with the title ‘A short Abridgement of some Decisions of the Lords of Session, from November 1677 till the month of June 1681’ (page 91).
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.2.9).
Epitome, 29 October 1862, of marriage settlement, 29 October 1862, of Francis Charteris Fletcher, Captain in the 60th Regiment and Clara Pusey., 29 October 1862.
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Epitome of 'Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig., [1655, or after.]
Book I, titles 1-8, and book III, titles 3-7 are lacking.
Epitome of 'Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig., [1655, or after.]
The title page and book I, titles 1-2 are lacking.
'Epitome, or Abridgement, of the most substantiall things contained in the books of ... Mr. Thomas Craige of Riccartoune ... treating upon the feudall-law ... Edinbrugh ... wryten ... 1683.', 1683.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Epitomes of 'Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig., [1655, or after.]
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
'Illustrations of the genealogy of Sir Coutts Trotter', 1st Baronet of Westville, being an abridgement, 1830, of a manuscript genealogy then in Trotter’s possession of the various branches of the family of Moubray, his maternal ancestors., 1830.
The title is taken from folio 5.
The abridgement was made by John Philp Wood for presentation to Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, brother of Sir Coutts.
A drawing of the arms of Sir Coutts Trotter is pasted inside the front cover.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘D’., 17th century-18th century.
The contents are as follows: (i) An abridgement of the General Council; (ii) A brief account of the Holy Land with a short description of the government of the Jews etc.; (iii) Notes on Scotch Bishops after the Reformation, down to about 1700; (iv) ‘Excerpta quædam de magus registro prioratus St. Andreæ’, referring to the register by its folios, a copy from Sir R Sibbald’s excerpts by “Iain Semple”; (v) A brief account of the heresies in the primitive church, etc.
Legal books of the Ker family, many of which belonged to Robert Ker, 4th Lord Jedburgh, and later to George Carre, Lord Nisbet., 1590-1749.
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Notebook entitled 'A Missellany or Collection of severall things, 1625', containing transcripts, presumably derived from printed editions or, since many were printed after 1625, from manuscript copies., 1625.
Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing papers on philosophy and law., 1747, undated.
'Papers on Persian affairs.', ?1809-?1810.
The manuscript includes:
(i) "Abridged account of the mission of Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier General Malcolm, Bombay 12 April 1809" (folio 1);
(ii) Excerpt from private letter, 27 June 1809, from Lord Minto to Brigadier General Malcolm about Sir Harford Jones' Persian mission (folio 29);
(iii) Copy letter, 7 January 1810, from Malcolm to Minto about Sir Harford Jones' dispatches (folio 39).
Papers relating to Scots Law., 17th century.
Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', with a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’., 2nd half of 17th century.
The contents are as follows.
(i) ‘Ane abridgement of those practiques collected by that famous juris-consult S[r]. P[eter?] W[edderburn?] epitomized by that learned lawier S[r]. Thomas Nicolsone of Carnock 1669’ (115 pages);
(ii) Copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’ and observations arranged under titles in alphabetical order (322 pages).