Lists.
Found in 429 Collections and/or Records:
Records, war diaries and other papers concerning the Lothians and Border Horse in the 2nd World War.
Includes post war papers, minute books and financial records of the Lothian and Border Horse Regimental Association and its predecessor body.
Register of assignations of stipends, arranged geographically, of ministers in Scotland (folio 5), preceded by a list of prices of victuals assigned to ministers in different parts of the country (folio 1), and followed by a copy of a letter, 1575, of the Regent Morton to Lord Boyd concerning a vacant benefice in Orkney (folio 82 verso).
Regula of the Knights Templar, and works concerning ceremonial orders, heraldry and tournaments.
"Rental of all the Land Estates in Scotland Advertised to Sell or Sett", and rentals and accounts of the estate of Hallyairds.
‘Report on Arrangement of Abbotsford Papers by Alexander Orrock, Junior [bookbinder] October, 1875’, a list of the manuscripts of Sir Walter Scott received from Abbotsford, indicating those which have been bound, etc.
Several of the manuscripts listed are now in the National Library.
Reports of the curators and of various committees of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Research papers concerning Clan Gregor, including extracts and copies of historical and genealogical papers; with some papers relating to the history and administration of the Clan Gregor Society.
The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information about the clan.
"Roll of Members of the Auld Callants Club Instituted 1834", includes amendments.
`Roll of the Magistrats of Edinburgh from Michaelmess 1583 till this present Day` by Sir Thomas Young of Rosebank, 1702, with additions in several hands up to 1804.
The roll gives the names of the Provosts, Baillies, Deans of Guild and Treasurers. It is followed (folio 33) by a list of the Bailies of Leith, 1665-1804, compiled in the early 19th century.
Roll of the South Fencible Regiment, commanded by the Duke of Buccleuch.
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
Scottish chartularies transcribed, 1738-1744, for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist.
The wording and ornament of the title pages suggest a division into three groups:
(i) Adv.MSS.35.2.5, 35.3.6, 35.3.7, 35.39: 1738-1739.
(ii) Adv.MSS.35.3.2, 35.3.4: 1740.
(iii) Adv.MSS.35.3.3, 35.3.5, 35.3.8: 1740-1744.
The sources are mainly the original manuscripts then in the Advocates` Library, with notes taken from Richard Augustine Hay`s works. Only those documents the present location of whose originals is unknown are indexed in detail.
Seaman`s books, 1973-1985, of David Campbleton, Edinburgh.
Includes papers, 1947-1973, of Alex McCorkindale, Dalkeith, relating to his service in the Merchant Navy.
Sederunt book of the tutors and curators of Sir James Wemyss, 3rd Baronet, of Bogie, concerning the estate of the late Sir John Wemyss.
Sermones de Tempore, a homiliary written in the early 12th century for Rochester Cathedral Priory.
Signet Library, "Bibliotheca Polonica", List of the Polish books presented in 1821 by Count Adam Zamoyski and others.
Includes copies of minutes and letters, and some borrowing notes.
Single letters and papers.
Soldier`s pay-book of Edward Fraser, Sergeant, 3rd Bengal European Infantry.
With two letters, 1972, concerning the pay-book and a copied extract from a muster roll of 1860.
State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 33: copies of lists of the records removed from Scotland on the orders of Edward I and of material in the chapterhouse of Westminster Abbey.
Also included are transcripts of some formal documents, 1189-1299.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
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).
'Tabula super bibliam': an early 15th-century glossed copy of a summary of the Bible in Latin verse by Johannes Vasco, Order of Friars Minor, with explanatory verses which give the date of composition as 1393.
‘The coates armoriall of severall knights and gentlemen as they are matriculat in the New Register of Armes in the Lyon Office` by Robert Mylne. Followed (folio 204) by `The blazons of the Royall Burghs in Scotland`, also taken from the Lyon Register.
A number of the entries include the date (1692 or later) on which they were extracted from the Register, and some have additional information probably supplied by Mylne. There are some notes (folio ii) in 19th-century hands, including a list of officials of the Lyon Court.
`The Consultation Book of James Boswell Esquire of Auchinleck Advocate Who put on the Gown 29 July 1766. Written with his own hand.`
James Boswell’s case-book for the law sessions 1766-1772, listing the cases which he pleaded, together with the names of the agents, judges and opponents, and the fees received. Followed, from folio 12 verso, by lists, 1831-1833, of wines and spirits acquired from various merchants.