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The papers are chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

For a genealogical tree of the Erskine family, see MS.5115.

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The corresponding entries of the two valuations are on opposite pages.

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This copy was attested by James Callendar, Clerk to the Presenter of Signatures in the Court of Exchequer, 1740.

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These documents srelate to the ownership of the estate by the MacDonells and later by the Marquess of Huntly, and by William, Baron Ward (subsequently created Earl of Dudley), prior to the purchase by Edward Ellice.

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These documents srelate to the ownership of the estate by the MacDonells and later by the Marquess of Huntly, and by William, Baron Ward (subsequently created Earl of Dudley), prior to the purchase by Edward Ellice.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Suit-roll of Moray, giving the number of men supplied as soldiers by each laird, 17th century. (Inv. XXXV, Mac. 65.) (Folio 1.)(ii) Suit-rolls of the Regality of Spynie of the head-court thereof, 1671, 1688. (Inv. XXXIX, Mac. 66.) (Folio 3.)(iii) Copy, 18th century, of valuation of teinds of the Presbytery of Elgin, 1629. (Inv. XLV, Mac. 67.) (Folio 7.)(iv) Stent and valuation-roll of the Earldom of Caithness,...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous valuations of lands in Roxburghshire, 1750, 1778-1780 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous election papers, principally relating to the creation of votes, 1743-circa 1860 (folio 36); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1743-1912, concerning inter alia Jedforest Coal, Stobie's map of Roxburghshire, pauper lunatics, and cholera (folio 140).

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Valuation book of the shires, with related papers, circa 1665 (folio 1);

(ii) Account book, with related papers, of charge and discharge of Sir James Stewart, circa 1670 (folio 14);

(iii) Summary of Sir William Sharp’s accounts, 1667-1669 (folio 29);

(iv) List of fees and pensions to officers of state signed, 19 October 1678, by the King at Whitehall (folio 31).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...

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Each volume has a roll of parishes.

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Each volume has a roll of parishes.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Each volume has a roll of parishes.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the papers bear notes by Rose.