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Five documents, bound in a volume, detailing the losses suffered on various parts of the Earl of Wigtown`s estates during the Civil War, 1643-1652.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.16

Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(1) Statement by the Kirk Session of Denny, 1646, concerning the baronies of Temple Denny and Herbertshire, with the lands of Catscleuch, of losses in 1645 (£7,446);

(2), (3) Two copies of statement by the Kirk Session of Lenzie, 1651, of losses since the Battle of Dunbar (£35,050-13-4);

(4) Statement by the Commissioners for Lenzie, 1652, of losses since 10 October, 1650 (£2,510 sterling);

(5) General statement of the Earl of Wigtown`s losses from 1643 to 1650 (£386,666-13-4).

On folio i is a contents` list (this was restored in 1975 from the Phillipps Papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford).

Dates

  • Creation: 1646-1652.

Extent

0.00 Linear metres (5 items, various sizes, in a folio volume.)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

The volume belonged to James Maidment (defaced bookplate) and to Sir Thomas Phillipps (bought from Thorpe in 1833). The number 996 on a label formerly on the front cover, now inside, refers to the Phillipps sale at Sotheby’s, 11 June 1898, where it was bought by the Advocates’ Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.

Bibliography

`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 7181.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Date
13 05 2015
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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