Volume, compiled 1752, of the ‘Attorney General`s Opinions` on English excise cases, 1672-1707.
Scope and Contents
The collection is said by John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, to have been `Copyed from a Book in the excise Office at Edinburgh and gifted to me by the Commissioners of Excise`. The case opinions are arranged chronologically and refer almost entirely to duties, allowances and other regulations on spirits, beer, cider, perry and vinegar. Entries from page 197 postdate the Union of 1707.
Dates
- Creation: 1672-1707.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (viii + 210 pages + blank pages. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
The volume has an index to contents (folios iii—viii).
Custodial History
The volume has the book plate, on the inner front board, of `Mr Baron Maule`. It was bought by the Advocates’ Library in 1782.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 07 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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