Cartulary of the Earls of Winton, in a seventeenth century hand.
File
Identifier: MS.1010
Scope and Contents
The charters are arranged in four books dealing with the lands of Elphinstone (folio 6), Tranent (folio 49), Hartsheid (folio 176), and Kirkliston and Winchburgh (folio 184). At the end (folio 219 verso) is a humorous quatrain by the copyist.
Dates
- Creation: 1437-1670.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
227 Leaves ; Folio.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
viii + 219 folios.
Custodial History
The papers were bought by the National Library of Scotland with the aid of the Reid Fund. This is the Cartulary, formerly in the possession of F C B Cadell, Esquire.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1934.
Bibliography
The cartulary is quoted in the ‘Scots Peerage’, volume viii, page 575 and elsewhere, under the heading, Winton.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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manuscripts@nls.uk
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk