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Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Papers, printed and manuscript, relating to the claim of Colonel William Fullarton of Glenquich to the title and dignity of Lord Spynie.
File
Identifier: MS.116
Scope and Contents
Includes the remarks of Lord Hailes on the Spynie peerage case (folio 92), and copies of deeds relating to the lands of the Abbey of Lindores, 1592, 1736, 1738 and 1743 (folio 130).
Dates:
1592, 1736-1743, 1784-1785.
Specimen of notes on the statute law of Scotland, from the first parliament of James I to the accession of James VI, by David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes.
File
Identifier: MS.990
Scope and Contents
Contains three of the printed, interleaved copies which Lord Hailes issued privately and sent to legal authorities for their remarks, with autograph notes by Lord Auchinleck, James Gordon, Advocate, and Hailes himself.
Dates:
[?1768.]