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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.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Manuscript, 18th century, containing lists of peers and barons taken from the Rolls of Parliament and lists and copies of charters taken from the records of the Great Seal (both sources being then unpublished).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.14
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) List of peers mentioned in the Rolls of Parliament, 1424-1707 (folio 1).(ii) List of charters, etc., granting peerages, down to 1707 (folio 10).(iii) Index to sections (i) and (ii) (folio 23).(iv) Observations on section (i) (folio 36).(v) Observations on section (ii), generally quoting part of the deed (folio 59).(vi) Copy of declarations of Parliament on the succession...
Dates:
1371, 1373, 1615-1707, 18th century.