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Copies of memorials, 1786-1788, addressed by the Carron Company to Sir Thomas Dundas as arbiter, claiming repayment of water lost to them through the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal.
File
Identifier: MS.3006
Scope and Contents
Copies of reports of the Carron Company's inspectors, 1772, ?1775, and of George Whitworth, for the Company of Proprietors of the Forth and Clyde Navigation, 1785, 1788, are included.
Dates:
1786-1788.
Copies of miscellaneous documents relating to practice and procedure in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster, copied for, or given to, John Maule of Inverkeilor, Baron of the Scottish Court of Exchequer.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.4.2-28.4.3
Dates:
1750-1751.
Copies of papers concerning a threatened legal action of The United Turkey Red Company against George Dallas, "Forward", and Tom Johnston.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6088/1-4
Scope and Contents
Copies, typescript and xerox, of papers, 1911, of George Dallas of the Independent Labour Party concerning a threatened legal action of the United Turkey Red Company Ltd, against him and The “Forward” printing and publishing Company and Thomas Johnston, for the publication of statements on the working conditions of women employees in the Company’s Alexandria and other Vale of Leven plants by George Dallas, published in Forward.
For statements on working conditions in the Company`s plant in...
Dates:
1911.
Copies of papers concerning the Exchequer and King’s rents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.2.17
Scope and Contents
On the first leaf is the inscription “Concerning the Chekker and the Kingis rent 1591”.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: w.3.11.The contents are as follows:
(i) Act of Suretie for Angus McConell of Dunecraig, 1591 (folio 3);
(ii) The King’s command to the Seals anent the revocation, 1591 (folio 4);
(iii) Act of Suretie for McClane of Dowart, 1591 (folio 11);
(iv) Copies of papers by the King, Checker,...
Dates:
1546-Late 16th century.
Copies of regulations, forms of process, etc., of the Court of Admiralty of England.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.6.6
Dates:
1639.
Copies, of Sir James Balfour of Pittendrigh, ‘Practicks’.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.24.6.3(a)-(c)
Dates:
[Circa 1579.]
Copies of valuations for the shire of Aberdeen.
File
Identifier: Acc.10242
Dates:
17th century to 18th century.
Copy, 18th century, of ‘Ane Essay upon Tiends`, an anonymous essay in six chapters.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.3
Scope and Contents
Internal evidence suggests that the original essay was written circa 1732. It begins on folio 1, and is followed by a discussion on `patronage` (folio 28 verso), apparently a memorial by C Talbot for an unnamed litigant; and a copy ‘Memorial for Mr Thomas Linning, Min[?]. at Walstoun` (folio 30). The original of this memorial must have been written before Linning`s death in 1731.
Dates:
Circa 1732.
Copy by John Boswell of "Decreets of Division of Valuations in the Shire of Ayr".
Item
Identifier: Acc.7357
Scope and Contents
Consisting of records of meetings of the Commissioners of Supply and other papers.
Dates:
1774, 1779.
Copy by John Chalmer, 1732, of the 3rd edition of John Spottiswood, ‘An introduction to the knowledge of the stile of writs’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.17
Dates:
1727.
Copy, in a mid-18th century hand, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.4
Dates:
1731.
Copy, late 17th century-mid 18th century, of Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.3(a)
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy, late 17th century to 18th century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Minor Practicks’ by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.1.3A
Scope and Contents
A collection of decisions and law notes.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (a.3.20).
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy, late seventeenth century-eighteenth century, of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, ‘Major Practicks’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.10
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy, late seventeenth century, of Sir Thomas Nicolson of Carnock, ‘Practicks’.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.3.3
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copy of part of Stair's 'Institutions of the Law of Scotland', being Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Item
Identifier: MS.5058
Scope and Contents
Contains Titles 1-22 with Title 19 omitted.
Dates:
1666.
Copy of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall, 'Major Practicks', Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', and a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.24.1.3(a)-(b)
Dates:
17th century.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made apparently in 1677 from a text written probably in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.7
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), but the text is rather shorter and illustrated by references to earlier decisions, and most of the Titles are divided into fewer paragraphs.The text is preceded (folio iii) by an introduction, identical with that of the first printed edition, from which it may have been copied. At the end (page 276) is the signature of J Broune, dated 29...
Dates:
Circa 1666.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1673 for John Smith of Brousterland, apparently from a text written in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.9
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is rather shorter, many of the decisions quoted are earlier, and the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. It is followed by an index of subjects discussed (page 409), and a contents list of each Title (page 413), both written apparently in different hands, neither being that of the text. The volume lacks apparently one leaf at the end.
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ made in 1677 from a text written probably in or shortly after 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.3
Scope and Contents
Although the general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order), the text is considerably shorter, for most of the Titles have fewer chapters (some have only half as many), and fewer references to case-decisions.At folio iv is an inscription (repeated at folio v verso) stating that the copying of the book was completed on 19 October 1677; it is presumably in the hand of James Hay, whose note of...
Dates:
1666 or after.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in a number of hands.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.17
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order, but the text of each title is rather shorter and illustrated with fewer references to case-decisions. There are blank leaves between Titles 11 and 12 (folios 69-76), between sections 8 and 9 of Title 16 (folios 115-126) and following Title 31 (folios 229-241). The writing on folio 174 (but not folio 174 verso) is upside down. The chapter-headings in Titles...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.8
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681, except that the contents list of Title 9 (followed by a blank leaf) has been written into the text of Title 7, doubtless due to a miscalculation by the copyist; the contents list of Title 30 has been written in on the leaf following the end of the work, and Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order; also, the text is rather shorter, and the titles, most of which are divided into fewer paragraphs, are illustrated...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.10
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and the titles are usually divided into fewer paragraphs.The name W Primerose, possibly the signature of Sir William Primrose of Elphinstoun, is written several times at folios i, ii and iii, together with a variety of Latin tags, pen-flourishes, arithmetical calculations, and (at folio ii) a version of the...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’ written apparently in or about 1662.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.11
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text is generally shorter and is illustrated by references to earlier case-decisions, and the titles are usually divided into fewer paragraphs.An inaccurate pagination (which has been ignored) has been added almost throughout, but no running titles or paragraph numbers. The contents lists of Titles 25 to 31 have not been entered in the...
Dates:
Circa 1662.
Copy of Stair`s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, written apparently in or about 1666.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.12
Scope and Contents
The general arrangement is the same as that of the first printed edition of 1681 (except that Titles 18 and 19 appear in reverse order) but the text in general appears to be rather shorter and is illustrated by references to earlier case-decisions, and the titles are divided into fewer paragraphs. The text is preceded (folio ii verso) by an index (more correctly by a list of Titles and their contents), in the same hand, which has also been responsible for the pagination, and is followed...
Dates:
Circa 1666.