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Copies, 1642, of various works, 1529-1549, made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) `A Descriptione of the Westerne Iles of Scotland` by Sir Donald Monro, 1549 (folio 1).
(ii) `Geneologies of the cheiff clans of the lies` by Sir Donald Monro, n.d. (folio 20).
(iii) `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum` by John Ben, 1529 (folio 24).
Copies, 1725-1726, of Great Seal charters of the 14th and early 15th centuries, made by John Corss, Keeper of the Records.
Each volume has an elaborate title-page and an index of personal names.
Copies by Robert Mylne of diplomas and other documents, mostly conferring titles.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne of papers concerning the proposed marriage between Charles, Prince of Wales, and the Infanta Maria of Spain.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of royal letters and other documents in the Denmilne Papers.
A list giving the references of the original manuscripts has been inserted.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of some of his own letters and two addressed to him.
The letters are not in chronological sequence. Most of them express his friendship for his correspondent, but in one he comments on the reception of the new Service Book at St Giles in 1637 (folio 9 verso), and in another to Lord Elcho he advises on reading matter (folio 12 verso).
Copies, circa 1680, of (i) ‘Description of the Western Isles of Scotland’ by Sir Donald Monro, `High Dean of the Isles`, originally written in 1549 (page 1); (ii) `The Description of the Iles of Scotland` by an unknown author written probably around 1577-1582 (page 22).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1552-1615.
Also included is a copy of a memoir of Henri IV by Pierre Jeannin, in a different hand from the rest of the volume (folio 1), a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material, and a table of contents (folio 264).
Copies, early 17th century, in French, of treaties drawn up between France and her various allies, 1606-1613.
Also included are a number of instructions to ambassadors, commissions, and other related material.
There is a table of contents (folio 1).
Copies, early 18th century, of autobiographies and other works of covenanters.
Copies, early 18th century, of letters and memoirs of covenanters.
Copies, in chronological order, of the opinions given by John Inglis (later Lord Glencorse, Lord President of the Court of Session), some conjointly with other advocates.
The volumes are numbered V to X; it seems likely that the missing I to IV covered all of Inglis’s earlier career as an advocate, from 1835. The series ends with his elevation to the bench as Lord Justice Clerk in July 1858.
Copies, in two different hands of the 17th century, of the statutes of the Royal College of Physicians of London. The statutes of 1647 (folio 1) are followed (folio 39) by an earlier set of statutes (not those of 1355) which have been emended to conform to those of 1647.
The title and the initials P D occur on folio i.
Copies, late 17th century, of letters, 1637-1638, of Robert Baillie, principal of Glasgow University, and of papers, 1638, concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Copies, late 17th or early 18th century, of official papers, 1550-1632, concerning Scottish fisheries.
The papers mostly concern the dispute with the United Provinces over the rights of the Dutch to fish in Scottish waters, 1618-1619, and the proposed joint English and Scottish association for the fisheries, 1630-1632. There are a few unrelated items, mostly concerning the coinage.
The signature `John Dalrymple` appears on folio 46.
Copies, late 18th-century, of poems, 1769-1774, and undated, of Henry Erskine, with a few corrections by the author.
There is a list of contents on folio 1.
Copies made by James Keay of Snaigow, circa 1722-1730, of legal works.
Copies made for John Maule, Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 1752, of the royal patents to the Commissioners of Excise in Scotland, 9 September 1743; to the Auditor of Excise, 4 January 1738; and to the Comptroller of the Excise, 10 November 1744.
Copies of correspondence and papers concerning a dispute between Colonel (later Major-General) Charles Ross and Lieutenant-General Robert Boyd.
Both officers belonged to the 39th Foot which was then stationed in Gibraltar. The papers, which are not in chronological order, include letters to and from George Elliot, the Governor, extracts from regimental orders, and Ross`s own comments on the affair.
Copies of correspondence of the French jurist, Athanase J L Jourdan (1791-1826), apparently intended for publication.
Copies of documents relating to roads in the Highlands.
Copies of Icelandic legal papers, mainly ecclesiastical.
Copies of letters and instructions of Thomas, Baron Wharton, deputy warden of the marches.
Most of the material concerns the order of the watches in the three marches, giving the areas covered and, in some cases, the names of those concerned.
The volume may have been intended for John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland; his arms are painted on page 2, and the bear and ragged staff of Warwick drawn on page 3. There are large decorated initials in pen and ink on pages 3, 7, 13, 37, 121 and 153, some of which bear the letters IN, TP, CC or TW.