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Letters and papers of Alexander Robertson of Strowan, the Jacobite.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.1.8
Scope and Contents
Strowan`s own letters mostly concern his financial and legal affairs, but among those addressed to him are some from the Earl of Mar, written during and after the Rising of 1715, and from John Hay, Duke of Inverness. The papers also concern Strowan`s part in the Rising, and the pardon granted to him in 1731.
Dates:
1689-1745.
Letters and papers of, and concerning, General Sir George Murray.
File
Identifier: MS.21192
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1810-1817, of, to, and concerning, General Sir George Murray, including two letters from Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington; with a notebook in Sir George's hand, chiefly concerning the Peninsular War (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and legal papers, 1824-1825, concerning Erskine v Murray (folio 29); (iii) Letter, 1845, of Sir George Murray probably to General Paul Anderson (folio 70).
Dates:
1810-1845.
Letters and papers of John Baird, shipmaster in Leith.
File
Identifier: MS.107
Scope and Contents
Consists of ships’ accounts, bills of lading, receipts for lighthouse dues, commercial correspondence, and legal documents. There are only 5 documents for 1720-1726.
Dates:
1720-1733.
Letters and papers of the Urquhart family of Burdsyards, in Morayshire, together with some legal documents, chiefly from the parish of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.
File
Identifier: MS.9241
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Correspondence, 1698-1830, undated. Most of the letters are to Captain Robert Urquhart (died 1741) and his wife, Mary, on personal and legal matters. Among the correspondents are several members of the Forbes family of Culloden, who were related to Mary Urquhart. There are also some letters to Robert's two elder sons, and to his grandson, Colonel Duncan Urquhart, and a few miscellaneous letters, including one, 1830, of Sir Thomas Dick Lauder to the...
Dates:
1697-1830.
Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself 'William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern', law genealogist, relating to the family of Innes of Stow.
File
Identifier: MS.535
Scope and Contents
Included are: papers relating to the claim of George Innes and Gilbert Innes of Stow as creditors of Archibald Chessells, wright, Edinburgh, 1767-1804 (folio 2); papers of Gilbert Innes and Jane Innes in connection with the trust of David Littlejohn, Jamaica, and legal papers of Jane Innes of Stow, 1811-1834 (folio 30); papers relating to certain claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow, 1851-1857 (folio 85).
Dates:
1759-1857.
Letters and papers relating to church and school affairs in the Parish of Roxburgh.
File
Identifier: MS.3126
Scope and Contents
The papers, for the most part, deal with matters affecting the Presbytery of Kelso and include:Papers relating to a charge of drunkenness brought against John Byres, schoolmaster of Roxburgh, 1819 (folio 1);
Papers relating to charges of misconduct brought against William Laidlaw, schoolmaster of Roxburgh, 1838 (folio 26);Papers relating to the admission of William Lee as Minister of Roxburgh, 1843 (folio 40), and his transfer to Glasgow University, 1875 (folio...
Dates:
1819-1906, undated.
Letters, notebooks and manuscripts of and concerning Hugh Miller, geologist.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.7516-7527
Dates:
1650-1872.
Letters of and to Lieutenant-Colonel John Macdonald mostly concerning his work 'A New System of Telegraphy', but also others of his publications, and with some personal papers.
File
Identifier: MSS.50698-50699
Dates:
1791-1826
Letters of David Barnett, Lady Stair`s House Museum, Edinburgh, to May Merkley, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, on matters relating to Robert Burns.
File
Identifier: Acc.12119
Scope and Contents
Includes a lock of the hair of Burns`s widow Jean Armour and a copy of the deed relating to the Glenriddell Manuscripts.
Dates:
1918-1936, undated.
Letters, papers and photographs of James Keir Hardie and Emrys Hughes.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.176
Dates:
1884-1969.
Letters to James Walker, Writer to the Signet, including some unconnected papers and letters.
File
Identifier: Acc.9607
Scope and Contents
Contains the following:1. Assignation 1707 of William Steill in Stone of Morphie to Alexander Grant, Mill of Morphie.2. Representation 1709 of David Ross of Balnagowan, Sir Robert Monro of Foulis and other Justices of the Peace in Ross-shire following the attempted Jacobite invasion of 1708.3. Precept of horning and poynding 1711 of William Carstairs, writer, Edinburgh, against John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode, advocate.4. Letter 1778 of...
Dates:
1707-1831, undated.
Letters to Lieutenant-General Sir John Macleod, and an instruction-book of his son Charles.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15381-15382
Dates:
1801-1815.
List of appeal cases in the House of Lords.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.3
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
List of appeal cases in the House of Lords.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.3.2
Dates:
Late 17th century-early 18th century.
Literary papers, mostly correspondence and typescripts, of Michael Brander.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13520/1-68
Dates:
1953-2006.
Manuscript, circa 1560, of the Regiam Maiestatem, burgh laws, statutes, Quoniam attachiamenta, De judicibus, forest laws, and various smaller legal texts, mostly in Scots.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.7.1.9
Scope and Contents
For the suggested date of the manuscript see folio 283. Sections (xxvi) and (xxxvii) are in different, later hands. The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Regiam Maiestatem`, in 4 books of 41, 75, 37, and 57 chapters with table at the beginning of each book (folio x). Book 4 is in Latin. Folio 47 blank.(ii) Various laws (folio 48).(iii) `The Lawis of the burgh` in 120 chapters with table at the beginning (folio 49). (iv)...
Dates:
1249-late 16th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, statutes, ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, forest laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, written soon after the middle of the 15th century, and belonging to the Charterhouse at Perth.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.5.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘Quoniam attachiamaenta’ (folio 1). Folios 7 verso and 8 are blank. ‘Acts of the Scottish Parliament’, i, pages 281-295.(ii) `Modus seu processus breuium`, elsewhere the last chapters of the `Quoniam attachiamenta` (folio 10). Only the title of the last one is written on folio 12 recto.Folio 12 verso blank.(iii) `De exceptionibus` (folio 13).(iv) `Modus procedendi in itinere...
Dates:
14th century-3rd quarter of 15th century.
Manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem and other legal texts; with three items formerly loosely inserted therein.
Series
Identifier: MSS.16497-16498
Dates:
[Circa 1500], mid 16th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, baron court laws, burgh and guild laws, and some other legal texts, some in Scots, written by George Cuyk (later clerk of the Privy Seal) in 1528.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.5.11
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is incomplete at the end.The contents are as follows:(i) `The baroun Lawis. Modus tenendi curias` in 61 chapters (modern numbering), in Scots (folio 2). The explicit is followed by four lines, beginning `Haec faciunt causas festis tractare diebus` (‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, page xvi).(ii) `Regiam Maiestatem` in 4 parts of 212 continuously numbered chapters (36, 74, 34, and 68 in each part) with table at the beginning (folio...
Dates:
14th century-early 17th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, statutes, and burgh laws, written in 1439.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.13
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Table for the volume (folio 1). The sections appear in the order (ii)-(iv), (vi), (v), (vii). Single leaves are lost before folio 1 (for section (ii), part 1 and part 2, chapters 1-9) and folio 12 (for section (v), chapters 109-154).(ii) `Regiam Maiestatem` in 3 parts of 34, 114, and 64 chapters (folio 13). ‘Acts of the Scottish Parliament’, i, pages 233-277.(iii) ‘Quoniam attachiamenta` in 95 chapters (not...
Dates:
?14th century-1439.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, statutes, burgh laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, mostly in Scots, written in the 3rd quarter of the 15th century. Sections (xxv)-(xxvii) are a slightly later addition.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.15
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Regiam Maiestatem` in 4 books of 191 continuously numbered chapters (34, 74, 26, and 57 in each book respectively) with table at the beginning (folio 1). The end of chapter 6 to the beginning of chapter 14 is lost. ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, pages 233-277.(ii) `Quoniam attachiamenta` in 61 chapters with table at the beginning (folio 60 verso). Chapters 11-24 are lost. ‘Acts of the Parliament of...
Dates:
14th century-15th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, statutes, baron court laws, burgh and guild laws, and some other legal texts, all in Scots, written by one A de D probably in the 1470s.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.5.7
Scope and Contents
The manuscript is imperfect at the end; and sections (i) and (ii), which belong after section (xvii), have been misbound.The contents are as follows:(i) `Statuta regis Jacobi secundi` (folio 1). The beginning is lost; see section (xvii). ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, ii, pages 31-52.(ii) `Ye statutis of ye law of march mayd be erll villȝham of Douglas`, 1448 (folio 3). ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, page 350.folio 5 verso...
Dates:
14th century-15th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, statutes, burgh and guild laws, ‘De judicibus’, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, forest laws, and other smaller legal texts, a few in Scots, written in the early 16th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.4.12
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) ‘Ad componendum cartas’, ‘Exceptiones contra cartas’, and ‘Expositiones quorundam vocabulorum’ (folio 1).(ii) 11 verses, beginning ‘Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua statuta volumen’ (‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, page xv), and table for section (iii) (folio 4).(iii) ‘Regiam Maiestatem’ in 4 books of 36, 75, 34, and 68 chapters (table in section (ii)) (folio 10). ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i,...
Dates:
?14th century-early 16th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, statutes, burgh and guild laws, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, forest laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, a few in Scots, mostly written by John Bannatyne in 1520, with some later additions.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.5.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Regiam Maiestatem` in four books of 209 continuously numbered chapters (34, 72, 34, and 69 in each book), with table at the beginning (folio 2). This is preceded (folio 1 verso) by a couplet beginning `Me legat antiquas qui vult proferre loquelas` (‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, page xxvi) and 11 verses beginning `Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua statuta volumen` (‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, i, page xv). ‘Acts of...
Dates:
14th century-16th century.
Manuscript of the ‘Regiam Maiestatem’, statutes, burgh and guild laws, ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, forest laws, ‘De judicibus’, and other smaller legal texts, some in Scots, mostly written by James Monynet in 1488, with some later additions.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.5.6
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Table of sections (iii) and (v)-(vii) (folio vi).(ii) ‘Brevis ordo judiciarius,` maxims and procedures in 12 chapters, in a later hand (folio x verso).(iii) `Regiam Maiestatem,` in four books of respectively 35, 74, 35, and 68 chapters (folio 1). In addition to this numbering (in red) there is a continuous numbering of the chapters to ccxi. Prefixed are 11 lines beginning `Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua...
Dates:
1248-15th century.