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'Act of Sederunt of the Lords of Council and Session... approving the Act of the faculty of Advocates'.
Item
Identifier: F.R.35c
Dates:
1678.
'Act presented to Parliament for erecting the Advocates in to a Society'.
Item
Identifier: F.R.35b
Dates:
[Circa 1707.]
‘Act to Raise a Fund for Provisions to Widows of the Members of the Faculty of Advocates of Scotland’ (Law Room and Trustee Copies).
Series
Identifier: F.R.397-F.R.401
Dates:
1830.
Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
File
Identifier: MS.2960
Scope and Contents
The printed matter is recorded in the Catalogue of Printed Books. In addition to some forgeries, the manuscript material is as follows:(i) Letter, undated, of John Stevenson, James Maidment's publisher, probably to Maidment (folio 2);(ii) A version, in a hand of about Maidment's time, of part of the poem on Lord justice Clerk Whitelaw, 'Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell,' printed by Maidment in ‘A book of Scotish pasquils’ (Edinburgh, 1827), page 73 (folio 2...
Dates:
1696-1891, undated.
Annotated printed reports on the proposed scheme to provide for the widows of members of the Faculty of Advocates.
File
Identifier: F.R.395
Dates:
1826-1830.
‘Booke of the actis, statutis and ordinances of the Glovers of Kelso anno 1631’ -1746.
Item
Identifier: MS.70
Scope and Contents
The volume contains the statutes of the Incorporation, 1631-1660 (pages 3-9), which are thrice repeated (pages 39, 45, 59), and records the admission of freemen up to September 1746.
Dates:
1631-1746.
Books of the Incorporation of Kelso Glovers and Skinners.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3081-3083
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Collection of papers relating to Scottish earldoms, with transcripts, early twentieth century, by Sir Alexander Lawrie, of early charters and other documents.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.18
Dates:
16th century-early 20th century.
Copies, 1688, by J M (possibly James Man) of documents, 1398-1677, concerning Aberdeen.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.6
Dates:
1398-1577.
Copies of Acts and minutes of sederunt of the second session of the first parliament of King William and Queen Marie, in a contemporary hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.2.12
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.6.8.
Dates:
15 April 1690.
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 William Aikman of Cairnie, chronological lists of Lord Chancellors, Lord Presidents, Lord Clerks Register, Lord Advocates, and Lords of Session, and other documents concerning the College of Justice.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.3.13
Scope and Contents
The volume is titled ‘A collection of several Acts of Parliament, Acts of Sederunt and other documents concerning the privileges and Immunities of the College of Justice by W. Aikman of Cairnie, Advocate, 1687’. The original board contained the note, ‘This Book was written by William Grant, Servitor to William Aikman of Cairnie, Advocate, collector thereof 1687’.The contents are as follows.(i) List of the Chancellors of Scotland since the Institution of...
Dates:
1687.
Copy, 1766, of ‘The laws and acts of the Chapmen of Perthshire’, 1713, and minutes of the society, 1748-1805.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.16.2.2
Dates:
1713, 1748-1805.
Copy of Sir Andrew Gilmour’s selection of Acts of Parliament.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.7.5
Scope and Contents
Index to the acts of parliament collected by the famous Jurisconsult Sir Andrew Gilmour, Advocate. At the end of the volume the date of death of some of the noted persons of the day are recorded.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (N.7.2.6).
Dates:
2nd half of 17th century.
Correspondence and papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the Copyright Acts and Bill.
File
Identifier: F.R.339e/48
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of legal opinions on the Copyright Acts 1860-1861; Copyright Commission 1876-1880; Copyright Bill 1898.
Dates:
1860-1861, 1876-1880, 1898.
Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth.
Item
Identifier: MS.5898
Scope and Contents
Law book compiled by James Blair of Ballindean, Writer in Perth (folio 28), and subsequently belonging to Robert Blair, Writer in Errol (folio 176 verso).The contents are as follows.(i) Style-book of Scots Law forms based on examples collected in and around Perth (folio 5); preceded by two indices (folios 1 verso, 3).(ii) Latin verses, 1683, entitled 'Carmina auditu digna', possibly written by James Blair. (Folio 92.)(iii) Recipes for dyeing...
Dates:
1682-1683.
Microfilm of abridgement, 18th century, of the 'Acts of the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1552-1708'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.128
Dates:
1552-1708.
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/9
Dates:
1703-1856.
Papers of James Aitkins, Bishop of Galloway.
File
Identifier: MS.3012
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1679-1685, undated, to James Aitkins, with copies of two letters written by him. Printed in ‘Miscellany III’, ‘Scottish History Society', 2nd series, volume xix (1919), edited by William Douglas. (Folio 1.)(ii) Birthday exhortation to James, Duke of York, probably written between 1662 and 1671. (Folio 31.)(iii) Instructions, 1636, signed by Charles I, regarding the denunciation of the Priory of St Andrews, the...
Dates:
1636-1709, undated.
‘Printed Papers Relative to the Widows’ Fund of the Faculty of Advocates’.
Series
Identifier: F.R.402-F.R.402a
Dates:
1829-1852.