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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.

‘Grant manuscript.’

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.2 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents

The description is taken from the “Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Advocates’ Library. III. History” (F.R.186).

Dates: 1494-1593, 17th century.

Microfilm of assorted 17th-century manuscripts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.360
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Copies of Acts and minutes of sederunt of the second session of the first parliament of King William and Queen Marie, 15 April 1690, in a contemporary hand. (Adv.MS.15.2.12);Heraldic and genealogical material, 2nd quarter of 17th century, in the hand of Sir James Balfour (Adv.MS.15.2.13);Treatise, 1st half of 17th century, ‘On nobility’ by Sir James Balfour (Adv.MS.15.2.14);Description of Italy, its principal towns and most...
Dates: 2nd quarter of 17th century-1655.

Microfilm of extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1689.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1078
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1659 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(i));

Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1661-1689 (Adv.MS.25.2.5(ii)).

Dates: 1532-1689.

Minutes of sederunt of Parliament by Sir James Balfour.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.16
Scope and Contents

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.5.18.

Dates: 1644.

Minutes of sederunt of Parliament by Sir James Balfour.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.17
Scope and Contents

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.5.17.

Dates: 1645.

Papers concerning the family of Moubray of Cockairnie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.16435-16436
Dates: Late 16th century-19th century.

Papers of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3435
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. two minute books, 1923-1949

2. sederunt book, 1932-1949

3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.

Dates: 1923-1950.

Sederunt-book of the Anstruther Whale-Fishing Company, a small and short-lived Fife whaling company liquidated in 1766.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9316
Scope and Contents

The minutes contain accounts of the fitting-out, provisioning, and voyages of the company's single whaling vessel to Greenland waters, 1757 to 1762. There is considerable detail of the general financial fortunes of the company, especially with regard to insurance of the ship, the government bounty, and marketing of whaling products. There are also occasional references to other contemporary Scottish whaling companies.

Dates: 1757-1766.

Sederunt book of the tutors and curators of Sir James Wemyss, 3rd Baronet, of Bogie, concerning the estate of the late Sir John Wemyss.

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Identifier: MS.5723
Scope and Contents The book chiefly contains records of the tutors' transactions relating to the Bogie coal mines and salt pans, and to the debts of the estate; throughout them is scattered information concerning the education of Sir James Wemyss (folio 16). The transactions are preceded by lists of estate expenses (folio 2 verso), inventories of the estate (folio 3 verso), and reports on the Bogie coal mines (folio 12 verso); and are followed by the curators' advice to Sir James Wemyss concerning the...
Dates: 1719-1733.