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17th-century extracts and transcripts, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of chartularies and other historical works.
Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.
Commonplace book of James Gray, priest of the diocese of Dunblane.
Composite volume consisting of two unrelated and formerly separate collections of transcripts made probably at the same time as each other by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton.
Excerpts from the diary of John Smith, sculptor and builder in Darnick, near Melrose, Roxburghshire; with a typed transcript of the diary.
Extracts, 1556, from chartularies of the Archbishopric of Glasgow which were deposited in the Scots College in Paris; followed by a short history, in Scots, of the Hamilton family entitled 'Frier Mark Hamiltonis historie'
Fair copy of `Diplomatum veterum collectio`, being Richard Augustine Hay`s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh.
The copy was probably begun in 1696 (the date quoted on the title page) and not completed until 1701 or later (34.1.10(iii), folio 294 verso), made apparently by a copyist from the transcripts made by Hay when he was in Scotland between 1686 and 1689.
Fair transcript, 18th century, of the first ten books of ‘Rerum Britannicarum historia auctore Roberto Johnstono‘.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.2.1.
‘Genealogie and pedigree of the most ancient and noble family of the Earles of Sutherland’ by Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun, transcribed by Alexander Munro, Master of the Musick School at Tain’.
‘Historie of the estate of the Kirk of Scotland’ by John Row, Minister of Carnock; and papers on ecclesiastical affairs.
`History of the most noble and illustrious family of the Frasers, particularly of the illustrious family of Lovat Chief and head of that numerous Clan`.
The manuscript was intended for publication in London, 1749. No author is given.
At the back of the volume are transcripts of `Original papers relating to the foregoing Memoirs` I-XIII, with a brief account of the family of Fraser of Fruid.
Indexes and transcripts by Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.
According to the folio catalogue (F.R.186) the volumes were originally marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’.
The description of the manuscripts in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.7-10.
Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly concerning Scotland.
Papers, consisting of historical and genealogical notes and extracts, transcripts of formal and legal documents of earlier periods (as well as a number of original documents and papers), and a few unrelated letters.
Papers relating to the publication of works of Michael Strachan.
Includes correspondence, manuscript drafts, copies and transcripts of 17th-century documents relating to the following works of Michael Strachan: 'The life and adventures of Thomas Coryate' (Oxford University Press, 1962); 'The East India Company journals of Captain William Keeling and Master Thomas Bonner, 1615-1617' (University of Minnesota Press, 1971); 'Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644): a life' (Salisbury, 1989).
Scottish chartularies and other works transcribed for Walter Macfarlane of Macfarlane by his earlier copyist in 1742 and 1746.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).
Transcript, 17th century, in the hand of Sir James Balfour, of ‘History of the Picts’ by Henry Maule of Melgum.
At the beginning is a note by J. Ruddiman concerning the doubt of the authorship of the book.
Transcript, late 17th-18th century, of ‘History of Scotland during the reigns of the five Jameses’ by William Drummond of Hawthornden.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.V.5.36.
Transcript, late 17th-mid 19th century, of ‘History of the Church of Scotland’ by David Calderwood, 1st half of 17th century, from the commencement of the reign of James V to the death of James VI.
Volumes 4-10 are a transcript by the Reverend Mr James Inglis from the manuscript of David Calderwood, at that time the property of the Church of Scotland. The remainder are in a uniform hand of the end of the 17th or beginning of the following century.
This work is not only valuable as a history, but, as containing a great number of important state papers, which are not to be found elsewhere.
Transcript of ‘Memorialls of the Trubles in Scotland, 1624 to 1645’, by the historian, John Spalding.
The work, which was left incomplete, is a record of the current events of the time, beginning with the feud between Clanchattan and the Earl of Moray and terminating with the exploits, in 1645, of General William Baillie against Montrose.
Transcripts, 18th century, of eight letters, 1590-1600 and undated, of King James I to Sir Robert Mure, of Caldwell.
With a document, "The Bride of Lammermuir", containing a narrative of the original marriage of Janet Dalrymple on which Sir Walter Scott based his tale.