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‘Acta Scotica’, containing styles, chiefly of commissions and safe conducts for Ambassadors, with extracts of some proceedings in Parliament.
‘Collectanea Juridica’, containing a collection of styles of deeds, writs, and forms of proceeding in various Courts of England.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Copies, 18th century, of records of Parliament and of the Privy Council.
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals of Church and Crown lands in Scotland.
Copy, 18th century, of transactions between the Parliament of Scotland and the commissioners from England.
Copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, including a summary of the proceedings up to the 7th of December, the acts deposing the bishops, and an index of the Assembly`s acts, apparently extracted by Archibald Johnston, clerk to the Assembly.
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
Extracts from the proceedings of the Althing of Iceland.
Folio volume reporting `The proceidings of the Generall assemblie at Glasgow November 21. 1638`, in the hand of Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Transactions of all 27 sessions of the Assembly from 21 November to 20 December are recorded in greater detail than the summary in Balfour`s ‘Annales of Scotland` (cf. his ‘Historical Works’, volume 2, pages 301-316), but less fully than in Robert Wodrow`s report of the proceedings printed in ‘Records of the Kirk of Scotland’, volume 1, pages 128-193.
Genealogies and other papers of Sir James Balfour.
A volume titled ‘Balfour’s Genealogies’, containing:
1. A copy of ‘Genealogies of the Scottish nobility’ (Adv.MS.33.2.39).
2. Commission for the valuation of teinds, and proceedings of the commissioners, 1627-1643.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.187) includes the reference: (A.4.25).
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Microfilm of material concerning Tipu Sultan.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers, 1st quarter of 15th century-1st half of 18th century, concerning genealogy and religion; and, copy of part of the acts and proceedings of the Glasgow Assembly, 1638.
Microfilm of ‘Treaties at Newcastle and London 1640-1641’; and, church papers chiefly concerning the Glasgow Assembly.
Minutes of the sederunts and proceedings of the Commission of the Star Chamber.
Paper of the Faculty of Advocates Library titled, 'Proceedings relating to the stamp duty on the admission of Advocates in Scotland, 1724-1726'.
Papers of Andrew Cameron relating to the Scottish National Party.
Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Papers relating to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington with campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together during the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Papers related to the involvement of Professor Hugh Pennington (Emeritus Professor Bacteriology, University of Aberdeen) with the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014, particularly with the campaign groups Better Together and Academics Together.
Proceedings and notes of arguments in the case of the Earl of Traquair, apparently in his own hand.
Records of the Lanarkshire Miners` County Union, the Lanarkshire Mineworkers` Union and the National Union of Mineworkers, Lanarkshire Area.
Registers of proceedings of curators and keepers of the Advocates' Library, chiefly in the handwriting of Thomas Ruddiman.
The registers contain full lists of books bought and recieved from Stationers' Hall.