Church records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records maintained by or relating to a particular church and its activities, such as baptisms and burials.
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
Church records, notes and memorandums of William Graham.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6558/1-4
Scope and Contents
William Graham was born at Newhouse, Lesmahagow in 1807 and educated at the University of Glasgow. He was ordained by the Presbytery of Lanark to South Shields in 1833 and transferred to Caledonian Chapel, Newcastle. He became minister at Lochwinnoch in 1843 and died in 1872.
Dates:
1833-1872.
Commonplace-book of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe., 1647-1841.
Item
Identifier: MS.2510
Scope and Contents
Commonplace book (formerly a rental-book, 1785-1786), dated 1817 and 1841 (see inside front cover and folio 96), containing sketches of Hawthornden and Roslin, a manuscript copy of the Reverend John Frazer, ‘Δεντεροσκοπία’ (Edinburgh, 1707), extracts from Humbie Kirk Session Book, 1647-1676, in Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe's autograph, letters, etc.
Dates:
1647-1841.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the Parish of Minto., 1709-1905.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13321-13324
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1709-1905.
Essay entitled `Superstitions of Perth` by the Reverend James Scott, incorporating extracts from the Kirk Session registers of Perth upon 16th century popular customs in Perth., 1788.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.13.1.5
Scope and Contents
Among the customs recorded are the Corpus Christi play (page 1), Saint Obert`s play (page 6) and processions to the Dragon`s Hole of Kinnoul (page 13).
Dates:
1788.
Excerpts, 1833-1837, from kirk session records, chiefly 17th century, written by instruction of George R Kinloch, advocate.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.32.2.1-32.2.10
Dates:
1595-17th century.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume I: Parishes of Balmerino, Blairgowrie, Benholm, Bervie, Dunnottar, Fettercairn, Fetteresso, Fordoun, Laurencekirk, and St. Cyrus., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.1
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume II: Presbytery of Lanark., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.2
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume III: Parishes of Abercrombie, Crail, Cupar, Kilconquhar, Leuchars, Logie, Newburgh, Strathmiglo, Monimail, and Forgan., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.3
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume IV: Presbytery of Cupar., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.4
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume IX: Parish of Edinburgh, volume II., 1638-1673.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.9
Dates:
1638-1673.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume V: Synod of Fife., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.5
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VI: Presbytery of St. Andrews., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.6
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VII: Parishes of Perth, Cambusnethan, Lesmahagow, Carmichael, Lanark, Glenbervie, Strachan, Saltoun and presbyteries of Kirkwall and Dunfermline., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.7
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume VIII: Parish of Edinburgh, volume I., 1595-1637.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.8
Dates:
1595-1637.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volume X: Parish of Edinburgh, volume III., 1674-1688.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.32.2.10
Dates:
1674-1688.
Excerpts from kirk session records, volumes VIII-X: Parish of Edinburgh, volume I-III., 1595-1688
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.32.2.8-32.2.10
Excerpts from Minto Kirk Sessions records, 1703-1748, sent by the 4th Earl of Minto to the Honourable George Francis Stewart Elliot., [Circa 1885.]
File
Identifier: MS.13325
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
[Circa 1885.]
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Erskine., 1651-1663.
Item
Identifier: MS.3515
Dates:
1651-1663.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kennoway., 1638-1644.
Item
Identifier: MS.3518
Dates:
1638-1644.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Kilbarchan, 1649, and Renfrew, 1649-1653., 1649-1653.
Item
Identifier: MS.3514
Dates:
1649-1653.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records: Scone., 1622-1638.
Item
Identifier: MS.3508
Dates:
1622-1638.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Very Reverend John Lee, Principal of Edinburgh University, with the material collected by him.
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Notebooks containing excerpts, written by the Very Reverend John Lee, from ecclesiastical records, chiefly of Kirk Sessions.
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, volume 4, with later additions by Charles Baxter., 1828-circa 1833, circa 1855.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.9
Scope and Contents
Charles Baxter, who acquired the papers after Young’s death, added notes and extracts of his own especially from kirk session and other records (folios 49 verso-74 verso ; folios 49 verso-58 verso derive ultimately from MS.Wod.Fol.XXXII, folios 290-293), and (folios 97-146) from sections 31 and 32 (xxxvi-xxxvii) of the Auchinleck Manuscript (Adv.MS.19.2.1, folios 263-277). Baxter was responsible for having this volume bound in covers similar to those of Adv.MSS.31.5.6-31.5.8.Many...
Dates:
1828-circa 1833, circa 1855.
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, Writer to the Signet (admitted 1786).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.5.6-31.5.9
Scope and Contents
The extracts are taken from periodical publications, especially the ‘Caledonian Mercury’ and the ‘Edinburgh Courant’, largely recording English legal cases, and from books on a wide variety of topics, especially history, medicine, law, literature, husbandry, travel, science, theology and biography.The notes and other writings relate to various topics and include a few examples of letters of and to Young.The earliest extract is dated 13 December 1794 (Adv.MS.31.5.6,...
Dates:
1794-circa 1855.
Extracts, made in the nineteenth century, from the Kirk Session Records of Stow, 12 November 1626-21 November 1708.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3034-3035
Dates:
1626-1708.
Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1620, by the Reverend James Scott, with some historical notes and explanations by him., 1577-1620.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.1.1
Scope and Contents
The volume includes detailed notes on both the Gowrie conspiracy (folio 139) and William Cowper, Bishop of Galloway (folio 210 verso).
Dates:
1577-1620.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Transcripts, 1774-?1788, of ecclesiastical records of Perth, 1560-1668, made by the Reverend James Scott, minister of the East Church, Perth, and a copy in his possession, 1784, of the ‘History of the united Parishes of Monivaird and Strowan’ compiled, circa 1774, by James Porteous of Dalvich, Minister of Monzievaird and Strowan.
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Extracts transcribed, 1774-1775, from Perth Kirk Session records, 1577-1624, 1631-1637, and from the Presbytery of Perth, 1624-1631, by the Reverend James Scott, with historical notes and explanations by him.