Commissions. Permissions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Includes authorizations granting the power to perform a task or duty and documents appointing or hiring someone to perform a task.
Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.6
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers are drafts made or collected by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, the Secretary of State. Letter, The Hague, 30 January 1587, of the Council of State of the United Provinces to James VI; in French (folios 1-2). - This letter does not appear to have been published or summarised elsewhere, and is briefly summarized here:The Council have received James’s letters concerning restitution to be made for Scottish merchandise seized by warships from...
Dates:
1578-1621.
Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands., 1435-1892.
Series
Identifier: Ch.10322-10492
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1435-1892.
Military and political commissions in favour of Major-General Sir Thomas Hislop., 1778-1827.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10437-10452
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1778-1827.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands.
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Commissions, etc.
Minute-book, 9 September 1707-23 August 1723, of the Justices of the Peace of Lanarkshire, with printed 'Commission and proclamation naming Justices of Peace within Scotland' (1707)., 1707-1723.
Item
Identifier: MS.125A
Miscellaneous commissions, remissions, and gifts in favour of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet., 1687-1703.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10400-10405
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1687-1703.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands.
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Commissions, etc.
Miscellaneous deeds relating to the Lords Oliphant and to the Oliphants of Gask., 1548-1798.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2056-2167
Miscellaneous documents being largely appointments and commissions., 1808-1867.
File
Identifier: Ch.10985-10994
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1808-1867.
Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.7513
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
George Combe was educated at Edinburgh High School and at Edinburgh University, where he studied law; he became a Writer to the Signet in 1812. At this time he began to study the phrenological works of Franz Josef Gall and Johann Kaspar Spurzheim, and soon became a fervent advocate of that science. In 1837 he gave up his legal practice to devote himself to spreading the causes of phrenology, secular education, and criminal and prison reform, travelling widely in Europe and America. His views...
Dates:
1800-1858.
Miscellaneous items of and concerning David Livingstone., 1825-1874, 1956.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10753-10756
Dates:
1825-1874, 1956.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 1641-1685, 1723-1738, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.21193
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Photographs of miscellaneous letters and commissions, 1641-1682, including a letter, 1641, from Charles I to William, 7th Earl Marischal, and a speech, undated, of Charles I. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1723-1738, undated, including letters to George Keith, Advocate, Aberdeen, and John Douglas, Merchant in Aberdeen. Writers of letters include George, Earl Marischal (succeeded 1712), and his brother. Marshal James Keith. Additionally, the papers...
Dates:
1641-1685, 1723-1738, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir Thomas Hislop., [Circa 1813]-1841.
File
Identifier: MS.13125
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
General Sir Thomas Hislop's daughter Emma Eleanor Elizabeth married the 3rd Earl of Minto. Most of Sir Thomas Hislop's papers concern business and financial affairs, and his military career, in particular the Deccan Prize Case. But his general correspondence also includes a series of letters from the Venezuelan revolutionist, Francisco de Miranda, with whom Hislop had been connected in the West Indies. The papers of Lady Hislop contain much family material, including a substantial run of...
Dates:
[Circa 1813]-1841.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop concerning Indian affairs, especially the Deccan Prize.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(iii)
Dates:
1776-1793.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Traill., 1780-1833.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15374-15377
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.
Dates:
1780-1833.
Office papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1726-1777.
File
Identifier: MS.1173
Scope and Contents
The papers include indentures with apprentices, notes on writings, cash accounts, commission to be Deputy Keeper of the Signet, etc.
Dates:
1726-1777.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Order to admit Andrew Rutherfurd as a Senator of the College of Justice., 7 April 1851
Item
Identifier: Ch.8903
Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates:
1438-1630.
Papers appointing Sir Herbert Grierson, Professor of English Literature in the University of Aberdeen, 1894, and Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh, 1915., 1894, 1915.
File
Identifier: Ch.8482-8483
Dates:
1894, 1915.
Papers concerning Justices of the Peace, chiefly in connection with a revision of the lists in 1747, but with a few papers of 1760-1761., 1747, 1760-1761.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17535-17536
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The majority of the papers grouped here are Lord Milton's political papers, reflecting his manifold interests and involvements. There are however some of earlier and later date, generated or collected by other members of the Fletcher family.
Dates:
1747, 1760-1761.
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning official, disciplinary and other affairs of the Church of Scotland in which Alexander Carlyle was involved., 1750-1801, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.23923
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Alexander Carlyle's papers consist chiefly of journals, sermons, lectures, autobiographical writings, writings on various topics, poetry and papers on church and other affairs. The later papers (MSS.23927-23930) consist of a list of his books, excerpts from his writings and excerpts of proceedings in the action against him by the Presbytery of Dalkeith.
Dates:
1750-1801, undated.
Papers concerning the Court of Exchequer, including commissions, accounts of revenue, and lists of the civil establishment., 1685-1762, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17558
Scope and Contents
Lord Milton's eldest son was Auditor of Exchequer from 1748 and many of the papers were apparently his.
Dates:
1685-1762, undated.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1661-1765, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17548-17550
Scope and Contents
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1661-1765, undated.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1661-1750.
File
Identifier: MS.17548
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1661-1750.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1751-1757.
File
Identifier: MS.17549
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1751-1757.
Papers concerning the Signet., 1758-1765, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17550
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The great majority of the papers are monthly abstracts of fees from 1746 to 1765, when Lord Milton was Keeper. Also included are commissions to and resignations by sheriff clerks, certificates for prospective writers and other papers concerning the writers, and some papers concerning the Chancery and the Great Seal.
Dates:
1758-1765, undated.