Commissions. Permissions.
Found in 166 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of George Brown, the Provost., 1791, 1812.
Comprises: factory, 1791, of the Earl of Findlater and Seafield, and commission, 1812, as Deputy Lieutenant of Morayshire.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of various clients., 1735-1768, undated.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1437-1912, undated.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1570-1764.
Patent given by the Archduke Albert, conferring the captaincy of a company of Walloons, Brussels., 1603.
Photocopies of miscellaneous papers of and concerning David Livingstone., 1825-1858.
Political papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, being largely Scottish Privy Council and Parliamentary papers., 1660-[circa 1697], undated.
Power to muster troops, given to John Forbes., 1649.
Presentation of Thomas Urquhart to the church of Dallas by Alexander, bishop of Moray., 1687.
An inventory is available.
Procuratory by William Home for premonishing and charging John Steuart of Balshagrie and George Campbell as apprysors of the lands and barony of Inveryne., 14 June 1652.
Proforma commission to American Indians in British service granted to Lieutenant Vere Bogle., 21 April 1742.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of Scottish historical documents, for the most part copies from the Cotton Library, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts B’., 17th century.
Tack and commission of excise given to Forbes of Culloden., 1649, 1681.
Two commissions, September-October 1745, signed by John Murray of Broughton to the Earl of Kellie and Robert Douglas, son of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, for the collection of the land tax in Fife, with an unaddressed order, 3 January 1746, signed by the Earl of Cromartie “ordering you to remain with the party under Captain Farquharson's command in Fife, who is hereby ordered to be aiding and assisting to you in bringing in the revenues of the shire”., 1745, 1746.
Various commissions and honours., 1857-1902.
1858-1902. Various commissions and honours. Includes consular commissions, warrants, honorary degrees, letters of recognition and membership by scientific societies, letters accompanying honours. Includes an honorary G.C.M.G. for the Sultan of Zanzibar, and a reference for Kirk by W.J. Hooker relating to a professorial chair in Kingston, Canada, 23 November 1857. Detailed lists (not totally accurate) in file.