Copies. Derivative objects.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3637 Collections and/or Records:
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.4.7
Dates:
18th century.
Copies, 18th century, of the Poetic Edda and other poems.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.5.2
Dates:
18th century.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.7.1-28.7.2
Dates:
1641, 1721, and before.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, volume 1., 1641, 1708, and before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.7.1
Scope and Contents
The Orders in this manuscript are unnumbered and do not correspond with those in later copies. The latest Order is dated 1707/1708. This is followed (folio 52) by a note of an Order made in 1641. There is no index.
Dates:
1641, 1708, and before.
Copies, 18th century, of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, volume 2., 1721, and before.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.28.7.2
Scope and Contents
This volume contains an index, followed (folio 9) by numbers 1-115 of the Orders, the last of which is dated 1721.
Dates:
1721, and before.
Copies, 18th century, of various legal papers, 16th and 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.21.3.16
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
Copies, 18th century, of various poems of Alexander Robertson of Strowan (folio 1); and poems of Caroline Oliphant, daughter of Laurence Blair Oliphant of Gask (folio 33)., ?18th century-?1st half of 19th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.9.10
Dates:
?18th century-?1st half of 19th century.
Copies, 19th century, and original papers collected by Sir William Fraser, 16th century-1793.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.25
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Latin legal abbreviations, 16th century. (Folio 1.)(ii) Speech in Latin addressed to `domine doctissime coeterique commilitones mei suavissimi`, in praise of modesty. Late 16th or early 17th century. (Folio 2.)(iii) Transcript, 19th century, of the Register of the Privy Council of Scotland, 3 February, 1590, concerning the slaughter of David Taillor by William Spottiswood of that Ilk and others. Cf. ‘The...
Dates:
16th century-1793.
Copies, 1593 to 18th century, of Sir James Balfour of Pittendrigh, ‘Practicks’.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.24.2.4-24.2.4(b)
Dates:
[Circa 1579.]
Copies, 1636-1637, of documents and notes of Sir James Balfour on ecclesiastical history.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.32
Scope and Contents
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: W.4.16.The contents are as follows:
(i) Copies of commissions, 1626, passing under the great seal (page 1);
(ii) Several proclamations, 1626 (page 13);
(iii) Names of the Sheriffs, Stewards, and Bailies of Scotland, 1606 (page 24);
(iv) Articles and other documents concerning the commission anent tiends (page 28);
(v) Documents connected with the introduction of the Service Book, 1637,...
Dates:
1st half of 17th century.
Copies, 1642, of various works, 1529-1549, made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.3
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:
(i) `A Descriptione of the Westerne Iles of Scotland` by Sir Donald Monro, 1549 (folio 1).
(ii) `Geneologies of the cheiff clans of the lies` by Sir Donald Monro, n.d. (folio 20).
(iii) `Descriptio Insularum Orchadiarum` by John Ben, 1529 (folio 24).
Dates:
1529, 1549.
Copies, 1648-1649, of assessments of taxes and payments to the Exchequer by Sir Robert Innes, Baronet, of Innes, on lands of Delney and Milntoun of Meddat, with a letter, 1650, of John Rawson, Perth., 1648-1650.
Series
Identifier: Ch.A.82-83
Copies, 1688, by J M (possibly James Man) of documents, 1398-1677, concerning Aberdeen.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.6
Dates:
1398-1577.
Copies, 1706 or after, of the `Commission for a Treatie of Union Betwixt Scotland and England`, 1702; of the `Letters Patent for Reviving the Order of the Thistle`, 1687; and of patents of the titles of various Scottish peers, 1631-1706 (these have been fully indexed)., 1631-1706
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2(xvi), folios 276-288
Scope and Contents
Interposed is the style for a `Signature of Resignation of ward lands changed from simple to taxtwards with a Novodamus and ane Erection of a burgh of barony`, folio 286. At least 7 folios are missing after folio 288.
Dates:
1631-1706
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Volume containing inter alia translations or copies, 1706 or after, of treatises on maritime law, chancery styles, and Crown patrimony, an index to Stair’s ‘Institutions of the Law of Scotland’, and copies of Scottish patents, 16th and 17th century.
Copies, 1725-1726, of Great Seal charters of the 14th and early 15th centuries, made by John Corss, Keeper of the Records.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.35.6.1-35.6.2
Scope and Contents
Each volume has an elaborate title-page and an index of personal names.
Dates:
14th century-early 15th century.
Copies, 1725, of charters of Robert I, II and III and of Robert Duke of Albany as Governor, 14th and early 15th centuries., 14th century-early 15th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.1
Scope and Contents
The charters were copied from the 12 rolls which then as now were all that had survived. Corss`s numbering differs in some respects from that now current: his 2nd and 3rd rolls are now 3 and 2, his 7th and 8th are now 8 and 7, his 9th and 10th are now 9, consequently his 11th and 12th are 10 and 11, and his second for Albany is now 12. He omits the damaged deeds at the beginnings of his numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 11 and 12. The index is to each roll separately.
Dates:
14th century-early 15th century.
Copies, 1726, of charters of David II, 14th century., 14th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.2
Scope and Contents
The charters were copied from the surviving volume. Corss does not include the early charters of Robert II which are in the same volume.
Dates:
14th century.
Copies, 1727 or before, in various hands, of papers concerning Mary Queen of Scots and her reign, apparently collected by James Anderson.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.1.19
Scope and Contents
Although not published in the work, James Anderson appears to have collected the material comprising this manuscript for his ‘Collections Relating to the History of Mary Queen of Scotland’ (Edinburgh and London, 1727-1728). A draft of articles of co-partnery between Anderson, his son-in-law John Leitch, and his son Patrick, to publish the Collections is at folio 21. Among the papers copied are:the marriage articles of Mary and François II, 1558 (folio 13 verso);...
Dates:
1558-1620.
Copies, 1799-1811, of the will and codicils of the 1st Earl of Minto, with legal papers, 1806-1807, concerning the vesting of his estate in trustees during his absence in India., 1799-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11176
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1799-1811.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
Copies, [?1845-1847], of documents, 1489-1663, and notes etc., 1845-1847, of John Riddell, concerning the successful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to that title., 1489-1663, 1845-1847.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
Dates:
1489-1663, 1845-1847.
Copies, 1849, of parts of MS.15927 sections (i) and (ii): “A genealogical account of the MacRa's …”, and an incomplete history of the Campbells of Craignish., [Before 1705], 1786, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.15928
Dates:
[Before 1705], 1786, undated.
Copies, [?1850-1855] of documents, 1457-1665, and accounts, etc., 1850-1855, of John Riddell concerning the unsuccessful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to the title of Duke of Montrose., 1457-1665, 1850-1855.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the correspondence is addressed to James Law, Writer to the Signet, who acted as London agent in many Peerage Cases in which Riddell was involved; and much of it is from other lawyers.
Dates:
1457-1665, 1850-1855.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Additional papers to the collection of John Riddell, the Peerage lawyer.
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Correspondence and papers of John Riddell concerning the unsuccessful claim of James Lindsay, 24th Earl of Crawford, to the title of Duke of Montrose (created 1488).
Copies, 1910, of minutes, 1853, of the Commercial Bank of Scotland concerning the portrait of Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank, painted by Sir John Watson Gordon in 1854, and restored to the Bank by Paul`s great-grandson, Robert C Paul in 1910., 1853.
Item
Identifier: Ch.4546
Dates:
1853.
Copies and drafts of correspondence concerning the duel fought between James Stuart and Lord Macartney., 1786.
File
Identifier: MS.8439
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates:
1786.
Copies and drafts of letters and dispatches of the 1st Earl of Minto to the Chairman and Court of Directors., 1807-1811.
File
Identifier: MS.11339
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1807-1811.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.
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Correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto with the Chairman and Directors of the East India Company.