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Indexes. Reference sources.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Lists, usually in alphabetical order, of persons and/or subjects referred to in documents, with location of references thereto.

Found in 524 Collections and/or Records:

Volume begun at both ends by John Hamilton for lecture notes and later for other uses, and subsequently used to contain a catalogue of the books in the Gray Library, Haddington., 1639-1658, 1740.

 File
Identifier: MS.16482
Scope and Contents Volume begun at both ends containing lecture notes, 1639-1640, on the works of Aristotle by John Hamilton, who has used it subsequently to contain records of receipts and payments, 1656-1658, as minister (folio 24-30), a list of his books (folio 99 inverted), and an index to his sermons (folio 101 inverted). In 1740 it was used to contain a catalogue of the books in the Gray Library, Haddington (f.121 inverted), possibly for stocktaking purposes, the list being signed at the beginning and...
Dates: 1639-1658, 1740.

Volume containing brief notes of James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1825-?1831.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.18
Scope and Contents

The material consists for the most part of references to printed works relating to the county and to various places within, recorded between 1825, the date of the watermark, and at least 1831 (folio 85); preceded by an index at folios 2-13, the leaves of which have been cut and lettered (as in a ledger) for the purpose. Several of the leaves (folios 22, 40, 61-84) are blank.

Dates: 1825-?1831.

Volume containing genealogical and other notes in a number of early 18th-century hands.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.3
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) a chronological list of hereditary and other offices under the Great Seal, and the names of those to whom they were granted, from 1499 to 1650 (folio 1);(ii) an inventory of the writs of the lands and barony of Tulliallan arranged chronologically from 1402 to 1536 (folio 25 verso);(iii) notes from writs then in the possession of David Erskine concerning the Earls of Countesses of Buchan and some other peers...
Dates: Early 18th century.

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.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.2
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is in the hand of Robert Mylne, and his initials are recorded on the inside front cover. The latest document is dated 1706, and the manuscript was probably written soon after that date. On the flyleaf a contemporary hand has written `This Book Considering the Valuable Miscellanies therein cannot be sold under ten dollars at least [[ … ]] I.V.G.`

Dates: 16th century-1706.

Volume, entitled "Assorted Gregg papers, volume 1 'our German, pilgrim/Quaker ancestors'", containing research papers, compiled by Sheila McGregor, with an index., 1999.

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Identifier: Acc.11713/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Material concerning the history and genealogy of the McGregors, including printed items and a full set of the journal "The Quaich", 1989-1997.The arrangement and description of the papers from the Clan Gregor Centre was undertaken by Sheila McGregor on behalf of the Centre. The described papers represent the activities of a small number of people who collected and compiled them over many years, combining traditional knowledge with research to both preserve and extend information...
Dates: 1999.

Volume entitled `Diplomata Brittannodunensia` (folio 2) containing transcripts of documents relating to Dumbartonshire, made by James Dennistoun for a projected history of Dumbartonshire., 1826-?1834.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.20
Scope and Contents

The transcripts are preceded (folio 3) by an alphabetical index of topics. The volume was `Begun 1830` and continued until at least 1834 (folio 105 verso), but the first two items are copies made by him in 1826 and 1828. About one third (folios 42, 72-75, 81, 95-101 and all after folio 105) of the volume is blank.

Dates: 1826-?1834.

Volume entitled `Statuti della Mercanzia` (folio 1) containing a copy in a 17th-century hand of the statutes on trade enacted under Francesco de` Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, shortly after his accession in 1574.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.2.9
Scope and Contents

The text of the work, which is in three books, is preceded by an engraved title page (folio 1), lists of contents (folio 3) and an index of the most frequently occurring topics (folio 7), and is followed by additional statutes dated 1522-1523, 1526, 1528, 1613, and other material (folio 184).

Dates: 1522-1613.

Volume of genealogies and poems in the hand of Robert Mylne, engraver, son of the writer and antiquary of the same name (see folio 82), with a few additions by his father.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.3.24
Scope and Contents The following dates of writing are given: 15 September 1712 (folio 2), 10 April 1713 (folio 76), 13 November 1712 (folio 80).The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `The Pourtrait of True Loyalty exposed in the Family of Gordon, without interruption to this present year of God, 1691. With a copious relation of the siege of the Castle of Edinburgh in the year 1689. By W.S. An. 1691.` The original manuscript of this work, which was in Blairs College, Aberdeen...
Dates: 1338, circa 1670-1732.

Volume of works relating to Scots law chiefly in hands of the late seventeenth century., Late 15th century-early 18th century.

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Identifier: MS.3171
Scope and Contents The volume contains three sections, written by different persons.(i) The Law Repertory of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie (folio 1). The text contains several differences from the copies of this work in Adv.MS.24.3.2 and MS.943. In other hands, some more modern, are: a note stating that the work 'is thought to have bein done by Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigy, lately on of the Lords of Session, & compiled by him for his readier use when he was ane Advocat' (folio 1); occasional...
Dates: Late 15th century-early 18th century.

Volume on ecclesiastical antiquities, being the first part of a work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical and secular antiquities of Scotland., 1700-1707, or after.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.8
Scope and Contents The volume, known and frequently cited as ‘Scotia Sacra’, contains an account of the introduction and spread of Christianity in Scotland (page 1), and brief historical descriptions of the various Scottish dioceses, as well as those of Carlisle (page 219) and Durham (page 339) down to the later 17th century (page 63). Each account is followed by a list of bishops and notes on the various monasteries and other religious houses located in the diocese, with notes on some of the abbots and other...
Dates: 1700-1707, or after.

Volume on secular antiquities, being the second part of a work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical and secular antiquities of Scotland., 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.9(i)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The two volumes, known and frequently cited as `Hay`s Memoirs`, contain accounts of varying lengths and detail of titled, landed and other Scottish families, preceded by contents lists, and followed by indexes of names and, in 34.1.9(i), lists of books relating to the subject by Scottish writers (folio 347 verso), Irish writers (folio 360), and English writers (folio 361 verso), and by accounts of Scotsmen who died abroad (folio 365). In addition to four architectural drawings of (the...
Dates: 1700-1707, or after.

Volume on secular antiquities, being the third part of a work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical and secular antiquities of Scotland., 1700-1707, or after.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.1.9(ii)
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The two volumes, known and frequently cited as `Hay`s Memoirs`, contain accounts of varying lengths and detail of titled, landed and other Scottish families, preceded by contents lists, and followed by indexes of names and, in 34.1.9(i), lists of books relating to the subject by Scottish writers (folio 347 verso), Irish writers (folio 360), and English writers (folio 361 verso), and by accounts of Scotsmen who died abroad (folio 365). In addition to four architectural drawings of (the...
Dates: 1700-1707, or after.

Volume written in 1796 entitled `Copy Search of Charters, Diplomas, andc in favours of the Peers of Scotland containing the Charts of Dignities and Series of Heirs`.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.3.20
Scope and Contents The volume consists of a collection of copies and extracts of charters and other formal documents dating from the early 14th to the early 18th century from the Register of the Great Seal and the Records in Chancery (folio 2), an appendix concerning certain Scottish peerages (folio 63 verso), a list of the Parliaments of England and of Great Britain (folio 96 verso), names of Scots Representative Peers who sat in the House of Lords in the 18th century (folio 97 verso), and an index to the...
Dates: Early 14th century-18th century.

Volumes containing records of the Gray Library, Haddington., 1639-1885.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16479-16482
Scope and Contents From the Series: The volumes consist of manuscripts compiled by John Gray, minister of Aberlady (who bequeathed his library and a sum of money to the town of Haddington) (MSS 16446-16467), other manuscript volumes written by Gray and by others, which were certainly or possibly in his possession (MSS 16468-16478), and volumes containing records of the Gray Library 1732-1885 (MSS.16479-16482).Printed labels identifying the volumes as manuscripts were pasted to the spines of most of them apparently...
Dates: 1639-1885.

Work in three volumes by Richard Augustine Hay on the ecclesiastical (Adv.MS.34.1.8) and secular (Adv.MSS.34.1.9(i)-34.1.9(ii)) antiquities of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.34.1.8-34.1.9
Scope and Contents

The work is in the same hand as, and was begun probably as the consequence to, Hay’s ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio` (Adv.MS.34.1.10) in 1700 (the date quoted on each title page) and completed in 1707 or later (Adv.MS.34.1.9(ii), folio 62).

Dates: 1700-1707, or after.

Working notes, references and writings of Sir Angus Fraser concerning George Borrow., 1818-1996, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12091/45-71
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).

Dates: 1818-1996, undated.

Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton., Early 18th century-mid 18th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17814-17824
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: Early 18th century-mid 18th century.