Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of Acts of Parliament of circa 1606-1609 and from the reign of James I to that of James VI and I, early 17th century (folio 1 verso).(ii) A collection of laws in six books, taking its material from the ‘Regiam Maiestatem, the ‘Quoniam attachiamenta’, the early statutes, the burgh and forest laws, etc., 15th-16th century (folio 10). An index is bound in at folio 102.(iii) `Assise et statuta Regis David...

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The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [circa 1500], mid 16th century, of the Regiam Maiestatem, Quoniam attachimenta, burgh and guild laws, forest laws, De judicibus, statutes, and other legal texts, one in Scots, written by David Baldovy, vicar of Guthrie (MS.16497);

Book of Hours, fifteenth-sixteenth century, according to the use of Sarum, in Latin; written and illuminated in the Netherlands (MS.16499).

Scope and Contents The minute book includes: ‘The Laws and Acts of the Fraternity of Chapmen in Stirling Shire’, 1726 (folio 28); the minute of ’incorporation’, ‘having obtained the concurrence of the magistrates of Stirling and of the Justices of the Peace of the shires of Stirling and Clackmannan upon parchment’ (folio 30); election of officials; admission of new members; occasional statement of accounts. On 20 September 1800, the Society resolved to convert itself into ‘The Chapmen Friendly Society of...

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Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:Correspondence, 1840-1872, undated, chiefly between correspondents of James Robert Hope-Scott, including William Gladstone, John Henry Newman, Henry Edward Manning, Nicholas Wiseman and E L Badeley (folios 1-112);Copies of a Bill and an Act relating to Foreign Bishops, 1841 (folios 113-118);Cuttings from German newspapers, 1841-1842 (folios 119-132);A copy (printed) of the funeral sermon by Cardinal Newman for James...

Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) Translation, 17th century, of Jan de Laet`s edition of ‘Lexicon Vitruvianum’. The beginning is missing; the text starts at `Abstantia` and breaks off at `Mataxa`. (Folio 1.)(ii) Article attacking the service-book, circa 1638. (Folio 51.)(iii) Manuscript, 1709, of ‘A Letter directed thus, for Mr James Lyon in Kirkwal’ by James Sands. (Folio 72.)(iv) Copy, late 17th century, of George Buchanan`s...

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The papers consist chiefly of copies of speeches, acts, and official correspondence, reports of proceedings of the Council or Parliament, petitions, and papers concerning legal disputes, in some of which the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale acted as arbitrator.

Scope and Contents Included are papers concerning politics (acts and proceedings of the Parliaments of Scotland and Great Britain, the Union of 1707, Oxford's advice to Queen Anne, Jacobites, the education of the Prince of Wales, Pitt's ministries, loyal addresses to George III, John Wilkes, etc.), economics (Scottish trade, the Bank of Scotland, paper credit, the Equivalent, etc.), foreign affairs (the alliance with France, 1611, and war with France in the mid-eighteenth century), and military affairs (passes...

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...

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The papers begin with copies of papal documents on the foundation of the College of Justice, and include also papers on judges' salaries, receipts by Lord Milton for his salary, petitions of the macers and clerks, acts of sederunt, and papers on points of law.

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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...

Scope and Contents The papers include accounts and abstracts of traffic on the railway, together with minutes of some Annual General Meetings, annual reports, etc., 1840-1833 (folio 1); fortnightly and then four-weekly statements of revenue and expenditure, 1842-1848 (folio 39); a report of an accident, 1841 (folio 103); a book of 'Rules and regulations to be observed by contractors' working on the line, 1846 (folio 110); Acts of Parliament relating to the capital of the company (folio 122); a proposed...

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The majority of the papers concern recruitment, especially by press, the raising of Highland companies in the 1750s, and the affairs of the regiments (35th and 32nd Foot) commanded by Generals Henry and John Fletcher. Also covered are the military establishment in Scotland, Leith Barracks, the military road from Dumbarton to Inverary, proposals for a Scots militia, and promotions.

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The papers consist of early acts of the Bailiery Court and documents concerning the claim of James and Laurence Oliphant of Gask to the office in the first half of the 18th century and their holding of courts.

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The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.

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The papers include copies of acts and proposals to prevent abuses within the Society, 1666-1699 (folio 3); a declaration of loyalty to William III, 1701 (folio 19); and petitions to the Society, 1699-1733 (folio 21).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letters, 1679-1685, undated, to James Aitkins, with copies of two letters written by him. Printed in ‘Miscellany III’, ‘Scottish History Society', 2nd series, volume xix (1919), edited by William Douglas. (Folio 1.)(ii) Birthday exhortation to James, Duke of York, probably written between 1662 and 1671. (Folio 31.)(iii) Instructions, 1636, signed by Charles I, regarding the denunciation of the Priory of St Andrews, the...

Scope and Contents Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Ayr, copy of a report by John Smeaton, 1771, printed Acts of Parliament, 1772, 1794, and correspondence, 1805, (folio 1); (ii) Balbriggan, correspondence, 1818, 1820 (folio 32); (iii) Barton Ferry, correspondence, 1817 (folio 47); (iv) Belfast, reports and letter, 1815, 1817, 1821 (folio 50); (v) Berwick, estimate and correspondence, 1807-1814, 1817, 1820-1821 (folio 74); (vi) Boston, parliamentary bill, 1812, letter, 1821. Further papers mentioning this...