Memorials. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: In a legal context the term can denote either an abstract of the essential parts of a deed made for the purposes of official registration, or else a brief prepared by a solictor for counsel, summarizing the facts of the case and setting out the questions on which counsel's opinion is requested. Also, a term used in the early modern period as an alternative to memorandum, meaning a note recording something to be remembered. For the latter use use 'Memorandums'. Source: Beal, Peter. 'Dictionary of English manuscript terminology, 1450-2000' (2008). In Scots law a memorial is also a statement of facts submitted to the Lord Ordinary as a preliminary to a hearing. Source: Concise Scots Dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1987).
Found in 188 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of James Aitkins, Bishop of Galloway.
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Identifier: MS.3012
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...
Dates:
1636-1709, undated.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate, and of his clients, and papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of his clients., 1658-1773.
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Identifier: MS.1526
Scope and Contents
Contains papers of the following: Baird, James, Writer to the Signet, 1707; Bourchier, Charles, Governor of Madras, 1773; Cochrane, 1st Earl of Dundonald, 1658; Dempster of Pitliver, 1694-1703; Grant of Balindalloch, 1770-1771; Hamilton, 7th Duke of Hamilton, 1758-1759.
Dates:
1658-1773.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, as Treasurer of the Navy, concerning the bankruptcy of James Hubbald, Principal Clerk in the Navy Pay Office., 1775.
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Identifier: MS.11038
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1775.
Papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale concerning public affairs., 1701-1711, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14497-14498
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1701-1711, undated.
Papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale concerning public affairs., 1702-1711, undated.
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Identifier: MS.14498
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Memorial, [1703], for Dr Richard Waddell, Archdeacon of St. Andrews (folio 1);(ii) Report, 1704, of the Commissioners for Examining the Public Accounts (folio 5);(iii) ‘Ane abreviat of the customes from November 1702 to November 1704' (folio 17);(iv) Representation, 13 June 1704, of the Duke of Queensberry and the Earl of Cromarty to the Queen on behalf of Sir Andrew Forrester (folio 19);(v) Copy of...
Dates:
1702-1711, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale concerning public affairs.
Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale concerning the Court of Session., 1721-1754, undated.
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Identifier: MS.14520
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the following:(i) Papers, 1721-1725, concerning the attempted appointment of Patrick Haldane of Gleneagles as a judge of the Court of Session (folio 1);(ii) Answers, 1725, for the King's Solicitor to the petition of Margaret Jamieson (folio 109);(iii) ‘The alterations proposed to be made in the Criminall Law of Scotland*, undated (folio 111);(iv) Memoranda, 1754, concerning the appointment of Thomas Hay of Huntingdon as a...
Dates:
1721-1754, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of individual members of the family of Hay of Yester.
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Papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Political and miscellaneous papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale, including material concerning Lord James Hay and Lord Charles Hay of Linplum.
Papers of the Earls of Lauderdale, chiefly of John, Duke of Lauderdale, with some other papers, collected by William Finlay Watson., 1641-1697, undated.
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Identifier: MS.597
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers relate to the administration of Scotland during the period of the Duke of Lauderdale’s power, and consist of draft letters, warrants, commissions, petitions, memoranda, memorials, etc. They include, e.g. the draft of the letter of Charles II to Mr Robert Douglas to be communicated to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 10 August 1660 (folio 27), printed in R Wodrow, ‘History of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland’ (Glasgow, 1829), volume i, pages 80-81, and ‘The Apologie of...
Dates:
1641-1697, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates chiefly concerning exemptions from Jury Service.
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Identifier: F.R.339r/17
Dates:
1793-1814.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1688-1699, undated.
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Identifier: F.R.339r/11(iii)
Dates:
1688-1699, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
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Identifier: F.R.339r/12
Dates:
1690-1695, 1731, 1749-1790, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library relating to the printing of the Catalogue.
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Identifier: F.R.339e/15
Dates:
1733-1750.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1660-[circa 1834].
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Identifier: MS.14754
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Note, 1660, of the conditions agreed between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and William Knowles for draining the moss of Crombieside in the barony of Duncanlaw (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1681-1826, being chiefly contracts, memorials and petitions concerning Gifford village, including material relating to Gifford paper mill (folio 3);(iii) Timber contracts and articles of roup, 1703-1773 (folio 47);(iv) Articles of...
Dates:
1660-[circa 1834].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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General and East Lothian papers.
Papers relating to Captain John Slezer., 1688, 1693, undated.
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Identifier: MS.573, folios 92-97
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Instructions, 1688, with the impressed seal of King James VII, King of Scotland, superscribed by him and signed by the Earl of Melfort, to Lieutenant-General the Honourable James Douglas, Master of the Ordnance in Scotland, containing a reference to John Slezer, Lieutenant of Artillery (folio 92);Letter, 1693, and abbreviat of Memorial, undated, of Slezer, relating to the costs of printing his 'Theatrum Scotiae' and the money due by the...
Dates:
1688, 1693, undated.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1740-1751.
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Identifier: MS.17684
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1740-1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1752-1754.
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Identifier: MS.17685
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1752-1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1755-1756.
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Identifier: MS.17686
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1755-1756.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1757.
File
Identifier: MS.17687
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1757.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1758-1763, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17688
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1758-1763, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1717-1760, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17677-17678
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1717-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1717-1750.
File
Identifier: MS.17677
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1717-1750.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1751-1760, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17678
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1751-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree.
Particular accounts., 1644-1692.
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Identifier: MS.14626
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Account, 1644, of James Murray, merchant, Edinburgh, for his brother, Robert (folio 1);(ii) Account, 1646, of marriage expenses of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale (folio 2);(iii) Receipt, 13 July 1650, by Major Robert Scott 'to have received from Jon Lord Hay of Yester two horsemen' (folio 4);(iv) Accounts and related papers, 1650-1686, concerning the Tweeddale fortune, being inventories and notes of debts of the...
Dates:
1644-1692.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Personal, household and estate accounts of the Hays of Yester.
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Personal and household (Yester, Edinburgh and London) and Yester estates accounts.
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Accounts and related papers of, to or concerning the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, or Jean, Countess of Tweeddale.
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Particular and classified accounts.
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Particular accounts.
Petitions, memorials, and copies of letters, and accounts concerning the office of Secretary of State., 1716-1721, 1734-1762.
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Identifier: MS.7080
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of the letters addressed to the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (MSS.7044-7074) date from 1742 to 1745 and are written to the Marquess in his capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland. They include regular letters on Scottish affairs from the Keeper of the Signet, the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General, and others; a series of letters (mostly copies and in duplicate) on the progress of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion from Sir John Cope and others; and a large number of letters soliciting the...
Dates:
1716-1721, 1734-1762.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.
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Petitions, memorials, and copies of letters, and accounts concerning the office of Secretary of State, 1716-1721, 1734-1762; and letters, 1743-1745, of Lord Charles Hay.
Petitions, memorials, and copies of letters, and accounts concerning the office of Secretary of State, 1716-1721, 1734-1762; and letters, 1743-1745, of Lord Charles Hay. , 1716-1762.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7080-7081
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Most of the letters addressed to the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale (MSS.7044-7074) date from 1742 to 1745 and are written to the Marquess in his capacity as Secretary of State for Scotland. They include regular letters on Scottish affairs from the Keeper of the Signet, the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General, and others; a series of letters (mostly copies and in duplicate) on the progress of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion from Sir John Cope and others; and a large number of letters soliciting the...
Dates:
1716-1762.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.