Oaths. Testimonies.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Any forms of attestation by which persons signify that they are bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully; also affirmations of the truth of a statement given before testifying, as in a court of law.
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).
Dates:
17th century.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of Scottish historical documents, for the most part copies from the Cotton Library, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts B’., 17th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.19
Scope and Contents
A collection copied by various hands without sufficient accuracy, possibly for Matthew Crawford.The contents are as follows:
(i) Letter, 3 May 1582, of Sir John Foster to Secretary Walsingham.
(ii) Advertisement out of Scotland, 22 June 1582.
(iii) Letter, 20 August 1582, of the Queen of England to the King of Scotland.
(iv) Depositions of George Douglas sent the 14 September from Stirling, and received the 20 September at Windsor. ‘Septr. 28 1582’.
(v) The heads whereof George...
Dates:
17th century.
The Assurance signed by the freeholders of Selkirkshire before proceeding to elect a member of parliament., 1768.
Item
Identifier: Ch.B.26
Dates:
1768.
The Oath of Allegiance taken by the freeholders of Selkirkshire., 1792, 1793.
Item
Identifier: Ch.B.27
Dates:
1792, 1793.
The Oath of Allegiance, the Assurance, and the Oath of Abjuration taken by the freeholders of Selkirkshire., 1801-1803.
Item
Identifier: Ch.B.36
Dates:
1801-1803.
Various papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1326-1807, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1498
Scope and Contents
Contains the papers of the following: Jacobites, 1715-1745; Keithhall, Kinkell and Kintore, 1753; Kildonan, 1763; Kilmonivaig, 1768; Leith Incorporation of Carters, 1807; Liberton Poor's Funds, 1759-1761; Medical prescriptions, receipts, etc., 1727, undated; Midlothian roads, undated; Montrose bridge, 1770; Oaths of Allegiance etc., 1691, 1754; Parliament of Scotland, 1326, circa 1703-1704; Peers (Scots), 1708-1709, 1770.
Dates:
1326-1807, undated.