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‘Orders and Rules of proceedings in the office of His Majesties Remembrancer of his Court of Exchequer at Westminster, by authority of the Barons, 1696 etc.’

Scope and Contents The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...

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The court was composed of the copiators (writers, and, presumably, apprentices) in the office, who elected an Admiral and other office-holders, the youngest in the office being the Macer of Court, and so on. Fines were imposed for untidiness, fighting, and similar disturbances, and were spent, when a sufficient sum had accumulated, upon a dinner for the members of the court. The court was held in Durie`s office.

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Including:

diary, 1868, of John Maxwell of Baillieston, mostly meteorological

burgess ticket, 1766, of Rutherglen, in favour of Steven Maxwell.

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With:

1. commission, 1814, appointing John Elder a Depute Clerk of Session, signed by Sir Walter Scott amongst others

2. printed regimental order, 1808, of the 1st Regiment Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.

Scope and Contents The contents include:letters signed by the Earl of Arran as Regent in favour of John Mure of Rowallan, 1551;orders to the authorities of Ayrshire to keep order, with special reference to the rescue of the Covenanter David Houston, 1688;a statement regarding the conduct of the Earl Marischal on the death of Queen Anne at Sheriffmuir, 1768;letters of Sir James Hall, chiefly to Dr Alexander Marcet, 1804-1813;papers relating to Gretna...

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With copy of the speech to the King by John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl Stair, made at the Council of War at Worms, 23 August 1744.

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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).