Petitions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Includes any written requests and lists of signatures submitted to an authority to appeal for the performance of specific action.
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, reports, plans and other papers of John Rennie concerning Bridlington Harbour., 1806, 1810-1816.
File
Identifier: MS.19790 (part 1)
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The contents are as follows.
(i) Bridlington, correspondence, 1810-1816, and reports, plans and other papers, 1806, 1811-1813, 1815 (folio 1);
(ii) Bridport, correspondence, 1809 (folio 142);
(iii) Bristol, printed memoranda, 1800, 1802, and a transcript of the evidence given by William Jessop concerning the harbour works, with John Rennie's comments, 1803 (folio 160);
(iv) Buckie, reports and letter, 1780, 1808, 1810 (folio 210);
(v) Burntisland, letter, 1821 (folio 218);
(vl) Chatham,...
Dates:
1806, 1810-1816.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the Crawford family.
File
Identifier: Acc.11351
Dates:
1586-1830.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11350
Dates:
1619-1845.
Deeds and printed petitions concerning the Minto family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11349
Dates:
1745-1922.
Deeds, printed petitions, vouchers and accounts concerning the families of Lockhart of Lee and of Hay of Tweeddale.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11348
Dates:
1599-1819.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
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Identifier: Acc.12092/6
Scope and Contents
Contains:144. Account between John Skene of Halyeards and Mr Thomas Skene, 1690-99. 1700.145. Testament dative of Mr Thomas Skein, advocat who deceased November 1700. Inventory given up by Beatrix Hepburne his relict. [part torn away] after 16 August 1701.146. Copy disposition by Elisabeth Ker, relict of Mr Christopher Irvein, Dr of medicine in. Edinburgh to her son, John Irveine of a bond for 1200 merks granted by Sir William Ker of Greenhead, Kt, Bt...
Dates:
1666-1752.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
`Documents relating to Scotch regiments of Wood, Douglas and Hamilton 1715-21` (folio 1); `Papers relating to the project of reforming the Brigade in 1758-59 and to the recall during the war in America 1776` (folio 50); `Petitions etc. sent to the Council of State 1702-9’ (folio 57); ‘Resolutions taken by the Council of State 1701-17’ (folio 68)., 1701-1776.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.3.15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
It was originally Ferguson`s intention to print Dutch text and English translation of all Dutch documents quoted, but this scheme had to be abandoned for reasons of space, and only the English translations were ultimately printed (Volume I, page xxxiii). Before this change of plan, the Dutch texts had been inserted into the appropriate places of the manuscript of Volume I and part of Volume II; the rest are preserved separately, Adv.MSS.81.3.15-81.3.23.Summaries and extracts of...
Dates:
1701-1776.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscript of, and additional material relating to, ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson [of Kinmundy, Sheriff of Forfarshire], Scottish History Society, 1st Series, Volumes 32 (1899), 35 (1899) and 38 (1901).
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Texts of documents not inserted into the manuscript (Adv.MSS.81.3.1-81.3.14) of ‘Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the Service of the United Netherlands 1572-1782’, edited by James Ferguson.
Draft petitions and other papers (thirteen items in total) connected with the rising of 1745., [Circa 1748.]
File
Identifier: MS.1004, folios 6-26
Dates:
[Circa 1748.]
Ecclesiastical correspondence and papers., 1768-1866.
File
Identifier: MS.15470
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) General correspondence on ecclesiastical matters, 1768-1863. Included are three letters, 1835, of and to the Reverend Thomas Chalmers D.D. Other writers are George Long, classical scholar and editor of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Biographical Dictionary; and Henry Burgess, the theologian. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters of and to John Inglis Chalmers, 5th of Auldbar (died 1868), on episcopal church affairs, 1860-1866. (Folio 45.)
(iii)...
Dates:
1768-1866.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.13362
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1781-1783.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1790-1792, 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13363
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1790-1792, 1806.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Estate papers of the Cameron family., 1742-1863, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9174/13-15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates:
1742-1863, undated.
Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1771-1820, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.12952-13059
Scope and Contents
Hugh Elliot was British ambassador successively in Munich and Ratisbon, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris, Dresden and Naples, then governor of the Leeward Islands, and finally of Madras.
Elliot was partly educated in France, and from 1770 until his withdrawal from Naples in 1806 he was almost permanently on the Continent. His diplomatic papers, especially those relating to the Copenhagen and Naples embassies, are rich in material for the general political history of Europe. He also enjoyed wide...
Dates:
1771-1820, undated.
Family papers, including correspondence, genealogies and inventories of documents, some concerning business of George Skene in Danzig, Poland., 1597-1709.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/5
Scope and Contents
Contains:
85. Summons at the instance of James Murray of Halzardis against his tenants of Halkernis and Toddis hauch for nonpayment of rent - Joseph Dowglas in Halkernis and Elizabeth Thomesoun his spouse, Alexander Mathy there, John Wilsoun there, James Sammell there, John Bell in Halbernis, Marioun Dicksoun, Thomas Tait in Halbernis, James Zoung in Toddishauch and Margaret Polwarth, James Wast her son and James Zoung her spouse. Edinburgh, 24 March 1597.[On an attached sheet is...
Dates:
1597-1709.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Financial and legal papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1642-1690, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14485
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of the following:(i) Petition, [circa 1658], of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to the Commissioners for the Administration of Justice concerning Elizabeth and Lilias Hamilton, daughters of Sir Andrew Hamilton, younger, of Innerwick (died 1640), with discharges, 1660-1690, by Elizabeth and Lilias Hamilton (folio 1);(ii) Financial papers, 1667-1687, concerning Colonel James Lothian and his children (folio 60);(iii) Financial papers,...
Dates:
1642-1690, 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 1st Marquess of Tweeddale.
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Financial, legal and miscellaneous papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale.
Financial papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire., 1725-1847, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10890
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: account-book, 1807-1816 (folio 1); miscellaneous accounts, 1726-1847 (folio 30); miscellaneous memoranda, petitions, reports, etc., 1725, 1834, undated (folio 143).
Dates:
1725-1847, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly eighteenth to nineteenth century, of the Grahams of Airth.
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Airth estate papers.
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Papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire, particularly on the carse, but including material relating to the reconstruction of Stirling Bridge in 1823.
Formal documents from the papers of Andrew Rutherfurd, Lord Rutherfurd, Senator of the College of Justice.
Series
Identifier: Ch.8896-8907
Dates:
1805-circa 1852.
Genealogical and legal papers.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.13
Scope and Contents
(i) Copy of `Appeal to the House of Lords, George Udny v. John Henry Allat or Udny and William Skinner: Supplemental Joint Appendix [list of interlocutors in the case and genealogical tree of the family of Udny of Udny]’, London, 1866. (Folios 1-11.)(ii) Printed list of witnesses in the trial of Thomas Hardy, indicted for High Treason, 1794. The names of the witnesses are annotated, e.g. `L.C.S.` [London Corresponding Society], `informer`, etc. (Folios 12-15.)(iii)...
Dates:
1794-1866.
General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14750-14756
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:
1541-1891, undated.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.1966
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.
Dates:
1628-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1851-1878, undated, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1851-1882, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1967
Scope and Contents
On folios 264-272 is an 'Inventory of titles, books and documents of the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate', 1882.
Dates:
1851-1882, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate.
Historical papers formerly belonging to the antiquary Robert Mylne.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.2.1
Scope and Contents
The papers mostly concern events in Scotland from 1637 to 1652, and include copies of acts, proclamations, petitions, etc. The subjects include the service book, the National Covenant, teinds, and the College of Justice. There is also a copy of ‘Irene’ by William Drummond of Hawthornden (folio 213). A list has been inserted of those items which have been published.There are a few notes by Mylne, identifying some of the papers. His instructions for binding the collection and his...
Dates:
Late 16th century-17th century.
House of Lords appeals, various cases., 1981-1989.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10046/1-6
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Professional papers as counsel, 1979-89, of David A O Edward, QC, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, 1985-9, and from 1989 a Judge of the European Community Court of the First Instance.
Dates:
1981-1989.
Inventory, compiled 19 Aug 1712, of writs belonging to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, received by Ronald Campbell, Writer to the Signet, 31 December 1712 (folio 1), together with a printed Petition for Colonel John Erskin of Carnock against John Corss, 21 Feb 1709 (folio 29) and printed Answers for John Corss, Writer in Edinburgh [to the foregoing 1709] (folio 31)., 1709, 1712.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.9.15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Dates:
1709, 1712.
Jacobite letters and papers assembled by Donald Louis Nicholas.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8611
Scope and Contents
Concerning the Pretenders and members of their families, and the Risings of 1715 and 1745.The letters are as follows:1. Letter 17 June 1709 of Prince James Francis Edward, The Old Pretender, to Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Duc de Villars, meréchal de France.2. Letter 28 July 1709 of Mary of Modena, Queen Consort of James II, King of Great Britain.3. Letter 4 May 1711 of The Old Pretender to the Duc de Villars.4. Letter 13 June...
Dates:
1709-1793, 1821, 1824 and undated.