Miscellaneous legal papers, elegies and poems., 1596-17th century.
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports of Justiciary Court trials, 1596-1639 - some not in Robert Pitcairn's ‘Criminal Trials’ (Bannatyne Club, 1833) (folio 5); notes of decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 'by my cussine' Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall and by Thomas Veitch, Advocate, 1619-circa 1650 (folio 37); elegies on ministers, seventeenth century (folio 63); and poems, chiefly Royalist and Jacobite (folio 74).
Dates
- Creation: 1596-17th century.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
122 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Arrangement
ii + 120 folios.
Other Finding Aids
A list of contents has been placed at the beginning.
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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