Financial papers chiefly of the Earls of Wigtown., 1600-1758.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Financial papers, 1600-1701, mostly bonds, discharges and personal accounts, of the Earls of Wigtown and their children. (Folio 1.) This is XIV A 1-14 in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770). (ii) Note of annualrents, 1647; personal expenses, 1715-1716, 1734, of the Earl of Wigtown; and account, 1756-1758, of the Honourable Charles Elphinstone. (Folio 203.) This is XIV D 1, 4, 6, 7 in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770). (iii) Part of the account, 1527, of the Earl of Cassillis as Chamberlain of Galloway. (Folio 224.) The complete account is published in ‘The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland’, volume xv (Edinburgh, 1895) pages 314-317. This is XVIB 11 in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770).
Dates
- Creation: 1600-1758.
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Extent
227 Leaves
Arrangement
227 folios.
Genre / Form
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