Criminal proceedings: a transcript, circa 1809, made by direction of Thomas Thomson, then Deputy Clerk Register, of two volumes, November 1493 to August 1504 and January 1507 to July 1513, forming part of the original records of the High Court of Justiciary.
Dates
- Creation: 1493-1504, 1507-1513.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (v + 180 folios; 189 folios; 180 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The transcripts were presented to the Advocates` Library in 1880 by the Clerk of Justiciary.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates.
Existence and Location of Originals
The volumes from which the transcripts were made were formerly in the Advocates` Library (Adv.MSS.21.5.1-21.5.2), having been bought at the sale of Sir Robert Sibbald`s library in 1723. In 1880, by resolution of the Faculty of Advocates (5 March 1880), the volumes were delivered to the Clerk of Justiciary. They are now in HM General Register House.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 11 12 2013
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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