Contemporary copies of state papers, concerning the negotiations between Charles I and the Covenanters, which led up to the Pacification of Berwick and the Covenanters` protestation of 1 July.
Scope and Contents
Also included are the petition of the Scots living in Ireland to the Lord Deputy and Council of Ireland, 1639 (folio 9), and an incomplete treatise `A distinction betweene the Ecclesiasticall Lawe and the Common Lawe`, undated (folio 18).
Dates
- Creation: May-June 1639.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (23 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript was formerly in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps. It was bought by the Advocates’ Library at Sotheby`s, 20 May 1897, lot 650.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
`Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca D. Thomae Phillipps, Bt.` (1837-1871): manuscript 13768.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 03 02 2015
- 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
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