Five documents, bound in a volume, detailing the losses suffered on various parts of the Earl of Wigtown`s estates during the Civil War, 1643-1652.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(1) Statement by the Kirk Session of Denny, 1646, concerning the baronies of Temple Denny and Herbertshire, with the lands of Catscleuch, of losses in 1645 (£7,446);
(2), (3) Two copies of statement by the Kirk Session of Lenzie, 1651, of losses since the Battle of Dunbar (£35,050-13-4);
(4) Statement by the Commissioners for Lenzie, 1652, of losses since 10 October, 1650 (£2,510 sterling);
(5) General statement of the Earl of Wigtown`s losses from 1643 to 1650 (£386,666-13-4).
On folio i is a contents` list (this was restored in 1975 from the Phillipps Papers in the Bodleian Library, Oxford).
Dates
- Creation: 1646-1652.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (5 items, various sizes, in a folio volume.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The volume belonged to James Maidment (defaced bookplate) and to Sir Thomas Phillipps (bought from Thorpe in 1833). The number 996 on a label formerly on the front cover, now inside, refers to the Phillipps sale at Sotheby’s, 11 June 1898, where it was bought by the Advocates’ Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 05 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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