Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel.
Scope and Contents
The register contains copies of papal bulls and other documents concerning the Chapel, dated from 1501 to 1537.
The text is all in Lambert`s hand, except for folios 41-42, and there are large calligraphic initials. Each folio is signed by James Primrose, clerk to the Privy Council; this was probably done in 1621 when the Register and other documents of the Chapel Royal were put into his keeping for transfer to the Bishop of Dunblane (see ‘Register of the Privy Council of Scotland’, xii, pages 441-442, 444-447). A leaf is missing between folios 48 and 49. There is a list of contents in a 16th-century hand on folio 51, 16th-century inscriptions by Robert Hutsoun and Alexander Thomsone appear on folio i verso and one signed T H, `I.R.6.5` (?1571), on folio 51 verso.
Dates
- Creation: 1501-1537.
Extent
1 Volumes (i + 51 folios.)
Language of Materials
Latin
Arrangement
Collation: 1⁸ (+1 before 1), 2-3⁸, 4⁶, 5¹⁰, 6⁶, 7⁶ (-3). Large catchwords at the end of gatherings 2-4; small catchwords on the rectos and versos of many leaves.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Vellum.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm available: Mf.Sec.MSS.465.
Bibliography
‘Register of the Privy Council of Scotland’, xii (1619-1622).
The entries at folios 35-38 verso are printed in ‘Miscellaneous papers principally illustrative of the reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI’, edited by Andrew Macgeorge (Maitland Club, 1834), pages 135-138.
Physical Description
0.00 linear metresi + 51 folios.250.00 x 350.00 millimetres
Dimensions
250.00 x 350.00 millimetres
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 27 07 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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