Letters and legal documents of the Napier family of Merchiston.
Content Description
A collection of 55 documents bound into a large volume, ca. 1900, where they are mostly mounted onto the pages. Items 1-29 are legal documents; 30-40 concern early 17th-century family matters; 41-50 concern domestic Scottish affairs during the reign of Charles I, and 51-55 relate to events in the reign of Charles II.
A list of the documents is kept with the volume.
Dates
- Creation: 1465-1689.
Language of Materials
The documents are partly in Latin and partly Scots.
Extent
1 Volumes ; 50 x 34 x 3.9 cm.
Custodial History
The papers were accepted by H M Government in 2020 in lieu of Inheritance Tax on the Estate of the Hon Charles Malcolm Napier. They were subsequently allocated to the National Library of Scotland.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 2022.
Genre / Form
- 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
0131 623 3700
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