Commissions. Permissions.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Includes authorizations granting the power to perform a task or duty and documents appointing or hiring someone to perform a task.
Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
Business and personal papers of William Sim, colour manufacturer.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.103- is now Acc.4496.
Dates:
1837-1925.
Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne., 12th century-1553.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.18 (2 of 2)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Confirmation by William I of gift by Hugh and William Giffard to the church of St. Andrews of the church of Tealing. Kincardine, 1189x1195. (Hugh de Roxburgh, chancellor; no date). Printed in ‘Regesta regum Scotorum’, volume ii, number 358.(ii) Confirmation, [1173-1178], by William I of gift by Walter, son of Philip to the church of St. Andrews of the land of Adhebrecces. Kinghorn, 1173x1178. (D.G.: Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld). Printed...
Dates:
12th century-1553.
Collection of genealogical material on various Scottish families and items of historical interest copied by Robert Mylne, the antiquary, in the late 17th or early 18th century.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.10
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) ‘The Portrait of True Loyalty exposed in the Family of Gordon, without interruption to this present year 1691. With a Relationof the Castle of Edr. in the year 1689’ (folio 1), which is attributed to David Burnet, a Catholic Priest. The original manuscript, which was in Blairs College, Aberdeen (‘The House of Gordon’, page xxxvi), is at the Scottish Catholic Archives, Columba House, Edinburgh, where it has the...
Dates:
1554-1720.
Commission, 1859, of George Brand as Consul at Lagos; photocopies of dispatches, 1859-1860, of and concerning Brand; and biographical notes, undated, on him., 1859-1860, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 73-90
Dates:
1859-1860, undated.
Commission appointing John James Edmonstoune Deputy Lieutenant of Bute., 1799.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8941
Commission appointing Robert Menzies Inspector General of the Out Ports in Scotland., 1784.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8940
Commission as Lord Advocate for Scotland., 1839.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8902
Commission by Charles, Duke of Lennox and Richmond, appointing John Masterton captain of the frigate `Hopewell` of St Andrews., 1667.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8923
Dates:
1667.
Commission by John Campbell, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, authorising Patrick Campbell of Monzie, Advocate, to apply to the King and Parliament for redress of the losses sustained in the 1715 rebellion.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.231
Dates:
1716.
Commission by Prince Charles Edward to Sir William Gordon of Park, as Lieut-Colonel in Lord Pitsligo’s Horse., 1745.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.2.1.15(xi), f. 39
Dates:
1745.
Commission by Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector, in favour of Simon Fraser of Inverallochy., 20 January 1659.
Item
Identifier: Ch.16740
Commission by Robert Lamont, son of Neill Lamont of Cowstoun, to Cornelius Lamont, his brother, and John Stewart, merchant in Newcastle, with their acceptance., 6 August 1698.
Item
Identifier: Ch.348
Dates:
6 August 1698.
Commission by Sir Walter Scott to Alexander Christie to act as Interim Sheriff Depute of Berwickshire.
Item
Identifier: Dep.376
Dates:
1813.
Commission, `by the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, etc. to Captain Henry Smith, C.B., hereby appointed Captain Superintendent of the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard at Gosport, and of the Royal Naval Hosiptal at Haslar.
Item
Identifier: Ch.901
Dates:
14 December 1854.
Commission by the Commissioners of Customs to John Erskine, tidesman at Kirkcaldy, to be their agent., 26 October 1743.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15196
Commission by the magistrates and council of Inverbervie to Provost James Allardice of Allardice to represent them at the Convention of Burghs., 28 June 1727.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15191
Commission by William Earl of Morton, Treasurer of Scotland, and John Lord Stewart of Traquair (later Earl of Traquair), his Depute, to James Kinninmonth, Chamberlain Depute of Fife, to make a list of all owners of firearms in Fife and Kinross.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.221
Dates:
1630.
Commission, Charles, Earl of Dunfermline, to Sir James Halket to be one of the bailies of the regality of Dunfermline., April 1638.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6836
Commission, Charles, Earl of Dunfermline, to Sir Robert Colville of Cleisch and Sir James Halkheid of Pitfirrane, to inspect coals, etc., in the parish of Dunfermline., 19 August 1642.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6575
Commission for executing the laws in church affairs., 1664.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2027
Commission from the Earl of Airlie, Lord Lieutenant of the County of Forfar, to Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar, M.P., antiquary, as a Deputy Lieutenant., 1828.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12804
Commission from the Highland Society of London to establish branches in the Peninsula.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12518
Dates:
1813.
Commission in favour of Sir Patrick Murray, 6th Baronet of Ochtertyre as Deputy Lieutenant, Perthshire., 7 August 1801.
Item
Identifier: Ch.17057
Dates:
7 August 1801.
Commission in favour of Sir Patrick Murray, 6th Baronet, of Ochtertyre, to be a Baron of the Exchequer in Scotland., 16 March 1820.
Item
Identifier: Ch.17063
Dates:
16 March 1820.
Commission in favour of Sir Thomas Hislop as Governor of Fort St George., 1816.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10428
Dates:
1816.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands.
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Commissions, etc.