Commissions. Permissions.
Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
John Forbes appointed Depute Collector of Maintenance of the shires of Inverness, etc., 1648.
John Stuart Blackie`s commission as Professor of Greek at Edinburgh University., 1852.
Legal documents and commissions from the papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies.
An inventory is available.
Letters and papers concerning Brodie Cruickshank., 1848-1963, undated.
The papers consist of:
(i) Commission to Brodie Cruikshank to command the Apollonia expedition and letters of thanks on its success, 1848, 1851;
(ii) Copy of letter, 1854, describing Cruikshank’s death in Lisbon;
(iii) Letters and papers, 1963, undated, concerning Cruikshank.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
Letters and papers on various subjects., 1575-1824, undated.
Letters and state papers of James VI., 1578-1621.
Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands., 1435-1892.
Material concerning the Constables of Scotland.
(i) `De Constabulariis fet officio Constabularij Angliae`, 1628. A collection of material compiled by Sir James Balfour on the duties and powers of the Constables, including copies of charters and other documents, mostly from the Cotton Manuscripts. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Copy of royal commission to report on the office of High Constable of Scotland, 1627. (Folio 41.)
Military and political commissions in favour of Major-General Sir Thomas Hislop., 1778-1827.
Minute-book, 9 September 1707-23 August 1723, of the Justices of the Peace of Lanarkshire, with printed 'Commission and proclamation naming Justices of Peace within Scotland' (1707)., 1707-1723.
Miscellaneous commissions of appointment.
Commissions issued to: John Lindsey, 17th Earl of Crawford, 1661, as Treasurer (Ch.5992); James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews, and others, 1674, as Commissioners of the Exchequer (Ch.5993); and James Drummond, 4th Earl of Perth, and others, 1685, as Commissioners of the Exchequer (Ch.5994).
Miscellaneous commissions, remissions, and gifts in favour of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet., 1687-1703.
Miscellaneous deeds relating to the Lords Oliphant and to the Oliphants of Gask., 1548-1798.
Miscellaneous documents being largely appointments and commissions., 1808-1867.
Miscellaneous formal documents., 1800-1858.
Miscellaneous items of and concerning David Livingstone., 1825-1874, 1956.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
The manuscript has been compiled from various sources. See the particular descriptions. Letters of presentation by or on behalf of the donors are included.
Miscellaneous papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 1641-1685, 1723-1738, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Sir Thomas Hislop., [Circa 1813]-1841.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Traill., 1780-1833.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Office papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet., 1726-1777.
The papers include indentures with apprentices, notes on writings, cash accounts, commission to be Deputy Keeper of the Signet, etc.