Commissions. Permissions.
Found in 221 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1570-1764.
Papers of the Lamonts of that Ilk.
Patent given by the Archduke Albert, conferring the captaincy of a company of Walloons, Brussels., 1603.
Photocopies of correspondence and papers concerning Thomas Carlyle and his family.
Includes commissions of John Welsh and letters of Edward Fitzgerald and William Graham.
Photocopies of miscellaneous papers of and concerning David Livingstone., 1825-1858.
Political papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, being largely Scottish Privy Council and Parliamentary papers., 1660-[circa 1697], undated.
Power to muster troops, given to John Forbes., 1649.
Presentation of Thomas Urquhart to the church of Dallas by Alexander, bishop of Moray., 1687.
Presentation signed by John Leslie, Bishop of the Isles, of Farquhar Fraser as Minister to the Kirk and Parish of Sorbie and Kirkabill, now known as the parish of Tiree.
Proclamation to the people of Great Britain, issued by Prince Charles Edward as Regent for his father, before raising his Royal Standard, initialled C P R and dated in the Prince's hand, Paris, 16 May 1745.
The proclamation is preceded by a copy of Prince James Edward's commission appointing Prince Charles Regent, Rome, 23rd December 1743, counter-signed by the latter 'Charles P.R.', and bearing his seal as Prince Regent.
This is the original manuscript, the lay-out of which is exactly followed in the printed copies.
It is accompanied by a note on its history, 1887.
Procuratory by William Home for premonishing and charging John Steuart of Balshagrie and George Campbell as apprysors of the lands and barony of Inveryne., 14 June 1652.
Proforma commission to American Indians in British service granted to Lieutenant Vere Bogle., 21 April 1742.
Representation, 1810, by the Clerks of Session, signed by Sir Walter Scott amongst others.
With:
1. commission, 1814, appointing John Elder a Depute Clerk of Session, signed by Sir Walter Scott amongst others
2. printed regimental order, 1808, of the 1st Regiment Royal Edinburgh Volunteers.
Small collections of letters and papers., 1647-1862, undated.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of Scottish historical documents, for the most part copies from the Cotton Library, originally labelled ‘Kirk manuscripts B’., 17th century.
Tack and commission of excise given to Forbes of Culloden., 1649, 1681.
Three commissions of George IV, William IV, and Queen Victoria, appointing John Sinclair, Edinburgh, as Under Keeper of the Royal Wardrobe.
Three legal documents, 1687-1760, relating to St Monance, Fife; and one, 1739, to Aberdeen.
Transcript, 18th century, of the ‘Chronicon Melrosense’, and other material.
Two commissions, September-October 1745, signed by John Murray of Broughton to the Earl of Kellie and Robert Douglas, son of Sir Robert Douglas of Glenbervie, for the collection of the land tax in Fife, with an unaddressed order, 3 January 1746, signed by the Earl of Cromartie “ordering you to remain with the party under Captain Farquharson's command in Fife, who is hereby ordered to be aiding and assisting to you in bringing in the revenues of the shire”., 1745, 1746.
Various commissions and honours., 1857-1902.
1858-1902. Various commissions and honours. Includes consular commissions, warrants, honorary degrees, letters of recognition and membership by scientific societies, letters accompanying honours. Includes an honorary G.C.M.G. for the Sultan of Zanzibar, and a reference for Kirk by W.J. Hooker relating to a professorial chair in Kingston, Canada, 23 November 1857. Detailed lists (not totally accurate) in file.