Depositions. Testimonies.
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
‘Copie of the Depositions of the Chirurgeons and Apothecaryes upon therle of Athollis deathe', giving a full medical account of the illness and death of the Earl of Atholl, and of the subsequent post-mortem examination., 1579.
Copied by Alexander Macdonald from a manuscript communicated to Thomas Thomson by Sir Cuthbert Sharpe (see note in Thomson's hand on folio 6 verso). The deposition is followed by 'Lady Athollis Protestatioun anent her husbandis death' (folio 7).
Copies of correspondence chiefly of Major Alexander Gilbert Barry, Chief Secretary to Government, Mauritius, and Captain Henry Lyme, senior naval officer at Mauritius, to the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto' at Port Louis, with copies of depositions and other related papers., 1812.
Copies of correspondence of the 1st Earl of Minto, concerning the detention of the transport 'Lord Minto', and letters, enclosures, and correspondence with the Governor and Acting Governor of Penang., 1810-1812.
Copies of official correspondence concerning unrest in Malabar and taking the form of translations of depositions from Indian representatives and officials., 1796-1800.
These copies were probably made and bound circa 1826.
Deposition, 1593, concerning George Brown and John Hepburne, with an attested copy, 1595, of the testimony of the judges and witnesses to the combat between Brown and Hepburne., 1593, 1595.
Deposition on deathbed by Andrew Cristyson about the marches of Pitfirran., 8 December 1425.
Depositions, 1689, by ministers of Logie, Stirlingshire, concerning their persecution by soldiery.
With records, 1715, of formal denials in a bastardy accusation at Burntisland, and other unconnected papers.
Depositions of Culloden tenants regarding losses caused by the war., 1646.
Depositions of the witnesses in the trial of James Stewart of The Glen for the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure., 1752.
Depositions of witnesses as to Marches of the Sockach of Glenfyne., 14 November 1766.
Depositions of witnesses concerning the lighting of beacons in Roxburghshire, 1804, by which a false alarm of a French invasion reached Jedburgh.
An article from the ‘Jedburgh Gazette’, 7 July 1906, based on this material, is included (folio i).
Duplicates of the papers of the enquiry into the suicide of Sultan Muhi ad-Din, being copies of reports, testimonies and depositions, received by the 1st Earl of Minto in Java (MS.11598)., 1811.
Family papers, including correspondence, genealogies and inventories of documents, some concerning business of George Skene in Danzig, Poland., 1597-1709.
Legal and other papers concerning the Douglas Cause., 1764-1766.
The contents are as follows:
(i) Inventories, 1764-1765, of writs and other exhibits produced (folio 1);
(ii) Interrogatories, depositions and lists of witnesses, 1764-1766 (folio 28);
(iii) Letters and accounts, 1765, concerning the citation of witnesses (folio 147).
Material in the process brought by Matthew Sharp of Hoddam, reviving one started by John Sharp of Hoddam in 1712, with a view to dividing the common lands of Ecclefechan and Hoddam.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bengal Government., 1808-1813.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
Papers of John Rennie concerning mills., 1786-1821.
Papers of the enquiry into the suicide of Sultan Muhi ad-Din, being copies of reports, testimonies and depositions, received by the 1st Earl of Minto in Java., 1811.
Papers of the proceedings at the trial of Basil Cochrane for the murder of his servant, with copies of depositions, interrogations, etc., 1787.
Sailing papers of George Seton as Commander of the ‘Lowgee Family’., 1814-1816.
Save for the Deposition of 1814 concerning a loss of cargo off St Helena (folio 1), these are chiefly shipping orders from Forbes and Company of Bombay.