Genealogies.
Found in 820 Collections and/or Records:
Volume containing papers concerning peerages attainted after the 1715 and 1745 Rebellions., 1818-1829.
Volume containing printed papers concerning claims to the Earldom of Perth., 1794, 1840 x 1848.
The papers are as follows:
(i) ‘Case of James Drummond ... claiming the title ... of Earl of Perth’ (1794).
(ii) ‘Case on behalf of George Drummond, Duke de Melfort, in France claiming to be Earl of Perth’ (1840 x 1848).
(iii) ‘Minutes of Evidence ... [in] the Petition of George Drummond Duke de Melfort in France ... claiming the Honour and Dignity of Earl of Perth’ (1846).
Volume entitled (folio 2) `Memoirs of the Family of Rose of Kilravok`, being the epitome by Lachlan Shaw, minister of Elgin, of `A Genealogical Deduction of the Family of Rose of Kilravock`, by Hugh Rose, minister of Nairn.
Rose`s work was first written in 1683-1684: Shaw`s epitome records also later members of the family until about 1756 (folio 69 verso), with a supplement until about 1772 (folio 83 verso). This copy appears to have been written for the antiquary William Rose in Montcoffer in the same hand as Adv.MS.32.6.8, and has a note inside the front cover, a contents list at folio 1 and a few textual additions in his hand.
Volume of genealogies and poems in the hand of Robert Mylne, engraver, son of the writer and antiquary of the same name (see folio 82), with a few additions by his father.
Volume of 'Genealogies', mostly of Lewis families., Undated.
Volume of John Riddell commenced between 1811 and 1814 and completed in 1819, containing extracts and copies of documents, and notes., 1727, ?1811-1819.
Volume of John Riddell commenced in 1811 and discontinued about 1831 entitled (folio 1) `Genealogical and historical Collections Vol 2`, containing notes, extracts and a few transcripts of documents relating to various Scottish peerages., 1811-?1831.
An incomplete pagination has been ignored.
Volume of John Riddell commenced in 1824 and completed in 1827 containing notes and copies and extracts of documents in private hands relating to various Scottish families., 1824-1827.
An incomplete pagination added in pencil in a later hand has been ignored.
Some papers which were formerly loosely enclosed in this volume are now at Adv.MS.26.3.5.
Volume of John Riddell containing notes, copies and extracts of letters and some copies of session papers in cases involving claims to various Scottish titles, and other genealogical matters., 1830-1838.
Volume of John Riddell containing notes, copies and extracts of letters and some copies of session papers in cases involving claims to various Scottish titles, and other genealogical matters., 1833-circa 1840.
Volume of John Riddell containing notes, copies and extracts of letters and some copies of session papers in cases involving claims to various Scottish titles, and other genealogical matters., 1839-1844.
Volume of John Riddell containing notes, copies and extracts of letters and some copies of session papers in cases involving claims to various Scottish titles, and other genealogical matters., 1844-1845.
Volume of John Riddell containing notes, copies and extracts of letters and some copies of session papers in cases involving claims to various Scottish titles, and other genealogical matters., 1846-1852.
Volume of John Riddell entitled `Genealogical Collections`, commenced in 1807 and completed in 1811, containing transcripts and extracts of charters dating from the 13th to the 15th century relating to various Scottish families., 13th century-15th century, 1861.
A discontinued contents list is at folio 2. A letter, 1861, of Robert Riddell formerly pinned to folio 6 has been tipped in inside the back cover (folio i). An incorrect pagination has been ignored.
Volume of manuscript material for a proposed publication on the English Peerage by Robert Beatson, Doctor of Laws, compiler and miscellaneous writer (1742-1818).
The volume seems to have been written about 1802-1803 and contains detailed genealogical accounts of a number of English peers and their families. The volume was apparently never published.
Volume of miscellaneous papers concerning genealogy and religion which belonged to Robert Mylne, the antiquary.
Volume of notes of John Riddell, found loose, bound in 1934., 1818.
Volume of printed papers being for the most part petitions submitted to the Committee of Privileges in support of claims to various dormant or attainted Scottish peerages, 1812-1850., 1812-1850, and undated.
The only manuscript is a set of undated notes by John Riddell bound in after the second paper, the claim of Archibald Borthwick to the title of Lord Borthwick.
Volume of printed papers being for the most part petitions submitted to the Committee of Privileges in support of claims to various English peerages., 1818-1838.
Wardlaw manuscript: 'Polichronicon, seu Policratica Temporum. Many histories in one, or nearer, the true genealogy of the Frasers', by James Fraser of Phopachy, Minister of Wardlaw (Kirkhill), begun in 1666 and continued at least until 1699.
A letter, 1870, of Francis Harvey, the London bookseller, to Sir William Fraser, Baronet, offering the manuscript for sale, has been pasted in at the end.