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Inventories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Detailed lists of things in one's view or possession, as of all goods and materials on hand, or detailed lists of all items in a given category. For documentation of examination conducted to achieve a comprehensive view, use ""surveys"". .

Found in 496 Collections and/or Records:

Hutton transcripts. A collection of transcripts of the cartularies of Aberdeen Cathedral (Adv.MS.20.3.1) and Newbattle Abbey (Adv.MS.20.3.3) and of charters and other formal documents, many of which are extracts from other cartularies, of and concerning several of the medieval dioceses and religious houses of Scotland.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.20.3.1-20.3.9
Scope and Contents

Most of these transcripts and extracts, which were made between circa 1794 and circa 1824, are in the hand of Lieutenant-General G H Hutton: most of the rest are in the same hand as Adv.MS.9A.1.4. Many of the transcripts were made from originals and copies in possession of William Maule of Panmure, who was created Baron Panmure in 1831: many of the rest were copied from documents in possession of Thomas Thomson and at the Scottish Record Office, General Register House.

Dates: 12th century-1661.

Index to MS.16402: 'Inventory of correspondence and papers relative to Perthshire politics Vol 2d'; and inventories of correspondence, writs and papers., 1st quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.16403
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) An index to correspondents and subjects in MS.16402 (folio 1); (ii) Inventory of correspondence of John Graeme of Eskbank on behalf of Thomas Graham of Balgowan (folio 13); (iii) 'Additional inventory of writts', August1812, of General Sir Thomas Graham delivered by John Graeme to James Dundas, Write to the Signet (folio 18); (iv) Inventory of Balgowan papers delivered to James Dundas, January 1814 (folio 22).

Dates: 1st quarter of 19th century.

Inventories of household items, and accounts of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton’s housekeepers., 1606-1869, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.17080
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Inventories of household furniture and linen, silver plate, books, wine, farm stock, etc., 1606-1869, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Accounts of Lord Milton's housekeepers, Mrs Gordon, 1727-1743 (folio 139), Margaret Hetherwick, 1747-1754 (folio 267), and Margaret Fisher, 1752-1758 (folio 341).

Dates: 1606-1869, undated.

Inventories of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1627-1873, or before.

 File
Identifier: MS.5114
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Inventories, 1627-1801, of household plenishings, including an inventory of the furnishings in Buchan Castle, made for and signed by Marie Stewart, Countess of Mar, in 1627, and based on an earlier inventory of 1611. Also included are inventories made at various times of the furnishings of the Erskine houses in Alloa, Barjarg and Drumsheugh. (Folio 1.)(ii) Lists of portraits in the possession of Jean, Lady Erskine of Alva, at the time...
Dates: 1627-1873, or before.

Inventories of titles of the estate of Culloden, and other papers concerning the Forbes of Culloden., 1786-1891.

 File
Identifier: MS.21257
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Inventories, 1836-1891, of titles of the estate of Culloden (folio 1); (ii) Notices, 1845-1850, of sale of fishings belonging to the burgh of Dingwall (folio 54); (iii) Miscellaneous documents, 1786-1859, concerning Forbes of Culloden (folio 60).

Dates: 1786-1891.