Abridgements. Versions of documents.
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Epitomes of 'Jus Feudale’ by Sir Thomas Craig., [1655, or after.]
'Illustrations of the genealogy of Sir Coutts Trotter', 1st Baronet of Westville, being an abridgement, 1830, of a manuscript genealogy then in Trotter’s possession of the various branches of the family of Moubray, his maternal ancestors., 1830.
The title is taken from folio 5.
The abridgement was made by John Philp Wood for presentation to Alexander Trotter of Dreghorn, brother of Sir Coutts.
A drawing of the arms of Sir Coutts Trotter is pasted inside the front cover.
‘Insula Monae’, an abridgment of the laws of the Isle of Man by John Parr.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of papers on ecclesiastical history, originally marked ‘D’., 17th century-18th century.
The contents are as follows: (i) An abridgement of the General Council; (ii) A brief account of the Holy Land with a short description of the government of the Jews etc.; (iii) Notes on Scotch Bishops after the Reformation, down to about 1700; (iv) ‘Excerpta quædam de magus registro prioratus St. Andreæ’, referring to the register by its folios, a copy from Sir R Sibbald’s excerpts by “Iain Semple”; (v) A brief account of the heresies in the primitive church, etc.
‘Kirk manuscripts’, copies of very miscellaneous papers on ecclesiastical history.
According to the folio catalogue (F.R.186) the volumes were originally marked ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’.
The description of the manuscripts in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: Jac.5.7.7-10.
Legal books of the Ker family, many of which belonged to Robert Ker, 4th Lord Jedburgh, and later to George Carre, Lord Nisbet., 1590-1749.
Manuscript, by John Gibson junior, a canon of Glasgow, of an abridged copy of the 'Black Book of Paisley', a version of the 'Scotichronicon' of Walter Bower.
Manuscript containing various legal works, compiled in 1704.
Manuscript, written in Italy, of the epitome by Junianus Justinus of 'Historiae Philippicae' by Trogus Pompeius, and of the prologues to that work.
Microfilm of abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower.
Microfilm of abridgement, 18th century, of the 'Acts of the Convention of Royal Burghs of Scotland, 1552-1708'.
Microfilm of Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland'.
The contents are as follows:
Andrew of Wyntoun: 'The oryginale cronykil of Scotland', early 16th century (Adv.MS.19.2.4);
Abbreviated version of ‘Scotichronicon’ by Walter Bower, [circa ?1450-circa ?1480](Adv.MS.35.1.7).
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Microfilm of books of Assumption.
The contents are as follows:
Book of Assumption of Beneficies (Adv.MS.31.3.12);
‘Assumption of the benefices’, copy, 18th century, of a book of assumptions, tax rolls of church properties, and retour of Fife, 16th century-early 17th century (Adv.MS.31.3.13);
Copies by Sir James Balfour of chiefly rentals, 16th century-1628, of Church and Crown lands in Scotland (Adv.MS.31.3.16).
Microfilm of manuscript produced circa 1501, an abridgement of the 'Black Book of Paisley'.
Microfilm of Stewart genealogies: papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers.
Notebook entitled 'A Missellany or Collection of severall things, 1625', containing transcripts, presumably derived from printed editions or, since many were printed after 1625, from manuscript copies., 1625.
Notebook of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing papers on philosophy and law., 1747, undated.
Notebook of Sir Robert Sibbald containing geological and topographical material.
(i) `A Catalogue of Mineralls and figur`d stones found in Scotland in M.R.W. cabinet` (page 4). An abridged copy by Robert Sibbald of the catalogue of material owned by Robert Wodrow in 1703.
(ii) Copies, not in Sibbald`s hand, of descriptions of Shetland and the Hebrides written in the second half of the 17th century (inverted page 1).
'Papers on Persian affairs.', ?1809-?1810.
The manuscript includes:
(i) "Abridged account of the mission of Sir Harford Jones and Brigadier General Malcolm, Bombay 12 April 1809" (folio 1);
(ii) Excerpt from private letter, 27 June 1809, from Lord Minto to Brigadier General Malcolm about Sir Harford Jones' Persian mission (folio 29);
(iii) Copy letter, 7 January 1810, from Malcolm to Minto about Sir Harford Jones' dispatches (folio 39).
Papers relating to Scots Law., 17th century.
Sir Thomas Nicolson’s abridgement of Sir Peter Wedderburn's 'Practiques', with a copy of Sir Thomas Wallace, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’., 2nd half of 17th century.
The contents are as follows.
(i) ‘Ane abridgement of those practiques collected by that famous juris-consult S[r]. P[eter?] W[edderburn?] epitomized by that learned lawier S[r]. Thomas Nicolsone of Carnock 1669’ (115 pages);
(ii) Copy of Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, Lord Justice Clerk, ‘Collections’ and observations arranged under titles in alphabetical order (322 pages).
Stewart genealogies: papers on various families of Stewart collected by, and with some notes of, George Chalmers.
“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.
The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).