Petitions.
Found in 254 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers relating to Orkney., 1433-1898, undated.
The papers being chiefly correspondence, including letters of Lady Margaret St Clair and Andrew Dishington, Minister of Stronsay, with some biographical details concerning him of 1898. Also a petition of Christiana Crawford or Moodie for justice against her husband's murderers, 1725, notes on grain exported from Orkney in 1834, and copies of charters and legal documents relating to Orkney 1433-1708.
Miscellaneous papers which belonged to Sir William Fraser, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials, chiefly addressed to Lord Milton., 1658-1764, undated.
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.
Notes, extracts from printed books, memoranda and a few letters concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., Late 17th century-1844, undated.
Also included are several papers not relating directly to the claim, some of which may have been utilized by, or for, George Cockburn Haldane or his descendants.
Official papers of the family of Erskine of Alva., 1583-1825.
Official returns from the different prisons, showing lists of prisoners of the 'Forty-five, accounts for subsistence, payment of surgeons, etc., with miscellaneous petitions, and letters on the subject., 1745-1747.
Orkney genealogies and anecdotes `collected by Robert Nicolson who served as Sheriff Substitute of Orkney from 1793 to 1814 inclusive`.
Papal bulls, numbers 9, 24-26; and a petition to the Pope, number 16.
Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.
Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire., 1706-1761, undated.
The papers include accounts of the Duke of Argyll’s accountant and chamberlain, notes by Lord Milton, instructions for action, rentals, tacks, petitions, papers on animals and food, and papers on woods and enclosures.
Papers, chiefly 18th century, concerning the Court of Session., 1531-1761, undated.
The papers begin with copies of papal documents on the foundation of the College of Justice, and include also papers on judges' salaries, receipts by Lord Milton for his salary, petitions of the macers and clerks, acts of sederunt, and papers on points of law.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
Papers, chiefly petitions and memorials, concerning individuals, 1722-1764, undated, and case-notes of Lord Milton, 1719-1722, undated. , 1719-1764, undated.
The case-notes are all from Lord Milton's period as an advocate. Many of the cases have not been identified.
Papers collected by Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster in St Ninians, in his capacity as session clerk, concerning the parish of St Ninians., 1709-1850.
Walter McCulloch, schoolmaster at St Ninians and session clerk from circa 1779 to 1804, was related to the Wilson family through his daughter Martha, who married Alexander Wilson, younger son of the original William Wilson.
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
Papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire, particularly on the carse, but including material relating to the reconstruction of Stirling Bridge in 1823., 1725-1864, undated.
Papers concerning the 10th and 11th Earls of Selkirk and the Selkirk peerage.
Papers concerning the accommodation of members of the Faculty of Advocates in the Courts.
Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727., 1722-1765, undated.
Lord Milton was one of the original appointees.
Papers concerning the estates forfeited and annexed after the Jacobite Risings., 1732-1764, undated.
The majority of the papers relate to the Commissioners for Annexed Estates appointed in 1755, of whom Lord Milton was one.
Papers concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., Late 17th century-1776, undated.
Papers concerning the High Court of Justiciary., 1694-1760, undated.
Includes papers on the functioning of the court, petitions, notes and papers on criminal cases, and comments on Acts of Parliament affecting the court, especially the holding of circuit courts.