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21. Cotton MS Caligula C VII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C VII
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1582–1584, including correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of original documents - including many reports from the English Ambassador in Edinburgh, Robert Bowes, as well as letters from James VI, Mary, Queen of Scots, and Catherine de Medici - alongside scribal copies from the early 17th century. Many of the originals of these copie...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Italian, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1582-1631
Extent:

1 volume

22. Cotton MS Nero D XI

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Nero D XI
Title:
Andrew Wyntoun, Original Chronicle (3r–215v: Boffey 399, imperfect)
Scope & Content:
Language(s): Middle Scots
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 item

23. Cotton MS Vespasian E VIII

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Vespasian E VIII
Title:
Cotton Manuscript Vespasian E VIII
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
4 items

24. Egerton Ch 366

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Ch 366
Title:
Lease by Adam Blackadder, prior of Coldingham, to Elizabeth Mautyme, Lady Fast Castle
Scope & Content:
Lease by Adam Blackadder [r. 1531-41], prior of Coldingham, to Elizabeth Mautyme, Lady Fast Castle, of all the priory’s lands in Edrom [Berwickshire] for 19 years. Given at Coldingham, 1536. Signed by ‘Adam, prior of Coldingham / Alexander Lindsay, subprior / Jacob Spenis / Adam Rimsema / Willia...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1536
Extent:
1 leaf

25. Harley MS 289

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 289
Title:
Sixteenth-century letters and papers relating to Scotland and England
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–211v: A collection of letters and papers, originals and contemporary copies, including information about Scotland; relations between Scotland and England, and diplomacy during the reigns of Tudor monarchs. f. 1r: A genealogy of the Hamiltons. f. 1v: Unfinished note beginning 'Of this ho...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
16th century
Extent:
1 volume

26. Harley MS 1734

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 1734
Title:
Medicine book of John Forbes of Echt, written by Patrick Scot
Scope & Content:
Scottish medical recipe book, with marginal additions in other hands. Title page (f. 2): ‘Ane medicyne buik perteininge to ane Richt Honorabill man Johnne Forbes of Echt, writtin be me Patrik Scot his Servant quha wissis to him & his Lady Beatrix Gordoun Continewall Grace, Mercie, & peac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Scots
Date Range:
1605
Extent:
1 volume

27. Harley MS 4687

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4687
Title:
A history of Scotland
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-134v: A history introduced as ‘the eight book of the Chronicles of Scotland, and of the deides & acts of R. James the Second, & quat happed in his tyme’. The manuscript contains a later addition: f. 1r: A description of the manuscript, ‘This Book is a continuation of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

28. Harley MS 4700

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 4700
Title:
Laws and statutes of Scotland
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 4r-17r: 'The baron Lawis - Modus tenendi curias baronum'; written in Middle Scots. ff. 18r-22r: Tables of contents for the Regia maiestatis. f. 22v: A poem, beginning: 'Hoc trahit ad lumen antiqua statute volumen'. ff. 23r-81v: Regia maiestas, in 4 parts, ff. 82r-86v: Misc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
1 volume

29. Harley MS 6101

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6101
Title:
A Scots heraldic manuscript
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1r: A full-page coat of arms with crest (quarterly of nine): arms of Jermyn. f. 2r: The ‘Armes of the Balliam’. ff. 3r-17r: Royal arms, from King Malcolm III (‘Malcum Camoir’) to Mary I of Scotland [Mary, Queen of Scots] (r. 1542-1567). ff. 18r-71r: The arms of Scots peerage...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1578
Extent:
1 volume

30. Harley MS 6149

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 6149
Title:
A collection of Scots and Latin heraldic and chivalric treatises
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-1v: An untitled Scots heraldic treatise on the different rights and privileges of the kings of arms and heralds, and the sergeants of arms in service of the king, beginning: ‘Arthour son to the duke of Bertaingnie erle of Richmont lord of partynay Counstable of ffrance Till all...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
c 1494
Extent:
1 volume

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