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1. Add Ch 66988

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 66988
Title:
Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair
Scope & Content:
Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart (b. 1454, d. 1485), duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair. This was part of an attempt to secure the succession of Albany's son from his second marriage, John Stewart. John Otterburn, official of St Andrews in the archdeaconry of Lothian ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin and Scots
Date Range:
1515
Extent:
1 leaf

2. Cotton MS Caligula C I

Reference (shelfmark):
Cotton MS Caligula C I
Title:
Records and papers (originals and copies) concerning England and Scotland, 1567–1570
Scope & Content:
Much of this volume relates to the exile of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1567; d. 1587), and including the original correspondence of Mary, Queen of Scots; Elizabeth I, Queen of England; Catherine de Medici, Queen Dowager of France (d. 1589); Sir William Cecil (later 1st Baron Burghley, d. 1598); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Cipher, English, French, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
1567-1631
Extent:
1 volume.

3. 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