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1. Add Ch 66988

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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. Add Ch 76671-76767

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Ch 76671-76767
Title:
PORTLAND CHARTERS: charters acquired with the Portland Papers (Add. MSS. 70001-70523), allocated to the British Library by H.M. Treasury in May 1987, having previously been on deposit in the British Library as Loan MS. 29. The Portland charters contain a significant group of early 12th-13th century charters chiefly associated with Fountains Abbey (Add. Ch. 76710-76718) as well as two important collections of early Scottish charters (Add. Ch. 76696-76709; 76747-76763). For a calendar of Add. ...
Scope & Content:
Portland Papers: Harley family; Earls of Oxford: Papers of the Harley and related families: 9th-mid 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:
12th century-18th century
Extent:
97 items

3. Add Ch 76708

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Add Ch 76708
Title:
Scope & Content:
(29/242{12}). NOTIFICATION by Alexander [Stewart], Duke of Albany and Earl of March, that he has taken his cousins Sir John of Swyntoune and John his son and heir apparent into his maintenance and protection. Dat. at Dunbar, 6 Nov. 1475. Calendared in H.M.C. Portland, II, pp. 2-3. Scots. Paper...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Scots
Date Range:
6 Nov 1475
Extent:
1 item