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Name Elphinstone, Arthur, Lord Balmerino

1. Stowe MS 158

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Stowe MS 158
Title:
Scope & Content:
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION Of papers relating to the history of Scotland, and more particularly to the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745:- 1. Award "concerning sundry disputes" between William, Bishop of Orkney and Shetland, and Haco Johnson; Kirkwall, F. of St. Urban, Pope [25 May], 1369. Trans...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

2. Stowe MS 1083

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Stowe MS 1083
Title:
Composite volume of miscellaneous contents brought together from various volumes in the Stowe Collection, including of: Trials, and Pardons, Deeds, Writs, Council correspondence debating killing, dressing or eating flesh in Lent; Speeches, Execution Declarations, Papers and Verses on the Scottish Rebellion of 1745, Scotch Peer House of Commons rights, Parliamentary Proceedings; observational writings on antiquarian matters; drawings, and engravings of seals, familial Pedigrees and Regencies;...
Scope & Content:
Contents: 1. Vellum leaf of a 13th cent. MS., containing Amos i. 9-13, with commentary (cf. Harley MS. 1700). In the margin is the name of Thomas Burdett, of Purstoun Jacklyne [Purston Jaglin, co. York]; and, with other scribbling of the 16th cent., "The Idol of Winchester Stephen Gardiner [Bis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
13th century-19th century
Extent:
1 volume (135 folios)