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Add Ch 66988
- Record Id:
- 040-002203804
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002203648
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001488.0x0001f2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165140693.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Ch 66988
- Title:
- Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair
- Scope & Content:
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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 grants a divorce on the grounds of consanguinity in the fourth degree. Given at St Giles, Edinburgh, 9 March 1477 [1478]; copied by Sir George Newton, notary public and scribe, on the orders of William Wawane, chancellor of Ross; given at Edinburgh, 26 July 1515 and bearing Newton's notary mark.
Endorsed: in a 17th-century hand, 'Decritt of divorcement betwixt / the diuk of albanie and his wyff / 26 Julii 1515.’
The text of this document was transcribed in the records of the Scottish Parliament in November 1516: see The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, eds Brown et al, A1516/11/1.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Charters and Rolls
Medieval and Renaissance Women - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002203648
040-002203804 - Is part of:
- Add Ch 66839-67008 : MISCELLANEOUS CHARTERS
Add Ch 66988 : Notarised copy of the divorce of Alexander Stewart, duke of Albany, and Lady Katherine Sinclair - Hierarchy:
- 032-002203648[0113]/040-002203804
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Ch 66839-67008
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100165140693.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
Scots - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1515
- End Date:
- 1515
- Date Range:
- 1515
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 150 x 410 mm.
Foliation: f. 1.
Script: Gothic cursive
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Provenance:
Sir Thomas Phillipps, baronet (b. 1792, d. 1872), collector of books and manuscripts: owned in the 19th century.
Purchased by the British Museum at W. A. Lindsay’s sale, Sotheby's, 14 February 1927, along with Add Ch 66839-67008 and Add MS 41479-80.
- Publications:
- The Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1707, eds K.M. Brown et al (St Andrews, 2007-22), A1516/11/1: accessed 29 July 2022.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)