Country code |
GB |
Repository code |
234 |
Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
Reference |
GD26 |
Title |
Papers of the Leslie family, Earls of Leven and Melville |
Dates |
1200-1936 |
Access status |
Open |
Location |
Off site |
Description |
GD26/1: Papers published by Sir William Fraser, 'The Melvilles Earls of Melville and The Leslies Earls of Leven', in 'Leven and Melville Papers' (Bannatyne Club) and by Major General Mackay, 'Memoirs of the War carried on in Scotland and Ireland' (Bannatyne Club).
GD26/2: Court books, 1591-1724
GD26/3: Writs, 1446-1816: Sheriffdom of Fife, 1446-1816; Sheriffdom of Perth, 1427-1714; Miscellaneous, 1506-1750; Tacks of teinds, 1555-1702; Inventories of writs, 1590-1757.
GD26/4: Legal and financial papers, 1502-1841: Bonds, assignations and translations, 1566-1782; Discharges and receipts, 1566-1780; General, 1502-1841.
GD26/5: Estate papers, 1542-1847: Tacks, 1547-1827; Rentals, 1629-1809; Factories and commissions, 1593-1746; Coal and iron, 1673-1823; Teinds, 1557-1809; Buccleuch estate papers, 1614-1707; Accounts, discharges and receipts, 1542-1847; General, 1547-1846.
GD26/6: Household and personal papers, 1584-1845: Royal household, 1598-1611; Marriage contracts, 1584-1767; Testamentary papers, 1631-1823; Household accounts and papers, 1609-1845; Personal papers, 1621-1821.
GD26/7: State and official papers, 1369-1831: Privy Council, 1598-1708; Parliament, 1532-1831; Petitions and memorials, 1689-1704; Signet Office, 1615-1692; Hearth tax, 1690-1707; General, 1369-1815.
GD26/8: Jacobite papers, 1689-1746.
GD26/9: Military and naval papers, 1581-1849: Earl of Leven's Regiment (later King's Own Scottish Borderers), 1688-1695; Fortresses and garrisons: Edinburgh Castle, 1642-1715; General, 1584-1813; Levies, militia and yeomanry, 1644-1828; Commissions, 1642-1798; General, 1608-1849; Naval, 1581-1823.
GD26/10: Ecclesiastical papers, 1588-1859.
GD26/11: Warrants, signatures, commissions and burgess tickets, 1515-1849.
GD26/12: Fife affairs, 1586-1832.
GD26/13: Correspondence and general papers, 1578-1936: Royal letters and autographs, 1645-1821; National and political affairs, 1643-1860; Peerage and representative peers, 1642-1821; Patronage, 1689-1704; Religious and ecclesiastical affairs, 1634-1804; Arts and sciences, c 1578-1859; Personal, family and miscellaneous, c 1631-1936.
GD26/14: Genealogical papers, c 1576-1852.
GD26/15: Miscellaneous papers, 1567-1854 |
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Fonds |
Finding aids |
Inventory |
Publication note |
Extracts published by Sir William Fraser, 'The Melvilles Earls of Melville and The Leslies Earls of Leven', in 'Leven and Melville Papers' (Bannatyne Club) and by Major General Mackay, 'Memoirs of the War carried on in Scotland and Ireland' (Bannatyne Club). |
Format |
Text |
Language |
English |
Related material |
Maps and plans (RHP35813, RHP35967-35973, RHP85408), including, architectural plans for churches in Fife, c.1790-1805 (RHP35967-35968, RHP35971-35973), and a chart of the entrance to New York from Sandy Hook, [c.1776] (RHP85408). |
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