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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
GD188 |
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Title |
Records of the Guthrie family of Guthrie, Angus |
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Dates |
1388-1944 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Location |
Off site |
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Description |
Titles, Forfarshire and Morayshire, 1388-1826; miscellaneous legal papers, 16th-20th cent.; estate and family correspondence and papers, 1598-20th cent., including correspondence concerning husbandry and agricultural improvements, 1744; papers concerning military and political affairs in Scotland, 1640-51; letter from Oliver Cromwell to the Committee of Estates at Stirling urging them to make peace, 1650; correspondence and papers concerning the career of John Guthrie, Bishop of Moray, 1623-1662, including his confession of faith, 1629, diaries, 1644-7, religious meditations and sermons and Ms history of Scotland, correspondents include King James VI, 1623-5, King Charles I, 1625-34, Major General Monro, concerning the bishop's imprisonment, 1640, John Leslie, Bishop of Rapho and Robert Leslie concerning public affairs in Ireland, 1623-1662; 3 volumes of spells and conjurations, 17th cent.; papers concerning charges against the Marquis of Argyll, 1661; minutes of the baron court of Guthrie, 1666-1719 (with gaps), court book, 1703-1746, and minutes of the baron court of Wester Gagie, 1730-1732; papers, correspondence and letter book of James Guthrie as AQMG in Haiti, 1796-1798, as brigade major in Canada, 1799-1801, and as ADC to the Duke of Kent, 1802-1804, including letters from Queen Charlotte (to the Duke of Kent on public and private affairs) and the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, 1800-1810, an account of Upper and Lower Canada, a journey from Halifax to Upper Canada, and a draft report from the Duke of Kent to the Duke of York on the meeting in Gibraltar, 1802; correspondence and papers regarding the 66th and 75th Regiments, the 10th Garrison Battalion and the Forfarshire and Lanarkshire Militia, 1793-1807; accounts of merchant trading between Dundee and Scandinavia, 1742, 1802; genealogical papers of the Guthrie family, including patent of the descent of John Guthrie of Guthrie, chief of that name, 1779. |
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Level |
Fonds |
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Format |
Text |
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Language |
English |
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