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| E35 | Exchequer Records: Wardrobe Inventories, Accounts and Papers | 1539-1685 |
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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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E35/11 |
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Title |
Receipts and other papers relating to jewels 'laid in wed' [pledged] or otherwise disposed of by Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange, captain of Edinburgh Castle, and others |
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Dates |
1571-1573 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Location |
On site |
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Description |
1. Copy of letter from Kirkcaldy to Archibald Douglas [parson of Glasgow] asking him to write to the Marshall of Berwick for a loan of £100 sterling, 23 Aug. [1571].
2. Note of money received from Archibald Douglas, n.d.
3. Receipt by Archibald Douglas for jewels, 5 Nov. 1571.
4. Note that Douglas had the Queen's marriage ring and other jewels, n.d.
5. Note of silver in the cunziehouse in the Castle, 27 Oct.-3 Nov. [1571].
6. Receipt by the Earl of Huntly for two tablet diamonds, 29 Oct. 1571.
7. Note of jewels pledged to Sir Alexander Clerk of Balbirny, 10 Nov. 1571.
8. Receipt for gold buttons delivered to Sir William Sinclair of Roslin, 31 Dec. 1571.
9. Note of jewels pledged to Robert Scot, [1571].
10. Bond by James, Duke of Chatelherault, to redeliver gold buttons etc. pledged to him, 6 Jan. 1571/2.
11. Note of 'goldsmyth work' received [by the Duke] from Robert Kemp, 6 Jan. 1571/2.
12. Draft bond by Kirkcaldy [to the Duke] for the sum for which the above were pledged, [6 Jan. 1571/2].
13. Note of buttons and other items removed from the coffer, 6 Jan. 1571/2.
14. Note of buttons etc. pledged to Lady Newbottle, 6 Jan. 1571/2.
15. List of recovered jewels that were 'laid in wed', 7 Jan. 1571/2.
16. Memorandum of money borrowed [on security of the jewels] to pay 'the men of wear' [soldiers], Jan. [1571/2].
17. Receipt by George, Earl of Huntly for a garnishing (ornament) of diamonds set in gold and enamelled in white, 28 Feb. 1571/2.
18. Receipt by George, Earl of Huntly for a chain of diamonds and pearls, 10 April 1572.
19. Bond by George, Earl of Huntly for delivery of 2 rubies and 10 pearls, 30 April 1572.
20. Bond by James Mosman, burgess of Edinburgh, for redelivery of 5 great sapphires pledged to him, 17 April 1572.
21. List of jewels which Lady Home had, and note of those produced by her in presence of the regent and secret council, 4 July 1572.
22. List of jewels lent to the laird of Phairneherst, n.d.
23. Note of jewels 'laid in wed' to Lady Newbottle, 4 Aug. 1572.
24. Letter from Regent Mar to [Robert Richardson] commendator of St Mary Isle about the security taken for certain jewels which were pledged to James Baroun and subsequently sold in Paris. Stirling, 2 Sept. 1572.
25. Note of jewels 'laid in wed' to Alexander Clerk, 19 December 1572.
26. List of jewels delivered to James Mosman 'in wed', 22 Fev. 1572/3.
27. List of jewels received by James Mosman, 31 March 1573.
28. Bond by Mosman for delivery of jewels, 17 April 1573.
29. Inventory of jewels, bearing the names of those who had received them [1573].
30. Minute of examination of Sir William Kirkcaldy of Grange concerning his disposal of the jewels. Signed by Kirkcaldy, Robert, Lord Boyd, Sir John Bellenden of Auchinoule, justice clerk, and A. Hay [clerk of privy council], 11 July 1573. |
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Related material |
See 'Reg. Privy Council', 246-7, and supplementary privy council papers, PC15/3. |
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