Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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231
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Repository
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University of Aberdeen
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Reference
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GB231/MS 1050
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Title
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Testimonials granted by the Baillies of Aberdeen Burgh, 1589 - 1603
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Dates
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1589-1603
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Access Status
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Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet
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Access Conditions
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Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Special Libraries and Archives ( [email protected] ) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
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Description
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A propinquity book, recording testimonials granted by the town baillie for natives of Aberdeen and district, who had travelled out of the county or abroad. The baillie typically heard evidence from one or more persons acting on an individual's behalf, although there is no indication of what form this evidence took. The entries conform to a set format, recording the name and destination of individuals; names and abode of both parents; and names and occupations of the persons presenting the evidence. Some entries record testimonials granted for persons who had died at sea, though it was more common for this type of incident to be recorded in the notaries' protocol books. The volume is a useful source of information about the migration of individuals from north east Scotland in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
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Level
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Fonds
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Extent
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1 volume
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Finding Aids
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Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/
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Publication Note
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A full transcription of this record, with personal and place name indexes, was published in the The Miscellany of the Third Spalding Club, ed. by W. Douglas Simpson, 3 vols (Aberdeen: Third Spalding Club, 1935-60), vol. 2 (1940), 3 - 85
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Language
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English
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Related Material
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This is the earliest in a series of 5 Propinquity Books which are known to exist for the Town of Aberdeen. The 4 later books, and other records created by Aberdeen City Council and its predecessors, are in the custody of Aberdeen City Archives, Town House, Broad Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1AQ. A catalogue of these records is available for consultation in the University Searchroom. The following records created by the old administrative units covering the historic counties of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire are deposited in this repository: Aberdeenshire land valuation books, 1634 - 1795 (transcripts for 7 years) (GB 0231 MS 507) Aberdeenshire land valuation books, 1644, 1649, 1667 (GB 0231 MS 1037) Aberdeenshire land valuation book, 1750 (GB 0231 MS 1038) Stent roll for the Burgh of Aberdeen, 1748 - 1749 (GB 0231 MS 57) Poll book of the Shire and Burgh of Aberdeen, 1696 (GB 0231 MS 568) Alphabetical index to the first 76 volumes of the Council Register of the City of Aberdeen from 1398 - 1800 (GB 0231 MS 595) Abstract register of sasines for Aberdeenshire, 1599 - 1606 (transcript made early 19th c) (GB 0231 MS 837)
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