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Sale Number: 851

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Rose, Hew / Hugh

A Genealogical Manuscript of the Family of Rose of Kilravock

Rose, Hew / Hugh [either by or after him]

A Genealogical Manuscript of the Family of Rose of Kilravock

de Bosco, Elizabeth (née de Bisset), Lady Kilravock

Two 13th century charters from the reigns of King Alexander III and John Balliol, Kings of Scotland

Rose, Hugh, of Geddes [First Laird of Kilravock]

Agreement between Hugh Rose and Sir David de Graham, c.1294

14th century documents c.1320-1350

In Latin, relating to the 2nd and 3rd Lairds of Kilravock

Supplication to the Pope for a general indulgence, c.1360

From William Makinthos, clerk in the Diocese of Moray

Abbreviate of a Crown Charter, with the Great Seal of James I of Scotland (1406-1437)

Re-affirming the ownership of the Kilravock Estates, in Latin

Confirmation of land granted to Hugh Rose of Kilravock, with the Great Seal of James III of Scotland (1451-1488)

Dated 2nd March 1475

Group of 15th century documents

c.1420-1496, relating to the 6th-8th Lairds of Kilravock

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, 1541 or 1542

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 1542

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, dated 13th October 1542

James V (1512-1542), King of Scotland

Document signed, 1542

Hamilton, James, 1st Duke of Châtellerault, 2nd Earl of Arran, 1519-1575 (Regent of Scotland 1543-1554)

Letter signed, 1550

Mary of Guise (1515-1560), Queen of James V Scotland, Regent of Scotland for Mary Queen of Scots (1542-1560)

Five letters, signed, 1555-1559

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1562

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), Queen of Scotland 1542-1567

Letter signed, 1565

Stewart, James, Earl of Moray (1531-1570), Regent of Scotland 1567-1570 and son of James V

Three letters, signed

Regents of James VI of Scotland

John Erskine, Earl of Mar (d.1572) and James Douglas, Earl of Morton (1516-1581)

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Letter signed by the 13 year old King, dated 20th May 1580

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Documents signed, dated 1583 and 1588

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, 1593

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

James VI and I (1566-1625), King of Scotland, England and Ireland

Document signed, dated 1603

Barons of Kilravock: the 7th-11th Barons of Kilravock

Documents dating 1459-1612, mainly legal and estate interest

Barons of Kilravock: the 12th & 14th Barons of Kilravock

Documents dating 1611-1687 including Covenanting interest

Legal and financial documents

Mostly relating to Hay of Lochloy and Park, 1503-1753

Kilravock and Rose Family Documents

A small collection of catalogues and inventories of title progression

Clan Blair: a small archive

Including Simon Fraser of Lovat, Royal signatures and War of the Austrian Succession correspondence

"The Douglas Cause" - a collection of legal case notes attributed to Lord Eliock

Beginning 16th July 1766

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars - Scotland - South Africa - Argentina

Papers of Lieutenant-General Robert Campbell of Kintarbert, Argyll, 1790s-1810s

Scotland

Large collection of deeds and documents on vellum, 17th-19th century

Armstrong, Robert Bruce (1838-1913)

Drawings of Clackmannan, Airth and Earlshall in 1897 and 1898