[Church history. MS on paper]

The inventory includes mention of John Kennedy of Blairquhan and his chapel at St. Ninian's (1508). There is also the will of the jeweller and philanthropist, George Heriot (1563-1624), who left funds to Edinburgh's ministers to found the hospital which bore his name (now a school). In addition there are letters from Lord Salisbury, Fentoun (Alexander Erskine, Viscount Fentoun), and others, and including Scottish government letters of condolence on the death of Henry, Prince of Wales, 1611-1613.

In reverse orientation there is an extract fromA Continuation of the History of Scotland by Way of Annals from the beginning of K. James VIth Reign.

This is a bound manuscript, and an excellent complement to the Writs and Charters section component of the vast Laing collection.

EntitledA perfect Invantar of all the pious donations given to the kirks & hospitals since the day of King James the first of Scotland to the reign of King James the Sixth', this manuscript comprises: extracts from charters and documents recording annual rents and gifts to churches, colleges and hospitals between the 1450s and the 1540s; 17th century legacies and 'mortifications'; and, proclamations made by James VI of Scotland from 1604 to 1605.

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