| Description | Arbuthnott bound manuscripts, volume 2
Bound volume of original letters and documents of the Arbuthnott family with interleaved transcriptions by George Home. The contents of this volume include:
c. 1595 Testament of Margaret Hoppringill, spouse of Andrew Arbuthnot, fiar of that ilk.
undated Answers for Mr David Lindsay to the pretended eiks produced for Elizabeth Falconer, lady of Ballendrow, and Robert Falconer, her son
[no year], October 18 St Andrews: letter to the Laird of Arbuthnot younger from Principal Peter Bruce on personal matters
1645, February 4 Halgreen: Letter to [Viscount of Arbuthnott] from William Rait of Halgrein regarding a meeting of heritors in response to a demand for recruits for Lord Marshall's regiment, with reasons why the demand could not be met.
1656, December 17 St Andrews: letter to Viscount of Arbuthnott from George Weemss [Wemyss], rector of the university of St Andrews, stating that the university had decided to accept the Viscount of Arbuthnott's offer for an amicable settlement of the dispute regarding the teinds of Drumellie. With other letters from Lord Arbuthnott and Carnegie of Pittaro regarding the dispute, 1657.
1658, July 17 St Andrews: letter to Viscount of Arbuthnott from Samuel Rutherford, rector of the university of St Andrews, regretting that there was no place vacant at their table for 'the sone of so truely a noble father'
1658, September 3 Edinburgh: letter to Colonel Ralph Cobbett, governor of Dundee, from General George Monk, ordering the release of Thomas Stewart, late collector of Kincardine, on his giving bond for payment of the assessment of the shire
1658 Rental of teinds of lands of Hervistoun, Blacklaws and Falside
1663, April 22 St Andrews: letter to the Viscount of Arbuthnott from Andrew Honyman, archdeacon of St Andrews, regarding the presentation of a minister to the parish of Kinneff
1664, August 9 Muchell: letter to the Viscount of Arbuthnott from Andrew, Baron Fraser, regretting that the shire was so much troubled with quartering and asking Lord Arbuthnott to protect the writer's tenants. Refers to the 'broken men' troubling the shire and urges the gentlemen of the Mearns to address the Privy Council on the subject
1667, November 4 Answers to queries by Lord Arbuthnott regarding Rait of Halgreen's right to have salmon cruives removed.
1679, June 21 Elsick: letter to the Viscount of Arbuthnott from Charles, Earl of Aboyne: 'we are this day marched from Aberdeen and upon the road according to his Majesties command'. Asks Lord Arbuthnott to meet him.
1679, July 12 Minute of barony court of Arbuthnott
1687, November 2 Visitation of the church of Bervie in the dispute between Lord Arbuthnott and the laird of Halgreen regarding a loft in the church, with letters from R. Gordon (Cluny) to Lord Arbuthnott and from Lord Arbuthnott to the Archbishop of St Andrews on the subject, 1688
1688 Leys: letter to Lord Arbuthnott by W. Burnett of Leys discussing difficulties in collecting the excise and stating that the writer is prepared to support any measure taken by Lord Arbuthnott against the broken Highland men, since 'the tyme is bot short now to the end of the season for stealing of cattel'
1697, June 12 Minute of barony court of Arbuthnott
undated Information and queries for the Viscount of Arbuthnott to be answered by Sir George Lockhart regarding the lands of Halgreen.
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