| Administrative History | In 1711 the House of Lords revoked the commission granted by the Lords of Council and Session for Sir Alexander Cumming to act as Conservator of the Scotch Privileges, ruling in favour of Sir Andrew Kennedy and his son. |
| Description | Account book, 1570s [damaged];
Document from burghers of Aberdeen to Alexander Cumming, 1692 (in Latin)
Document from burghers of Elgin to Alexander Cumming, 1695 (in Latin)
Notebooks of legal actions, 1701-1709;
Document from the Lords of Council and Session in Edinburgh granting 'ordinary salary' to Sir Alexander Cumming for his post as Conservator of the Scotch Privileges in the Netherlands, 1705;
Document making Alexander Cumming burgher and guildbrother of Edinburgh, 1704
Discharge of Mrs Mary Dennis to Alexander Cumming and Dame Elizabeth (Dennis), 1720;
Cash book, 1720-1721;
Invitation book of Lord Fife, 1820-1823;
Book of poems;
Notes on legal formulae. |