Brechin Diocesan Library: Miscellaneous Manuscript Volumes, Commonplace Books and Scrapbooks

• Reference:GB 254 BrMS 2/2
• Dates of Creation:c 1600-1962
• Physical Description:
  0.33 linear metres.

• Scope and Content

  Miscellaneous volumes, including: Italian psalter, Belgian missal and German sermons, 15th century; 'Memorials' of William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649), continued by his son, William (1636-1677), including genealogical notes 1562-1700; rental of the Panmure Estates 1724-1727; commonplace books, 18th C-1869; medical notes [18th century]; private register of members of St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittenweem 1856-1866 and St. Andrews Chapel, Brechin, 1866-1891; extracts from the chartulary of the Abbey of Aberbrothock [Arbroath], (1284-1484); extracts from the Kirk Session Books at Dundee 1688-1690.

• Arrangement

  Records are arranged within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were deposited in the University Library by the diocese in 1962.

• Note

  Ker, Neil Ripley, Mediaeval Manuscripts in British Libraries, Vol. 2;

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list. Subject source lists and databases are also available.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper and parchment.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Sarah Chubb, Archives Hub Project Archivist, November 2001.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published