Henry Leask of Boardhouse papers

• Reference:GB 241 D17
• Dates of Creation:1631-1929
• Name of Creator:
  Leask, Henry (1804-1892), Antiquarian, Kirkwall
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  0.33 Linear Metres

• Scope and Content

  Notebooks and papers written or collected by Henry Leask, mostly genealogical in nature. Includes: genealogical information on various Orkney families compiled by Leask, c1860-1920; extracts from Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae relating to the Presbytery of Orkney; copy of valuation of Orkney of 1653; volume containing copy of notebook/diary of Thomas Brown, notary public in Kirkwall, covering 1675-1693; genealogical information extracted from Sheriff Court records, c1880; manuscript copy of poem by George Eunson (c1756-1796), originally printed in 1788; material relating to the Udal Rights Association, 1889; miscellaneous titles and other legal papers, 1631-1763, collected by Leask; press cuttings, mainly from The Orcadian and The Orkney Herald, 1859-1891, containing mainly obituaries; typescript inventory of the papers, 1929.

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