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LETTERS OF
[1627
Erl of Hadingtoun that your lordschip salbe no further
oblischit but from your awin deid, and that thair salbe
exceptit thairfra suche takkis, rentales, and wedsettis, quhilk
ye half made yourself. So with my humbill salutatiouns to
your lordschip and your nobill lady, I committ your lordschip
to the blissing of Godis grace, and restis, your lordschipis
humbill and bund seruitor till death.
S. Thomas Hope.
Edinburgh, 1 November 1627.
Pleass your lordschip. The Commissioun sould haif begun
this day. N 1 and I attendit tharon at Halyruid hous
fra one to fyve at nycht (for during that tyme the Counsall
satt) and quhen the Commissioners wer called for thair wes not
ane number nather of bischopes nor burrowis. Quhairupon it
wes appointit that letters sould be direct to requyre tham to
be present vpon Fryday cum aucht dayis, quhilk is the sexteint
of November. I persave that it salbe my lott all wynter to
attend the Commissioun, and it is the custome at meitingis to
prefer bothe Counsal and Chekker, during quhilk tyme I am
castin louse, and putt to ane bak rowme to be ane idill
onwaiter, quhilk is bothe disgraceful to my charge and con-
trair to my nature, for I love not jakking nor idilsell. And if
your lordschip haif any purpose to amend this (as your lord¬
schip wryttis in your letter) it is necessar now, and I haif not
will to cast it off till I be thair to sie your lordschip, for that
may be long to and quhen the Lord pleissis.
To the rycht nohill Erll, my Lord, the Erll of Annandaill.
IV
TO THE EARL OE ANNANDALE.
Pleass your Lordschip,—I now ernestlie attend your lord¬
schipis ansuer tuiching the bussines contenit in my letter of
the 20 October, and remaynis in ane greit vncertaintie and
fluctuatioun of mynd till I heir how your lordschip is pleisit
1 Probably Thomas Nicolson, who succeeded Johnston of Warriston as Lord
Advocate in 1649. He was knighted by Charles 11. at Falkland, 10th July 1650,
and died 15th December 1656. ‘Ane excellent and judicious lawyer.’—Omohd’s
Lord Advocates of Scotland, vol. i.'pp. 154, 167.
LETTERS OF
[1627
Erl of Hadingtoun that your lordschip salbe no further
oblischit but from your awin deid, and that thair salbe
exceptit thairfra suche takkis, rentales, and wedsettis, quhilk
ye half made yourself. So with my humbill salutatiouns to
your lordschip and your nobill lady, I committ your lordschip
to the blissing of Godis grace, and restis, your lordschipis
humbill and bund seruitor till death.
S. Thomas Hope.
Edinburgh, 1 November 1627.
Pleass your lordschip. The Commissioun sould haif begun
this day. N 1 and I attendit tharon at Halyruid hous
fra one to fyve at nycht (for during that tyme the Counsall
satt) and quhen the Commissioners wer called for thair wes not
ane number nather of bischopes nor burrowis. Quhairupon it
wes appointit that letters sould be direct to requyre tham to
be present vpon Fryday cum aucht dayis, quhilk is the sexteint
of November. I persave that it salbe my lott all wynter to
attend the Commissioun, and it is the custome at meitingis to
prefer bothe Counsal and Chekker, during quhilk tyme I am
castin louse, and putt to ane bak rowme to be ane idill
onwaiter, quhilk is bothe disgraceful to my charge and con-
trair to my nature, for I love not jakking nor idilsell. And if
your lordschip haif any purpose to amend this (as your lord¬
schip wryttis in your letter) it is necessar now, and I haif not
will to cast it off till I be thair to sie your lordschip, for that
may be long to and quhen the Lord pleissis.
To the rycht nohill Erll, my Lord, the Erll of Annandaill.
IV
TO THE EARL OE ANNANDALE.
Pleass your Lordschip,—I now ernestlie attend your lord¬
schipis ansuer tuiching the bussines contenit in my letter of
the 20 October, and remaynis in ane greit vncertaintie and
fluctuatioun of mynd till I heir how your lordschip is pleisit
1 Probably Thomas Nicolson, who succeeded Johnston of Warriston as Lord
Advocate in 1649. He was knighted by Charles 11. at Falkland, 10th July 1650,
and died 15th December 1656. ‘Ane excellent and judicious lawyer.’—Omohd’s
Lord Advocates of Scotland, vol. i.'pp. 154, 167.
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| Description | Contents:The library of James VI. In the hand of Peter Young, his tutor, 1573-1583 / G.F. Warner -- Documents illustrating Catholic policy in the reign of James VI., 1596-1598 / Thomas Graves Law -- Twenty-four letters of Sir Thomas Hope, ... 1627-1646 / Robert Paul -- Civil war papers, 1643-1650 / H.F. Morland Simpson -- Thirty-four letters written to James Sharp, ... 1660-1677 / John Dowden -- The diary of George Turnbull, minister of Alloa and Tyninghame, 1657-1704 / Robert Paul -- The Masterton papers, 1660-1719 / V.A. Noël Paton -- Accompt of expenses in Edinburgh by Alexander Rose of Kilravock, 1715 / A.H. Millar -- Papers about the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 / Henry Paton -- General index -- Index to the library of James VI. |
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