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INTRODUCTION
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of their bestial.’ Provision is made that no slothful and negli¬
gent people shall share in the fund, and that, where possible,
security shall be taken for advances, so that, if the receiver’s
condition be bettered, they may be refunded to the society.
These and also a few notes of family matters, made in
another small note-book by Charles Masterton, the son and
heir of Francis, are now printed.
A large mass of notes, identifying persons and places referred
to in these papers, might be compiled. Annotation of this
character is in most cases of extremely doubtful utility to
those for whom such documents are printed, and in the case
of the Remarques, where so many references to obscure persons
are condensed into so small a space, would be more of an
encumbrance than an assistance. The notes have therefore,
for the most part, been confined to the subject of the
Masterton family, and have been embodied in the accompany¬
ing genealogy.
The published records and various original documents pre¬
served with those already referred to showed that the family
was one of considerable antiquity. From these sources, I
had framed a genealogy of the family before I observed the
genealogies already published by Douglas, Stodart, and Craw¬
ford.1 The accuracy of the earlier pedigrees, as amended by
Stodart, is, on the whole, confirmed, but I have been enabled
further to augment and correct them by references to the
ancient title-deeds of Bad, Parkmill, etc., the lands held at
various times by the family, and to other original documents,
including those now printed.
Where information is derived from published sources I have
thought it unnecessary to do more than supply references, as
Mr. Stodart has already noted most of the facts of any
1 (i) Douglas’s Baronage, 1798, * Masterton,’ p. 320. (2) Miscellanea Genea-
logica et Heraldica, vol. iii. new issue, pp. 135 and 142, reprinted privately 1878. •
^3) Crawford’s Memorials of the Parish of Alloa (1874). (4) Scottish Nation.
(5) Stodart’s Scottish Arms, vol. ii. p. 267.
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of their bestial.’ Provision is made that no slothful and negli¬
gent people shall share in the fund, and that, where possible,
security shall be taken for advances, so that, if the receiver’s
condition be bettered, they may be refunded to the society.
These and also a few notes of family matters, made in
another small note-book by Charles Masterton, the son and
heir of Francis, are now printed.
A large mass of notes, identifying persons and places referred
to in these papers, might be compiled. Annotation of this
character is in most cases of extremely doubtful utility to
those for whom such documents are printed, and in the case
of the Remarques, where so many references to obscure persons
are condensed into so small a space, would be more of an
encumbrance than an assistance. The notes have therefore,
for the most part, been confined to the subject of the
Masterton family, and have been embodied in the accompany¬
ing genealogy.
The published records and various original documents pre¬
served with those already referred to showed that the family
was one of considerable antiquity. From these sources, I
had framed a genealogy of the family before I observed the
genealogies already published by Douglas, Stodart, and Craw¬
ford.1 The accuracy of the earlier pedigrees, as amended by
Stodart, is, on the whole, confirmed, but I have been enabled
further to augment and correct them by references to the
ancient title-deeds of Bad, Parkmill, etc., the lands held at
various times by the family, and to other original documents,
including those now printed.
Where information is derived from published sources I have
thought it unnecessary to do more than supply references, as
Mr. Stodart has already noted most of the facts of any
1 (i) Douglas’s Baronage, 1798, * Masterton,’ p. 320. (2) Miscellanea Genea-
logica et Heraldica, vol. iii. new issue, pp. 135 and 142, reprinted privately 1878. •
^3) Crawford’s Memorials of the Parish of Alloa (1874). (4) Scottish Nation.
(5) Stodart’s Scottish Arms, vol. ii. p. 267.
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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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