Series 3 > Charters of the Abbey of Inchcolm

PREFACE
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debted for the facilities so readily given them to examine
the records in Darnaway charter-room and to the Rt.
Hon. the Earl of Buckinghamshire for the like privilege
at Fordell. They also acknowledge the kindness of Mr.
W. Munro, factor at Darnaway; of Miss E. B. Banham;
and of Messrs. Watson and Scrymgeour of Messrs. Lindsay,
Howe and Co. To Mr. James Beveridge, M.A., the Rev. W.
Stephen, D.D., the Rev. R. Johnstone, D.D., and Mr. J. H.
Jamieson, to whom they are obliged for much useful
information ; to the Rev. A. B. Scott, D.D., who has
enabled them to utilize his unrivalled knowledge of the
pre-Roman Church in Scotland ; to Dr. H. W. Meikle, for
drawing their attention to Father Hay’s Introduction to
The Book of Coupar; to Professor R. K. Hannay, for
permission to use his abstracts from the Tyningham Letter
Book ; to G. E. Troup, Esq., for permission to print a
charter in his possession ; to Dr. C. E. Wright, of the
Department of MSS., British Museum, for transcribing
from Marini’s Papal Transcripts the bull of 1235; to
Professor W. Holtzmann ; to Dr. L. W. Sharp and the staff
of Edinburgh University Library; to Messrs. M. R. Dobie
and W. Beattie of the National Library of Scotland;
and to the staff of the Historical Department, H.M.
General Register House, they desire to express their
grateful obligation. They wish to make special mention
of the invaluable help of Mr. C. T. Mclnnes, of the His¬
torical Department, H.M. General Register House, who
has most generously placed his expert knowledge at their
disposal and unweariedly answered their queries and re¬
solved their difficulties ; and to all others who have guided
their 4 prentice hands ’ and lightened their editorial
labours they offer cordial thanks.
September 1938.