The Hamilton Palace Libraries Catalogue Of The Hamilton Collection Of Manuscripts

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Download or read book The Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton, K. T (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Manuscripts of the Duke of Hamilton, K. T The documents referred to in this Report form only a portion, and that, perhaps, the least interesting portion of the large and valuable collection of papers in Hamilton Palace. The historical treasures preserved there were so far made known in 1817 by a descriptive catalogue of them, which in that year was printed by the Maitland Club, as Vol. IV., Part I., of their Miscellany. The catalogue in question became the property of Mr. George Chalmers, author of "Caledonia," and at the sale of his library, after his death, it was purchased on behalf of the Maitland Club. Their print of it was edited by Mr. Joseph Robertson, then editor of the "Glasgow Constitutional." That catalogue, besides brief notices of some of the papers now reported on, refers to a very extensive and valuable series of Royal letters, and State and official correspondence addressed to or connected with the members of the family of Hamilton, from the time of King James V. and the Regent Arran until after the union of England and Scotland. That correspondence, however, is not included in this Report, which is devoted more especially to the charter muniments of the family of Hamilton, showing their rise in Scotland, their increase of territory, and their royal alliance, which at one period made them nearest heirs to the Crown. A numerous series of bonds of manrent granted by some of the most powerful barons of Scotland are also given, not only as interesting in themselves, but as indicative of the manner in which the influence of a powerful nobleman was then courted and maintained. Several other documents of a more miscellaneous description, all of a more or less historical bearing, are also included in this Report, which thus comprises that portion of the Hamilton collection which docs not partake of an epistolary character, the correspondence and the papers to which it relates being reserved for another and fuller Report. The charters and other muniments thus generally enumerated do not bear date earlier than the year 1315, which is the date of the oldest charter of the lands of Hamilton now in the charter chest. The charters here given, e.g., Nos. 1-30, are only a selection of the whole muniments relating to the lands, which, after the year 1542, assume merely the ordinary course of a feudal progress of titles. The other charters hero reported on, e.g., Nos. 30-57, refer to the families of Stewart of Bute and Dalyell of Bracanrig, a branch of the Dalyells of that Ilk, some of whose possessions were acquired by one of the Earls of Arran. The origin of the family of Hamilton, which rose to such a height of power in Scotland, is like that of many other noble families in Scotland involved in obscurity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.