II. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES Register of Sasines: September, 1718, to June, 1733. March 1728, to October, 1741. October, 1741, to December, 1758. April, 1802, to October, 1808. February, 1809, to January, 1810. A New Record of Sasines, etc., begins 31 January, 1810, and fills 51 volumes down to end of 1914. For other Registers of Sasines, 1555 to 1717, see infra, p. 22. Register of Deeds; January, 1662, to May, 1665. June, 1665, to August, 1667. August, 1799, to November, 1803. November, 1803, to November, 1809. Deeds recorded: in boxes from 1650 onwards. Treasurer's accounts: in bundles from 1689 onwards. Printed from 1893-94 (infra, p. 140). Burgess Roll. Original record, 1619-39. September, 1769, to January, 1835. Criminal processes: June, 1808, to August, 1824. Record of Incarcerations (Civil): March, 1791, to October, 1818. March, 1831, to October, 1836. Royal Academy, Minutes of Directors: January, 1787, to July, 1798. October, 1798, to 1 May, 1820. Particular Register. First Series (called the Secretary's Register) i, February 1606, to May, 1608. Wants first folio. Second Series: i, August, 1617, to June, 1621. iii, April, 1624, to April, 1627. viii, November, 1719, to September, 1733. xvi, December, 1792, to December, 1800. xvii to lxxv, December, 1800, to February, 1869. Particular Register. Minute Books, 25 vols., 1663 to 1869. In addition to the Particular Registers for separate counties kept prior to the passing of the Land Registers Act of 1868, there is preserved a General Register of Writs affecting heritable property in all parts of Scotland, filling 3779 volumes for the period 1617 to 1868, with 234 volumes of Minute Books. A new General Register began on 1 January, 1869, and contains a separate division for each county. Notaries' Protocol Books having reference to Inverness. xvii. Sir William Douglas: Inverness, Nairn, Forres, and Elgin April, 1555, to September, 1579. II. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES Notaries' Protocol Books having reference to Inverness. XXV. William Cuming: Inverness, Nairn, Ross, Cromarty- XXX. Alexander Lawson: Inverness, Elgin, Aberdeen, Kin- xxxix. lxxi. William Cuming: Inverness, etc.-February, 1581, to April, 1589. William Forsyth: Inverness, etc.-1603 to 1630. John Donaldson: Inverness, Forres, Elgin-August, 1624, to April, 1644. lxxiii. John Gordon: Inverness, Cromarty, etc.-August, 1632, to March, 1667. xcii. Alexander Ross: Inverness, Ross, etc.-July, 1661, to February, 1670. cxii. Alexander MacLennan: Inverness, Ross, etc.-February, 1669, to December, 1680. cxxvi. James Stewart: Inverness, Forres, Elgin, etc.-July, 1680, to October, 1717. Inverness Sheriff Court Records. Court Books. 2 vols. 1543 to 1568. The first volume contains six leaves, part of an earlier register containing entries from 1450 to 1542. See also supra, p. 20. Inverness Commissary Court Records. See also supra, p. 20. Testaments: i, June, 1630, to October, 1634. ii, March, 1666, to May, 1670. An Index to the Inverness Testaments of 1630 to 1800 was Accounts of High Church: January, 1884, onwards. 1852, onwards. Young's Mortification Account Book: 1807. F. In the custody of the Clerk of the Presbytery of Inverness* Minutes August, 1632, to September, 1644. This volume, which had been lost and was recovered in 1912, is at present retained in the General Assembly Record Room, Edinburgh. April, 1670, to September, 1688. Dr. William Mackay's "Records of the Presbyteries of Inverness and Dingwall (1896) deals with this volume only. June, 1702, to May, 1708. November, 1708, to October, 1723. No minute for 6 March, 1722. November, 1723, to June, 1739. March, 1753, to April, 1821. Blank: October, 1757, to September, 1758; November, 1758, to January, 1762; November, 1769, to April, 1771; September, 1785, to April, 1786. May, 1821, to April, 1827. April, 1827, to October, 1834. November, 1834, to December, 1840. December, 1840, to January, 1851. March, 1851, to January, 1854. January, 1854, to March, 1860. April, 1860, to July, 1885. October, 1885 onwards. Separate Register of ministers, their wives and children: February, 1746, to 1904. * Including the parishes of Daviot and Dunlichity, Dores, Erchless (q.s.), Inverness and Bona, Kiltarlity, Kirkhill, Moy and Dalarossie, Petty, Urquhart and Glenmoriston. II. MANUSCRIPT SOURCES G. In the custody of the Clerk of the Presbytery of Abernethy * Minutes: June, 1722, to March, 1741. April, 1741, to November, 1815. Blank: July, 1766, to March, 1790. Defective: 1790-1805. June, 1867, to September, 1887. Separate Register: 1744 to 1904. H. In the custody of the Clerk of the Synod of Moray + Minutes September, 1623, to April, 1644. Blank: October, 1627, to April, 1630. "The old Assemblie book beginning anno 1606, and ending 1623, ordained to be keeped be the minister off Elgine (Mr. Gilbert Ross), who sall be answerable for the samen": Minute of 11 Jan., 1642. The proceedings of the Synod from October, 1644, to July, 1646, were among the papers of Mr. George Cumming, minister of Dallas [died 1648], and were never recovered from his executors. Minute in next vol., p. 94. July, 1646, to April, 1668. October, 1668, to October, 1686. [missing]. This volume comprehended the period during which the Synod was united as one Presbytery. June, 1702, to October, 1713. April, 1714, to October, 1731. April, 1732, to October, 1759. April, 1760, to April, 1775. No autumn meeting of Synod was held in 1775, nor subsequently (except occasionally pro re nata), until in 1868 an autumn meeting was appointed to be held annually on the last Tuesday of September. Including the parishes of Abernethy and Kincardine, Alvie, Duthil, Insh (q.s.), Kingussie, Laggan, Rothiemurchus (q.s.). + Including the Presbyteries of Inverness and Abernethy. See Cramond's "Extracts from the Records of the Synod of Moray," Elgin, 1906. |