Maitland, Richard, of Lethington, Sir, 1496-1586 (courtier and writer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1496 - 1586
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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A Collection of Ancient Scottish Poems, chiefly by William Dunbar and Sir Richard Maitland, 1623
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ll.05.10
Scope and Contents
A Collection of Ancient Scottish Poems, chiefly by William Dunbar and Sir Richard Maitland, with a few by Kennedie, Stewart, and Hudsone: transcribed by John Reidpeth, apparently from the folio MS. of Sir R. Maitland in the Pepysian Library. On the first blank leaf is written, 'A me Joanne Reidpeth, septimo decembris inchoat. 1622. finis 1623’. Below this is 'Ex libris magistri Cristopheri Cokburne.' The contents are as follows; the titles being taken from the printed editions, except when...
Dates:
1623
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Treatise on the college of justice and session, Late sixteenth century
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Gg.02.35
Scope and Contents
'Certane practicques drawin furth of certane processe before ye lordis of the college of justice and sessione; and decretis of the same, collectit and sett furth be Sir Richard Maitland, of Lethingtoun, knyght, and of the senatoris of the said college'. The dates annexed to these entries all lie between 1550 and 1577.
Dates:
Late sixteenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).