| Description | Manuscript volume, 1600, containing a copy of the translation, into Scots, of Hector Boece's 'Chronicles of Scotland', continued by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie. Manuscript on paper, various scribes, secretary hand throughout. Appears to be in a mixture of Scots and English. |
| AdminHistory | Robert Lindsay: born, possibly in 1500, at Pitscottie in the parish of Ceres, Fifeshire; Scottish historian; a cadet of the principal family of Lindsays, Earls of Crawford, and probably a descendant of Patrick, fourth Lord Lindsay of the Byres; according to the 'Privy Seal Register' received a grant of escheat, 1552; a service in the Douglas charter-chest proves that he was alive in 1562; probably died c1565; his 'History' includes the period of Scottish history, from the death of James I to that of James III, about which very little is known; its preface states the author's intention of continuing what had been left unwritten by Hector Boece and John Bellenden, the period after James I; the 'History' includes narrative passages, but also other brief entries, and contains inaccuracies and confusion as to dates; Lindsay's 'History' was first published by the printer Robert Freebairn, 1728, and again in 1749 and 1778, and in 1814 (2 volumes) by Graham Dalyell; the 'History' was used as a source by Sir Walter Scott and other writers.
Hector Boece (or Boethius): born at Dundee, Scotland, c1465; historian and humanist; educated at Dundee and the University of Paris; a friend of Desiderius Erasmus; chief adviser to William Elphinstone, bishop of Aberdeen, in the foundation of the University of Aberdeen (King's College, Aberdeen); first Principal of the University; lectured on divinity; received a pension from the Scottish court, 1527-1534; a canon of Aberdeen; vicar of Tullynessle; later rector of Tyrie; author of the Latin history 'Scotorum historiae a prima gentis origine' ('The History and Chronicles of Scotland'), 1527; the work, based on legendary sources, glorified the Scottish nation; the 'History' had wide currency abroad in a French translation; Boece died, 1536. |
| CustodialHistory | The volume bears the Ex libris of the Earl of Kinnoul, Dupplin Castle, Perth. |