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Charles I (as Prince of Scotland

Charles I (as Prince of Scotland and Wales, Duke of Rothesay and Albany, Cornwall and York, Lord of the Lordship and Regalitie of Dumfermlin, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-49) Charter confirming an earlier charter given by Magister John Edmonston of Newtown (Haddingtonshire) to William Murray, Knight,

of all the lands and town of Newtown lying in the Lordship and Regalitie of Musselburgh in the district of Edinburgh, D. stamped "Charles P" ,"James R" & signed by Alexander Seton, Earl of Dunfermline; John Erskine, Lord High Treasurer, Earl of Mar; Thomas Hamilton, Secretary of State, Earl of Melrose; George Hay, Lord of Session, Earl of Kinoull; John Murray, Keeper of Privy Purse, first Earl Annandale; William Oliphant, Lord Advocate, large initial "C", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 60 lines, folds, slightly creased and stained, fine wax seal appended, some minor repair work, 365 x 490mm., preserved in a modern cloth box, Edinburgh, "Halierindhous" [Holyrood House], 15th July 1620.

***Rare with the stamps of both James I and Charles I. Owing to their absence in England Scottish documents were routinely stamped by councillors..