Main entry--corporate name
Great Britain Record Commission.
Title
Rotuli Scotiæ in Turri Londinensi et in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati..
Varying form of title
Rotuli Scotiae in Turri Londinensi et in domo capitulari Westmonasteriensi asservati
Imprint
[London] : Printed by command of His Majesty King George III. in pursuance of an address of the House of Commons of Great Britain., MDCCCXIV. [1814]
Physical description
2 v. : facsims. ; 43 cm (folio)
Note
Place of publication from colophons on page 983 (vol. 1) and page 644 (vol. 2)
Note
Imprint information in colophons: "London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1813." [vol. 1]. Vol. 2 has identical colophon, but is dated 1819.
Note
Printed on verso of title page of both volumes: "This book is to be perpetually preserved in and for the use of the Cathedral Library of Salisbury." Vol. 1 dated 1814; vol. 2 dated 1819.
Note
"Order. At a Board of the Commissioners appointed by His Majesty for carrying into Execution the Measures recommended by the House of Commons respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, &c. ... Ordered, that the Rotuli Scotiæ, preserved in the Tower of London, and Chapter House, Westminster, be forthwith transcribed and prepared for the Press by Mr. Macpherson, and printed under his Direction. John Caley, Secretary." -- vol. 1, p. [4] (leaf b2v).
Note
"The editing of these Rolls was confided to the late Mr. Macpherson, who completed the First Volume, and the greater Part of the Second Volume; the Remainder of the Work has been superintended by Mr. Caley and Mr. Illingworth; the Indexes have been compiled by T.H. Horne, Chapter House, Westminster. 1 March 1819." -- preface to vol. 2, p. viii.
Note
Vol. 2 published in 1819.
Note
Pagination: vol. 1: [10], 983, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; vol. 2: (viii), xxvii, [2], 644 p., [1] leaf of plates.
Note
Plates signed "Js. Basire".
Formatted contents note
Contents: v. 1. Temporibus regum Angliæ Edwardi I. Edwardi II. Edwardi III -- v. 2. Temporibus regum Angliæ Ric. II. Hen. IV. V. VI. Ed. IV. Ric. III. Hen. VII. VIII.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
19th-century tan half sheepskin; board covered with marbled paper; text block edges sprinkled red; title tooled on spine in gilt: Rotuli Scotiæ".
Subject
England (Place) Foreign relations Scotland.
Subject
Scotland (Place) Foreign relations England.
Subject
Scotland (Place) History Sources.
Added entry--name
Eyre, George printer.
Added entry--name
Strahan, Andrew, -1831 printer.
Added entry--name
Great Britain Parliament. House of Commons.
B15233
UKSbSC
20231101150455.1