The Scottish Record Society
@scotrecsoc.bsky.social
The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
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The SRS is a scholarly publishing society, taking transcriptions of Scottish manuscript records and publishing them to disseminate them around the world. Each year a new volume comes out, with copies sent to members. Why not join us?
www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/
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So delighted to receive copies of our new book! Coming in at almost 380 pages, it has ten super chapters, contains transcriptions & translations of key 15th C documents & has some v. useful maps courtesy of my co-editor, Giovanna Guidicini. Thank you @jillharrison1.bsky.social & all involved! ✨📖
February 3, 2026 at 7:10 PM
So delighted to receive copies of our new book! Coming in at almost 380 pages, it has ten super chapters, contains transcriptions & translations of key 15th C documents & has some v. useful maps courtesy of my co-editor, Giovanna Guidicini. Thank you @jillharrison1.bsky.social & all involved! ✨📖
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New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 8:40 AM
New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
January 17, 2026 at 7:11 AM
New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
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East Jersey Bound: From Scotland to America in the 1680s
SHS and @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social are thrilled to announce a free, online event with Derrick Johnstone on Wednesday 11 Feb from 17:30 (UK)
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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SHS and @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social are thrilled to announce a free, online event with Derrick Johnstone on Wednesday 11 Feb from 17:30 (UK)
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
scottishhistorysociety.com/east-jersey-...
East Jersey Bound: From Scotland to America in the 1680s
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January 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
East Jersey Bound: From Scotland to America in the 1680s
SHS and @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social are thrilled to announce a free, online event with Derrick Johnstone on Wednesday 11 Feb from 17:30 (UK)
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
scottishhistorysociety.com/east-jersey-...
SHS and @oldedinburghclub.bsky.social are thrilled to announce a free, online event with Derrick Johnstone on Wednesday 11 Feb from 17:30 (UK)
Register here: uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
scottishhistorysociety.com/east-jersey-...
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As always, a fascinating podcast episode with Dendrochronoligist Dr. Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social on her work with Scottish woodlands and historic timber buildings podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
[HBP#22] - Coralie Mills - Discovering Scotland's Past with Dendrochronology
Podcast Episode · Heritage Buildings Podcast · 18/11/2025 · 1h 18m
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January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
As always, a fascinating podcast episode with Dendrochronoligist Dr. Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social on her work with Scottish woodlands and historic timber buildings podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
A selection of our past volumes! Each year the latest volume is sent out to members. To join, to buy back volumes, or to find details of submitting your own manuscript for consideration, go to: www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:26 AM
A selection of our past volumes! Each year the latest volume is sent out to members. To join, to buy back volumes, or to find details of submitting your own manuscript for consideration, go to: www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
Help with #medieval #palaeography please! A 1497 purchase of a mort cloth by the Edinburgh Hammermen included three score ‘so[ri]nis’? Soriws? Note the ‘ri’ carrot glyph as in ‘w[ri]ttin’ several lines above.
January 12, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Help with #medieval #palaeography please! A 1497 purchase of a mort cloth by the Edinburgh Hammermen included three score ‘so[ri]nis’? Soriws? Note the ‘ri’ carrot glyph as in ‘w[ri]ttin’ several lines above.
#medieval #palaeography help please! The Edinburgh Hammermen (1497) no ‘gathering’ of dues one week, due to the distribution (scalyne) of the communion Host (ost - Eucharist). It appears to say ‘from [something?]’. Any ideas? Perhaps a vessel, or maybe a time of the week? Apologies: poor photos!
January 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
#medieval #palaeography help please! The Edinburgh Hammermen (1497) no ‘gathering’ of dues one week, due to the distribution (scalyne) of the communion Host (ost - Eucharist). It appears to say ‘from [something?]’. Any ideas? Perhaps a vessel, or maybe a time of the week? Apologies: poor photos!
Merry Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Merry Christmas!
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'Mary tells her brother-in-law, King Henri III of France, that she is "to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning". The manuscript will be on show at Perth Museum for three months.'
On loan from @natlibscot.bsky.social
#skystorians 🗃️ 📚 🏴 #herstory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On loan from @natlibscot.bsky.social
#skystorians 🗃️ 📚 🏴 #herstory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare public display for Mary Queen of Scots' final letter
The letter was written in the cell where Mary had been imprisoned for 19 years, just hours before she was executed.
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December 11, 2025 at 6:58 AM
'Mary tells her brother-in-law, King Henri III of France, that she is "to be executed like a criminal at eight in the morning". The manuscript will be on show at Perth Museum for three months.'
On loan from @natlibscot.bsky.social
#skystorians 🗃️ 📚 🏴 #herstory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
On loan from @natlibscot.bsky.social
#skystorians 🗃️ 📚 🏴 #herstory
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
New publications for 2025-2026! This year we have two (!) volumes, focussed on different islands: Arran (Arran Rentals, 1576-1780: accounts & testaments) and Australia (Life & Adventures of G. R. Nicoll, 1824-1901: travel journal of a Scottish shipwright/blockmaker) www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
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#Museum30 theme 15 is #kindness. Thanks are accorded to all those who kindly gifted items over years to Dunblane Museum for its collection, many permanently on display, or in temporary exhibitions, or for access for research. Those who kindly donate when visiting the museum…/👇
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Help please with #palaeography - what is Andro's surname? Or what word follows?
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Help please with #palaeography - what is Andro's surname? Or what word follows?
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h/t @threadinburgh.scot for flagging up this new release about the medieval coal mine beneath the Forth. One day during some volunteer work at Culross Palace garden, we trudged out at low tide to see what we could see. It's still there, after all these hundreds of years.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
h/t @threadinburgh.scot for flagging up this new release about the medieval coal mine beneath the Forth. One day during some volunteer work at Culross Palace garden, we trudged out at low tide to see what we could see. It's still there, after all these hundreds of years.
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'Scotland's oldest bakery' up for sale after 200 years www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Scotland's oldest bakery' Alexander Taylor up for sale after 200 years
Barry and Claire Taylor are the sixth generation to run Scotland's oldest bakery in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:45 AM
'Scotland's oldest bakery' up for sale after 200 years www.bbc.com/news/article...
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2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History!
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2025 Frank Watson Book Prize in Scottish History!
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
Catriona M.M. Macdonald, The Caledoniad: The Making of Scottish History. Edinburgh: John Donald, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd., 2024. ISBN: 9780859767200.
Congratulations, Dr. Macdonald! 🏆🎉
Read the jury's citation: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/scottis...
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Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)'
Register below!
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Register below!
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Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489 – 1541) with Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler
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October 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Find out more about @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social's lecture on Wednesday 22 October 2025. We're thrilled to have her kick off our new Winter Lecture Series with 'Editing the Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)'
Register below!
scottishhistorysociety.com/editing-the-...
Register below!
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The amazing Isle of Arran Heritage Museum needs a new roof on one of its fantastic buildings! It’s a worthy cause! #Arran Please repost!
October 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The amazing Isle of Arran Heritage Museum needs a new roof on one of its fantastic buildings! It’s a worthy cause! #Arran Please repost!
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Help with #Latin #Palaeography please! What is this word beginning with d and ending in le?
'In dei nominie Amen per hoc praesens publicum Instrumentum Curatis pateat Evidentum quod anno Incarnationis d[inumerabi]le?? millesimo quingentesimo trigesimonono mensis vero Decembris die decimo sexto'??
'In dei nominie Amen per hoc praesens publicum Instrumentum Curatis pateat Evidentum quod anno Incarnationis d[inumerabi]le?? millesimo quingentesimo trigesimonono mensis vero Decembris die decimo sexto'??
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Help with #Latin #Palaeography please! What is this word beginning with d and ending in le?
'In dei nominie Amen per hoc praesens publicum Instrumentum Curatis pateat Evidentum quod anno Incarnationis d[inumerabi]le?? millesimo quingentesimo trigesimonono mensis vero Decembris die decimo sexto'??
'In dei nominie Amen per hoc praesens publicum Instrumentum Curatis pateat Evidentum quod anno Incarnationis d[inumerabi]le?? millesimo quingentesimo trigesimonono mensis vero Decembris die decimo sexto'??
#OTD (9th Oct) 1538 - John Mathesoun, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Caithness (#Dornoch) asked that the Pope would grant him indult to use the divine office and canonical hours published by Francis, ‘cardinal priest of Sta Croce in Gerusalemme’. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
#OTD (9th Oct) 1538 - John Mathesoun, Chancellor of the Cathedral Church of Caithness (#Dornoch) asked that the Pope would grant him indult to use the divine office and canonical hours published by Francis, ‘cardinal priest of Sta Croce in Gerusalemme’. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
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We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
The Scottish History Society
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October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We've joined the blue sky! Just as the skies darken for winter too
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
Please let your followers know that the Scottish History Society has arrived!
Find out more about memberships, the society, and events at our website: scottishhistorysociety.com
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Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
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Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
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October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
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📢Call for Papers📢 ‘Folklore on the Move’: The Folklore Society’s annual conference 2026 in collaboration with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. In person conference: 5-7 Jun 2026; online conference day: 10 Jun 2026. Proposal deadline 14 Dec www.folklore-society.com/event/call-f...
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📢Call for Papers📢 ‘Folklore on the Move’: The Folklore Society’s annual conference 2026 in collaboration with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. In person conference: 5-7 Jun 2026; online conference day: 10 Jun 2026. Proposal deadline 14 Dec www.folklore-society.com/event/call-f...
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And two more clues (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) – can you guess the theme of this year’s SRS volume(s) now? {_ _ _ _ _ _ _}They range from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and will, of course, be sent out to members, so why not join the Society? www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/
September 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And two more clues (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) – can you guess the theme of this year’s SRS volume(s) now? {_ _ _ _ _ _ _}They range from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, and will, of course, be sent out to members, so why not join the Society? www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk/membership/