Excerpts from Mr Godefroy's household and police books, in process, from 21st February 1747, to 1st January 1750. With explanatory notes. And answers, on the part of the pursuers, to the excerpts from these books, and to the observations subjoined to the excerpts given in on the part of the defender..
Godfroy,Mr.
[Edinburgh : s.n.,
1767]
Dated at head of page [1]: April 25. 1767.
Excerpts from Godfroy's books in French.
Concerns the dispute over the succession to the Douglas title.  Archibald Stewart was eventually declared to be Earl of Douglas rather than his rival James Duke of Hamilton.
This item is part of a volume received as part of a manuscript collection; former manuscript shelfmark was Acc.1237.
ESTC
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Inheritance and succession