Monitoire important. Du neuf Juillet mil sept cent soixante-trois. Officialis Parisiensis omnibus parochis nobis subditis eorumve vicariis salutem in Domino. Vu l'arrêt du Parlement rendu le 2 Juillet 1763, signé Richard..
France.Parlement (Paris)
A Paris, : Chez P. G. Simon, imprimeur du Parlement, rue de la Harpe, à l'Hercule,,
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About the dispute over the succession to the Douglas title, which was resolved when Archibald Stewart was declared to be Earl of Douglas rather than his rival James Duke of Hamilton. This document particularly concerns the marriage of Archibald's parents, Sir John Stewart of Grandtully and Lady Jane Douglas, and his birth in France in 1748.
This item is part of a volume received as part of a manuscript collection; former manuscript shelfmark was Acc.1237.
Hamilton, James George Hamilton, Duke of, 1755-1769
Douglas of Douglas, Archibald Douglas, Baron, 1748-1827
Douglas, Jane, Lady, 1698-1753
Inheritance and succession