This chart comes from the National Library of Scotland manuscript MS.21733, from about 1820. It's incomplete, as there is a page missing. What remains is a set of fingerings for sharps and flats (with A sharp and B flat distinguished), fingerings for F and C natural in different registers, and fingerings for trills. Nothing is said about what note a trill starts on.
The note names are those of ABC.
Fingering chart for sharps and flats
^D 123 456-
^F 123 4---
^G 12- 456-
_B 1-3 4-6-
^c --- 456-
^d 123 456-
^f 123 4---
^g 12- 4---
^a 12- 456-
_b 1-3 ----
^c' -23 4---
^d' 123 -56-
F 123 5-67
c -23 ----
f 123 4-67
c' -2- 456-
f' 12- 4---
Shakes to the Natural Notes
* keep the finger on the hole after the shake
+ take it off after
D 123 45*7
E 123 4*-7
F 123 *-67
G 12* ---7
A 1*- ---7
B *-- ---7
c -23 +567
d -23 45*7
e 123 4*-7
f 123 *-67
g 12* ---7
a 1*- ---7
b *-- ---7
c -23 ++6-
d -23 -++-
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