Nisbet estate accounts (i.e. rentals, and discharges for payment of rent and of estate burdens), discharges for payment of annual rent, and miscellaneous accounts, of the Ker family., 1605-1732, undated.
Scope and Contents
The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.
Dates
- Creation: 1605-1732, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Separated Materials
Bonds and formal discharges too large to be bound will be found in their chronological place among Ch.5122-5643.
See also MS.5450.
Repository Details
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