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Charters

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 754 Collections and/or Records:

12 Charters, 1648-1847, of Stonecroft, Queensferry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9692
Scope and Contents

With photocopies of letters, accounts and papers, 1666-1768, of John Weir, Auchengillan.

Dates: 1648-1847.

12 documents concerning the family of Naesmyth of Posso, with two charters, 1308-1309 and 1315, of Robert the Bruce.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.8522
Scope and Contents

The two charters of Robert I are issued to Adam the Marshall. They are printed in 'Regesta Regum Scottorum, vol. 5: The acts of Robert I, 1306-1329', edited by A.A.M. Duncan (Edinburgh 1987), no. 5 (page 60) and no. 60 (pages 344-345).

Dates: 14th century to 18th century.

14 charters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7059
Scope and Contents

Including:

charter, 1357, of David II

confirmation, 1404, of Robert, Duke of Albany

document, circa 1547-circa 1571, in fine italic hand issued by John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews.

Dates: 1357-1658.

64 charters and documents, 1513-1773, of the Flemings of Wigtown.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10539
Scope and Contents

With, 16 charters, 1592-1693, of the Earls Marischal

petition, 1746, of David Carmichael of Maudsley to sell entailed lands

four deeds, 1813-1860, concerning property in Sierra Leone.

Dates: 1513-1860.

A collection of formal documents relating to the lands of Skeoch, Stirlingshire.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.8486-8492
Scope and Contents

A collection of five formal documents, 1544-1607, relating to the lands of Skeoch, Stirlingshire (Ch.8486-8490), together with an extract, 1711, of an acknowledgement of payment, 1710, by Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun (Ch.8491), and a burgess ticket of Campbeltown, 1764, granted to John Walker, botanist (Ch.8492). An inventory is available.

Dates: 1544-1764.

A. Edinburgh - High Street., 1511-1832.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.5946-5975
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprised of:

Ch.5946-5975: a group of thirty deeds and notarial extracts formerly part of a larger collection of documents, numbered between 1 and at least 33 (but originally not chronologically arranged), relating to properties in the High Street, Edinburgh;

Ch.5976-5990: a group of mostly unrelated documents of a miscellaneous nature arranged in a separate chronological sequence.

An inventory is available.

Dates: 1511-1832.

Aberdeen Burgh: charter., 1610.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.952
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1610.

Annan: charter., 1612.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.993
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1612.

Anstruther: charters., 1564, 1608, 1633.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.1027-1029
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1564, 1608, 1633.

Baitford: charter and instrument of sasine., 1575.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.994-995
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1575.

Balcarres Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.29.2.1-29.2.9a
Scope and Contents In the original inventory (a copy of which is at MS.3581, folios 6-7) signed by Thomas Ruddiman, then Underkeeper of the Library, the papers are listed in thirty-eight bundles. Most of these were arranged and bound during the period 1820-1849. Of the remainder, Adv.MSS.19.1.24 and 29.2.9a were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that Adv.MS.19.1.24 belonged to the collection. Adv.MS.16.2.3, now a small quarto volume, had also become separated from the rest of the papers, but can be...
Dates: 1231-1686, and undated.

Balcruvie: charter., 1589.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.1030
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1589.

Barns: charter., 1571.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.1038
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1571.

Blainslie: charters and instrument of sasine., 1593, 1618.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.1179-1181
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1593, 1618.

Calligraphic transcript, 7 August 1782, by John McOmie of the copy made by James Scott, minister of East church, Perth, of the charter granted 14 April 1498 to the Carthusian monastery, Perth, by James Stewart, Earl of Buchan (created 1469), of his garden or orchard without the Spey (folio 4).

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.6.7
Scope and Contents

The main transcript is preceded by transcripts by McOmie of Scott`s account of the circumstances of the donation (folio 1) and Scott`s presentation note, 19 July 1782, to David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan (succeeded 1767) (folio ii).

Dates: 1498.

Cambuscurry: charter., 1560.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.1175
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.

Dates: 1560.

Charter, 1 July 1578, by Robert Stewart, portioner of Overgrange of Wester Kinghorne, to John Lowdoun, burgess of Kirkcaldy, and spouse, following on the disposition, 25 June 1578, upon which proceeds the sasine, 25 June 1578., 1 July 1578.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6250
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

Dates: 1 July 1578.

Charter, 3 February 1631, Adam Brand, with consent of Joan Ballantyne, his spouse, to John Dewar in Nether Kinnedder, in implement of the contract, 3 February 1631, of the lands of Steillend., 3 February 1631.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6526
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

Dates: 3 February 1631.

Charter, 4 December 1587, by Henry Stewart of Rosyth, to George Hakcet of Pitfirrane and Isobel Hepburne, his spouse, in implement of the contract, 1587, George Hakcet and spouse, and Hary Stewart and spouse., 4 December 1587.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6305
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

Dates: 4 December 1587.

Charter, 5 August 1617, by Sir Robert Halket, on the resignation, 5 August 1617, by Robert Pitcairn of Dounfield to Robert Pitcairn, tailor in Canongate, of the two annual-rents of fifty and thirty merks from lands and mains of Pitfirran., 5 August 1617.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6492
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).

Dates: 5 August 1617.