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Charters

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 125 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.

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.

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.

Charter by Alexis Mikhailovitch, Tsar of Russia, attesting that Captain Vilirres [probably Villiers] from Scotland, who had served in his army and now wished to return home, was a skilled soldier.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.A.130
Scope and Contents

A transcript, a translation into Modern Russian (with notes), and a translation into English, all by Father John Sotnikow, are placed with the charter.

Dates: 1667.

Charter by David Scott in favour of James Douglas.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.3707
Scope and Contents

Concerning lands in Johnshaven.

Dates: 1846.

Charter by John, Earl of Carrick, later Robert III, in favour of Alan de Cathcart.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.10671
Scope and Contents

Refers to the lands in Carrick formerly belonging to Alan de Cathcart`s uncle, Sir Duncan Wallace.

Dates: 28 June 1386.

Charter by King Robert II to Sir James Douglas of Strabrock of a tenement in Linlithgow, formerly owned by Hugh Gadyrsie.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12594
Scope and Contents

Witnessed by the Bishops of St Andrews and Dunkeld, the Earls of Carrick, Fife and Menteith, and Douglas, Sir Archibald Douglas, and Sir Thomas Erskine.

Dates: Stirling, 15 May A.R. 18 [1388J.

Charter of David, Earl of Huntingdon, granting to Gilbert, nephew of Andrew, bishop of Caithness, the lands of Monorgan in Longforgan, Perthshire.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7710
Scope and Contents

Undated, but witnessed by Matthew (wrongly entered as Andrew), bishop-elect of Aberdeen, who was consecrated 2 April 1172, and ten others.

Dates: Before 2 April 1172.

Charter of Murdach, 8th Earl of Menteith.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7620
Scope and Contents

Granting to Gilbert Drummond part of the township of Buchchoppill, in the earldom of Menteith.

Dates: circa 1330.

Charter of Roger `de Beaumont`, bishop-elect of Saint Andrews, confirming possession of the Church of Rossie in Inchture and Longforgan, Perthshire, in favour of Walter de Perth.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7712
Scope and Contents

The document is undated, but was drawn up between 13 April 1189 and 15 February 1198, when Roger was respectively elected and consecrated bishop of Saint Andrews.

Dates: 13 April 1189-15 February 1198.