Decrees
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:
Decreets, and other documents chiefly relating to the wadset of Pairnie and Beldhill, Perthshire., 1680-1734.
Series
Identifier: Ch.15439-15439I
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection relates mainly to properties and military service.
Dates:
1680-1734.
Decreit and summons by Sir Andrew Fletcher against Sir William Gray of Pittindrum concerning Saltoun., 23 February 1643.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14458
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Dates:
23 February 1643.
Decreit by Sheriff of Haddington in case James Gray of Ballegarnoch against Sir Robert Fletcher., 4 July 1653.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14503
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Dates:
4 July 1653.
`Decreit of nichtbourheid`, given by the Dean of Guild, Edinburgh, to Thomas Broun, merchant, against Alexander Ousteane, merchant tailor., 1590.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2050
Scope and Contents
A decreet had already been given in Thomas Broun`s favour against John Couper, tailor, in 1582, with regard to structural alterations made by Couper to a land in Dickson`s Close. The present decreet transfers the obligation imposed on Couper to Alexander Ousteane, the new proprietor of the land.
Dates:
1590.
Decreit possibly of Sir Henry Hay, advocate, against his tenants., 1667.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7582
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the documents are drafts and cancelled charters which concern the 1st Marquess.
Dates:
1667.
Deeds of the Murrays of Woodend., 1541-1710.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2227-2283
Duncan Forbes, 3rd of Culloden, decreet against James Dunbar of Dalcross., 1701.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2034
Extract of decreet in favour of the presbytery of Glasgow against William Houston., 1692.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8462
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The documents are mostly marriage-contracts, burgess-tickets, and similar documents concerning members of the Dunlop family in the 17th and 18th centuries. Three items concern William Dunlop`s affairs in South Carolina, 1688-1689 (Ch.8456-8458). An inventory is available.
Dates:
1692.
Firman granted by the Mogul Emperor Shāh `Ālam, in 1802, conferring the dignity of Khān on Robert Wilson, surgeon in the service of the East India Company (1762-1822).
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.11
Dates:
1802.
Glasgow: instruments of sasine, 1581-1801; decreet, 1666; charter of confirmation, 1821., 1581-1821.
Series
Identifier: Ch.1082-1096
Scope and Contents
Latin, except Ch.1087, Ch.1092-1096.
Dates:
1581-1821.
Govan: decreet., 1728.
Item
Identifier: Ch.1111
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:
1728.
Incomplete collection (lacking original pages 1-2) of fair copies, with frequent calligraphic embellishments, of royal decreets and other formal documents relating to the administration of teinds (tithes) in Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.3.21
Scope and Contents
The documents are copies of originals mostly from the period 1626 to 1643, but they include a commission, January 1678, granted by Charles II, and the copyist`s hand is characteristic of the late 17th century.
Dates:
1626-1643, 1678
Legal papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1758-1785.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.5.2
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Process of George Dundas of Dundas against Thomas Dundas, elder and younger of Fingask, concerning their respective claims to the headship of the family of Dundas, 1758-1762 (folio 1).(ii) Decreet and account concerning action by James Dundas of Dundas against David Parker in Queensferry, 1762 (folio 92).(iii) Process of Dundas trustees against Margaret Dundas in Craigbrae, 1775-1785 (folio 96).(iv)...
Dates:
1758-1785.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Miscellaneous decreets of apprising, relating to the financial affairs of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount Kingston., 1644-1680.
File
Identifier: MS.25742
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A former Cromwellian Colonel, Sir James Stansfield settled in Scotland after the Restoration. At first, he lived in Edinburgh, where he became a prosperous merchant. Later, he purchased Newmills (subsequently Amisfield) in Haddington, where he was founder of the Newmills Cloth Manufactory.
As a wealthy man, he was able to 'accomodate' a number of needy people, notably Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount Kingston, whose affairs are well represented here. Later, however, Stansfield was beset with...
Dates:
1644-1680.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Stansfield.
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Papers relating to Sir James Stansfield's financial affairs.
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Financial and judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield.
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Judicial papers of Sir James Stansfield concerning the debts of Alexander Seton, 1st Viscount Kingston.
Miscellaneous deeds relating to the Lords Oliphant and to the Oliphants of Gask., 1548-1798.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2056-2167
Papers, 1818, in the claim of the Marquess of Abercorn to certain dignities and honours of the House of Hamilton, consisting of statements and opinions thereanent, and copies of a decreet of the Duchess of Hamilton against the Earl of Abercorn, 1658, and of a reported case of the Duke of Hamilton, 1747., 1658, 1747, 1818.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.26.1.15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers relate to: peerage cases and forfeited peerages arranged in alphabetical order of title (Adv.MS.26.1.1-26.1.29); landed families and baronetcies, arranged in alphabetical order of family (Adv.MS.26.2.1-26.2.12); various legal and other topics (Adv.MS.26.2.13-26.2.23).
Dates:
1658, 1747, 1818.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1741-1751.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.4
Dates:
1741-1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1751-1753.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.5
Dates:
1751-1753.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1753-1755.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.6
Dates:
1753-1755.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1756-1762.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.7
Dates:
1756-1762.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1763-1774.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.8
Dates:
1763-1774.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask., 1775-1803, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.82.4.9
Dates:
1775-1803, and undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
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Financial and legal papers of the Oliphants of Gask.
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Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges.
Papers concerning the estate of Gask, including claims on it after the forfeiture, decreets of the Court of Session on these claims, its purchase by Laurence Oliphant of Condie, the sale of Williamston and Cowgask, a pension for Lady Gask, the transfer of the estate back to the family, the affairs of Alexander MacGregor of Balhaldie, and some discharges., 1741-1803.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.4.4-82.4.9
Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24
Scope and Contents
Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...
Dates:
1567-1596, and undated.