Charters.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents, usually sealed, granting specific rights, setting forth aims and principles of a newly established entity, and often embodying formal agreements and authorizing special privileges or exemptions. (AAT) This term was not used in the NLS published catalogues. Lists or calendars of charters were indexed under the more general term 'Writs'. (NLS) .
Found in 130 Collections and/or Records:
Legal papers and charters of the family of Gordon of Halmyre and Gordonstoun., 1630, 1793-1804, 1826-1828.
File
Identifier: Acc.4642/12
Scope and Contents
Contains the following:(i) Charter of William Johnston, merchant, burgess of Edinburgh, and his wife Margaret, concerning lands of Hallmyre, 1630.(ii) Sasine in favour of John Brand of Laurieston, 1793.(iii) Heritable bond by George Lyell of Kinneff in favour of John Brand, 1795.(iv) Sasine in favour of John Brand, 1795.(v) Fragment of document admitting an anonymous person to special membership of the Society of Natural Studies,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1630, 1793-1804, 1826-1828.
Letters and other documents concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great., 1690-1723, 1895, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5163
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-44 are printed in full in 'Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 1677-1720', edited by Robert Paul, in 'Miscellany of the Scottish History Society', volume ii, pages 371-430 (see MS.5162). Documents of Russian origin quoted by Paul, such as a passport and a charter signed by the Czar are not present.The remainder of the volume (folios 45-65) consists of further documents concerning Robert Erskine, mainly dealing...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1690-1723, 1895, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Papers of and concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great.
List of 15th century and 16th century great seal charters.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.20
Dates:
Early 18th century.
List of charters from the 'Registrum Magni Sigilli’ (Register of the Great Seal), and other notes by Walter Macfarlane.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.12
Dates:
18th century.
Manuscripts, 18th century, concerning the principality and peerage of Scotland., 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.204
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) ‘Memoriall concerning the Principality of Scotland’, by George Chalmers, 1752. Printed by J Carmichael in ‘Various tracts concerning the peerage of Scotland’ (Edinburgh, 1791), pages 105-124. See J H Stevenson, ‘The Prince of Scotland’ in 'Scottish Historical Review', volume xxii (1925), page 91.(ii) Calendar of Scottish Charters relating to the titles of the Scottish nobility from Robert I to 25 April 1707. From the Public Records of...
Dates:
18th century.
Maxwell of Monreith papers, comprising family and estate correspondence, financial papers, and bound estate papers; with early charters of Maxwells and of Blair of Adamton. Includes general and literary correspondence, and some literary manuscripts, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7043/1—Adamton/18
Scope and Contents
This archive constitutes the bulk of the surviving family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith. It gives a clear picture of Maxwell family life, and the running of the Monreith estate from the early 18th century to 1920, with some later estate material. Some of the papers go back to the early 17th century, but the formal estate books begin in 1779, and from then on increase steadily in number and comprehensiveness until from 1893 to 1920 there is scarcely a detail of estate...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [1296]-1947, undated.
Microfilm of assorted 13th-17th century manuscripts.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.465
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Fair copy, 1686-1689, of ‘Diplomatum veterum collectio’, being Richard Augustine Hay’s transcripts of charters and other formal documents contained in cartularies of mediaeval Scottish religious houses and the archives of the city of Edinburgh, volume 1. (Adv.MS.34.1.10(i)); Register of the Chapel Royal of Stirling, written, circa 1537, by John Lambert, prebendary of the Chapel, containing copies of papal bulls and other documents, 1501-1537...
Dates:
13th century-1689.
Microfilm of collection of transcripts, 1st quarter of 19th century, by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.146-159
Dates:
1164-1639.
Microfilm of copies, 1796, of William Rose, the genealogist, of charters and other papers, 1st half of 16th century-1740; and, arms of the English and Scottish nobility, [circa 1612].
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.356
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies, 1796, of charters and other papers, 1st half of 16th century-1740, written for and partly by William Rose, the genealogist, in Montcoffer (Adv.MS.15.1.9);
Arms of the English and Scottish nobility, [circa 1612]. A collection, previously owned by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, of painted arms with genealogical notes on their holders, made by an Englishman (Adv.MS.15.1.10).
Dates:
1st half of 16th century-1740.
Microfilm of correspondence, papers, charters and other formal documents of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1863) and of his son Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, American and West Indian Merchant in London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.35-53
Dates:
1768-1934.
Microfilm of Elizabethan letters and transcripts of the register of Arbroath Abbey.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.175
Scope and Contents
Elizabethan letters (Adv.MS.1.2.2);
Transcripts, 1815, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, of the register, 13th century-16th century, of the abbey of Arbroath and of various charters, 1213-1246. (Adv.MS.9A.1.18).
Dates:
13th century-16th century.
Microfilm of genealogical material.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.28
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Genealogical material, 17th century-18th century, relating to various families in Scotland (Adv.MS.16.2.5);Collection of papers, 16th century, relating to Scottish earldoms, with transcripts, early twentieth century, by Sir Alexander Lawrie, of early charters and other documents (Adv.MS.19.1.18);Copy, 16th century, of `Recueil des Principaux Seigneurs qui passerent la Mer avec Guillaume Conquereur d`Angleterre`, a treatise on the...
Dates:
16th century-18th century.
Microfilm of transcript, 1812, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, 1812, of charters and other formal documents, 1488-1609, relating to officials and other secular clergy of, and regular clergy in religious houses in the medieval diocese of Glasgow., 1844-1609.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.154
Dates:
1844-1609.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of collection of transcripts, 1st quarter of 19th century, by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
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Microfilm of transcript, 1812, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of charters and other formal documents, 1243-1609, relating to officials and other secular clergy of, and regular clergy in religious houses in the medieval diocese of Glasgow.
Microfilm of transcript, 1812, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton, of charters and other formal documents, 1243-1488, relating to officials and other secular clergy of, and regular clergy in religious houses in the medieval diocese of Glasgow., 1243-1488.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.153
Dates:
1243-1488.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of collection of transcripts, 1st quarter of 19th century, by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
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Microfilm of transcript, 1812, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of charters and other formal documents, 1243-1609, relating to officials and other secular clergy of, and regular clergy in religious houses in the medieval diocese of Glasgow.
Microfilm of transcript, 1812, by Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of charters and other formal documents, 1243-1609, relating to officials and other secular clergy of, and regular clergy in religious houses in the medieval diocese of Glasgow., 1243-1609.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.153-154
Dates:
1243-1609.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of collection of transcripts, 1st quarter of 19th century, by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
Microfilm of transcript, 1813, made for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton "by EEH" of the transcript then in possession of John Dillon, of one of the notarial copies, mid-16th century, of the foundation and other charters of the Collegiate Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Anne, Glasgow., Mid 16th century.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.156
Dates:
Mid 16th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Microfilm of collection of transcripts, 1st quarter of 19th century, by and for Lieutenant-General G H Hutton of several of the surviving cartularies and other registers, and of some collections of charters and other deeds, of the medieval dioceses, churches and religious houses of Scotland, 1164-1639.
Microfilm of transcripts and translations (some abridged), 1778, of charters and other documents, 1241-1559, belonging to the Blackfriars, Carmelites and Carthusians at Perth, made by the Reverend James Scott., 1241-1559.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.187
Microfilm of transcripts, circa 1778, of charters, 1241-1405, relating to the Order Of Preachers (Blackfriars) at Perth, including translations and historical notes, made by the Reverend James Scott., 1241-1405.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.186
Miscellaneous letters and papers, copies of charters, unsigned poems, etc., 1320-1840.
File
Identifier: MS.1507
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1320-1840.
Miscellaneous papers concerning Saltoun estate., [Circa 1240]-1806, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17258
Scope and Contents
The papers concern: the Commissioners of Supply for East Lothian, 1728-1761, undated (folio 1); Saltoun Church and Manse, including transcripts of charters giving the kirklands of Saltoun to the Hospital of Soutra, circa 1240-1805, undated (folio 20); the mortification to Saltoun by Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, 1730-1806, undated (folio 70; see also Ch.14747-14748); and the poor, in general and in Saltoun, 1692-1773, undated (folio 188).
Dates:
[Circa 1240]-1806, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Estate papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning Saltoun estate.
Miscellaneous papers, including charters and sasines, some concerning the Hope family., 1558-1665.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:67. Charter by Robert Stewart of Rossyth in favour of Agnes Scrymgeour spouse of Peter Bruce apparent of Erlishall and their heirs failing which the heirs of Peter Bruce of the middle third of the lands of Cragy in the barony of Rossyth to by held in fee. Baillie for sesine William Barklay. At Edinburgh, 6 August 1558. Witnesses: William Galt, David Grege and Finlay Martin.68. Instrument of sasine dated 16 June 1576 in favour of David Seitoun son of Alexander...
Dates:
1558-1665.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Miscellaneous papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1683-early 19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8222-8249
Miscellaneous papers relating to Orkney., 1433-1898, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19395
Scope and Contents
The papers being chiefly correspondence, including letters of Lady Margaret St Clair and Andrew Dishington, Minister of Stronsay, with some biographical details concerning him of 1898. Also a petition of Christiana Crawford or Moodie for justice against her husband's murderers, 1725, notes on grain exported from Orkney in 1834, and copies of charters and legal documents relating to Orkney 1433-1708.
Dates:
1433-1898, undated.
Notebook of George Crawfurd containing chiefly excerpts and notes on genealogies, charters of Mortification, and the later Abbots of Holyrood.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.34.6.7
Dates:
1st half of 18th century.
Notebook, undated, of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo, containing copies and excerpts, of charters and other historical documents, 13th-16th centuries., [1747]-[circa 1760.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24543
Scope and Contents
The documents include a rental of lands in Scotland, 1628-1629 (page 11). The volume is referred to by Lord Monboddo as ‘Folio MS. 9’.
Dates:
[1747]-[circa 1760.]