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Confirmation of executors. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: The process whereby executors are judicially recognised or confirmed in their office and empowered to act. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Charters relating to members of the Ellice family., 1804-1873, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.12711-12751
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 1804-1873, undated.

Confirmation and alienation in mortmain by James IV, of mortification of John Paterson, burgess of Edinburgh, of lands of his tenement in Edinburgh, to the Collegiate Church of St Giles, Edinburgh., 1494.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.5851
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.

Dates: 1494.

Copy will and testament with confirmation of executors of William Chalmers, minister at Skene, Aberdeenshire., 1667.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12818B
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as charters relating to the Chalmers family itself, there are other items which are apparently unrelated but which came with the bulk of the papers. Only one document (Ch.12806) is of 15th century date, and only one (Ch.12776) is of the 16th century. The rest of the collection dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. A detailed list is available.

Dates: 1667.

Formal documents relating to persons associated with members of the Ellice family., 1794-1858.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.12752-12763
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 1794-1858.

Probate, 9 March 1829, of will, September 1823, of John Crawfurd Balfour., 9 March 1829.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12758
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 9 March 1829.

Probate of will of Alexander Ellice., 4 December 1805.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12712
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 4 December 1805.

Probate of will of Alexander Ellice., 20 December 1805.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12713
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 20 December 1805.

Probate of will of Robert Ellice., 17 July 1856.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12737
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 17 July 1856.

Probate of will of Robert Ellice., 23 June 1859.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12741
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 23 June 1859.

Probate of will of Russell Ellice., 1 December 1873.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12750
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 1 December 1873.