Scope and Contents Pages 1-15 are occupied by the records of the 'curia prima productionum infeofamentorum terrarum baronie ... XIX Aprilis 1586' and of the 'curia tertia ... quinto Octobris 1586'. Pages 16-22 are blank. On page 23 begin the records of the court held on 10 February 1584. Thereafter the entries run in chronological order to that for the court held on 24 November 1601 (page 189). There is clearly a gap between the entry for 2 May 1592 and that for 26 November 1594, which begins a section of...

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...

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The papers concern the following: (i) Sir James Stansfield, 1665-1698 (number 1); (ii) James Allan, of Dewar, Writer to the Signet, 1680-1687, undated (number 14); (iii) Sir Robert Barclay of Pearston, 1670, 1680 (number 49); (iv) Thomas Bryson, Slater, Dunbar, 1669-1677 (number 51).

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The papers concern the following: (i) Sir William Clarke, Secretary at War, 1653-1682 (number 1); (ii) Harie Cockburn, Merchant, Haddington, 1670-1678 (number 10); (iii) John Dougall, of Nunlands, 1670-1672 (number 17); (iv) Sir John Falconer, of Balnakellie, 1681 (number 27); (v) James Fleming, Merchant, Edinburgh, 1681 (number 28).

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The papers concern the following: (i) Katharine Gilbert, widow of John Johnstone, Chamberlain of New College, St Andrews, 1668-1677 (number 1); (ii) George Gordon, Son of George, Kintyre Pursuivant, 1670-1678 (number 9); (iii) Catherine Gray, Daughter of George, Town Clerk of Haddington, 1670-1678 (number 15); (iv) Thomas Haliburton in Eaglescairnie, 1670-1678 (number 25).

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The papers concern the following: (i) Thomas Hepburn of Humbie, 1657-1659 (number 1); (ii) David Hepburn of Newmilns, 1669-1681 (number 4); (iii) James Hepburn of Mill of Phocabers, 1696-1714 (number 27).

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The papers concern the following: (i) John Loutfoot, Advocate (admitted 1663), 1669-1678 (number 1); (ii) Sir James McLurg of Vogrie, 1703-1716 (number 19); (iii) Robert Paterson, Writer, Edinburgh, 1669-1670 (number 30).

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The papers concern the following: (i) Lords of Session, 1668-1692 (number 1); (ii) William Scott, Baillie, Dalkeith, 1670 (number 10); (iii) Sinclair of Longformacus, 1675, 1688 (number 17); (iv) John Sleich, Burgess, Haddington, 1655-1678 (number 19); (v) Colonel David Thomson, 1668-1677 (number 32); (vi) William Veitch, 1669-1678 (number 36).

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...

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...

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The papers concern the following: (i) George Fearing, Merchant, Dundee, 1651-1661 (number 1); (ii) Arthur Temple, Surgeon, Edinburgh, 1664 (number 3); (iii) James Williamson in Balhalvie, 1662 (number 6); (iv) Andrew Crawford, Clerk to the Justices of the Peace of Linlithgow, 1662-1663 (number 11); (v) Henry loch, Merchant, Edinburgh, 1665-1670 (number 14); (vi) John Lawson, Stabler, Canongate, 1685 (number 15); (vii) Miscellaneous, 1663-1685 (number 19).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Financial papers, 1659-1684, concerning William Melville's debts to Sir James Stansfield. (ii) Miscellaneous notes and legal papers, 1683-1685, undated, concerning Melville’s debts.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...

Scope and Contents The papers consist of:(i) Miscellaneous baron court records of Airth, 1728-1773 (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1809-1823, in the case of John Stein, distiller at Kennetpans, against Thomas Graham Stirling of Airth concerning the stopping up of the Pow of Airth (folio 49);(iii) Papers, 1823-1824, in the action of Lieutenant Thomas Stirling, Royal Navy, to discover his right to part of a sum of money in consols belonging to Sir Thomas Stirling of Strowan (folio...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...