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Deeds. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A formal written instrument setting forth the terms of an agreement, contract, or obligation, whether in relation to persons or things, including the voluntary constitution, transmission, or discharge of rights or obligations relating to either movable or heritable property. Source: Bell, William. 'Dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland'.

Found in 454 Collections and/or Records:

8th Marquess of Tweeddale papers., 1808-1875.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10971-10994
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1808-1875.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Personal and public affairs.

10th Marquess of Tweeddale papers., 1845-1903.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11007-11025
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1845-1903.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Personal and public affairs.

17th century deeds, Pitsligo., 1600-1699.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/192
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1600-1699.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo. / Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families. / Forbes Family Papers. / Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.

19th century copies of deeds., 1st quarter of 19th century.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/194
Scope and Contents

Original dates of the deeds are 1446-1675.

Dates: 1st quarter of 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo. / Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families. / Forbes Family Papers. / Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.

63 deeds mostly concerning tenure of lands in North and South Kinkell.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4802
Dates: 1505-1668.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

A collection of deeds concerning members of the family of Buchanan of Auchentoshan [subsequently Cross-Buchanan].

 File
Identifier: Ch.5911-5945
Scope and Contents

Ch.5911 is a charter, 1484, of William, 3rd Lord Graham [subsequently 1st Earl of Montrose] to Thomas Buchanan of Drummikill.

Dates: 1484, 1627-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

A collection of documents relating to the family of Moubray of Cockairnie.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.12871-13000
Scope and Contents

Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.

Dates: 1436-1820.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

A. Edinburgh - High Street., 1511-1832.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.5946-5975
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprised of:

Ch.5946-5975: a group of thirty deeds and notarial extracts formerly part of a larger collection of documents, numbered between 1 and at least 33 (but originally not chronologically arranged), relating to properties in the High Street, Edinburgh;

Ch.5976-5990: a group of mostly unrelated documents of a miscellaneous nature arranged in a separate chronological sequence.

An inventory is available.

Dates: 1511-1832.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Edinburgh (High Street) charters, and miscellany.

Abbotsgrange., 1606.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8629
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1606.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it. / Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.

Aberargie: draft deed of sale., Seventeenth century.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.1161
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: Seventeenth century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Neilson collection. / Deeds relating to tenure. / Deeds relating to tenure: Scotland. / Deeds relating to tenure: Perth.

Abercorn., 1603.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8736
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1603.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

Abstract of deed of covenant of Edward Ellice., 1858.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12740
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: 1858.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other formal documents from the Ellice Papers. / Charters relating to members of the Ellice family.

Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8100/1-156
Scope and Contents Most of these papers consist of titles and estate papers relating to the lands of Carntyne and Shettleston in Glasgow. They are particularly important for the history of the colliery at Westmuir from the death of John Gray of Carntyne in 1796 until that of his grandson, the Rev John Hamilton Gray, in 1867, but there is material from both before, and in particular from after that period. Robert Gray (d.1833) was a resident landowner, and an enthusiastic coalmaster. Though not all the Westmuir...
Dates: 1518-1965, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Airth., 1606, 1621.

 File
Identifier: Ch.8737-8738
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1606, 1621.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

Albums of letters and documents, almost entirely of Scottish interest, written by or relating to historical celebrities, and dealing with public and private affairs.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.2955-2956
Dates: 1589-1881.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Almond., 1674, 1676.

 File
Identifier: Ch.8739-8740
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1674, 1676.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

Anchengane., 1648-1675.

 File
Identifier: Ch.8631-8634
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1648-1675.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it. / Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.

Antiquarian papers of James Dennistoun of Dennistoun, advocate and antiquary.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.19.2.16-19.2.27
Scope and Contents The papers consist of materials for a projected history of Dumbartonshire (Adv.MS.19.2.16-19.2.24), materials towards a projected work on the Scottish religious houses on the Continent (Adv.MS.19.2.25), and notes and extracts of Scottish interest from manuscripts in continental libraries (Adv.MS.19.2.26), together with a record of the bequest of Dennistoun`s manuscripts and a calendar of them (Adv.MS.19.2.27). The papers were arranged and bound by Mark Napier, executor of James...
Dates: ?1825-1856.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Arnloss., 1653.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8630
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1653.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it. / Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.

Assignment of debt and conveyance of plantation in Grenada by William Law to Theophilus Law., 5 May 1862.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12706
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: 5 May 1862.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other formal documents from the Ellice Papers. / Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants.

Assignment of plantation in Grenada by William Law to Thomas E Jennings., 1 May 1862.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12703
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 May 1862.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other formal documents from the Ellice Papers. / Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants.

Auchinleck., 1603.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8741
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1603.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

Baikie., 1643.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8742
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1643.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

Ballenbreich., 1607-1674, undated.

 File
Identifier: Ch.8743-8755
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.

Dates: 1607-1674, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar. / Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family. / Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.

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