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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:

Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.10685-12590
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1426-1959.

Deeds, leases and property valuations., 1786-1956.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9416/9
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1786-1956.

Deeds not relating to tenure., 1657-early 19th century.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.1313-1440
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Deeds collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, as part of his manuscript collection.

Dates: 1657-early 19th century.

Deeds relating mostly to Alexander Inglis and his family., 1573-1783.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2168-2226
Scope and Contents

Alexander Inglis, second son of Patrick Inglis of Byres, was dean of guild and sheriff depute of Perth, and owned the estate of Craigmakerran. He married in 1627 Margaret, daughter of Laurence Oliphant of Gask, and died before 23 October 1652. Some of the deeds may have come into his possession through business: a few are clearly strays from other series.

Dates: 1573-1783.

Deeds relating to a bond by William and James Fawsyde in Nether Ancrum to Patrick Bennet there., 1617-1629.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9111-9118
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1617-1629.

Deeds relating to churchlands, privileges, and offices, mostly connected with the Abbey and town of Jedburgh, and with lands owned by the Abbey, notably the baronies of Skraesburgh and Ulston., 1448-1637.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9165-9186
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1448-1637.

Deeds relating to coal in Fife., 1662-1691.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9553-9555
Scope and Contents

Ch.9555 describes in detail the visit of a group of arbitrators to the colliery of Wester Lochgelly to decide how far the workings there had damaged and encroached on those of Easter Lochgelly.

Dates: 1662-1691.

Deeds relating to grant by the Abbeys of Kelso and Melrose to George Dickson, of husbandlands of Hairlaw [Harlaw] in Berwickshire., 1555-1586.

 File
Identifier: Ch.1542-1545
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Ch.1492-1539 relate to a family of Spottiswood (most often spelt Spottiswod; also other variants) in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1555-1586.

Deeds relating to grant by the Prioress of Eccles to Richard Edger and Elizabeth Cokburn, his wife, of lands of Huntrodland., 1555-1556.

 File
Identifier: Ch.1546-1550
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Ch.1492-1539 relate to a family of Spottiswood (most often spelt Spottiswod; also other variants) in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1555-1556.

Deeds relating to lands in England, mostly those of the Elliots of Wells., 1613-1806.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10273-10321
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1613-1806.

Deeds relating to lands in Essex and Kent, and in particular to the lands of Goosehays in the parishes of Romford and Hornchurch, Essex., 1716, 1754.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10311-10313
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1716, 1754.

Deeds relating to lands in Nether Ancrum., 1596-1716.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9054-9110
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1596-1716.