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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 394 Collections and/or Records:

House in the North Yett of Falkirk., 1624.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8696
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1624.
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. / Lands and property in Falkirk.

House in the West End of the Backraw., 1656.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8700
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1656.
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. / Lands and property in Falkirk.

House on the West Side of the East Port., 1656.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8699
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1656.
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. / Lands and property in Falkirk.

Howierig., 1656.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8666
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1656.
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.

Husbandlands of Yester., 1542, 1582.

 File
Identifier: Ch.11559-11560
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1542, 1582.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Estates and local affairs. / General, Yester, and East Lothian estates.

Indentures and copies of deeds between Mary King, Michael McNamara, Sir James Douglas and John Newton, concerning land in Antigua and London., 1763.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7648-7652
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1763.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Douglas of Springwood Park Charters.

'Inventory of, and excerpts from, the Title Deeds of certain Heritors of Mearns to make appearance in a Process of Augmentation of Stipend at the instance of The Revd. Doctor McLatchie, Minister of the Parish of Mearns', Renfrewshire., 1814-1815.

 File
Identifier: MS.2697
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Dates: 1814-1815.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).

Inventory of title deeds referred to in disposition of James Brown, favouring Alexander Thomas Blackwood., 1836.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5621/15
Dates: 1836.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds concerning Ogscastle, Lanarkshire.

Inventory of writs and title deeds, James Brown, accountant , trustee of the sequestrated estate of Michael Linning., 1834.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5621/13
Dates: 1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds concerning Ogscastle, Lanarkshire.

Inventory of writs and title deeds of subject belonging to John Ritchie and Company in Anchor Close, and other related material., 1895.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11812/166
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1895.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'. / Papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', relating to the premises of the business. / Title papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.

Inventory of writs and title deeds, Peter Thomas Johnston, favouring trustees of William Bertram., 1860.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5621/38
Dates: 1860.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds concerning Ogscastle, Lanarkshire.

Inventory of writs and title deeds, trustees of John Marshall to Peter Thomas Johnston., 1846.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5621/33
Dates: 1846.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds concerning Ogscastle, Lanarkshire.

John Forbes and his son Duncan, dealings with James Mouat, merchant, Paris., 1667.

 File
Identifier: Ch.1753-1755
Dates: 1667.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden. / Miscellaneous affairs, chiefly of the Forbes family.

Kettlestoun Mains., 1608-1609.

 File
Identifier: Ch.8812-8813
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1608-1609.
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.

Kirkcaldy., 1647.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8815
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1647.
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.

Lady Hannah Charlotte Tharp's sederunt book, 1876-1879, containing copies of deeds, etc., from 1815-1879., 1815-1899.

 Item
Identifier: MS.18080
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The archive of the General Treasurer of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843-1900, with related papers including a few of slightly earlier and later date. The archive gives a complete picture of the financial basis of one of the most significant organised religious bodies in Scotland, from the Disruption to the first of the major Presbyterian reunions, dealing in great detail with the sources of finance and with its expenditure on a variety of projects.

Dates: 1815-1899.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Financial papers of the Free Church of Scotland. / Legal papers of and concerning the Free Church of Scotland. / Papers of the Free Church of Scotland relating to trusts. / Papers concerning Lady Hannah Charlotte Tharp.

Land titles of Cowgask., 1571-1633.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.1635-1658
Scope and Contents

The barony of Cowgask, known earlier as C(o)ulgask, was purchased in 1632 by Laurence Oliphant of Gask from the Earl of Montrose into whose family it had come after the forfeiture of the Earl of Gowrie. These deeds relate to the earlier owners.

Dates: 1571-1633.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the papers of the Oliphants of Gask.

Land titles of Williamston, Dubheads, and Souterton., 1527-1756.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.1659-1872
Scope and Contents

These lands belonged originally to the Abbey of Inchaffray. They were broken up in the sixteenth century, mostly gathered together again by William Blair of Tarsappie in the first half of the seventeenth century, and purchased from him by Sir Laurence Oliphant of Gask in 1652. The majority of these deeds relate to the earlier owners.

Dates: 1527-1756.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the papers of the Oliphants of Gask.

Land titles of Woodend., 1562-1697.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.1873-1888
Scope and Contents

The Murrays of Woodend were a cadet branch of the Murrays of Dollery. The last laird, Thomas, in 1691 disponed his lands to his brother-in-law, James Oliphant of Gask, in the event of his death without issue, which occurred in 1693. Much of the estate was sold in 1710 to Alexander Menzies of Garth.

Dates: 1562-1697.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the papers of the Oliphants of Gask.

Lands and property in Falkirk., 1605-1667.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.8683-8700
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1605-1667.
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.

Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire., 1577-1684.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.8701-8735
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1577-1684.
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.

Lands in the sheriffdom of Inverness., 1669.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8713
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1669.
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. / Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.

Lauderdale affairs., 1632-1729.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11313-11440
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1632-1729.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Special subjects.

Laverockmuir., 1620.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8816
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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

Dates: 1620.
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.

Lectures, reports and other papers of and concerning the Central Labour College., 1909-1927, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 4(1)-(15)
Dates: 1909-1927, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

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