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:
Gifford paper mill., 1697.
File
Identifier: Ch.11632-11633
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1697.
Glasgow: various title-deeds of the Saracen`s Head Inn, 1755-1768, and of a little property behind the inn, 1763, 1767., 1755-1768.
Series
Identifier: Ch.1097-1110
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:
1755-1768.
Haining., 1542-1677.
File
Identifier: Ch.8792-8807
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1542-1677.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.
Half of Falkirk., 1625.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8690
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1625.
Hallglen., 1652, 1656.
File
Identifier: Ch.8663-8664
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1652, 1656.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it.
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Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.
Hangingshaw., 1584.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8808
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1584.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.
Herbertshire., 1610-1613, undated.
File
Identifier: Ch.8809-8811
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1610-1613, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.
Hill of Byres., 1652, 1655.
File
Identifier: Ch.8701-8702
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1652, 1655.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.
Hillbain., 1656.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8665
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
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it.
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Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.
Hills., 1652-1655.
File
Identifier: Ch.8711-8712
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1652-1655.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.
House in the College of Elgin., 1653, 1672.
File
Identifier: Ch.8704-8708
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, 1672.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.
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.
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.
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.
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
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it.
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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.
Indenture for the Camden Estate, Trinidad, between William Lushington, and John Stewart and Alexander Fraser.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14555
Scope and Contents
Document is an indenture of release between Lushington, and Stewart and Fraser of Inchcoulter. The indenture provides a legal description of the plantation and outlines the ownership rights of both the physical plantation and the enslaved workers.There are four schedules providing details on the names, ages, employment, sex, colour, stature, country, marks [distinguishing features] and relations of the enslaved workers. The Scottish connection is clear as...
Dates:
1807-1819.
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.
'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.
Inventory of title deeds referred to in disposition of James Brown, favouring Alexander Thomas Blackwood., 1836.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/15
Dates:
1836.
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.
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
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', relating to the premises of the business.
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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.
Inventory of writs and title deeds, trustees of John Marshall to Peter Thomas Johnston., 1846.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/33
Dates:
1846.
John Forbes and his son Duncan, dealings with James Mouat, merchant, Paris., 1667.
File
Identifier: Ch.1753-1755