Scope and Contents The papers consist chiefly of accounts of the Earl of Angus' expenditure while in Holland, kept by his ‘governour’, Captain James Cranstoun of the Glen, 1683-1692 (folio 1), including vouchers for payments by Cranstoun and by William Lawrie, Tutor of Blackwood, the Marquess of Douglas's factor, reports on the accounts by Sir Francis Scott of Thirlestane and Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats, 1693 (folios 35 verso, 41), and the Marquess's discharges, with his remarks, 1693 (folios 36, 110)....

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Discharge of Andro Hart, printer, to Adam Bothwell, Bishop of Orkney, 1592 (folio 1);(ii) Discharge of Robert Brysone, printer and bookseller, and Evan Tyler, printer, to Mr George Halyburton for liturgies delivered to the Chapel Royal, Edinburgh, 1637 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of the Earl of Mar to Thomas Kennedy, Lord Advocate of Scotland, demanding an immediate report on the presence of a French ship near Inverkeithing, 1714...

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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.

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Includes a copy of "Peary: In Memoriam" an elegy on the death in action of James Pearson, late of George Watson`s [Boys] College. Edinburgh, [by G. N. Ballingall].

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The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous estate accounts, 1658-1883, undated, of Torrance and Castlemilk (folio 1);

(ii) Miscellaneous bills and discharges, 1692-1859 (folio 45);

(iii) Rentals, 1731-1917, of the estates of Torrance, Castlemilk, Glassford, and Milton (folio 62).

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An inventory is available.

Scope and Contents Contains: 1. Obligation by Thos Forsyth, Isbel Knox and William Fulles to pay Colonel Archibald Spens of Lathallan Lodge £8:1 :- for corn. Kelso, 21 August 1813.2. Letters of excommunication by the official Principal of St Andrews at the instance of Margaret Dunbar, relict of the deceased William Forbes against William Ruthwane of Bandane for nonfulfilment of an order under the sign of Patrick Ross priest of St Andrews diocese, notary, dated 10 July 1537 to him through his...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The family estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie in East Dunbartonshire extended into the neighbouring parishes of Monkland in Lanarkshire and Dunipace in Stirlingshire. That of Biggar in Lanarkshire included also some lands in Peeblesshire, where the Flemings were in conflict with the Tweedies of Drumelzier. Members of the family were prominent in public affairs in the 16th and 17th centuries, but the later Earls took little part in them. The male line failed in 1747, and the estates passed to...

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Included with the documents is a lease, 1758, 1763, of houses to William MacGregor in France.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Lord Justice Clerk Bellenden to James VI, relating his interview with Queen Elizabeth, London, 1 March, 1584/1585. See 'Calendar of State Papers relating to Scotland, 1584-1585', pages 560, 564, 565. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letter of Francis Stewart, titular Earl of Bothwell, to Colonel William Urie, relating to an attack upon a sentinel, Dumfries, 1670. (Folio 3.)(iii) ‘Mr. Gidean Guthry his aco.ͭͭ of letters’,...

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The contents are as follows: (i) Act of 1805, disposition and deed of entail (folio 1); (ii) Signatures of resignation relating to the exchange of entail (folio 89); (iii) Copies of discharges and renunciations executed by heirs of entail (folio 111); (iv) Various papers (folio 192).

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These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.

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The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

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The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The Nisbet papers fall into four groups, belonging respectively to the Nisbets of that Ilk, the original owners of the estate; the Kers (later Carres) of Cavers and West Nisbet; who acquired the estate in 1649; the Chisholmes of that Ilk, connected by marriage to Charles St Clair, 15th Lord Sinclair, who succeeded to the estate some time before 1813; and William Molleson, probably related to the sister of Charles St Clair, de jure 13th Lord Sinclair.

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These papers are in continuation of MS.535.

The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.

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Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.