Disposition and assignation. Legal instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Deeds conveying a personal right to land, containing all the clauses of an ordinary disposition, except the procuratory of resignation and precept of sasine, and also containing a special assignation of the procuratory of precept in the original disposition, which still remained unexecuted. Disposition and assignation was also used if a wadsetter or other creditor wished to convey his rights under a security deed to another person.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Disposition and assignation documents for Sir John Stuart Forbes, 8th Bart., 1834-1857.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/537
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:
1834-1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Pitsligo and New Pitsligo estate papers.
Dispositions and Assignations relating to Sir John Stuart Forbes, 8th Bart., and New Pitsligo., 1830-1847.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/535
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:
1830-1847.
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.
/
Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
/
Pitsligo and New Pitsligo estate papers.