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Estate records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Documents relating to the management of all aspects of a landed estate, which is to be considered property of notable extent which may include, as general examples, any of the following: dwellings; outbuildings; grounds; pasturage; arable land; woodland; water courses. For papers concerning the administration of personal estates, in the narrow legal sense, on death see 'Estate inventories', 'Probate records'' and 'Probate accounts'.

Found in 1259 Collections and/or Records:

Dundas estate accounts: account and vouchers for crops 1756-1757., 1756-1757.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The most important event in this period was the execution, in an attempt to relieve the estate of its burden of debt, of a deed of trust by James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780). This deed (dated 23 February, 1773 but effective from Martinmas, 1772) resulted in the administration of the estate by trustees up to and including crop 1805 (18 August 1806) and, due to the minority of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1881), by curators up to 14 January 1814. In the period before the trust, Robert Seton,...
Dates: 1756-1757.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: account for crops 1773-1779., 1773-1779.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.22
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The most important event in this period was the execution, in an attempt to relieve the estate of its burden of debt, of a deed of trust by James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780). This deed (dated 23 February, 1773 but effective from Martinmas, 1772) resulted in the administration of the estate by trustees up to and including crop 1805 (18 August 1806) and, due to the minority of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1881), by curators up to 14 January 1814. In the period before the trust, Robert Seton,...
Dates: 1773-1779.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1773-1774., 1773-1774.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The most important event in this period was the execution, in an attempt to relieve the estate of its burden of debt, of a deed of trust by James Dundas of Dundas (died 1780). This deed (dated 23 February, 1773 but effective from Martinmas, 1772) resulted in the administration of the estate by trustees up to and including crop 1805 (18 August 1806) and, due to the minority of James Dundas of Dundas (died 1881), by curators up to 14 January 1814. In the period before the trust, Robert Seton,...
Dates: 1773-1774.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1805-1806., 1805-1806.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.37
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1805 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1806 (folio 107).

Dates: 1805-1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1813-1814., 1813-1814.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.45
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1813 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1814 (folio 128).

Dates: 1813-1814.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1815-1816., 1815-1816.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.46
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1815 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1816 (folio 136).

Dates: 1815-1816.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1817-1818., 1817-1818.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.47
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1817 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1818 (folio 151).

Dates: 1817-1818.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1819., 1819.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.48
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1819 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1820 (folio 109).

Dates: 1819.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: accounts and vouchers for crops 1821-1824., 1821-1824.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.49
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1821 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1822 (folio 54).

(iii) Account and vouchers for crop 1823 (folio 110).

(iv) Account and vouchers for crop 1824 (folio 171).

Dates: 1821-1824.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1756-1824.

Dundas estate accounts: discharges and some precepts concerning teinds and ministers` and schoolmasters` stipends., 1532-1662.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.1
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Abercorn, 1632-1662 (folio 1).

(ii) Dalmeny, 1583-1662 (folio 36).

(iii) Kirkliston, 1532-1635 (folio 115).

(iv) Linlithgow, 1638-1662 (folio 147).

(v) Livingston, 1577-1658 (folio 164).

Dates: 1532-1662.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts up to and including crop 1667.

Dundas estate accounts: discharges concerning annualrent, tocher, allowances to members of the Dundas family, etc., 1578-1669.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.3
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1578-1669.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts up to and including crop 1667.

Dundas estate accounts: discharges concerning taxation and feu-duty., 1561-1665.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.2
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Taxation, 1598-1665 (folio 1).

(ii) Feu-duty, 1561-1652 (folio 201).

Dates: 1561-1665.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts up to and including crop 1667.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1671., 1668-1671.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.6
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers for crop 1668 (folio 1).

(ii) Vouchers for crop 1669 (folio 47).

(iii) Account and vouchers for crop 1670 (folio 102).

(iv) Account and vouchers for crop 1671 (folio 189).

Dates: 1668-1671.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1684.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1684., 1668-1684.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.6-80.2.9
Scope and Contents George Dundas in Newbigging was factor for crops 1671-1678, though for most of the period Robert Russell acted as agent for the estate for the lands of Blairmucks in Lanarkshire, an office which he retained after the termination of George Dundas`s factory. Dundas was succeeded as factor by William Lockhart (crop 1679), William Ker (crops 1680-1681) and William Somerwell (crop 1682). The fragmentary nature of the accounts for crops 1683-1684 makes it difficult to deduce the arrangements for...
Dates: 1668-1684.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1672-1674., 1672-1674.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.7
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers for crop 1672 (folio 1).

(ii) Vouchers for crop 1673 (folio 94).

(iii) Vouchers for crop 1674 (folio 172).

Dates: 1672-1674.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1684.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1675-1679., 1675-1679.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.8
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers for crop 1675 (folio 1).

(ii) Vouchers for crop 1676 (folio 93).

(iii) Vouchers for crop 1677 (folio 13and).

(iv) Vouchers for crop 1678 (folio 209).

(v) Vouchers for crop 1679 (folio 259).

Dates: 1675-1679.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1684.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1680-1684., 1680-1684.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.9
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers for crop 1680. See Adv.MS.80.3.26 for the account to which these vouchers relate (folio 1).

(ii) Accounts and vouchers for crop 1681 (folio 55).

(iii) Vouchers for crop 1682 (folio 166).

(iv) Vouchers for crops 1683-1684 (folio 194).

Dates: 1680-1684.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1668-1684.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704., 1684-1705.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.10
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers concerning ministers` and schoolmasters` stipends and kirk, school and manse repairs, 1686-1705 (folio1). For details of this section see the list of contents at the beginning of the volume.

(ii) Vouchers concerning taxation and feu-duty, 1684-1705 (folio 117).

(iii) Vouchers concerning annualrent, 1685-1697 (folio 175).

Dates: 1684-1705.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704., 1684-1705.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.11
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers concerning annualrent, 1698-1705 (folio 1).

(ii) Vouchers concerning aliment, salaries, etc., 1686-1694 (folio 46).

(iii) Discharges to tenants for kain, etc., 1684-1690 (folio 54).

(iv) Estate, household, and personal accounts, mostly merchants` and tradesmens` accounts for supplies and services, 1685-1704 (folio 125).

Dates: 1684-1705.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704., 1684-1705.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.10-80.2.11
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1684-1705.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1705-1706, 1709-1711., 1705-1706, 1709-1711.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.12
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account (2 copies, one a draft) and vouchers for crop 1705 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1706 (folio 38).

(iii) Account for crop 1709 (no vouchers survive) (folio 73).

(iv) Account and vouchers for crops 1710-1711 (folio 89).

Dates: 1705-1706, 1709-1711.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1705-1706, 1709-1711, 1713-1717.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1705-1706, 1709-1711, 1713-1717., 1705-1717.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.12-80.2.13
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1705-1717.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1713-1717., 1713-1717.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.13
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Account and vouchers for crop 1713 (folio 1).

(ii) Account and vouchers for crop 1714 (folio 47).

(iii) Vouchers for crop 1715 (folio 93).

(iv) Account and vouchers for crop 1716 (folio 129).

(v) Account and vouchers for crop 1717 (folio 145).

Dates: 1713-1717.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1705-1706, 1709-1711, 1713-1717.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1718-1734., 1718-1736.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.14
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers concerning ministers` and schoolmasters` stipends and kirk, school, and manse repairs, 1719-1736 (folio 1).

(ii) Vouchers concerning taxation, 1718-1736 (folio 123).

(iii) Vouchers concerning annualrent, 1719-1734, arranged under the names of grantors of discharges (folio 174).

Dates: 1718-1736.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1718-1734.

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1718-1734., 1718-1736.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.15
Scope and Contents

The contents of the volume are as follows:

(i) Vouchers concerning annualrent (folio 1).

(ii) Estate, household, and personal accounts, mostly merchants` and tradesmen`s accounts for supplies and services (folio 62).

Dates: 1718-1736.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas. / Dundas estate accounts for crops 1718-1734.

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