Extracts. Legal documents.
Found in 310 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts, 18th century, of criminal decisions, 1669-1674, from the Books of Adjournal of the High Court of Justiciary., 24 December 1669-19 January 1674.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (M.6.3).
Extracts, 18th century, of criminal decisions, 1716-1740, from the Books of Adjournal of the High Court of Justiciary.
Extracts, early 18th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session., 1697-1698., November-December 1697, January-February 1698.
Extracts, early 18th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1697-1700.
Extracts, early 18th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1698-1699., June 1698-July 1699.
Extracts, early 18th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1699-1700., November-December 1699, January-February 1700.
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1659., 1532-1659.
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1532-1689.
Extracts, late 17th century, from the Books of Sederunt of the Court of Session, 1661-1689., 1661-1689.
Extracts, late 17th century, of acts of Sederunt, 1552-1677, of the Lords of Council of the Court of Session.
Extracts, late 17th century, of acts of Sederunt, 1552-1677, of the Lords of Council of the Court of Session., 1552-1677.
Extracts, late 17th century, of acts of Sederunt, 1552-1677, of the Lords of Council of the Court of Session., 1552-1677.
Extracts of will of John Urquhart of Burdsyards., 1666.
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Gaelic-English Dictionary in the hand of Sir James Foulis (1714-1791), 5th Baronet of Colinton.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Colvile to Conroy., 1814-1918.
Manuscript of Andrew Stuart entitled 'Extract Procedure and Interlocutors anent the Exhibition required of Charles Brown, writer to the Signet', concerning the Douglas Cause., 1766.
The Douglas Cause was the case in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas to the Douglas estates.
Notarial copies, 2 July 1430, 20 May 1431, of charter, 26 December 1324, by Robert I in favour of Sir Robert Keith of Keith, Kintore, and the office of Marischal of Scotland., 26 December 1324.
Included are charters of Deer Abbey which passed to the family on the Reformation as the lordship of Altrie. Notes on these charters appear in Patrick Keith Murray`s `Inventory of Marischal Papers, 1905`, MS.21114.
Notarial copies of charter and precept of sasine by Janet Kynneir relict of George Curror and David Hewat to Andrew Curror of Logymegill of an annualrent from Rattray., 20 June 1548.
Includes an annualrent from Rattray.
Notarial copy, 2 July 1430, of charter of confirmation, 25 October 1316, by Robert I in favour of Sir James Garioch of the Forest Gordon., 25 October 1316.
Included are charters of Deer Abbey which passed to the family on the Reformation as the lordship of Altrie. Notes on these charters appear in Patrick Keith Murray`s `Inventory of Marischal Papers, 1905`, MS.21114.
Notarial copy of instrument in favour of Alexander Belsis, burgess, Edinburgh, of land in Edinburgh., 31 January 1524.
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Notarial copy of obligation by Henry Hakkat of Petfurrane and Margaret Cunynghame, his mother, to Robert Listoune, laird of Humby, for 200 merks money and 20 merks worth of `clething utensile and domicile` for the contract of marriage to be made between Robert and Beggis Hakkat, sister of Henry., 17 January 1502/1503.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Notarial copy of precept of sasine to Gabriel Guthrie, of provostry of Guthrie., 3 February 1576/1577.
The earlier documents relate mainly to Guthrie of Petmowis and the lands of Stotfaulds and others in Monikie, the later to Guthrie of Guthrie and the lands of Hilton and Langlands of Guthrie, which were acquired by Lindsay of Balgays in 1603. There are also documents concerning the Collegiate Church of Guthrie (of which Guthrie of Guthrie was patron) and Innerpeffer (sold to Robert Fletcher in 1596).
Notarial copy of retour of William Currour as heir of George Currour of Nether Logy., 31 July 1533.
Includes an annualrent from Rattray.
Notarial extract, 5 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), from a protocol book of John Foular recording sasines, 4 May 1529. (8)., 4 May 1529.
Recording: (a) of half the Crosshouse given by John Barclay to William Nudry (b) of the same half given by William Nudry to Gavin Logie.
Notarial extract, 23 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), from a protocol book by Vincent Strathauchin, dated 21 February 1511/1512 recording sasine of a tenement in Edinburgh to Elizabeth Dunsyre as heir of Janet, alias Dowy, Linton. (10)., 21 February 1511/1512.
Comprised of:
Ch.5946-5975: a group of thirty deeds and notarial extracts formerly part of a larger collection of documents, numbered between 1 and at least 33 (but originally not chronologically arranged), relating to properties in the High Street, Edinburgh;
Ch.5976-5990: a group of mostly unrelated documents of a miscellaneous nature arranged in a separate chronological sequence.
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