Extracts. Legal documents.
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Extracts of will of John Urquhart of Burdsyards., 1666.
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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.
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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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Notarial extract, 24 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), from a protocol book of Vincent Strathauchin recording sasines, 16 November 1529. (9)., 16 November 1529.
Recording: (a) given by Gavin Logie to William Nudry of half the Crosshouse (b) of the same half, given by William Nudry to John Barclay and Elizabeth Nudry his spouse
Notarial extract, 25 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), from a protocol book by Henry Strathauchin, recording sasines, 18 September 1517. (3)., 18 September 1517.
Recording: (a) of half the Crosshouse to Marion Frog as heir to Michael Frog; (b) of the same half to James Makcalzean, given by Marion Frog.
Notarial extract, 25 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), from a protocol book of Henry Strathauchin, notary public and clerk deputy of Edinburgh, recording sasine, 15 March 1511/1512, of a tenement in the High Street to Michael Frog, as heir to Janet, alias Dowy, Linton. (1)., 15 March 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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Notarial extract, 25 March 1557/1558, by Alexander Guthrie (I), recording sasine (a), 23 February 1528/1529, of half the Cross House, given by Elizabeth Dunsyre to Robert Forester as her son and heir, and (b), 8 April 1530, of the same half, given by Robert Forester to John Barclay. (11)., 23 February 1528/1529, 8 April 1530.
From a protocol book of John Foulis, deputy clerk of Edinburgh.
Papers concerning the Queensferry Passage, being inventories of writs and papers, memorials, accounts and extracts from the court books of the regality of Dunfermline., 1598-1736.
Papers of the Douglas family used by the Hamilton lawyers in the Douglas Cause lawsuit, apparently to establish the principle of the Douglas succession., 1321-1707, 1712, 1761-1762.
Printed session papers, Kinloch v Rocheid, with manuscript notes by Lord President Blair., 1799-1800.
Registered extract of attorney by Patrick Douglas of Kilspindie to Mr William Douglas of Knytesrig, advocate, to resign Kilspindie in favour of Patrick Douglas his son., 24 October 1609.
There are also some documents relating to the lands of Butterdean and Wester Borthwick in Oldhamstocks which were held by the lairds of Aberlady.
Translation of notarial attestations of deeds by Roland Faulconnier, merchant in Middelburg, to William Goldman, merchant in Dundee., 4, 14 May 1599.
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Transumpt, or notarial translation, 12 September 1432, of decreet arbitral, 12 September 1432, on submission of the abbot of Dunfermline and David Hacat `twychand the debatis of the marchis betwixt Petfurane and Abercrumby`., 12 September 1432.
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).