Indentures. Legal Instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Legally binding agreements between two or more parties in two or more originals or copies. Also, contracts binding one person to work for another for a given period of time. (AAT) Index all examples under this heading. (NLS) .
Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:
Indenture of lease between Richard Nicholson and P Saunders, of land in the parish of St James, Westminster., 1737.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8938
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
An inventory is available.
Dates:
1737.
Indenture of lease of the rectory of Hardley, Norfolk, by the master and brothers of the hospital of St Giles, Norwich., 1394.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8963
Indenture of plantation on Tobago by Barclay Farquharson, John McPherson and Louis Perras to John Balfour., 24 May 1800.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12685
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Dates:
24 May 1800.
Indenture of release assignment and mortgage by Louise T G P C Papin to Messrs Phyn, Ellice, Inglis and Company., 1 August 1798.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12699
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Dates:
1 August 1798.
Indenture of release by Louise T G P C Papin to Messrs Phyn, Ellice and Inglis., 1 August 1798.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12700
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Dates:
1 August 1798.
Indenture of sale of ten enslaved Africans by George Lyall to John Campbell., 27 May 1806.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12690
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Dates:
27 May 1806.
Indenture of Sir Charles Montolieu Lamb, 2nd Baronett, of Burville and his son, Charles J S M Lamb., November 1837.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10673
Scope and Contents
Indenture is to Caroline E A Burges, Georgina Halkett, daughter of Hugh, Baron von Halkett, and William Ely, Cryer of the Palace Court, Westminster, concerning the rental of Poston Manor, Leicester.
Dates:
November 1837.
Indenture, or agreement, between the abbot of Dunfermline and Davy Hacate, `apon al debatis and contraversyis movit betwixt thaim apon the landis of Petfuran`, the abbot to have sufficient `third` part, and the said Davy a sufficient `twa` part., 14 June 1437.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6025
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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).
Dates:
14 June 1437.
Indentures and copies of deeds between Mary King, Michael McNamara, Sir James Douglas and John Newton, concerning land in Antigua and London., 1763.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7648-7652
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.
Dates:
1763.
Indentures made between Thomas Cleghorn, cooper and burgess of Edinburgh, and Thomas Watson, his apprentice., 1736.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2475
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Several documents are accompanied by a transcript or a summary by Alexander Macdonald.
Dates:
1736.
Instrument of sasine concerning property in St Andrews, with two indentures.
File
Identifier: Acc.3638
Dates:
1694, 1775, 1814.
Legal and financial papers concerning Washington Irving., 1820-1851.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42316-42317
Scope and Contents
The papers here concern legal and financial matters between Irving and the publishing house of Murray. The legal instruments concern the copyrights of works by Washington Irving while the financial instruments are mainly in relation to payments that Murray made to Irving.
Dates:
1820-1851.
Legal and historical collections of Sir Lewis Stewart of Kirkhill, advocate, compiled early in the 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.22.1.14
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:List, 1606, of Scottish nobility (folio 1);Process of apprising of the Bishop of Orkney against Sinclair, 1572 (folio 3);Process of apprising of Sir Thomas Hamilton against Sir Blaise Belmer, 1607 (folio 13 verso);Reduction of a decreet of perambulation obtained by Lord Hay of Yester against the James Heriot of Trabroun, 1572 (folio 21 verso);Registered submission and decreet arbitral, 1614, between...
Dates:
Early 17th century.
Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants., 1768-1862.
Series
Identifier: Ch.12633-12707
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Dates:
1768-1862.
Legal instruments concerning the interests of John Murray, publishers, in the copyright of certain works by Washington Irving., 1828-1851.
File
Identifier: MS.42316
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-2 : indenture, 1828, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : the sale by Irving to Murray of the copyright in "A history of the life and voyages of Christopher Columbus";folio 3 : indenture, 1829, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : the sale by Irving to Murray of the copyright in the "Chronicles of Granada";folios 4-5 : cancelled agreement, 1835, between Washington Irving and John Murray II : Murray to have borne...
Dates:
1828-1851.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Washington Irving.
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Legal and financial papers concerning Washington Irving.
Letter, 1889, of W E Gladstone.
File
Identifier: Acc.6237
Scope and Contents
With apprenticeship indenture, 1816, of Peter Bell.
Dates:
1816, 1889.
Letters and other documents concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great., 1690-1723, 1895, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5163
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-44 are printed in full in 'Letters and documents relating to Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 1677-1720', edited by Robert Paul, in 'Miscellany of the Scottish History Society', volume ii, pages 371-430 (see MS.5162). Documents of Russian origin quoted by Paul, such as a passport and a charter signed by the Czar are not present.The remainder of the volume (folios 45-65) consists of further documents concerning Robert Erskine, mainly dealing...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1690-1723, 1895, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Papers of and concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great.
Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15130-15136
Scope and Contents
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1886, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.15130-15133
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America., 1770-1804.
File
Identifier: MS.15130
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Ellices owned a considerable amount of land in New York State, centring around the town of Little Falls. The correspondence consists chiefly of letters of agents who administered the property, and of letters from friends of Ellice who inspected their administration. There was considerable dissatisfaction on both sides. The Ellices felt that their agents were not drawing enough profit from the estates, and the local American authorities thought that not enough money was being put into...
Dates:
1770-1804.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Letters and papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
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Letters and related papers concerning affairs in the United States of America.
Letters chiefly to or concerning David Livingstone, and to Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; with other papers concerning Livingstone., 1852-1894, 1922-1971, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20317
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Envelopes, 1857-1875, from some of David Livingstone's and Robert Moffat's letters; letters, 1856-1858, to Livingstone from among others Arthur Tidman and John Smith Moffat; draft indenture, 1857, between Livingstone and his trustees; two accounts for the Zambesi Expedition (one for the Lady Nyassa), 1858, 1861; and papers, 1874, 1891, undated, concerning Livingstone's appointment as Consul, his will and his journals (folio 1);
(ii) Letters, 1852-1897,...
Dates:
1852-1894, 1922-1971, undated.
Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron concerning financial and business matters; with four letters of Hanson to Elizabeth Massingberd., 1805-1839.
File
Identifier: MS.43526
Scope and Contents
The letters of John Hanson to Byron have been arranged chronologically, with those to Elizabeth Massingberd placed at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation this volume of letters, before foliation, included a letter, 1820, of Richard Belgrave Hoppner to Lord Byron. This letter has been moved during cataloguing and is now located at MS.43448 ff.132-133.Letters of John Hanson to Lord Byron, 1805: folios 1-4;Letters of John Hanson...
Dates:
1805-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters to Lord Byron of various correspondents concerning finances and business.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Bellot, H to Benham, W., 1812-1956.
File
Identifier: MS.40084
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Bell’s Weekly Messenger.Letter, 1866, of John Cox, of Bell’s Weekly Messenger, to John Murray III. Folios 1-2. Beloe, Charles.Letter, 1815, of Charles Beloe probably to John Murray II. Folios 3-4.Beloe, Henry Parr.Letter, 1814, of Henry Beloe to John Murray II. Folios 5-6.Beloe, William.Letters, 1812, 1815-1816, of William Beloe...
Dates:
1812-1956.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Jelf to Jenkins, J., 1845-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.40613
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Jelf, Ernest Arthur.Letters, postcard and letter card, 1895-1903 and 1910, of Sir Ernest Arthur Jelf to John Murray IV and Alexander Henry Hallam Murray. Folios 1-74.Folios 6-11. Notes, 1895, of Sir Ernest Arthur Jelf to Katherine Evelyn Murray addressing points raised regarding his work ‘Eileen’s Journey’.Folios 15-16. Drafts, 1896, for announcements to...
Dates:
1845-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of David Brewster., 1813-1868.
File
Identifier: MS.40146
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1813-1864, of David Brewster to John Murray II and John Murray III, with a few letters to Robert Cooke, with related letters and papers dating to 1868. They concern several of Brewster’s publications, including “The life of Sir Isaac Newton”, “Letters on natural magic”, his work on “The Edinburgh encyclopaedia”, and his proposals for journals of philosophy and science. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1813-1814: folios 1-18;1816: folios 19-24;...
Dates:
1813-1868.