Instruments of resignation. Legal Instruments.
Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:
Instrument of resignation of Kincardin alias Cockairney in favour of Robert Moubray of Cockairney., 6 August 1781.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Instrument of resignation of lands of Kilbride by Duncan Lamont of Auchinshelloch to Archibald Lamont of that Ilk., 8 January 1741.
Instrument of resignation of Sir Dougall Campbell, Dame Isobell Boyd, his wife, Grissell Campbell, their daughter and James Stewart, her husband., 30 July 1631.
Instrument of resignation of teinds of Saltoun in favour of Mr William Forbes of Craigievar., 29 July 1624.
William Forbes of Many, afterwards of Craigievar, and his son Sir William, succeeded in acquiring all rights to Saltoun, which was ultimately sold, after being held briefly by Sir William Gray of Pittendrum and various relations of Forbes, to Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer.
Instrument of resignation of the annualrent of pieces of land called coallhous balkis in Inverkeithing., 16 July 1666.
By Robert Bairdie burgess of Inverkeithing in favour of Margaret Walwood his spouse in liferent.
Instrument of resignation of the half lands of Colcarnie, except one acre, in favour of James Holburne of Menstrie [afterwards Sir James, 1st Baronet]., 22 November 1695.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Instrument of resignation of the lands of Beldhill by George Graeme of Inchbraikie (d 1704), to Robert Swinton in Keithliehead., 1680.
Collection relates mainly to properties and military service.
Instrument of resignation of the lands of Kincardin alias Cockairney or Cowcairnie in favour of Robert Moubray of Cockairnie., 21 May 1782.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Instrument of resignation of the lands of Sliermine by Aeneas Ranaldson Macdonell of Glengarry in favour of George Gordon 9th Marquess of Huntly., 5 July 1836.
These documents srelate to the ownership of the estate by the MacDonells and later by the Marquess of Huntly, and by William, Baron Ward (subsequently created Earl of Dudley), prior to the purchase by Edward Ellice.
Instrument of resignation of the property on the north side of North Street, Perth, by the north gate of Perth, granted by Agnes Bunch, sister of Alexander, burgess, Perth, in favour of John Murray of Tibbermuir., ?1594.
Instrument of resignation of two crofts of land in Cramond by Robert Robert in Kirkcrawmond in favour of master Thomas Ballendane., 17 October 1523.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Instruments of resignation in favour of William Murray 1st Baronet of Ochtertyre, Carroglen, Coig, Clogie, Dry Isle, Drummacharragan, Dollerie and Croft Weit., 14 January 1662.
More detailed lists are available on request.
Lassodie: instrument of resignation., 1565.
The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.
Legal documents relating to properties in Glengarry., 1780-1864.
These documents srelate to the ownership of the estate by the MacDonells and later by the Marquess of Huntly, and by William, Baron Ward (subsequently created Earl of Dudley), prior to the purchase by Edward Ellice.
Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants., 1768-1862.
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Letter of resignation of sums of annualrent of properties in Cupar, Fife, by John Hayr and John Balcolmy, burgesses of Cupar, in favour of John de Fery, burgess and bailie of Cupar.
The document has been dated and underlined in an 18th century hand.
Mertonhall: instrument of resignation., 1826.
The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.
Miscellaneous affairs., 1558-1680.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Miscellaneous papers, including charters and sasines, some concerning the Hope family., 1558-1665.
Papers, comprising charters of various families, from the archives of Messrs Tods, Murray and Jamieson, WS.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of various clients., 1735-1768, undated.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of various clients., 1746-1777.
Registered resignation by Adam Lawte. (26), 10 January 1620.
Refers to: (a) the Cross House, with the inner close and yard, in Barclay`s Close, and other property in warrandice, (b) the bakehouse, well, etc in Grey`s Close, (c) the little yard in Gray`s Close, all in favour of the Provost of Edinburgh and others as Governors of Heriot`s Hospital.
Resignation ‘ad remanentiam’, 10 November 1735, registered at Cupar 19 November 1735, John Taylor, late tailor in Myre-end, in favour of Captain Peter Halket, junior of Pitfirren, tenement, etc., in village of Myre-end., 10 November 1735.
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).
Resignation ‘ad remanentiam’, 16 January 1647, registered in ‘General Register of Sasines’, Edinburgh, 19 January 1647, by Henry Pitcairn, son of Robert Pitcairn, tailor in Canongate, of two annual-rents of fifty and thirty merks from mains of Pitfirane in the hands of Sir Robert and Sir James Halket., 16 January 1647.
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).