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Instruments of sasine. Legal instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scottish law. The deed or document recording the transfer of property. Source: Concise Scottish Dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press, 1987).

Found in 744 Collections and/or Records:

Instrument and precept of sasine of two chaplaincies in the parish church of Haddington, in favour of William Wilson and Archibald Borthwick, priests of St Mary`s Church, Haddington., 1533.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.5855
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.

Dates: 1533.

Instrument of resignation and sasine in favour of John Rutherford, nephew (nepos) of Sir William Rutherfurd, vicar of Gyrnlaw, of the four merklands of old extent lying on the east side of the town of Scraisburgh; following on the resignation made by Sir William into the hands of John Rutherfurd of Hunthyll, superior thereof., 22 December 1542.

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Identifier: Acc.7750/57
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: Contains 71 writs and three detached seals, with Cairncross Charters of the Regality of Melrose (listed in "Selections from the Regality of Melrose", volume III, (1917), pp 373-382).Please note that the Rutherford name is represented variously throughout the charters, including Ruderfurde, Ruthirfurde, and Rutherfurde.This collection consists of material transferred from the Scottish Record Office to the National Library, and is supplementary to the main body of...
Dates: 22 December 1542.

Instrument of resignation by George Disart, burgess of Forfar, to William Graham, bailie of Forfar in favour of his son James, of a tenement in Forfar and instrument of sasine to the latter., 5 September 1547.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.15058
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 5 September 1547.

Instrument of sasine.

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Identifier: Ch.12596
Scope and Contents

By George Douglas as deputy for William Douglas of Cavers, Sheriff of Roxburghshire, in favour of William Cranstoun of Cranstoun of lands of Smaiholm, Nether Crailing and Lanton, and of the office of Coroner of Roxburgh.

Dates: 26 November 1499.

Instrument of sasine, 8 January 1515/1616, following precept, 14 December 1515, by King James V under the quarter seal, for giving infeftment to John Halkhed of Petfurane, upon a charter of resignation by the late King [James IV] to the deceased Henry Halkhed, his father, in the third part of Vchtirtire and Balcrag and mill thereof in shire of Forfar, and sixth part of Petconnochy in shire of Fife, on which he had not taken infeftment., 8 January 1515/1616.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6066
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: 8 January 1515/1616.

Instrument of sasine, 9 March 1637, of a half of a back tenement of land with a house and yard called Soutar`s Yard on the north side of North Street, Perth, and an annualrent, undated, of a tenement in North Street, Perth, belonging to the heirs of Walter Simpson, granted by William Moncrieff of Maryland in favour of Andrew Moncrieff, burgess, Perth., 9 March 1637.

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Identifier: Ch.15274-15275
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Comprised of: charters and sasines of property in North Street, Perth, 1544-1668 (further records of the Incorporation held in the Scottish Record Office - GD1/427 - show that by 1718 the Hammermen had acquired much of the North Street property by purchase from David Moncrieff who in turn had acquired it from Sir William Stewart of Inneruytie) and one for property in South Street, 1781. Also the oath sworn by the Perth Hammermen on the Test Act 1681, in 1682, and extracts from the Burgh...
Dates: 9 March 1637.

Instrument of sasine, 14, 16 August 1632, following charter, 5 July 1632, by Sir William Forbes of Craigievar to Patrick, Bishop of Aberdeen, Alexander Skene of that ilk, John Kennedy of Kermuckie, John Forbes of Balnagask, and Robert Forbes brother of Sir William, of Saltoun, Glencorse, Craigievar, etc., 14, 16 August 1632.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.13552
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 14, 16 August 1632.