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Leases. Contracts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Contracts by which one conveys land or other property for a specified time usually for compensation or rent.

Found in 256 Collections and/or Records:

Tack, Thomas Anderson to Charles Anderson, his son., 18 May 1743.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6711a
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: 18 May 1743.

Tack, undated, for nineteen years, by Anne, Queen of Scotland, with the King’s consent, to Patrick Stewart of Baith, of the teinds of Pitfirrane, Pitconnoquhy, Knockes, Primrose and half of Sillietoun, his entry at Lambmas 1601., [Before 1 August 1601].

 Item
Identifier: Ch.6394
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: [Before 1 August 1601].

Tacks and agreements between the owners of Springwood Park or their factors, and the tenants., 1818-1916.

 File
Identifier: MS.8078
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....
Dates: 1818-1916.

Tacks and related papers for lands in Minto., 1695-1903.

 File
Identifier: MS.13247
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1695-1903.

Tacks of Dunfermline, Borthwick, Fyvie and the Peeblesshire estates of the Hays of Yester., 1647-1707.

 File
Identifier: MS.14749
Scope and Contents

The contents concern the following:

(i) Peebleshire estates, 1647-1683 (folio 1); (ii) Dunfermline, 1684-1699 (folio 93); (iii) Borthwick, 1635-1659 (folio 106); (iv) Fyvie, 1694-1707 (folio 131).

Dates: 1647-1707.

Tacks of lands in Fife and related papers, 1622-1806, and tacks of lands in Angus, 1729-1811., 1622-1811.

 File
Identifier: MS.13289
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1622-1811.

Tacks of lands on the Airth estate., 1668-1830.

 File
Identifier: MS.10854
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates: 1668-1830.

Tacks of the estates of Lee and Carnwath., 1632-1873.

 File
Identifier: MS.27578
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Lockharts held the barony of Lee in Lanarkshire from the 14th century at least, but apart from a few charters this collection dates from the 17th to the early 20th century. The direct line of lairds of Lee, from Sir James, Lord Justice Clerk, and Sir William, Cromwell's ambassador, died out in 1777. Lee then came into the possession of the descendants of Sir James's younger son, Sir George Lockhart, Lord President, who had acquired large holdings of land consolidated into the baronies of...
Dates: 1632-1873.

Tacks of The Steads, Belton, Pinkie and the Berwickshire estates of the Hays of Yester., 1652-1769.

 File
Identifier: MS.14748
Scope and Contents

The contents concern the following:

(i) The Steads, 1652 (folio 1); (ii) Belton, 1665-1690 (folio 16); (iii) Pinkie, 1698-1699 (folio 48); (iv) Berwickshire estates, 1701-1769 (folio 58).

Dates: 1652-1769.