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:
Papers of the Fleming family concerning the estates of Cumbernauld and Lenzie., 1580-1771.
File
Identifier: MS.20786
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Tacks, 1661-1670, of parts of Lenzie. (Folio 1.) This is XX B, VIII B 1 in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770).
(ii) Papers chiefly tacks, concerning Garspothill, 1580-1661, and tack of Kilbury, 1697. (Folio 21.) This is IV E 5, 6 in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770).
(iii) Papers, 1583-1695, concerning Cumbernauld Forest. (Folio 39.) This is VIII F in the ‘Inventory’ (MS.20770). See also Ch.16441-16453.
(iv) Papers, 1603-1741, concerning Lenzie Church and the erection of...
Dates:
1580-1771.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs., 1437-1912.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14745-14777
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1437-1912.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1437-1912, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14750-14777
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1437-1912, undated.
Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs., 1570-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.14750
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Inventories and notes, [circa 1580]-1688, of writs and legal papers (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1570-1669, concerning the Hays of Linplum and Bara and their lands, (folio 54);(iii) Papers, 1620-1638, concerning the Newtons of that Ilk and their lands (folio 99);(iv) 'Report from William Yoole Anent the toun of Zester 1655' (folio 112);(v) Papers, 1743-1764, concerning Sir Robert Hay of Linplum:...
Dates:
1570-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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General and East Lothian papers.
Papers of the Saltire Society concerning premises, including material relating to Saltire House and Gladstone's Land., 1942-1987, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9393/877-913
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.
Dates:
1942-1987, undated.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1740-1763, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17684-17688
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1740-1763, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1740-1751.
File
Identifier: MS.17684
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1740-1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town., 1752-1754.
File
Identifier: MS.17685
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1752-1754.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to Inveraray, especially the building of the Castle and the New Town.
Papers relating to the collieries at Urquhart and Lochgelly., 1582-1888.
File
Identifier: MS.13305
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Papers relating to the disputed march between the lands of Urquhart and Pittencrieff, 1582 (18th century copy), 1635-1636, 1697-1753 (folio 1);
(ii) Coal tacks and related papers for Urquhart and Lochgelly, 1723-1746, 1860, 1872, 1888 (folio 23);
(iii) Legal reports and memoranda relating to coal, 1658, 1682, 1729-1747, including a report by William Adam on the Lochgelly coal, 1747 (folio 219).
Dates:
1582-1888.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1717-1760, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17677-17678
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1717-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1717-1750.
File
Identifier: MS.17677
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1717-1750.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree.
Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree., 1751-1760, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17678
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1751-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
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Papers and accounts relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire.
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Papers relating to the estates of the Duke of Argyll in Mull, Morvern and Tiree.
Papers relating to the trust of John Willison (died 1884), containing correspondence and legal records., 1871-1919.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/20-23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.
Dates:
1871-1919.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.
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Business correspondence and related papers of the Willison family.
Papers relating to the trust of John Willison (died 1884), containing leases for Kingarth., 1891-1901.
File
Identifier: Acc.11049/21
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.
Dates:
1891-1901.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.
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Business correspondence and related papers of the Willison family.
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Papers relating to the trust of John Willison (died 1884), containing correspondence and legal records.
Regality of Dunfermline., 1587-1753.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.12357-12445
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1587-1753.
Registration of tack by Thomas Inglis to Douglas Baillie., 1668.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8454
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The documents are mostly marriage-contracts, burgess-tickets, and similar documents concerning members of the Dunlop family in the 17th and 18th centuries. Three items concern William Dunlop`s affairs in South Carolina, 1688-1689 (Ch.8456-8458). An inventory is available.
Dates:
1668.
Rental of the Regality of Dunfermline., Late 17th century.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12361
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
Late 17th century.
Rentals and tacks of lands owned by the Hays of Yester., 1609-1883, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14745-14749
Scope and Contents
Some rentals also contain accounts.
Dates:
1609-1883, undated.
Robert Baillie, Minister of Inverness, tack to John Forbes of part of vicarage of Culloden., 1710.
Item
Identifier: Ch.1809
Seredunt-book of the tutors of Agnes Murray Kynynmound, 1742-1746, with conditions of roup of the tack of the house and policies of Easter Lochgelly, 1742., 1742-1746.
Item
Identifier: MS.13256
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:
1742-1746.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Estate papers and correspondence of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Lochgelly and Melgund estate papers.
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Papers connected with the curatory for Agnes Murray Kynynmound from 1741, the year of her father's death, until 1746 when she married Gilbert Elliot (later Sir Gilbert, 3rd Baronet of Minto).
Strathkinness: tack., 1668.
Item
Identifier: Ch.1070
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
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.
Dates:
1668.
Tack, 18 February 1586, by Thomas Chisholm, tacksman, and James Drummond, Commendator of Inchaffray Abbey, in favour of Patrick Murray of Ochtertyre of the tiends of Ochtertyre and Carroglen, with related instrument of sasine, 16 May 1586., 18 February, 16 May 1586.
Item
Identifier: Ch.16864
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
More detailed lists are available on request.
Dates:
18 February, 16 May 1586.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre and Keith, Earl Marischal papers.
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Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre papers.
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Titles of the Murrays of Ochtertyre for the Baronies of Ochtertyre, Monzievaird and Fowlis Easter.
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Barony of Ochtertyre.
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Ochtertyre and Carroglen.
Tack, 28 April 1583, by Sir John Murray of Tullibardine with the consent of his mother, Agnes Grahame, Lady Tullibardine in favour of Andrew Malloch, of half of Drummacharragan called Laggan, with ratification, 8 February 1606., 28 April 1583, 8 February 1606.
File
Identifier: Ch.16881
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
More detailed lists are available on request.
Dates:
28 April 1583, 8 February 1606.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre and Keith, Earl Marischal papers.
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Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre papers.
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Titles of the Murrays of Ochtertyre for the Baronies of Ochtertyre, Monzievaird and Fowlis Easter.
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Barony of Ochtertyre.
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Drummacharragan and Coig.
Tack and commission of excise given to Forbes of Culloden., 1649, 1681.
File
Identifier: Ch.1669-1670
Tack-book relating to the Dundas estate., 1787-1808.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.4.13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
1787-1808.