Legal documents.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".
Found in 2019 Collections and/or Records:
Dry Isle and Clogie., 1611-1613.
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Identifier: Ch.16868-16873
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From the Collection:
More detailed lists are available on request.
Dates:
1611-1613.
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.
Duncanlaw and Foresterseat., 1619.
File
Identifier: Ch.11589-11590
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1619.
Dunfermline debts., 1632-1695.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11032-11255
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From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1632-1695.
Early Fletcher documents., 1161x1162-1663.
Series
Identifier: Ch.13738-14449
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
More detailed lists of contents are available on request.
Dates:
1161x1162-1663.
Early manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail., 1767, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5356
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This volume contains the two earliest drafts of the 'Case for the respondents'; the first (folio 1), is dated December 1767, and is written by Andrew Stuart; the second (folio 59), is undated, and is written by Professor Hugh Blair.
Dates:
1767, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Douglas Cause.
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Manuscript drafts of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail.
Early papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 17th century-18th century.
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Identifier: MSS.11001-11041
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This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
17th century-18th century.
Early Saltoun documents., 1461-1669, undated.
Series
Identifier: Ch.13001-13737
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
More detailed lists of contents are available on request.
Dates:
1461-1669, undated.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1806.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13362-13363
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From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1781-1806.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1781-1783.
File
Identifier: MS.13362
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1781-1783.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1790-1792, 1806.
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Identifier: MS.13363
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From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1790-1792, 1806.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Electoral litigation papers., 1779-1780.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13359-13360
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1779-1780.
Electoral litigation papers., 1779-September 1880.
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Identifier: MS.13359
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1779-September 1880.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation papers.
Electoral litigation papers., November-December 1780.
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Identifier: MS.13360
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
November-December 1780.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation papers.
Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot., 1723-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12868-12873
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Elliot entered the Royal Navy in 1745 and reached the rank of Admiral in 1799. He was Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1767-1768, and served as Governor of Newfoundland, 1786. Most of this material relates to his estate of Essenside in the parish of Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, and to his mining interests, especially the affairs of the White Water Mineral Company. In the family and general correspondence, there is material relating to his naval career, especially his Governorship of...
Dates:
1723-1815.
Estate, legal and family papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies, including some of the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9941-9981
Dates:
1545-1927.
Estate, legal and family papers, of the military family of Graeme of Inchbraikie and Aberuthven.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19590-19599
Dates:
1555-1918.
Estate papers concerning General Fletcher's Trust., 1682-1865, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16798-16802
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
When General John Fletcher died in 1806, his legitimate children Andrew and Henry were infants. He had previously appointed curators for them and trustees for his affairs. In this section are the papers acquired and generated by these curators and trustees over the succeeding half-century, mostly through their clerks, John Home, Writer to the Signet and William Home, Writer to the Signet.
Dates:
1682-1865, undated.
Estate papers, legal documents and personal and household financial papers of the family of Cameron of Fassifearn.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9174/1-46
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Thepapers comprise letters of and to members of the Cameron of Fassifern family (chiefly John Cameron of Fassifern, Sir Ewen Cameron of Fassifern and Sir Duncan Cameron of Fassifern, and, to a lesser extent, Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel and Donald Cameron of Lochiel), estate and household papers, legal deeds and accounts and other papers concerning Lieutenant Colonel John Cameron and his regiment, the 92nd Foot. A miscellaneous section includes inventories of furniture and books at Fassifern...
Dates:
1643-1901, undated.
Estate papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1656-1912, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8195-8208
Estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre., 1517-1934, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21119-21172
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From the Series:
The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates:
1517-1934, undated.
Estate report and papers, 1766-1768, to Lady Christian Graham, mother of Lord Lynedoch; with papers, 1795-1809, concerning her legal and financial affairs., 1766-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.16215
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The correspondence, particularly with John Graeme and Robert Graham, occasionally discusses more general topics.
Dates:
1766-1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Correspondence and papers, legal papers, memoranda and reports, tacks, rent rolls and accounts concerning the administration of the Balgowan, Lynedoch and Redgorton estates.
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Estate administration correspondence and papers of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch, and his mother, Lady Christian Graham, née Hope, with their principal men of business, chiefly Lord Lynedoch's kinsmen, John Graeme of Eskbank, Writer to the Signet, and Robert Graeme, later Graham, of Redgorton.
Estates and local affairs., 1426-1753.
Series
Identifier: Ch.11498-12539
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1426-1753.
European Court of Justice case: IBM v The Commission of the European Communities. Case papers concerning Memorex., [1981-1984].
File
Identifier: Acc.10046/47
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Professional papers as counsel, 1979-89, of David A O Edward, QC, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, 1985-9, and from 1989 a Judge of the European Community Court of the First Instance.
Dates:
[1981-1984].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal case papers of Judge David A O Edward, QC, with related documents.
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Cases before the European Court of Justice.
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European Court of Justice case: International Business Machines corporation (IBM) v The Commission of the European Communities.
European Court of Justice case: IBM v the Commission of the European Communities. Miscellaneous case documents. , 1981-1982
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Identifier: Acc.10046/51
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Professional papers as counsel, 1979-89, of David A O Edward, QC, Salvesen Professor of European Institutions at the University of Edinburgh, 1985-9, and from 1989 a Judge of the European Community Court of the First Instance.
Dates:
1981-1982
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Legal case papers of Judge David A O Edward, QC, with related documents.
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Cases before the European Court of Justice.
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European Court of Justice case: International Business Machines corporation (IBM) v The Commission of the European Communities.
Execution of valuation to the proof at instance of Henry Fletcher of Saltoun against John Shiells., 16-17 August 1723.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14584
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer purchased Saltoun and Glencorse in 1642; Glencorse was sold in 1647. The documents concern both the estate and individual members of the family.
Dates:
16-17 August 1723.