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Legal instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: 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. For documents having legal relevance in general, use ""legal documents"" .

Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:

Restoration by Sir John Hope fiar of Craighall S.C.J. and Sir John Carstairs of Kilconquhar to Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, of Glencorse and Saltoun., 17 September 1642.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.13634
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: 17 September 1642.

Selkirkshire Deeds.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.B.24-37

Three items originally found loose in MS.16497: Manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem and other legal texts, but now kept separately., 16th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.16498
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) An address panel from a letter to Alexander Arbuthnott, Principal of King's College, Aberdeen;

(ii) An instrument of donation, 1548[-1549], by Katrine Fraser, relict of Robert Forbes, to her brother Mr George Fraser, of all her possessions;

(iii) Fragment of a contract of marriage between Alexander [ ] and Margaret Robertson, mentioning George Fraser, Minister of Durris.

Dates: 16th century.

Two legal instruments and a letter concerning the interests of Thomas Moore in the joint stock and fund of the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Insurance Office., 1821-1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.42492
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates: 1821-1828.

Two legal instruments concerning a bond for £1000 between Thomas Moore and John Murray II., 1821-1822.

 File
Identifier: MS.42490
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates: 1821-1822.

Various agreements concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith., 1845-1865.

 File
Identifier: MS.42610
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series is of the correspondence and papers, including some manuscripts, of many of the most prominent authors published by John Murray, publishers. The papers represent the relationship between author and publisher. There are particularly significant holdings relating to Isabella Bishop (Isabella Bird), George Crabbe, Charles Darwin, Sir Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake, Richard Ford, John Franklin, William Gladstone, Sir Francis Head, Sir Austen Henry Layard, David Livingstone, Thomas...
Dates: 1845-1865.