These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

These documents relate to Professor Traill`s family the Traills of Tirlot in Orkney, his daughter`s family, the Omonds, and the Grahams of Breckness and Gorthie.

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to the marriage trusts of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, 1881-1904 (folio 1), Francis Scott of Geddington Priory (folio 128), and Sir Gerald Portal, K B E, 1904-1905 (folio 159). (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning London property, 1891-1893 (folio 165).

The contents are as follows. (i) General financial correspondence, 1895-1898 (folio 1); (ii) Passports, etc., 1862, 1864, 1874, 1898 (folio 78); (iii) Papers and correspondence relating to the marriage settlement of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1883 (folio 85); (iv) Papers relating to the Scottish will of Lord Henry Bentinck, 1897-1898 (folio 147); (v) Papers relating to the marriage trust of Reginald Corbet of Hankelow, 1891-1913 (folio 177).

The documents comprise the following:

(i) Resignations, 1643-1709 (number 1);

(ii) Copies of charters, 1656-1697 (number 5);

(iii) Sasines, 1569-1776 (number 16);

(iv) Marriage contracts, 1634-1781 (number 21);

(v) Other contracts and agreements, 1617-1814 (number 60);

(vi) Wills (number 77).

Documents concerning the purchase of the Barony and Regality of Linton by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale in 1671, and the assignment to him of Lord Rutherford`s debts.

The papers include marriage contracts and settlements, wills, etc.

Comprises: contract of marriage, 1811, between Arthur Geddes, merchant in London, and Charlotte, daughter of the Reverend William Leslie; disposition and settlement, 1811, 1833, by the Reverend William Leslie; draft contract of marriage, ?1812, between Charles Black, Writer in Forres, and Ann, daughter of the Reverend William Leslie; assignation, 1852, by the heirs of John Leslie, brother of the Reverend William, to Charles Black, New Orleans.

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

As well as charters relating to the Chalmers family itself, there are other items which are apparently unrelated but which came with the bulk of the papers. Only one document (Ch.12806) is of 15th century date, and only one (Ch.12776) is of the 16th century. The rest of the collection dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. A detailed list is available.

Included are charters of Deer Abbey which passed to the family on the Reformation as the lordship of Altrie. Notes on these charters appear in Patrick Keith Murray`s `Inventory of Marischal Papers, 1905`, MS.21114.

There are also some documents relating to the lands of Butterdean and Wester Borthwick in Oldhamstocks which were held by the lairds of Aberlady.