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Marriage-contracts. Contracts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scots Law. A contract entered into ante or post-nuptially between persons about to be or actually married, for the purpose of regulating the rights in property of themsleves and their children. Sometimes called a marriage settlement, the English expression. Source: Dewer, A. 'Student's glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946).

Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:

Marriage contract of Joseph Drew and Jean Carstares., 1698.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8468
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: 1698.

Marriage contract of Mungo Grahame of Gorthie and Mary, daughter of William Murray, fiar of Ochtertyre., 1762.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.15368
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1762.

Marriage contract of Professor John Law and Katherine Carstares., 1694.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.8465
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: 1694.

Marriage contract of Robert Menzies, younger of Menzies and Hon Anne Sandilands, daughter of Lord Sandilands of Torphichen., 15 February 1684, 21 February 1684.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.10640
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the formal documents relate to members of the family of Menzies of that ilk (formerly Menzies of Weem and Enoch) and other persons of the name; Ch.10647 is a passport issued, 1846, to Sir Hew H. Dalrymple, 6th Baronet, whose descendant, the Hon Sir Hew Dalrymple compiled the collection to which all these papers belong.

Dates: 15 February 1684, 21 February 1684.

Marriage contract of Robert Scot of Horsliehill, and Isobell Scot, daughter of William Scot of Mangertoun., 1662.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7638
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1662.

Marriage contract of Sir Archibald Hope and Elizabeth Patoun, daughter of John Patoun of Inveresk., 1779.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7653
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1779.

Marriage contract of Sir George Douglas and Lady Elizabeth Boyle., 1786.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7657
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1786.

Marriage contract of Sir Henry Hay-Makdougall and Isabella Douglas., 1782.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.7654
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Formal documents from the papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park. They consist mostly of marriage-contracts, certificates and military commissions of members of the family, but also include a few documents relating to the family estates.

Dates: 1782.

Marriage contract of William Jameson of Balmuir, merchant in Aberdeen and Elspet Chalmers, eldest daughter of Master William Chalmers, minister at Skene, Aberdeenshire., 1663.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.12816
Scope and Contents From the 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.

Dates: 1663.

Marriage contract of William Wardrop and Jean Johnston., 1712.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/39
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.

Dates: 1712.

Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands., 1435-1892.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.10322-10492
Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 1435-1892.

Marriage contracts, testaments, sasine and bonds of the Mure of Caldwell family., 1496-1723.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13678/5
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers consist of letters and notes on the genealogy of the Mure of Caldwell family, Ayrshire and their relatives the Bloxham family, Banbury, diaries of Catherine Mure, daughter of William Mure of Caldwell (succ.1776) and legal documents of and relating to the Mures of Caldwell and the Bloxhams.

Dates: 1496-1723.

Marriage settlement of Francis Charteris Fletcher, Captain in the 60th Regiment and Clara Pusey., 29 October 1862.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14705
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: 29 October 1862.