Petitions.
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Financial papers concerning roads in East Stirlingshire., 1725-1847, undated.
The contents are as follows: account-book, 1807-1816 (folio 1); miscellaneous accounts, 1726-1847 (folio 30); miscellaneous memoranda, petitions, reports, etc., 1725, 1834, undated (folio 143).
General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1851-1878, undated, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1851-1882, undated.
On folios 264-272 is an 'Inventory of titles, books and documents of the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate', 1882.
House of Lords appeals, various cases., 1981-1989.
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.
Inventory, compiled 19 Aug 1712, of writs belonging to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, received by Ronald Campbell, Writer to the Signet, 31 December 1712 (folio 1), together with a printed Petition for Colonel John Erskin of Carnock against John Corss, 21 Feb 1709 (folio 29) and printed Answers for John Corss, Writer in Edinburgh [to the foregoing 1709] (folio 31)., 1709, 1712.
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.
Jacobite papers collected by Sir Henry Steuart, titled, 'M.S.S. Jacobite I'., 1623-1744, undated.
Legal and related papers, including original documents, drafts and memoranda by Archibald Campbell, and notes of Lord Milton., 1682-1762, undated.
The principal subjects are the settlement of the 2nd Duke's estate; lists of charters to be signed; wadsets; compensation for the abolition of heritable jurisdictions; entail and will of the 3rd Duke; the succession to Archibald Campbell of Inverliver; petitions; and the funeral and biography of the 3rd Duke.
Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1469-1818.
The legal documents comprise the following: (i) Acts, 1469-1815 (number 1), number 19 being a record of the head court of the barony of Castlemilk, 1717; (ii) Cases to lawyers, 1761-1812 (number 30); (iii) Opinions of lawyers and others, 1769-1807 (number 43); Queries to lawyers, 1675-1796 (number 47); (iv) Answers on legal questions, 1679-1815 (number 55); (v) Petitions, 1677-1818 (number 71).
Legal papers, addresses and petitions, and miscellaneous papers of and concerning Hugh Elliot., 1811-1813.
Legal papers of William Wilson and Son., 1782-1879.
The papers include the following:
Papers concerning the dispute in 1787 over the right of the country weavers to buy yarn at the Stirling market (folio 1);
Miscellaneous petitions, 1779-1836 (folio 62);
Miscellaneous accounts and receipts, 1783-1878 (folio 88);
A typescript history of the firm, 20th century (folio 110).
Legal prints many annotated by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, consisting chiefly of petitions to the Court of Session., 1747-1779.
Legal prints many annotated by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, consisting chiefly of petitions to the Court of Session., 1747-1749.
Legal prints many annotated by Sir David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes, consisting chiefly of petitions to the Court of Session., 1751-1779, undated.
Letter of Thomas Carlyle to Henry Cole, enclosing an autograph draft of a petition in support of penny postage., [?1839.]
Letters and papers, 1814-1848, undated, concerning Monkrig, and papers, 1879-1881, concerning a petition by John Fletcher of Saltoun to restrict the provisions made by his father for his other children., 1814-1881, undated.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
Letters and papers relating to taxation, salt-duty and fisheries., 1785-1820, undated.
Letters of Lord Charles Hay, chiefly dated 1743-1745, written to his brother, describing campaigns on the Continent., 1743-1745.
There are also two petitions to the King asking for promotion.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Barker, C to Barlow, W., 1812-1928.
Local affairs and election papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1695-1748.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., 1761-1769, undated.
The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., August 1761-October 1761.
The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., November 1761-July 1763.
The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.
Memoranda, memorials, petitions and interlocutors, chiefly copies and drafts, concerning the Douglas Cause., August 1763-1769, undated.
The papers contain the lawsuit in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested on his behalf the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas, son of Lady Jane Douglas Stuart, to the lands of the Douglas family. Andrew Stuart acted as agent for the Hamilton claimant, and played an active part both in France and in Britain in the preparation and presentation of the Hamilton Case.