Precepts. Legal Instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A warrant or authority granted by a judge or other person having power in the circumstances. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Chancery precept in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage, as in Acc.8468/82., 25 June 1647.
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Identifier: Acc.8468/83
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
25 June 1647.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Chancery precepts and instruments in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage toft.
Chancery precept in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage toft, following on decreet at their instance against Cornelius Hardie, mariner in Skidame in Holland., 25 June 1647.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8468/82
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
25 June 1647.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Chancery precepts and instruments in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage toft.
Discharges, financial papers and correspondence concerning the Douglas family., 1649-1675.
File
Identifier: MS.5370
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Discharges, 1649-1670, of William, Marquess of Douglas, and his son William, 3rd Duke of Hamilton (folio 1);(ii) Financial papers, 1667-1674, of Mary, Marchioness of Douglas, including precepts and discharges to her son (folio 60), tradesmen's discharges arranged in chronological order (folio 89), and undischarged accounts arranged according to a contemporary list (folio 116);(iii) Papers and correspondence, 1675, concerning...
Dates:
1649-1675.
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 families of Hamilton and Douglas.
Executry papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Agnes., 1776-1806.
File
Identifier: MS.11173
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates:
1776-1806.
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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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family.
Instrument of sasine following on from chancery precept in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage toft, following on decreet at their instance against Cornelius Hardie, mariner in Skidame in Holland., 6 October 1647.
Item
Identifier: Acc.8468/84
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
6 October 1647.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Chancery precepts and instruments in favour of Richard Watt, merchant in Lethame, Janet Adame, his spouse, and Margaret Watt, their daughter, of toft of land called Smairtes cottage toft.
Miscellaneous papers, chiefly concerning Scotland.
File
Identifier: MS.19991
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Part of a volume of annuals of Scotland covering in some detail the years 1602-1624, and more superficially, 1628-1633 (folio 1);
(ii) Transcripts of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland, 1618, 1621, 1644, 1648 (folio 22);
(iii) Royal precept appointing David Muirhead of Drumpark tutor to John son of David Muirhead merchant burgess of Dumfries, 1670 (folio 40);
(iv) Minutes of meetings of the heritors of Berwickshire concerning roads within the county,...
Dates:
1618-1771.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate, and of his clients, and papers of John Mackenzie, Writer to the Signet, and of his clients., 1611-1797, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1527
Scope and Contents
Contains papers of the following:
Lentron of Kincaple, 1670-1686;
Macdonald of Clanranald, 1727;
Macdonald of Sleat, 1767;
Macdonell of Glengarry, 1633;
Mackenzie of Ardross, 1711; of Dingwall, undated; of Lentron, 1715; of Seaforth, 1698-1700; and another, 1726;
Munro of Foulis, 1740; of Inveran, 1678;
Monro, James, Bachelor of Medicine, 1714;
Robertson of Faskally, 1699, undated; of Killihangie, 1699; of Strowan, 1660;
Rose of Clava, 1687, 1713;
Ross of Balnagowan, 1611;
Sinclair of Forss,...
Dates:
1611-1797, undated.
Precept of Clare Constat, George Lochart of Carnwath, favouring John Paterson., 1756.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/3
Dates:
1756.
Precept of warnings against tenants of Inverscadle., 1732.
File
Identifier: Acc.11137/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Correspondence and papers of the family of Cameron of Fassiefern, collected and preserved by Brodrick Haldane Esq, Edinburgh.
The letters are mostly to members of the Fassiefern family, especially to John Cameron of Fassiefern and his son Sir Ewen, 1st Baronet. Also containing some legal documents and business papers. There are also papers pertaining to the Cameron chiefs Sir Ewen and Donald Locheil.
Dates:
1732.
Precept under Quarter Seal following on from charter under Great Seal by Major General John Leslie of Myres, of lands of Over and Nether Myres and other parts of town and lands of Auchtermuchtie., 26 February 1644.
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Identifier: Acc.8468/75
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
26 February 1644.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Charters and instruments by or in favour of Major General John Leslie of Myres.
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Charters and instruments by Major General John Leslie of Myres of lands of Over and Nether Myres and other parts of town and lands of Auchtermuchtie.
Precept under Quarter Seal, following on from the Charter under Great Seal in favour of Mr John Scrymgeour., 22 July 1536.
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Identifier: Acc.8468/14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
22 July 1536.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Charters relating to John Scrymgeour concerning lands of Over and Nethir Myris.
Precept under Quarter Seal in favour of Andrew Hardie, candlemaker burgess of Edinburgh, and Margaret Johnstoun, his spouse, of Smairtis cottage., 18 June 1636.
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Identifier: Acc.8468/64
Scope and Contents
Fragment of Quarter Seal appended.
Dates:
18 June 1636.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents.
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Charter, precept and instrument in favour of Andrew Hardie, candlemaker burgess of Edinburgh, and Margaret Johnstoun, his spouse, of Smairtis cottage.
Precept under Quarter Seal in favour of George Moncreiff of Reidie and Margaret Leslie, his spouse, of lands of Ovir and Nethir Myres and others., 17 January 1662.
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Identifier: Acc.8468/99
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
Dates:
17 January 1662.
Rolls of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1693-1770.
File
Identifier: MS.1528
Scope and Contents
Contains papers of the following: Baird of Newbyth, 1768; Cheap of Sauchie, 1753; Dempster of Pitliver, 1693, 1695; Falconer, 1764; Keith, 4th Earl of Kintore, 1760; Montgomery, 11th Earl of Eglinton, 1770; All these are papers in connexion with serving of heirs.
Dates:
1693-1770.
Rolls of the Mackenzies of Delvine., 1713-1775.
File
Identifier: MS.1529
Scope and Contents
Contains papers of the following: Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, 1775; St Clair of Sinclair, 1751; Stewart, 8th and 9th Earls of Moray, 1739-1767; Sutherland, 17th Earl of Sutherland, 1751; Wright of Cliftonhall and Kersy, Alexander Gibson, 1761-1762; Young, Dame Jean, née Hamilton of Preston, 1713. All except the last are papers in connexion with serving of heirs.
Dates:
1713-1775.