Wills.
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Holograph will of Francis Jeffrey dated 29 March 1848.
The will appears to have been registered at the General Register House in 1850 (folio 1 verso). Preceding it is a letter, 1909, of John Smart, Writer to the Signet, forwarding the manuscript to W K Dickson.
Instrument of settlement by Agnes Aitchison in favour of George More resident at Gimmersmills and Alexander More, baker in Haddington., 22 October 1850.
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.
Inventor and testament testamentar of goods year soumes of money and debtis belonging to the late Robert Mowbray of Cockcardney., 9 May 1682.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Inventory, 6 April 1549, of the goods etc of John Hakat of Pytferran, who died intestate in the battle of Fawsyde, by Elizabeth Aytoun, his spouse, and Patrick Hacheid, his son and heir, with notarial copy of his will, undated., 6 April 1549.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Last will and testament of Caroline Eliza Ann Burges, of Beauport, Sussex., 1863.
Last will and testament of James MacDonald (uncle of William Sim), signed at Shanghai., 13 April 1858.
Latter will of Sir James Halket of Pitfirran., 6 January 1654.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Legal and financial documents, 1718-1809, of the Strange and Lumisden families, including the wills, 1789, 1794-1795, 1799-1801, of Sir Robert and Lady Strange, and a rental, 1741, of Lumisden lands at Duddingston., 1718-1809.
Legal and financial papers and correspondence of the 4th Earl of Minto., 1862-1913.
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).
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, notes and other papers., 1736-1815, undated.
Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).
Legal documents of the Geddes and Stivenson families., 1808-1933.
The papers consist of birth and baptismal certificates of Alexander and Jessie Geddes, wills and other legal documents of John Stivenson, Geddes's grandfather, and Geddes's own wills and executory papers.
Legal documents of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1569-1814.
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).
Legal papers concerning Colonel Francis Charteris and his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1734-1764, undated.
Legal papers, including bonds, the will of Colonel Francis Charteris, papers on the settlement of his estate, and papers of the tutors of his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1714-1764, undated.
Legal papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar concerning personal affairs., 17th century-19th century.
The papers include marriage contracts and settlements, wills, etc.
Legal papers, recipes and letters of the Scawen and Meade familes., 1685-1779, undated.
Letters and other documents concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great., 1690-1723, 1895, undated.
Letters and papers of the Urquhart family of Burdsyards, in Morayshire, together with some legal documents, chiefly from the parish of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire.
Letters chiefly to or concerning David Livingstone, and to Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; with other papers concerning Livingstone., 1852-1894, 1922-1971, undated.
Letters to and papers concerning Sir Peter Laurie, Lord Mayor of London and grand-uncle of James Augustus Grant's wife, and his family., 1823-1871, undated.
Manuscript copy of the will, 1829, and the codicil, 1830, of Samuel Taylor Coleridge., ? 1834.
The date of the manuscript copy is suggested by the watermark of the paper, 1834.
Manuscript copy of the will, with codicils, of William Gifford, "extracted from the Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury"., ? 1827.
Watermark of the paper of the copy, "1826".