Maxwell, family, of Monreith
Family
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Documents, accounts, memorials and other estate papers, mostly 18th-19th century, relating to the lands of Monreith and the Maxwell family; also some papers relating to property in the Cowgate, Edinburgh, 1643-circa 1700.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.299
Dates:
1643-19th century.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith, including correspondence, financial papers and bound estate papers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.231- is now Acc.7043.
Scope and Contents
Also included are general and literary correspondence, 1863-1933, and some literary manuscripts of Sir Herbert Maxwell, seventh baronet.
Dates:
1673-circa 1947.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
Maxwell of Monreith papers, comprising family and estate correspondence, financial papers, and bound estate papers; with early charters of Maxwells and of Blair of Adamton. Includes general and literary correspondence, and some literary manuscripts, of Sir Herbert Maxwell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7043/1—Adamton/18
Scope and Contents
This archive constitutes the bulk of the surviving family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith. It gives a clear picture of Maxwell family life, and the running of the Monreith estate from the early 18th century to 1920, with some later estate material. Some of the papers go back to the early 17th century, but the formal estate books begin in 1779, and from then on increase steadily in number and comprehensiveness until from 1893 to 1920 there is scarcely a detail of estate...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [1296]-1947, undated.
Found in:
Archives and Manuscripts
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- Subject: Estate records. X
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- Financial records. 2
- Manuscripts. 2
- Accounts. 1
- Charters. 1
- Legal documents. 1