Bills. Legal Instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scots law. Petitions presented to the Court of Session asking for the sealing of letters with the King's signet as was necessary in the case of certain 'privileged summonses'. Bills were also at one time necessary in suspensions and advocations and in applying for various kinds of diligence. Source: Dewer (A). 'Student's glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946).
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Attested copy interlocutor upon bill of suspension of Adam Gib and John Christie, against James Wilson and James Bain., 2 January 1753.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/278
Dates:
2 January 1753.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Minutes, membership list, accounts, notes and legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
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Legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
Bill, after 1 November 1745, to indemnify the Senators of College of Justice for not having met on 1 November 1745., After 1 November 1745.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15206
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
After 1 November 1745.
Bill of advocation of William Lennox of Woodbead against Alexander Lennox, Esq., 7 August 1771.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15455
Scope and Contents
This item is printed.
Dates:
7 August 1771.
Bill to Archibald Lamont of that Ilk, John Davidson of Whitehouse and Alexander McMillan, W.S., 29 November 1749.
Item
Identifier: Ch.385
Dates:
29 November 1749.
Bills drawn by John Ballantyne, James Ballantyne and Company, and John and Thomas Smith, and accepted by Sir Walter Scott.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.20
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the donations is also included.
Dates:
1819, 1822-1825.
‘Collections relative to the affairs of Scotland. Written by George Chalmers. Volume second'., 1748-1753.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.4B
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These volumes concern the local politics of Ross and Cromarty and Sutherland, the claims of the Earl of Sutherland on account of his exertions in opposing the Rebels, the means by which Sir John Gordon of Invergordon obtained the place of Secretary to the Principality, many documents concerning the Principality and Crown rents, and other matters apparently suggested to the writer by his connexion with Sir John Gordon.In both volumes, mixed up with private or local &...
Dates:
1748-1753.
Estate accounts of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1643-1917.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8218-8221
Extract of bill and protest, before 6 December 1697, for Mr Patrick Coutts, writer in Edinburgh to Mr Mark Ker of Hyndwood. Registered, 6 December 1697., Before 6 December 1697.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15177
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.
Dates:
Before 6 December 1697.
Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1631-1829, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.5330
Scope and Contents
Legal and miscellaneous documents comprising the following:
(i) Bills, etc., 1683-1812 (number 1);
(ii) Certificates, 1761-1815 (number 38);
(iii) Measurements of land, etc., 1766-1821 (number 50);
(iv) Assessments, 1808-1819 (number 83);
(v) Articles of roup, 1768-1811 (number 93);
(vi) Inventories of books, writs, etc., circa 1695-1824 (number 98);
(vii) Miscellaneous memoranda, 1631-1829, undated (number 117);
(viii) Miscellaneous legal documents, 1641-1828 (number 242);
(ix)...
Dates:
1631-1829, undated.
Letters to the Faculty of Advocates Library concerning purchases of books, with bills and bills of lading.
File
Identifier: F.R.345/2
Dates:
1820.
Miscellaneous estate accounts, bills, discharges and rentals of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1658-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.8220
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Miscellaneous estate accounts, 1658-1883, undated, of Torrance and Castlemilk (folio 1);
(ii) Miscellaneous bills and discharges, 1692-1859 (folio 45);
(iii) Rentals, 1731-1917, of the estates of Torrance, Castlemilk, Glassford, and Milton (folio 62).
Dates:
1658-1917.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Estate accounts of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(iii)
Dates:
1776-1793.
Miscellaneous papers relating to and concerning Council reforms., 1906-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.12621
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous items relating to councils reforms, chiefly official, but including a note of a conversation of Lord Minto with G K Gokhale, 1908, Lord Sinha's speech on entering the Viceroy's Executive Council, 1909, and a plan for the new council chamber in Goverment House, Calcutta, 1910 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers concerning the Council of Native Princes, 1906-1907 (folio 117).
Dates:
1906-1910.
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 Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845-1914), 4th Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to India.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration.
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Printed summaries of the 4th Earl of Minto's administration: Home Department and related topics.
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Printed summaries of reports, correspondence, and other papers relating to Indian Council reforms.
Papers concerning lead mining in Scotland in the late 16th century, and political papers of the 17th century., 1584-1686, and undated.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.9
Scope and Contents
The first part of the volume consists of papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, mostly in his capacity of Master of the Metals and Minerals, and of his brother Sir David Lindsay of Edzell (see also Adv.MS.19.1.24). These are followed by papers concerning the Covenanters and the Scots Commissioners at Ripon and London. The remainder mostly concern Lord Menmuir`s grandson, Alexander, Lord Lindsay of Balcarres, later the first Earl, who joined the Covenanters, but after taking part in the...
Dates:
1584-1686, and undated.
Papers of and concerning Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., 1742-1775.
File
Identifier: MS.11036
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Memorial for the ministers of the Church of Scotland on the window tax, 1757 (folio 1). See also MS.11017, folios 64-65.
(ii) Notes and printed bill concerning the writ of Habeas Corpus, [1758] (folio 3);
(iii) Drafts of speeches to be delivered in the House of Commons on the conduct of the war, with notes on bribery at elections and the swearing of oaths, [1759] (folio 11);
(iv) Memorial for John Forbes of Culloden, 1762 (folio 22);
(v) Notes relating...
Dates:
1742-1775.
Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet., 1755-1761, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11035
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Papers, 1755-1761, undated, concerning the administration of the forfeited estates (folio 1); (ii) Papers, 1757-1758, concerning the drafting of a bill on entails (folio 55).
Dates:
1755-1761, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1681-1687.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(ii)
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates Library on the Copyright Bill.
File
Identifier: F.R.336d
Dates:
1911.
Parliamentary papers, being drafts and head of bills., Undated, ?1716-?1761.
File
Identifier: Ch.10957-10960
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
Undated, ?1716-?1761.
Printed bills and other papers on parliamentary business for Sir John Stuart Forbes and his claim to the title of Lord Pitsligo., Circa 1810-1820s.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/297
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
Circa 1810-1820s.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis families.
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Forbes Family Papers.
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Miscellaneous Papers of the Forbes Family.