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 1 Collection or Record:
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.