Charters of foundation. Legal instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Originally a record of the gift of land for the establishment of a monastery or similar. More generally a document recording the founding of an institution or organization.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, 18th century, of the charter of foundation, 1272, of the church and town of Turriff., 1272.
Item
Identifier: Ch.A.92
Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates:
1438-1630.