Charters.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents, usually sealed, granting specific rights, setting forth aims and principles of a newly established entity, and often embodying formal agreements and authorizing special privileges or exemptions. (AAT) This term was not used in the NLS published catalogues. Lists or calendars of charters were indexed under the more general term 'Writs'. (NLS) .
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Charters and related writs of the Rutherford family of Edgerston.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7750/1-72
Scope and Contents
Contains 71 writs and three detached seals, with Cairncross Charters of the Regality of Melrose (listed in "Selections from the Regality of Melrose", volume III, (1917), pp 373-382).Please note that the Rutherford name is represented variously throughout the charters, including Ruderfurde, Ruthirfurde, and Rutherfurde.This collection consists of material transferred from the Scottish Record Office to the National Library, and is supplementary to the main body of...
Dates:
Circa 1320-1566, undated.