Precepts of clare constat. Legal Instruments
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:
Precept of clare constat of the house called Sunnyside, in Grange, by John Cant of Grange in favour of George Dewar, weaver in Grange, eldest son of the late George Dewar, weaver in Grange., 18 May 1761.
Four of these are signed by James VI and Anne of Denmark.
Precept of clare constat of the kirklands of Saltoun by Thomas Erskine, Commendator of Dryburgh Abbey, in favour of Alexander Abernethy, 6th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy., 1544.
A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.
Precept of clare constat of the lands of Strachan by William Maxwell, 5th Earl of Nithsdale, in favour of John Craik of Stewartoun., 1694.
A miscellany of charters and other formal documents from the collection of John Smith, Edinburgh. Most of the documents are deeds relating to land tenure in East Lothian, particularly to lands and properties in Dunbar.
Precept of clare constat of William, Earl Marischal (succeeded 1694) in favour of Agnes and Mary Keith, of Elphill, Fetteresso., 2 June 1699.
Included are charters of Deer Abbey which passed to the family on the Reformation as the lordship of Altrie. Notes on these charters appear in Patrick Keith Murray`s `Inventory of Marischal Papers, 1905`, MS.21114.
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir John Anstruther of Anstruther, for infefting [Sir Peter Halket], as heir to his mother Dame Janet Halket, eldest daughter of Sir Charles Halket, in two-thirds of the lands of Pitfirren, etc., 14 August 1746.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir John Hope of Craighall for infefting Sir Robert Halket as heir of George Halket, his father, in two third parts of the lands of Pitfirrane., 25 March 1647.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir Peter Halket of Pitfirran and Captain Peter Halket, junior of Pitfirren, for infefting Robert Wilson, as heir to William Wilson, tailor in Myre-end of Pitfirran, his brother, in a tenement, yard, etc. in Myreton of Pitfirren., 21 August 1721.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir Robert Halket, for infefting Andrew Cunningham and Mark Donald, as heirs of their grandmother, in annual-rent of 100 merks from Knokhouse., 21 November 1636.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall for infefting Sir Charles Halket of Pitfirran, knight baronet, as heir of his father, in two-third parts of the lands of Pitfirrane., 29 July and 2 August 1676.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of ‘Clare Constat’, Sir William Stewart of Houston, commendator of Pettinweeme, for infefting William Bissie, as heir of Andrew Bissie in Milntoun, his father, in a tenement and others in lordship of Pettinweem., 15 June 1596.
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Precept of clare constat to Mr Alexander Livingston younger, advocate, and Elizabeth Spence his wife of Over and Easter Saltoun., 20 May 1633.
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Slains Parish: precept of clare constat., 1762.
The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.
Strathmartine Parish: instruments of sasine, 1677-1678, precept of clare constat, 1692, and disposition, 1697., 1677-1697.
Ch.969 and 971 in Latin.
Titledeeds of the lands of Cockairnie., 1535-1807.
Comprised of: title deeds to their various estates and other properties in Fife and elsewhere (Ch.12871-12978), burgess tickets (Ch.12979-12984), military commissions (Ch.12985-12993) and other documents (Ch.12994-1296) relating to various members of the family, and a few apparently unrelated documents. An inventory, listing each document individually, is available.
Titledeeds of the lands of East Barns, alias Grange, in Dunfermline., 1566-1806.
Four of these are signed by James VI and Anne of Denmark.
Two unrelated vellum fragments., 15th century, ?late 16th century.
The fragments were recovered from the binding of a copy (pressmark K.5.f) of ‘Excerpta ex Tragoediis et Comoediis Graecis’ (Parisiis, 1626), by Hugo Grotius, where they had been used as binding strips. That recovered from the front of the volume is part of a formal document, possibly a late 16th-century precept of clare constat, mentioning Tamworth and persons and places nearby. That recovered from the back appears to be part of a list of names in a 15th-century hand.
Valleyfield: precept of clare constat., 1575.
The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.