Decrees.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Includes judicial decisions issued in an equity or probate court and doctrinal or disciplinary religious orders applying or interpreting articles of canon law. Under Scottish law 'decree' is the common technical term for a final judgement. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.33.1.1-33.1.15
Scope and Contents
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Dates:
1548-1641.
Copy of decreet arbitral and decisions of the Court of Session (practicks).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.6.2.13
Dates:
1661-1663.
Correspondence and papers concerning church affairs in the parish of Ashkirk., 1627-1891.
File
Identifier: MS.13326
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1627-1891.
Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1702-1706, reported, early 18th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1702-1706.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.4.5
Scope and Contents
‘MS. C. – Decision of the Lord of Council and Session from June 1702 till February 1706’.
‘At the other end of this volume, reversed are copies of Acts, Decreets and Informations, in several cases, chiefly between the years 1677 & 1682, extending to page 304.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.2.10).
Dates:
1702-1706.
Decree concerning the lands of Foulshields, Mr Robert Linton against Robert Shaw., ?1633.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/2
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.
Dates:
?1633.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents concerning the lands of Foulshields, in the parish of Livingston, the Wardrop family, and other related families.
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Formal and legal documents relating to various families and the lands of Foulshields.
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Formal and legal documents relating to the Shaw family and lands of Foulshields.
Decree dismissing the action in James Collier v John Ritchie and company., 1884.
File
Identifier: Acc.11812/153
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1884.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Decree, William Wardrop against George and John Shaw., 1710.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/38
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.
Dates:
1710.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents concerning the lands of Foulshields, in the parish of Livingston, the Wardrop family, and other related families.
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Formal and legal documents and papers relating to the Wardrop family.
Decreet of exoneration, favouring James Brown, trustee of the sequestrated estate of Michael Linning., 1837.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/16
Dates:
1837.
Decreet of Exoneration in favour of Sir James Dalrymple against the heirs of Sir Alexander Murray., 1712-1744.
File
Identifier: MS.25285
Scope and Contents
With accounts, 1712-1744.
Dates:
1712-1744.
'Decreet of maills and duties. Mr William Robertson [of Ladykirk] against the tenents of the Barrony of Strowan'., 1750.
Item
Identifier: MS.10286
Decreet of reduction by John Forbes, 4th of Culloden against Sir Kenneth MacKenzie, 1st Baronet, of Scatwell., 26 June 1723.
Item
Identifier: MS.21256
'Decreet, William Mitchell against James Loudon and others, 1792', and another paper, 1794, concerning the thirlage of the tenants of Glassford to the mill of Glassford., 1792, 1794.
File
Identifier: MS.8202
Dates:
1792, 1794.
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 papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Extract decree in causa, The College of Justice v The Town of Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: F.R.35a
Dates:
1687.
Extract decree of Special Service, Reverend John Thomas Mitchell to Annie Gillespie Fergusson., 1916.
File
Identifier: Acc.5621/63
Dates:
1916.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1628-1850, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1628-1850.
File
Identifier: MS.1966
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers deal with the privileges and constitution of the Incorporation, the Parish Churches of North Leith and the Canongate, law-suits, claims, etc. Some refer to the Incorporation of Tailors of North Leith, which was associated with that of the Canongate.
Dates:
1628-1850.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate.
General correspondence, deeds, etc., 1851-1878, undated, of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1851-1882, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1967
Scope and Contents
On folios 264-272 is an 'Inventory of titles, books and documents of the Incorporation of Tailors of Canongate', 1882.
Dates:
1851-1882, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Books and papers of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate, including copies of the earlier documents.
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General correspondence, deeds, etc., of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate.
Inhibition, decree and summons and horning, Henry Weir against James Kinloch., 1648-1649, 1656.
File
Identifier: Acc.9843/9
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.
Dates:
1648-1649, 1656.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents concerning the lands of Foulshields, in the parish of Livingston, the Wardrop family, and other related families.
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Formal and legal documents relating to various families and the lands of Foulshields.
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Formal and legal documents relating to the Weir family and lands of Foulshields.
Legal documents concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk, and the Stuarts of Torrance., 1626-1819.
File
Identifier: MS.5328
Scope and Contents
The legal documents comprise the following: (i) Decreets, etc., 1626-1819 (number 1); (ii) Charges, 1677-1765 (number 68); (iii) Captions, 1675-1775 (number 72).
Dates:
1626-1819.
Legal, financial and miscellaneous papers of the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale., 1669-1712.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14495-14496
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1669-1712.
Legal papers concerning the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1694-1785.
File
Identifier: MS.1960
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: notarial copy, dated 1736, of a 'Decreit of Mutuall Declarator of Reductione In Favours of the Trades of the Canongate', 1694 (folio ii); copy of a decree, 1767, of the Sheriff Depute of Edinburgh in favour of the Incorporations of Tailors of Canongate and of Potterrow regarding wages and breakfast-hours (folio iv); copy of a decision, 1767, of the Bailies of the Canongate confirming the latter in favour of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate (folio 5)....
Dates:
1694-1785.
Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1856, 1876-1895, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/145-154
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1856, 1876-1895, undated.
Letters concerning the Douglas Cause pasted into the published work 'The Case of Archibald Douglas' (1769).
Item
Identifier: Acc.14116
Scope and Contents
Contains two copies of letters, one in French, of letters written by Colonel Sir John Stewart regarding the birth of his children and their claim to the Douglas fortune.
A copy of the legal judgement and some notes in French have also been pasted into the volume.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1753 and 1769.
Miscellaneous family documents, 1609-1856, including some concerning Sir John and Sir James Skene of Curriehill, James Skene of Rubislaw, and his son William Forbes Skene; and eight further documents, 1656-1788., 1609-1856.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/10
Scope and Contents
Contains:296. Letter Robert Drummond to James Skene of Rubislaw. Sends extract relating to George Grochantzy, army deserter. Edinburgh, 12 May 1791. [Bears notes: ‘Robert Drummond killed himself by accident two or three days after he wrote this letter (by a foulling piece)’].
297. Letter [ ] Roediger to [James] Skene [of Rubislaw]. Asks Mr Skene to help the Roediger family, as he has done before, because they are very poor and in debt. Hanau, 31 May 1795.
298. Letter [ ...
Dates:
1609-1856.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Miscellaneous letters and papers of the Bengal Government., 1808-1813.
File
Identifier: MS.11600
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Copies of depositions from victims of dacoits, 1808-1809, taken before William Coates Blaquiere, Acting Magistrate of Nadia (folio 1);
(ii) Letter of Thomas Henry Ernst, Third Judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal at Benares (Varanasi), 1810, with an enclosed memorandum concerning police administration in the Benares district (folio 12). See also MS.11597.
(iii) Papers, 1810, concerning the enquiry into the conduct of William Brodie, Bengal Civil Service,...
Dates:
1808-1813.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
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Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
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Papers of the Bengal Government relating to the Judicial Department and the administration of law and law enforcement.