Deeds. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A formal written instrument setting forth the terms of an agreement, contract, or obligation, whether in relation to persons or things, including the voluntary constitution, transmission, or discharge of rights or obligations relating to either movable or heritable property. Source: Bell, William. 'Dictionary and digest of the law of Scotland'.
Found in 394 Collections and/or Records:
Masterglen., 1656.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8669
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1656.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds relating to the Barony of Callendar and the lands within it.
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Deeds relating to lands within the Barony of Callendar.
Memoranda-book of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1733.
Item
Identifier: MS.17001
Scope and Contents
The cover is part of an English deed concerning Francis Charteris, de jure Earl of Wemyss (succeeded 1787).
Dates:
1733.
Menzies of that Ilk: miscellaneous deeds., 1657-1774.
Series
Identifier: Ch.1375-1380
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Deeds collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, as part of his manuscript collection.
Dates:
1657-1774.
Midhope., 1651, 1672.
File
Identifier: Ch.8829-8830
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1651, 1672.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.
Mill of Meft., 1652.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8715
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1652.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.
Mill of Urquhart., 1652-1657.
File
Identifier: Ch.8730-8733
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1652-1657.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Lands and property in Morayshire, Banffshire, and Invernessshire.
Millhill (Longforgan)., 1656, 1658.
File
Identifier: Ch.8831-8832
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Dates:
1656, 1658.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents of the Livingstons, Earls of Linlithgow and Callendar.
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Deeds relating to the tenure of lands belonging to members of the Livingston family.
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Deeds concerning other properties mostly in Stirlingshire and West Lothian, but including properties in Aberdeenshire, East Lothian, Forfarshire Fife, Lanarkshire and Perthshire.
Miscellaneous deeds., 1780s-1820s.
File
Identifier: Acc.13827/193
Scope and Contents
Includes early 19th-century fragments.
Dates:
1780s-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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Charters, legal papers and pedigrees.
Miscellaneous deeds and other legal papers of the Elliot family of Minto., 1628, 1684-1777.
File
Identifier: MS.11029
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This section consists of the personal, political and official correspondence and papers of the Elliots of Minto up to and including the 3rd Baronet, but chiefly of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), and of his son Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet (1722-1777). The former was Member of Parliament for Roxburghshire and served as Lord Justice Clerk from 1763; the latter was Member of Parliament for Selkirkshire, 1753-1765, and for Roxburghshire, 1765-1777, and served as Lord of the...
Dates:
1628, 1684-1777.
Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1540-1945, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8214-8216
Dates:
1540-1945, undated.
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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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1540-1699.
File
Identifier: MS.8214
Dates:
1540-1699.
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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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1700-1765.
File
Identifier: MS.8215
Dates:
1700-1765.
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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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1766-1945, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8216
Dates:
1766-1945, undated.
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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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Miscellaneous deeds, being bonds, discharges and other legal agreements, chiefly concerning the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Miscellaneous deeds, mostly relating to the Oliphants of Gask., Circa 1665-1798.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.2296-2334
Dates:
Circa 1665-1798.
Miscellaneous deeds relating to Kinninmonth., 1517-1731.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9384-9398
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1517-1731.
Miscellaneous deeds relating to lands in Scotland, including lands in Tranent, Leith, Coldingham, Coldstream and Legerwood., 1667-1700.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10269-10272
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1667-1700.
Miscellaneous inventories, mostly of stock, 1815-1943, including an inventory, 1815, of title deeds 'of the subject in Leith called the Vaults'; and stock sheets, 1944., 1815-1944.
File
Identifier: Acc.9416/35
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.
Dates:
1815-1944.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Records of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd.
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Correspondence and papers of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd. and associated companies and other organisations.
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Correspondence and papers, mostly legal and financial documents, of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd. and associated companies and other organisations.
Miscellaneous land titles., 1484-1702.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.B.1889-1919
Scope and Contents
A few of these deeds are probably strays from the preceeding series: some are copies probably made for one of the Oliphants, but for the majority there is no obvious reason for their being in Oliphant possession. Nearly all relate to south Perthshire.
Dates:
1484-1702.
'Miscellaneous letters and documents', including many letters of the nobility, and official documents of the Restoration period., 1600, 1627-1832, 1881, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2956
Scope and Contents
The contents include: a song, 'Come all brave boys of the cappen trade', scribbled on the back of a draft deed of the seventeenth century (folio 52 verso); a manuscript copy of a pamphlet, ‘An Account of the Engagement on the Sheriff-Moor’, printed by Robert Freebairn (Perth, 1715), reproduced by Robert Patten in his ‘History of the late Rebellion’ (London, 1717), page 203, but not otherwise known (folio 25); a letter, 1746, of Lord Kames regarding David Hume's difficulties with the...
Dates:
1600, 1627-1832, 1881, undated.
Miscellaneous papers, including some of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort to James IV., Circa 1581-[1628, or after], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.2066
Scope and Contents
Some of the papers are described by Sir William Drummond as being William Fowler's (folios 34 verso, 69 verso, 77 verso).The contents are as follows.'Ane Informatioun for remembrance betuix my Lord Drummond and the Laird of Carnok' (Sir Robert Drummond), regarding the lordship of Drummond (folio 7);'Papers of Sir Jhon Drummond off Hawthornden', copies of deeds (folio 7); Royal instructions to Sir John Drummond and other Commissioners, with the...
Dates:
Circa 1581-[1628, or after], 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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Hawthornden Manuscripts: original papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
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Manuscripts of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James VI.
Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 1824-1826.
File
Identifier: MS.265(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The later papers consist almost entirely of tradesmen’s bills and receipts.
Dates:
1824-1826.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lauriston Castle collection.
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Records of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh, including deeds and other legal documents, boxmasters' accounts, extracts from the minutes, memoranda and reports.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh.
Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 1828-1830.
File
Identifier: MS.266(i)
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The later papers consist almost entirely of tradesmen’s bills and receipts.
Dates:
1828-1830.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lauriston Castle collection.
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Records of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh, including deeds and other legal documents, boxmasters' accounts, extracts from the minutes, memoranda and reports.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh.
Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh., 1846-1848.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.269
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The later papers consist almost entirely of tradesmen’s bills and receipts.
Dates:
1846-1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Lauriston Castle collection.
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Records of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh.
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Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh, including deeds and other legal documents, boxmasters' accounts, extracts from the minutes, memoranda and reports.
Miscellaneous papers of the Incorporation of Candlemakers, Edinburgh, including deeds and other legal documents, boxmasters' accounts, extracts from the minutes, memoranda and reports., 1569-1884, 1913, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.254-277
Scope and Contents
The later papers consist almost entirely of tradesmen’s bills and receipts.
Dates:
1569-1884, 1913, undated.
Miscellaneous papers relating to lands near Minto., 1668-1815.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9303-9321
Scope and Contents
Many of the papers concern the Rutherfurds of Hunthill and Edgerston.
Dates:
1668-1815.