Deeds. Legal documents.
Found in 394 Collections and/or Records:
Property in Coleraw resigned by Adam Clavie to Andrew Harrowar (Harwar) and his wife, Matilda Horne., 1565.
Property in Newraw, resigned by Marjorie, daughter of Robert Clewie (Clavie), burgess, in favour of her uncle, Adam Clawie (Clavie), burgess, and his wife, Margaret Purrok., 1580.
Property (Shortcrofts, Inverkeithing) of Robert McLeish, burgess of Inverkeithing., 1675.
Renunciation, 1465, by Robert Herries of Kirkpatrick Irongray in favour of Vedast Grierson of Lag, and other deeds, 1474-1679, relating to the Griersons., 1465, 1474-1679.
Ch.2544-2553 are accompanied by modern summaries.
Research on Booth family history, containing celebratory correspondence of career and Deed of Trust of the Royal Burgh of Stirling., Undated.
Revenues of property in Dunfermline, resigned by David Williamson, burgess, to Henry Pierson, burgess., 1626.
Sale of the lands by the aforesaid Trustees to John Kirk, afterwards of Auchengate, 1750, and deeds, 1761, relating to the Trustees of the latter., 1750, 1761.
Ch.2544-2553 are accompanied by modern summaries.
Seabegs., 1647-1652.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Shielbrae., 1638.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Six deeds concerning Thomas Anderson, feuar in Crossfoord, and his children., 1729, 1742-1746.
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).
Skeoch., 1618.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Slamannan., 1591, 1635.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Stenhouse., 1631.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Stirling., 1573.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Style-book, 1751, of James Marshall, writer in Edinburgh, containing a copy of a deed, 1735, regarding the Struthers family., 1735, 1751.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Summerhouse., 1653.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Terrentirran., 1661-1662.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
The Kirk of Falkirk., 1606.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Thomsonschaw., 1621, 1656.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Title deeds., 1860.
Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.
'Title deeds' in the hand of the advocate John Douglas, containing 'the principall writings of the lands of Gellan and Mosside, 1764'., 1764.
Title deeds of Lochwood , 1864-1942.
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.
Titledeeds of the lands of Touch in Dunfermline., 1566-1652.
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.