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Discharges. Legal Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents effecting the release of a right or obligation from its binding force; used especially in military and legal contexts.

Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:

Dundas estate accounts for crops 1685-1704., 1684-1705.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.10-80.2.11
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1684-1705.

Dundas estate accounts up to and including crop 1667., 1532-1669.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.1-80.2.5
Scope and Contents From the Series: The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1532-1669.

Early financial papers of members of the family of Hay of Yester, being chiefly discharges to the Lords Hay of Yester., 1486-1599.

 File
Identifier: MS.14472
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: 1486-1599.

Early financial papers of members of the family of Hay of Yester, being chiefly discharges to the Lords Hay of Yester., 1600-1610, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14473
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: 1600-1610, undated.

Educational, literary, cultural and miscellaneous papers of the Chalmers family of Auldbar., 1637, 1675-1694, 1714-1867.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.15508-15518
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1637, 1675-1694, 1714-1867.

Estate accounts, discharges and vouchers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance., 1643-1797.

 File
Identifier: MS.8218
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Estate accounts of Castlemilk, 1643-1659, kept by James Stuart of Torrance as executor to his brother, Archibald Stuart of Castlemilk (folio 1);

(ii) Discharges, 1726-1736, undated, concerning the estate of Torrance (folio 75);

(iii) Vouchers, 1796-1797, for the household and estate accounts of Anne, Lady Stuart of Castlemilk (folio 122).

Dates: 1643-1797.

Extract of discharge, 15 November 1631, by Duncan Arroll, tailor, burgess of Edinburgh, and Agnes Lichton his wife to Mr George Fletcher of Restennet, advocate, as cautioner for Walter Leckie of Descherres. Registered, 4 June 1632., 15 November 1631.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14379
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sir George Fletcher, advocate, a younger son of Robert of Innerpeffer, was one of his commissioners and acquired the lands of Restennet in 1627. The first two documents, the earliest in the collection, are the foundation charter of the Priory by Malcolm IV and its confirmation by the Bishop of St Andrews.

Dates: 15 November 1631.

Extract of discharge, 16 October 1633, by Mr William Oliphant, servant to Countess of Dunfermline, to the heirs of Peter Oliphant of Rescobie, and renunciation to Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer of all right to his bonds. Registered, 19 November 1633., 16 October 1633.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.13833
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The family acquired various properties in Angus which were consolidated into the baronies of Innerpeffer and Turin; after Sir Andrew`s purchase of Saltoun the Angus property was sold, some to Col Sir Francis Ruthven in 1648, some to George, Lord Spynie in 1650, and some to George, Earl of Panmure in 1663; current titles will have passed to the purchasers.

Dates: 16 October 1633.

Extract of discharge, 27 April 1602, by John Erskine of Kirkbuddo, Robert Collace apparent of Balnamure and Thomas Erskine of Quhytfeild to Patrick Maule of Panmure. Registered, 8 December 1602., 27 April 1602.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.15097
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Some of the items in this series belong in other parts of the Saltoun collection, but their relationship was not discovered until after the arrangement had been finalised; others may have been acquired by various members of the family.

Dates: 27 April 1602.

Extract of discharge, 27 August 1597, by Alexander Guthrie, elder and younger of that ilk, to Robert Fletcher, merchant, burgess of Dundee, concerning Hilton of Innerpeffer. Registered, 9 December 1597., 27 August 1597.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.14205
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The earlier documents relate mainly to Guthrie of Petmowis and the lands of Stotfaulds and others in Monikie, the later to Guthrie of Guthrie and the lands of Hilton and Langlands of Guthrie, which were acquired by Lindsay of Balgays in 1603. There are also documents concerning the Collegiate Church of Guthrie (of which Guthrie of Guthrie was patron) and Innerpeffer (sold to Robert Fletcher in 1596).

Dates: 27 August 1597.

Extract registered discharge by Mr John Nisbet, advocate, and Margaret Fletcher his wife to Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer., 4 August 1636.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.13838
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The family acquired various properties in Angus which were consolidated into the baronies of Innerpeffer and Turin; after Sir Andrew`s purchase of Saltoun the Angus property was sold, some to Col Sir Francis Ruthven in 1648, some to George, Lord Spynie in 1650, and some to George, Earl of Panmure in 1663; current titles will have passed to the purchasers.

Dates: 4 August 1636.