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Tacks. See: Leases.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Papers relating to Henry Dundas and also to the Trotter family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14535
Scope and Contents Papers contain:Copy of marriage contract, 1669, between Issobell [sic] Paterson and Robert Bruce. cover note "1669 given me by Alice[?] Trotter" - possibly in the hand of Louisa Kathleen Haldane (née Trotter).Copy of a tack, 1750, between Alexander Young and Mrs Jean Stewart for a property on Potterrow.Royal Warrant, 1784, authorising Henry Dundas, as Treasurer of the Navy, to pursue orders of the Navy Board in sending Money to distant parts of Great...
Dates: 1669-1836.

Tacks., 1783-1796.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/575-576
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates: 1783-1796.