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Estate records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Documents relating to the management of all aspects of a landed estate, which is to be considered property of notable extent which may include, as general examples, any of the following: dwellings; outbuildings; grounds; pasturage; arable land; woodland; water courses. For papers concerning the administration of personal estates, in the narrow legal sense, on death see 'Estate inventories', 'Probate records'' and 'Probate accounts'.

Found in 1259 Collections and/or Records:

Rentals of Fettercairn., 1783.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/843
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.

Rentals of Fettercairn., 1786.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/844
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: 1786.

Rentals of Fettercairn., 1790-1815.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/845
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: 1790-1815.

Rentals of Fettercairn., 1800-1803.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/846
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: 1800-1803.

Rentals of Fettercairn., 1800-1805.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/847
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: 1800-1805.

Rentals of the Dundas estate, crops 1770, 1775, 1783, 1801-1802, 1805-1806., 1770-1806.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.51
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The greater part of the material relating to rents is to be found included in the estate accounts and in the series of rental- and account-books.

Dates: 1770-1806.

Scawen and Meade family papers., 1685-1788, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12933-12948
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates: 1685-1788, undated.

Scrapbook of advertisements placed in the press., 1901-1933.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/828
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: 1901-1933.

Scrapbook of press advertisements placed in the press relating to the Burn Estate., 1934-1957.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/829
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: 1934-1957.

Small estate accounts and receipts., 1658-1911.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.13241-13242
Scope and Contents

Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.

Dates: 1658-1911.

Small estate accounts and receipts., 1658-1792.

 File
Identifier: MS.13241
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.

Dates: 1658-1792.

Small estate accounts and receipts., 1793-1911.

 File
Identifier: MS.13242
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Included are stipend and cess receipts, receipts for building work, and miscellaneous domestic payments. There is a reeipt for cess to the government of Prince Charles in 1745 (MS.13241, folio 126), and a receipt and note by William Adam (MS.13241, folios 121-122). They have not been indexed in detail.

Dates: 1793-1911.

Small groups of financial papers and accounts relating to individual factors and cashiers of the Dundas estate; in most cases the material appears to be subsidiary or preparatory to the main estate accounts., 1750-1797.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.80.2.52
Scope and Contents The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Accounts between Robert Seton and James Dundas, younger, of Dundas: accounts and vouchers. Accounts appear to have been closed on 24 March 1750, 19 October 1754, 29 October 1755, 26 February 1757 (folio 1).(ii) Memoranda and accounts concerning the factory of Peter Flockhart, crops 1775-1777 (folio 44).(iii) Accounts concerning the factory of James Syme, 1778-1781 (folio 80).(iv) Accounts concerning...
Dates: 1750-1797.

Statement of rental income on other lands, including Gossepley? Farm, and Hill of Craigniston., 1816.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13827/857
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: 1816.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1893., 1893.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/668
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: 1893.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1894., 1894.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/669
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: 1894.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1895., 1895.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/670
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: 1895.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1896., 1896.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/671
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: 1896.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1898., 1898.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/672
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: 1898.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1899., 1899.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/673
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: 1899.

States of the Accounts for year to 30th September 1900., 1900.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/674
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: 1900.

States of the Accounts from 30th September 1901 to 30th September 1902., 1901-1902.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/675
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: 1901-1902.