Grants. Legal Instruments.
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Crown grant of land in Tobago to Charles Manning., 20 April 1776.
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Crown grant of ten acres of land in Tobago to James Hutcheson., 20 April 1776.
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Deeds relating to tenure: Kincardine., 1686-1825.
The deeds are arranged under country, county, and smaller unit, the smaller unit being either the subject of the conveyance or a covering unit mentioned in the document. They are indexed under the names of the smaller units and also, in the case of Scotland, under the names of the parties.
Fordoun Parish: royal grant and instruments of sasine., 1762-1825.
Ch.1072 in Latin.
Grant by Alexander Hamilton, minister of Lochwinnoch, and his son James, to Jean, daughter of William Mure of Glanderston, of a life-rent., 1639.
The documents are mostly marriage-contracts, burgess-tickets, and similar documents concerning members of the Dunlop family in the 17th and 18th centuries. Three items concern William Dunlop`s affairs in South Carolina, 1688-1689 (Ch.8456-8458). An inventory is available.
Grant by Cuthbert Knytsone, burgess of Edinburgh, in favour of Richard Lawson of Hundby, of the lands of Figot [ie Figgate] in the barony of Duddingston., 1486.
Grant by James VI to Mr David Sibbald, brother of James Sibbald of Rankeillo, of the escheat of Sir William Ouchterlonie of that ilk., 7 April 1618.
The escheat of Sir William Ouchterlony was assigned to Sir Andrew Fletcher in 1630.
Grant by John, Lord Saltoun to George Abernethy, advocate, of lands in Glencorse., 1598-1612.
The 8th Lord sold many of the estates and borrowed extensively on the security of Saltoun, which was the subject of endless dispute after his death in 1612.
Grant by John Menzies, Grenada, in favour of James Mill and John Hyndman., 1781.
An inventory is available.
Grant by Mary Queen of Scots to John Beaton of the first prebend which shall fall vacant in the Collegiate Church of St Quentin, at her disposition by reason of her dowry., 1583.
John Beaton was the son of Archibald, Chancellor of Dunfermline, and nephew of James, Archbishop of Glasgow. Beaton had assisted Mary in her escape from Lochleven in 1568. Signed `Marie R`.
Grant by Pope Paul IV to James Stewart (subsequently Earl of Moray), natural son of James V, of the Priory of Mâcon in commendam., 1556.
Grant by Sir James Home of Synlawis [later of Cowdenknowes]in favour of Nicholas Carncross of Calfhill., 1572.
Grant by the heirs of Moses M Hays, Boston, Massachusetts, of land in Newport, Rhode Island, to Samuel Myers, Richmond, Virginia., 1813.
These papers relate mostly to personal and business affairs. An inventory of these charters is available.
Grant of escheat in favour of Thomas Keith of Camculter., 12 January 1664.
Included are charters of Deer Abbey which passed to the family on the Reformation as the lordship of Altrie. Notes on these charters appear in Patrick Keith Murray`s `Inventory of Marischal Papers, 1905`, MS.21114.
Grant of half the lands of Touch by Robert Richartson, commendator of St Mary`s Isle in favour of Robert Pitcairn, Archdeacon of Saint Andrews and commendator of Dunfermline., 26 April 1566.
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.
Grant of Land in Tobago by the Crown to John Dumerisque and Michael Croker., 5 March 1768.
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Grant of the lands of Overmagask by Patrick Kinninmond of that Ilk to John Traill of Blebo., 1583.
Grant to William 6th Lord Livingston of the escheat of Alexander Livingston of Belstane., 1558.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Grants and sasine of lands in Dalkeith., 1612, 1623-1624.
Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants., 1768-1862.
The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.
Miscellaneous affairs., 1558-1680.
Papers relate mainly to the properties of the Earls of Callendar in Stirlingshire, West Lothian, and Morayshire.
Miscellaneous Lathallan family papers, including grants, contracts and related papers., 1521-1812.
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.