Inspeximus. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A charter beginning with the Latin word inspeximus. It is declared in the charter that an earlier charter or letters patent, here quoted or summarized, has been examined and its validity confirmed. Source: Beal, Peter, 'A Dictionary of English Manuscript Terminology 1450-2000'.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Inspeximus of Henry VIII concerning an allocation of the lands of St Paul`s Church, London., 1539.
Item
Identifier: Ch.5771
Notarial copy, 1425, of a charter of inspeximus, 1147, by Robert I of a charter of David I, granting an area of land to the burgesses of Montrose, Aberdeenshire., 1147.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12806
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
As well as charters relating to the Chalmers family itself, there are other items which are apparently unrelated but which came with the bulk of the papers. Only one document (Ch.12806) is of 15th century date, and only one (Ch.12776) is of the 16th century. The rest of the collection dates largely from the 17th and 18th centuries. A detailed list is available.
Dates:
1147.