Inventories.
Subject
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Found in 496 Collections and/or Records:
Moultray of Roscobie, 1686-1727, with an inventory, 1726., 1686-1727.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9931-9945
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Sir David Thoirs became the principal creditor of the Kinninmond family through his acquisition of many heritable bonds granted by the Kinninmonds in the late 17th century.
Dates:
1686-1727.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.
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Papers relating to the financial affairs of the Kinninmond family.
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Papers relating to the financial affairs of Sir David Thoirs of Inverkeithing and Raploch.
Moultray of Roscobie, 1710, 1727, with inventories, 1710, 1741, 1748., 1710-1748.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.9799-9815
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers relate in particular to the difficulties of Patrick Kinninmond (d 1701), the last laird of that name.
Dates:
1710-1748.
Note-book of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, "The Innes Papers, containing inter alia Mr Strathern's remarks respecting Alexander Innes 3d son of Rora"., [?1854-?1857.]
Item
Identifier: MS.623
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
These papers are in continuation of MS.535.
The papers relate chiefly to claims to estates, especially that of Innes of Stow.
Dates:
[?1854-?1857.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of William Strang Petrie, calling himself William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, 'law genealogist'.
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Note-books of William Henry Augustus Fitzstrathern, containing correspondence and copies of documents relating to the claimants to the estate of Innes of Stow.
Notebook belonging to William Rankin, James Rankin, and, finally, to Gabriel Rankin of Orchardhead.
Item
Identifier: MS.6159
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Memoranda relating to financial and other transactions of Rankin of Orchardhead, 1605 (folio 1); 1605-1609 (folio 2 inverted);(ii) Miscellaneous material, mid-seventeenth century: 'Lactari cordato et greca lingua studioso' (folio 4); latin verses (folio 12 inverted); sermons and historical notes (folio 13 inverted);(iii) Material relating to Alexander Mure, portioner of Grange of Bothkennar: 'Rentall of the Bacraw', 1639,...
Dates:
1605-1725.
Notebook containing inventories of household plenishings and other inventories compiled in various years., 1865-1885.
Item
Identifier: MS.15453
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Linen inventory, 1865 (folio 1); (ii) Kitchen utensils inventory (folio 5); (iii) China, etc. inventory (folio 7); (iv) Contents of rooms inventory (folio 10); (v) Various other inventories, 1872-1885 (folios 15); (vi) Linen inventory, 1872 (folio 1 reversed).
Dates:
1865-1885.
Notebook containing Robert Graham's private inventory, January 1848, of the keys to his library presses and strong boxes in his Edinburgh house at 18 Heriot Row., 1848.
Item
Identifier: MS.16122
Dates:
1848.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Estate, political and some personal correspondence and papers, travel letters and journals, and military papers, of General Sir Thomas Graham of Balgowan and Lynedoch (1748-1843), created (1814) Baron Lynedoch, and of his kinsman and heir, Robert Graham, formerly Graeme, Advocate, of Balgowan and Redgorton (1784-1859), a Lord of the Treasury (1834), and their families.
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Journals, diaries, notebook and account books chiefly of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch.
Notebook of Christina Struthers entitled 'Household Inventories and Commonplace Book'., 1864-1875.
Item
Identifier: MS.8901
Scope and Contents
The volume contains:
lists of household goods, 1864-1868 (folio 1);
a few diary entries, 1871 (folio 16);
an account of a visit to Braemar, 1873 (folios 24, 58);
an account of a tour in Switzerland, 1873 (folio 30);
and various literary, religious, and social observations, 1864-1875.
Some leaves were loose in the volume, and have been tipped in (folios 58-75); of these, folio 75 is an apparently unrelated recipe dated 1935.
Dates:
1864-1875.
Notebook of James Steuart, Keeper of the King’s Wardrobe.
Item
Identifier: MS.5725
Scope and Contents
The notebook contains: copies of James Steuart’s appointment to the office of Keeper of the King's Wardrobe, 1737 (folio 1); list of perquisites of the office (folio 3); order for drawing up inventories (folio 4 verso); copy of inventories, 1685, 1714, of the furniture in different departments of Holyroodhouse, such as the Wardrobe, Council Chamber, Exchequer, Session House, etc., (folio 8); and a history of the office, including copies of documents relating to it (folio 28 verso). Most of...
Dates:
1685-1769.
Notebook of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson containing a typescript inventory and valuation of the contents of Grierson's house at 12 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh., 1940.
Item
Identifier: MS.9346
Dates:
1940.
Notebook, undated, containing 'Inventory of Papers belonging to John Elliot of Essenside Esq.', Mid 18th century-early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.12873
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Elliot entered the Royal Navy in 1745 and reached the rank of Admiral in 1799. He was Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1767-1768, and served as Governor of Newfoundland, 1786. Most of this material relates to his estate of Essenside in the parish of Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, and to his mining interests, especially the affairs of the White Water Mineral Company. In the family and general correspondence, there is material relating to his naval career, especially his Governorship of...
Dates:
Mid 18th century-early 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
Notebooks of Christina Struthers, wife of Sir John Struthers, the anatomist.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8900-8901
Dates:
1861-1875.
Notes, extracts from printed books, memoranda and a few letters concerning the Haldane claim to the earldom of Lennox., Late 17th century-1844, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.20003 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
Also included are several papers not relating directly to the claim, some of which may have been utilized by, or for, George Cockburn Haldane or his descendants.
Dates:
Late 17th century-1844, undated.
Notes, transcripts and extracts compiled by and for Lieutenant-General George Henry Hutton relating to Aberdeen and its ecclesiastical antiquities.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.22
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows: (i) Extracts in Hutton`s hand from the index to the Records of the City of Aberdeen by William Kennedy, advocate,Aberdeen, 1814. The entries, which are alphabetically arranged by subject, range in date between 1401 and 1799. (Folio 1.)(ii) Translations in another, unidentified hand of formal documents relating to the Dominicans of Aberdeen ranging in date between 1392 and 1585. According to a note in Hutton`s...
Dates:
Late 12th century-1799.
Office correspondence and accounts of Bell and Bradfute, booksellers and publishers, Edinbrugh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.317
Dates:
1771-1854.
Papers, 1669-1707, relating to the affairs of Janet Rochead, wife of Alexander Murray of Priestfield and Melgund, as tutrix for her son Sir Alexander Murray, 1st Baronet of Melgund, with an inventory, 1748., 1669-1707, 1748.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10145-10152
Scope and Contents
Papers are largely in connection with the entail of the Melgund and Kinninmonth estates.
Dates:
1669-1707, 1748.
Papers, 1673-1729, relating to the dealings of the Maules with the Forresters of Milnhill, with an inventory, 1748., 1673-1729, 1748.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10058-10093
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1673-1729, 1748.
Papers, 1726-1727, relating to a bond by Jean Thornton, relict of Thomas Bairner of Cultmiln, to Janet Rochead, with an inventory, 1748., 1726-1727, 1748.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10169-10174
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates:
1726-1727, 1748.
Papers and accounts, 1703-1758, undated, relating to the estate of Duddingston, Midlothian, and inventory of papers found in the 2nd Duke of Argyll's lodgings in Edinburgh, 1744, with some of the papers., 1703-1758, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.17693
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...
Dates:
1703-1758, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning Archibald Campbell, the 3rd Duke of Argyll.
Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates:
1438-1630.
Papers and an inventory of title-deeds of the family of Stuart of Torrance concerning the feuars of Glassford on the Torrance estate., 1813-1912.
File
Identifier: MS.8203
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Papers, 1813-1912, concerning the feuars of Glassford on the Torrance estate (folio 1);
(ii) Inventory, 1844, of title-deeds concerning the feuars of Glassford, with some nineteenth-century copies of early title-deeds, but not those inventoried (folio 172).
Dates:
1813-1912.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Estate papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Papers and correspondence of Mark and Charles Kerr, King`s Painters and Stationers for Scotland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11853
Scope and Contents
Papers concern financial affairs, stock, printing materials and property and include inventories and book lists.
Dates:
circa 1790-1820.
Papers and correspondence relating to Lochgelly and Melgund estates., 1620-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.13299
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Accounts, correspondence and memoranda relating to gardens at Lochgelly and Melgund, 1726-1742 (folio 1);(ii) Inventories of deed, 1620-1793 (folio 31);(iii) Account of the family of Kinninmound of that Ilk, compiled by Andrew Chalmer, writer in Edinburgh, circa 1740. Another copy of this appears in Walter MacFarlane's genealogical collections, Adv.MS.35.4.8(ii), page 487 (volume 2, page 531 of the Scottish History Society edition,...
Dates:
1620-1858.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court, and various household inventories., [Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14552
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts and correspondence, 1729-1910, undated, chiefly concerning building at Yester House (folio 1);(ii) Registered bond of servitude, 1732, by William Smellie, mason, to the City of Edinburgh (folio 151);(iii) Tack, 1740, between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and John Home, coach-maker, concerning the former’s coach-house in St. Mary Street (folio 135);(iv) Letter, 1797, of Robert Somerville concerning the...
Dates:
[Circa 1697]-1910, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories.
Papers chiefly concerning building at Yester House and Tweeddale Court (Edinburgh), and various household inventories., 17th century-1910, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14551-14553
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:
17th century-1910, undated.