Leases. Contracts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Contracts by which one conveys land or other property for a specified time usually for compensation or rent.
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Contract of tack of Ashiesteel by Alexander Pringle of Whytbank and Dr Daniel Rutherford, on behalf of Captain James Russell of Ashiesteel, to Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2477
Dates:
1804.
Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named enslaved people) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.50269-50270
Scope and Contents
Lease and release, 1774, of John Young and John Macrae concerning the conveyance of part of Higher Plantation, Tobago, in favour of William Marshall.
Dates:
1774
Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named enslaved people) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.
File
Identifier: MS.50269
Dates:
1774
Lease and release of part of the Higher Plantation, Tobago (including named slaves) in favour of William Marshall, Glasgow.
File
Identifier: Acc.10036-is now MSS.50269-50270
Dates:
1774.
Lease of a house in Cheyne Walk, London, by C R Ashbee to E A Walton.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15322
Dates:
1897.
Legal, financial, ecclesiastical and estate papers of the Douglas and Palmer-Douglas families of Cavers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11228/1-123
Dates:
1568-1948, undated.
Letter, 1668, of Privy Council, signed by Archibald Campbell
File
Identifier: Acc.5282
Scope and Contents
Tack (lease), 1730-1731, by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, to Duncan Orney.
Dates:
1668, 1730-1731.
Microfilm of miscellaneous papers of the Scots and Irish Colleges, Paris, and English College, Douai, chiefly concerning the Scots College's defence of their property during the French Revolution.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1452
Dates:
1770-1824.
Miscellaneous papers of the Scots and Irish Colleges, Paris, and English College, Douai, chiefly concerning the Scots College's defence of their property during the French Revolution.
File
Identifier: MS.5051
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Scots College: correspondence and official papers, 1791-1824, chiefly drafts of letters from Alexander Innes to French government officials (folios 6-115); leases and papers, 1787-1802, concerning college property (folios 117-146); accounts, 1770-1802 (folios 147-225);(ii) Irish College: miscellaneous papers in chronological order, 1787-1806 (folios 226-257);(iii) English College: miscellaneous papers in chronological order,...
Dates:
1770-1824.
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.
Original Lease of house for the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Item
Identifier: F.R.116a
Dates:
18 November 1682.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-1924.
Photographic copies of some family papers of Mr and Mrs Thomas Adams, Alloway, relating chiefly to Mrs Adams’ great-great-uncle, the Reverend Donald Stewart (1803-1831).
File
Identifier: MS.14952
Scope and Contents
The Reverend Donald Stewart, a native of the Loch Earn district of Perthshire, was a minister of St Mark’s, Demerara, from his arrival 29 April 1831 to his death seven months later. The contents are as follows.(i) Lease of Lednascriden, Balquhidder, 1776 (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Donald Stewart, Georgetown, 30 April 1831, to his father and brother, both John Stewart, Findglen, Loch Earn. A further letter, dated Georgetown, 2 May 1831, is cross-written on...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1776, 1831, undated
Tack of the teinds of Balwearie, granted by Prince [afterwards King] Charles as Prince of Scotland to Sir George Erskine, Lord Innerteil, Senator of the College of Justice.
Item
Identifier: Ch.2136
Scope and Contents
Stamped signatures of James VI and Prince Charles.
Dates:
1620.