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Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".

Found in 2019 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, legal, miscellaneous, and estate papers of the Murrays of Ochtertyre, Baronets, and their relations by marriage the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21101-21191
Scope and Contents The Murray papers concern chiefly their estates in Perthshire, but there is also some family correspondence, household accounts and inventories, and letters and papers of Jacobite interest. Of particular interest is the fine series of letters of General Sir George Murray written during his campaigns in the Peninsula and elsewhere.The papers of the Keiths, Earls Marischal came to the Murrays of Ochtertyre following the marriage of Helen, heiress of Sir Alexander Keith of Dunnottar...
Dates: 15th century-1934, undated.

Correspondence, legal papers and accounts of John Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and James Robertson, planter in Jamaica, and later of Kelso.

 File
Identifier: MS.20991
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1765-1821, of and concerning the Robertson family with many concerning the estate of James Aitchison, planter in Jamaica, (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous legal papers, 1765-1826, chiefly concerning the division of the estate of James Robertson, 1821-1826 (folio 46); (iii) Miscellaneous accounts, 1802-1826, of the Robertson family (folio 192).

Dates: 1765-1826, undated.

Correspondence, legal papers and accounts of the executors of Gilbert, 1st Earl of Minto., 1811-1818, 1831.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11922-11924
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1811-1818, 1831.

Correspondence, notebooks, journals and other papers of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie, Bishop Robert Douglas, and of the Douglas family and estates.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10229/1-132
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, literary manuscripts and journals of Sylvester Douglas, Baron Glenbervie (1744-1823) and of earlier members of the Douglas family, mainly his great-grandfather, Robert Douglas (1625-1716), Bishop of Brechin, 1682-1684, and the last Bishop of Dunblane (1684-1689) in the pre-Revolution episcopal establishment of the Church of Scotland; and his father, John Douglas of Fechil in the parish of Ellon, Aberdeenshire (1714-1762).

Dates: 1597-1823.

Courts martial papers and medical reports on troops forming Alexander Walker's field detachment in Kathiawar., 1807.

 File
Identifier: MS.13692
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers Alexander Walker's military and administrative service in the East India Company in great detail from circa 1790 to 1801, notably in Malabar and then in Gujarat, where he was Political Resident at Baroda, until he left India in 1810. He came out of retirement to govern St Helena from 1822 to 1828, The importance of the collection lies in the detailed administrative content of Walker's correspondence and memoranda, particularly for the Gujarat period, a continuing...
Dates: 1807.

Cuningham family papers., 1604-1716.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.2416-2446
Scope and Contents

The papers relate chiefly to minor affairs of the family of Robertland, with several of Sir David Cuningham, Baronet, of Auchinharvie.

Dates: 1604-1716.

Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1647-1678, reported, late 17th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1647-1678.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.4.1
Scope and Contents ‘MS. A – The contents of the following booke are: (i) Imprimus, Some essays and observes of the Roman and Scots Law compared together in 14 chapters (folio 1);(ii) Item, Some remarks about Marittine Affairs and the process of capers before the Admirale or Lords of Session for adjudging or reclaiming prize ships (folio 11);(iii) Item, Some Decisions of the Lords of Session from June 1647 till December 1649 (folio 15);(iv) Item, Some Decisions of the English...
Dates: 1647-1678.

Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1678-1683, reported, late 17th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1678-1683.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.4.2
Scope and Contents

‘MS. E. – Some Decisions of the Lords of Session from June 1678 till the first of November 1678. There is also sundry observes and Decisions of the Privy Counsell, Justice Court & Exchequer etc., with some Historick Remarks their and their intermingled shortly because I have a folio Historick manuscript apart’.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.2.72-).

Dates: 1678-1683.

Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1683-1692, reported, late 17th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1683-1692.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.24.4.3
Scope and Contents

‘MS. A. 13. – Some Decisions of the Lords of the Session, Privy Counsell, Justice Court, and of Exchequer, with some Observations and Reflection on some of them, from the first of November 1683 till the first of August 1688’.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.2.6).

Dates: 1683-1692.

Decisions of the Lords of Council and Session, 1702-1706, reported, early 18th century, by Sir John Lauder of Fountainhall., 1702-1706.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.24.4.5
Scope and Contents

‘MS. C. – Decision of the Lord of Council and Session from June 1702 till February 1706’.

‘At the other end of this volume, reversed are copies of Acts, Decreets and Informations, in several cases, chiefly between the years 1677 & 1682, extending to page 304.

The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the reference: (W.2.10).

Dates: 1702-1706.

"Decreet of Modification and Locality. The Minister of Tillicoultry against the Heritor of Tillicoultry", copy by James Wright and collated by John Barron.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7520
Scope and Contents

From the Records of the Commission for the Plantation of Kirks and Valuation of Teinds.

Dates: 1832.

Deeds and formal papers of the Chisholmes., 1715, 1746-1790.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.5644-5653
Scope and Contents

Ch.5645-5649 concern the tenure of Trout Hall and Teake Savanna plantations in Jamaica. Ch.5650 is a plan of North Hall, William Chisholme`s estate in Jamaica. Ch.5651-5653 concern the settlement of the affairs of John Bryan and Archibald Greig (for whom James Chisholme and William Molleson acted as executors) and of James Maccubbin of Philadelphia.

Dates: 1715, 1746-1790.