Legal documents.
Subject
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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 1551 Collections and/or Records:
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, volume 2., 1814-1822.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.7
Scope and Contents
A letter, 1821, of John Black to Young is bound in at Adv.MS.31.5.7, folio 184.
Young`s book-label is pasted inside the front cover.
Dates:
1814-1822.
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, volume 3., 1822-1828.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.8
Scope and Contents
Young`s book-label is pasted inside the front cover.
Dates:
1822-1828.
Extracts from published sources and some notes and other writings compiled by John Young, volume 4, with later additions by Charles Baxter., 1828-circa 1833, circa 1855.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.5.9
Scope and Contents
Charles Baxter, who acquired the papers after Young’s death, added notes and extracts of his own especially from kirk session and other records (folios 49 verso-74 verso ; folios 49 verso-58 verso derive ultimately from MS.Wod.Fol.XXXII, folios 290-293), and (folios 97-146) from sections 31 and 32 (xxxvi-xxxvii) of the Auchinleck Manuscript (Adv.MS.19.2.1, folios 263-277). Baxter was responsible for having this volume bound in covers similar to those of Adv.MSS.31.5.6-31.5.8.Many...
Dates:
1828-circa 1833, circa 1855.
Fair copy of a legal dictionary, A-D, compiled by Lord Milton., [1753, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.17816
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Nhich no case later than 1753 is cited.
Dates:
[1753, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
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Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton.
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Legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
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Fair copy of legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
Fair copy of a legal dictionary, E-L, compiled by Lord Milton., [1753, or after.]
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Identifier: MS.17817
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Nhich no case later than 1753 is cited.
Dates:
[1753, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
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Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton.
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Legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
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Fair copy of legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
Fair copy of a legal dictionary, M-T, compiled by Lord Milton., [1753, or after.]
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Identifier: MS.17818
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Nhich no case later than 1753 is cited.
Dates:
[1753, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
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Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton.
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Legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
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Fair copy of legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
Fair copy of a legal dictionary, T-W, addenda, compiled by Lord Milton., [1753, or after.]
File
Identifier: MS.17819
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Nhich no case later than 1753 is cited.
Dates:
[1753, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
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Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton.
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Legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
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Fair copy of legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
Fair copy of legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton., [1753, or after.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17816-17819
Scope and Contents
Nhich no case later than 1753 is cited.
Dates:
[1753, or after.]
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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Miscellaneous papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning law .
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Works concerning law compiled by Lord Milton.
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Legal dictionary compiled by Lord Milton.
Families of Hay of Bara and Monkton and their lands., 1599-1673.
File
Identifier: Ch.11591-11618
Scope and Contents
Including documents concerning Balcomie (Fife) and the Monkland of Yester, and documents of transactions with James Sydserff of Ruchlaw concerning Priestlaw, Penshiel and Kingside.
Dates:
1599-1673.
Family and genealogical papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1715-1763.
File
Identifier: MS.14500
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1715-1763, being largely financial papers of transactions between the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale and his children (folio 1);(ii) Financial and legal papers, 1728-1764, of John Hay of Belton (folio 92);(iii) Financial papers, 1736-1743, between the 4th and 6th Marquesses of Tweeddale concerning the lands of Newhall (folio 106);(iv) Genealogy of the Hays of Yester, 970-circa 1730, written in the hand of John...
Dates:
1715-1763.
Family and general correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop., 1783-1843.
File
Identifier: MS.13111
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters of his illegitimate son Lieutenant William Hislop, Bengal Army, 1822-1824, with letters, 1829, concerning his death at Kotah, Rajaputana (folio 1);(ii) Letters of his illegitimate daughter Caroline Bridget Van Baerle and her children, 1837-1843 (folio 26);(iii) General correspondence and papers, 1783-1842, including letters of Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, Prince Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand of Brunswick,...
Dates:
1783-1843.
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 General Sir Thomas Hislop, Baronet, (1764-1843), and of his wife, Emma, daughter of Hugh Elliot, diplomatist.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Thomas Hislop.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1550-1764.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7105-7107
Scope and Contents
The papers include, in one chronological sequence, formal legal documents such as bonds and contracts (except those too large to be bound, which have been treated as charters), informal legal notes, personal accounts, and estate accounts and papers.
Dates:
1550-1764.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1550-1674.
File
Identifier: MS.7105
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include, in one chronological sequence, formal legal documents such as bonds and contracts (except those too large to be bound, which have been treated as charters), informal legal notes, personal accounts, and estate accounts and papers.
Dates:
1550-1674.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1675-1700.
File
Identifier: MS.7106
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include, in one chronological sequence, formal legal documents such as bonds and contracts (except those too large to be bound, which have been treated as charters), informal legal notes, personal accounts, and estate accounts and papers.
Dates:
1675-1700.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1707-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.7107
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
The papers include, in one chronological sequence, formal legal documents such as bonds and contracts (except those too large to be bound, which have been treated as charters), informal legal notes, personal accounts, and estate accounts and papers.
Dates:
1707-1764.
Family of Newton of Newton and their lands., 1538, 1607, 1632.
File
Identifier: Ch.11547-11558
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.
Dates:
1538, 1607, 1632.
Family papers and correspondence of and concerning Hugh Miller., 1650-1864, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.7516
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Legal papers, 1717-1803, concerning the Feddes and Wright families, Cromarty (ancestors of Hugh Miller) (folio 1);(ii) Legal papers, 1855-1857, undated, concerning Hugh Miller and his dependents (folio 14);(iii) Fragment of an abusive article on Hugh Miller, undated (folio 38);(iv) Four letters, 1650-1758, including one of George Monck, the others relating to the family of Forbes of Culloden (folio 40);...
Dates:
1650-1864, undated.
Family papers of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale., 1591-1658, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14474-14476
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:
1591-1658, undated.
Family papers of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale., 1622-1658, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14476
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Genealogical account of the 1st Earl of Dunfermline's children, 1622 (folio 1);(ii) Account of the teinds of Denovan, Broomage and Lochlan belonging to the 2nd Earl of Linlithgow, 1622-1623, 1625 (folios 5);(iii) Financial papers, 1622-1627, including accounts, concerning Sir William Hay of Linplum (folio 5);(iv) Financial papers, 1626-1635, undated, concerning the 1st Earl of Seaforth (folio 17);(v)...
Dates:
1622-1658, undated.
Family papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1550-1764.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7105-7113
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The collection consists largely of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century correspondence. The chief correspondents are the members of the family most active in public life, and their letters are on the whole more concerned with public than with personal affairs, though there is some discussion of family matters in the seventeenth-century letters. The most important and extensive correspondence is that of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, which dates from 1660 to 1697, and covers most of his...
Dates:
1550-1764.
Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1451-1772, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1433
Scope and Contents
Includes inventories of writs, 1675-1754, which have been placed together at 1675, and several discharges of the Marquess of Atholl, circa 1682.
Dates:
1451-1772, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
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Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally.
Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1603-1725.
File
Identifier: MS.1435
Scope and Contents
Includes Royal grant of Faskally's property to the Duke of Atholl, 1682 (folio 125).
Dates:
1603-1725.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
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Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally.
Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1603-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.1436
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1603-1764.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
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Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally.
Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1609-1765, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1437
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1609-1765, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
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Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally.
Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally., 1615-1774, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1438
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Contains correspondence and papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate and a Principal Clerk of Session, of Cramond and later of Delvine (died 1731), his sons Alexander, Writer to the Signet and a Principal Clerk of Session (died 1737), and John, Writer to the Signet, Deputy-Keeper of the Signet (died 1778), and Alexander's grandson Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baronet, Writer to the Signet (died 1835); formed a distinguished line of lawyers who were active in the affairs of their day and...
Dates:
1615-1774, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
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Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
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Family papers of the Robertsons of Faskally.