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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 1551 Collections and/or Records:

Financial papers relating to Melgund and Lochgelly., 1669-1741.

 File
Identifier: MS.13280
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Bonds of relief to Hugh Murray Kynynmound, 1725-1741 (folio 1); (ii) Financial papers relating to the affairs of the Maules of Melgund, 1669-1678 (folio 60); (iii) Papers relating to Henry Scrimgeour of Wester Lochgelly, Writer to the Signet, 1711-1739 (folio l08).

Dates: 1669-1741.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Estate papers and correspondence of the Elliot family of Minto. / Lochgelly and Melgund estate papers.

Fletcher of Saltoun documents., 1483-1899.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.14450-14964
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

More detailed lists of contents are available on request.

Dates: 1483-1899.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the Saltoun Papers.

Formal documents of the Dunlop family and their connections, 1630-1747.

 File
Identifier: MS.9257
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers are chiefly of family interest, consisting of wills, bonds, discharges, etc., but a few relate to Carolina, the Darien Company, and Glasgow University.

Dates: 1630-1747.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Legal and financial papers of the Dunlop family. / Formal documents of the Dunlop family and their connections.

Formal documents of the Dunlop family and their connections., 1748-1892.

 File
Identifier: MS.9258
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers are chiefly of family interest, consisting of wills, bonds, discharges, etc., but a few relate to Carolina, the Darien Company, and Glasgow University.

Dates: 1748-1892.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and legal, financial and other papers of the Dunlop family. / Legal and financial papers of the Dunlop family. / Formal documents of the Dunlop family and their connections.

Formal documents relating to persons associated with members of the Ellice family., 1794-1858.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.12752-12763
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 1794-1858.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other formal documents from the Ellice Papers.

Formal documents relating to the Keiths, Earls Marischal., 1254-1802, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.17306-17324
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

More detailed lists are available on request.

Dates: 1254-1802, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre and Keith, Earl Marischal papers. / Charters and formal documents from the Keith, Earl Marischal papers.

Formal documents relating to the Murrays of Ochtertyre., 1664-1870.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.17043-17075
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

More detailed lists are available on request.

Dates: 1664-1870.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre and Keith, Earl Marischal papers. / Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre papers.

Formal legal accounts of Andrew Haliburton, 1711-1712, and Tods and Romanes (subsequently Tods, Murray and Jamieson), 1809-1897., 1711-1712, 1809-1897.

 File
Identifier: MS.13240
Scope and Contents From the Series: The estate papers for the Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus possessions of the Elliots of Minto provide a very full account of the history of these lands from the middle of the eighteenth century until the First World War. In particular the correspondence of the successive heads of the family with their factors and Edinburgh lawyers covers every aspect of estate management.The papers relating to Minto contain little material from before 1696, the year in which Sir Gilbert Elliot,...
Dates: 1711-1712, 1809-1897.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Estate papers and correspondence of the Elliot family of Minto. / Minto estate papers.

Formal papers of Major-General James Stuart, including his commission to that rank., 1777.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.4738-4739
Dates: 1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / The deeds, charters and formal papers relating to the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance, and the formal legal and personal papers of Andrew Stuart, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, W.S.

Formal papers relating to the claim of James Grant to be retoured heir to the estate of Dalvey., 1759.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.A.85-90
Dates: 1759.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other formal documents from the collection of William Rose.

Formal papers relating to the Douglas Cause., 1761-1762.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.4689-4696
Dates: 1761-1762.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / The deeds, charters and formal papers relating to the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance, and the formal legal and personal papers of Andrew Stuart, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, W.S.

Genealogy and family documents of the Willison family., Circa 1757, 1855-1889, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/1-5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers of the Willison family, who farmed in both Lanarkshire and Perthshire, covering personal and business matters. The collection includes a detailed family history and genealogy composed by Ralph Willison Simmonds (Edinburgh 1989), detailed transcripts and a booklet with historical notes: The Willisons of South Lanarkshire (Edinburgh, 1994), also by Mr Willison - see Acc.11049/1 and Acc.11049/76.

Dates: Circa 1757, 1855-1889, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.

General and East Lothian papers., 1541-1891, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14750-14756
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: 1541-1891, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House. / Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs. / Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.

General correspondence relating to Jamaica, and miscellaneous accounts and legal papers relating to Ardoch Penn., 1775-1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.10925
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) General correspondence, 1781-1789, 1810-1834 (folio 1);

(ii) Miscellaneous accounts and legal papers, 1775, 1811, 1815-1818, 1826-1827, (including a slave list of 1816) relating to Ardoch Penn (folio 71).

Dates: 1775-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly eighteenth to nineteenth century, of the Grahams of Airth. / Correspondence, accounts and legal papers of the Grahams of Airth concerning Jamaica and the estate of Ardoch Penn.

General legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1807-1855.

 File
Identifier: MS.11957
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: 1807-1855.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto. / General financial papers and personal accounts of the 2nd Earl of Minto.

General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet., 1807-1856.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11918-11921
Scope and Contents

Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, later became Tod, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, this correspondence is not included in MSS.11922-11940).

Dates: 1807-1856.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.

General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet., 1807-1818.

 File
Identifier: MS.11918
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, later became Tod, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, this correspondence is not included in MSS.11922-11940).

Dates: 1807-1818.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto. / General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet.

General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet., 1819-1824.

 File
Identifier: MS.11919
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, later became Tod, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, this correspondence is not included in MSS.11922-11940).

Dates: 1819-1824.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto. / General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet.

General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet., 1825-1834.

 File
Identifier: MS.11920
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, later became Tod, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, this correspondence is not included in MSS.11922-11940).

Dates: 1825-1834.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto. / General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet.

General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet., 1836-1856.

 File
Identifier: MS.11921
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet, later became Tod, Murray and Jamieson, Writers to the Signet, this correspondence is not included in MSS.11922-11940).

Dates: 1836-1856.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto. / Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto. / General legal and financial correspondence of the 2nd Earl of Minto with his principal legal agents, Tod and Romanes, Writers to the Signet.

General papers relating to the Forbes family., 1664-1701.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.2027-2029
Dates: 1664-1701.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Charters and other papers of the family of Forbes of Culloden.

General, Yester, and East Lothian estates., 1538-1726.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11498-11829
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1538-1726.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Estates and local affairs.

George Sholto Douglas, son of the Honourable George Henry Douglas, Captain, the Cameronians., 1876-1893.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.2627-2629
Dates: 1876-1893.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Commissions, warrants, and certificates in favour of members of the Rose family.

Gifford paper mill., 1697.

 File
Identifier: Ch.11632-11633
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1697.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Estates and local affairs. / General, Yester, and East Lothian estates.

Gifford walk mill., 1736.

 Item
Identifier: Ch.11638
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Papers deemed unsuitable for inclusion in the MS. bound series.

Dates: 1736.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Deeds, judicial papers, and other documents, mostly legal, from the Hay of Yester papers. / Estates and local affairs. / General, Yester, and East Lothian estates.

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