Legal instruments.
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
Restoration by Sir John Hope fiar of Craighall S.C.J. and Sir John Carstairs of Kilconquhar to Sir William Forbes of Craigievar, of Glencorse and Saltoun., 17 September 1642.
William Forbes of Many, afterwards of Craigievar, and his son Sir William, succeeded in acquiring all rights to Saltoun, which was ultimately sold, after being held briefly by Sir William Gray of Pittendrum and various relations of Forbes, to Sir Andrew Fletcher of Innerpeffer.
Three items originally found loose in MS.16497: Manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem and other legal texts, but now kept separately., 16th century.
The contents are as follows:
(i) An address panel from a letter to Alexander Arbuthnott, Principal of King's College, Aberdeen;
(ii) An instrument of donation, 1548[-1549], by Katrine Fraser, relict of Robert Forbes, to her brother Mr George Fraser, of all her possessions;
(iii) Fragment of a contract of marriage between Alexander [ ] and Margaret Robertson, mentioning George Fraser, Minister of Durris.
Two legal instruments and a letter concerning the interests of Thomas Moore in the joint stock and fund of the Amicable Society for a Perpetual Insurance Office., 1821-1828.
Two legal instruments concerning a bond for £1000 between Thomas Moore and John Murray II., 1821-1822.
Various agreements concerning the publication of the "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities", edited by William Smith., 1845-1865.
Various legal instruments, including drafts and copies, concerning Thomas Moore, Lord Byron and John Murray II. Included is a letter of Alfred Turner to John Murray III concerning a draft agreement between Thomas Moore and John Murray II relating to the memoirs of Lord Byron., 1821-1853.
Several of the agreements are between Lord Byron, Thomas Moore and John Murray II in respect of the transfer of all rights in Lord Byron`s manuscript, "Memoirs of my life up to 1816", from Thomas Moore, to whom Byron had given the manuscript, to John Murray II.