Precepts of clare constat. Legal Instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scottish law. A precept of sasine by which an heir is recognised by the superior . Source: Concise Scots dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univeristy Press, 1987).
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Lathallan family charters, sasines, retours and related papers., Circa 1420-1681.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/2
Scope and Contents
Contains:13. Charter by William de Strachine and John Yhung son of Richard, baillies of Perth and the community of the same granting to John de Spensa son & heir of William de Spensa, senior a tenement, belonging to the deceased John son of Malcolm, burgess of Perth who was owing £4 to the royal custumar, on the South side of South Street between the land of William of Qwhitsum on the east and the land of Robert Broun on the west for payment of the said sum, the accustomed...
Dates:
Circa 1420-1681.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Miscellaneous papers, including charters and sasines, some concerning the Hope family., 1558-1665.
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Identifier: Acc.12092/4
Scope and Contents
Contains:67. Charter by Robert Stewart of Rossyth in favour of Agnes Scrymgeour spouse of Peter Bruce apparent of Erlishall and their heirs failing which the heirs of Peter Bruce of the middle third of the lands of Cragy in the barony of Rossyth to by held in fee. Baillie for sesine William Barklay. At Edinburgh, 6 August 1558. Witnesses: William Galt, David Grege and Finlay Martin.68. Instrument of sasine dated 16 June 1576 in favour of David Seitoun son of Alexander...
Dates:
1558-1665.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Precept of clare constat by Joseph Williamson in favour of Robert Horn., 1748.
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Identifier: Acc.6275/48
Dates:
1748.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, including correspondence, financial documents, plans, reports and related material, concerning the estates of Foxhall and Avoncrook.
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Papers concerning the estates of Foxhall, containing titles, financial papers, and other related material.
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Papers concerning the estate of Foxhall, containing titles and other related material.
Precept of clare constat by Robert Andrew Wauch in favour of David Wauch., 1824.
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Identifier: Acc.6275/103
Dates:
1824.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers, including correspondence, financial documents, plans, reports and related material, concerning the estates of Foxhall and Avoncrook.
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Papers concerning the estates of Foxhall, containing titles, financial papers, and other related material.
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Financial papers of the estate of Foxhall.
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Bonds secured over the lands of Todshaugh, containing related papers, and receipts for fue duty payable to the crown.
Precept of clare constat by Robert, perpetual commendator of the monastery of Holyrood, for infefting Robert Carncors, son and heir of William Carncors of Cummislie, as heir of Nichol Carncors, burgess of Edinburgh, his father’s brother, in the lands of Bakspittale and Foirspittale in the regality of Brochtoun and sheriffdom of Peblis; dated at Edinburgh., 7 May 1554.
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Identifier: Acc.7750/62
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Contains 71 writs and three detached seals, with Cairncross Charters of the Regality of Melrose (listed in "Selections from the Regality of Melrose", volume III, (1917), pp 373-382).Please note that the Rutherford name is represented variously throughout the charters, including Ruderfurde, Ruthirfurde, and Rutherfurde.This collection consists of material transferred from the Scottish Record Office to the National Library, and is supplementary to the main body of...
Dates:
7 May 1554.
Precept of clare constat by Thomas Turnbule of Bedoroule for infefting Robert Scot as heir of Adam Scot of Nethirmanis of Hassinden, his father in two and a half merklands of Litill Dryngstoun in the barony of Chalmerlennewton and sheriffdom of Roxburgh., 10 March 1550-1551.
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Identifier: Acc.7750/60
Dates:
10 March 1550-1551.
Sasine and precept of clare constat of Easterseat of Foulshields in favour of William Wardrop., 1699.
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Identifier: Acc.9843/27
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Papers, nearly all formal documents, mostly relating to the lands of Foulshields and the families associated with them. The papers are principally those of the Wardrops and their heirs, the Scotts, but also include documents relating to Shaw, Kinloch, Baillie, Weir, and Carmichael families.
Dates:
1699.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents concerning the lands of Foulshields, in the parish of Livingston, the Wardrop family, and other related families.
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Formal and legal documents relating to various families and the lands of Foulshields.
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Formal and legal documents relating to the Wardrop family and lands of Foulshields.