Answers. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Written pleadings given in to a court usually in reply to a claim. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Answers for Alexander Forrester, minister at Tranent, and Elizabeth Bothwell, his spouse., 4 May 1580.
Item
Identifier: Ch.6774
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The charter and legal material contained here is of importance as giving the continuous history of a landed family in Fife from the 13th to the 18th century. The Halkett family appear to have risen partly on the decline of the Lochores of Lochore. By 1431, the former are having transumpts made of charters of the early 13th century granted to the latter (Ch.6018-6019).
Dates:
4 May 1580.
Answers for Mary's Chapel Incorporations to a bill of suspension and interdict for the Wrights and Masons of Leith, also containing 'Replies' of the Wrights and Masons of Leith., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 1(7)
Scope and Contents
Containing approximately two items.
Dates:
Undated.
Answers to memorial and queries, for managers (tacksmen) of the Meeting House and to their subjects belonging to the Associate Burgher Congregation of Bristo, near Edinburgh., 1798.
File
Identifier: Acc.12384/282
Dates:
1798.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Minutes, membership list, accounts, notes and legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
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Legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.
Case papers relating to the litigation in the Court of Session, 2nd Division, between Sir William Elliott and the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1819-1829.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11933-11934
Scope and Contents
Except for reports of speeches of the judges (MS.11933, folios 81, 142) and 'Answers for Lord Minto' to the notes of the accountant under remit (MS.11934, folio 139), these are printed Court of Session papers.
Dates:
1819-1829.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the executry of William Elliot of Wells, the trustees of Wells estate, and the litigation of Sir William Francis Elliot, 7th Baronet of Stobs, with the latter (1819-1829).
Case papers relating to the litigation in the Court of Session, 2nd Division, between Sir William Elliott and the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1826-1829.
File
Identifier: MS.11934
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Except for reports of speeches of the judges (MS.11933, folios 81, 142) and 'Answers for Lord Minto' to the notes of the accountant under remit (MS.11934, folio 139), these are printed Court of Session papers.
Dates:
1826-1829.
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 Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Executries and related papers concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers concerning the executry of William Elliot of Wells, the trustees of Wells estate, and the litigation of Sir William Francis Elliot, 7th Baronet of Stobs, with the latter (1819-1829).
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Case papers relating to the litigation in the Court of Session, 2nd Division, between Sir William Elliott and the 2nd Earl of Minto.
‘Collections relative to the affairs of Scotland. Written by George Chalmers. Volume first'., 1748-1753.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.35.6.4A
Scope and Contents
At page 135 is the Scotch civil list establishment, 1728.
Dates:
1748-1753.
Contemporary copy of answers of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, to certain interrogatories put to him concerning his negotiations in Spain for the marriage of Charles I., 1624.
Item
Identifier: MS.1747
Dates:
1624.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts: part of a Gaelic grammatical treatise, a chronicle of the Kings of Scotland, and answers of John Digby, 1st Earl of Bristol, to certain interrogatories put to him concerning his negotiations with Spain for the marriage of Charles I.
Correspondence and papers, 1807-1815, and printed legal papers, 1808-1810, concerning the lawsuit between Admiral John Elliot and Archibald Cochrane of Ashkirk concerning Essenside Loch., 1807-1815.
File
Identifier: MS.12868
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
John Elliot entered the Royal Navy in 1745 and reached the rank of Admiral in 1799. He was Member of Parliament for Cockermouth, 1767-1768, and served as Governor of Newfoundland, 1786. Most of this material relates to his estate of Essenside in the parish of Ashkirk, Roxburghshire, and to his mining interests, especially the affairs of the White Water Mineral Company. In the family and general correspondence, there is material relating to his naval career, especially his Governorship of...
Dates:
1807-1815.
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 John Elliot (1732-1808), 4th son of Lord Minto, Lord Justice Clerk.
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Estate, financial and legal correspondence and papers of and concerning Admiral John Elliot.
Documents, including accounts, petitions and memorandums, of George Skene and John Skene of Halyards., 1666-1752.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/6
Scope and Contents
Contains:144. Account between John Skene of Halyeards and Mr Thomas Skene, 1690-99. 1700.145. Testament dative of Mr Thomas Skein, advocat who deceased November 1700. Inventory given up by Beatrix Hepburne his relict. [part torn away] after 16 August 1701.146. Copy disposition by Elisabeth Ker, relict of Mr Christopher Irvein, Dr of medicine in. Edinburgh to her son, John Irveine of a bond for 1200 merks granted by Sir William Ker of Greenhead, Kt, Bt...
Dates:
1666-1752.
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.
Electoral litigation correspondence and papers., 1790-1792, 1806.
File
Identifier: MS.13363
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703.
Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates:
1790-1792, 1806.
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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Papers concerning the Elliot family of Minto relating to local affairs.
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Correspondence and papers concerning elections and politics in Roxburghshire.
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Electoral litigation correspondence and papers.
Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline., 1567-1730, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14770
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Localities, stipends and gifts of pension, 1567-1698, undated (folio 1);(ii) Precentorship and church affairs of Dunfermline, 1640-1730 (folio 48);(iii) Teinds, 1675-1701, of Pittencrieff disponed by the 2nd Earl of Dunfermline to Alexander Clerk of Pittencrieff (folio 97);(iv) Teinds, 1693, of Cluny and Lugton (folio 118);(v) Answers and memorials, 1738-1742, in relation to a reddendo claimed to be...
Dates:
1567-1730, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Legal and financial papers of the regality of Dunfermline, and various Fife estate papers.
Legal papers of the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates against T G Repp, a library assistant who brought an action against the Faculty of Advocates in 1834.
File
Identifier: F.R.342
Dates:
1819-1838.
Legal papers of the Incorporation of Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh., 1594, 1672-1834, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7332/Box 1(1-8)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1594, 1672-1834, undated.
Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents
The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates:
1231-1641.
Material deposited with George Hogarth, Writer to the Signet, relating to the dispute between Robert Cadell, publisher of the Waverley Novels, and Ballantyne and Company, printers, about the quality and price of the printing of ‘Guy Mannering’ by Sir Walter Scott., 1829-1830.
File
Identifier: MS.6290, folios 173-219
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copies of correspondence between Robert Cadell and Ballantyne and Company (folio 173), and of a letter, 1829, of Ballantyne and Company, appealing to the proprietors of the Waverley Novels (folio 193);
A draft of a Memorial of Ballantyne and Company, presenting their case (folio 201), and the answer of Counsel, signed John Hope, 1830 (folio 213).
Dates:
1829-1830.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1722-1771.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(ii)
Dates:
1722-1771.
Miscellaneous papers of the Faculty of Advocates., 1776-1793.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/23(iii)
Dates:
1776-1793.
Opinions and answers of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, to memorials.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.1.24-23.1.26
Dates:
1733-1754.
Opinions and answers of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, to memorials., 1733-1740.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.24
Opinions and answers of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, to memorials., 1738-1746.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.25
Scope and Contents
Contains copies of charters of the 15th century at the beginning of the volume.
Dates:
1738-1746.
Opinions and answers of James Ferguson, Lord Pitfour, to memorials., 1740-1754.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.23.1.26
Paper of the Faculty of Advocates Library titled, 'Proceedings relating to the stamp duty on the admission of Advocates in Scotland, 1724-1726'.
Item
Identifier: F.R.339r/23
Dates:
[1726 or after.]
Papers, 1655-1680, concerning Scottish religious affairs including 'Answers to a paper from some of our bretren dissenters', 19 November 1655, 'Answers to querees proposed by our brethren upon our overtures of the 1st June', 1655, and a copy of the Sanquhar Declaration., 1655-1680.
File
Identifier: MS.13500, folios 108-123
Dates:
1655-1680.
Papers and accounts concerning the University of Saint Andrews., 1438-1630.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.7
Scope and Contents
Most of the papers relate to, or resulted from the various Royal Commissions to Saint Andrews University in the late 16th century. Copy of the statutes of the Faculty of Theology, 1438; in Latin (folios 1-8). - This has been printed from other manuscripts in Hannay, page 112.Transcript, 1570, of the statutes of the Faculty of Arts, signed by John Rutherford; in Latin (folios 9-15). - This has been printed from another manuscript in Hannay, page...
Dates:
1438-1630.