Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...

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Also includes later notes on wages, 1862-1864.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...

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File includes: Valuations for the estate, income from roads, 1805

Orders for stock for the garden, 1807.

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The bulk of these papers comprise household accounts, which fall into two divisions: loose receipts and accounts (MSS.7475-7492), and bound volumes of general expenses (MSS.7493-7508). MSS.7509-7512 are concerned with legal and publishing finances.

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Contains an inventory of cattle and sheep.

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The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The mill, on the Water of Leith at Currie, began in 1792 and was operated by Henry Bruce (later Henry Bruce and Sons) from about 1850 to 1966. The archive has survived in a rather fragmentary state.

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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.

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.