Testaments testamentar. Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: This document contained the confirmation of the executor of the estate of the deceased when the deceased left a will. It could also contain an inventory of the deceased's movable property and debts, a copy of the will and a bond of caution. If the deceased left no will the document is called a testament dative. Source: Formulary of old Scots legal documents. (Edinburgh: Stair Society, 1985.).
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Marriage contracts, testaments, sasine and bonds of the Mure of Caldwell family., 1496-1723.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13678/5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers consist of letters and notes on the genealogy of the Mure of Caldwell family, Ayrshire and their relatives the Bloxham family, Banbury, diaries of Catherine Mure, daughter of William Mure of Caldwell (succ.1776) and legal documents of and relating to the Mures of Caldwell and the Bloxhams.
Dates:
1496-1723.