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Charters

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 754 Collections and/or Records:

Charters and legal documents relating to the Halketts of Pitfirrane and the Wedderburns of Gosford., 1514-1878.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.6837-7360
Scope and Contents

A supplementary series consisting, generally, of the less important formal legal papers. There are however a few charters, for example, the charter creating Sir Charles Halkett of Pitfirrane a baronet in 1671 (Ch.7135). There are some documents concerning the Wedderburns of Gosford.

Dates: 1514-1878.

Charters and other formal documents from the Ellice Papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Ch.12601-12763
Scope and Contents

The papers relate to the various activities in which members of the family were involved. An inventory of these charters is available.

Dates: 1768-1873, undated.

Charters and other formal documents from the papers of the Spottiswoodes of Spottiswoode.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.1492-1568
Scope and Contents

Ch.1492-1539 relate to a family of Spottiswood (most often spelt Spottiswod; also other variants) in Edinburgh.

Dates: 1454-1751.

Charters and other formal documents in the claim by Arthur Forbes 9th of Culloden (1841-1843) to the baronetcy of Foveran.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.16731-16837
Scope and Contents

An inventory of the collection is available for consultation.

Dates: 1607-1835, undated.

Charters and other formal documents relating to the Minto family.

 Series
Identifier: Ch.8971-10633
Scope and Contents The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...
Dates: 12th century-1910, undated.

Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne., 12th century-1553.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.18 (2 of 2)
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Confirmation by William I of gift by Hugh and William Giffard to the church of St. Andrews of the church of Tealing. Kincardine, 1189x1195. (Hugh de Roxburgh, chancellor; no date). Printed in ‘Regesta regum Scotorum’, volume ii, number 358.(ii) Confirmation, [1173-1178], by William I of gift by Walter, son of Philip to the church of St. Andrews of the land of Adhebrecces. Kinghorn, 1173x1178. (D.G.: Richard, Bishop of Dunkeld). Printed...
Dates: 12th century-1553.

Charters collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.18
Scope and Contents The great majority of the charters concern St Andrews Cathedral or Priory; smaller groups relate to the Abbeys of Dunfermline and Lindores and the House of Friars Preachers in Aberdeen; and there is a miscellaneous secular remnant. There are 17 of the twelfth century, 36 of the thirteenth, 18 of the fourteenth, 23 of the fifteenth, and 9 of the sixteenth.Balfour pasted the charters into a book (which he had previously intended to use for genealogies, having written headings on...
Dates: 12th century-1553, 1627 or after-18th century.

Charters concerning the lands of Fawside near Tranent.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9261
Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning the family of Grant of Monymusk and Grant-Suthie of Balgonie.

With a letter, 1750, of Thomas Reid.

Dates: 17th century to 19th century.