Contracts of excambion. Legal instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Concerning the transmission of heritable rights, this contract provided for the exchange of parts of the lands of the parties concerned, often in order to straighten a boundary. Source: Formulary of old Scots legal documents. (Edinburgh: Stair Society, 1985.).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Contract of excambion between John, Lord Saltoun, Sir Walter Ogilvy of Findlater and Dame Margaret Stewart, Lady Saltoun, concerning teinds in Banffshire., 8 February 1604.
Item
Identifier: Ch.13156
Dates:
8 February 1604.
Decreet and contract of excambion between the 5th Duke of Roxburghe and the Minister of Roxburgh in respect of the land of the entailed estate of Roxburgh and of the glebe.
File
Identifier: Ch.2158-2159
Dates:
1820-1821.