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Estate records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Documents relating to the management of all aspects of a landed estate, which is to be considered property of notable extent which may include, as general examples, any of the following: dwellings; outbuildings; grounds; pasturage; arable land; woodland; water courses. For papers concerning the administration of personal estates, in the narrow legal sense, on death see 'Estate inventories', 'Probate records'' and 'Probate accounts'.

Found in 1259 Collections and/or Records:

Financial papers of Sir Patrick Murray of Saltcoats., 1648-1722, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.6486-6487
Scope and Contents

Family and business interests are inseparable in these papers. Sir Patrick Murray's career began in the Border area, and one of his most important posts was as factor to the Buccleuch family. There are valuable estate papers concerning the lands and teinds of the Dukes of Buccleuch, 1648-1670 (MS.6486, folios 1-82, passim).

Dates: 1648-1722, undated.

Financial papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas., 1532-19th century.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.2.1-80.2.66
Scope and Contents The greater part of the series concerns in detail the administration of the Dundas estate, and consists of accounts and discharges or vouchers relating to public burdens and feu-duty, annualrent, annuities, and other regular payments, and a wide variety of transactions with merchants, tradesmen, and estate tenants and servants. More personal accounts are also represented in considerable quantity, though until the 18th century they are not clearly distinguished from the estate accounts. There...
Dates: 1532-19th century.

Formal and legal documents, financial records and correspondence of the Skene family of Pitlour.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8468/1-172
Scope and Contents

Includes charters and other formal documents, cash books, ledgers, estate papers and letters.

Dates: 1330-1915.

Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13827/1-1103
Scope and Contents 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...
Dates: 15th-20th centuries

Further political and estate papers of the Anstruther-Gray family of Kilmany, Fife.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14335
Scope and Contents

Comprising the political, military, and personal papers of Lt. Col. William Anstruther-Gray [formerly Anstruther-Thomson] and William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, with family estate records, hunting and game books, and photographs.

Dates: 1791-1985.