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Executions. Legal documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: The writing in which the fulfilment of the duty of an officer of the law is narrated. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).

Found in 82 Collections and/or Records:

Family papers, including contracts, retours and sasines, some concerning Gilbert Skene., 1540-1661.

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Identifier: Acc.12092/3
Scope and Contents Contains:39. Copy assedation Alexander, Bishop of Brechin, in favour of James Guthrie burgess of Edinburgh and Christiane Barron his spouse of the teinds of the lands of Bannabrioth and half of the mill-lands thereof in liferent and for three heirs lives and 90 years thereafter. Edinburgh, 27 January 1577.40. Contract at Edinburgh 16 September 1575 between Mr Gilbert Skene, doctor of medicine on one part and John Melros, writer burgess of Edinburgh on the other part...
Dates: 1540-1661.

Instructions, 1579, of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Knight Lyon King at Arms, to heralds, and a minute-book of executions, 1608-1609, by Thomas Lamb, Messenger-at-arms.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.31.7.12
Scope and Contents ‘Instructions set forth by Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Knight Lyon King at Arms and his brethrene heralds at speall comand of my Lords Regent and Lords of secret counsall to be observit be ye officiare of armes within this realme in all tymes cumy for dew service to our soverane Lord and his Leidgis at Ed[r], the secund day of Jannuar 1577’. The five first pages are written in the same hand.The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.185) includes the...
Dates: 1579, 1608-1609.

Letters and papers, mostly concerning the Church of Scotland., 1231-1641.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.29.2.8
Scope and Contents The subjects include the case brought by John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, against Robert Wallace; the ‘Second Book of Discipline’; the Act of Revocation; and the protests against the Service-book. Most of the papers concerning the Covenant have been published more than once, and some appeared as contemporary pamphlets.Copy of a charter, 1360, granted by David II to the Bishop of Aberdeen; in Latin (folio 1). - This was printed from Adv.MS.16.1.10 in ‘Registrum episcopatus...
Dates: 1231-1641.