Grants. Legal Instruments.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Denotes original dispositions and also gratuitous deeds. Source: Gibb (A D). 'Students' glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946.).
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Crown grant of land in Tobago to Charles Manning., 20 April 1776.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12650
Crown grant of ten acres of land in Tobago to James Hutcheson., 20 April 1776.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12649
Fordoun Parish: royal grant and instruments of sasine., 1762-1825.
Series
Identifier: Ch.1072-1075
Scope and Contents
Ch.1072 in Latin.
Dates:
1762-1825.
Grant by Alexander Hamilton, minister of Lochwinnoch, and his son James, to Jean, daughter of William Mure of Glanderston, of a life-rent., 1639.
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Identifier: Ch.8444
Dates:
1639.
Grant by Cuthbert Knytsone, burgess of Edinburgh, in favour of Richard Lawson of Hundby, of the lands of Figot [ie Figgate] in the barony of Duddingston., 1486.
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Identifier: Ch.10648
Dates:
1486.
Grant by James VI to Mr David Sibbald, brother of James Sibbald of Rankeillo, of the escheat of Sir William Ouchterlonie of that ilk., 7 April 1618.
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Identifier: Ch.14142
Dates:
7 April 1618.
Grant by John, Lord Saltoun to George Abernethy, advocate, of lands in Glencorse., 1598-1612.
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Identifier: Ch.13267
Dates:
1598-1612.
Grant by John Menzies, Grenada, in favour of James Mill and John Hyndman., 1781.
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Identifier: Ch.8939
Grant by Mary Queen of Scots to John Beaton of the first prebend which shall fall vacant in the Collegiate Church of St Quentin, at her disposition by reason of her dowry., 1583.
Item
Identifier: Ch.B.6
Scope and Contents
John Beaton was the son of Archibald, Chancellor of Dunfermline, and nephew of James, Archbishop of Glasgow. Beaton had assisted Mary in her escape from Lochleven in 1568. Signed `Marie R`.
Dates:
1583.
Grant by Pope Paul IV to James Stewart (subsequently Earl of Moray), natural son of James V, of the Priory of Mâcon in commendam., 1556.
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Identifier: Ch.A.27
Dates:
1556.
Grant by Sir James Home of Synlawis [later of Cowdenknowes]in favour of Nicholas Carncross of Calfhill., 1572.
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Identifier: Ch.8965
Grant by the heirs of Moses M Hays, Boston, Massachusetts, of land in Newport, Rhode Island, to Samuel Myers, Richmond, Virginia., 1813.
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Identifier: Ch.15477
Grant of escheat in favour of Thomas Keith of Camculter., 12 January 1664.
Item
Identifier: Ch.17251A
Dates:
12 January 1664.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters and formal documents from the Murray of Ochtertyre and Keith, Earl Marischal papers.
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Charters and formal documents from the Keith, Earl Marischal papers.
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Titles of the Keiths, Earls Marischal for their property in Kincardineshire and Aberdeenshire and elsewhere in Scotland.
Grant of half the lands of Touch by Robert Richartson, commendator of St Mary`s Isle in favour of Robert Pitcairn, Archdeacon of Saint Andrews and commendator of Dunfermline., 26 April 1566.
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Identifier: Ch.12948
Grant of Land in Tobago by the Crown to John Dumerisque and Michael Croker., 5 March 1768.
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Identifier: Ch.12633
Grant of the lands of Overmagask by Patrick Kinninmond of that Ilk to John Traill of Blebo., 1583.
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Identifier: Ch.9559
Grant to William 6th Lord Livingston of the escheat of Alexander Livingston of Belstane., 1558.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8597
Grants and sasine of lands in Dalkeith., 1612, 1623-1624.
File
Identifier: Ch.8967-8969
Dates:
1612, 1623-1624.
Legal documents relating to properties in the West Indies belonging to Alexander Ellice and his descendants., 1768-1862.
Series
Identifier: Ch.12633-12707
Dates:
1768-1862.
Miscellaneous affairs., 1558-1680.
Series
Identifier: Ch.8597-8617
Miscellaneous Lathallan family papers, including grants, contracts and related papers., 1521-1812.
File
Identifier: Acc.12092/1
Scope and Contents
Contains:
1. Obligation by Thos Forsyth, Isbel Knox and William Fulles to pay Colonel Archibald Spens of Lathallan Lodge £8:1 :- for corn. Kelso, 21 August 1813.2. Letters of excommunication by the official Principal of St Andrews at the instance of Margaret Dunbar, relict of the deceased William Forbes against William Ruthwane of Bandane for nonfulfilment of an order under the sign of Patrick Ross priest of St Andrews diocese, notary, dated 10 July 1537 to him through his...
Dates:
1521-1812.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, including charters and legal instruments, of the family of Skene of Rubislaw and related families; including papers concerning Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family.
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Papers of the Skene family and related families.
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Early papers of the Skene family, including charters, sasines, marriage contracts and related legal instruments.
Titledeeds of the lands of Touch in Dunfermline., 1566-1652.
Series
Identifier: Ch.12948-12955