Legal documents.
Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Documents concerning the lands of Gainermuir., 1782-1797.
Documents concerning the lands of Galwaldmore, Glassingall, Drumdouls, and Ramoyle and crofts in and about Dunblane, ownership and rents., 1504-1728.
The families chiefly concerned are Sinclairs, Mitchells, Edmonstounes and Drummonds. The papers also cover dealings of these families unconnected with the stated lands.
Documents concerning the lands of Langlands., 1728-1736.
Documents concerning the lands of Lipnoch, Lessintrule (Ashintrule, Loss), and Cauldhame, owned successively by Callanders of Manor, Dawsons, Galloways, Livingstones, and Wrights., 1510-1725.
Documents concerning the lands of Mauchlinehole and the Commonty of Kilbride., 1634-1830.
Documents concerning the lands of Murray and Heidhouse, with the offices of sergeant and coroner of the barony of Kilbride., 1662-1797.
Documents concerning the lands of Newhouse [Newhouse was an alternative name for part of the Kirklands of Torrance]., 1699-1721.
Documents concerning the lands of Overmilton and Duncanrig., 1579-1797.
Documents concerning the lands of Platthorn., 1721-1826.
Documents concerning the lands of Pyetshaw, Rutherglen., 1576-1796.
Documents concerning the lands of Spittal in Carmunnock parish., 1658-1794.
Documents concerning the lands of Taitsthornton., 1692-1800.
Documents concerning the lands of Torrance., 1658-1797.
Documents concerning the lands of Warnock`s Thornton., 1720-1727.
Documents concerning the Mains of Kilbride., 1689-1797.
Documents concerning the Patouns of Hillfoot., 1656, 1662.
Documents concerning the Sempill family and James Stuart of Torrance., 1667-1699, undated.
Documents concerning the Wrights of Drumdouls and Loss, and lands of Ashintrule and Cauldhame., 1657-1736.
Documents concerning Thomas de Quincey during his residence in Edinburgh.
The documents include 3 letters of Thomas de Quincey, 1838, 1841; books of accounts for rent, etc., incurred when he lodged with the Misses Miller in the Holyrood sanctuary, 1836-1841; and papers in a process at law with Robert Bauchope about monies due by de Quincey, 1837-1838; with an essay based on these documents by Tinsley Pratt, undated (typed), and a letter regarding them, 1881.
Documents from papers associated with the son and daughters of Allan Ramsay and others.
Documents, mostly legal, relating to the Ashburner family and their relatives., 1777-1892, undated.
Documents relating to a lawsuit between the family of Hamilton of Torrance and the parishioners of Kilbride, concerning the coronership of the barony of Kilbride., 1624-1652.
Documents relating to Fletchers in Dundee and Angus, especially to Robert, merchant, burgess of Dundee, and his son Sir Andrew., 1560-1663, undated.
The family acquired various properties in Angus which were consolidated into the baronies of Innerpeffer and Turin; after Sir Andrew`s purchase of Saltoun the Angus property was sold, some to Col Sir Francis Ruthven in 1648, some to George, Lord Spynie in 1650, and some to George, Earl of Panmure in 1663; current titles will have passed to the purchasers.
Documents relating to Home of Renton and especially the estate of Alexander Home (d 1619)., 1601-1634.
His widow, Margaret Cockburne, later married Sir William Graham of Braco and then Sir Andrew Fletcher.