Legal documents.
Subject
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Scope Note: Documents having legal relevance in general. For documents that give expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, securing, modifying, or terminating a right, or for the purpose of furnishing evidence of a right, use ""legal instruments"".
Found in 2020 Collections and/or Records:
Legal papers concerning the Fletchers of Innerpeffer (including other families in Angus whose property they acquired) and of Saltoun (especially the estates of Lord and Lady Milton and Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, and the divorce of General Henry Fletcher)., 1511-1904, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.16761-16768
Legal papers concerning the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1694-1785.
File
Identifier: MS.1960
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: notarial copy, dated 1736, of a 'Decreit of Mutuall Declarator of Reductione In Favours of the Trades of the Canongate', 1694 (folio ii); copy of a decree, 1767, of the Sheriff Depute of Edinburgh in favour of the Incorporations of Tailors of Canongate and of Potterrow regarding wages and breakfast-hours (folio iv); copy of a decision, 1767, of the Bailies of the Canongate confirming the latter in favour of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate (folio 5)....
Dates:
1694-1785.
Legal papers concerning the Lords Saltoun and others, with inventories of writs concerning Saltoun., 1594-1642, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.16760
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: legal papers concerning the Lords Saltoun, 1594-1640, undated (folio 1); Lord Ochiltree, 1622, undated (folio 19); Forbes of Craigievar, 1625-1642, undated (folio 32); Mr William Livingston, 1622-1636, undated (folio 96); and inventories of writs concerning Saltoun, 1636, undated (folio 76).
Dates:
1594-1642, undated.
Legal papers concerning the property of Silvermills, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11723
Scope and Contents
Includes papers concerning the affairs of the Law, Riddell, Vere and other families, and the sequestration of Henry Raeburn and Co, Leith.
Dates:
circa 1850-1915.
Legal papers concerning various individuals and families not directly connected with the Stuarts of Castlemilk or Torrance., 1719-1868.
File
Identifier: MS.8212
Scope and Contents
The majority of these papers probably formed part of the professional papers of the legal business founded by Archibald Stuart of Torrance, Writer to the Signet. Clients include the Baird family, 1725-1728 (folio 1); Maxwells of Calderwood, 1719-1750 (folio 15), and the Dukes of Buccleuch, 1748-1749 (folio 50); miscellaneous papers, 1735-1868, follow (folio 56).
Dates:
1719-1868.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Legal documents of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Legal papers from Margaret, daughter of Andrew Rutherfurd of Hunthill, assigning rights to the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale, including the marriage contract between Andrew Rutherfurd of Hunthill and Margaret Livingstone., 1659-1677.
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Identifier: Ch.11859-11869
Dates:
1659-1677.
Legal papers from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1582-1837, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6481-6485
Dates:
1582-1837, undated.
Legal papers in the dispute between John and James Meldrum in Kirkcaldy, and Henry Scrimgeour of Wester Lochgelly., 1680-1726.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10023-10039
Legal papers in the dispute between the Lords Fleming and the Tweedies of Drumelzier over compensation in the form of lands in Glenholm for the murder of the 2nd Lord Fleming., 1531-1624.
File
Identifier: MS.20793
Legal papers in the trial of Alexander Wilson for libel of William Henry, Silk-manufacturer, Newtown of Paisley, in his broadside poem ‘The Hollander’.
File
Identifier: MS.499
Scope and Contents
The papers are bound with the broadside poem 'The Hollander'.
Dates:
1790.
Legal papers, including bonds, the will of Colonel Francis Charteris, papers on the settlement of his estate, and papers of the tutors of his grand-son Francis Charteris., 1714-1764, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.17705-17706
Dates:
1714-1764, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers concerning individuals and families related to the Fletchers of Saltoun, and concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Papers concerning friends and associates of Lord Milton.
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Correspondence and papers of and concerning Colonel Francis Charteris of Amisfield (a cousin of Lady Milton) and his grand-son Francis Charteris (formerly Wemyss, later Earl of Wemyss), of whose tutors Lord Milton was one.
Legal papers, mainly bonds and assignations, concerning the debts of Robert Hamilton of Torrance and his brother, James Hamilton of Sheills and Torrance, and the purchase of the lands of Torrance by James Stuart., 1626-1662.
Series
Identifier: Ch.4553-4654
Legal papers, maps and prospectuses, largely concerning a Stirling, Glasgow and Edinburgh canal, and the Slamannan Railway, Stirlingshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5855
Dates:
circa 1835-circa 1856.
Legal papers of and concerning James Burnett, Lord Monboddo., 1749-1793, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24590-24592
Dates:
1749-1793, undated.
Legal papers of and concerning the Free Church of Scotland., 1826-1900, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.18071-18099
Dates:
1826-1900, undated.
Legal papers of, and miscellaneous papers concerning, the Elliot and Ouseley families., 1856-1903.
File
Identifier: MS.21213
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Legal papers, 1856-1889, of the Elliot and Ouseley families (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers, 1869-1903, concerning the Elliot and Ouseley families (folio 41).
Dates:
1856-1903.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot Murray Kynynmounds, Earls of Minto, of related families, and of Sir John Coxe Hippisley, whose career was associated with that of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot and Ouseley families, being chiefly of Sir Charles and Lady Clara Elliot, their son and daughter-in- law, Frederick Eden and Marcia Cordelia Elliot, and Marcia's brother, John Ouseley.
Legal papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Douglas Cause., 1702-1799, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8262-8276
Scope and Contents
The Douglas Cause was the case in which the tutors of James George, 7th Duke of Hamilton, contested the claim of Archibald James Edward Douglas to the Douglas estates.
Dates:
1702-1799, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
Legal papers of Andrew Stuart in the Douglas Cause, chiefly concerning the plea in the Parlement of Paris, 1763., 1763-1768.
File
Identifier: MS.8269
Dates:
1763-1768.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart, Writer to the Signet, of Craigthorn and Castlemilk, second son of Archibald Stuart of Torrance.
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Papers of Andrew Stuart concerning his legal clients.
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Legal papers of Andrew Stuart concerning the Dukes of Hamilton, and the Douglas Cause.
Legal papers of Arthur Burnett., 1821-1828.
File
Identifier: MS.24613
Scope and Contents
The papers include notes of cases from Lord Monboddo's session papers, notes on cases at which Arthur Burnett was present, and an index to a collection of cases.
Dates:
1821-1828.
Legal papers of Duncan McLaren, merchant, Edinburgh v John Ritchie, proprietor, and Andrew Russell, editor of 'The Scotsman'., 1856, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/145-149
Dates:
1856, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Legal papers of James Burnett, Lord Monboddo., 1749-1793, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24592
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Papers relating to individual cases, 1750-1793, undated (folio 1); (iij Papers on legal principles and miscellaneous notes, 1749-1766, undated (folio 88).
Dates:
1749-1793, undated.
Legal papers of John, Earl of Mar (succeeded 1572), including his confirmed testament, papers of his wife, Maric Stewart, and of his sons Earl John (succeeded 1634), Alexander, Charles and William., 1623-1640.
Series
Identifier: Ch.4059-4104
Scope and Contents
Ch.4065 is the grant of a pension to Marie, Countess of Mar, signed by James VI. The earlier part of this section contains papers illustrating the secularisation of the ecclesiastical lands of Dryburgh, Inchmahome, and Cambuskenneth, which were under the patronage of the Earl of Mar. The remaining papers are mainly concerned with the marriage settlement of Sir Charles Erskine of Cambuskenneth, and Mary, daughter of Sir Thomas Hope of Craighall.
Dates:
1623-1640.
Legal papers of Professor Andrew Dewar Gibb, Queen`s Counsel, comprising case notes, opinions and related documents.
Series
Identifier: Dep.264- is now part of Dep.217.
Dates:
1920-1965.
Legal papers of T Sexton, MP v The Scotsman, containing bound volumes of printed legal papers and some press cuttings., 1890-1891.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/151-152
Dates:
1890-1891.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Legal papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister., 1747-1753, 1798, 1825, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12384/252-285
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1747-1753, 1798, 1825, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of James Thin, bookseller, containing business papers and correspondence, with some personal papers.
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Minutes, membership list, accounts, notes and legal papers of the Associate Congregation of Edinburgh, Seceders Meeting House or New Church, Bristo Street, Edinburgh, Adam Gib, Antiburgher minister.