Legal documents.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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:
Papers of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale., 1806-1874, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14532-14534
Papers of the Barony Court of Faskally concerning the Robertsons of Faskally., 1662-1743, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1450
Dates:
1662-1743, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
/
Letters and papers of families and individuals, the clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
/
Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with surnames from Re-Robertson.
/
Letters and papers of clients or correspondents of the Mackenzies of Delvine, with the surname Robertson of Faskally.
Papers of the Bengal Government relating to the Judicial Department and the administration of law and law enforcement., 1779, 1809-1813.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11596-11600
Dates:
1779, 1809-1813.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto relating to India and the Far East.
/
Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto, chiefly as Governor-General of India.
/
Miscellaneous papers of the Bengal Government.
Papers of the Burnett family of Monboddo other than Lord Monboddo., 1526-1936, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24596-24628
Dates:
1526-1936, undated.
Papers of the Campbells of Craignish.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6223/1-15
Scope and Contents
These papers form the main archive of the Campbells of Craignish, as preserved by the late Robert R Campbell of the Board of Education, the head of a senior cadet branch of the family. They consist almost entirely of formal estate records, financial papers, rentals, and accounts, and give in general a good view of the running of a highland estate in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Particulalry interesting in this context are the account books of Donald Campbell of Barrichbean....
Dates:
1590-1941.
Papers of the Christies of Stenton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10628
Scope and Contents
Includes charters, correspondence, legal papers and accounts.
Dates:
1597-1878.
Papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park chiefly concerning the purchase of Bridgend and Longnewton estates., 1742-1859.
File
Identifier: MS.8077
Scope and Contents
Bridgend (afterwards Springwood Park) was bought by Sir James Douglas in 1750, and Longnewton in 1765. Some of these papers relate to a dispute with Sir William Scott of Ancrum over the teinds of Longnewton.
Dates:
1742-1859.
Papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park, chiefly printed, concerning the Roxburghe Peerage Case., 1806-1834.
File
Identifier: MS.8095
Scope and Contents
The papers are connected with the lawsuit for the Roxburghe estates, which took place after the death of the 4th Duke of Roxburghe in 1805.
Dates:
1806-1834.
Papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park, near Kelso, Roxburghshire.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.8030-8120
Scope and Contents
The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....
Dates:
1750-1945.
Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.282
Dates:
1630, 1791, 1798, 1834-1889, early 20th century.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates chiefly concerning exemptions from Jury Service.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/17
Dates:
1793-1814.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1633-1680.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(i)
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1681-1687.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(ii)
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council., 1688-1699, undated.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(iii)
Dates:
1688-1699, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning a dispute with Edinburgh Town Council.
Series
Identifier: F.R.339r/11(i)-F.R.339r/11(iii)
Dates:
1633-1699, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the case of Messrs Tait against James A Maconochie.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/19
Dates:
1823, undated.
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/12
Dates:
1690-1695, 1731, 1749-1790, undated.
Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.
File
Identifier: MS.20988
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).
Dates:
1488-1821, undated.
Papers of the families of Maxwell of Steilston, MacMurdo, and Newhall of Goldielea.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7199
Dates:
circa 1630-1940.
Papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance chiefly concerning the sale or lease of land and the thirlage of tenants., 1866-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.8197
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1866-1868, in a lawsuit concerning the thirlage of tenants on the Kilbride estate to Phillipshill mill (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1872-1884, concerning the sale of lands in Kilbride to the Caledonian Railway (folio 83);(iii) Papers, 1881, 1904, concerning the sale of land for East Kiibride parish school (folio 105);(iv) Printed legal papers, 1887-1889, concerning the payment of casualties on the Kilbride...
Dates:
1866-1909.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
/
Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
/
Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
/
Estate papers of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
Papers of the family of Ballantyne of Holylee.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.253
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of J G Lockhart and Robert Cadell.
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Papers of the family of Carnegie of Craigo, 15th-20th century, of Joseph Cauvin, Writer to the Signet, 1795-1817, and of John Craigie Halket of Cramond, 1861-1910.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.267
Dates:
15th century-20th century.
Papers of the family of Douglas of Cavers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6803
Dates:
15th century to 19th century.
Papers of the family of Dundas of Dundas.
Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.7.14
Scope and Contents
The papers, with some exceptions, have been arranged in the following categories:Adv.MSS.80.1.1-80.1.18: Correspondence.80.2.1-80.2.66: Financial papers.80.3.1-80.3.57: Account books.80.4.1-80.4.16: Miscellaneous estate papers.80.5.1-80.5.6: Legal papers.80.6.1-80.6.14: Notes and notebooks of George Dundas of Dundas, Advocate.80.7.1-80.7.14: Miscellaneous papers and books.The main exceptions are...
Dates:
16th century-1924.