Marriage-contracts. Contracts.
Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Scots Law. A contract entered into ante or post-nuptially between persons about to be or actually married, for the purpose of regulating the rights in property of themsleves and their children. Sometimes called a marriage settlement, the English expression. Source: Dewer, A. 'Student's glossary of Scottish legal terms.' (Edinburgh: W Green and Son Ltd, 1946).
Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:
Marriage contract of John Murray, Commissioner of Orkney and Shetland and Katherine, daughter of John Grahame of Breckness., 1668.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15350
Dates:
1668.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.
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Grahame of Breckness: marriage contracts, bonds and discharges.
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Grahame of Breckness, marriage contracts.
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Two copies of a marriage contract between John Murray, Commissioner of Orkney and Shetland, and Katherine, daughter of John Grahame of Breckness.
Marriage contract of John Murray, Commissioner of Orkney and Shetland and Katherine, daughter of John Grahame of Breckness., 1668.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15351
Dates:
1668.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.
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Grahame of Breckness: marriage contracts, bonds and discharges.
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Grahame of Breckness, marriage contracts.
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Two copies of a marriage contract between John Murray, Commissioner of Orkney and Shetland, and Katherine, daughter of John Grahame of Breckness.
Marriage contract of Mungo Grahame of Gorthie and Mary, daughter of William Murray, fiar of Ochtertyre., 1762.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15368
Marriage contract of Professor John Law and Katherine Carstares., 1694.
Item
Identifier: Ch.8465
Dates:
1694.
Marriage contract of Robert Grahame of Breckness and Margaret, daughter of Harry Graham merchant, Stromness., 1735.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15356
Dates:
1735.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.
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Grahame of Breckness: marriage contracts, bonds and discharges.
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Grahame of Breckness, marriage contracts.
Marriage contract of Robert Grahame of Breckness and Margaret, daughter of James Graham, merchant in Anstruther., 1721.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15355
Dates:
1721.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.
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Grahame of Breckness: marriage contracts, bonds and discharges.
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Grahame of Breckness, marriage contracts.
Marriage contract of Robert Honyman of Graemsay and Cecilia, daughter of Harry Grahame of Breckness., 1699.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15354
Dates:
1699.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Formal documents from the papers of Thomas Stewart Traill, Professor of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh University.
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Grahame of Breckness: marriage contracts, bonds and discharges.
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Grahame of Breckness, marriage contracts.
Marriage contract of Robert Menzies, younger of Menzies and Hon Anne Sandilands, daughter of Lord Sandilands of Torphichen., 15 February 1684, 21 February 1684.
Item
Identifier: Ch.10640
Dates:
15 February 1684, 21 February 1684.
Marriage contract of Robert Scot of Horsliehill, and Isobell Scot, daughter of William Scot of Mangertoun., 1662.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7638
Dates:
1662.
Marriage contract of Sir Archibald Hope and Elizabeth Patoun, daughter of John Patoun of Inveresk., 1779.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7653
Dates:
1779.
Marriage contract of Sir George Douglas and Lady Elizabeth Boyle., 1786.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7657
Dates:
1786.
Marriage contract of Sir Henry Hay-Makdougall and Isabella Douglas., 1782.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7654
Dates:
1782.
Marriage contract of Thomas Cochrane, 8th Earl of Dundonald, and Jean Stuart of Torrance., 1744.
Item
Identifier: Ch.4737
Marriage contract of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet and Anne Rutherford, parents of Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.38
Dates:
25 April 1758.
Marriage contract of William Jameson of Balmuir, merchant in Aberdeen and Elspet Chalmers, eldest daughter of Master William Chalmers, minister at Skene, Aberdeenshire., 1663.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12816
Marriage contract of William Wardrop and Jean Johnston., 1712.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/39
Dates:
1712.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Charters, instruments and other formal and legal documents concerning the lands of Foulshields, in the parish of Livingston, the Wardrop family, and other related families.
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Formal and legal documents and papers relating to the Wardrop family.
Marriage-contracts and associated papers, wills, general retours, commissions, burgess-tickets, and other papers concerned with persons rather than lands., 1435-1892.
Series
Identifier: Ch.10322-10492
Marriage-contracts and related documents., 1488-1883.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.10322-10365
Scope and Contents
CH.10322-10349 mostly concern the family of Kinninmond of Kinninmonth.
Dates:
1488-1883.
Marriage contracts, testaments, sasine and bonds of the Mure of Caldwell family., 1496-1723.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13678/5
Dates:
1496-1723.
Marriage contracts, with related legal papers, of the daughters of the 6th Lord Hay of Yester., 1603-1620.
File
Identifier: Ch.10727-10735
Marriage settlement of David Huddy of St Bride Major and Sarah, daughter of William Morgan, merchant, London., 1796.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15492
Marriage settlement of Francis Charteris Fletcher, Captain in the 60th Regiment and Clara Pusey., 29 October 1862.
Item
Identifier: Ch.14705
Marriage settlement of Sir Thomas Frederick Elliot, under Secretary of State for the colonies, and Elizabeth, daughter of Admiral Sir Robert Bromley.
Item
Identifier: Ch.15392
Dates:
31 December 1868.