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 settlement prior to the marriage of Patrick Chalmers, junior, merchant, with Frances Inglis., 1801.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12781
Minto family wills and settlements., 1829-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.11940
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Two autograph copies of the Countess of Minto's will, February 1829 (folio 1);
(ii) Copies of the 2nd Earl of Minto's will and codicils, with related papers and memoranda, 1852, 1858, largely in his own hand (folio 8);
(iii) Autograph will of Lady Harriet Elliot, sister of the 2nd Earl, and other papers relating to the settlement of her estate, 1825 (folio 43);
(iv) Correspondence and papers, 1825, relating to the marriage settlement of Lady Catherine Elliot...
Dates:
1829-1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Papers on family trusts and marriage settlements of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Minute, 14 August 1705, of contract of marriage, 24 May 1701, between John Lamont and Margaret Lamont., 14 August 1705.
Item
Identifier: Ch.7523
Dates:
14 August 1705.
Minute of contract of marriage between Archibald Lamond of Stronalbanach and Margaret Lamond., 25 July 1694.
Item
Identifier: Ch.335
Dates:
25 July 1694.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Grahame of Gorthie., 1633, 1762.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15367-15368
Miscellaneous papers which belonged to Sir William Fraser, Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.
File
Identifier: MS.90
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i-iv) Four printed proclamations, etc., 1708, 1710, 1714 (folio 1);(v) Obligation by Patrick Hamilton and other inhabitants of Arran to provide levies, etc., for the defence of the religion, laws, and liberties of the Kirk and Kingdom whenever desired by the Earl of Argyll, 1639 (folio 6);(vi) Extract registered bond by Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum to the Committee of Estates to observe the National Covenant, 1641 (folio 8);...
Dates:
1590-1838.
Papers concerning feu contracts, family settlements, and marriage contracts of the Elliot family of Minto, 1692-1776, undated, with other legal papers of the Rutherfurd of Edgerston family, 1686-1700, undated., 1686-1776, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.11030
Papers of George Mackenzie, Advocate., 1686-1740.
File
Identifier: MS.1124
Dates:
1686-1740.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning George Mackenzie, Advocate, son of John Mackenzie, Advocate.
Papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate, and of various clients., 1687-1731, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.1115
Scope and Contents
Contains the contract Matrimonial between John Mackenzie and Katherine Gordon, 1687.
Dates:
1687-1731, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine and their clients.
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Letters and papers of the Mackenzies of Delvine.
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Letters and papers of, to and concerning John Mackenzie, Advocate.
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Papers of John Mackenzie, Advocate, and of various clients (not represented in MSS.1229-1489).
Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.282
Dates:
1630, 1791, 1798, 1834-1889, early 20th century.
Papers on family trusts and marriage settlements of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1819-1858.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11938-11940
Dates:
1819-1858.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Papers relating to Glendessary, 1737-1749, also containing marriage contract of Isobel Cameron, 1767, and testament of Cameron of Drimnasallie, 1759., 1737-1749, 1759, 1767.
File
Identifier: Acc.11137/7
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1737-1749, 1759, 1767.
Papers relating to Henry Dundas and also to the Trotter family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14535
Scope and Contents
Papers contain:Copy of marriage contract, 1669, between Issobell [sic] Paterson and Robert Bruce. cover note "1669 given me by Alice[?] Trotter" - possibly in the hand of Louisa Kathleen Haldane (née Trotter).Copy of a tack, 1750, between Alexander Young and Mrs Jean Stewart for a property on Potterrow.Royal Warrant, 1784, authorising Henry Dundas, as Treasurer of the Navy, to pursue orders of the Navy Board in sending Money to distant parts of Great...
Dates:
1669-1836.
Papers relating to trusts or marriage settlements involving the 2nd Earl of Minto and various individuals., 1814-1854.
File
Identifier: MS.11939
Scope and Contents
The papers concern Admiral Sir Charles Adam and Lady Adam, 1828-1829, 1853-1854, 1858 (folio l); Admiral Robert Digby, 1814, 1836 (folio 57); the Tulloh of Ellistoun family trust, 1815-1827 (folio 115); Sir John Buchanan Riddell, 9th Baronet, 1819-1820 (folio 204); Lady Agnew, née Carnegie, 1839 (folio 222); and Elizabeth Friday Smith, London, 1854 (folio 226).
Dates:
1814-1854.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, (1782-1859), 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Legal and financial correspondence and papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto.
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Papers on family trusts and marriage settlements of and concerning the 2nd Earl of Minto.
Parishes of West Linton, Newlands and Eddleston., 1580-1687.
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Identifier: Ch.11859-12047
Part of the marriage contract of James Biggar and Janet Scott., 1708.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/48
Dates:
1708.
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 Scott family.
Part of the marriage contract of James Scott and Margaret Blacklock., 1686.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9843/46
Dates:
1686.
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 Scott family.
Peebleshire and Selkirkshire., 1426-1687.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.11859-12356
Precept of sasine in contract of marriage between Colonel George Keith and Lady Mary Hay, of Auldmad., 14 January 1662.
Item
Identifier: Ch.17251
Dates:
14 January 1662.
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.
Rutherford debts., 1631-1687.
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Identifier: Ch.11859-12001
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the purchase of the Barony and Regality of Linton by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale in 1671, and the assignment to him of Lord Rutherford`s debts.
Dates:
1631-1687.
Settlement on marriage of Colonel Edward Kerrison and Mary Martha Ellice., 19 October 1810.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12718
Settlement on marriage of Henry Dickinson and Mary Morison., 26 June 1820.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12757
Settlement on marriage of Robert Ellice and Eliza Courtenay., 3 December 1814.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12725
Settlement on marriage of Robert Ellice and Eliza Courtenay., 3 December 1814.
Item
Identifier: Ch.12726
Three items originally found loose in MS.16497: Manuscript of the Regiam Maiestatem and other legal texts, but now kept separately., 16th century.
File
Identifier: MS.16498
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) An address panel from a letter to Alexander Arbuthnott, Principal of King's College, Aberdeen;
(ii) An instrument of donation, 1548[-1549], by Katrine Fraser, relict of Robert Forbes, to her brother Mr George Fraser, of all her possessions;
(iii) Fragment of a contract of marriage between Alexander [ ] and Margaret Robertson, mentioning George Fraser, Minister of Durris.
Dates:
16th century.