Wills.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Legal instruments in which a person declares the disposition of his/her property, to take effect after his/her death, and which is revocable during the lifetime of that person.
Found in 144 Collections and/or Records:
Microfilm of 'Parte of the life of Lady Margaret Cunningham, Daughter to the Earle of Glencairn yt she had wt her first husband the master of Evandale. The just and true account yrof as it was first written wt her oun hand’, 1608, with letters and her will, 1607, 1622.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1366
Dates:
1607-1622.
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.
Miscellaneous accounts, papers and correspondence relating to the Chalmers family property at Walthamstow, Essex, which was the residence of Patrick Chalmers, the London merchant (died 1826)., 1810-1834
File
Identifier: MS.15431
Scope and Contents
The property was sold by Patrick Chalmers’ son Patrick (died 1854) in 1834 and correspondence and papers regarding the sale are included.
Dates:
1810-1834
Miscellaneous documents of Sir Peter Laurie., 1823-1861.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15236-15240
Scope and Contents
Includes: burgess ticket of Haddington, 1823; his passports, 1827, 1845; and will of John Laurie, 1861.
Dates:
1823-1861.
Miscellaneous formal documents relating to the Urquhart family of Burdsyards.
Collection
Identifier: Ch.8437-8442
Scope and Contents
An inventory is available.
Dates:
1666-1827.
Miscellaneous papers of and relating to the Pinkerton family., 1871-1980.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9502/71-99
Miscellaneous papers of the 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1857-1898, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14535
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Will of the 9th Marquess of Tweeddale and papers concerning the executry of the 8th Marquess of Tweeddale, 1874-1876 (folio 1);(ii) Birth certificate, 1886, of Lord Arthur Vincent Hay (folio 28);(iii) Printed election addresses, 1865, 1868, of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale to the electors of Taunton and East Lothian (folio 29);(iv) Official papers, 1890-1898, of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale as Lord High...
Dates:
1857-1898, undated.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Omond., 1818-1837.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Ch.15370-15373
Miscellaneous personal and financial papers belonging to James Johnston., 1956-2001.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/549-558
Dates:
1956-2001.
Negative photostats of the will, 1800, of James Grahame, author of 'The Sabbath'; of a letter, 1809, to him from his cousin Isabella Hill; and of typescripts of letters, 1808-1811, undated, to him from Robert Southey, Henry Cockburn, Thomas Campbell, and Sir Walter Scott., 1800-1811, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20768, folios 65-94
Dates:
1800-1811, undated.
Notebook containing biographical details of British poets. Volume 1 : Geoffrey Chaucer to Sir John Beaumont., Mid 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.42592
Dates:
Mid 19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Manuscripts by unidentified authors.
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A series of notebooks containing biographical information on British poets used, or intended to be used, in the publication of a dictionary of British poets.
Other correspondence and papers of Lady and Lord Tweedsmuir., Circa 1911-circa 1998.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11884/282-359
Papers, chiefly financial, concerning the Lords Rutherfurd., 1663-1672.
File
Identifier: MS.14767
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Copy of the will, 1663, of the Earl of Teviot (folio 1);
(ii) Financial papers, 1663-1672 (folio 3).
Dates:
1663-1672.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning estate and local affairs.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester concerning legal and miscellaneous estate and local affairs.
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Papers concerning Peeblesshire estates.
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Papers, chiefly of lawsuits and legal transactions and including some accounts, concerning various Peeblesshire families.
Papers concerning the administration of the estate of Thomas Carlyle.
File
Identifier: Acc.5074
Dates:
1881-1882
Papers concerning the administration of the estate of Thomas Carlyle.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.166- is now Acc.5074.
Dates:
1881-1882
Papers concerning the families of Gardiner, Milne, and Gregor, Banffshire.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7798
Dates:
1721-circa 1944.
Papers concerning the Lauderdale and Tweeddale families., 1663-early 18th century, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14548
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Accounts, 1663-1680, of the Duke of Lauderdale with Sir William Sharp (folio 1);(ii) Accounts, 1677-1678, of debts due by the Duke of Lauderdale (folio 47);(iii) Memoranda, 1666, concerning the marriage contract between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, with a copy of the discharge, 1668, by the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to the 2nd Marquess and Lady Mary Maitland (folio 57);(iv) Papers,...
Dates:
1663-early 18th century, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the Hays of Yester formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Papers of the Hays of Yester on special subjects.
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Papers of transactions and lawsuits between the Tweeddale and Lauderdale families, deriving chiefly from the marriage between the 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale and Lady Mary Maitland, daughter of the Duke of Lauderdale.
Papers, mostly financial and property records, of and relating to the Carntyne estate, including papers relating to interests of the Gray family in the coal industry., 1518-1945.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8100/1-111
Dates:
1518-1945.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
Papers of and concerning John Mackinnon.
File
Identifier: Acc.7428
Scope and Contents
Seven documents:
will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon
two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon
pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway
discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon
certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.
Dates:
1807-1849.
Papers of and concerning Robert Erskine, physician to Peter the Great., 1690-[1904, or before].
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5162-5163
Dates:
1690-[1904, or before].
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Correspondence and papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.
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Assorted papers of and concerning the family of Erskine of Alva.
Papers of and concerning Samuel Taylor Coleridge., 1812-1834, 1949.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42062-42064
Scope and Contents
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was a poet and literary critic. The papers in this subseries contain a volume of letters of Coleridge to John Murray [II] and a folder of typescript transcriptions of some of these letters. In addition, there is a copy of the will of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Dates:
1812-1834, 1949.
Papers of and concerning the Cairns family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6619
Scope and Contents
Including:
1. documents, 1855-1862, concerning the Reverend David Cairns
2. lectures, 1911-1941, of the Reverend Dr William T Cairns, on church history
3. 28 letters, 1944-1948, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Alison Cairns, on her own writings and Saltire Society activities.
Dates:
1855-1948.