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Assignations. Legal Instruments.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Instrument recording the assignment of a right or rights. Source: Concise Scots dictionary (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Univeristy Press, 1987).

Found in 182 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of the Dunbars of Mochrum.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.282
Dates: 1630, 1791, 1798, 1834-1889, early 20th century.

Papers relating to the early history of the Cameronian (Lord Angus’) Regiment.

 File
Identifier: MS.542
Scope and Contents According to a letter, 1896, of Charles Dalton, editor of ‘English Army lists’ (folio i), the papers throw additional light on the history of the regiment. Included are:(i) Assignation by Archibald Douglas, Earl of Angus, of the arrears due to him as Colonel of the Scots Regiment in France, 1653 (folio i);(ii) The complaints of some officers and soldiers in the Regiment against the Lieutenant-Colonel William Cleland (draft and copy), 1689 (folios 8-12);...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1653, 1689-1696, 1896.