Scotland
Collection of deeds and indentures, 16th-19th century
£605
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
20 on vellum, approx. 30 on paper, mainly 18th century, a large proportion relating to the estate of Kinloch in Fife and to the Anderson, Balfour, Boyd, Bruce, Kinnear and other families, and including sasines, inventories, charters of resignation, special retours, and similar, notable documents including: William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock (?-1717), deed of obligation, 1705, signed 'Kilmarnock', on paper, old repairs verso; idem, deed of tack, 1705, signed 'Kilmarnock', on paper, torn along folds; David Lindsay, 11th Earl of Crawford (1547-1607), charter, 17th March 1607, signed 'David erle of Craufurd', in Latin, with seal; James VI and I deed of sale of land at Kinloch from Sir James Scott of Abbotshall to one Robert Aytoun, in Scots, with seal (worn smooth); a 1592 charter concerning one Andrew Bruce and one John Johnston (with Bruce's seal); and others
Footnote
Note: William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock sided with the Hanoverians in the 1715 Jacobite rebellion, whereas his son, the fourth earl, was a prominent Jacobite commander in the Forty-Five and was executed at Tower Hill after its defeat.