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Country code |
GB |
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Repository code |
234 |
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Repository |
National Records of Scotland |
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Reference |
GD446 |
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Title |
Papers of the Douglas family of Strathendry, Fife |
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Dates |
1477-1883 |
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Access status |
Open |
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Location |
Off site |
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Description |
The papers are mainly of local concern but also contain letters from Mary, Queen of Scots and King James VI. Others are by Robert Douglas, Commissioner to Parliament, 1694-1707, one dealing with the Glencoe Inquiry, and by George Douglas, Strathendry's brother, from Panama on the subject of the Darien Scheme. The miscellaneous papers include 2 discharges by Adam Smith, whose mother was a Douglas.
GD446/1-4: Titles to land, Fife, 1477-1883
GD446/5-8: Family provision and inheritance papers, 1517-1772
GD446/9-20: Bonds, asignations and translations, 1586-1770
GD446/21-27: Discharges and receipts, 1600-1791
GD446/28-31: Diligence, court and other legal papers, 1562/1563-1790
GD446/32-36: Estate papers and household accounts, 1669-1818
GD446/37-38: Papers concerning St. Andrews University and local administration, 1644-1773
GD446/39-44: Correspondence, 1561-1812
GD446/45: Commissions and other military papers, 1684-[1805 or post]
GD446/46: Miscellaneous papers, [early 17 cent]-1689 |
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Level |
Fonds |
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Extent |
0.48 Linear Metres |
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history |
The lands of Strathendry [Strathenry] in Leslie parish, Fife, were successively owned by branches of the Forrester, Martin and Douglas families: all these families appear in the list overleaf. A turning-point in ownership occurred in the mid-seventeenth century. Around 1656 the lands passed to Dr Alexander Martin who married Helen, daughter of John Forrester of Strathendry, and after (Sir) Alexander's death in 1670, the lands descended to Robert Douglas, brother german of William Douglas of Kirkness. Dame Helen Forrester was also to marry Robert Douglas. |
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Finding aids |
Inventory |
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Format |
Text |
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Language |
English |
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Archival history |
These papers were placed on indefinite loan by Aikman, Russell & Dunlop, WS, in 1979. |
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