Swinton, Nicholas , fl 1540s-1550s (notary)

Scope and Contents Instrument of Sasine narrating that the bailie of James [Sandilands], lord of St. John, preceptor of Torphichen, etc., gave sasine to William Fourrois of Lucasland, of the mansion and garden of Lucasland, and three acres of arable land (the lands of John Foullar on the east and of the late William Smeberd on the west), and one acre lying in the 'Lusyelawis'; also of a house with a furrow or rig of land, lying in the Westraw of Gulane (the lands of William Schaw on the east and those of the...

Scope and Contents Notarial Instrument narrating that, after due citation of parties interested, and in particular Mr. Patrick Home in Quhitburn, to appear in the burgh court-house of Haddington at the instance of John Brown, son of the late William Brown, burgess of Haddington, to hear and see an extract made from the protocol book ('libro prothogallorum') of the late Alexander Symson, younger, formerly clerk of court of said burgh (the date of the protocol being 20th April 1545), Adam Wilson, provost of the...