Instruments of sasine
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: From the National Records of Scotland: "An instrument of sasine (pronounced 'say-zin') is a legal document that records the transfer of ownership (usually a sale or an inheritance) of a piece of land or of a building. It will normally detail the names of the new and previous owners and will give a basic description of the property transferred."
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript book containing an Inventory of the writes and evidents of the Lords of Monkmyre, 1740-1752
File
Identifier: Coll-1383/1/13
Scope and Contents
27 articles of disposition, instruments of sasine, and charters. Monk Myre is a place in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.
Dates:
1740-1752
Six manuscript documents on various topics, such as contracts, Oliver Cromwell, Rob Roy, Bishop of St Andrews, book collections., 1628-1706
File
Identifier: Coll-1383/1/6
Scope and Contents
Six manuscript documents and fragments, various topics.
Scottish copy of parliamentary speech supporting claim of King Charles II to throne. Satirically dismissing claim of Cromwell and his heirs to rule the three kingdoms
Instrument of sasine in favour of George Home, dated 1748
Contract from 1628, betwixt Daniel Preston of Whythill and Johne Skeagall(?). Whitsonday...
Dates:
1628-1706
Unsorted legal documents, 1631-1859
Sub-Series — Box CLX-A-1120: Series Coll-1383/1; Series Coll-1383/2
Identifier: Coll-1383/1/19
Scope and Contents
This section contains unsorted legal documents dating from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, many on vellum, in English and in Latin. It is mostly composed of instruments of sasine, inventories, charters, registration documents, etc.About a third of the documents seem to be related to the Bennet Family, who lived near Kinross in the 18th and 19th centuries. It consists of inventories of writs, instruments of sasine, charters of renounciations and resignations, and other legal...
Dates:
1631-1859