John Fisher inherits tenancy in Muiravonside Parish, Scotland (1699)

1699

parchment ; 32.9 x 48.8 cm.

In this instrument of sasine from 6 September 1699, William Ker, Baron of Manuel-Foulis, recognizes and authorizes the transfer of lands between from the deceased John Fishar of Torphichen Mill to his adult son (also John Fishar) "investing"/in an infeftment. The property is in the Crownerlands near Almond (Haning) Castle, in Morningside (Muiravonside) parish in Stirling district (today's West Lothian). The sasine identifies the acreage and buildings on each plot of land as well as former owners, including Alexander Crawford and Fisher's grandfather Robert Fisher. It also indicates how to pay rent in Scots money and in kind, including milled wheat. The document is a legal act signed by Ker. It is written by lawyer John Eiston and witnessed in Linlithgow by Eiston and Robert and William Bell, just like a modern-day legal document. There are 40 lines of text (recto).

Donated by Patricia-Ann Lee, emerita professor of History, these legal documents, dating from the 16th-18th centuries and written on parchment and rag paper, record grants of property to individuals and groups in Great Britain.

Beginning in the fall of 2022, students from Jordana Dym’s “Archival Storytelling” class set out to transcribe this and other documents in the collection, learning Secretary Hand in the process, and have prepared updated cataloging information (now reflected in this record) in a process that is ongoing. Please visit Lost In Transcription, Found In Translation: Histories Of Inheritance In 17th Century Legal Documents for more information about their work.

Patricia-Ann Lee, former owner.

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NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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