| Description | Box 1
Instrument of Sasine, Crown to Thomas Gairdyne of Blairton, the Dean's Loch and the customs of Old Aberdeen, 23 Jan. 1602.
Later deeds 1615-30. 4 items
Totally illegible parchment endorsed "No. II"
Writs to Kincardine's manse, Chanonry, 1588-1669 6 items
Writs to rigs of land, 1686, 1700
Writs to Leith of Craighall's property (Chanonry) 1676-1755 4 items
Inventory of charters and ratifications in favour of the Trades, viewed 1731. (1498-1784)
Minute Book of Managers of the Trades new fund 1763-1856 pp. 17-18 Regulations of the Fund, 21 June 1783 p.44 et. seq. Act of Union of New and Sinking Funds, 25 July 1810. Thereafter, minutes are of meetings of the Increasing Fund of the Convener Court, and of the Convener Court. Book part used.
Box 2
Bank Books 1841-1859
Bundle of miscellaneous papers 17th-18th C., including Hammermen accounts for several years.
Bundle of miscellaneous vouchers and receipts c.1850-1880, includes notes on payments to indigents, early 19th C.
Similar bundle, c.1830-1850.
Small bundle of correspondence re Hammermen, 1919.
Law agent's financial papers re all the trades, 1917-19.
Bundle of correspondence re Hammermen chairs and use of Town House , and handing over of Hammermen Funds to Convener Court 1899-1900.
Bundle mainly concerning Orchard House:
Law agents bills 1836-8
Vouchers 1838, 1846 (Convener Court)
5 voucher bundles for years between 1842-1870.
Very miscellaneous bundle of correspondence 1880-1915
Copy minutes of meetings of Convener Court, 7 November 1894 - 20 March 1916
Bundle: Orchard House vouchers 1858-60, certificates of deduction from income tax 1864-7.
Master of Hospital Accounts 1842-3, 1881-2, 1882-3, 1914-15.
Bundle of returned cheques, 1920.
Box 3
Bundle of accounts, lists of annuitants, etc., for Convener Court and individual trades, 1824-36.
Bank Book, 1874 (North of Scotland Banking Co.)
Bank Book, 1881-4 (Bank of Scotland).
Loose annual accounts for years 1835/6-1837/8, 1839/40, 1841/2, 1843/4-1846/7, 1848/9, 1849/50, 1851/2, 1853/4-1859/60, 1869/70 (2), 1871/2, 1873/4, 1875/6, 1878/9, 1879/80, 1897/8.
Indigent (annuity) lists, 1837-1842, 1845-1853, 1855, 1856, 1859, 1861, 1868-1871, 1873, 1877-1880.
Orchard House accounts, 1838/9, 1842/3-1845/6, 1849/50, 1851/2, 1853/4, 1854/5.
Business accouts, 1854, 1885. 4 items
Voucher bundles, 1847/8, 1849/50, 1855, 1860/1-1862/3 5 bundles
Copy minutes, draft schemes, etc., 1872-1907. 4 items
Copy letter, Clerk to Aberdeen Town Council inviting nominations for Convener Court, 1917.
Inventory and writs of the Archdeacon's manse, 1714-1764. 8 items
Extract from Mason Lodge minutes re Town House, 1788.
Miscellaneous items re Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen 3 items |