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Reference NoCA/8/P/231/7/14
TitleObservations relating to the terms under which lands are feued, held, and inherited within the Freedom Lands of Aberdeen, and on the legality of the Town Council's charters
Description1797 Certified Copy of the Charter on Rubislaw of 1594, by the Town Council of Aberdeen in favour of Alexander Rutherford and his Heirs Male for the lands of Rubislaw.

Certified Copy of a Charter of 1756 by the Town Council of Aberdeen in favour of Patrick Barron, Wright, his Heirs Male and Assigns for the lands of Old Cuives, now called Woodside.

22nd September, 1769 Act of Council & Head Court, altering the terms of inheritance of the Freedom Lands & Fishings of Aberdeen from Heirs Male to Heirs Whatsomever.

3rd June, 1797 Observations on a petition from the Justices of the Peace for Aberdeen by the Magistrates of Aberdeen relating to the terms under which lands are feued, held, inherited, and the legality of the Town Council's charters.
Date1756 - 1797
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