Title Deeds, Contracts and Miscellaneous Administrative Papers

• Reference:GB 243 D-TC/3
• Dates of Creation:1550 - 1934
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  TBC

• Scope and Content

  D-TC3/1-19 consists of the contents of deed boxes from the basement of the Town Clerk's Department containing documents dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries - Titles Glasgow; Titles Outwith Glasgow; Tacks and related papers; Papers relating to Teinds; Burgh Court Papers; Dean of Guild Court Papers; Memorials, Cases and Opinions; Accounts Rendered in the Exchequer; Vouchers of Treasurers and Other Officials, and Related Papers; Burgess Tickets; Contracts; Law Papers; Bonds, Discharges and Related Papers; Bills and Protests; Hamilton of Silvertounhill Papers; Papers Relating to Arthur Park, Merchant in Greenock; Heritors of Gorbals; St. Nicholas Hospital; Miscellanea;

  D-TC3/20 Register of deeds sealed with the city seal

  D-TC3/22 Drafts and copies concerning Frankfield and Hogganfield Lochs

  D-TC3/23 Improvement Trustees : defined areas, used in conveyancing

  D-TC3/24 Sketches from titles, conveyancing notes

  D-TC3/25 Corporation property within the city, extracted from valuation rolls

  D-TC3/26 Memoranda on properties prepared by the Conveyancing Section

  D-TC3/27 Surplus Titles from Conveyancing Section

  D-TC3/28 Contracts, minutes of agreement and bonds of caution for Corporation employees, 1896-1902; improvements contracts, 1899-1904

• Access Information

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• Note

  Note from the catalogue dated 1981 -

  Title deeds to city properties are held by the Conveyancing Section of the Town Clerk's Department, with the following exceptions;

  a) The surviving contents of D-TC1/1 (1696 inventory) which are now in the series A1/1-54.

  b) Some other titles and related papers were found with those listed in A1/1-54 but are not referred to in D-TC1/1 (1696 inventory) and these are now in the series A1/55.

  c) Artificial bundles of early documents formed at the time of production of 'Glas. Chrs.', are now in the series A1/61-65.

  d) Bundles 1-6 from D-TC1/3/2 (second inventory, microfilmed M584 and volume) now in series A1/201-206. The remaining contents of the inventory are with the Conveyancing Section.

  e) The titles listed here in D-TC3/1, D-TC3/2 and D-TC3/27 series.

• Conditions Governing Use

  Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist