1791
Election contestElectionOathAlimentCollusionFeu dutiesDocuments available Full description in progress.
Documents in this case (3)
- Philip Anstruther Paterson v. John Rutherfurd — Answers, 8 Feb 1791Answers by Philip Anstruther Paterson to the condescendence of John Rutherfurd of Edgerton, asserting that the freeholders had no right to expunge his name for refusing to answer interrogatories prior to administering t…
- Anstruther-Paterson v. Rutherfurd — Proof, 22 Feb 1791February 22, 1791 Proof for the Complainer Philip Anstruther-Paterson, Esq; produced by Archibald Tod, writer to the Signet, in support of the Lords' commission to take proof at Edinburgh.
- Philip Anstruther-Paterson v. John Rutherfurd — Proof, 1 Mar 1791March 1, 1791 Proof of John Rutherfurd, Esq; of Edgerton, Respondent, against Philip Anstruther-Paterson, Esq; Complainer, concerning the oath of trust and possession at the Roxburgh election.
People & places in this case
People involved
- John Rutherfurd — Party
- Sir Francis Elliot — Party
- Sir William Elliot, Baronet of Stobs — Party
- Lieutenant Basil Alves — Party
- Mark Pringle, of Fairnielee — Party
- Hugh Scott, Baron of Harden — Party
- Thomas Potts — Advocate for Party
- Archibald Tod, W.S., of Drygrange — Advocate for Party
- John Pringle — Advocate for Party
- Cornelius Elliot, W.S. — Advocate for Party
- Alexander Wight — Advocate for Party
- Baillie Thomas Turnbull — Named in case documents
Places
- Edinburgh (principal)
- Roxburgh
- Roxburghshire
- Stobs
- Jedburgh
